Even Frey didn't know how to confront this lack of relationship between people. She wanted to protect every companion, but Josen not only hurt others but also deeply hurt himself.
The ponytail girl wanted to speak up, but she wasn't confident she could persuade the others.
Once she spoke up, the harmonious relationship among friends might be gone forever.
Everyone had the same thought. After all, they were just simple young people, with fragility and toughness existing simultaneously. They hesitated and subconsciously turned their eyes to the only outsider present.
Sophie.
Our protagonist couldn't help but sigh.
"Miss Frey?" So he asked Frey.
"I, I don't know..."
"Then let's bandage him. We don't know if we can stop the bleeding. He might die before sunrise," Sophie sighed. He found it strange that he could be so calm. Wasn't it his first time seeing a dead person?
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. It was Sophie's order; they just needed to execute it.
This was a form of escape, but sometimes people need to rely on escape.
Sophie motioned Frey to come over. The ponytail girl was slightly startled, looking at him strangely.
"You know first aid, right, Miss Frey?" Sophie asked.
"Just call me Frey," Frey nodded. "I learned a bit from Captain Madden."
"Captain Madden? Well, that old guy teaches first aid too!" Sophie almost choked.
In the game, Doctor Bog from Ridenburg was the first NPC to train first aid in the Golan-Elsen Region. He would give a task to collect 50 bundles of linen, which was incredibly frustrating; many people directly skipped to Brags, where you only needed to hand over ten silver coins to the Flame Temple.
Although the market price of 50 bundles of linen and ten silver coins wasn't very different, the process was much more troublesome.
This was a secret yet to be discovered! Sophie felt a surge of excitement but quickly remembered he couldn't go back, couldn't he? What was he thinking?
He immediately felt disappointed and lost interest: "Can you tell me about it?"
Frey took a breath and bit her lip. She glared at him. Damn, this guy said her skills were poor! However, the girl wasn't one to hold grudges. She thought for a moment and asked, "What do you want to know..."
"Techniques and key points."
The ponytail girl didn't answer immediately. She came over and checked the girl who had fainted from fright. Earlier, Miss Roman had excitedly gone to sort the spoils of war and left her here.
Fortunately, it was just from shock.
She looked back at the young man, whose face was not looking good, hesitating: "Let me see your wound."
"No need, I'm clear about my own injury."
"You."
"Alright, what did you learn?" Sophie deflected the topic.
"Mainly bandaging and hemostasis techniques, plus cleaning the wound."
Sophie felt a similar sensation to telepathy, not a sound, nor text, but he clearly received a message:
"Frey is teaching you 'Battlefield First Aid,' which requires 8 experience points to upgrade to level 0. Do you wish to learn?"
He exhaled deeply. That's it! Just like in the game, of course, he had to learn. He didn't expect it to be Battlefield First Aid, a pleasant surprise!
Battlefield First Aid mainly strengthens hemostasis and infection prevention, ignoring environmental value and significantly increasing success rate, which Sophie urgently needed. He remembered in the game only Flame Temple's military priest taught Battlefield First Aid, and players born from the theological faction were the easiest to learn this skill—other players needed to grind reputation.
But Madden knew this, a great discovery. He thought as he agreed to the request in his heart. However, another message quickly appeared:
"No matching profession found for Battlefield First Aid. Do you wish to assign it to another profession?"
This wasn't important, but Sophie still assigned it to the Militia profession. Although Battlefield First Aid is a non-native skill for both Militia and Civilian, meaning upgrading requires double experience—in the game, the Militia can upgrade as a profession, while Civilian, as a basic identity, cannot.
Skills cannot surpass the profession level.
Frey carefully explained the key points of bandaging techniques, but soon discovered the young man on the ground was staring blankly at her, seeming unresponsive to her words.
She hesitated for a bit, feeling a surge of anger rising from the bottom of her heart.
This guy, wasn't he just finding an excuse to take advantage of her!?
The girl clenched her fists, her long ponytail trembling in anger. This bastard, how could he do this, how could he betray Roman, who clearly had feelings for him!
Frey tried to control her rage as she waved her hand in front of Sophie, but there was no response.
If not for considering he was still injured, she almost wanted to kick him; but at that moment, Sophie's eyes moved, clearing again.
He sorted his skills, feeling slightly satisfied—now with first aid, he had ensured sustainability in upcoming battles.
The team's recovery ability is a crucial standard for survival. Experienced players wouldn't overlook this, neither did Sophie. That's why he abandoned swordsmanship and combat to choose first aid.
However, when he raised his head, he saw Frey looking at him with displeasure.
"What's wrong?" He was confused.
"Did you listen?" The girl gritted her teeth.
"Of course, I've learned it." Sophie replied matter-of-factly.
"You—" Frey nearly choked. "I haven't finished, and you already learned?" She eyed him with severe distrust.
"Of course."
Frey was stunned, almost rebutting, but heard someone calling: "Big Sister, we can't stop Josen's bleeding, come and check—"
The ponytail girl turned her head instinctively and saw Sophie behind her saying: "Just right, why not let me try?"
"You?"
Frey's face showed serious doubt.
"Help me over."
"Don't show off."
"Then let Miss Roman help me?"
"Dream on, I won't let her near you again, shameless!" Frey rejected gritting her teeth but walked over to help Sophie up.
"What shameless?" Sophie was confused; how did he suddenly get such a title.
"You know it yourself."
"Huh?"
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