Chapter 28 Serious Injury
It was four or five days after Ge regained consciousness.
At this time, he was lying on his bed at home, his body covered with bandages and fixations, looking miserable and half-dead.
This is indeed the most serious injury he has suffered since becoming a hunter.
After careful examination by the village doctor, he found that he had more than ten fractures all over his body. The lacerations on his back healed very slowly due to residual toxins. The skin on his back was burned in many places. His lungs were infected due to choking in river water, and his internal organs were also damaged. There was some displacement due to the violent impact.
It can be said that it is no small miracle that he survived successfully.
After falling into the river that day, he and Zhupa were swept out for nearly two kilometers. Most of the bruises and fractures all over their bodies were caused at that time.
Had it not been for the fact that there happened to be a relatively gentle river bend not far downstream, causing him and Pig Chop to be washed ashore, they might have drowned at that time.
When he was washed ashore, Gordon had already fallen into a deep coma. Fortunately, Pig Chop was still conscious. It sent a rescue signal in time, summoned the Ellu tribe living nearby, and transported the two of them out. Deep in the mountains.
When the seriously injured Gordon was sent back to Kokot Village, the instructors and the others were frightened.
Even the old village chief of the Dragon Tribe, who always looked like he was suffering from Alzheimer's disease, came over personally to check his injuries.
The only good thing is that the bones of this guy's body are strong enough. Although the injury is serious, it does not leave any irreversible damage.
Just to ensure perfect healing of the bones, one must stay in bed for a full month.
Recovery drugs can indeed greatly speed up the process, but excessive use of recovery drugs is likely to cause proliferation and dislocation during bone healing.
So, what should be rested should still be rested.
While in bed recovering from his injuries, Gordon became somewhat silent.
He failed the mission, was defeated miserably by the Fire Dragon, and almost lost his life if his partner Zhu Bao hadn't saved him desperately, which all devastated him.
It is actually very common among hunters for their personality to change drastically after a mission fails. Not everyone can successfully escape from the shadow of fear of death.
Too many hunters have since put down their weapons, or have lost the courage to continue challenging powerful monsters, and have become a life-long "gatherer hunter".
As Gordon's instructor, Ernest naturally had similar worries, but after hesitation, he chose not to interfere more.
Even if the former gives up being a hunter from now on, he will not be angry. People who enter the hunting grounds without awareness are seeking death, and this kind of "enlightenment" cannot be poured out with just a few words of chicken soup.
Whether you can regain your courage can only depend on the person involved.
However, it turned out that Ernest's worries were unnecessary.
On the first day he could get out of bed, Gordon came to Pig Chop on crutches and solemnly apologized to him for his previous recklessness.
Then he came to the instructor's home and seriously reflected and reviewed his mistakes.
He knew very well that if the instructor hadn't repeatedly ordered him to bring antidotes and flash bombs before the mission, he didn't know how many times he would have died.
As for giving up being a hunter, Gordon never even thought about it.
Rather, at this time, his desire to become stronger was as high as ever.
"Fire Dragon, just wait, that day won't be long."
More than a month has passed by in a hurry.
After finishing the day's recovery training, Gordon returned home with Pork Chop. The cool well water poured over his body, flowing through the muscles that were bulging due to full congestion, taking away the sweat and steaming heat.
Gordon stretched his waist comfortably, while Pork Chop shook his body, throwing water droplets everywhere.
The injuries suffered in the battle with the Fire Dragon have fully recovered, and Gordon can even feel that his physical fitness has improved a lot compared to a month ago.
Is this the so-called destruction and then establishment?
After taking a cold shower, Gordon returned to his room. There was a brand new set of armor hanging on the humanoid rack next to the storage box. He walked forward and touched the shiny alloy. armor pieces, and then put the armor on the body piece by piece.
The original blue velociraptor suit was seriously damaged in the fire dragon's breath attack, and it has lost the meaning of repair.
So, on the advice of his instructor, he placed an order with the workshop and built this new equipment called the "Refined Ore Set".
The materials of the new suit are mainly earth crystals, iron ore, chanchite and other ore materials. With a small amount of blue velociraptor skin, the overall defense is at the same level as the blue velociraptor suit.
However, due to the use of a large amount of metal materials, the weight of the refined ore suit is heavier than that of the Blue Velociraptor suit. Fortunately, with Gordon's current physical fitness, this weight is not considered significant. What a burden.
He was very satisfied to be able to create such excellent equipment using existing stock materials.
As for why he was equipped with armor now, it was because the instructor told him seriously this morning that he should go to the village chief's house after completing the training. It seemed that he had something important to say.
Just like the big shots in the city always wear new robes when gathering, Gordon felt that to show his importance, he also had to wear new armor.
Well, to put it bluntly, he just wanted to find a reason to try new equipment.
He arrived at the village chief’s house fully armed, and sure enough, instructor Ernest was also here.
The instructor and the village chief were speechless looking at Gordon's covered appearance outside the door, but they didn't say much. There were too many hunters who were accustomed to wearing armor as regular clothes.
"Come in quickly. Oh, by the way, put the blasting knife at the door. Don't collapse the floor of the village chief's house." Ernest scolded with a smile.
Gordon scratched his head, put down his weapon, stepped on the creaky floor, and walked into the village chief's house.
Two strong men and a skinny old man sat down around a small table less than half a meter high. This scene looked a bit funny.
The instructor glanced at the village chief, who was swaying and looking like he was about to doze off. He sighed, took the initiative to start the conversation, and said: "Gordon, you are almost an adult, right?"
Gordon was stunned when he heard this, but he still nodded and responded: "Yeah, yes, I will be eighteen next month."
The instructor was silent for a few seconds, then suddenly smiled a little self-deprecatingly: "That's right, that kid who was clamoring to be a hunter back then is now a big guy taller than me."
Ge Deng blinked, not understanding what the instructor and others meant.
"It's my problem. I always feel that you are not mature enough and are a fledgling that can't fly alone, so I keep you tied to the nest." The instructor continued to talk to himself.
"Instructor?" Gordon said cautiously, feeling that the atmosphere was a little strange.
As if he had finally made up his mind, the instructor suddenly raised his head. He stared into Gordon's eyes and said: "Gordon, you are a very talented guy and you are willing to work hard. I firmly believe that you Future achievements must be above mine.”
He had never heard an instructor praise himself so frankly before, and Gordon was a little at a loss.
Before he could say anything, the instructor continued: "But Kokot Village is too small and too remote. There are not many tasks that can be assigned, and most of them are either gathering mushrooms or hunting. Raw meat, even a few reliable two-star missions are hard to find, and you may not get even one three-star mission in a month.
Return now. Thinking about it, what you said at that time, "I want to see what a fire dragon looks like" must have been just an excuse. If you had more suitable choices at that time, you wouldn't have chosen the task of stealing the fire dragon egg. "Ge. Deng twitched his lips. He really went there just for excitement. Now that he tells the truth
Will he be beaten by the instructor?
It’s better not to say too much now.
(End of this chapter)