Healing After Sweeping Spirits with an Almighty Skill - Chapter 9

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Episode 9
Episode 9. The Spirit of the Wind
The next day.
[Ooh!]
[Ooooh!]
Two Gnomes came running toward me with ore they’d excavated from the Mine, their little feet pounding the ground.
“Splendid work! Here, Candy for you!”
The Gnomes chirped with delight as they received their treats from me, munching happily.
I watched them eat their snacks together in harmony while I appraised the newly mined ore.
Crude Mana Ore (C)
Unrefined Mana is embedded within this hard stone.
One was Grade C Mana Ore—low rank, but worth tens of millions of won regardless.
The other unfortunately yielded no information window at all. It appeared to be common ore, the sort found on Earth like iron or copper.
‘Can’t strike gold every time.’
While the Herb Field and Mana Water provided steady income, ore was unpredictable.
Of course, if I ordered the Gnomes to mine only Mana Ore, yields would skyrocket, but I had no desire to do that.
‘Who knows? Maybe one day they’ll bring back jewels—diamonds, rubies.’
So my job wasn’t to lament that this stone wasn’t Mana Ore. Rather, I needed to reinforce their motivation through genuine praise.
“You did wonderfully.”
I reached over and stroked the heads of the Gnomes as they shared their snacks.
[Ooooh…!]
[Ooh…!]
The Gnome smiled contentedly, savoring both the treat and my caress.
[Me too, me too!]
Undine, determined not to be outdone, brought a bottle of Mana Water to me.
Since the Spring Source’s Mana wasn’t infinite, Mana Water was limited to roughly one bottle every four days.
“You did well too.”
I reached into my ever-present snack pouch and pulled out a small bottle of Cider, offering it to Undine.
Undine cradled the squat bottle—nearly as large as her own body—and looked up at me.
[Pet me while I drink!]
“Of course.”
I dutifully fulfilled Undine’s request.
“There you go. Good girl.”
[Hehehehe!]
Undine gazed up at me with a blissful expression, sipping her Cider.
That was when it happened.
[Oh!]
[Ooh!]
As if on cue, all three Spirits’ eyes suddenly turned toward the same direction.
Sensing something myself, I quickly opened my Skill window.
Spirit Village LV. 3
┼ Completed Structures
└ Spirit Special Zone Headquarters LV. 1
└ Mine LV. 2
└ Herb Field LV. 2
└ Spring Source LV. 1
└ Nest LV. 1
└ Furnace LV. 1
└ Lighthouse LV. 1
┼ Available Structures
└ Windmill LV. 1
┼ Conditions for LV. 4 Expansion (2/3)
└ 1. Windmill LV. 1 (0/1)
└ 2. Lighthouse LV. 1 (1/1)
└ 3. Four Element Spirits (4/4)
The expansion conditions for Level 4.
The final condition had just been fulfilled.
“The fourth Spirit!”
I sprang to my feet and scooped up the Gnome and Undine into my arms.
[It’s over there!]
The direction Undine pointed to was an open clearing not far from the border.
Racing toward it, Jung Ryong found a spirit lying on the ground as though dead.
He set Gnome and Undine down first, then examined the fallen spirit closely. It was translucent, as if advertising that it was made of wind itself.
‘A wind spirit, then.’
But something about it didn’t match his expectations.
“Why so yellow?”
The wind spirit was a deep yellow overall.
Having expected something white or transparent, Jung Ryong couldn’t help but tilt his head in confusion.
He wasn’t prejudiced, but didn’t wind typically have that image of being white or clear?
“What’s wrong with her? She looks unwell.”
[She seems to be hurting!]
Gnome and Undine had also been unsteady when they first arrived here. But neither had been prostrate on the ground like this.
“Is it the Harsh Wind’s influence?”
Being a wind spirit, she might be particularly vulnerable to the Harsh Wind’s effects.
Jung Ryong crouched down and looked at the wind spirit—probably called Sylph—her breathing was so faint it was barely audible.
“Should we feed her something? Do wind spirits have any favorite snacks?”
[Wind spirits don’t eat anything!]
He’d wondered if they might consume smoke or fragrance, but that didn’t seem to be the case.
“Hmm.”
[Sigh.]
By now, everyone was gazing down at Sylph with concern.
Jung Ryong gently placed his hand on Sylph’s forehead. It meant nothing, really—just something one instinctively does for a feverish child.
[Oh!]
Undine gasped and pointed to Sylph’s forehead.
[Oh…!]
Sylph’s forehead was turning white. The yellow tint of the Harsh Wind was fading away.
But the moment Jung Ryong pulled his hand back, the yellow aura reclaimed her forehead.
‘Do I have the power of Spirit Healing in my hands?’
This too seemed to be one of the Spirit Special Zone skill’s abilities. Jung Ryong settled onto the ground and gently cradled Sylph’s face in both hands.
[Oh! It’s working!]
As Undine said, Sylph’s body was gradually turning white.
It took less than five minutes to drive all the corruption from Sylph’s body.
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Because spirits are natural beings, their texture is entirely different from that of people.
Sylph, being a wind spirit, had a particularly unusual quality to her touch.
‘Could I describe it as soft as wind?’
It was like touching an inflated balloon without skin. Ticklish yet downy soft.
There was a boundary between air and Sylph, certainly, but it was subtle and delicate—like a low-power air gun pushing gently against his fingertips.
As Jung Ryong marveled at Sylph’s texture and stroked her, she soon opened her eyes.
[I’m back!]
With a cheerful cry, Sylph shot up from his hands and performed a couple of loops through the air before returning to her spot.
Sylph gave Gnome and Undine and the Lighthouse a quick once-over, then asked.
[What’s this? Am I last?]
[Yep! You’re the latest!]
[Oh, o-oh.]
[Well! The protagonist always shows up late, after all!]
Sylph laughed brightly and turned to Jung Ryong.
[Hey there, human! You’re the master here, aren’t you? I can tell without being told!]
“I’m Jung Ryong. Glad to meet you. Did you follow the Lighthouse here?”
[Maybe? I just followed the warm light that didn’t hurt!]
“Didn’t hurt?”
[Out there was absolutely agonizing! If you’ll pardon the human expression—the sky itself was turned yellow with pain!]
Human expression?
Something about that phrasing nagged at him, but Jung Ryong merely shrugged it off.
There was something more urgent demanding his attention right now.
The Spirit Special Zone’s level advancement.
┼ Construction Available
└ Windmill LV. 1
└ Material: Wood (10kg/10kg)
└ Material: Stone (20kg/20kg)
Condition: Wind Spirit (1/1)
I began construction of the Windmill at once.
Whoosh—
Timber and stone that had been stacked in one corner flew toward the construction site.
Construction in progress: 600 seconds.
‘A windmill.’
I couldn’t help but anticipate what other changes it might bring to Spirit Village.
Hehehehe!
Given its name, it was certainly bound to be connected to the wind spirit.
Whoosh-whoosh-whoosh!
Though traditionally a windmill would relate to agriculture or electricity generation, Spirit Village was connected to neither.
Hee-ha!
“…….”
I gripped my scattering focus tightly.
Sylph hadn’t stopped for a moment, flying about in all directions with noisy enthusiasm.
I imagined that pairing her with Salamander later might prove quite the entertaining spectacle.
The combination of an indolent stone lizard that finds everything bothersome and an energizer that never stops for a breath—one of them would either die of frustration or burn to death before it ended.
LV. 1 Windmill construction has been completed.
The completed Windmill was a typical medieval windmill.
A windmill built of wood and brick, with enormous blades attached to the roof.
‘It’s quite beautiful.’
Following the Lighthouse, another landmark had arrived in Spirit Village. Though I still had no idea what it was for.
Wow!
Just then, Sylph let out an excited cry and flew toward the windmill.
Sylph, who had been darting about the Windmill’s surroundings, soon began circling around its blades.
The blades then slowly began to turn.
‘Ah, so that’s its purpose.’
I nodded.
‘It was a hamster wheel to drain Sylph’s energy.’
Having gained this profound realization, I checked the Windmill’s information window.
Windmill LV. 1
When the Windmill is operating, a gentle breeze blows throughout the Spirit Special Zone.
‘A gentle breeze?’
The moment doubt entered my mind, the gentle breeze from the Windmill reached me.
“Mm.”
Ahh.
Ohhh.
Undine, Gnome, and I surrendered ourselves to the drifting wind.
It was a breeze that tickled the forehead just pleasantly enough.
A breeze this pleasant hasn’t come in ages!
Truly so.
Somewhere along the way, the word “wind” had become nothing but a negative word that conjured the image of the Harsh Wind.
It must have been all the more so for the spirits wandering out there beyond.
Hehehehe!
Undine laughed happily, swinging her arms wide.
I watched Sylph spin the Windmill with unbridled joy and suddenly wondered.
‘But if she doesn’t eat anything, what should I give Sylph as compensation for her labor?’
The question of feeding workers was an extraordinarily serious problem for any employer.
* * *
With the Windmill complete, Spirit Village was ready to advance to the next level.
Spirit Village LV. 3
┼ Completed Construction List
└ Main Hall LV. 1
└ Mine LV. 2
└ Herb Field LV. 2
└ Spring Source LV. 1
└ Nest LV. 1
└ Furnace LV. 1
└ Lighthouse LV. 1
└ Windmill LV. 1
┼ Lv. 4 Expansion Conditions (3/3)
└ Windmill Lv. 1 (1/1)
└ Lighthouse Lv. 1 (1/1)
└ Spirits of All Elements (4/4)
Expand Spirit Village to Lv. 4?
There was no hesitation. The answer was yes.

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