Just as Joshua was about to leave the hall of his cell, he felt that a chaotic aura was spreading. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The plagues of the wizarding world have never been simple bacteria or living things, and they are diseases that are not formed by magic or other supernatural factors, and they can be easily eradicated no matter how serious they are.

In the black liquid formed by the flesh and blood of the cultist, there was a demonic power eroded by chaos slowly growing, although it seemed very slow due to the strong positive energy light, it still unswervingly spread towards the surroundings, only to see that the small cell had now become an otherworldly scene, and the disgusting turbid liquid spontaneously wriggled on the stone slab, like a living thing.

Turning his head, Joshua watched the scene.

Black blood, a chaotic disease brought about by the dragon.

In the previous life, the Far South, suddenly, the dragon disaster from the deep sea destroyed half of the southern kingdom, and the coastal areas all fell without exception, although the Far South kingdom relied on its strong latent strength and relied on human life to push out a strong central defense line, but there are still many places that have been helplessly abandoned, thus completely falling.

In the occupied area, the vast majority of human beings were devoured by the mad dragon beasts, and a small number of powerful professionals were also hiding in Tibet, surviving in the cracks, but with the passage of time and the adaptation of the kingdom army to the dragon beasts, the battle situation gradually improved, and with the help of adventurers, that is, players, the kingdom army launched counterattacks again and again, and even recaptured several port fortresses along the coast, and used them as a base to regain lost territory little by little.

And what made this effort fall short was melanemia.

It was the end of the year 833, and on a cold winter day, in the midst of heavy snowfall, a shivering man came to the gate of the fortress of the Far South Har port.

He was drenched in black blood, but he still had a breath, and the city guards recognized that this was a well-known elven adventurer who had gone deep into the jungle a few days ago to explore the habitat of dragons, so they hurried to meet him, and after realizing that the other party was close to a coma, the city guards also sent the already delirious man into the fortress's infirmary.

Along the way, this aboriginal adventurer who couldn't stop moaning was dripping with black blood all over his body, emitting an extremely fishy smell, but since this is the front line after all, no one cares about the fishy smell of this blood, so until he is sent to the hospital, no one thinks there is anything wrong, after all, there are countless kinds of weird creatures and dragon beasts in the jungle, maybe this adventurer was attacked by some kind of weird poisonous beast? After all, there is so much venom that can make the wound unheal, so much that no one cares.

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

In the infirmary, the doctor and the priest who hurriedly came cooperated to treat the adventurer, using a combination of magic potions and magic to quickly heal the elf's external injuries, the black blood no longer flowed outward, but the situation became more serious - in the shocked gaze of everyone, the adventurer's body began to become swollen in his howl of pain, and the flesh and blood on his body expanded at a speed visible to the naked eye, and finally, after a spasmodic scream, the elven adventurer's whole body exploded violently, and liquefied flesh and internal organs spurted out, splashing all over the hospital.

The strange way of dying, and because they did not save the poor patient, the doctor and the priest felt very depressed, and they naturally detected the chaotic aura hidden in the corpse of the dead adventurer, and purified it, everyone thought that this was some kind of new dragon toxin, just like the giant scorpion in the desert, with a terrible venom that can dissolve people's flesh, only more terrifying, for this reason, Hal Fortress even transferred a large number of antidotes from the kingdom capital to prepare for this new unknown dragon, Adventurers are also starting to plan accordingly.

They thought they were ready for anything.

But in reality, it didn't.

The chaos lurking in the shadows has already spread to the entire city with the dripping of black blood, on the first day, sixty percent of the people in Hal Fortress collectively felt uncomfortable, on the second day, forty-five percent of the people felt that they were sick, and a strange liquid flow sound was being emitted in their bodies, and on the third day, a large amount of coughing up blood appeared, except for the gold-level powerhouse who was not affected much, all the other members seemed to have extremely strong symptoms of discomfort.

It was only then that everyone sensed that something was wrong, that perhaps it was not a toxin, but some unknown plague - but it was too late, and everything was irreversible.

A week later, except for the three gold-level powerhouses who were overwhelmed and on the verge of collapse, everyone in the Hal Fortress was reduced to bones and blood flowing everywhere, and the originally clean and tidy port turned into a bloody purgatory, the stench unrestrained by the cold, and spread with the north wind.

The name of black blood has spread all over the world.

In Joshua's previous life, he had personally experienced this disease, but it was already in the late stage of the spread of the plague, and through the treatment of high divine arts, the warrior did not die because of it, but he could fully understand the feeling of a part of his body being dissolved little by little by an unknown existence.

This is more disgusting than being eaten by a beast bit by bit.

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

Whispering to himself, Joshua couldn't help but recall the days of fighting the plague in the past, it was a difficult time, countless people were defeated by the disease, turned into a pool of warm, muddy and black blood, leaving only fragile bones and skin suspended on the foul-smelling liquid.

Still, while the cold can't stop the spread of this plague, the fire can.

Raising his hand, the warrior snapped his fingers, and suddenly black-red flames appeared out of thin air on the wriggling black blood, and the fighting spirit mixed with the power of order, from beginning to end, completely purified it, and the corpse of the cultist was completely reduced to ashes - the plague had long eaten away at the bones, and now it was no stronger than a few biscuits.

Indifferently watching the black liquid being completely burned dry by the flames, Joshua shook his head, then turned around and left.

The flame can completely burn all the substances that the black blood relies on, and can completely incinerate it into ashes, in the plague area of the Far South back then, as long as someone shows a little sign of weakness and infection, then crazy people will throw this person into the fire, this crazy behavior accidentally killed many ordinary people who only had occasional wind and cold, but it did block the possibility of the spread of the plague.

Because of the fluctuation of the fighting spirit and the sudden high fever, the unconscious cultists also woke up one by one, and these fanatics who had been wantonly swearing in the face of Bishop Atanis were now shrunk to the side, trembling, they were silent, not daring to make a sound.

After watching in horror as the warriors walked out of the hall of the cell, the cultists were even glad that they were not willing to face the walking nightmare even if they were tortured to death.

Outside of the cell, Atanis was chatting with Ying and Rin.

The three of them seemed to be chatting happily, but they all turned their heads to look at the exit as they sensed the soldier's footsteps.

"What's wrong, Joshua, coming out so soon?"

The old bishop was a little strange, he touched his white beard, and asked suspiciously, "Do you want to torture with torture instruments?" This was a mistake on my part, and I forgot to prepare this thing. ”

So saying, he got up and asked the other guards for the torture instruments.

"No, no, I already know their purpose."

Stopping Atanis's actions, Joshua's tone was more serious than ever, and his gaze revealed a solemnity: "Maybe it's a little weird, but it's ......"

"I believe in you."

Quickly interrupting Joshua's words, the old bishop's expression also became solemn, he turned his head to look around, and said in a low voice, "Don't talk here, let's go upstairs." ”

"You're right."

Nodding in approval of the old bishop's decision, the warrior called Kamiei and Rin to set off with the old bishop, and although the gods were a little puzzled, they also followed silently after seeing the master's rare cautious gesture.

The positive energy light in the deepest cell gradually dimmed, and at Joshua's suggestion, Atanis called all the knights guarding the cell, and they joined forces to activate the blockade system of the dungeon, and suddenly a thick steel layer of one meter thick completely isolated the deepest oval cell from other ordinary cells, and in order to be safe, the warrior also asked the old bishop to perform a gold-level large-scale purification ritual for them, which completely purified half of the dungeon.

Although they didn't know why the lord came out so quickly and got some news from the cultists, the knights also sensed a hint of danger from this action, and after promising that the sealed steel layer would never be opened, everyone left the dungeon.

Incidentally, Joshua had his back to the knights the whole time.

"It's the plague."

As he walked down the spiral hallway towards the surface of the church, Joshua whispered to Atanis, "These cultists intend to spread a very lethal plague from the plague gods. ”

That's all he said for the time being, informing the puzzled old bishop of the reason why he was so cautious, and then more news, the warrior was ready to speak slowly in a safe environment.

You know, the dungeon is not a good place to talk.

The old bishop's eyes flickered in the darkness, and he nodded slowly, but he didn't make a sound, obviously, Atanis had probably guessed a little from Joshua's previous request.

The crowd walked silently to the first floor, where they crossed the dark corridor and came to the staircase leading to the second floor behind the Mass Hall, and just as they were about to go to a closed room and talk carefully about the plague of evil gods, a blond man appeared in front of them.

This man is tall, his face can be called handsome, but his expression is a little tired, his eyes are tired and dull, it seems that he has not had a good rest for several days, he originally seemed to hear Atanis's footsteps, and wanted to say hello to the old bishop, but he unexpectedly saw Joshua's face, and suddenly the man's eyes widened, and a surprised voice blurted out: "Joshua?!" Are you awake?! ”

"yes, my friend, I'm awake."

A smile appeared on his serious face, and Joshua greeted the blonde knight with a smile, he stepped forward and patted the other man on the shoulder: "I haven't seen you in a few days, Loranda, you look worse than me." ”

"It's a long story...... Looking at this expression, what are you going to discuss? ”

Slowly exhaling a breath, the paladin's face was tired, he seemed to have a lot to say, but now he had no strength, seeing this, the warrior simply shook his head and said: "Don't think too much, although I do have some things to discuss with Bishop Atanis, it is not important enough for you to endure exhaustion to participate." ”

"When I'm done talking to the old bishop, let him tell you."

Although he wanted to refuse, Joshua didn't give Loranda a chance to choose, and in Ying and Rin's slightly apologetic goodbyes, the paladin could only watch Joshua and the old bishop walk briskly to the second floor, their tired eyes a little dull.

"I didn't even have time to stop it...... Sure enough, I should have gone and rested for a while. ”

Sensing that she was in a very bad state, Lolanda shook her head and walked to her room.

And on the way, he couldn't help but think of the phone call he had with St. Igor, that is, His Holiness the Pope.

He hadn't had a good rest since the paladin returned from the Atlas three days ago.

The first is to meditate and pray to dissolve the divine power that remains in his body by the Father of Nature.

The blessing of a god, although it is indeed beneficial to him, but the excess xenomorph divine power is not a good thing for a paladin, just to purify his own power, it took Lolanda most of the time, but on the contrary, after purification, the paladin feels that his strength has grown greatly, and even approaches the threshold of extreme will.

Of course, Loranda felt exhausted, but this was not the time to rest, he forced himself to sleep, sorted out his entire experience in the other world overnight, and then quickly went to the cathedral's communication circle, ready to talk to His Majesty the Pope.

But the person who answered the call was the Pope's guard, and these loyal knights said that His Majesty the Pope was in the depths of the Great Temple, communicating directly with the gods, so he needed to wait for a while.

Naturally, Lolanda did not object, but in order to wait for the Pope to return as soon as possible, he did not even sleep or meditate, but stayed where he was.

That's a whole day.

That is, almost half a day ago, the Pope finally ended his communication with the gods and responded to Loranda's communication.

Pope Igor has great patience with his adopted son, Pope Igor, who is currently the strongest paladin of the younger generation of the Church of the Seven, and after listening to Loranda's narration of the otherworldly adventure, he did not express the slightest feeling of distrust, but repeatedly asked for details, expressing 100% trust.

"I see...... The Father of Nature, the God of Natural Disasters, the Legacy of Sages and the King of Burning Souls. ”

Nodding slowly, thousands of miles away, the image of His Majesty the Pope nodded slowly, and the white-haired wise old man seemed to completely believe Lolanda's words.

"You believe what I say?!"

This surprised Lolanda very much, he didn't think that anyone would believe such a bizarre story at all, and he was just fulfilling his responsibility to tell the truth, he didn't never expect the other party to believe it, but he really never expected that the old Pope would believe his experience so easily.

"Don't be surprised, my child, I have a premonition about this."

Igor said slowly, his eyes flashing with wisdom: "The fluctuations generated by an ancient god's full exertion of power are enough to cross the distance of several worlds, I have long been aware of this, but I didn't expect you to be involved. ”

After a pause, the Pope slowed down, as if tentatively asking, "Now you have also faced the army of chaos and the essence of the evil god with your own eyes...... How do you feel about that, O Loranda? ”

Hearing the old Pope's question, Lolanda couldn't help but be silent for a while, he seemed to be recalling, and then said slowly in a cautious tone, little by little: "Your Majesty the Pope, this is the first time I have seen such a large chaotic army, and it is also the first time to face these enemies without knowing anything about everything and without other comrades. ”

"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 where the Father of Nature sleeps, and how the elven civilization was born, but the only thing I know is that they are also comrades in the fight against Chaos."

Although weak, but just as strong, this belief can be easily understood without words.

Lolanda's somewhat haggard face, which had not rested for many days, revealed a hint of firmness: "As you said, Joshua did tell me some truths, he said that fire can only burn if it is wood, and although the world is order, it is also built in the chaotic void...... If the fire in our world is close to being extinguished, then a steady stream of forces from chaos must be brought in to burn, as his family and the other guardian families have done. ”

"Do you already know that?"

The Pope nodded slowly with some relief: "Since you already know, then I don't need to keep it a secret from you...... Yes, because of the war of the last era, the fire in our world has long been close to extinguishing, in order to continue the burning of the initial fire, it is necessary to have the firewood of chaos, and the sealing place leading to the world of evil gods is the most stable source of chaos power. ”

"So, their sacrifice is meaningful, right?"

After being silent for a long time, with a complicated light flashing in her eyes, Lolanda took a deep breath, and then asked again in a heavy tone, "For the sake of the continuation of our world, the necessary sacrifices must be made...... They didn't die worthless, did they? ”

"Of course, my child."

The white-haired old man, Pope St. Igor of the Church of the Seven Gods nodded cautiously and with deep respect: "Whether it is your sacrificial comrades-in-arms or the knights who lost their lives before this, they are all heroes of mankind. ”

And on the second floor.

Joshua, who had finished telling the old bishop everything, closed her eyes and began to reminisce about the past.

Atanis, on the other hand, gripped the armrest of the chair tightly, his face solemn and serious.

"I will tell Number Three to pay attention to the health of the citizens of the whole city, and the church should also send a large number of priests and knights to go around the towns and villages to check if there is a plague lurking."

After being silent for a long time, Joshua said in a deep voice: "As for me, I will go to the imperial capital, report this matter to His Majesty the Emperor, and solve it, and the other three territories in the northern land must also know about this matter as soon as possible." ”

"It's nature."

The old bishop nodded, and took the matter as a matter of course, but he looked a little puzzled: "But how are you going to solve this matter?" Unlike the entity's enemies, this is an invisible disease that cannot be destroyed with fists or weapons. ”

"I have my own way."

The warrior sneered and looked at the south, his eyes seemed to be able to look directly at the place where the plague originated, the place where the dragon was raging, the battlefield where he had fought, and now Joshua's eyes were full of indifference, as well as a little flame hidden in the depths, as if it was burning: "No one knows these things better than me." ”

Those cultists of the evil gods who spread the plague and tried to harvest countless lives could never have dreamed that such an existence would appear in this world.

The warriors knew the plague even better than their adherents.

So the result of all this must be different from the frozen past.