Continuing north, Charlotte's sense of foreboding soon came true.

As we approached the northern border of the lighthouse, there appeared to be a disease spreading. When passing through villages and towns, people with fever and cough can be seen everywhere.

The village was sprinkled with lime powder, the children were lying in their mother's arms basking in the sun with red cheeks, the men who appeared to be in good health were weak and coughing during their farm work, the doctors were sweating profusely to make medicines, and the yards were crowded with people with the smell of medicine.

Charlotte thought it was just an ordinary epidemic, but the further north she went, the worse it became. The disease is no longer limited to fever and cough, and the situation in the north has become more severe, to the point where everyone is afraid of a tiger.

Many villages were surrounded by lighthouse soldiers, who were equally frightened and nervous, and they cordoned off the villages so that no one was allowed to leave. Charlotte's apprentices were subjected to strict interrogation and expulsion by the army as they passed through a besieged village, but the quality of the soldiers here was significantly higher than that of the central army.

They did not take the opportunity to ask for bribes, but the strict inspections were excessive, and it was only when it was confirmed that Charlotte and her party were not infected with the epidemic that the officer in charge hesitated to warn Charlotte.

"You're from the middle, aren't you? In that case, I'd suggest you either take a detour or don't walk outside as a mage. ”

"Huh?"

It was the first time since entering the hilarious Elder Council of Valcam that Charlotte had seen such a friendly lighthouse officer. Although this person was strictly interrogated, not only did he not have greed for the so-called strange dealer, but also warned him with a considerate attitude, and this sense of disparity made Charlotte at a loss.

Charlotte was stunned for a moment, then asked, "What do you mean?"

"Although they are your mage guards, they are still half-grown children, right?" the officer looked at Vivien and Lolita, who were also disguised, and there was a look of pity in his eyes, "What a child with amazing talent." ”

Speaking of this, he hesitated again before lowering his voice and saying, "In fact, our general suspects that this plague is not a natural disaster, but a man-made disaster. If you're from Icewind Castle, you should be able to understand what I mean, right?、Now that this area is capturing mages, I saw that you came from the middle, and the two girls are so young, so I told you with good intentions. In fact, this is already a violation of military regulations. ”

Charlotte suddenly realized that he had a good impression of this kind-hearted officer.

"Thank you so much for the reminder! If it weren't for you, my guards and I would be in trouble again!"

"Again?" the officer said, with a suspicious expression.

"You get the idea. Charlotte shook her head and smiled wryly, sighing like a real dealer of curiosities, "In the South-Central, trouble always comes to you. ”

The officer seemed to understand the meaning, and he was stunned, with a look of guilt, remorse and confusion on his face.

Seeing his appearance, Charlotte could understand why Zenas wanted to go north. Although this land has been plagued by many disasters, it retains the most precious things, which are faith and people's hearts.

Charlotte asked again the doubts in her heart, "My lord, please forgive me for talking too much. You just said that the general ordered the arrest of the mage, but what I don't understand is that in this situation where it is likely to be a man-made disaster, doesn't the general need the mage's assistance even more? Is it really good to be killed with a rod like this?"

The officer also looked puzzled, but he didn't want to talk about it. He waved his hand and said, "The general has his own considerations, and I don't know very well about this." Moreover, there are also trustworthy mages in the army, and there must be a reason for this. Anyway, it's not something you should think about, take a detour, merchant, and that's the fundamental way to avoid trouble. ”

"But now that there are wars everywhere, even if you take a detour, you can't avoid trouble. ”

"Yes, if this plague aside, we were barely a pure land before, but now...... Alas. ”

While he was talking, a young man in the village rushed to the wooden fence crying. The man looked healthy and ruddy, but with the fear of a neurotic patient. He clung to the wooden fence, and shook the fence with all his strength, screaming loudly, despite the pain caused by the burrs on it.

"Let me out! Please let me out! I'm not sick! Look! I'm not sick! Damn, I'm getting out of here, I don't want to die, it's hell—"

As he spoke, he tore off his ragged linen clothes again in the cold, and there was indeed no disease in him. Unlike the rest of the patients Charlotte had seen, with red spots or oozing herpes, it looked panicked.

But even so, the soldiers stationed here are like facing the enemy one by one. They did not dare to make direct contact with the man, but swarmed with specially made spears (which were not so much spears as mounted spears, because they were too long, and were not at all practical in war). Some of the spears are rounded wooden piers at the tips, while others are real killing weapons. The soldiers who wielded the wooden spears were stubbornly facing the man, and they shouted loudly one by one, as if they were facing some kind of wild beast.

"Give me back!"

"Stand back, stand back, or I'll kill you!"

"Get out of here!"

The fear of the soldiers was like another terrible plague, which completely broke the young man who cried out for mercy. He grabbed a spear like madness and pulled it hard, and one of the over-panicked soldiers stumbled to the wooden fence. The young man took advantage of the situation and grabbed him by the shoulder, took the soldier with him, and actually stuck his tongue out through the fence and licked it in the soldier's face.

"Ah-" the soldier cried out in a misery worse than death, "you devil!

"You want me dead, do you?!Then you're going to stay with me—hehahahaha...... Uhhh

The young man laughed like a real devil, and the soldiers with their sharp spears could not stand it any longer, and they all raised their spears and stabbed at them. Suddenly, there were several more blood holes on the young man's body, and the blood was pouring out, and the young man screamed in pain, shedding tears.

At last, he fell to the ground with convulsions, muttering in a low voice, 'Mom, I don't want to die'......', and just turned into a cold corpse.

The soldier who had been licked by him crawled up nervously with a gloomy face, and as soon as he wiped the saliva from his face, he saw his former colleagues take a step back in unison. He was stunned and wanted to step forward, but was pressed against his chest by several wooden spears.

Obviously, a second ago, he used this spear against someone else's!

"What are you, what are you doing!" his face changed with fear and nervousness, "I am your companion!"

He took another step forward and extended his hand to his former colleague.

"Don't come here!" someone yelled.

Then an elder kindly said, "Calm down, don't move, we have to isolate you and make sure you're not sick." You understand, right?"

"I ......"

The man opened his mouth, he was supposed to say, 'Of course I don't understand,' but when he saw the sharp spears that were shaking but faintly aimed at him, he just lowered his head appointingly.

The officer standing with Charlotte was silent.

After a long time, he turned to Charlotte and said, "I'll make you laugh, merchant." Get out of here. ”