I, Stone Golem, only want to forge.

"Healed? When?"

The crew member didn't react immediately, so he checked again.

He was cured without injections or medicine, just by speaking a few words.

Does it rely on talk therapy?

"Healed."

Murphy simply repeated himself without offering any further explanation.

The crew members stretched their bodies a little.

But he found that the chill that had been inside him had disappeared.

However, several needle-like marks appeared on the arm that Murphy had grabbed.

The crew members finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Although he didn't know exactly how Murphy did it, seeing some traces left by the treatment methods made him feel a little more at ease.

"Next," Murphy said.

Siri must have dealt with something like a plague before, so he must have some experience.

He immediately spoke to Diaz and Haig.

"You should let the recovered patients rest in other places. Putting them with the sick makes them more susceptible to reinfection."

"Okay, I'll take him away now."

Hai Gang immediately nodded and took the crew member away first.

Diaz also rushed into the shack and brought out several patients.

Murphy's method of treating the disease was actually quite simple: he grew a sharp thorn from his own skin and inserted it into the patient's blood vessels.

They use seaweed and stone figures to continuously transform their life force.

It first transfers life force from its own body and then injects it into the patient's body, temporarily restoring the blood that has been contaminated by ice element crystals to its original state.

Although the time it takes to return to its original form is very short.

But for an ice elemental lord like Murphy...

The brief period during which the ice elements were removed was enough for it to absorb them through the earth's respiration.

……

Murphy treated 180 people in less than two hours.

Diaz arrived as promised and handed over the more than 30 items he had collected to Murphy.

"That should be all. The rest are the treasures that some crew members rely on for their livelihood, and they won't sell them unless offered a high price."

More than 30 items—not a lot, but not a small number either.

It fit perfectly into a sack that was taller than a person.

Murphy opened the sack and looked inside carefully.

They have all sorts of things, big and small.

Besides some common natural products, there are even some artificially manufactured products.

They have all sorts of pots, pans, and other utensils.

Even more bizarrely, there were several pieces of women's... underwear?

Having spent a long time on the ship, the crew members, feeling somewhat depressed, bought some original flavors from somewhere.

After Murphy confirmed that the goods were correct, he nodded and put them away.

Then another question was asked.

"May I take a look at your ship?"

"What do you mean by 'see'?" Diaz asked, puzzled.

Siri immediately spoke up to explain for Murphy.

"Mr. Murphy also wants to build a ship, so he wants to find a nearby ship to draw inspiration from."

Diaz raised an eyebrow slightly, pondered for a moment, and then nodded in agreement.

Perhaps because he felt indebted to Murphy, he thoughtfully added a sentence.

"If you want to build a ship, continue down the Kulun River. There is a village, and a little behind that village is a port."

That area is a hub for shipyards; they're responsible for all the ships in this area. If you're interested in shipbuilding, you can go take a look over there.

Murphy nodded and memorized the address.

This thing is located below Lynn Village, so it's perfectly fine to go there after finishing its business.

Seeing that Murphy had agreed, Diaz led the way to see the ship.

As soon as he arrived at the dock, he saw the workers guarding the goods looking over again.

One of the workers, who was quick-witted and had a loud voice, immediately asked loudly.

"Hey, how's the treatment going? What's the situation? Is there any hope?"

"Completely cured! All thanks to this stone man!"

Diaz shouted loudly, then reached out to test Murphy's position.

"Really? Don't bluff me, so many people can be cured in less than two hours? If this is true, I'll pray to the stone man more often when I go out!"

The crew member thought Diaz was joking, so he laughed loudly as well.

"Why don't you go and see for yourself?"

Diaz ignored him, but repeated it more solemnly before leading Murphy up the stairs.

The other workers looked at Diaz and exchanged bewildered glances.

They could see the doubt and confusion on each other's faces.

Diaz was quite well-known at the docks. Although he was ruthless, he was kind and treated his brothers well.

Aside from the captains, he was the most authoritative person.

Even many captains only have a high reputation on the surface. In the base, when these crew members encounter problems, they will only go to Diaz, not to the captains.

As the figures of the three gradually disappeared,

One of the crew members hesitated before asking:

"It can't be true, can it?"

"This kind of thing can't be a joke, right? Why don't you keep watch for me for a while, and I'll go check it out."

"Okay, go ahead, I'll keep an eye on things for you."

After someone agreed, the crew member who said he wanted to go and see left first.

The remaining people, however, did not stop talking.

"What if it's true? Are you really going to worship the stone man?" someone asked.

"no……"

The crew member who spoke first was actually teased, but he wasn't discouraged or dissatisfied at all. Instead, he asked in a tone of astonishment that seemed perfectly natural.

"In two hours, you cured more than eighty people who were bedridden. Would anyone believe you if you told them?"

"I don't believe it."

"That makes sense, doesn't it? This thing that nobody believes has happened, how can we not worship it? What haven't I worshipped?"

I've worshipped several of those striptease mermaids from the Mediterranean! All I need is a stone statue?

Even when talking about this topic, the crew member's voice remained loud and he didn't tone it down at all.

This caused the remaining people present to burst into laughter.

They then chatted idly for a few more minutes.

Especially since the topic of striptease mermaids was mentioned before, the conversation started to include some risqué jokes.

And then came even more risqué jokes, one after another.

"Huh? I remember someone from your ship bought a mermaid-themed bra, didn't they?"

"Didn't you say that putting that by the bedside would make you have wet dreams? Does it even work?"

"I don't know, it doesn't seem to work, otherwise that kid wouldn't be so pent up! Haha."

They chatted idly for a short while afterward.

The crew member who went to check finally returned, waving his hands and panting as he spoke.

"Holy crap, he's completely cured! Utterly cured! Now that bunch is arguing about getting Hai Gang to carve some stone statues for them to put on the ship!"

The crew member who had previously insisted on providing for Murphy became even more enthusiastic.

"No, how can you eat it all by yourself? You guys keep an eye out for it too, I'll go get one too!"

After saying that, the man ran away in a flash.

……

Meanwhile, as Murphy boarded the ship, his attention remained focused on the bag of things.

Then it discovered the spirit on the most conspicuous pieces of women's underwear piled on top.

The spirit of this object seemed strangely different from the spirits of the surrounding objects, yet also strangely familiar...

Murphy thought back for a moment and suddenly realized...

It seemed to have seen a similar aura on that zombie named Ye.