Chapter 1: The Mystery of the Visitor
On a rainy night, the windows of a small, dilapidated mansion in the XC district of Votham glowed in a dim glow in the rain. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć infoIt was the training ground of the half-dead Aureno family, and the woman sitting at the window with tears on her face, officially Aureno's wife. Since the tournament, her husband hasn't closed his eyes for days, soaking in the cramped treatment room, where the star-studded gladiator the family depends, Burke.
For a small family like Oreno, who has neither a family nor a backstage, and can only send people to play for the consortium, the blow caused by Burke's disability is undoubtedly devastating. On the day that Fitsuma cut off Burke's arm, Ma Tsai from the dock chamber of commerce immediately ran to announce the news of the withdrawal, and the whole family panicked on the spot.
They have always been dependent on the dock chamber of commerce of the Sacamoto family to survive, without the support of the chamber of commerce, with the huge cost of gladiator training merchants, I am afraid that they will have to go out of business in a month! Oreno had to tighten his belt and squeeze money out of his teeth to hire a therapist for Burke, but as soon as the price of the operation was opened, he felt cold on the spot: just the operation cost him all his money, so after Burke's arm was randomly connected, perioperative care could not keep up at all. So at this time, Burke, who was talking nonsense in the language of a barbarian, was sitting on the edge of his bunk, and his mood was on the verge of collapse.
Oreno was a mixed-race Amazonian in his forties, tall and thin, with handsome aqua blue eyes filled with haggardness, and a blond hair that should have been brilliant that had not been taken care of for days, already disheveled, and his face was even more embarrassed. After all, it has been seven or eight generations since his family left the matriarchal Skovas Islands, but he has not been able to make a name for himself in the Western Continent, and the family business that he has worked hard for is about to collapse, so how can he not be sad?
"Master, someone outside the door asks to see you. A ragged handyman slave hurried into the treatment room to pray. With Orenor's financial resources, he could not afford to support a freedman-born family, and it was difficult for them to have a few slaves who were in charge of all the odd things. Oreno was a little stunned: It was so late and it was raining heavily, who could it be? With doubts, he got up and came to the door of the mansion with an umbrella, and saw two figures wrapped in oilcloth rainproof ponchos standing outside the door and waiting.
"Why did you two come here in the rain?" asked Oreno, clearing his hoarse throat and tiredly.
"On behalf of our master, I would like to offer a small gift to Master Aurenor. One of them stepped forward, humbly saluted, and then lifted the hood of his cloak, revealing a somewhat handsome, and cunning face on the east road, with a smile on his face, who is it not Haishan?
Oreno was taken aback: he naturally recognized this star safari gladiator of the Esenhard family who did not play cards according to common sense, and the two families were competitors anyway, and Hai Shan came to his door to "give a gift", what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd? Hai Shan saw Orenor's astonishment, turned around and lifted the hood of the other person, a mediocre appearance of Xiansai face, it was because of the surgery on himself to heal the wounds of Zhang Long, who shocked Walsam!
When two of the Isenhard's big-name gladiator stars arrived at the same time, Oreno was even more shocked, and he stood in the doorway, a little unable to close his mouth. Hai Shan put on a smile and said to him, "Master Aurenor don't be surprised, we have no malicious intentions, you must already know that Zhang Long is not only powerful in the arena, but also an excellent healer. Our master is very concerned about Burke's injury, can the master give him a face, and let Zhang Long go over and take a look?"
Oreno nodded his head again and again, and hurriedly let the two into the mansion and led them all the way to the treatment room. It wasn't that he didn't doubt the meaning behind Isenhard's move, but Burke was about to become a waste, and the family was already bankrupt, so what else could he have to lose? As soon as he stepped into the treatment room, Zhang Long sighed in his heart: It's really shabby, it can't be compared with the one managed by Lucas of the Esenhard family, it is small and narrow, cold and damp, and it is not suitable for the recuperation of the wounded at all...... I have participated in several family meetings before, and I feel that my boss has lived enough grievances, but I didn't expect that compared with these little trainers who are struggling on the line of life and death, it is simply heaven!
Zhang Long took off his cloak, leaned over to open the splint and bloody bandage on Burke's arm, and carefully examined his condition: a typical postoperative infection, high fever, drowsiness, and some pus at the incision. But fortunately, although the previous therapist asked for a sky-high price, the operation was not ambiguous at all, and the work of renewing tendons, bone grafting, suturing and splinting was quite good, otherwise this arm would really be hopeless. So at present, all he needs to do is clear the infection, turn around and look at Haishan, and the Donglu man will immediately understand, and move the medicine box over to open it. Zhang Long pried open Burke's mouth, poured some opium into it, and then used wine mixed with holy light to carefully remove the infected and inflamed pus and blood inside and outside the knife edge, and then used a knife to cut off the necrotic rotten flesh around the sutures little by little, and finally applied ointment, re-wrapped a clean bandage, put on a splint, and poured some mixed medicine into Burke's mouth. The whole set of operations is done in one go, and it has the style of a real therapist.
Oreno was dumbfounded on the sidelines, only to see Zhang Long put his hands on the temples on both sides of Burke, and held his breath to hit the two streams of holy light into it, Burke let out a violent gasp sound, and woke up leisurely, although he was still very weak, he could barely make a sound. Because Zhang Long was standing behind his head, the first thing that caught his eye was Oreno beside the bed, he was in a trance and asked, "Master...... Where am I......
Overjoyed, Aureno hurriedly ran over and grabbed Burke's uninjured hand, and said excitedly, "You're home......
Burke looked around, finally understood what was happening, and sighed, "I...... You've been disappointed...... If you don't make it to the semi-finals, you're wasted......
"Nope. Zhang Long interjected, "Although I didn't do it for you, I can say responsibly that this operation was a success. I'll come back every few days to change my dressings regularly, and if you pay attention, your arm will be back to normal in a few months. ć
Only then did Burke notice Zhang Long's existence, and he couldn't help but be surprised: "You...... Why are you here?"
"Our presence is a modest gift from our master. Hai Shan interjected with a mysterious smile, then ignored Burke, turned to Aurenor and said, "Three days later, at seven o'clock in the evening, our master will be waiting for Master Oreno at the 'faint to death' bar in Nancheng District, please enjoy it!"
What else can Oreno say? Osenhard owes such a big favor, of course he has to go to the appointment. It's just that I don't know what kind of calculation this trainer who has just fallen next to the championship is making, alas, take one step at a time......
Zhang Long and Hai Shan put on raincoats and left the dilapidated mansion, turned the corner, there was already a carriage waiting there, the horses were drenched in the rain, and they were snorting anxiously, Hai Shan hurriedly climbed to the position of the emperor, turned to Zhang Long and said, "Get in the car, there are still three families to run!"
Zhang Long nodded silently, got into the carriage, Haishan shouted and whipped the horse, accompanied by a long neighing, the carriage galloped all the way and disappeared into the rain curtain.