Wait, System! Stop Helping The Protagonist!

"Of course they are," Ashton agreed. "They are basically the worst version of humanity itself."

Anastasia frowned, watching Rias slumped on Lovia’s shoulder. "If they are already so terrifying, then how can we advance forward? We already have two people incapable of fighting in our group."

Ashton rubbed his chin before answering. "Lovia has just her Life Essence over-exhausted. She can recover after resting properly. The real problem is Rias. He has his Life Essence emptied and is injured too severely. If we don’t do something about him, then it will be a big problem."

Ashton was extremely worried about Rias. He couldn’t think of anything except saving Rias as fast as possible.

"Yes, we have to save him somehow. I won’t let any of my friends die." Anastasia swore, earning herself a side-eye from Ashton.

Ashton sat down beside them and closed his eyes. "However, we also have to recover ourselves. We don’t have much left in our tanks."

Ashton’s Limitless Eyes and Inner Bon, both consumed considerable amounts of Life Essence. One use of Inner Bon consumes almost one-tenth of his Life Essence. On the other hand, Limitless Eyes has no limit. If he keeps it active, it will keep on consuming his Life Essence.

Anastasia nodded her head as she also sat down beside them. Her Inner Bon was like Limitless Eyes. It would keep on consuming her Life Essence after activating and won’t end until she decides to stop or her Life Essence is fully drained.

Sitting on the shattered floor, Ashton’s eyes gleamed with light. After he dealt the killing blow on the Blood Curled Nurse, he gained a needle just like hers. The needle was currently stored inside his system space. Sinking his consciousness inside the system space, the needle’s information appeared in digital form.

[ Blood Clog Needle: Needle used by a certain nurse to stop the disease of her patient spreading deeply inside their body. By clogging the section infected by the disease, the nurse helped his patient wring off death.

Effect: After the needle is inserted inside a section of the body, the user can clog the blood of that part and spread the disease that haunts a distant village. If the victim cannot cleanse the disease, 30 seconds later the disease will spread and have their heart eaten away.

Usage Limit: 1 ]

Ashton had never heard of this item appearing in the book. This was his first time seeing such an item. ’Interesting. I got an item that wasn’t mentioned in the book. So, are there also other goodies that are rotting away in the author’s brain?’

’Also, this item is really good. A strong trump card that is worthy of entering the protagonist’s arsenal. This Blood Curled Nurse is really a treasure. If Rias and Anastasia killed her like in the original, then they both would have been at Bronze, Refinement 3.’

’Instead, it’s me and Anastasia. Additionally, I got another reward.’

He began to contemplate what other rewards he could get from the boss-level Filths Rias had killed. There were many he didn’t get anything from.

"Ashton, why am I feeling a sudden unease?" All of a sudden Anastasia asked, looking deeper into the ward.

Ashton stopped his train of thought and glanced toward the other corner of the ward. He couldn’t see anything except darkness. Yet he also felt the unease Anastasia was mentioning.

"We will think of that later. We have to get two of our companions on their feet first."

"But how can we? We don’t have any healing items or abilities." Anastasia asked, looking dilapidated because of their current situation.

"We don’t have any healing items or abilities." Ashton spoke, still looking towards the other corner of the ward. "However, we have Filths. They are the main source of energy and power. We just have to capture some low-level Filths and have Rias kill them with his own hand."

Ashton knelt down before Rias and touched his chest. After closing his eyes, Ashton began to feel the Life Ring inside him.

His eyes shot open, and he said in delight. "Great, he is close to reaching Refinement 3. If we are able to help him kill two or three low-level Filths then he will be able to reach Refinement 3. Advancements in Life Ring—major or minor—strengthen the body and provide energy to heal injuries."

"Great! Let me go and capture some. Those guys are nothing in front of my spear." Anastasia patted her thin biceps, showcasing the hidden strength inside them.

Ashton raised his hand, stopping her confidence from soaring to the sky. "Miss, stop right there. We will go together after we are fully recovered. Who knows? There might be a second Blood Curled Nurse hiding deep. Lovia is unconscious now. We won’t be able to save you if you get trapped."

"Uhhh..." Anastasia halted in her steps and gave a secret glance at Rias. "Hahaha...I am just joking. This lady is trying to bring back the team’s morale."

"Sure, whatever you say." Ashton rolled his eyes.

Anastasia pointed her finger at Ashton, saying haughtily. "Hey, I see your attitude is deteriorating. How can you speak like that toward your master? It looks like I have to punish you severely from now on or this lady’s image will be tarnished in the future."

"Yeah, whatever, whatever." Ashton lay down on the dusty ground and used his left arm as a pillow while using his right hand to dig in his ear.

Seeing Ashton’s nonchalant face, Anastasia cursed under her breath. "You bastard! Always mocking me. Just you wait. When I go outside I will tell everything to my father."

Ashton paid no heed to Anastasia’s words. Instead, he sighed to himself. ’Soul-Link Butterflies stop functioning inside Filth Drops. Uh~ Baby Yalina.’

That mature, caring face flashed before Ashton’s eyes along with her otherworldly physique. Almost make Ashton drool. ’Oh baby. Your lover misses you so deeply. He wants to hear your kisses landing in his heart.’