Chapter 17: 【Minor Healing Potion】

“Wow, I’m rich, it really is yellow equipment!”

Sun Fei’s eyes gleamed like stars. He eagerly picked up the two yellow equipment pieces and was about to examine them carefully when that mysterious and cold voice appeared in his mind again—

“Today’s game time limit is about to reach, please prepare to save your progress!”

It was finally here!

This time, however, the mysterious cold voice did not start a three-second countdown like a grim reaper, but gave Sun Fei enough time to react.

“I’ve been waiting for you!” Sun Fei felt his heart tighten.

Indeed, even though he had been fully focused on killing monsters earlier, in Sun Fei’s plan, he had indeed been waiting for this voice to appear for a long time.

Afraid of missing the chance, Sun Fei quickly shouted at the sky: “Wait, wait, I have something to ask… I want to exchange for some 【life healing potions】, and I hope to bring them to my world. You understand what I mean, right? Tell me, what price do I have to pay?”

At the same time, Sun Fei concentrated hard, trying to communicate with this mysterious voice in his mind.

However, the voice did not answer immediately.

What followed was a terrifying and heart-wrenching silence.

For Sun Fei, who urgently needed an answer, those short three to four seconds felt as long as several centuries in the river of time.

Finally, at the fifth second, that mysterious cold voice appeared in Sun Fei’s mind again—

“As you wish… 【Minor Healing Potion】, exchange price is 3000 Gold Coins per bottle, with a 25% chance of successful exchange. Gold Coins will be directly deducted from the total Gold Coins you own. If Gold Coins are insufficient, you can exchange with existing equipment at 80% of the equipment’s actual value… Please confirm whether to exchange, starting countdown… 10… 8… 5…”

“I exchange, of course I confirm the exchange… First, exchange three bottles of 【Minor Healing Potion】.”

Sun Fei was overjoyed.

“Ding—! Calculation shows insufficient Gold Coins, equipment exchange is insufficient, please reselect exchange items or quantity… Countdown 4… 3…”

“Exchange one bottle… one bottle of 【Minor Healing Potion】.” Sun Fei grew anxious.

“Ding—! Calculating… Insufficient Gold Coins… Equipment exchange is sufficient… 25% exchange success rate calculated… Exchange successful… Today’s game time limit reached, player is forced to log off.”

Ding dong—!

A pleasant sound was heard.

Sun Fei’s vision blurred again, and all the scenery started to twist and distort, eventually turning into darkness.

Darkness enveloped him once more.

…

Whew—!

Sun Fei exclaimed and jumped up from the bed.

He looked around carefully and found that he had indeed returned to the King’s Hall.

His ‘fiancée’ Angela was sitting by the bed, her sapphire-like blue eyes fixed on him, her stunningly beautiful face full of worry.

“Alexander, you’re finally awake.”

Seeing Sun Fei wake up, the worry on Angela’s face instantly disappeared. The girl was so overjoyed that her voice trembled a little: “I saw the wound on your left shoulder, it was bleeding a lot… By the way, were you having a nightmare just now? You kept struggling in your sleep, and your forehead was covered in sweat… I was really worried that if you…”

Sun Fei was stunned.

From this series of somewhat jumbled words, he clearly felt the deep concern this beautiful girl had for him.

This concern was not because he had overnight become the hero of Shampoo City, nor was it the admiration for a strong warrior like Brook and the soldiers had. It was a very simple, heartfelt emotion. Whether he was the fool everyone used to laugh at or the normal person he was now after his rebirth, Angela—this angel-like pure and kind girl—would always care for and look after him like this.

This concern made Sun Fei feel a strange sensation flowing in his heart.

Perhaps this concern was because the owner of this body was called Alexander.

But no matter what, Sun Fei felt great affection for this kind-hearted girl before him.

He had to admit that even though he was a bit of a beast, usually enjoying sweet talk and finding excuses to interact with beautiful girls, that was just normal behavior for a regular guy. Actually, deep down, Sun Fei was quite a traditional guy who liked to boast and talk nonsense but was definitely not promiscuous. He had his own principles and stuck to them stubbornly.

Yet Angela’s kindness had easily touched Sun Fei’s heart.

He was genuinely moved.

He wondered, how many girls would still care so deeply for a fool knowing they were going to marry him? Why was Angela the fool Alexander’s fiancée? Sun Fei didn’t know the details, but that didn’t stop him from deciding at this moment that he would definitely make this girl happy in the future—in whatever form that took.

Of course, it would be even better if she could marry him—after all, why let good water flow to others’ fields?

“Don’t worry, Angela, my injury has long healed…”

Sun Fei gave a bright, sunny smile, got off the bed, unfastened the chest plate of his Knight armor, and removed the undershirt. Sure enough, the sword wound on his left shoulder had basically healed, with the scar gone and only a small red spot remaining.

This phenomenon indeed confirmed Sun Fei’s earlier guess—

After experiencing the World of Diablo once, whatever injuries this body had previously suffered would miraculously recover.

Angela’s face turned rosy as she carefully examined the wound, finally feeling relieved.

When Alexander was a fool before, Angela subconsciously treated him like a clueless child without any other feelings. But now that Alexander had suddenly become normal overnight, Angela found that her thoughts had become very confused at some point. Just thinking about this person being her fiancé made the beautiful girl’s heart beat rapidly like a startled deer.

Angela didn’t realize that her current shy, charming, and delicate appearance had stunned Sun Fei.

Neither of them spoke, and the Great Hall was quiet.

The atmosphere was somewhat enchanting and unusual.

Sun Fei couldn’t help but recall a line from Bai Juyi’s poem about his romantic adventures: “There is a hidden sorrow and silent regret born, at this moment, silence is more expressive than sound… Uh, I can’t remember the rest. Is it ‘The garden is filled with spring colors that can’t be contained, a single red apricot branch stretches over the wall’?”

What a wonderful moment.

Sun Fei thought happily.

However, just then, something happened to ruin the mood—

Bang!

The door of the Great Hall was pushed open.

The blonde little Lori Gemma rushed in hurriedly.

The little girl had no idea she was doing something that spoiled the romantic atmosphere, and ignoring Sun Fei’s murderous gaze, she gasped as soon as she entered and shouted: “Alexander, how is your plan coming along? Uncle Pierce can’t hold on much longer…”

Oh no!

Sun Fei suddenly remembered the important matter.

He looked around and finally found on the gilded bed where he had been lying earlier the item he had obtained at a considerable cost—【Minor Healing Potion】.

Diablo bless, this red miraculous potion from the Diablo World, which could instantly restore health as long as one wasn’t dead, had actually been successfully exchanged by him.

Sun Fei held the small bottle in his hand and examined it carefully.

It looked similar to a small ink bottle, containing bright red liquid that resembled Coca-Cola and wasn’t sticky.

“Only this little amount, it’s probably not enough to save Pierce and the two to three hundred wounded soldiers…”

Sun Fei observed while quickly thinking to himself.

“What to do? Let’s test the effect first. If this healing potion’s effect is really as exaggerated as in the Diablo World, maybe diluting it with clean water could still save their lives…”

“What are you waiting for? Hurry up, let’s go, go, go…” The little Lori Gemma grabbed Sun Fei without another word and pulled him outside.

Angela, who had finally come to her senses, was about to follow when Sun Fei suddenly turned his head and said to her: “Angela, go prepare two basins filled with clean water for me, they might be needed.”

“What do you need clean water and basins for?” The blonde little Lori, like a curious baby, heard this and found it very strange, asking: “I’ll help Sister Angela prepare these things. Alexander, you go check on Uncle Pierce quickly, he’s about to die.”

Sun Fei was speechless.

This little girl was so bossy, really not treating the King as an official.

…

Sun Fei arrived at the front courtyard of the Royal Palace.

It was already filled with lying wounded soldiers, with constant moans.

However, most of them were well taken care of, and their spirits were much better than before in that pigsty-like infirmary.

Apart from the few physicians, some women from Xiangbo City had been organized to come here to care for the wounded soldiers. King Alexander’s generosity made everyone understand that in this dangerous moment of national crisis, everyone must unite to resist the enemy; otherwise, if the nest is overturned, no egg remains unbroken. The day the city falls would be the day their families are destroyed and they die.

“His Majesty the King is here!”

Seeing Sun Fei arrive, everyone’s eyes turned to him.

Everything that happened during the daytime battle had quickly spread throughout Shampoo City. Many people attributed the idiot King’s sudden transformation into a peerless hero to the protection of the God of War, so Alexander naturally became the spokesperson of the God of War, receiving unprecedented respect and worship.

Everyone greeted Sun Fei excitedly.

Some even knelt down to kiss Sun Fei’s leather boots, which gave him a big scare.

“Wow! Hey hey hey… you’re biting my foot… ouch! It seems being an idol isn’t that easy…” Even though Sun Fei usually enjoyed showing off and being admired, such an enthusiastic scene was a bit overwhelming for him.

After managing to squeeze through, he heard faint sobbing nearby.