Chapter 111: The Wounded
The caravan was not allowed to enter the Iron Fist Castle, so it had to stay far away in the open space outside. When the caravan was still 50 meters away, Ryan smelled a rancid smell, not only him, but most of the people who entered the area invariably covered their noses, even the experienced Moses mercenaries frowned, the stench was really unbearable.
Ryan and his party came to the outside of the makeshift tent, where a businessman with a rather annoyed expression stood helplessly, walking over with his hands behind his back, obviously thinking about something. After hearing the footsteps, the merchant looked up and saw Ryan and his party, and Adams, Carter, etc., whom he was most familiar with, could only stand in the second row behind, and walking in the first row was a young man in a wizard's robe.
The merchant immediately guessed Ryan's identity, and seeing that Ryan personally inquired about the matter, he obviously attached great importance to the two poisoned guys, so he hurriedly stepped forward a few steps, nodded and said, "Ah, you are the great Cassano overlord, the ...... of the Emilio family."
Ryan waved his hand vigorously, interrupting the merchant's flattery, and he asked straight to the point, "People from your caravan?"
"Yes, ah, no. The merchant was a little nervous: "That's right, my caravan is from the Free Heaven Violet Chamber of Commerce, and we ran into them near the Cursed Swamp when we were transporting supplies to Tekken Castle this time. They weren't there at the time, but they were wounded in many places. I was just going to heal it a little, but one of them told me that they had found a great treasure in the Cursed Swamp, so I ......."
"Did you take that path before?" Ryan continued to ask for details, and the merchant immediately replied, "That's right, normally we would cross the Rapids and go to Crimson Castle first, and then to Ironfist Castle, but that road is a bit difficult to walk now, so we have the audacity to take a detour from the Cursed Swamp." ”
"Cursed Swamp? What is that?" Ryan turned to ask his subordinates, and Adams was about to speak, but Carter of the Seremis family took the lead and said: "Mr. Fabia, the Cursed Swamp is located in the south of the Cassano Plains, in the middle of Cassano and Mochizuki City, it just blocks the road north of Mochizuki City, and it can be regarded as a natural barrier for our Cassano, just like the Vallo Mountains block Seke City to the east. ”
"I see. Ryan nodded thoughtfully, he made a gesture to the merchant to continue, and the fat merchant continued: "Since we have transported tens of thousands of kilograms of steel and a lot of other materials this time, we have hired a lot of mercenaries, and we even brought 2 magicians and 1 priest. After hearing the man's account, I tried to enter the Cursed Swamp with my men, but ......"
When the fat merchant said this, a terrifying look appeared in his eyes, as if he had seen some terrible scene: "We have only gone 10 kilometers deep, and we have encountered a group of highly venomous spiders, and after paying 3 lives, we continue to move forward, but this time, this time...... Wyverns, lots of Wyverns, they come from above, their venom sprays the mercenaries, rotting ...... Death...... Escape ......"
Ryan saw that the fat merchant was already a little delirious, so he opened his mouth and shouted, "Shut up!" This break made the fat merchant crack open and wake up from the fear in the depths of his memory, and he quickly shook his head vigorously, leaving all those terrible things behind.
"Alright, take me inside. Seeing that the fat merchant had returned to normal, Ryan pointed to the tent and said, "Have you been contagious to anyone else along the way?"
"Ah, please come with me. The fat merchant hurriedly lifted the curtain and let Ryan walk in front, and then he spoke, and naturally a follower next to him stepped forward to hold up the curtain of the tent, so that the people behind him followed in.
"It's okay, as long as it doesn't get touched by the pus that comes out, there is no danger, and the priest can completely expel the venom that gets contaminated with others, but there is no way to do it if it is sprayed directly. In the fat merchant's reply, Ryan came to the tent.
There were only two stenching men lying on the ground, although their bodies were covered with white bandages, but the yellow-green pus was still seeping out, which was obviously a very painful thing, so even if they had fallen into a coma due to poisoning, they still moaned from time to time.
In the center of the tent, a man in a priest's robe emitted white light from his hands, apparently unleashing some kind of divine magic. When the priest had completed the spell, he slapped the white light in his hand at the man lying on the ground, and under the shroud of the light, the man's expression immediately changed from pain to serenity, and then fell into a deep sleep, and the priest did the same, causing another poisonous influx to fall into a deep dream.
Ryan watched quietly until the priest finished casting the spell before he spoke, "Hello. It seems that the poison on the two of them seems to have been reduced a lot. ”
The priest didn't notice anyone else coming in until this time, he turned to look at Ryan and the others, and explained, "Yes, my magic can heal patients, but for these two people, it is not so effective, every time their body gets better, their body deteriorates, and then it is treated again, and it continues to deteriorate......"
"Oh, can you tell what poison is in them, or is it some kind of curse?" asked Ryan.
The priest casually said, "Oh, I don't know, I'm just an ordinary priest in Paradise of Freedom, and with the blessing of the God of Light, I can heal the wounds of my companions." Relieve them of sickness and poisoning, or give them auxiliary magic to help them fight, but I don't know how to heal. ”
"I see. Ryan nodded slightly, he took a step forward, and was about to take a closer look at the two mercenaries, a large group of people behind him hurriedly spoke out to stop him, now Ryan is the soul of the entire Cassano, once something happens to him, then the newly unified Cassano will immediately fall apart.
Ryan turned his head and shook his head slightly at everyone, indicating that there was nothing wrong with him, and he would be more careful, and then he crouched on the ground and took a closer look at the injuries of a mercenary. The priest had already learned of Ryan's identity from his employer, and he was a little surprised that the big men never came to such a place in person, and they didn't even care about a small mercenary who was a little different from the others.
So the priest also crouched beside Ryan, and he only had to look at Ryan's gaze a little to guess what part of the mercenary on the ground Ryan was looking at, and the priest opened his mouth to describe to Ryan the mercenary's injuries when he first came into contact with the mercenary and rescued him.