046. Final Result
"There were few fractures on the bones, a damaged ligament, and some pinched nerves," Ruby said.
"Don't worry Adam, you will be fine after some treatment," Ruby then looked at Adam.
Adam could only nod.
"Boys, bring the stretcher and carry him out the field to our benches," Ruby said.
Ruby knew the procedure, she then came to the referee to tell him what she had diagnosed. The referee gave her permission to do the treatment.
Cleon and Ural then took Adam to their benches for more comprehensive treatment.
***
"It looks like Adam was hit pretty hard. Now they have to carry him outside. So, will they hire an outside player?" Andy asked.
"It depends on how bad his condition. But, what makes me curious actually is, how many auxiliary members does Hellcat have?
I noted there are Princess Ruby as a healer, and then her friend who wore healer's clothes too. The two girls around them look like elves. So, four members?" Frank asked.
"Hahaha, yeah, that is enviable. As an amateur team, they can be said to have an arsenal full of ammunition. I must say it is somewhat overkill," Andy said.
"I must remind you the elves must be Adam's summoned being, just like Haldir and Ural. You have to admit that the two summoned beings have become the backbone players of Hellcat in this match. I want to know who is this boy? I think he must be noble," Frank said.
"Hey, what are they doing? Does her Highness Ruby want to start a ritual? Wait, four healers' mega healing ritual?" Andy asked.
"No, it must be five, if you look at the formation. But, who is the fifth healer? God, Do I watch a west heroes league match? it's too luxurious for an amateur team to has five healers," Frank said.
"That is a royal team for you. Don't be envious. It is bad for your blood pressure, dude," Andy said in an amused tone.
***
Alba, the two elves, and Eve made a four sides formation. Ruby as the core was in the middle with Adam.
"Are you ready Ruby?" Eve asked. Ruby had already explained how to do the five healers' mega healing ritual. The four healers will extend their mana clouds to Ruby as the core healer and then she would direct the healing skill to Adam's ankle.
"Yes," Ruby said in a determined tone.
Adam who was the target of this ritual felt nervous. Actually, Ruby offered him an anesthetic herb. It will dull his consciousness, so he won't feel the process.
But Adam refused to use it. Because it will affect his performance in the match. So, he could only bite a leather-covered wooden disk to endure the pain.
So Ruby ordered Pete and Cleon to bring ropes. As Ruby's order, they bound his arms and feet. Adam asked, what they were doing. Ruby only said he would know soon.
The mana clouds of four healers then flowed towards Adam and Ruby. With her control, her mana cloud combined the four mana clouds. The combined mana cloud became denser. She then pulled the mana cloud to covered her palms.
She touched Adam's ankle, the rich blue light then covered his entire ankle. After that Ruby closed her eyes.
Adam felt a warm sensation around his ankle. Then he felt some changes happened inside his foot. He felt an itchy sensation. He wanted to scratch it. But, as his arms and feet were bound, he couldn't do anything.
At the moment he knew, why Ruby advised him to use the herb to dull his perception. Adam at the moment knew that itch was harder to withstand than pain.
***
After five minutes of treatment, Hellcat players had already come back to the field. Among them, Windart players' attention was focused on Adam. They looked at him with odd stares, especially Fox.
At the Windart team's benches, Fox told them what he did to Adam. They didn't show any response at that time. Because they knew, they were in a dire situation.
They only hoped Adam's substitute wasn't a good outside player. As in their belief, Adam needed to be sent to the hospital for treatment.
But the reality was cruel. They saw Adam was well. He stood there and didn't look like just experience any injury.
As Adam did the freekick, Windart's hope for a comeback was extinguished. But of course, they would never admit it.
***
"Goooal!!! The third goal by Haldir. It's a hattrick, hattrick by Haldir. Can you believe it? It was the 75th minute of the match, and Hellcat is leading with 3-1. Wow, I still couldn't believe it. What skill is that? I almost shout cheating a few times.
I've never seen a skill like that before. He vanished without notice some times and then appeared at a crucial spot. Have you ever heard something like that Frank?" Andy asked.
"Honestly I had a gut feeling that something was wrong the first time I saw him teleported. But I was not sure back then," Frank said.
"Oh, you know the skill that he uses? Tell us, I'm sure everyone wants to know it," Andy said.
"Actually this skill was very famous back then, and it is not in battle ball though. You know, I was studying at Silverpool Academy a few years ago. My favorite activity back then was visiting the library of literacy faculty," Frank said in a reminiscent.
"Oh, I know this story. Actually, everyone knows it. It is a love story between a student and a librarian lady right? Hahaha...," Andy said while laughing. Some audiences seemed also know, as they laughed.
Frank waited until they stopped laughing, after that, he said, "I don't want to talk about it now. I will continue. Have you ever heard of the shadow squad of Torino?"
Andy thought for a while, and then he shook his head, "No."
"They were a special squad that the Torino Kingdom had about 200 years ago. I read it in a history book with the title 'Seven Kingdoms', they had a skill that was similar to teleportation.
But instead of directly moved from a place to another place, they could hide in the shadow and then appeared at a place far away from the place he had disappeared," Frank.
"You said, that they were similar to Haldir?" Andy asked.
"Yes, maybe. Because their skill was really strange. So maybe Haldir's skill is related to shadow like them."
***
Looked at the scoreboard, Fox clenched his fist, "Say, did we make a mistake?"
"Do you regret it?" Sam who was at his side asked.
"...," Fox then turned his body without answering. He then ran to the middle line of the field to do the kickoff.
Sam looked again at the score, then he ran toward his position.
***
There was no surprise for the rest 15 minutes of the game. If eight minutes of additional time was counted then they had played for 53 minutes in the second half. the eight minutes of additional time was given because Adam's treatment spent around six or seven minutes to be done.
The final score was 4:1, Hellcat team won the game. The last goal was scored at the 83rd minute by Cleon.
With a crossing from Haldir and the earth wall to block the CB that was cast by Logan, finally, Cleon could score.
"You are lucky. It must be good to be backed by the royal family," Fox said to Adam while the two players shook hands.
"Hahaha, how can a person like you understand?" Adam said with a smile.
"Always looked down on commoner huh? It just started. Believe me," Fox said in a taunting tone.
Adam could only shake his head. Actually, Adam's mind wasn't in the match anymore. After the game ended he got notifications.
[Congrutulation, your summoned creature, Haldir succeeded to score a hattrick. For his achievement, you get 352 GP.]
[Congrutulation, your summoned creature, Ural played magnificently as a defender. For his achievement, you get 102 GP.]
[Congrutulation, your summoned creature, Calen succeeded in becoming a part of five healers mega healing formation. For her achievement, you get 32 GP.]
[Congrutulation, your summoned creature, Idril succeeded in becoming a part of five healers mega healing formation. For her achievement, you get 32 GP.]
[Congrutulation, You won an amateur battle ball match. For your achievement, you get 79 GP.]
[You have a total 5320 GP]
Adam didn't know he should be happy or sad.
He should be happy for knowing that if he won something, all of his summoned creatures that had a role in the process to achieve it and got the people's recognition would give him GP. And he got more than 500 GP in one win of battle ball made him glad to choose to play this sport. He should thank Eve for suggesting it a few days ago.
But he was sad to only get 79 GP for his performance. He knew Haldir and Cleon had played really well in this match. But he also played hard. Adam couldn't help to sigh.
As he left the field with other players of Hellcat team, he was still absentminded.
"Adam, you remember your promise right?" Alba's voice woke him up from his self-deprivation state.
***