What is very ridiculous is that although Duanmu Huai and others have fought with rat people, in fact, most people in this world think that rat people do not exist.

The reason is actually quite simple.

That's the people who have seen the nezumen, and most of them are dead.

As mentioned before, the nezumi fight differently, they will not immediately rush up to fight themselves, but will first release the plague through the rat swarm, as much as possible to weaken the living force in the city, and when the resistance in the city basically collapses, the nezumi will pour into the city through the tunnels——— and at that time in the face of an unparalleled number of nezumen, the disease-ridden soldiers will only have a dead end.

Initially, this was an exception in the Silver City, because the Nezumi were acting with the followers of the God of Plague at the time, and even so, only a small number of people eventually escaped from the Silver City. Coupled with the backwardness of this world's civilization and information blockage, in this case, even if there is a rat attack, most people just listen to jokes.

This is the rat, cunning, insidious, and annoying.

According to the Sigma priest, when he came here, the plague had not yet spread to the city, and everyone welcomed him at the time, after all, a Sigma priest appeared and could protect the city from the plague.

It turns out that Sigma is not in the service area, so it's useless.

As a result, the priest gradually began to be treated coldly, and when the plague broke out, he was regarded as the culprit for bringing the plague.

"Are the lords of the southern realms all right?"

"I heard that the lords of several cities in the south died violently overnight, and many high-ranking people seem to have died as a result."

It's the damn rat trick, yes.

The nezumi are best at assassination, and when they lose their leader, the higher-ups will fall into chaos, and the plague will be rampant, making it even more difficult to deal with the problem.

But then again, in response to this situation, Duanmu Huai is not completely unprepared.

I don't know if this thing they made in Kukulu has any effect.

But now is not the time to use it.

"Now is not the time to think about these issues."

Looking at the Sigma priest's chattering complaints, Duanmu Huai frowned and spoke.

"Are you here to preach, or to help cure the plague?"

"To cure the plague, of course!"

At this, Priest Sigma raised his voice, but the next moment, he immediately became weak again.

"But......... As you can see, Your Excellency, the people here do not believe in Sigma.........

"In that case, let's do it another way."

"Another way?"

"Uh-huh...............

Duanmu Huai thought for a moment, then knocked on the table.

「AreyougoingthFair……… Parsley，sage，roseryandthy………」

"Knight?"

Hearing Duanmu Huai's words, not only Sigma's priests, but also Lorena and Bambi looked at Duanmu Huai in surprise, and the latter noticed their gaze and coughed.

"Oh, nothing, just a little reminiscing......... Well, parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme......... You know that."

"Yes, ...............?"

"With these four flowers, you can make something called the vinegar of the four thieves, which can sterilize and suppress the plague to a certain extent...... Try it if you want."

"Is that so? I know......... I'll try it."

Hearing this, Priest Sigma frowned, then showed a look of sudden realization, nodded vigorously, stood up and saluted Duanmu Huai, and then left.

"Well, not bad."

Looking at the back of the Sigma priest, Duanmu Huai nodded, if this guy said that he was a priest, he would not use this kind of dirt

Fa, then it's a different matter.

"Knight, did you just sing a song?"

And it was only at this time that Lorena asked in disbelief.

"Well, a ballad."

Duanmu Huai nodded, and he sang a ballad that was very famous in their world, "Scarborough Bazaar". And the reason why Duanmu Huai remembered this ballad was because he remembered that in the player forum, when players were discussing the rat-man plague, there was a great power who didn't know whether it was history or where he said that this plague was completely a copy of the Black Death, and then he also gave everyone a knowledge of popular science.

That is, during the Black Death, there was a thing called four thieves vinegar that was used by the people for disinfection and epidemic prevention, the reason why it is called this is because many people died during the Black Death, and in the process, there were four thieves who took advantage of the dead to steal property everywhere, and after being caught, the soldiers were very curious about how they stole in the rooms of so many dead people without contracting the plague. The latter then told them that they had made a vinegar from four kinds of flowers, and that before each theft, they would soak the vinegar in strips of cloth to cover their mouths and noses, wrap their hands and feet, and prevent the plague.

After that, this "secret recipe" spread, and it was named Four Thieves Vinegar.

The elder also told the player that the song "Scarborough Bazaar" is actually the song of the Black Death............

"Are you going to Scarborough Market?

Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme.

Say hello to one of the girls there on my behalf,

She was my lover.

Please let her make me a linen shirt,

Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme.

There is no need to seal it or needle and thread.

She'll be my true lover."

As for the second stanza of the song, "Tell her to find me a piece of land, between the sea and the shallows, and tell her to harvest with a sickle, and tie the harvested heather into a bunch," which means that the man has contracted the Black Death, and asks the girl to find a grave for herself, and clean the grave with a broom made of heather, so that she can be buried.........

Well, I have to say that at that time, many players said that they knew a useless bean knowledge.........

But to be honest, this popular science does make many players remember deeply, after all, the song "Scarborough Bazaar" is very popular, everyone thinks that this is a song about love, and the repeated "parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme" in it is indeed a bit strange, but everyone only thinks that it is similar to roses and other flowers used to express love.

But in fact, the original meaning of this song was to let the people remember the recipe of the Four Thieves Vinegar so that they can use it in the future.........

I didn't expect it to really mean that...............

Well, after knowing this backstory, listening to this song again will inevitably send chills to the back.

That being said, some players did say that they brewed the Four Thieves Vinegar according to this method and sold it in the city, which was very popular and achieved certain results............... As for whether it's nonsense or it's true, Duanmu Huai doesn't know, no matter what, there's no loss if you try, right?

After all, vinegar does have the effect of disinfection and sterilization, and when I was a child, my family would also burn vinegar for disinfection and prevention during the flu season, and it cannot be said that it is useless at all.

"Anyway, nothing special."

Duanmu Huai briefly introduced the situation about this song, and then returned to the topic.

"Anyway, what do you think of what the priest just said?"

Before leaving, Priest Sigma also provided Duanmu Huai with a clue that he had encountered someone from the Inquisition here when he was on a mission.

The religious situation of the southern territories is a bit different from that of Sigma and Bretonnia, they are independent federations, so the religious aspect is also under unified management, although there is no state religion such as the Goddess of the Lake like Bretonnia, but it has also established a unified department for the management of the sect, that is, the Inquisition.

It's just that unlike the courtroom, this department seems to be more like

Reconcile contradictions between various denominations.

But not long ago, according to Priest Sigmar, he met the Inquisition with a group of soldiers who seemed to be tracking a brother and sister.

"Brother and sister?"

"Yes, I heard that the younger brother seems to be carrying the blood of the evil god, and some people say that this plague and rat outbreak are caused by him."

At that time, after hearing what Priest Sigma said, Duanmu Huai was also stunned for a moment.

"I guess it's just an accident."

Lorena offered her opinion, and Audrey nodded.

"People always want to find a scapegoat in difficult times, so that they can legitimize their guilt, as long as it is someone else's fault, then they are right."

Audrey's expression was a little gloomy when she said this, maybe she remembered the scene when she was divorced——— although she had to say that Audrey was not at all wrong. But it's clear that this is not the time to say.

"Can't we save the people here?"

Bambi frowned and asked uneasily, while Duanmu Locust shrugged his shoulders.

"I don't have the skills......... Even if Ann comes......... I guess I can't help it."

Manalia's magic does not involve curing the plague, it is primarily the work of an alchemist. Not only that, but the plague spread by the nezumi was not just an ordinary plague, but something similar to a curse, and from this point of view, the use of magic was more symptomatic. Logically speaking, in the face of such a situation, it would be more appropriate to ask the priests of Shalaia, the god of healing and mercy, to help.

Having Sigma's cleric here to stop the plague is like having an officer in charge of operating on a sick person, it's like playing the harp.

In this way, it is not that the southern lords are not acting at all, but are they looking in the right direction......... I don't know.

"Anyway, there's nothing we can do here, let's move on, let's go to the heart and see how it goes."

It's just the border of the southern realms, but even so, it's all like this, and you can imagine how bad it is inside. If this continues, once the plague outbreak is complete, a large number of refugees will go to Bretonnia, which is obviously not a good thing for Bretonnia, which has just ended the civil war and has not yet recovered.

As for how......... I only know when I go.