The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 320

Chapter 320 Break Rooms and Evaluations

The doctors showed up a few minutes later to get everyone for their morning treatments, which were mostly psychological, but Doug needed to have the internal wounds under his ribs checked to ensure they had healed properly, and Karl needed to have his arm checked as well.

The concussion treatment mostly fell under psychological evaluations, other than the first scans by the clerics to ensure that the healing spells hadn't left any lingering pressure or pooled blood inside his brain that might cause a stroke.

"Well, it looks like the physical damage to your head has healed well, but after healing magic is used, the areas can be tender and sensitive for a while. The rest of your body looks like it is doing well, though I see that you had some recently broken ribs that were also set with magic, so you should avoid taking any more hits to the area for the next month, just in case." The Doctor began after the scan.

Karl chuckled, and the doctor shrugged. "Whether anyone actually follows our recommendations or not is an entirely separate matter from the fact that we give them. Logically, they are healed, and they should be as strong as ever, but the nerves in the area remain sensitive, as they remember the damage. So, we recommend not to take more injuries in the near future, as it can lead to phantom pains and other psychosomatic effects, which are nearly impossible to cure."

Karl nodded. "That makes a lot of sense. The whole body can be trained, so if your body remembers constantly being in pain, then it will be trained to respond with pain."

"Exactly, but you Elites all abuse your bodies constantly. When you get to my age, all those old injuries add up, and you end up slow and nearly crippled without doing anything at all. That's why the hospitals still encourage the Elites to take care of their bodies. I know that none of you are old yet, and with the advanced healing abilities, and superhuman bodies, you might never be as old and slow as a cleric like me, but you will still feel it in time." The Doctor warned him.

"Don't worry, Doc. I am listening. It might not be possible to avoid all injuries, but you already know that here at the Veterans Hospital. I will do my best to avoid allowing the injuries to stack up, both on me and my beasts. I wouldn't want to hinder their growth with battle damage."

The doctor nodded, more concerned about Karl than about his pets. But if that was what it took to get the Elite to take the medical advice seriously, then that was what he would go with. Too many of them didn't take their lives seriously enough, in his opinion.

Of course, that had always been a problem with soldiers, according to a doctor.

"Alright, we've finished with the concussion and the rest of the body, let's see that arm." He announced.

Karl took his arm out of the sling, showing off the smoothly stitched seam, where they hadn't taken Lotus' handiwork out yet. She hadn't sutured him like a doctor, she had sewn him back together like she was fixing a blanket, with crossed running stitches. _{freewebnøvel.com}

The doctor smiled and shook his head. It was very neatly done, and he had no doubt that whoever had done this was a very skilled crafter, but if it got snagged on something, it wouldn't just tug one stitch free, it was all connected.

"First, I will remove the stitches, and then cast another healing spell, to ensure that the last of the damage is repaired. Then we will have to scan the bone. For Elites who have undergone treatments with various magical remedies, their bones can be quite different from a standard human physiology, so I need to do an intense scan to see what I'm working with and how well it has healed." He explained.

"Oh, I can do the stitches, if you'd like." Karl offered.

"You can do them?" The doctor asked. Karl activated [Flaming Body] on his arm, and burnt the stitches away instead of coating them, then used [Refreshing Lightning] to push the inner parts out for the flames to burn them away. When he was done, there wasn't a mark on his arm. There wasn't any hair either, but that was just a minor miscalculation on what the flames would burn.

"Well, that is unexpected. Do you have some sort of healing ability as well? I don't see any scabbing or scars left from the repair, and the fact that it healed without scarring is incredible." The doctor asked.

"I have a regeneration effect on the barrier that I use, but it has taken a lot of healing along the way. One of my beasts has a minor healing spell, [Healing Splash]. It's not up to the standards of a healing cleric, but it's good for closing small wounds." Karl explained.

The Doctor smiled. "That spell is often underestimated. It's a healing liquid, and it will continue to work for a few seconds after contact if it isn't washed away. It's primarily used through an IV or multiple needle injections, to heal damaged veins."