Chapter 266: Chapter 64 Disaster_2
Some among them were no longer satisfied with the past and sought to differentiate ranks in various ways, just like the courtyard before their eyes.
Unlike the small yard Ande once lived in, this spacious courtyard was filled with decorations, plants, and some unnameable things; it seemed somewhat contrived. Ande felt that even the simple cups and pots in Laine’s small yard had more charm.
There was no helping it. Owing to the low artistic level of the Bronze Age, these items could scarcely exhibit any aesthetic appeal, but as a means of distinguishing from the dwellings of ordinary people, the effect was indeed striking.
If it weren’t for the impending cataclysm, perhaps in a few decades, humans might have developed primitive small manors. But now, there seemed no chance for that.
“Let’s hear it then,” Ande said in a solemn voice, “Why rush to summon me here? What’s the matter?”
The wilderness these days was far from peaceful, with only a few days’ journey separating the two locations, but the road was fraught with fierce wild animals.
However, Ande, who had hastened here, appeared more composed than the host himself, seemingly unbothered by fatigue. Although the decades hadn’t changed Ande’s appearance, his temperament had become vastly different.
“It has been a trying journey, Lord Ande,” the middle-aged man began with some caution.
“I’ve heard that you possess certain... extraordinary abilities?”
“If you’re referring to those little tricks that assist dramatic performances, then indeed,” Ande replied, nodding. He didn’t hide it; in fact, there wasn’t much to hide.
“At first it was just a few people, then dozens, then hundreds. We can’t see a pattern to the spread; it seems anyone living in this town could be struck by it.”
“So, you don’t know how to solve it, and even you have caught this unknown thing; that’s why you thought of me?” Ande asked, his brow furrowed.
“But why would you think I can solve this problem?”
“What? I’ve caught this thing, too?!”
However, as soon as Ande finished speaking, the middle-aged man was taken aback. Aside from feeling tired, he had no other sensations.
“If this thing you speak of is the same as what I ‘see,’ then you probably have caught it; it just hasn’t taken effect yet. Like the toxins of some wild animals, maybe it lies dormant for a longer period,” Ande said, detecting the man’s abnormality with his spiritual sense. The man’s breath and body exuded a substance that seemed unhealthy.
“Sigh... Lord Ande, I didn’t hold out much hope, but now that you can ‘see’ the presence of these things, that’s already a promising start,” the middle-aged man said, taking a deep breath and managing a strained smile.
“Then let’s go, take me to the others,” Ande commanded, his voice serious. Although he didn’t know what this substance was, if he surrounded himself in the wind element from the Magic Net with his spiritual power, he could keep it at bay. So, he wasn’t too worried about this unknown substance.
However, others obviously could not do the same, so he needed to understand more deeply the patterns of spread and the origin of this substance.
Although those humans contaminated with the substance weren’t in mortal danger now, that did not mean they wouldn’t be later.
In the past, Ande had seen a human invaded by a chronic toxin, who after wailing in agony for a week, died in pain. The experience had shocked him profoundly at the time.