The Least Common Denominator

XIX.V Spreadsheet

While my hands worked on the patient in front of me, my mind was abuzz with the prospect of the most stupid idea I had ever concocted in this world so far.

Runes were bullshit. There was no doubting that. Being capable of doing things that would normally take modern science a ton of resources to replicate, Runecraft was the ultimate cheat code in manipulating the properties of the things we made. I was sure that if given enough time, I'd be able to replicate most of my modern tools and appliances through experimentation and sheer brute force.

"Hold her leg high, Lace."

"W-What would it-"

"It'll prevent more blood from flowing into the wound. Now hold still..."

Without the means of proper sterilization, performing surgery would do more harm than good due to the high risk of infection. A surge