Chapter 20: The Daughter of the Plague

On the muddy road, the robber with a broken leg and the woman covered in sores fought desperately, one trying to escape, while the other desperately tried to pounce on the other and spread the disease.

For a moment, Anne was at a loss, and at this moment, Rosen's voice suddenly sounded in her ears: "Hey~ woman, I am an alchemist, maybe I can cure your illness." ”

Anne turned her head to see Lawson coming through the grass.

Rosen's words actually took effect, and the crazy woman's movements stopped abruptly, and on her face full of abscesses, one eye stared at Rosen: "Really? ”

As soon as she stopped, the robber was immediately pardoned, and he did not care about the injury to his right leg, and ran on the mud floor.

Rosen didn't bother with the frightened robber, who was most afraid of getting sick, because no one would want to treat them when they got sick, and they would be abandoned by their healthy companions, so they would never dare to go to that village again, let alone come back to find trouble.

As soon as the robber ran, the woman's strong breath immediately poured out, her whole body was weak, and she didn't care about the muddy water on the road, so she just lay down on the ground, gasping for air.

Bruises gradually appeared on the place where she was hit by the wooden stick, and the muscles next to the wound trembled slightly unconsciously. When the woman lay down, she also deliberately avoided the injured part.

These subtle symptoms all show that this woman's body actually has pain, and her crazy actions before are probably determined to die with the other party.

Lawson approached the woman lying on the dirt road and did not stop until he was 1 meter away from the other party.

Because he was so close, Anne followed uncomfortably, keeping her eyes fixed on the woman, lest she suddenly burst out.

At this distance, Lawson can see the appearance of the woman very clearly, the other party actually looks very young, not yet 30 years old, but because of the invasion of the disease, her facial features have been completely deformed and distorted, her left eye is rotten, the intact cornea of the right eye is also seriously congested, the wings of the nose are also rotten, and the nose has become a bloody hole. Where the ragged clothes could not cover it, there were also severe abscesses everywhere, and there were black rotten flesh next to the abscesses. As we got closer, the smell of carrion in the air became stronger and stronger, making people feel sick.

It's hard to imagine that a person whose body is damaged like this can still be alive.

'What is it that can damage people to this extent?' Rosen was very strange.

To determine the cause, it is not enough to observe the surface with the naked eye, and Lawson calmed down again, activated the alchemy talent, and carefully sensed the abscesses on the surface of the woman's body.

The Elemental Friend talent on the 2nd floor has greatly improved Lawson's Elemental Perception ability. When he calmed down, he clearly felt that the body fluids overflowing from the other party's abscess contained a large number of strange objects that ordinary people did not have.

'It's alive, it's moving, it's huge, orders of magnitude larger than a chemical molecule, about the micron scale. There are several kinds, and some have slender and long, spiral-like curls, like metal shavings. Some of them are round and look like bunches of grapes, and there are a lot of them...... This body size, which is larger than a virus and smaller than a eukaryotic microorganism, is supposed to be a bacterium...... That's right, this woman has a serious bacterial infection, but it is not clear exactly what kind of germ did it. ’

No way, Rosen didn't study medicine, only knew some general medical knowledge. Moreover, this is an otherworld, and the diseases of the earth are not necessarily the same.

'Maybe my elemental manipulation can kill germs. Rosen began to try to kill the germs.

The bacteria in the pus on the surface of the body, Rosen concentrated slightly, and the alchemy power could squeeze out a large number of bacteria and easily kill them, but when Rosen tried to extend his thinking into the internal tissues of the woman's body, he encountered a very strong resistance, and his alchemy power was like hitting a huge net, no matter how hard he tried, he could not make an inch.

In this way, he can't even sense the internal situation of the other party's body, not to mention killing the germs in the woman's body.

After five attempts in a row, each time ended in failure, and with no hope of even the slightest breakthrough, Rosen had to give up.

This barrier should be the self-protection mechanism of the living body, and the higher the life, the stronger the barrier. This is also reflected in the game, where it is a great challenge for any mage to use magical power directly to manipulate living people. However, in this case, if I want to kill the germs in this woman's body, I can only rely on the power of the potion. ’

On Earth, the best way to fight germs is to use antibiotics. Of all the antibiotics, penicillin is the most famous. The emergence of antibiotic drugs starting with penicillin has increased the average life expectancy of human beings by nearly 30 years, which can be called the first miracle drug in human history!

The question now is whether antibiotics are just as effective in the Atlas.

Anne on the side saw that Rosen had come back to her senses, so she asked, "How is it, can it be cured?" ”

Rosen was noncommittal: "I once saw this kind of disease in a book, all the ideas are there, but how to do it will take some experiments." ”

The woman on the ground had been watching Rosen's reaction, and when she heard him say this, her red one-eyed suddenly lit up: "Merciful and noble."

My lord, please save my daughter! I'm already like this, it doesn't matter if it's cured or not, but my daughter is only 7 years old~ Woo woo ~ She shouldn't suffer such a bad luck, woo woo ~ Adult, please save her! ”

The woman cried and cried very miserably.

Anne felt compassion, but she still had some doubts, so she asked, "Since you still have a daughter to take care of, why were you so desperate just now?" ”

The woman's face was full of misery: "I don't really want to die, but you can also see that I have been tortured by illness like this, and I won't live long." The village elders promised me that they would do their best to save my daughter as long as I drove away the robbers, so I ...... I'm just ....... Woo~"

Anne asked, "What about your husband?" ”

"A few days ago, my daughter was so hungry that he ran out and said he was looking for something to eat, but he never came back. He, like me, was very sick...... He must be dead, I ...... Woo woo woo ~ I really can't bear my daughter, but I can't help it, I really can't help it~ Woo woo~"

Anne's eyes were red with pity, and she turned to look at Rosen: "Rosen, or ......"

Of course, Rosen understood what Anne meant, don't look at Anne's tall and big strength, but this girl is actually the softest-hearted, and he himself has the heart to help, but it is not his old profession to treat the disease, so he didn't dare to pack the ticket, and he groaned, and said: "I have an idea to solve it, but I have to do experimental verification." This not only takes time, but also requires some alchemy equipment, and I don't know if it's in time? ”

When the woman heard this, she immediately said, "One year ago, a magician came to the village, and he also said that he would help us treat our diseases, and he has been doing it...... Do the experiments you say. ”

"Oh, there are peers? That's great! "Rosen is overjoyed, magicians can be said to be scholars from other worlds, compared to ordinary people, their knowledge and horizons are much broader, plus the other party has been studying diseases for more than a year, and must have accumulated a lot of information related to diseases. If the other party is willing to share this information, it can greatly save Rosen's time.

Thinking of this, Rosen said, "I want to go to your village, can you lead the way?" ”

"Of course no problem!"

The woman struggled to get up from the ground, and limped towards the way she came, despite the crossbow bolt stuck in her leg.

When Rosen saw this, he shouted, "Wait a minute." ”

The woman immediately stopped.

Rosen tore a piece of clean cotton cloth from his underwear, first used the power of alchemy to kill all the microorganisms on the cotton cloth, and then walked to the woman's side, regardless of the strong rancid smell, pinched the crossbow arrow, pulled it out with a force, and then quickly wrapped the wound tightly with the cotton strip to stop the bleeding.

He moved quickly, and Anne was too late to stop it, and by the time he was wrapped, the back of Lawson's hand was already stained with pus and blood.

He didn't care, walked to the waterhole on the dirt road, washed the pus and blood with mud water, and it was over.

The woman was stunned, and after a while, tears flowed from her eyes: "My lord, you...... I...... You are the most merciful person in the world. ”

When everyone saw her like this, they avoided her from afar. Only this young man, when he looked at her, there was no fear or disgust in his eyes, he actually bandaged her wounds with his own hands, and also helped her heal...... Could it be that the gods had forgiven her for her sins and sent this boy to save her?

Anne didn't think so, she walked quickly to Rosen's side, and whispered: "The robber has said that this disease is contagious, why are you so reckless!" ”

Rosen smiled slightly: "It's contagious, but it doesn't work for me." Because I can banish it. ”

After washing his hands, Rosen got up and said, "Okay, let's go." ”