Chapter 249: Homecoming: Awakening
Tuke is an ordinary cleric of the Holy Light Church, and a month ago, his branch was ordered by the Bishop of the Southern Province of the Holy Light Church to search for traces of the Destruction Sect in the extreme south, and they did detect some anomalies, but this anomaly has nothing to do with the Destruction Sect.
They saw the corpses of tens of thousands of goblins, these guys didn't know who threw them into the wild, and finally died in groups, which led to the breeding of a large number of ghouls, at first glance, there must be at least a thousand ghouls, they carry many germs and parasites, and they are hungry, once they eat up the goblins' bodies, they will start to migrate, which is a huge threat to the security of the southern provinces.
The members of the team realized that the situation was quite serious, and that the Ghoul Plague was no less devastating than the Cult Riot, and they had to return to the Southern Province as soon as possible to inform the Supreme Bishop of the news so that they could prepare for the Ghoul Plague in advance.
After discussion, the group decided to abandon the task at hand, and immediately began to act, they turned back to the north, and followed the route they had come, walking the nearest straight line, trying to reach the southern province as soon as possible.
However, when the investigation team was only four days away from the border of the southern province, it suddenly rained heavily and the roads were muddy, and the team leader made a decision that he would regret for the rest of his life, that is, to stay in the nearby village for the night and wait until the next day to think about the journey.
Originally, the captain's plan was to wait until tomorrow, no matter what the weather was, he must set off, because the news could not be delayed, and the ghouls would not care if it would rain today, they only had food and reproduction in their eyes.
The priests, who had been on the road for several days, were physically and mentally exhausted, and after receiving a slightly warm welcome from the villagers, they quickly fell asleep, although they felt that the village was strange everywhere.
What happened next was the same as what the white wolf investigated, it turned out that the villagers here had long been vacated by the cultists for birds, and now the villagers are all pretended to be cultists, their purpose was originally to corrode the Holy Light Church here and accumulate energy for the bloody holy bead, but they unexpectedly encountered a lone Holy Light Church team.
After nightfall, when all the tired priests fell asleep, the Cult of Destruction began a brutal killing, many of the priests were wiped their necks in their sleep, and a small number of priests were more alert, they were aware of it during the day, so they did not sleep for a while, and Tuke was one of them.
After realizing that they had been overshadowed by the Destruction Sect, the surviving clergy fought to the death in an attempt to break out, but the rain was pouring and the enemy outnumbered them several times, and the group of clergy failed to break out, and Tuke was knocked on the head in the chaotic battle, and then fell to the ground, unknown to him.
Luckily, it was late in the day and it was raining heavily, and the cultists didn't examine the body closely, allowing Tuke to escape and become the sole survivor of the squad of twenty.
The past two days have been like hell for the unconscious Tuke, who has no sense of time because he has been in a coma, and is just having nightmares in which a huge black wolf is constantly biting his head. It made him feel terrible. After a while, he felt that his body was shaking again, and something cold was constantly hitting him, he didn't know what it was, maybe it was the saliva of a dragon.
Eventually, the jolting was gone, and he felt like he had returned from hell, and he seemed to hear someone talking in his ear, but he couldn't hear what the other person was saying, and after a while, the conversation disappeared, and something seemed to have walked out, and Tuke fell into a coma again.
The surroundings were comfortable, like a small stove under him, which was constantly emitting heat, putting Tuke in a warm environment, and for a while, he thought he had reached heaven, but the pain in his body reminded him all the time that he was still alive, he was not dead.
Every once in a while, warm water would flow into his dry, aching throat, like a sweet spring, and at some point, someone would put a blanket over him, and then he forgot about it and went back to sleep.
Like a miracle, after being in a coma for two days and two nights, the priest of the Holy Light Church, Tuke, finally woke up, and after walking before the ghost gate closed, although he was now weak and dizzy, he still woke up after all, and finally got out of danger.
When he first opened his eyes, the priest could only see that it was pitch black, which made him think it was night, but strangely, there were no stars in the sky, and he could hear the sound of dripping rain in his ears, but there was no feeling of raindrops hitting him.
Something seemed to glow on his right, and the Holy Light Priest struggled to his feet, turning his head to find that it was a rune circle that was glowing yellow, which surprised him a little, Tuke had some knowledge of rune circles, but he had never heard of such a thing as a lighting circle.
"Could it be that I was saved by a powerful wizard? Tuke thought with his somewhat unsavory brain, and in a way, he had guessed correctly, because the White Wolf was indeed a powerful wizard, and it was indeed the White Wolf who saved him.
"Are you awake?" a pleasant female voice like a wind chime suddenly sounded in his ears, startling Tuke, who quickly turned his head to look, and found that it was a woman who asked him, this woman actually had cat ears on the top of her head, and a tail flicking behind her, could it be that the alien wizard had saved him?
"Have a good rest, you are still in poor health, we have prepared some food for you, eat whatever you want, if you are thirsty, there is also hot water here. Another male voice came from Tuke's right.
The priest noticed that there was a man next to Catwoman in front of him, she was holding the man's arm tightly, leaning on his shoulder, all of which made Tuke feel a little uncomfortable, he felt that this catwoman was quite beautiful, maybe he could have something to do with her, but he didn't expect that she already had a "master".
The Church of the Light is not an ascetic church, its members can marry and have children, and the requirements of the church are strict monogamy, cheating and ** are considered immoral, which is the edict issued by the white bishops in the name of the Holy Light when the Holy Light Church was founded, and it has continued to this day.
"My name is Richard, I'm an adventurer, and this is my wife, Dori. Richard calmly introduced his and Dory's identities, but he was really a little flustered in his heart, during the time when the white wolf was away, the two of them finally took the last step, and I don't know what the white wolf will think after knowing about it.
"Oh, I'm coughing, I'm coughing" Tuke tried to speak, but found that his throat was so sore that he couldn't speak, and he had to cough a few times when he spit out a word, which made his throat hurt even more, and he couldn't speak.
"I know, it's a priest from the Church of Light, right? You can rest and take care of your body. Dory smiled at the priest as she left Richard and brought Tuke a cup of hot water and some dry food.
Tuke nodded slightly, but he only took the cup of hot water, not the dry food, and now he is still in a state of high fever, and he really has no appetite to eat.
After drinking the water, Tuke lay down in the same place, and now he finally figured out where the heat came from, and there was an array of several rune circles under him, the only function of which seemed to be to provide some heat to the person lying on it, that is, him, to keep out the cold.
Thinking of this, Tuke knows what this means even if his brain is not bright, alchemy materials are very valuable, and this wizard is willing to spend so many alchemy materials just to save his life, which makes Tuke moved, but also a little frightened, so much money for alchemy materials, I am afraid that he will not be able to pay it back in his life.
In the eyes of the priest, adventurers regard money as important as their own lives, and now he is willing to use so many alchemy materials, which makes the priest's view of adventurers change greatly, and in the same way, adventurers should not use magic, so the wizard should be his wife, Miss Dolly Wizard.
"Thank you, Mr. Richard, and Mrs. Honor. Before lying down again, Tuke bowed deeply to the two men in front of him to express his gratitude.
"You don't need to thank the two of us, it's not us who really rescued you from the cultists, dug this shelter for us, and carved these circles for you with your own blood, but he's not here now, you can sleep again, and when you wake up again, you should be able to see him. Richard smiled too, and kindly helped the priest of light to lie down.
"Who is he?" the priest asked, confused.
"I won't be able to tell you this for a while, and if you don't see it with your own eyes, it's hard to believe me, I can only tell you that he's a good man, a good wizard. Richard thought for a moment before replying.
A wolf who can communicate with people and use rune spells, this matter is really a bit sensational, in order not to let this priest care too much, in order to let him recuperate with peace of mind, it is better to wait for him to recover, or after the white wolf returns, it is better to tell him the truth of the matter.