* * *

“… … Are you saying that happened?”

Professor Vanessa Vitolo nodded her head with a serious expression as she listened to what happened between Philip and Felicia.

“I have read records about the Yulang people. Among the races that disappeared a thousand years ago, it is said that it was difficult to find a mate due to their strength. It can be said that it is really fortunate that you came back safely after encountering such people.”

These were not empty words.

If something happened to Philip and Felicia, Professor Vitolo and the students remaining in the cave would also lose hope of getting out of here.

The existence of the Moonlight Sword or Master Otem, the kind of information that is difficult to know, was intentionally left out and explained, so there were corners where the front and rear were a little inconsistent, but fortunately Professor Vitolo was a quick-witted person.

She thought she had to get out of here anyway, so she had no reason to interrogate Philip.

“More than that, there have been cases of patients among the students. I had a high fever from earlier and my face was pale. Although other students are taking care of it, I don’t think I can leave it alone.”

At Professor Vitolo’s words, Philip was startled and looked for the student.

“Where is the student?”

“It is over there.”

Philip soon heard grunts in one corner of the cave. As if they had taken off their clothes, the students made something like a shield with robes, and Philip, who saw it, gestured to Felicia.

“Professor, help me for a moment.”

Although the manner of speaking was a bit lacking in formality, everyone in the room did not know that Philip and Felicia were brother and sister.

“Uh, yes… okay. Instructor. What can I help you with?”

“All you have to do is go inside and check on that student.”

“okay. I will.”

Felicia broke through the clumsy barrier made of robes and looked at the female student lying on the cave floor.

The poor girl, named Bretta, was groaning in a cold sweat, and at first glance she looked very bad. Being a magic undergraduate, he was a bit skinny and dwarfed, which made him look even more pitiful.

“I am sleeping now. hmm… Her lips are blue, and her skin is pale. I think I’m going to get dehydrated because I keep sweating… .”

Felicia, whose heart was weakened, announced the student’s condition in a sad voice.

“What are the symptoms of vomiting?”

“huh… I don’t see any vomit. So is the blood.”

“Take a good look at the arms, legs, and neck. I need to check if there is any swelling from being bitten by something.”

Felicia examined the student’s body as Philip instructed. There was a bite mark from something that looked like an insect near his left thigh. Felicia frowned as only the part that had been bitten was swollen in blue.

‘… This looks really bad.’

“There are bite marks. It’s swollen blue, and something doesn’t look right. It looks like there is pus inside.”

“uh… … who… Are you saving?”

Breta, who had been sleeping, felt someone touch her and opened her eyes. Her voice was so low that only Felicia, who was nearby, could hear it, so Philip didn’t hear her get up.

“I know what. I think I got hit by a doggie. If you don’t detox quickly, you’ll lose your life. It looks like it’s been a while since I’ve been bitten, so I won’t be able to suck it out, and I need to make an antidote… .”

It was an event that often happened to wizard-type characters in this space. Of course, Philip knew all the ingredients and recipe needed for the antidote.

The problem is that you have to search this wide island to find them. But Philip also knew where they grew up.

‘me… am i dying It’s not just sick… ?’

Hearing Philip’s voice, Bretta’s expression turned pale like a corpse’s. Sensing that something was seriously wrong, Felicia touched her forehead, and Breta began to sob like a baby with tears running down her face.

Hearing that heartbreaking cry, Philip added hastily.

“under… But I don’t think you need to worry too much. professor. If you find the ingredients, you can make something like an antidote right away, so nothing dangerous will happen.”

Felicia also tuned in.

“that… yes? If he hadn’t learned swordsmanship, the instructor would probably have become a master druid.”

“hahahaha. you’re right. As for me, I’m a person who can even create legendary elixirs. An antidote like this can be created in a matter of hours. If the student wakes up with a sigh of relief, won’t it be completed?”

Meanwhile, Professor Vanessa Vitolo, who was watching the scene, was deeply impressed by Philip and Felicia’s behavior.

‘… Is that what being an educator is like? I might have accepted the professorship too lightheartedly. To think that such great aristocrats would go so far as to reassure a commoner girl… .’

After explaining the situation to the magician Diana, Philip immediately sought volunteers from among the students to get the ingredients for the antidote.

“If there is someone who has had basic swordsmanship training or knows how to handle a weapon, would you like to come forward? It’s dangerous, so I don’t intend to send you alone, just act together with Instructor Farrenhal.”

The eight summoning magic students were paying attention to each other, but no one came forward. Suddenly, a girl stepped forward.

“I will help. Instructor.”

That was Janis Murella. Soon after she volunteered, Cheryl, her latest soul mate, followed her forward.

“I… me too.”

However, Johnny forced her into it.

“You go in. You can’t even climb to the ground higher than your waist.”

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It was because he was aware of her desperate physical abilities. Cheryl was the second best in the academy, and Johnny thought that she was someone who needed to be protected now that she couldn’t use magic.

Philip looked at Janis with a warm gaze, as if he were admirable, and she blushed and turned her head away.

“… As a noble who receives the poll tax, I’m just setting an example. If the sick kid was a noble, he wouldn’t have come forward. What are you nobles doing? Are your parents not collecting taxes by any chance?”

“Stop it. Johnny, it’s enough if you help me. You just need to search the east side with Instructor Farrenhal. I’ll tell you what to look for.”

“yes. Instructor.”

* * *

The ingredients for the antidote were gathered faster than expected. It was thanks to Philip’s luck that he found the most difficult ingredient, the antidote, quickly, and Johnnys and Diana, who had good eyes, also did their part.

Philip immediately obtained a flat stone and ground and combined the gathered ingredients to create one loathsome colored pill.

If you were the owner of normal senses, you couldn’t bear to put it in your mouth, and the strong smell of grass vibrated, but fortunately Breta was not sane due to poisoning symptoms.

The problem was that while getting the ingredients, the symptoms got worse, so even if something came into the mouth, it wasn’t even in a state that could be chewed and swallowed.

Philip looked at Felicia in silence with the medicine in his hand.

“… why? Why are you looking at me, Instructor?”

“It looks like the patient is unconscious, but the professor chewed this up… .”

“eww… ugh… .”

Philip giggled at Felicia, who instantly turned into tears.

“It’s a joke. You can just feed them, so don’t worry.”

Phillip opened Bretta’s mouth, threw the medicine in, and stimulated her ulna. After confirming that the medicine had passed down her esophagus, Philip drew out his sword and lightly cut her fingertips.

Seeing the charred dead blood flowing, Philip sighed in relief. Bretta’s body was trying to expel poisonous blood.

“It would be better if we let them rest like this.”

Philip wiped the poor student’s sweat with his sleeve and let out a sigh of relief.

“Wolves! A wolf has appeared!”

Then there was an urgent cry that I couldn’t believe. Philip immediately drew his sword and headed towards where the shouts were heard. It was at the entrance of the cave.

There, two huge wolves with beautiful silver fur stood at the entrance of the cave, waiting for Philip.

“I was here too. I got all the 100 pounds of sulfur you said, so it’s time to go catch him.”

Among them, the male wolf’s face was not a horse. It was as if he had barely survived after being trapped in a collapsed mine for about ten days.

However, the beast’s ferocious eyes were still alive, so Philip swallowed without realizing it.

“No, are you talking already?”

One hundred pounds was sixty kilograms. Even a man called the king of miners could not collect sixty kilograms of sulfur in half a day. It was the same even if it was an ore mixed with impurities.

‘Looking at that, I don’t think it’s a lie.’

“There is no time to delay!”

The male wolf, lacking patience, rushed like the wind, grabbed Philip’s coat and lifted him up. Then, as if flying, it started to run away.

“uh… uh?”

When Philip regained his senses after experiencing the scenery changing in an instant, he saw Felicia, who had been in the same situation as him, following him while being bitten by a female wolf.

“Kyaaak! Wait, what about me?”

‘I know. Why did you bring him?’

Now that things were like this, finding an escape portal quickly wasn’t a bad idea. Philip was carried towards the top of the mountain while watching Felicia struggle while hanging on the dangle.

* * *

“What can I do now?”

“What do you do? We should throw lumps of sulfur at those eggs.”

“until when?”

“Until the phoenix hatches out of the egg.”

“… It’s strangely short.”

“Looks like something.”

The female Wolang closed her eyes as she listened to the conversation between her husband and Philip. If Philip could prove himself worthy, he would soon become master of himself, his husband, and all the Wolangs.

‘Can I do that?’

If she thought she would pay the price later, she would have bitten off her husband’s tail right away, but Philip didn’t seem to be the kind of person to do that.

‘… It’s not like I’m suffering, what. He must be a little bit scolded.’

Two of the Wolangs, who had changed into human form, set down the lumps of sulfur wrapped in bear skins on the ground and began tossing them at the phoenix eggs at the top of the peak.

The phoenix egg had enough heat to burn steel, so it didn’t come into direct contact with the eggshell, but the sulfur mixed with the ore ignited and smoke rose into the sky.

“… Shouldn’t we help too?”

“no. It’s a pity that it’s over there, what.”

Felicia asked, but Philip shook his head. He already had a bit of a twist in his judgment.

“Why are you so slow? You have to throw faster. So would Phoenix think the volcano is about to erupt? You can see my hands! more! sooner!”

The male Wolang tribe gnashed their teeth and picked up the sulfur ore at a speed so fast that their backs screamed and repeated the process of throwing it at the egg.

After a few minutes, when half of the prepared sulfur ore disappeared, Philip was able to capture the shaking of the phoenix egg.

Now it was his and Felicia’s turn.

The two Wolang tribes and the two humans poured the remaining sulfur ore without breathing, and only a few Phoenix eggs were left with cracks.

As the platinum-colored egg began to crack, heat like a ray of light escaped from the gap, melting the stones and rocks around it. Philip immediately pressed Felicia’s head and bent over himself.

Those heats were the very life force of the phoenix. Sensing the sulfur smoke, the Phoenix tried to get out of here even at the cost of most of its life force.

The male Wolang tribe smiled with joy as they saw the phoenix hatching from the egg. He immediately transformed into a wolf form.

“under! I guess I’ll have to try it now! You look like a chick!”

The appearance of the phoenix was a bit different from what Philip had originally known. The phoenix, which must have looked like an actual embodiment of the word ‘firebird’, was ugly, as if it would be right to call it a ‘fire chick’.

The overall size was reduced to less than half of its original size, and the flames that wrapped around her body were dangerous as if they would go out at any moment.

―Have I been deceived!

Phoenix was also a phantom beast with intelligence, so he quickly flapped his wings as soon as he checked the surroundings, but the Wolrang tribe was faster.

“You stay still!”

To prevent his pregnant wife from interfering, a male jumped up and bit the phoenix’s neck as it tried to escape.

-this… this! How can I tell these guys… ! Aww!

Despite the pain of the roof of his mouth melting in the heat and sticking to his throat, the male Wolang never let go of his jaw until the phoenix died.

His beautiful silver fur and mane were burned, and it was only when the charred skin was exposed that the male strenuously let go of the phoenix’s neck.

“Ah, you!”

When the female Wolang whimpered and approached her husband, the male backed away and refused.

“It’s still hot, so don’t come. It’s like a burn, it’ll get better if you rest for a few days! Hurry up and open that goddamn bird’s stomach! Can we go out?”

Philip nodded, drew his sword, and approached Phoenix’s corpse.

Phoenix was originally not an insignificant being enough to die this way, but since he had lost most of his life force, he would die from such an attack.

‘Oh, it’s hot.’

Sweating profusely, Philip stood in front of the dead phoenix. It seemed like he would get burned if he got any closer, so he stretched out his sword as far as he could and tried to slice through Phoenix’s chest.

However, even if the hide of the phantom beast came, there was no way he would be damaged by the sword that was not loaded.

“I will do it. I can do this much.”

A female Wolang tribe came forward.

As he cut through the Phoenix’s chest with his sharp claws, he saw an item that Philip was familiar with, the ‘Heart of the Firebird’.

Unlike the heart of a normal creature, it looked like a ruby crystal. When Philip took it out, he was able to discover several spells engraved on the ‘Heart of the Firebird’.

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