Chapter 283: The Source of the Plague
North of the main peak of Pujia Mountain, on a steep slope.
It is an undeveloped area with steep terrain, and not only is it rarely visited by tourists, but even monks never pay attention to it.
At this point, Morgana and Morgan were standing on the only rock where they could land, and Morgan watched as Morgana reached out and touched around the rock wall, as if looking for something.
Morgana was sure they had found the right place. This is the location indicated by the Blood Sacrifice Circle.
"Found it. ”
Morgana said suddenly, and saw one of her slender hands pressed against a protrusion of the rock wall, and pressed it down slightly. The bulge immediately sank down like a mechanism, and with a booming sound, the entrance to a black hole opened on the nearby rock wall.
Morgana and Morgan exchanged glances, and Morgana wrapped a dark shield around them as she walked into the cave first, followed by Morgan.
There was no light in the cave, but that didn't affect the two strong men. Morgan pulled out a pill bottle that glowed blue, and the blue light served as illumination, and the two of them kept walking down the passage.
The cave is not deep, but shallow. In a few moments, the two entered a stone room.
"Looking at this environment, it should be a cave made in a hurry. I'm a little skeptical, could an artifact really be hidden in such a shallow place?" Morgana said with a frown in the darkness.
"There seems to be something on this wall. Morgan said as he lifted the fluorescent bottle and shone it in front of him.
Morgana walked briskly, cautiously examining the walls of the cave. After a while, he said with a look of surprise on his face: "Great, I found it!"
"Found it?" Morgan said in surprise.
"That's right, it's an artifact, the source of the plague!" Morgana looked excited, reaching out to a bulge stone on the wall.
"Be careful!" Morgan exclaimed.
I saw Morgana press it with one hand, and a faint green smoke suddenly overflowed from the cracks in the stone wall. The smoke was very light, and the two waited for a while, but found that there was no danger.
"I see. It must have been too long, it was built too hastily, and the defenses failed. Morgana said happily, reaching out and fumbling for something from a small hole in the stone wall.
It is a stone box, made of unknown stone. Around the box, dense circles and sigils are depicted. On the lid of the box was obviously a six-pointed star circle. Under the blue light emitted by the fluorescent bottle, the stone box actually glowed faintly black.
"Artifact. The source of the plague!" Morgana burst out laughing, "Finally got it!"
"It turns out to be the source of the plague...... muttered Morgan with an incredulous look, "you have been refusing to tell us the details along the way, I really didn't expect that it was what you were looking for." ”
"Oh, do you know the source of the plague?" Morgan, looking at Morgan in surprise, "at your age. You shouldn't know it exists. ”
"Yes, I don't know. But I can now guess where it came from. Morgan said with a hoarse smile.
"Oh, tell me about it. Morgana looked at him with interest.
Morgan smiled mysteriously and slowly spit out three words: "Black Death!"
Morgana's face turned grim and she snorted, "Yes, that's right. ”
"Sure enough, it's the Black Death!" Morgan said in surprise, "I guessed right, this box contains the source of the plague that almost destroyed Europe back then?"
"Since you all know. Well, you should also know that this artifact has great power. Morgana said coldly.
"Yes, yes......" Morgan muttered, his expression as if he was in memory, "I was young. Well, that was in the 14th century...... In 1347, yes, that's right. The Holy See again sent a crusade. This time, however, the Holy See brought back disaster from the East. The plague, the terrible plague, began in one place, and then quickly swept across the continent. In just five years, 25 million Europeans have been killed!"
25 million people, accounting for one-third of the population of Europe at that time. That's six times as many deaths in Europe as in World War II.
This is the infamous Black Death in history.
"A terrible plague, even the most brilliant alchemy will not save Europe. Eighty percent of the city died in Florence, Italy, within a few days. I still remember. There was a writer at that time, named Boccaccio. He witnessed the catastrophe and later wrote in his work The Decameron: "Pedestrians fall to the ground as they walk down the streets, and those who stay at home die alone, before the smell of corpses is seen." No one knows, every day and every hour a large number of corpses are transported outside the city, cows roam the streets of the city without a sign of people...... Boccaccio considered this the cruelest punishment God has ever inflicted on mankind. ”
"Hmph, punishment?" Morgana smiled coldly, "Maybe." This is the Holy See's own doing. Their insatiable greed contributed to this catastrophe. Yes, I have witnessed the decline of the Holy See, which has suffered very hard in the midst of this plague. ”
Morgan's heart moved: "If this is really the source of the plague that caused the great plague, how could it be here?"
"I don't know. Morgana shook her head and said, "All I know is that the source of the plague was not destroyed in that catastrophe, but was brought out by one person. by a person inside the Holy See. Hehe, that's a travesty. ”
"Why did he do this?" Morgan was surprised.
"Hmph, who knows. People from the Holy See, it's not strange to do anything. Morgana scoffed, "Now we know that the man has taken the source of the plague further to the east, hiding it here. After more than six hundred years, even if it is an artifact, the power of the source of the plague is probably exhausted. If it weren't for this mysterious weather vision, even I would not have been able to discover the breath of the source of the plague. ”
"So, Master Morgana, now that you have it, what are your plans?" Morgan asked, after a moment's thought.
"The plan, of course, is to let the Holy See repeat the mistakes of the past and experience a great plague again! This time, I want the Holy See to be completely destroyed!" Morgana laughed.
"But, at what cost, those civilians living in Europe ......" Morgan glanced at Morgana suspiciously, "this world is not what it used to be, and if the source of the plague is released, this world may be destroyed because of it......"
"It's an affordable price. Morgana said coldly.
In her hands. The stone box refracted a faint black light, and she could feel that the contents of the box were very desperate to come out and see the light of day.
At this moment, an angry shout rang out: "Heresy, what are your plans?"
Morgana and Morgan hurriedly looked back, and the narrow passage of the cave was filled with cardinals. There are nine people in total. Nine men blocked the exit tightly.
As soon as the nine cardinals appeared, their eyes were fixed on the stone box in Morgana's hand.
Outside, they had already heard clearly, inside this box was actually the source of the terrible plague of the year! And the Dark Triumvirate actually plotted to reopen it!
It's horrible.
The nine cardinals didn't care about the rest at the moment, they had to take the stone box down. The Dark Council must not be allowed to get it. Otherwise, the whole world will be destroyed by them.
Looking at the archbishops, Morgana smiled coldly. The disdainful voice said, "It seems that you want to rob it, do you think it is possible?" and at the same time gave Morgan a secret look.
Morgan understood, and immediately took out all kinds of alchemy bottles from his arms, and threw them forward. As soon as the colorful alchemy bottles hit the ground, they smashed to pieces, and the liquids of various colors flowed out, instantly vaporizing into colorful smoke, which shrouded the stone chamber in the blink of an eye.
"Beware of poison!"
The alchemist's poison is the most terrible. The archbishops were immediately forced to withdraw from the passage. At the same time, Morgana shot out more than a dozen black orbs with a wave of her hand, and the archbishops dodged their defenses in a hurry, and saw two black shadows pass straight by, and Morgana and Morgan escaped from their side.
"Can't let these heretics take that thing, chase after it!"
The nine cardinals hurriedly chased out of the cave, and as soon as they got out of the cave, they were shocked to find that Morgana and Morgan had not escaped. Instead, he stayed vigilantly at the entrance of the cave, and around this steep hillside, there were hundreds of oriental monks suspended in the air.
A white-bearded old Taoist in the group of monks stood up, it was Yuan He Zhenren, and he shouted: "Where did you come from, madman! Dare to make trouble in my immortal family!"
Hundreds of monks flew in the air around them, forming a large formation one after another, besieging the two dark giants and the nine cardinal archbishops in the middle.
A ripple flashed in midair. Ge Wei's figure suddenly appeared.
"See the Ancestor!"
The monks shouted in unison.
"It's so lively, fortunately it came in time, otherwise I would have missed this patty. Ge Wei smiled slightly, and the blue light flashed in his hand. The Eclipse Sword erupted with the brightest light in the audience.
This kind of majesty made the monks excited. On the other hand, Morgana's two and the nine cardinal archbishops all looked a little gloomy. The intervention of the Eastern Monks complicated the situation for both of them.
At this time, both sides were thinking about how Morgana was thinking about how to get out, and the archbishops did not want to provoke these Orientals, and the Holy See had rarely dealt with Orientals since ancient times. Although they hoped to use the power of these Orientals to deal with the two powerful dark giants, seeing that the monks were outnumbered, the archbishops had no idea in their hearts.
At this time, ten people hurriedly came up from the mountain, and it was the ten-person special team led by Fang Yuan.
As soon as the ten people came up, they stared at the tense scene in front of them in amazement. If it weren't for the combat uniform, Fang Yuan would have been covered in cold sweat at this moment. The current situation is really oppressive. Fang Yuan's sense of battle was excellent, and he quickly reacted and gestured to the team members behind him. The team members immediately searched for favorable terrain on the spot and entered the combat state.
The arrival of the opposing team, whether it was the Holy See, the Dark Council, or the monks, they all just glanced at them lightly and stopped paying attention. Only Gové took a few more glances at the "Future Soldiers", and then also looked at the stone box that Morgana was holding.
"What a quirky atmosphere. Why does this thing make me feel a little palpitating?" Ge Wei's eyelids jumped.
After several scuffles, the forces of all parties finally gathered here. For the source of the plague, a great war is inevitable. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (qidian) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support, is my biggest motivation. For mobile phone users, please go to m.qidian to read. )9