The first day in the vige, I healed ten vigers. All of them are men who can work and hunt animals and monsters for food.


    After treating them with the food and water we brought, they quickly left the vige to get more supplies for the rest of the vigers.


    Seems like doing it ten times is exhausting for Ka even with Mana Potions. She slept instantly after the tenth patient leave the hospital.


    As for the other members, they are patrolling outside and inside the vige. Those who are patrolling inside were looking for a trace of the homeless ck Slime summoner. And those who are patrolling outside were looking for the Dragon Dung Flower. I didn''t ask them to take care of the flowers yet. Just locating them.


    The quest given by the king is to cure everyone in the vige. If we destroy the flowers first, some people might leave the vige right away thinking that living without having the need for food and water is good. They will think that they have no need to work anymore. That''s why we''ll take care of the flowers after everyone is cured.


    Just like I told Albert, it might be over in a week.


    The second day, another ten people is in the hospital. Five vigers and five hunters. And just like we feared, someone asked if they can just get out of the vige without being cured since.


    "No way. You can, but I will kill you if you do so. My quest is given directly by the king to cure everyone here without sparing anyone. If you don''t want to be cured, I will dly kill you."


    After saying that, everyone shut their mouth and didn''t dare to ask any more. They must have been afraid that we have an S-rank hunter and an expert level mage here.


    By the way, Ellen and Jessica is leaving in the second day, together with the five hunters who were just cured. Just like I thought, the hunters will try to leave this ce quickly without caring about the fate of the vigers. Good thing I only healed the vigers with family in the first day.


    The chief and the vigers said that fifteen people is more than enough to stock some supplies from hunting and fetching water. So, on the third day, I only cured the hunters. This way, the number of people staying in the vige will be lessened.


    The fourth day, I cured the rest of the hunters, and the children of the vige. It''s because children don''t eat as much as adult.


    I spend my free time walking around the vige. I asked the chief and the vigers about what they know about the homeless man, and even investigate the stable the chief lend him to sleep. But I didn''t find anything. I guess he must have left the vige after infecting everyone here.


    Let''s imagine what he''s thinking. He entered this vige to conduct an experiment. Before he grabbed a viger for experiment, he nted the Dragon Dung Flowers around the vige. Then, once he nted them, he started taking a viger and conduct an experiment somewhere. He either put them to sleep or knock them out. Once he grabbed quite a number of people, the chief asked his son to submit a request to the guild. Hunters started to take the request and go to this vige.


    By that time, the homeless man''s experiment bear fruit, and he returned the missing people back to the vige. But he didn''t have enough, so he also grabbed the hunters and other vigers until everyone is infected.


    Then, after no other hunters entered the vige, he left the vige since there''s no one else to experiment on. I guess that''s what happened. I discussed this possibility with Victoria, Ka, and the others as well.


    I''ll tell Albert to put up wanted posters with the homeless man''s description since I can''t find any clues of his whereabouts.


    After seven days, like I expected, everyone is cured.


    "Thank you, messiah, for curing us." The chief said.


    "Like I said, I''m not the messiah!"


    It''s annoying to be called the messiah for a week.


    "By the way, the person who did this to you has disappear. So, I want you to keep the fact that I have cured you all as a secret. I don''t want that person to be wary of me since I want to capture him." I said to the vigers.


    I don''t want to capture him. With the wanted posters, someone must be interested in capturing him. I''m just afraid in case he''s rted to the cult. It will be dangerous if the cult knows about the effect of a ck Slime inside your body. Though for me, they will be easier to find than having explosive devices in their mouth. But I will still be careful about anything that possibly rted to the cult.


    After saying goodbye to the vigers, we''re finally home. I just opened a portal back home since the other hunters, including Ellen and Jessica, are all already left.


    I reported the situation to Albert, and left everything to him. Now, I''m back to my break again.


    What should I do in this one year before entering the medical school?


    Right! I forgot! Training camp!


    We have a training camp, together with the guards at Melk and Mellian, and all Albert''s agents. I should bring the Werewolves as well at that time. I think there''s still a few months before the training camp.


    I guess until then, I continue getting stronger and take quests while making name for my n.


    ...….


    Two weeks before Roy and his n took the quest, someone left the vige. He was the homeless man who experimented on the vigers and the hunters who visited the vige.


    Although he looked haggard, he''s actually an advanced level mage in ice element, and wind element.


    He knocked out the people he will experimented on, or kidnap them in their sleep and escape quickly with his wind magic. Then, injected those people with clones of a ck Slime, which is his summon.


    Unlike Roy''s ck Slime, his was different. The ck Slime is already capable of making clones of itself even when the summoner was still beginner level in summoning element.


    As for the origins of the ck Slime, it was part of Javier''s clones, way before Javier first contracted with his first master. And Javier forgotten about it.


    When Javier made a contract, his connection with that clone disappear. And it''s as if the clone is its own entity.


    And about forty years ago, the Javier''s clone identally got summoned and became the homeless man''s summon.


    Now, the homeless man has found a good way to use the his summon. His goal is to attain immortality. And he''s halfway there with achieving it after experimenting on the vige, with the result of no longer needed food or water anymore. No more sleeping is just a side effect to him.


    And so, he left the vige to report to his old friend, who is a fellow researcher.


    He managed to get an appointment with his friend, but what he didn''t know is that his friend is the head researcher of the cult.


    "So, you''re halfway through your research to immortality, huh? Using the clones of a rare ck Slime as substitute for human''s organs." The cult''s researcher said.


    "That''s right! But I don''t know if it can cause longevity to people''s lives or not. I do know that once the clones spread inside their body, they no longer need to eat or drink or sleep anymore! If it can stop the process of aging as well, we might as well be immortal!" The homeless man excitedly exined.


    "It''s your summon, right? Let''s try to use the real ck Slime instead of its clones. We can research it by experimenting it on me. And if something happened, you can summon it from my body, right? It will disappear from my body and I will be normal human again." The researcher said calmly.


    "Are you sure? Then let''s do it!"


    Then he injected the real ck Slime, which is actually clone of the real ck Slime, into the researcher''s body.


    A few dayster, the researcher''s inner organ turned ck. And he no longer needs to consume anything anymore to live.


    "I see. This is useful. Good job in discovering it!" the researcher said to the homeless man.


    "Then, should I summon it? It won''t do anything if the real ck Slime is unable to create its clones."


    "There''s no need for you to do that anymore."


    The researcher, calmly cast a fire magic on the homeless man, and killed him. The homeless man died without knowing why he was killed.


    "This way, I can be closer to the True God! Even closer than that shitty Archbishop!"


    That''s his real goal in lending his own body to be experimented. This way, he can do more works without being tired, and research more, for the sake of the Evil God.


    Then the researcher asked his subordinate to clean up the corpse of his former friend. And at that time, he remembered a small detail of a report from the past, and asked his subordinate who wrote it.


    "Hey, if I remember correctly, there''s a kid who can summon a ck Slime in that city you were watching, right?"


    "Yes. It was in the city of Melk, just days before the stampede."


    "Hmm… it was after his test that someone unknown suddenly appears, right? And we thought that the failure of the stampede might be connected with that unknown person."


    "You are correct."


    The researcher is trying to connect the dot about Roy, and the unknown person.


    "Tell me more about that ck Slime summoner."


    "Well, he''s weak. His awakened elements are summoning and air. His summon is a weak ck Slime which he used as a throwing weapon during that test. So, we assume that he''s just an idiot."


    "…an idiot, huh? Well, doesn''t matter. It just means that he probably already died although the stampede was a failure. There''s no point in looking for him anymore. ck Slimes might be useful for a lot of things. That''s why I''m curious about summoner who made a contract with ck Slime. Though if he''s stupid, I won''t think of making him my subordinate. I''ll just enjoy my new body and research more for the sake of our lord."


    And just like that, Roy almost being targeted by a higher up of the cult personally. But Roy is safe because the report says that he''s stupid.


    In Roy''s past life, the researcher is known as someone who never rest. His infamy was spread through the whole world when Albert found out that he''s connected with the cult.


    …if Roy''s memory about people is a little bit better, he would be able to connect the rumor with the ck Slime infection.


    Though because of this event, someone powerful in the cult is looking for anyone who has a ck Slime as their contracted monster.