Chapter 174: The Black Death
No matter what happened to the wartime outside, the inhabitants of Arcas had to live. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Life has not been very easy for almost everyone during this time...... Because of the war, the residents of the small towns around the city have long since fled, leaving only the citizens who live in the city all year round. No crops enter the city every day, and there is no fresh meat.
Although the cathedral has ordered all the warehouses in the city of Arcas to be opened and distributed to the citizens, it is still not enough time, and everything that can be eaten at home must be saved, and even the fish in the city's river are about to be fished......
The only place where you could buy meat was the shop in the city that used to rent and sell horses, but now the shopkeeper has killed all the horses, taking advantage of this period, each horse meat is enough to earn more than ten times the amount of money for a horse.
Of course, business has not been as good as it used to be in the last few days, so why do you want to say ...... Who knew there would be so many rats in the city.
Almost overnight, countless rats crawled out of the city's sewers, much to the delight of citizens who had not eaten meat for a long time, and now there are several rat skins hanging in front of every house, which are peeled off and cannot be eaten. And the corners of city streets are the most common with rat hair.
It was very difficult to clean, and a lot of people had to help every time.
"Huh...... Did you see Luke today? I haven't seen him all day, didn't you run to be lazy? "There were no workers hired during this period, many outsiders fled, and most of the work was organized by the residents of the neighborhood themselves. Someone has to clean up after taking out so much garbage every day...... And today it's two men.
"He seems to be sick, I called him this morning when I passed by his house...... I just answered at the door, and I didn't even open it, but my voice sounded weak. Another said.
"Hmph, sick, sick. He really got sick with kung fu, so he knew that he would sign up for the army to see if he would get sick in the barracks...... Oh, my toes. He kicked away the garbage that had just gathered under his feet, and instead kicked the stone inside.
Screaming and sitting aside.
"Are you alright?"
"Huhu...... It's all to blame on the damn Luke, who said we would clean up together, but now it's just the two of us. How long is this going to be swept? He blew on his aching toes and simply threw his tools on the ground.
"Maybe he's really sick? I heard that we had won the battle at the front, and it was the news that came in the morning, when Karl of the Volunteers led the garrison of the city from the enemy's position, and finally crushed the barbarian magic...... Yes, it was the time when there was a sudden thunder and rain in the morning, it was actually the magic of the barbarians, and now they have fled to the south after being defeated, and Carl led his troops to pursue, I don't know if I can kill a few more barbarians. The man was getting more and more excited.
"If I were any stronger, I would join the Volunteers and fight them. ”
The man sitting on the ground glanced at him disdainfully.
"Kill, kill. When your body is on the battlefield, you can't bear it when others go back and forth...... Sweep this place, and I'll see what the hell is wrong with Luke. He limped to his feet, taking advantage of this action to find a good excuse for himself to be lazy.
As soon as they lost their tools, they went directly to the house of Luke, who were all residents of the city of Arcas, and their home was in this place, so they were not willing to flee before the army blocked the city gates, hoping that the soldiers defending the city would be able to protect the only home, and now the war can be said to have been won.
Everything will go back to the way it was......
Just wait, and this damn labor will only be a few days. He dragged his somewhat fat body forward to the door of an old house, the city of Arcas was not a big city, and many of the houses were still made of wood.
"Luke, are you home?" he pounded on the wooden door, and the dust on it flew up.
"I heard you were sick, so I came to see you. He tapped a few more times, then put his ear to the façade and listened, hissing strangely. Isn't there anyone, is this guy really lazy?
"Lu ......" He was about to continue knocking on the door, when he suddenly found that there were many small blood stains on the floor under the door, there were at the door, and on the steps behind him, there were scattered ones outside.
What's going on? Is Luke injured?
The man followed the bloodstain and walked further, and continued to the firewood house of Luke's family, who had also had cattle in his family but had nothing to eat a few days ago and starved to death, so Luke also divided it into several pieces and gave himself a portion, which was the best meal of meat he had eaten these days.
There were knives in the firewood room, knives for chopping wood, and there was blood left on them, and there was a white mass of pus. He lit it a little and put it under his nose to smell it, and there was nothing special...... After seeing that there was no sign of Luke around, he must still be in the room, and the blood should have flowed into the house from here.
Then Luke must still be in the room, and most likely injured.
After guessing all this, the man ran to the wooden door again, and this time he did not continue to call the door, but chose to hit it directly.
The fat body hit the wooden door, and the whole door was about to collapse......
"Luke, what's wrong with you, tell me. He continued to bang on the door, and the bolt on the door was gradually being opened, and it only took a few more blows to knock them open. After seeing the fat man's actions, some neighbors also gathered around.
"Luke may be sick, and no one responds to my call. "I was surrounded by familiar neighbors who came over to help when they heard about it.
More people worked together, and it only took two times for the door to be slammed open.
The room was dark, and Luke wouldn't even open the window.
"Luke, Luke...... What's wrong with you?" cried the fat man.
There were no lights in the living room, and there were some leftovers on the table, which had probably not been touched for days, and was full of flies.
"It stinks, he hasn't cleaned the house for many days. "The house is a two-storey pavilion, and the second floor was originally a resting place, but when a few people came to the front of the stairs, they found a person lying in the hallway.
There was already a pool of blood on the ground......
"Luke!" the fat man hurriedly went up to help the other man up, but as soon as he helped him up, he was so frightened that he let him go back again.
"His face!
The others curiously stepped forward to help him up, and at this time Luke was already as heavy as a dead body.
When he was completely reversed, everyone was taken aback...... It was still a human face, full of sarcomas that almost covered the entire face, and the blood was from the inner thigh, and the sarcoma was just bigger, about the size of a goose egg, and was cut off by the other party with a knife...... Black patches appear on the arms.
Luke died, and died of an unknown strange disease.