frightfiction Chapter 694 Professional and Non-Professional
Chapter 694 Professional and Non-Professional
"Pansitang...?"
Although they needed to find a place to receive treatment, finding a doctor was extremely difficult for those adventurers.
Too expensive to afford, too high a barrier to entry, and those with poor skills are looked down upon. None of these factors can satisfy adventurers. Now you know how difficult it is to find a doctor, right?
Even so, you should still see a doctor. After all, you can't just leave the injury there; otherwise, if it gets worse, you'll have nothing left.
Compared to those who are seriously injured and urgently need medical treatment, some injured people whose injuries are not so serious and whose time is not so urgent will spend more time walking around the city, comparing various options to find a doctor who is reasonably priced and skilled.
The same goes for the brothers Beto and Beth. They are twin superhumans, with the older brother Beto being a Silver-rank and the younger brother Beth being an ordinary Bronze-rank.
They were both registered adventurers, but their behavior was more like that of mercenaries. They didn't have a fixed adventure team, but instead wandered among various teams, doing missions and fighting on a hired basis, or simply acting alone to deal with some not-too-difficult opponents.
Not long ago, a monster war broke out in the Forest of Titya, and the surrounding kingdoms' allied forces offered bounties, so there are now many more monster-related quests in the area.
Countless mercenaries like the two brothers came here to join the battle against the monsters, including Beto and Beth.
However, since they are not regular soldiers, they basically have no medical care. At most, they will be given a few bottles of medicine. If they want to go into the church for treatment, forget about it.
The battle against the monsters was extremely fierce; even Gold-rank experts would get injured. Although the two brothers were not on the front lines, they still could not escape the fate of being wounded.
In a previous battle, they fought against a silver-tier monster serpent. Although they ultimately won, the two brothers were unfortunately poisoned by the serpent.
For most adventurers, poison is a non-lethal, but very troublesome, attack method.
First, poisoning doesn't result in immediate limb loss like in a normal fight. Second, generally speaking, except for some extremely potent poisons, most toxins have an onset time.
Either of these two points is better than having your head chopped off. However, poison also has its troublesome aspects. If it is very difficult to treat, there are many poisons in the world. One bottle of antidote cannot solve everything. Most poisons often require compatibility. To deal with this, you usually need to find a skilled healer.
However, the two brothers didn't have much savings, because they had recently bought an apartment in the capital, which instantly wiped out most of their savings accumulated over the years, and that was on installments.
With their current savings, it's practically impossible for them to find a famous therapist, so they can only focus on these newly opened healing centers or clinics.
Some new therapists have low prices when they first open their businesses because they lack reputation. Occasionally, a few of them will become quite skilled. Although their prices may rise as they gain fame, if you seize this opportunity, you can treat injuries and illnesses at a discounted price.
In this Green Tree City where medical clinics grow like weeds, the two brothers' idea was not wrong. The toxins in their bodies were enough to sustain them for a while, and there was no need to rush before the toxins really took effect.
After visiting several medical clinics, they finally arrived at a rather secluded place and discovered a rather strange name.
It was a small clinic, constructed of wood, with rather old-fashioned decor. Above the entrance was a plaque with several strange characters written in calligraphy:
Pansitang
To be honest, nobody on this continent recognizes these three characters. There's a high chance that people would miss this clinic when passing by. If the two brothers hadn't been observant and vaguely seen the herbs inside through the side door, they probably would have just left.
"How about... we go in and take a look?"
Unlike any clinic they had ever seen before, this clinic looked very mysterious, which piqued the brothers' curiosity. Seeing that there didn't seem to be many people inside and it looked like there was no need to queue, the two brothers decided to give it a try and went straight in.
squeak~
As they crossed the threshold, the two men, their leg armor covered in mud, left footprints on the floor, but the two brothers didn't pay any attention and quickly began to look around the interior of the clinic.
Just like before, the clinic was not very big. Apart from a front desk, the rest of the space was filled with shelves, which would be about the size of a bubble tea shop in the modern world.
After seeing this scene, the two brothers made guesses about the identity of the clinic owner.
"pharmacist?"
In this continent, healers who run healing shops generally fall into two categories: those who possess innate healing abilities, such as priests, pastors, or other priests, mages, etc., with healing powers...
They all use their own healing spells to treat the injured, making them walking medical kits. The higher the rank of the healer, the stronger the healing effect. This is the mainstream treatment method on the continent, and they are also known as professional healers.
Another type, while not the absolute mainstream, also accounts for a significant proportion of therapists: non-professional therapists.
Of course, they can also heal, but their expertise is not as strong as that of professionals. The most common method they use is to prepare medicines with herbs, which means they truly rely on knowledge and experience to heal, rather than special superpowers.
Of course, there are also some who don't rely on herbs but on special tools. They can also be considered non-professional healers. To be precise, anyone who doesn't rely on their own abilities to heal is a non-professional healer.
Based on the interior layout and the bottles and jars on the shelves, the two brothers immediately thought of non-professional healers, namely pharmacists.
But the next second, they felt something was off. They had visited apothecaries' shops before, but unlike those arrogant and strange old men, the things displayed in this shop seemed a bit odd.
Scorpions, venomous snakes, rats, bats, poisonous mushrooms that look like they'd kill you with just one bite, poisonous vines that seem capable of paralyzing you with a single touch, a whole bottle filled with a strange, purple, sticky substance—no, it's not just seemingly strange, it's downright bizarre!
The other pharmacists displayed spiritual herbs, which exuded a strong vitality when you got close; in layman's terms, they looked like medicinal herbs.
However, this guy is selling items that all look quite dangerous. Are you sure he's really a doctor and not a poison master?!