Encountering the Mother of All Roots

Back in the forest, Christo and the others were sitting near Auri who was being examined by Flo.

"How is it, Flo?" Jian asked with a worried face.

Flo didn't immediately answer as she was still checking Auri's condition. Not long after, she finally turned around, wiping her sweating face.

"I'm not a certified medical personnel, so I won't pretend to be an expert about this. But based on my examination, this was caused by the monkey bite earlier. You can see that the tissue around the bite mark on her hand has slightly darkened."

The others turned to look and saw that it was exactly as Flo described.

"Why did you have to butt in, Auri? We could've just let those bastards be and go on our merry way. But look what happened…" Jian lamented as he watched Auri's pale and sweating face with pity.

"I'm sorry…" Auri suddenly whispered.

"N-no—I mean—just rest, idiot!" Jian quickly reprimanded.