A Hospital in Another World? Chapter 1048: From Today, I Am the Master of Plagues!

"It is said that Garrett engraves a spell in the world of meditation every time he advances?"

"Yes, and it's quite powerful." Outside the research institute, Cirilla and Aishe Moon Song were idly chatting. They had moved from grilled meat to grilled fish, from stewed beef to lobster sashimi, and even oysters and sea snails.

Cirilla had started rummaging through her stock, opening shells and sea snails one by one, extracting the pearls inside. Those that were round, smooth, and of good color and size were kept for jewelry; the ones she didn't like...

The ones she didn't like were used for marbles! Aishe Moon Song flattened a piece of land, and Cirilla blew out a breath of ice, making the ground smooth and shiny, creating some ice balls and indentations perfect for playing marbles!

Compared to Cirilla's bottomless appetite, Aishe Moon Song could only take small bites of many foods. As she urged various sweet and sour berries and fruits to grow, providing side dishes for Cirilla, she chatted:

"What spell will he engrave this time? Will it be a nature spell? Maybe a healing spell?"

"Hmm... hard to say..." Cirilla lay on the ice, aiming a pearl with her finger. Her silver-blue eyes glowed with the pearl's reflection, sparkling brilliantly:

"Garrett engraves spells based on his whims..."

"I hope he chooses a powerful offensive spell," said Lynn, who brought food and drinks on a floating tray for the two ladies from the research institute.

"Garrett has always been too soft. If he had a few powerful offensive spells, he could unleash them and make a significant impact, ensuring people take him seriously. At least one powerful attack spell is necessary!"

"I don't think so," Aishe Moon Song shook her head. A 10th-level cub—even an 11th-level cub—is still a well-behaved child of the elf family. Why would a child need to cause mass destruction?

There's no need to do too much damage and make nature dislike him!

"He should engrave a protective spell—or perhaps a teleportation spell. Yes, a protective spell would be best. Who knows what dangers he'll encounter while out in the world? Increasing protection is always a good idea."

"I can handle protection!" Cirilla shook her fist. Lying on the ground, she supported herself with her left hand, shook a handful of pearls with her right, and let pearl dust fall through her fingers:

"I'll protect him! Garrett... hmm, this time it would be great if he engraved a shapeshifting spell! Being able to transform into a dragon would be perfect!"

Although Garrett's level was still low and he couldn't transform into a mature silver dragon like her... but a small silver dragon would be great too!

If he could reliably transform into a cat-sized little silver dragon and safely change back and forth, that would be perfect! The rest could be left to her!

"Shapeshifting seems a bit inefficient..."

Unbeknownst to them, Archmage Haines had joined their conversation:

"I hope he engraves a necromancy spell... actually, the last 'Plague Spell' was good. It could be developed further..."

"Impossible! Garrett won't engrave a necromancy spell!" The silver dragon girl immediately jumped up. After a pause, realizing it might be dangerous to argue with an 18th-level Archmage, she casually pulled out a piece of golden obsidian and slapped it down:

"I bet on shapeshifting!"

"Uh..." Archmage Haines looked around and decided to play along. If he won by chance, he would give all the winnings to Garrett as a congratulatory gift:

He pulled out a dark ebony bracelet:

"This contains the 7th-level spell 'Control Undead', which allows short-term control of some undead creatures. It's useful in certain situations. I bet on the Plague Spell advancement!"

"I still bet on protective spells," Aishe Moon Song said, feeling compelled to join. She took a green seed from her bracelet and placed it beside Cirilla's golden obsidian:

"Something like 'Life Protection', 'Iron Protection', or 'Death Ward' would be good."

"Uh..." Lynn looked around, considering what he could offer. Before he could start digging into his pockets, Cirilla stopped him:

"You don't need to guess! Or, you could go check on Garrett's progress?"

Lynn was low-level and poor! After his trip to the New World, he probably spent all his wealth!

He was Garrett's friend, so they wouldn't take his money...

In the meditation room, Garrett first ruled out offensive spells.

God bless, the offensive spells he could use were too few. Electricity? Chain Lightning? Ice? Deep Freeze? Fire? Super Fireball? Light...

Oh, forget about light spells; he didn't know any. He once thought about collaborating with his senior brother to develop a laser spell, but that hadn't started yet.

After some thought, Garrett ruled out defensive spells and, hmm... some auxiliary spells, like flight or teleportation. Simply put, these weren't his strengths, and he wasn't good at them...

Using an opportunity to engrave a spell upon advancement on something he wasn't good at was a waste.

Spells he was good at, when engraved with the world's will energy in the meditation world, could be adjusted significantly, with an amplification ratio reaching 100% or more; spells he wasn't good at might not even reach 50%.

Given the chance to advance once per level, it was crucial to maximize the benefit!

As for insufficient protection... well... part of it depended on equipment, part on natural premonition, and... Cirilla, it relied on you!

Hugging the silver dragon's thigh should work until around level fifteen or sixteen, and after that, there should be other ways?

After ruling these out, there weren't many suitable spells left. Garrett quickly focused on a new favorite:

Targeted Annihilation!

Yes, he had known this spell for a long time. But during his time in the Eagle God's Kingdom, he made some improvements to link it with 'Bloodline Identification · Modified'.

Thinking about it, the spell model interface could perhaps connect with more things:

Currently, it could link with bacteria, various bacteria, and pathogens;

It could link with parasites, as long as they could be identified and locked with mental power, they could be linked to the spell interface for targeted annihilation, covering all stages from eggs to adults, either all at once or in segments;

It could link with viruses, identifiable by 'Bloodline Identification · Modified', and potentially with other identification methods in the future;

And, chlamydia, mycoplasma, rickettsia, spirochetes, and plasmodium, as long as they could be identified and locked, should also be linkable;

Could certain cells—like cancer cells—also be linked for targeted removal?

Regardless, let's make the interface first!

It would be best to make a universal interface so that anything could be added later. Who knows if there are things beyond his current knowledge that need to be eradicated?

Garrett focused, first building the interface framework, then moving to the next part. The Targeted Annihilation spell learned from Elder Elwin—though not fully mastered—and later from Elder Wood, had no concept of range, always targeting a single object;

However, after long-term use, analysis, and modification, Garrett had broken down the spell into several parts. One part specifically controlled the spell's range:

Currently, Garrett's control range could be as small as a 5 cm side length—about 1/3 the length of a small mouse; and as large as about 2 square meters, which could accommodate 16 people if squeezed.

Any smaller or larger was beyond Garrett's current mental power or control ability...

With the world's will's gift and support, Garrett could push for extreme operation. He worked hard to build the spell framework, shrinking the adjustment limit, shrinking it more:

Down to 4 cm!

3 cm!

1 cm!

Uh... it couldn't shrink further. But it was enough; for pinpoint removal of certain cells, controlling such a small range would suffice—

For instance, if an unfortunate person had endometriosis in the ovaries? At that time, removing the misplaced endometrium without affecting the nearby normal uterus, this range would be enough?

That would do. Next, it was time to expand...

Make it bigger!

Bigger!

Even bigger!

Covering 5 square meters, 10 square meters. Not enough, hopefully increasing to 100 square meters...

Keep pushing!

Expand a bit more!

Hopefully covering a hundred people, a thousand people, a village, a city, a forest!

If a major plague arrives, with this spell, walking through villages and cities could stop the plague!

Garrett, you can do it!

Adjusting and expanding the spell's range soon reached its limit. However, Garrett vaguely felt:

The current spell range was limited by his mental power and magic.

In the future, if his mental power could spread wide enough, and his magic could support such annihilation, the Targeted Annihilation spell could cover a broader range!

That's it then!

Finalize!

Condense!

Engrave!

Once I've identified most pathogenic bacteria (I've studied some myself, memorized some from 'Medical Microbiology', and can learn more from mages' discoveries);

Identified most parasites (partly memorized, mostly learned);

Determined most epidemic viruses' detection methods (this... can only be learned, hopefully, the research institute's mages are strong, and more mages will join after papers are published);

Then, I can declare—

No, actually, I can declare today. Although currently, it's just a joke:

"From today, I am the Master of Plagues!"

Table of content