Mr. Hood talked about his physical condition, and even took the initiative to expose his arms under the robe, and then rolled up the sleeves of his long-sleeved shirt, so that Jenkins could directly see his arms.
From the appearance, there is no abnormality in the shape and size of this arm, but the color from the elbow to the arm is blue, as if it is on the verge of necrosis due to insufficient blood supply. If you look carefully, there seems to be a black line under the skin, but the elbow The skin color down to the palm is normal.
"Many years ago, my arm was directly cut off, and I almost died because of it. It was an elder who was proficient in healing who saved me, but the arm was separated for too long, and it was impossible to reattach it by relying on the power of life. Get up, and the surgery in that era was far worse than it is now."
Mr. Hood smiled wryly. He had already taken off his hood, showing his sweaty face. This kind of weather is not suitable for wearing such airtight clothes.
"But no matter whether it is an ordinary person or a gifted person, it is very inconvenient to not have a right arm. Later, I found a friend and used some special small methods to deal with the amputated arm, and then achieved a certain degree of limb grafting. Lo and behold, it looks good, I can't tell the difference from the original, my wife and I have lived with me for so long, and have never noticed something wrong with my right hand... But when dealing with Mr. White Cat a while ago, it wasn't Was your arm injured because you were accidentally involved in a strange situation? I thought there would be no major problems, but I didn't expect it to end up like this."
He tried to move the right arm with abnormal skin color, and Jenkins heard the sound of abnormal metal bending:
"Is this arm a mechanical arm?"
he asked with some vigilance.
"No, it's not entirely a mechanical structure. My original arm was not completely necrotic because it was well preserved, so when I was preparing a new arm, I made a certain degree of mechanical transformation on the original arm, adding thin steel cables, gears, Bearing and lever structure. It hasn’t had any problems for so many years, and the doctor who operated on me has left Nolan long ago, and now there is a problem with it, and I can only find a way to solve it myself.”
Mr. Hood has been trying to solve the arm problem since Jenkins was still in Luen. But instead of making any progress, his arm problems got worse. Jenkins had at least been able to use the arm when Nolan met him and Mr. White Cat the night of the dragon game, but now it can barely bend it.
In the end, after going around, Mr. Hood's acquaintances in the black market contacted the artisans who had recently come to Nolan's Church of Creation and Mechanics, and spent a lot of money to get one of them to agree to try treatment for Mr. Hood.
This is where they were scheduled to meet, and Mr. Hood was just waiting for that person to come.
Knowing the cause and effect, Jenkins also tried to check Mr. Hood's right arm. According to Mr. Hood's description, that arm is not a purely mechanical structure, but an organic combination of machinery and flesh and blood.
But that's not using a technique similar to the Gear Craftsman's Association, using disgusting means to mix flesh and blood into gear bearings. Mr. Hood only repaired some bones with mechanical parts, replacing broken nerves with special alloys.
Neither of them can explain the reason clearly, but at least this arm is "alive", not just a dead thing being manipulated.
"What is the origin of the doctor who treated you at the beginning, and is it possible to find it now?"
Jenkins asked pretending not to care while testing the condition of the arm with the Spirit of Life. He got the answer right away. Mr. Hood still remembered that the doctor at that time was a believer in [God of Nobility and Order], the same belief as Miss Silver Flute.
[God of Nobility and Order] is a very powerful pseudo-god, but its strength lies not in the extensive coverage of the core priesthood [Nobility], but in the priesthood of [Order]. Order is the cornerstone of human civilization and even any civilization, and it is an important reason why intelligent races can survive forever. Although many gods, including [God of Fate and Law] Fate Hermit, have priesthoods related to [Order], if we talk about [God of Order], then it must be a false god [God of Nobility and Order] God], even the believers of destiny do not object to this.
Hearing that the doctor many years ago was a believer in this false god, Jenkins was much relieved. The God of Order is an absolute camp of good gods. He is quite ancient and powerful, and its believers and sects are absolutely impossible to have anything to do with the [Gear Craftsman Association].
So he calmly conducted further inspections for Mr. Hood, but under the detection of the Spirit of Life, he found that the situation was not optimistic. Due to the damage to the mechanical part, the normal flesh and blood tissue also suffered a considerable degree of necrosis. If Mr. Hood hadn't often sought treatment from his elders, that is, the old elf, the arm might not be able to be saved by now.
"I can't deal with this level of injury. The problem with this arm is not the flesh and blood. I'm afraid you still need someone who is proficient in mechanical repair to help."
After obtaining Mr. Hood's permission, Jenkins carefully cut a small opening in his arm and buried a large tulip seed in it (Note).
After careful activation with vitality, the flower seed did not grow in the arm, but stored the spirit of life imported by Jenkins. Then Jenkins adjusted the vitality of the flower seed to be consistent with the vitality of the arm to ensure that Mr. Hood can use the vitality in the seed to keep the arm from being completely necrotic at any time when needed, and at the same time, the large seed will not affect the normal operation of the arm. use.
"The only things I can do for the time being, I am not proficient in mechanical restoration."
After doing all this, Jenkins said regretfully, but Mr. Hood is already very satisfied. At least now there is no pain in his right arm, and he can achieve a certain degree of bending. Although it is not a cure, at least his adventure into the evergreen forest today is not completely fruitless.
After that, Mr. Hood had to meet with the appointed craftsman. As a stranger, it was not appropriate for Jenkins to stay for a long time, so he left soon. Mr. Hood told Jenkins to be careful. It is not new news that believers of lies are interviewing Orthodoxy Church. As a member of believers of lies at this time, Mr. Hood thinks that it is very dangerous for Mr. Candle to break into this place.
"Don't worry, I have an appointment."
He said vaguely, then waved his hand to his friend as a farewell, and then disappeared behind the jungle bushes with his cat.
In the end, Jenkins was still unable to find his distant cousin. Later, after asking the givers of the Church of Nature, he learned that she went to the city to sell flowers with nuns from other churches today.
Sigrid and Jenkins mentioned this matter once, but they didn't expect such a coincidence to happen this time. It's a pity that I didn't meet it, but it's not a big deal.
In addition, Jenkins also saw that the Church of Nature seemed to be trying to cultivate its own varieties of tulips in the evergreen forest. They also have the ability to give birth to plants, but they are not as convenient as Jenkins, nor can they achieve the replacement of several generations of plants in half an hour with almost no burden like him.
Therefore, the nurturing work of the church was very difficult, but they did not give up. Jenkins inquired about it pretending to be curious, only to know that the Church of Nature had also noticed the recent changes in the flower market in Nolan City. But they didn't connect this matter with financial scams at all, but instead saw the business opportunities in it, so they came up with the current idea.
The conversation between Miss Bevanna and Alexia took longer than Jenkins thought. He came to the forest with Alexia in the afternoon, but it was already late at night when the conversation ended.
The two women talked for seven hours without even eating dinner. But the conversation went smoothly, and the Church of the Twelve Orthodox Gods issued an announcement that night, accepting Alexia Miller as a popular demigod bestower. Alexia has indeed done nothing bad, and with Jenkins' recommendation, and the arrival of the end of the era, the material world urgently needs more power, so the unknown demigod is easily eliminated Accepted by the Church of God.
Although in the future, you still need to report your location regularly, and follow the instructions of the church when necessary. But Alexia is definitely going to marry Jenkins, these requirements are nothing, and it is unlikely that the church will actually implement them.
The matter of Alexia is easy to solve, but the problem of the northern royal family is very big. First of all, three demigods from the treehouse clearly appeared last night, and the [Frost Legion] that should have been wiped out by the God of Lies appeared again. In addition, Salxi II admitted very frankly that he was suspected Guidance from ancestors outside the world, each of these things is a big trouble.
The church has been investigating the matter of the tree house. Now that they know the clues of the [Uncrowned King] and King Soul based on the information from the Church of Destiny, they are not surprised that the tree house appeared in Loen City. But the problem is that Salhi II accepted the help of the tree house, and his eldest son was even more inexplicably involved with that organization. If these two were ordinary people, it would be enough for them to be imprisoned by the church for the rest of their lives.
Regarding the matter of the Snowman Legion, it is impossible for the church to ask the [God of Lies], and the Snowman Legion cannot be found now. So for the time being, it is believed that this is a special situation at the end of the era, which caused some strange things that should have disappeared to reappear, and this strange thing happened to be used by the tree house with unknown means.
In view of the dilapidated and mottled records of the past era, things similar to the revival of monsters have also occurred, so no one doubts that the Snowman Legion is a trick jointly set up by Jenkins and Alexia. But since the Snowman Legion can be revived for the first time, it is possible to revive for the second time. Therefore, the situation in the Northland is not optimistic. Jenkins heard from the worried Miss Bevanna that there is a shortage of manpower everywhere. The church is considering whether to continue to concentrate so many elites in Nolan. peaceful.
As for the ancestors mentioned by Salhi II, just as the king of the Northern Kingdom believed, the church could not use any means to prove that they really appeared. Now the mirror where the ancestors appeared was shattered, and the chessboard where everyone faced off last night had also turned into a mortal thing. The church could not guess who exactly Salhi II saw.
Therefore, the focus of the current investigation on this matter is still on the tree house. The Church believes that new clues can be found by relying on the three corpses that are being urgently transported from the Northland to Nolan.
PS: I checked the tulip seeds, this thing is really big.