Chapter 857: A Spreading Plague
What made all Abigail people even more desperate was that the sap flowing from the World Tree was no longer sweet, but spicy and bitter.
At this pace, in a few months, this will no longer be the city where they live, but the tomb where they are buried.
When Sean learned the situation from the mouths of these Abigailes, he had already walked around the Emerald City inside and out, and by the way, he checked the situation of the World Tree Sap.
As Sean had speculated, the crux of the problem was the shadow energy.
Goddess Abigail used her own body as a cage, imprisoned those shadow masters, and absorbed their energy into the body, wanting to use the powerful digestion ability of the body to neutralize and digest it, and even absorb it for her own use.
It's just that those shadow lords are not so similar, whether it is their own strength or the strength of their strength, they are far beyond the expectations of Goddess Abigail.
A large amount of shadow energy that will be digested in the future has accumulated in the World Tree, and even turned around, distorting and transforming the World Tree.
The sap and fruit produced by the World Tree are naturally also contaminated, which in turn contaminates the Abigail people who eat them.
The goddess Abigail has both advantages and disadvantages for the overprotection of the Abigails.
While more people would survive, they were unable to deal with the Twisted Nightmare, especially the high-intensity shadow energy infestation that came from the Shadow Master.
At least far from what Sean expected.
This lack of experience, on the contrary, is the best time for Sean to sell well, and said to the city lord of Loxani and the high priest of Devitt who accompanied him to inspect: "The crux of the problem has been found, the mother tree is impregnated by evil power, as long as this evil power is removed, at present, I have two doses of medicine here, one to treat the symptoms and one to cure the root cause, I don't know which dose do you want to start with?"
"Really, that's great, I know it, and the messenger must have a way. The city lord of Lokenissa said with a face full of surprise, "What do you say about curing the symptoms? What do you say about curing the root cause?
Before the mother tree's consciousness was lost and the dream was closed, the living environment of the Emerald City was closed, although the food was single, but it was sufficient, and most of the residents' lives were carried out in the dream.
The task of the city lord is relatively simple, in addition to the reasonable distribution of food, the main thing is to arrange patrols, patrol the city shield, monitor those twisted nightmares, and use the cannons of faith as much as possible to disperse them and prevent them from attacking the city shield.
However, after the closure of the dream, her tasks increased dramatically, in addition to all kinds of new problems, old tasks, also became very heavy, the number of twisted nightmares proliferated, and large-scale attacks on the city's protective shields were frequent.
As the time for the dream to close is passed, two more questions become acute.
The first is the growing despair among residents who have nothing to do and no hope for the future.
The second is the surge in the number of residents who have fallen ill because of drinking and eating contaminated food.
These problems were mixed together, leaving the Lord of Loknessa exhausted and exhausted.
Now that I hear that there is a solution to the disease, I am naturally full of joy.
Once this matter is resolved, even the first problem will be greatly relieved.
"Treating the symptoms is naturally a priority, and those who have been infected by evil forces only need to purify their souls and bodies, and after expelling those evil forces, their diseases will be cured without medicine.
The root cause is to give priority to the source of evil power, so that the food produced later will no longer carry this evil power, otherwise even if the disease of the citizens is cured, there is a possibility of recurrence. Sean explained in detail.
"Your Excellency, which one do you think is more appropriate to do first?" the city lord of Loxani did not make a hasty decision, and put on a look of humility to ask for advice.
"Treating the root cause is fundamental, only by solving this problem will the number of patients be cured, so that those who are cured will not relapse, but the root cause is also urgent, especially for those elderly and children, one more day of delay, their lives will be in danger for one more day, both of which will take time. ”
Sean pondered for a while, and gave a compromise opinion, "That's it, let's take two swords, start from two sides, the city lord is responsible for counting and gathering those sick people, and classifying them according to the severity of their illness, and when the time comes, I will take time to give priority to those seriously ill patients for diagnosis and cure."
Your Excellency the High Priest, who is responsible for gathering all the sacrifices of life, I will see if I can give them the ability to purify the evil forces, and when the time comes, whether it is to cure the symptoms or the root cause, they will need their great assistance to do so. ”
Sean took over the command of Emerald City as a matter of course, and fully mobilized the two backbones of the city.
"Yes. ”
"Willing to help. ”
The city lord of Loxani and the high priest of Devitt did not have the slightest resistance to this situation, and completely obeyed Sean's arrangement.
"Wait a minute, you leave someone who is familiar with the local situation, and give me a guide to take me to look at the farmland where you get food, and see if you can solve the problem at the root. Sean added an order.
"It's simple. The City Lord of Loxani turned his head to the tall maiden guard who was following him and said, "Wendina, once the time comes, you will serve as the messenger's guide, where the envoy needs to go, you will take him directly, our Emerald City has no secrets about the envoy." ”
"But the safety of the city lord ......," Wendina flashed a hint of surprise on her thin face, and then asked with some concern.
"What can I do? As long as the divine power shield is still there, those monsters will not want to rush in, is it possible that you are still worried that those citizens will attack me?" The city lord of Loxani replied with a smile, "Especially at the critical moment when this kind of messenger is coming in person to help us get through the crisis, if there really is such a person, it is convenient for us to understand the internal toxins, uproot them, and carry out the order, soldiers." ”
"Yes, Lord Castle. Wendina replied crisply, "Your Excellency, please follow me." ”
"Emissary, have you really seen the Mother Tree with your own eyes?"
"Lord Emissary, it looks a little different from us, were you born like that?"
"I heard them say that the envoy is a visitor from outside the world, is this true?"
"Emissary, is it true that the Mother Tree is just falling into a deep sleep, and there is no way to help heal the Mother Tree?"
"Messenger ......"
"Messenger ......"
The young guide arranged for Sean by the city lord of Loxani was silent in front of the city lord and the high priest, acting as the shadow of the city lord of Loxani.
After leaving the sight of the city lord of Loxani, he found that Sean, the messenger of the mother tree, had a gentle personality and was not difficult to speak.
The nature of the curious baby is gradually revealed, and while leading the way, she asks some questions that are inconvenient for the city lord of Loxani, given that she is beautiful, and exudes a playful and lovely lively energy, like a chirping lark, plus she will not be stalked on a single issue, but it does not make life boring.
I don't know if this is a coincidence, or if the old fox of Lokenissa City Lord, who knows Wendina's nature, deliberately made this arrangement.
Although Sean will not answer all these questions, as long as he is not particularly sensitive, or wants to pass it through Wendina's mouth, he will try his best to answer them.
"When we arrived, this was the well of the sap, and we drank it chiefly, and there were a hundred and eighty-two such wells in the whole city. Wendina quickly took Sean to her destination.
It is a giant well dug into Abigail's World Tree.
The wellhead is rectangular, one meter wide and ten meters long, but the depth of the well is less than 20 centimeters, and there is no trace of artificiality on it, as if it was born like this.
Not to mention adults, even children, can scoop them up and drink as soon as they bend down.
This is one of the two pillars that sustain the life of the Abigail people, the sap of the World Tree.
It is said to be a well, but it is actually an opening in the pipeline of the World Tree, so this sap is inexhaustible.
At least until the World Tree dies, it will not fail.
The sap of the World Tree is milky white as a whole, slightly greenish, and exudes a strong breath of life inside, and Sean seems to feel a clear green fragrance of grass and trees.
There is no doubt that this is a rare and good thing, not only to solve the physiological need for drinking water, but also to have abundant nutrients and abilities, with the effect of nourishing the body and soul.
To put it simply, prolonging life is its most basic effect, and whether there are other special effects will need to be tested to know.
In a normal year, this is definitely a precious living creature worth a thousand gold.
In this special situation, it has become a daily necessity for the Abigail people to sustain their lives.
I don't know whether to say they are lucky or unlucky.
"Messenger ......"
"See the ...... of the Messenger"
"I've seen the Mother Tree Messenger......"
Around the well of sap, the citizens of the Emerald City were taking the sap of the World Tree, and they were saluting Sean when they saw it.
The second benefit of Sean's use of the Body of the Law to project images in the air is to let the citizens of this emerald city know themselves faster and more intuitively, so that they can carry out their work.
"Please let me go, let me go, the messenger said, there is something wrong with these saps, they have been impregnated by the evil power of those nightmares, and they can't be drunk directly in the future, they need to be purified before they can be made, if they are not urgent, wait until the messenger determines the situation, and then it's not too late to come and use them. "Wendina is now learning and selling, helping Sean clean up the scene and maintain order.
"The mother tree sap is contaminated? really, or not? We have been drinking the mother tree sap for a long time, no problem!"
"You can't question what the Emissary said?"
"I didn't mean that, it's just that we've been drinking the sap of the mother tree, why did it suddenly go wrong?"
"Of course, it has something to do with the mother tree some time ago, the decisive battle with those ultimate nightmares, the mother tree trapped them, they came back to pollute the mother tree, is it no longer normal? ”
"Don't you notice that the taste of the sap of the mother tree is indeed a little different from before, it is no longer pure sweet, but also mixed with a spicy taste. ”
The Abigails exchanged words and ears, whether they had doubts in their hearts or not, and they couldn't help but get out of the way.
Sean didn't mean to explain, and raised his hand to the well of sap, the golden light flashed, and the power of the law converged.
The well of tree sap, which was originally unwavering, immediately boiled like boiling water, and the shadow energy was invisible in front of the power of the law, and it was separated and forced out, and it was vaporized as soon as it came out.
"What the messenger said is true, the sap of the mother tree has indeed been impregnated by evil forces. ”
"The mother tree is on top, is it possible that during this time, we will all drink these evil forces into our stomachs?"
"With this evil force at work in our bodies, it is difficult for us not to get sick. ”
"How can this be? We still need to live on the energy provided by the sap of the mother tree!"
"What are you worried about, the envoy is here for this, there must be a way to solve it, right?"
Sean's live demonstration directly made the remarks of those Abigail people appear one-sided.
After all, the sap of the mother tree is directly related to their safety.
"Lord Emissary, is it possible to drink the sap of these mother trees that have been driven out of evil forces?" Wendina looked at Sean expectantly, and asked the question that all the citizens were concerned about.
Sean shook his head and said: "It's not that simple, there is something wrong with the mother tree itself, what I purified just now is only the sap that has been born, and the new sap is still impregnated by evil forces, I can't purify every well of sap repeatedly, I need a more appropriate way to do it!"
"Then what should we do? The envoy has no choice, so we can only wait for death. ”
"What kind of chaos, the envoy just said that the method just now will not work, and he did not say that there is no new solution, and we must give the envoy enough confidence to do so. ”
"Well said, citizens, don't panic, you should give enough confidence to the messenger and give us the sacrifice of life, and we will definitely find a solution. ”
"Your Excellency the High Priest!"
"Lord DeWitt!"
Just as Sean was examining the well of sap and attempting to purify it, High Priest DeWitt had returned, this time with a team of life sacrifices with him.
High Priest Devit had a very high prestige in the Emerald City, and those citizens of the Emerald City were obviously much more respectful in their words when they saw him.
High Priest DeWitt nodded at Sean and said, "I have already sent someone to do what the messenger ordered, these are the most pious and powerful life sacrifices in the temple, if the messenger needs it, he can dispatch it." ”
Sean groaned slightly, "Let me see the nature of your power. ”