Chapter XVIII: A New Plague
With short brown hair, a slightly messy short beard, two dark blue eyes that can be feared without any panic, and a few scars on his angular face, he is about one meter eight tall, although he is very young, he has obviously participated in many fierce battles, and the whole person reveals a smell of blood and fire.
As for the leather armor on his body, he was covered with patches, especially the two gaps on his chest and waist were still oozing blood, although they were only skin injuries, but they must have been very painful.
"Uh...... Mr. Mage, do I have any questions?" the young man stroked his beard in embarrassment.
He was obviously not used to being stared at by people all the time, so he was a little overwhelmed.
Zhang Cheng noticed this and waved his hand lightly: "No, it's nothing, I just think it's incredible that you can run so fast with an injury." By the way, what's the matter with these undead? Do you mean that they would dare to attack in broad daylight?"
"Hehe, these are all minor injuries, not in the way, I'm used to it. ”
The young man smiled innocently, then turned to stare at the dead body on the ground, his expression quickly becoming serious.
"As for the attacks of the undead, they have only become more frequent in the last half month. Perhaps because of the autumn harvest, they always wanted to pass through our guards and drop a strange green potion in the barns and where the feed was kept, and any grain and fodder that was contaminated would rot and spoil in just an hour. It is estimated that they are trying to use this method to destroy our food reserves in large quantities and plunge us into famine. ”
"Odd green potion, do you have a sample?"
Zhang Cheng suddenly remembered that the Forsaken seemed to be working on a new plague in the game, located in the Arathi Heights and the Hillsbrad Hills.
"No problem! these damn undead are always with them, and if you rummage through the corpses, you'll find them. As he spoke, the young man bent down and began to feel around the corpse of the forsaken, and in about half a minute or so, he found a small brown leather bag, opened it, and saw that it was densely stuffed with translucent test tubes the thickness of his fingers. "Aha! Mayor Burnside also plans to send someone to Dalaran to find out what this thing is. ”
Zhang Cheng took out one of them and shook it gently, carefully observing the gas-liquid mixture surrounding it, and after a long time he asked, "What do you do with those rotten and spoiled grains?" Do you know how people or livestock react after eating them?"
"Please, after the Stratholme tragedy, who dared to touch the contaminated food, it would have been burned a long time ago. The young man explained as he continued to search for corpses, from weapons to armor.
Looking at the dead body with red stripes, the corners of Zhang Cheng's mouth twitched slightly, and then proposed: "Okay, I think maybe I can try." Can you help me catch a squirrel, rabbit, or something like that?"
"It's easy! Please give me a few minutes to prepare. The harvested youth quickly packed the spoils with hemp rope and then moved quickly.
He took off his helmet, supported the edge with a stick, sprinkled a handful of crumbs underneath, tied a thin thread to the end of the stick, and retreated far behind the tree.
In less than two or three minutes, the sparrows began to peck at the crumbs, not knowing what terrible things were going to happen next.
Syllable!
Taking advantage of the moment when the sparrow's attention was completely attracted by the food, the young man limped the thin thread violently, and the helmet was buckled in response, and the poor little thing was locked up.
He ran to the front in three or two steps, opened a small opening first, stretched out a hand, and grabbed the sparrow in the palm of his hand: "Look, I got it!
"Thanks, let's see what the hell these Forsaken are up to......"
Under everyone's gaze, Zhang Cheng pulled the cork of the test tube and let the sparrow suck the green mist.
In less than half a minute, the sparrow's body swelled rapidly, doubling in size as before, and it had grown sharp teeth and claws, struggling frantically to attack.
But how could Zhang Cheng let a sparrow hurt himself, even if it was a mutated sparrow.
Without thinking, he threw the sparrow out hard, followed by the release of the icicle technique, and under the terrifying ice strangulation, the sparrow didn't even have a chance to resist, and fell to the ground with a thud and died.
Old George, who had experienced the invasion of the Scourge Legion, stared at the broken bird corpse with a frightened face, and exclaimed tremblingly, "Holy ...... Holy light is above! This is ...... It's ......"
"Ah, yes, it's the plague, a whole new kind of magical plague. It seems that the Forsaken are more dangerous and frustrating than expected. Zhang Cheng gave a solemn answer in the affirmative.
"Damn! I've got to get the news to Mayor Mare quickly!Can you come with me, Mr. Mage? I think the town will probably need your help. Of course, in return, we are willing to pay you handsomely. The young man made the invitation with a sincere face.
"Okay, it just so happens that we're going to the town to rest too, I'm sure you won't mind, Mr. George?" Zhang Cheng turned back to ask the caravan master's opinion.
Old George hurriedly responded with a wry smile: "No, of course I don't mind. You saved the lives of those of us, and whatever you want to do, just do it, and I'm completely at your disposal. Also, please don't call me sir, just call me old George. ”
Seeing that the other party was so knowledgeable, Zhang Cheng nodded with satisfaction, and continued to say to the young man: "Since this is the case, then please lead the way, I can't wait to talk to your mayor." The Plague of Magic is no small matter. ”
"I understand, sir, I understand. My uncle was a victim of the Stratholme massacre, and all four of his family died of the terrible plague. Come, I'll take you to the Mayor of Burnside and Clerk Heras Whitestead. ”
With these words, the young man picked up the trophy and strode forward along the uneven dirt road.
He didn't notice that Zhang Cheng, who had returned to the carriage, was now with his head down, staring intently at a parchment scroll, and muttered in a voice that only he could hear when he wiped the floor: "Sure enough, as long as I have contact with the aborigines of this world, you will issue the corresponding mission, the more dangerous it is, the richer the reward." ”
I saw that the parchment scroll read: "Quest - New Plague, assist in the investigation of the new plague developed by the Forsaken, according to the level of contribution, reward each with a bottle of well water from the Sunwell (which can be used to create a small eternal energy source), special ability - Camouflage (you can transform the appearance of magic items without causing any damage), and five bottles of high-quality mana potions......