Asura in Arknights

After successfully constructing the spell unit for the first time, Li Ang did not attempt it again.

They are still inside the vehicle. Although Terra's vehicles are powered by Originium, playing with fire in such a confined space is still a very dangerous thing.

Unlike Adele, who had been studying this art for over a decade, Leon was still a complete novice in Originium Arts, and he was somewhat aware of his own limitations.

Time passed slowly during their one-on-one lesson. During this time, Noyce remained calm and didn't utter a single word.

Around three o'clock in the afternoon, Noyce suddenly said out of the blue, "We've arrived in Duva Town."

"Huh? We've already arrived?"

Adele was somewhat surprised, and then stopped teaching Leon. "Mr. Leon, we can talk about these things later when we have time. Right now, we need to find Dr. Kent as soon as possible and have him check your physical condition."

"...Um, I have no objection."

After responding, Li Ang couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

Although Noyce had promised not to reveal Leon's infected identity, how binding is such a verbal promise? Even if Noyce broke his promise on the spot, he wouldn't have to bear any consequences.

Once Li Ang's infected identity is exposed, the consequences are predictable. Judging from Noyce's attitude towards him, he will definitely be kicked out of this town.

What choice will Adele make then?

The thought of that possibility weighed heavily on Li Ang's mind.

The vehicle slowly drove up a slope. Li Ang could feel that their altitude was constantly increasing, but because he could only sense the situation within three meters around him, he couldn't quite imagine what was happening around him.

Mobile cities... no, mobile towns, what exactly are they?

This question can only remain in Li Ang's mind for now. Perhaps he will have the opportunity to glimpse the full picture of the mobile city when his perception range expands to tens of meters.

As the vehicle moved forward, a person also entered Li Ang's perception range.

Judging from the light armor he was wearing and the weapon on his back, this person should be a guard or something similar to the Duwa Town Guard.

"Hey, isn't this Noyce?"

At that moment, the guard also saw Noyce in the car and greeted him very familiarly, "Miss Nauman, have you finished your work?"

“It’s all taken care of,” Noyce replied calmly.

"Anyway, I hope the work goes smoothly. Please wait a moment, I'll open the door for you right away."

After exchanging a few pleasantries with Noyce, the guard prepared to open the town gate, but Noyce stopped him before he could.

Noyce pointed at Leon and said, "Wait a minute, there's one more thing. Let's register this guy first."

Bending down to look into the car, the guard noticed Li Ang sitting in the back seat. "Huh? Why is there another person? Weren't there only two of you when you left? Who is this?"

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Hearing the guard's question, Li Ang gradually became nervous. Whether he could enter the town depended entirely on Noyce's answer.

Even if Adele were willing to step forward and explain for him, it probably wouldn't make much of a difference. It's entirely a matter of trust. As the guardian of Duva, he would certainly be more inclined to believe Noyce, who grew up in the town.

"Do you know that small village a few dozen miles to the south? A natural disaster happened there, and this guy was the only survivor. Miss Nauman kindly brought him back from there, and we're going to take him to Old Kent for a check-up later."

"Wow, he's the only one left in the whole village? That's really..."

The guard gasped. "We'll have to inform the mayor about this later. I'll register it for him first."

After briefly asking Noyce for information about Leon, the guard handed them a small card that appeared to be a pass, instructing them not to lose it, and then opened the gate for them.

Noyce had a blank face, showing no emotion whatsoever.

He kept his promise and brought Li Ang safely into the town.

Chapter Ten Seeking Medical Treatment

After carefully putting away the pass given to him by the guard, Li Ang couldn't help but wonder if he had imagined Noyce to be too bad.

Aside from their somewhat rude attitude, the other party didn't seem to have done anything particularly unusual to him, which made Li Ang's mood even more complicated.

After entering the town, no one started talking anymore. They drove quietly along the narrow road until they finally stopped in front of a three-story building.

After getting out of the car, Noyce turned to Adele and said, "We've arrived at the clinic, Miss Nauman. My work is finished, so I won't bother you any longer. If you need anything else, Miss Nauman, you can contact me again."

Throughout the entire process, Noyce never glanced in Leon's direction, as if Leon didn't exist at all.

After saying that, Noyce left without hesitation, leaving Leon and Adele looking at each other in the car, unsure of what to say.

After a long pause, Adele whispered, "Well, let's go in first. Dr. Kent is inside."

Li Ang nodded and said, "Then I'll trouble you, Miss Nauman."

This three-story building in front of me is Dr. Kent's clinic. My next move depends entirely on this doctor's diagnosis.

As Adele entered the clinic, she called out, "Dr. Kent, I'm bothering you again. Are you free now?"

The room was empty; it seemed the doctor named Kent wasn't there. Taking this opportunity, Li Ang carefully observed the room.

The room on this floor is not very large, only about fifty or sixty square meters, and Li Ang could only see a part of it.

Behind the counter in front of them were several huge shelves filled with various medicines. Li Ang could smell the unique aroma of the various medicinal herbs mixed together in the air.

Looking at this floor alone, you might think it's a pharmacy.

Dua is a small town, with a total population of only a few thousand, so the clinics in the town usually also function as pharmacies.

Shortly after Adele's voice faded, a somewhat aged voice came from upstairs.

"Here you are, here you are. Isn't it the weekend? You won't even let an old man like me rest for a while."

With that sound, a somewhat hunched figure appeared at the end of the stairs at the end of Li Ang's perception.

Dr. Kent was an elderly man, but he seemed to be in good spirits. Time had not left too many marks on him. The tufts of hair on the sides of his head indicated that the old man was a Liberian.

The dominant ethnic group in the nearby Iberian region is the Liberians, and the town of Duva is located on the border between Iberia and Victoria, where a large number of Liberians still live.

As Dr. Kent descended the stairs, he saw Adele and Leon standing at the clinic entrance.

The old man yawned, then asked, "Oh, it's little Adele. What's up? What brings you to this old man? Are you feeling unwell?"

“Dr. Kent, I’m fine. I just wanted to ask you to examine him.”

With that, Adele pushed Leon in front of Dr. Kent.

"Hello doctor, I am Li Ang."

"Hmm, he looks quite robust."

Nodding, Dr. Kent then looked Li Ang up and down, raising an eyebrow and saying, "An Agorian? With his eyes closed, is there something wrong with his eyes?"

“Yes, Lyon should have gone blind,” Adele explained as she stepped forward.

“Mr. Noyce and I rescued him from a village in the south. There was a natural disaster there, and Lyon should be the only survivor,” Adele said somewhat nervously. “He should have contracted Oripathy… so I would like to ask you, Doctor, to examine him.”

Adele had been living in the town for some time to conduct on-site research on the nearby volcano. She knew Dr. Kent fairly well and knew that the old doctor was a good man.

But Adele wasn't entirely sure she could get him to help an infected person get tested...

If Dr. Kent refuses, then Adele will probably have to be taken back to Brandenburg for examination, but that will be ten days to two weeks later. Even if Leon's eye problem is not serious, the best time for treatment will have already passed.

To Adele's relief, Dr. Kent seemed completely unconcerned when he heard that Leon had contracted Oripathy, waving his hand and saying, "Oripathy, huh? That's really unlucky."

"However, it's also luck to have survived a natural disaster. Come upstairs with me and I'll check you out. If your condition isn't too bad, you should be able to live for several more decades."

With that, Dr. Kent turned and walked upstairs.

Just as Li Ang was about to get up and follow, he noticed that Dr. Kent had suddenly stopped.

"Wait a minute, Adele, where did you rescue this guy from?"

For some reason, Dr. Kent's voice trembled slightly, and Li Ang could sense that his emotions had suddenly become a jumbled mess, as if he had been stimulated by something.

"It's that little village south of Duva town. I don't know the name of the village. It's about several dozen kilometers away from here," Adele replied, somewhat confused.

Kent whirled around, rushed up to Adele, and demanded aggressively, "Is that the village with all those stone houses?"

Adele seemed somewhat overwhelmed by Dr. Kent's imposing manner, and nodded weakly, "It should be...it should be there."

After receiving an affirmative answer, Dr. Kent opened his mouth, unsure of what to say.

After a while, once his chaotic emotions had calmed down, he said with a wry smile, "Little Adele, you've really gotten me into trouble. Don't you think that village is a little strange?"

"Is there...is there a problem?" Adele shrank back and asked timidly.

On her way to explore the volcano, she passed through that village and resupplyed there, but she didn't see Leon at the time, and Adele didn't really notice anything wrong with the village.

Does that mean... what other problems exist with that village?

Li Ang listened quietly to their conversation. His intuition told him that it was best not to interrupt at this time, otherwise it might cause some unnecessary misunderstandings.

Seeing Adele's blank expression, Dr. Kent shook his head helplessly. "That village doesn't even have a single movable piece of land. Don't you think it's a bit strange to build stone houses there? If a natural disaster comes, it won't be easy to escape. Didn't they all die there this time?"

Upon hearing Dr. Kent's words, Adele seemed to recall something and said thoughtfully, "In order to facilitate migration and avoid natural disasters, villages in the wild are generally not built too well."

This area has many forests, making it easy to build houses using local timber. However, building houses with stone... is somewhat excessive for a village that frequently migrates to escape natural disasters.

Moreover, building houses with wood has other advantages. For example, if the houses had been made of wood, the outcome of this natural disaster would not have been so tragic, with only Li Ang, who has outstanding physical fitness, surviving.

At first glance, the village seems fine, but upon closer examination, many details are completely untenable.

Hearing this, Li Ang couldn't help but feel uneasy. It was just a simple medical visit, but unexpected trouble had arisen.

He didn't know much about that village, not even how he got there. Li Ang didn't notice this detail at first, but after hearing Adele and the doctor's discussion, he became less confident.

Could there really be some problem with that village, or with the things this body went through before?

Chapter Eleven: It's hopeless, just wait to die.

“But Lyon said he only moved to that village a few months ago,” Adele said, somewhat confused.

Even if there really was a problem with that village, it probably had nothing to do with him, that's what Adele thought.

To everyone's surprise, after hearing Adele's words, Dr. Kent scoffed dismissively and said, "Naive. Who would move to a place like that for no reason?"

Now, this problem has fallen on Li Ang's shoulders.

Why did the protagonist move to such a strange village? What did he do before moving to this village? What did he experience in this village?

Li Ang was also unable to answer this question.

Apart from some basic common sense, the fragmented memories contained only snippets of daily life, which could not provide Li Ang with any useful information.

At first, he thought that the incomplete memories were due to the time travel, but now it seems that the memories of his predecessor were likely problematic from the start.

Realizing this possibility, Li Ang frankly admitted, "Dr. Kent, I have some problems with my memory. I can only recall some fragmented pieces of my life now, and I don't remember at all why I moved to that village."

Dr. Kent readily believed this explanation; he seemed unsurprised, instead displaying an expression of "I knew it."

"Little Adele, you just said that everyone in that village died in the natural disaster, and only this kid survived?"

"Oh? Yes."

Adele was still surprised by Leon's 'amnesia' when she heard Dr. Kent's question and subconsciously replied, "Mr. Noyce and I searched the ruins, and he should be the only survivor."

"Good riddance, good riddance!"

Dr. Kent stroked his beard and sighed, "Never mind, it's too late to talk about this now. Come with me upstairs and continue the examination."

Now that they're already here, are we going to turn them away?

If he wasn't mistaken, driving these two away now wouldn't help, so he might as well continue to perform his duties.

After all, he is now a doctor.

"Dr. Kent, could you tell me a little more about that village?"

Li Ang was naturally unwilling to let this opportunity slip by. This old man clearly knew a lot of things, and if he wasn't lying, then his former self was indeed full of the aura of various conspiracies.

However, Dr. Kent slowly walked up the stairs, not stopping for Leon. Without turning his head, he said, "Sometimes, knowing too much isn't a good thing, you understand?"

His tone was unusually firm. Li Ang could sense the decisiveness in the other man, as well as a hint of fear of something. He estimated that even if Li Ang held a knife to his neck, he would not be willing to reveal any more information.

What exactly is he afraid of?

Li Ang couldn't think of an answer.

At that moment, Dr. Kent's figure had already disappeared around the corner of the stairs. After hesitating for a moment, Li Ang took a step and chased after him.

Dr. Kent went upstairs very quickly, without waiting for Li Ang and Adele at all. When Li Ang caught up, he found that Dr. Kent was standing at the top of the stairs, seemingly waiting for Li Ang to come up there.

"Can he still move normally even though he can't see? Is he using a perception-type Originium Arts?"

Dr. Kent nodded without surprise, and then said, "While I can't tell you my guess, I can give you two suggestions."

He spoke very softly and very quickly, as if he was worried that someone was eavesdropping. Only Li Ang, who was very close to him, could barely hear what he had just said.