[BL] Accidentally Becoming the Healer of the Deranged Archduke-Chapter 193: The Protective Barrier Ruptured

Cold sweat beads slid along Xion’s temples as he forcefully increased the extraction speed.

He did not glance at Darius’ face. He did not have the courage to look at those pretty jewel-like eyes which were shining with watery sheen. It was all due to him.

I am making him suffer so much...

It was an important procedure, and yet Xion felt guilty. This was why it was taboo to do surgery on your own loved one.

While keeping his gaze on the cut, his hands moved even more swiftly, alternating between sending his own mana into Darius’ blazing pulses and adjusting the rate of extraction to a higher level.

Xion’s mana, just like him, possessed a healing ability in it. That was why it never reacted violently when merged with Darius’. Rather it tried to save it.

Even though, the white stream of energy was turning into the murky green at an alarming rate. It was much better this way.

If they extracted Darius’ mana without any support that would directly kill him.

Humans after losing too much blood would die, and mana followed the same concept.

So, even if it meant that Xion was just buying some extra time by using his mana, it was all worth it.

Despite his special healing properties, Xion could feel the strain on both himself and Darius.

Because both of them were losing their mana at almost the same speed.

If it was not for the system making Xion’s senses numb to the pain, he would have been writhing on the ground by now.

Just as Xion pushed forward, the corrupted mana started to resist. It was twisting and bucking against being pulled out as if it had a will of its own. Ah, it indeed had.

However, Xion would not let it stay inside. He gritted his teeth and pushed a huge amount all at once.

Although it made Darius groan in pain, there was no other choice than to force that dirty cursed mana out.

The vessel vibrated, emitting a low hum. And Darius began to bleed again.

Perhaps he’d bitten the inside of his cheek too hard, the crimson flowed from the corner of his mouth. Ray was quick on actions.

He did as he was instructed to. He carefully cleaned the blood away before silently stepping back.

Just as the corrupted mana neared the halfway mark in the vessel, Xion felt it.

His mana brushed the barrier inside Darius’ core. The precious thing which had been keeping Darius alive.

If he cracked this too fast, Darius’s body would collapse before the healing stream could compensate.

But he had no choice.

Xion focused. His mana surged with sharp intent, flooding into Darius through the veins before attacking the barrier from all sides, all at once.

Crack.

The sound wasn’t real, but it echoed inside Xion’s skull like shattering glass.

The protective barrier ruptured.

In the next second, Darius spurted out even more blood, and a painful scream rippled from his throat.

It was hoarse and ragged but filled with so much pain that even Ray, who had been standing motionless, instinctively took a step forward.

"Help him up," Xion said, and Ray quickly obliged.

Allen’s hands twitched around the base of the vessel. The glass rattled against its reinforced frame as corrupted mana now poured out in violent waves.

More blood burst from Darius’s mouth.

It splattered everywhere, even across Xion’s white shirt and hands.

Xion’s hands trembled as he wrapped those broken fragments of barrier into his mana and pushed them out in one fell swoop.

Darius convulsed. His muscles locked, back arching off Ray’s chest as the knight struggled to hold him steady.

"Hold him down!" Xion nearly yelled.

Ray was already moving, gripping Darius’s shoulders without hesitation while Allen pressed down on his legs.

Xion didn’t stop. He couldn’t stop. If he hesitated now, it would all be for nothing.

He finally activated his ring.

A second stream of mana surged. It was bright green, clear and humming with vitality.

It flooded through Xion’s finger and into Darius’ chest.

It rushed into Darius’s core, aiming at the decaying tissue, repairing the rotting veins, and the faltering organs.

But the damage was already brutal.

Darius’s pulse was irregular. It was shallow as if barely there. His skin turned dangerously pale, and he fainted.

His internal mana network was breaking up like a city being hit by a huge earthquake.

Organs collapsing one after another as if his body had given up the moment the barrier shattered.

Xion clenched his teeth, sweat now pouring down his neck like rain. His vision blurred, but he didn’t slow his mana flow.

[Host! You will die if you keep emptying your mana like this!]

Xion knew it already. However, he did not have any other option. He had been purifying Darius’ mana using that pendant and then storing it in his ring.

For that, the first thing he needed to do was remove his own mana entirely. Hence, now Xion did not have any reserve like Darius.

No pendant, no ring. He was burning his own vitality to bring Darius back to life.

[Host, think about it. What is the point if you die like this? Don’t be stupid to sacrifice your life or some stranger!]

The little thing was this close to pulling its wires out in frustration.

But Xion only smiled. ’This stranger gave me more happiness in a few days than anyone else ever did. As someone who always returns a favor, I am obliged to save him.’

The system fell silent for a few seconds. Watching Xion’s mana level falling below the danger zone, it made a special compromise.

[Host, I can save your life, but you have to fulfill a mission.]

Xion agreed in a heartbeat. Nothing was more important than saving his grace.

Come on... come on...

The vessel, now nearly full, quaked as the last of the corrupted mana was ripped from Darius’s body. It sloshed like liquid fire behind the glass.

Everything went silent. Darius’s brows, which had been drawn tight in agony, finally eased.

His taut body went limp.

The stream of Xion’s mana continued to fill in the gaps, making sure that the freshly infused mana would bind with Darius’ body properly.

Xion blinked hard, trying to blink away the blur creeping into his vision.

He could feel his own heart thrumming loudly into his ears. The colors became extra bright and fuzzy.

"Brother Allen, remove the pipe just as I’ve taught you..."

Xion fell to the ground.