Dual Cultivation: Beasts and Women!

"Her name is Electa Cresswell, she's an Initiate like you, with 8-Star cultivation from the Spirit Lord Realm. She joined Demon Gate four years ago after being the only one in her group to survive that experiment on one of the sect's demon islands. Since then, she has gradually grown within the sect, but has always taken on dangerous missions for her level.

While serving the Battle Hall, she earned a reputation as a fanatic and a Dream Eater by brutalizing her opponents in training or challenges. As a result, she is ranked 232 in the arena. Partly because of this fame, she is not a member of any faction, but she has some enemies inside and outside of City Thirteen."

Felicity gave him a brief summary of this interesting woman she had known for over a year and knew enough to trust that Electa would be a good target for Liam.

"The key thing about Electa is her past. She's not the Dream Eater for nothing. Before she joined the sect, she was taken from her family, rap*d in many ways, enslaved, and forced to watch the end of many people she cared about.

Her situation changed when one of our First Officers was sent to kill one member of the group that did this to her, and Electa survived his attack. That First Officer took her to one of our islands, and you know the rest.

Now she wants revenge against that group. She wants to become an inner member of the sect so she can go in search of those who destroyed her family and raped her."

Liam understood why Felicity was recommending this woman and for a moment, he couldn't help but feel sorry for such a poor soul. Despite living in a chaotic world and being willing to do terrible things to survive, Liam had enough empathy to grieve for others like Electa.

"I see... She has good reason to accept sacrificing some of her potential for power." He said to Felicity and asked, "But will she keep my secret? If she turns on me, we'll have problems."

"That part is up to you, Liam." Felicity looked him in the eyes. "Electa is the best case I know in the city. If you show her the benefits, I'm sure she'll continue this relationship with you.

Unlike me, her talent isn't exceptional, and she should reach a cultivation bottleneck soon. She knows this, so once she cultivates with you, she'll realize that this is her chance to get what she wants.

But before that, you'll have to move and take some risks. Don't expect me to put women in your bed."

He sighed as they reached the front of the Infirmary. "All right. I'll go after her."

Felicity advised. "Actually, if I were you, I'd wait until you're done with all the recovery you've had to go through. As much as she's willing to do a lot of things for power, she's got eyes, and she's not going to want to have sex with a melted man... " She paused for a moment before saying, "No offense," aware that her words might be taken the wrong way.

Liam closed his eyes and laughed at himself. "I know. I'm not that stupid."

The two entered the Infirmary, where Liam was soon attended to by a Healer.

"Your burns are pretty bad on the outside, but your organs are fine... Strange." The Third Class Healer said as he examined Liam while Felicity waited outside the treatment room.

Liam said nothing, imagining that this had something to do with the blue star in his soul space. It had possibly saved his life, but it had also helped him level up and complete the first mastery phase of Mana Mask.

'I need to study this in the future. But I have seen no books with information related to something like this star on the second level of the Library. Maybe there's something on level three, but if there isn't, I won't be able to search for answers until I become an inner disciple.'

The Healer continued. "Your situation isn't as bad as it seems. Come here every two days for the next six days, boy. I will apply a paste similar to the one I'm using now. It will help you heal the burned tissues in your body.

For now, you're going to feel pain, a lot of itching and burning here and there. But this is normal, and there's nothing wrong with you. Because your skin has been burned to a severe degree, your hair will grow under the burns, which will cause discomfort. But in a week at the most, you should have normal skin conditions.

If you want to speed up the treatment, find a Third Class potion with medicinal properties that focus on physical recovery. Any of these will help speed up your recovery. Otherwise, you can use your Spirit, fight, and meditate as normal. You're okay inside. It's just your appearance that's not good."

The Healer finished applying the ointment to the most injured parts of Liam's body, having already removed the melted fabrics from his skin.

With most of Liam's body bandaged, the blond, middle-aged man who had treated Mary the other time finished his work.

"You'll be fine. Good luck." He finished and left for other appointments in the Infirmary.

Despite Demon Gate's problems, the Infirmary was an excellent wing of the sect. The care there was free and could be of great help to those with few resources for pills and potions.

As long as one was within reach of the Infirmary, one would not be abandoned and would be treated as well as possible to keep from dying.

Of course, the Infirmary would not spend an absurd amount of coins on people who weren't relevant to the sect. The treatment there was basic and not special. It was just enough to prevent deaths and help the recovery of disciples who did not have the means to pay for better treatment.

But a disciple with a lot of resources could hire Healers and buy resources themselves to reduce the length of treatment.

In Liam's case, it would take him more than a week to fully recover, because the Infirmary would only give him the bare minimum to complete his recovery. But if he could pay his own way, he could be in perfect condition in as little as two days.

But that was the only difference between the Infirmary's free service and the private paid service. Speed. The same Healers who sold their services in town worked in the Infirmary, while the pills and potions sold in town had units stored in the Infirmary.

Liam carefully got up from where he had been lying all this time and quickly pulled a cloak over his many bandages and wrappings. He left the Infirmary at Felicity's side with no complaints about such a wing of the sect.

To him, it was the nicest place in the entire city.

"Take me to my room. I'll rest for a while and then I should be able to move around on my own," he said to the orange-haired woman beside him.

"After today, try not to do anything before you talk to me. There's no point in me keeping you alive just for you to kill yourself." Felicity warned him as they reached Street Thirty-Seven in front of his dorm.

He smiled bitterly at her. "After I visit Electa, I'm going to hunt for the Arcane Crystals I'm supposed to deliver to the Records Hall this month... Well, maybe I'll complete this month's and next month's mission. I'll take advantage of this one trip and do everything in one go."

"That's best. Your departure from the city will be dangerous and will probably cause more problems in the future." She agreed and saw no problem with that. "But before you leave, try to buy some defensive items and healing resources. They really help out there."

"I'll do that."

"See you when you get back. I'll monitor Electa. If she talks more than she should, I'll take care of her myself."

Liam didn't see Felicity leave. As soon as she had finished her words, he made his way to the room where Mary was waiting for him.

Seeing his companion pacing up and down the room as he arrived, Liam smiled at her and motioned for her not to touch him.

"My skin hurts a lot. So avoid touching me for now." He sat up carefully, realizing that sleep would be hard tonight.

After the Healer had rubbed the medicinal paste on his body, the sense related to the burning all over his skin had increased a few notches.

"What do we do now?" Mary asked.

"Stick to your routine and watch out for my enemies. Every time I win, Mary, it becomes more dangerous for both of us. No one important seems to know about us now, but it's only a matter of time before that changes. Watch out for enemies acting against you."

She nodded, showing that she already understood. "I know. In fact, there's something I need to tell you. Do you remember Seth, Amias and Ajax?" She asked him.

"Did you kill them?" Liam noticed his companion's tone and guessed what he was about to hear.