Old Jock was tied to the chair, the whole person was constantly shaking and exerting force, his hands and feet were worn by the rope, and he was still struggling, his eyes continued to turn from red to dark red, blood flowed down his sockets on his cheeks, and his teeth kept rattling.

"Why...... You've got everything...... There are women...... Have a family...... ...... with kids"

"I ...... I don't have anything...... I, anything...... I don't want to...... Be a grave keeper ......"

"I'm so hungry, so hungry, to eat you...... I want to eat ......."

Old Jock's eyes were out of focus, and the whole person was talking unconsciously, these words may have been hidden in his heart, but he didn't dare to say it because of cowardice, and after the consciousness dissipated at this moment, only memory and the instinct to be affected remained.

Tucker bandaged his wounds, pointed at old Jock in horror and panic, and said, "What the hell is wrong with him?" He's crazy, isn't he? What the hell is going on? ”

Edward checked Old Jock's body, lifted Old Jock's trouser leg, and immediately found that there were bite marks on his calf, and the bite place left a clear row of teeth marks, which were blackened and turned outward, making people feel very disgusting.

Edward didn't answer Tucker's question without replying: "He's dead!" ”

Tucker was stunned and pointed at the old Jock, who was still moving and drooling, and said to everyone around him, "How is it possible, he ...... Isn't he still alive? ”

Edward shook his head: "It's just an illusion, he's dead, although there is nothing wrong with it on the surface, his body is in a weird state between death and life, his breathing and heartbeat can still be maintained, but he shouldn't be alive, I can feel it, he's dead." ”

"Why is there such a strange situation, what kind of witchcraft is this? Never heard of it and seen it, is it a new kind of witchcraft? ”

Edward was puzzled, he was a student of the Wizard Tower, an official student of Bol, the second generation of the tower's master and the founder of the bloodline wizard, and he had the largest library and knowledge base in the entire Maria World in the tower, and had the most comprehensive witchcraft inheritance in the entire Alan Continent, he couldn't see the origin and inheritance of this witchcraft, I am afraid that few people in the whole world could see it.

Edward grabbed Tucker's palm: "Bandaging is useless, the toxin has spread through the wound to the inside of your body. ”

Tucker jumped up all at once: "What? ”

Looking at Edward with a pair of flustered eyes: "You...... You mean...... Am I poisoned? ”

Edward nodded and spread his hands: "Isn't this an obvious thing?" ”

Tucker swallowed and looked at Edward, "What will happen then?" ”

Edward nodded at old Jock, and everyone immediately looked at old Jock, who had turned into a ghoul, and Tucker immediately saw his Adam's apple tremble, and the sound of swallowing saliva could be heard clearly.

Tucker suddenly knelt down in front of Edward: "No, Mr. Edward, I don't want to become this ghost, I don't want to become such a monster, please save me, help me, you can do whatever you want me to do." ”

Edward frowned and glanced at Old Jock: "Although I haven't figured out what kind of monster this is, but looking at the wound and what he said before, Old Jock was bitten about six or seven days ago, which means that we have less than a week to go." ”

"This toxin should not be mainly aimed at living people, you can see that after the death of old Jock, this toxin became more active and quickly spread throughout the body, and old Jock did not have any abnormal conditions before."

Tucker immediately said, "So how did old Jock die!" ”

"Although it is not completely aimed at the living, it is still highly poisonous, and it is still irresistible for ordinary people, I need to draw the blood of old Jock, and you also need to help me investigate some things, including the identity of the corpses sent here, the place of death and various information, how many corpses have been missing......"

Edward just took advantage of this opportunity to put the city guard at his service, mobilized all their forces, and served his own requirements and arrangements, he had nothing to rely on in this Babs City, and the wizard tower had no power base here, and the wizard gathering point of the Mara Kingdom was also very far away from here, so he could only rely on himself at present.

At night in Edward's temporary residence, Edward used the wizard's experimental equipment to analyze the blood of old Jock, viruses are not the same as cells, and for wizards, it is also a very novel subject that has recently begun to be discovered, it is an organic species between living and non-living organisms that lives on parasitism, it is neither living nor non-living organisms.

Through the mechanism of infection, these simple organisms can use the host's cellular systems to replicate themselves, but are unable to grow and replicate independently. Viruses can infect almost all living organisms that have cellular structures.

Edward can observe that the blood of old Jock is infected with a certain virus, and its infection mechanism only corresponds to the deceased, and the spread rate is very fast, if the host does not die, the infection mechanism will not be activated, but even if this infection mechanism is not activated, the toxin after being bitten invades the blood, and it is easy to die.

Moreover, the form of this virus cell is somewhat close to the form of mythical cells, which allows Edward to conclude that the source of this virus must come from wizards, and wizards who can transplant transcendent bloodlines are rare on the Alan continent, and most of them have records in the towers.

"Is that the same person you met before?" Edward immediately remembered the two mysterious figures he had encountered during the day who were suspected to be wizards.

Edward has no way to kill this virus, but when it does not spread, there is still a way to eliminate this virus from the body of a living person, Edward is currently sure that in the entire city of Babs, not one or two or three people have been infected with this virus, if he is not fast enough, I am afraid that the next thing he sees will be everyone in the city of Babs, who will turn into monsters like old Jock.

Edward was very anxious, and conducted various experiments on the ghoul virus overnight, and finally found some ways to deal with it, and developed a drug to clean up the virus from infected people who had not yet spread the virus.

This highly concentrated work was carried out all night, and Edward felt that his head was a little cloudy, and he stood up, only to find that the test tube of the anti-poison potion that had just been prepared had been removed from the long rack on the table by a slender palm.

"Very well done, very talented wizard, it took such a short time to develop a poison elixir, although it is still a little rough, but it is enough to use."

And Edward on the side was stunned for a moment, this person actually invaded his side I don't know how long, he didn't find any trace of the other party, and it seems that he has been by his side for a long time, before he only needs to make a move, I am afraid that he doesn't even know how to die, thinking of this, Edward suddenly felt a cold sweat on his back.

The moment Edward found the other party, he fell to the ground on his side, slapped the ground, and saw the stone bricks hewn out of the stone, which immediately broke down like mud and sand, and combined into a stone spear again, and shot towards the other party, and Edward didn't even look at the result, turned over and ran towards the door.

Lu Zhiyu's fingers wiped the air, and he saw that the stone spears were wiped out of the air, and then from the surrounding area and the walls on all sides of the house, all the stone structures of the building quickly decomposed, condensing into a huge palm, and quickly grabbed Edward, the palm formed by the condensation of layers of stones, and slapped Edward on the wall.

"I admit defeat, I admit defeat, I surrender."

Edward screamed in fright, and Lu Zhiyu, who was about to give him a little punishment, immediately stopped: "You can do this, you can move as fast as lightning, and escape like a rabbit when you run for your life, this begging for mercy is not bad at all." ”

Edward was pressed to death by several layers of stone palms against the wall, and said with a sneer, "Didn't I recognize you?" I must have been taken aback by your sudden appearance in front of me like this. ”

Lu Zhiyu looked at Edward playfully: "Do you know who I am?" ”

Edward immediately said: "I transplanted the bloodline of the Earth Bear, which can control the conversion between dirt, rocks, and sand, and the transplantation of this bloodline power has just been developed, and I am the only one who can use it at present, even my mentor Pol Klermo cannot use it, he can use extraordinary witchcraft at will, and it is so powerful, there is only one person, the founder of the Wizard Tower - the Great Sage Anthony, my teacher Pol is your student, I heard him talk about your appearance, but I didn't recognize it before." ”

Edward never thought that he would meet this legendary and mysterious sage here, the origin of the wizard, the legendary strong man whose strength is close to the gods, although he looks very calm, but Edward can still see the sweat flowing down his forehead.

Lu Zhiyu took a chair and sat in front of Edward, who was slammed against the wall like a prisoner, unable to move, looking at Lu Zhiyu in embarrassment, and did not dare to beg him to let him go.

"Because I was passing through the kingdom of Mara, your teacher Pol got rid of me to take care of you, but I didn't expect you to accept your mentor's mission and set off a month ago, so long late."

Edward immediately said: "That's because I was halfway through and heard the news about my senior Ardnos, so when I went to investigate, it was delayed for a long time. ”

Lu Zhiyu's eyes flickered: "Ardnos? Another student who Pol expelled from the Tower before, and you know him well? ”

Edward nodded: "I found out that he appeared in the Duchy of Kerville, traced it all the way, and finally found no trace of him, although he was expelled from the tower by the teacher, the teacher was very angry with his behavior, but the teacher still cares about him very much, I hope to persuade him to return to the tower." ”

Lu Zhiyu laughed: "The forbidden land of the Duchy of Keville, the underground layer of the Northland Wasteland used to be Levi's base camp, and the Night Stalker Knights were also born there, in a sense, the existence of the Night Stalker Knights is similar to the ghouls you have seen before. ”

Edward frowned, "Ghoul? Is that what the monster used to call before? It's really apt! Mr. Anthony, what's going on inside Babs City? Do you know about this? ”

When Edward said this, he looked at Lu Zhiyu hesitantly, worried that the mastermind behind this matter was Lu Zhiyu, Lu Zhiyu looked at Edward: "I know something, but this is a task given to you by your mentor, and it is also a trial, I am not ready to help you, and I will leave the Mara Kingdom immediately after dawn, so you want my help, you can dispel it." ”

Edward immediately became depressed, and a smile appeared in Lu Zhiyu's eyes, and he continued, "But it's not impossible to provide you with a little information. ”