Chapter 128: Bandages

[Kind Reminder: Due to territory level restrictions, higher-level NPCs will have their skill levels sealed after joining your territory. This seal can be lifted by upgrading your territory or by using certain materials and items at the Profession Hall.]

Su You quickly reviewed Meck’s information and then agreed to let him join.

As soon as she agreed, Meck seemed to sense something. He stood there in a daze for a few seconds, then quickly reverted to his usual impatient self.

“Hurry, hurry, hurry! I want to learn skills!”

“Alright, alright, go ahead and learn.” Su You handed him the advanced cooking skill book, letting him read and learn as he pleased. Meanwhile, she bent down and picked up the black snake again.

‘Why did you save me? Wouldn’t it be better to let that guy guard your home for another year?’ The black snake felt conflicted.

No one wants to die, and it was no exception. It had already resigned itself to death, only to find itself suddenly saved by a human who looked completely powerless.

And the price for saving it… Although the black snake didn’t like Meck, it knew very well what a high-level mage meant in the human world.

Because it understood, it couldn’t quite figure out why this human would do such a thing.

But Su You had no intention of explaining. She simply brought the snake to her workshop.

She set the black snake aside, took two items from a wooden box, and placed them on her workbench.

[Do you want to use Cloth Scraps*3 and Hundred-Flower Herb*1 to craft Bandages*3?]

[Crafting: Bandages*3. Estimated time: 300 seconds.]

Bandages, much like basic healing potions, are among the most common and frequently used medicines in the early stages and can be used to restore health.

The difference is that the Hundred-Flower Herb used in bandages can only be applied externally, so it can’t replace Red Herb in making basic healing potions. Also, bandages only work if there are external wounds; if there are none, they won’t restore health.

So, while the two are similar, the differences are quite clear.

During the five-minute crafting time, Su You took out some bark-based paper and a feather pen she’d made earlier, then started writing and sketching on the paper… The black snake didn’t know what she was doing, but didn’t bother to ask.

In just a few minutes, Su You had filled the paper with writing.

She couldn’t help it—so much had happened today that she needed to take some time to organize her thoughts… Double disasters, the treasure chest exploded, and she’d only just sealed the monster spawn cage. Today was just one disaster after another.

Nothing but bad luck!

Su You took a deep breath, then began reviewing the notes she’d written, checking if anything needed to be revised or added—

First, she’d sealed the monster spawn cage this morning. The seal would last five days, so on the twelfth day of the datafied world, she’d have to bring people over in advance to prepare.

At a rate of about 25 ghost skeletons spawning per day, five days would mean 125 of them. Fortunately, after sealing, the spawn rate drops by 30%, so in reality, she’d be facing about 90 ghost skeletons after five days.

…That’s about a third less than before, but it’s still a lot. Still, now she’d recruited Meck, Duoya was also a skilled fighter, and Lyle and Lake weren’t bad either.

Currently, her territory had five people including herself, and four of them were combat-capable. With this setup, as long as nothing unexpected happened, dealing with the monster spawn cage shouldn’t be a big problem.

Second, regarding the dark creatures’ attack on the tenth day—it was now day seven, so she had less than three days to prepare.

The dark creatures would attack in two waves: one at dawn on the tenth day, and another late at night on the same day.

If the attack mechanism was the same as before, each wave should have about 10–20 dark creatures, with at least one elite among them.

But as before, since her combat power was sufficient, it shouldn’t be too hard to handle.

Third, the double disasters.

Now, the possible types of disasters had been narrowed down to locust plague, drought, flood, acid rain, and one more: Forest Frenzy.

There were three possible combinations of these disasters: