Chapter 617: Shadow of the Plague
The whole warehouse looked very tidy, and as a "hospital", it was barely competent, with several beds outside, as well as tables and washbasins, which of course, had not been used for a while.
Duanmu Huai walked into the warehouse, and Ogis jumped off his shoulder, and the two of them rummaged inside.
"Excuse me, Mr. Duanmu, what are you doing?"
Watching Duanmu Huai and Ogis rummaging through the cabinets, Emilia and Lokihi who followed up were all confused.
"Look for clues, and you can look through them, and you may find something useful."
"Flip .........?"
As a paladin, where did Emilia ever do such a thing, the whole person was directly stunned, and Lokihi was also at a loss. Duanmu Huai doesn't care about this, just kidding, it's a daily routine for players to go into the house and rummage through the cabinets, okay, if you have nothing to do and are bored, just open a cabinet and take a look, maybe you will find something good......... Oh, here's a couple of gold coins, take it.
Isn't it a waste not to take it and stay here?
"Master."
At this moment, Ogis seemed to have made a discovery, only to see her open a drawer, take out a diary from it, and hand it to Duanmu Huai.
"Oh, great, I like that kind of person."
Duanmu Huai stretched out his hand, took the diary from Ojisi's hand and opened it, and sure enough, it was written Duzel's record, but the master seemed to be very casual in writing a diary, and often wrote down the treatment plan and experience in it.
That's pretty much what it is.
ββ¦β¦β¦ Death by Crying, a disease so unlike anything I've seen before that even the magic of priests and priests can hardly cure them. No, not to mention healing, according to my observations, although the magic will temporarily soothe the pain of the patient, but it will aggravate the condition, which is really strange, is it that there are still diseases in this world that cannot be cured even by the power of the gods? Perhaps, I can try to use ............... (The following is a list of some alchemy ingredients and recipes) ..............."
"The three hundred and twenty-fifth experiment failed, this disease is completely beyond imagination, although on the surface, it seems to be a simple plague, but I know that this is not an ordinary disease. The situation in the beggar's nest is getting worse and worse, people are falling in the streets, dying before they can crawl home, the stench of rotting corpses has almost covered the entire area, I have tried all the recipes and potions I know, but to no avail, people are still dying, and the number of corpses is increasing day by day........."
At least judging from the contents of the diary, Master Duzel is indeed a merciful and kind man, he tries to save the sick, and does his best to do so, but Duanmu Huai has no waves in his heart when he sees this, because the more such a person is, the faster he will fall.
Good is sometimes a shortcut to evil.
ββ¦β¦β¦ I heard some strange rumors, which made me a little uneasy, maybe it was just rumors, but if it was true, then it represented a glimmer of hope that the disease would be cured......... But I was anxious, my time was running out, and I felt as if I had contracted that plague......... Hope ..............."
The diary came to an abrupt end here, well, as always, nonsense but to the point it was interrupted.
It's like the last words of the NPCs in the movie before they die, they have to say a lot of nonsense first, and then burp before they can say important clues.
But fortunately, this couldn't help Duanmu Huai, he reached out and gently pressed it on the cover of the diary, and then βββ Duanmu Huai's eyes began to become deep.
This is exactly what he has gained from the Old Gods βββ ability to observe the past.
The next moment, the scene in front of Duanmu Huai's eyes changed suddenly.
In the dim candlelight, an emaciated old man sat at the table, his face was thin, his beard was withered, and a large herpes appeared on his face, he coughed softly, his fingers trembled and took out a quill pen, and then wrote something in his diary, and then a moment later, suddenly, the door behind the old man opened, and the old man was frightened, and he turned his head and looked behind him in surprise.
"Is that you? What are you here for? β
"I'm coming to see you, my old friend."
In the darkness, the figure behind the old man spoke.
"Look at your pathetic appearance now, your kindness and kindness have not been able to relieve those people's suffering...... Even you're caught up in it right now. β
"You......... What do you want to do? β
"Don't be so nervous, old friend, I just want to help you."
The dark figure spread out his hands and stared at the old man.
"Look, just as I have this warehouse for you to house the sick, I just want to be able to assist you. It's the same now, I've found a cure for the plague, but I need your help. β
"Really? Did you find it? β
Hearing this, the old man stood up excitedly, and then he frowned.
"But didn't you tell Erebeth or Lord Nashre?"
"I don't want to cause a panic in the absence of evidence, as for the little girl of Erebes, who is only focused on curing the plague and does not believe the advice of others at all. The black rod's rhetoric bewildered him, and he only wanted to get the magic medicine of Waterdeep. Look, old friend, even if you are here, struggling like a dog stuck in the mud in this beggar's nest, she doesn't trust you, but chooses the mage thousands of miles away, are you willing to end it like this? Don't you think you're the best person to get the cure? β
As he spoke, the figure stretched out his hand.
"Come, my old friend, you will see everything you want to see."
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The old man thought for a moment, then he let go of his journal and turned to leave.
And the image disappears at this moment.
Well...............
Duanmu Huai came back to his senses and began to think.
It was clear that there was another person behind Duzel, and for now, that person seemed to have something to do with it, and the casual tone in which he talked about Erebeth and Lord Nashr made it clear that the other party's position was not below Erebes.
Speaking of which, Erebeth had hinted that he suspected that there were ghosts in the upper echelons of Neverwinter, after all, the materials for making the antidote to the plague had just arrived, and then it was attacked by unknown forces. And the other party was very cautious, leaving no clues at all, and those kobolds and goblins who attacked the academy or something......... Naturally, there is no investigative value at all.
There must be some clues here.
Duanmu Huai glanced around, but to be honest, he was not good at observing and searching, in the Cthulhu world, this kind of thing was done by Suzumi becoming a black cat, but it was okay......... Sometimes, science and technology are the primary productive forces.
So Duanmu Huai decisively took out the bird divination instrument and scanned the entire warehouse. His idea was simple, if the old druid was indeed associated with the Corrupted Dirt, then there must be something left here...............
"Drip βββββ!"
Sure enough, as Mu Huai expected, soon the bird was found to be located under the warehouse!
Over here!
Duanmu Huai turned his head abruptly and strode over to a bookshelf against the wall, which on the surface was just an ordinary bookshelf filled with all kinds of books and materials. However, Duanmu Huai didn't care, and directly stretched out his hand and grabbed the bookshelfβββHuh? Can't push it away?
If you can't push it away, that's right!
"Drink!!"
Duanmu Huai didn't bother to find any key, only to see him roar, and then pulled hard with both hands, and directly tore the bookshelf off the wall, and then threw it aside.
"Mr. Duanmu, wouldn't you be going too far.........
Seeing this scene, Emilia was speechlessβββ rummaging through other people's houses was completely beyond the common sense of the paladin, and it was even more unexpected to smash the wall directly. However, she was soon surprised to find that behind the bookshelf torn by Duanmu Huai, a dark hole was revealed.
This is......... Chamber?
"Let's go down and have a look."
Duanmu Huai said, walked down without looking back, and Okis also followed him, and the two walked into the passage without hesitation.
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Emilia and Lokihi glanced at each other, and then followed behind Duanmu Huai helplessly, in fact, they were also very curious, what secrets are hidden under this warehouse?
The tunnel was big and deep, and the further down you went, the colder it became, but even so, everyone smelled a rotten, stinking, disgusting smell coming from below. Lokisi frowned and covered her mouth and nose, and Amilia's expression was no better.
Then, in this way, everyone came to a wooden door at the end of the tunnel, and then Duanmu Huai stretched out his hand and pushed the door open.
"βββββββ huh!!"
It was obviously in the cold underground, but a warm, rancid hot wind suddenly appeared out of thin air and blew towards everyone. However, in the face of this strange air current, Duanmu Huai took a step forward, his eyes were slightly condensed, and the next moment he almost froze into the bone marrow, and the fear aura that made people's souls tremble instantly exploded, blocking the invasion of this hot wind.
At the same time, Lokihi raised her staff against the stench.
"Illumination!"
Along with Lokihi's magic, a magical light soon shot out from her staff and hit the pillar next to her, shining with a bright magical light, illuminating the dark space in front of her.
And what appeared next in front of everyone was a disgusting scene.
I saw that in the inner room, there were rickety zombies everywhere, they used to be human, but now, they have long lost their human appearance. I saw that these zombies were covered with swollen, yellow pus, and the surface of their skin was full of dense, beehive-like holes, and countless flies were circling around them, making a "buzzing" sound.
"Woo............!!"
Just seeing this scene, Lokihi couldn't help but turn around and vomit, and Emilia was speechless in shock.
"This, this is a zombie? But they're not the same zombies I've seen........."
Damn it, pestilence bearer! That druid is indeed corrupted!
Duanmu Huai didn't bother to care about the thoughts of the two little girls behind him, he stared at the enemy in front of him and gritted his teeth.
"Hide here for me, don't go up and die! Ogis, take care of them! β
The words fell, and the next moment, a pitch-black flame suddenly erupted from Duanmu Huai's body, and then he clenched the war hammer and rushed straight in!
"Buzz βββββ!!"
At the same time, the swarm of flies hovering around the zombies that seemed to be swollen by blisters and looked like giants also seemed to be aware of the existence of Duanmu Locust, only to see that they suddenly turned into a black cloud, pounced on Duanmu Locust in front of them, and then directly wrapped it in it.
"Mr. Duanmu!"
Seeing this scene, Emilia also drew her sword and wanted to go up to help, but the next moment she suddenly felt her body tighten, and the whole person was directly frozen in place, motionless, and at the same time, Ogis's voice sounded.
"The master wants you not to move."
"But he's ............... now"
"Get out!!"
Before Emilia could finish speaking, she heard a loud shout, and the sound of Duanmu Huai echoed in the room like thunder, and even Emilia felt as if her head had been knocked when she heard it. Then she saw the swarm of flies wrapped around Duanmu Huai explode directly, and the raging flames swept away the swarm of flies that rushed over, and then Duanmu Huai raised his war hammer high and smashed it down against the monster in front of him!