Chapter 322

Just as Joshua was about to leave the cell hall, he felt a sense of chaos spreading.

The pestilence in the magical world has never been a disease caused by pure bacteria or creatures, no magic or other supernatural factors. No matter how serious it is, it can be easily eradicated.

In the black liquid formed by the evil cult's flesh and blood viscera, a magic power eroded by chaos is slowly growing. Although it is very slow because of the strong positive energy light, it still spreads around firmly. I can see that the narrow cell has become a strange scene, The disgusting turbid liquid creeps spontaneously on the stone slab, just like a creature.

Turning his head, Joshua looked at the scene.

Melena, a chaotic disease caused by rabies.

All of a sudden, the Dragon disaster from the deep sea destroyed half of the southern kingdom, and all the coastal areas were occupied without exception. Although the Kingdom relied on its strong potential strength and human life to push out a strong and incomparable central defense line, there were still many places that were abandoned and completely occupied.

In the enemy occupied areas, most of the human beings were devoured by the wild dragon beasts, and a few powerful professionals were also hiding in the crevice to survive. However, with the passage of time and the adaptability of the Kingdom army to the Dragon beasts, the war situation gradually improved. With the help of the adventurers, that is, the players, the Kingdom army launched counter attacks again and again, They even recaptured several port fortresses along the coast and took them as strongholds to recover the lost land bit by bit.

What makes this effort fall short is melanosis.

It was the end of the year 833, and on a cold winter day, amid the heavy snow, a shivering man came to the gate of the port fortress of far south har.

He was soaked in black blood, but he still had a breath. The city guards recognized that he was a well-known spirit adventurer who had gone deep into the jungle a few days ago to explore the habitat of the Dragon beast, so they hurried to meet him. When they realized that the other side was close to coma, the city guards sent the man into the medical center of the fortress.

Along the way, the groaning Aboriginal adventurer was dripping with black blood and smelling. However, because this is the front line after all, no one cared about the smell of blood. So until he was sent to the hospital, no one thought there was anything wrong. After all, there are countless strange creatures and dragon beasts in the jungle, Maybe the adventurer was attacked by some strange poisonous animal? After all, there are so many poisons that can make the wound heal that no one cares.

All in all, no one understood the seriousness of the matter.

In the medical school, the doctor and the priest rushed to the hospital to treat the adventurer. Magic medicine and Magic were used together, and the wound of the spirit was quickly cured. The black blood no longer flowed outward, but the situation became more serious. In the shocked gaze of the people, the adventurer's body began to become swollen in his howling pain, The flesh and blood all over his body expanded at the speed visible to the naked eye. Finally, after a spasmodic scream, the whole elf adventurer burst out, and the liquefied flesh and viscera sprayed out, splashing all over the hospital.

The strange way of death, coupled with the fact that the poor patient had not been saved, the doctor and the priest felt very depressed. They naturally perceived the chaotic smell hidden in the corpse of the dead adventurer and purified it. People thought that it was a poison of a new rabies dragon, just like a giant scorpion in the desert, which had a terrible venom that could dissolve human flesh and blood, It's just more terrible. For this reason, Fort Hal even sent a large number of antidotes from the capital of the kingdom to prepare for the new unknown dragon, and the adventurers began to make corresponding plans.

They thought they were ready.

But not really.

The chaos that lurks in the shadow has already spread to the whole city with the dripping of black blood. On the first day, 60% of the people in Hal fortress feel uncomfortable collectively. On the second day, 45% of the people feel sick and their bodies are making strange flowing sound. On the third day, massive hemoptysis appears, In addition to the gold class strong not affected, the other members seem to have extremely strong symptoms of discomfort.

Until then, people felt that it was not right. Maybe it was not a toxin, but an unknown plague - but it was too late, and everything was irreparable.

A week later, except for three golden strongmen who were at a loss and were on the verge of collapse, all of them turned into bones and blood everywhere. The clean and tidy harbor turned into bloody purgatory. The stench was not bound by the cold and spread wantonly with the north wind.

The name of melanosis has spread all over the world.

Joshua had experienced this disease in his previous life, but it was already the late stage of the spread of the plague. Through the treatment of advanced divinity, the soldier did not die because of it, but he could fully understand the feeling that part of his body was dissolved little by little by unknown existence.It's more disgusting than being eaten bit by bit by a beast.

"As long as you reach the Golden State, then the extraordinary body can easily resist the invasion of this disease, but if you don't reach the Golden State, even if it's just a little bit, it's easy to be infected."

In a low voice, Joshua could not help but recall the past days of fighting against the plague. It was a hard time. Countless people were defeated by the disease and turned into a pool of warm, turbid and black blood, leaving only fragile bones and skin bags suspended on the smelly liquid.

However, although the cold can not stop the spread of this plague, but the fire can.

He raised his hand, and the soldier snapped his fingers. Suddenly, a black red flame appeared on the creeping black blood. His fighting spirit was mixed with the power of order. From the beginning to the end, he thoroughly purified it, and the corpses of the evil cult were completely turned into ashes. The plague had already eroded the bones, and now that thing is no stronger than a few biscuits.

Coldly watching the black liquid completely dried by the fire, Joshua shook his head, then turned and left.

The fire can completely burn all the materials that the melanosis relies on, and can completely burn them into ashes. In the plague area of the far south of that year, as long as there was a little sign of weakness and infection, the crazy people would throw this person into the fire. This kind of crazy behavior killed many ordinary people who were just occasionally cold, But it did stop the spread of the plague.

Because of the fluctuation of fighting spirit and the sudden high fever, the comatose cultists wake up one by one. These crazy people who used to speak foul language in the face of the bishop of artanis are now shrinking and shivering. They are silent and dare not make any noise.

After watching the soldiers step by step out of the cell hall in horror, the hearts of these evil believers even gave birth to happiness. Even if they were tortured to death, they were not willing to face the walking nightmare.

Outside the cell, atannis was originally chatting with Ying and Lin.

The three seemed to be very happy when they asked and answered, but they all turned their heads and looked at the exit because they noticed the soldiers' footsteps.

"What's the matter, Joshua, coming out so soon?"

The old bishop was a little strange. He touched his white beard and asked, "do you want to torture me with instruments of torture? This is my mistake. I forgot to prepare this thing. "

With that, he would get up and ask the other guard knights for the instruments of torture.

"No, I don't need to. I already know their purpose."

The voice stopped the action of atannis, and Joshua's tone was more serious than ever. His eyes revealed a kind of dignified: "maybe it's a little strange, but..."

"I believe you."

He quickly interrupted Joshua's words, and the old Bishop's expression became solemn. He turned to look around and said in a low voice, "don't say it here. Let's go upstairs."

"You're right."

Nodding his head and approving the old Bishop's decision, the soldiers called Shang Ying and Lin to go with the old bishop. Although the Shenji had some doubts, they also kept silent after seeing the master's rare cautious attitude.

The light of positive energy in the deepest cell gradually faded. At the suggestion of Joshua, atannis called all the knights who guarded the cell. They jointly started the blockade system of the dungeon. Immediately, a thick steel layer with a thickness of one meter completely isolated the deepest oval cell from other ordinary cells. For safety, The soldier also asked the old bishop to perform a large-scale purification ceremony of gold level for them, and thoroughly purified half of the dungeon.

Although I don't know why the LORD came out so quickly and got any news from the evil cults, the Knights also noticed a trace of danger from this action. After ensuring that the sealed steel layer would never be opened, they left the dungeon.

By the way, throughout the process, Joshua turned his back to the Knights.

"It's the plague."

As he walked down the spiral corridor toward the surface of the church, Joshua whispered to atannis, "these heretics are going to spread a deadly plague from the plague God."

He said so much for the time being, and told the doubting old bishop why he was so cautious. Later, the soldiers were ready to speak more slowly in a safe environment.

You know, dungeons are not a good place to talk.

The old Bishop's eyes flickered in the dark. He nodded slowly, but he did not say a word. Obviously, atannis probably guessed a little from Joshua's previous request.

They walked in silence and came to the first floor. They crossed the dark corridor and came to the stairs leading to the second floor behind the mass hall. Just as they were going to find a closed room to talk about the evil god plague, a blonde man appeared in front of them.The man was tall and handsome, but he looked a little tired and his eyes were tired and gloomy. It seemed that he had not had a good rest for several days. He seemed to have heard the footsteps of atannis and wanted to say hello to the old bishop, but he saw Joshua's face unexpectedly, and his eyes widened, The surprised voice blurted out: "Joshua?! Are you awake? "

"Yes, my friend, I wake up."

There was a smile on his serious face. Joshua said hello to the blonde knight with a smile. He stepped forward and patted each other on the shoulder. "I haven't seen you for days, loranda. You look worse than me."

"It's a long story... Look at this expression. What's the important thing you want to discuss?"

Slowly spit out a breath, Paladin face tired, he seems to have a lot of words to say, but now he has no strength, see this, the soldier simply shook his head and said: "don't think too much, although I and archbishop atannis do have something to talk about, but it's not important enough to let you bear the fatigue to participate."

"When I've finished talking to the old bishop, I'll let him tell you."

Although he wanted to refuse, Joshua didn't give loranda the chance to choose. In Ying and Lin's slightly apologetic farewell, the paladin could only stare at Joshua and the old bishop walking up to the second floor, and his tired eyes were a little dull.

"I can't even stop it... Sure enough, I should have a rest first."

Realizing that she was really in a bad state, loranda shook her head and went to her room.

On the way, he couldn't help thinking of his previous conversation with Saint Igor, his holiness.

Since the paladin returned from the alien world three days ago, he has not had a good rest.

The first is to pray in silence and use the holy light to dissolve the divine power of the father of nature in his body.

Although a God's blessing is really good for him, the extra heterogeneous divine power is not good for a paladin. It took loranda most of the day just to purify his strength. However, after purification, the paladin felt that his strength had greatly improved, and even approached the threshold of his great intention.

Of course, loranda feels very tired, but it's not a time for rest. He tries to sleep, arranges his whole journey in the alien world overnight, and then quickly goes to the communication array in the cathedral, ready to speak with his holiness.

But it was the Pope's guard who answered. These loyal Knights said that his holiness was in the deep of the great temple, communicating directly with the gods, so he needed to wait for a while.

Naturally, loranda would not raise any objection, but in order to wait for the Pope to come back for the first time, he did not even sleep or meditate, but stayed in the same place wholeheartedly.

This is the whole day.

Almost half a day ago, the Pope finally ended his communication with the gods and responded to loranda's communication.

As for his adopted son, Pope Igor, the most powerful young paladin of the seven gods church, has great patience. After listening to loranda's narration of exotic adventures, he did not express any distrust. Instead, he repeatedly asked for details and expressed 100% trust.

"So it is... The father of nature, the evil god of natural disasters, the king of sages and sages, inheriting and burning souls."

He nodded slowly. Thousands of miles away, the image of his holiness nodded slowly. The wise old man with white hair seemed to believe loranda's words completely.

"Do you believe me?"

This surprised loranda. He didn't think anyone would believe this strange story, and he just fulfilled his duty to tell the truth. He never expected the other party to believe it, but he never thought that the old Pope would believe his experience so easily.

"Don't be surprised, my child. I had a hunch about it."

Igor said slowly, his eyes twinkled with wisdom: "the fluctuation of an ancient god's power is enough to cross the distance of several worlds. I have noticed this for a long time, but I didn't expect you to participate in it."

After a pause, the Pope slowed down and asked tentatively, "now you have faced the chaotic army and the evil god with your own eyes... What do you think about this, loranda?"

When he heard the old Pope's question, loranda could not help but be silent for a while. He seemed to be remembering it, and then slowly said in a cautious tone: "Your holiness, this is the first time that I have seen such a huge chaotic army, and the first time that I have faced these enemies without knowing everything or any other comrades in arms.""I don't know what kind of world it is. I don't know how far the civilization of that world has developed. I don't even know why the father of nature sleeps and how the civilization of elves was born. But only one thing I know is that they are also comrades in arms against chaos."

Although weak, but as firm, this belief can be easily understood without language.

Loranda, who had not rested for many days, revealed a trace of firmness on his haggard face: "as you said, Joshua did tell me some truth. He said that fire can burn only with firewood. Although the world is in order, it is also built in chaos and emptiness... If the fire in our world is nearly extinguished, Then the power from chaos must be constantly introduced to burn, just as his family and other guardian families do

"Do you know that already?"

The Pope nodded slowly with some satisfaction: "since you already know, then I don't need to keep a secret from you... Yes, because the fire of our world has been nearly extinguished in the war of the last era. In order to continue the burning of the initial fire, we must have chaotic firewood, and the seal to the evil world is the most stable source of chaotic power."

"So their sacrifice is meaningful, right?"

After a long silence, with a complicated light in her eyes, loranda took a deep breath, and then asked again in a heavy voice, "for the sake of the continuation of our world, we must make the necessary sacrifice... They are not worthless deaths, are they?"

"Of course, my child."

The white haired old man, Pope Saint Igor of the seven gods church, nodded his head cautiously and with deep respect and said, "whether you are your comrades in arms who died or the knights who lost their lives before that, they are all human heroes."

It's on the second floor.

After telling everything to the old bishop, Joshua closed his eyes and began to recall the past.

And atannis is tightly grasp the armrest of the seat, face dignified and serious.

"I will ask No. 3 to pay attention to the health of the citizens in the city, and the church should also send a large number of priests and knights to go around the villages and towns to check whether there is a latent plague."

After a long silence, Joshua spoke in a low voice and said, "as for me, I will go to the imperial capital and report this matter to his majesty, so as to solve it. The other three territories in the North must also know this matter as soon as possible."

"It's natural."

The old bishop nodded and took it for granted, but he seemed a little puzzled: "but how do you solve this? Unlike physical enemies, this is an invisible disease that cannot be destroyed with fists and weapons. "

"I have my own way."

The soldier looked at the South with a sneer. His eyes seemed to be able to penetrate the void. He looked directly at the birthplace of the plague, the place where the dragon was rampant, the battlefield where he had fought. Now Joshua's eyes were full of indifference, and a little bit of flame hidden in the deep, as if it was burning: "no one knows these things better than me."

Those cult believers who spread pestilence and tried to reap countless lives never dreamed of his existence in this world.

Soldiers even know more about this plague than heretics