In the secret basement, the thing lying on the bed can no longer be called a person, because at this time he has abandoned the human form, and can only be said to be a mass of flesh wrapped in the soul of a former human.

Ed approached the bedside, he had just patrolled the outer cordon and sent out more reconnaissance, including the Psionic Knights, all of whom carried dry food that was difficult to poison, just in case.

The sound of footsteps echoed in the silent space, and soon woke up the half-asleep Scott, whose left eyelid trembled slightly and was about to wake up, while his right eye was completely necrotic in the intense heat, and the cloudy eyeball inside lost its outer skin and looked charred black.

"Tell me more about this poison, and when will Cole come?

Scott remained dead silent on Eddard's questioning, except for the two black hollows left by the loss of his outer nose, which were still spewing hot air, indicating that the creature was still alive.

"Tell me, that's what you promised. ”

"What? What did I promise? What did you do? Let me live like I am? As a monster, life is better than death, you know, look at me now!" Scott suddenly opened his mouth and roared, losing a mouthful of rotten teeth from his upper and lower lips and closing up and down, as if he wanted to bite a piece of flesh off Eddard's body.

"At least you're alive, and if you want more, you have to show your worth. Ed said indifferently, letting the other party's saliva fall on the spiritual energy wall in front of him, without taking half a step back.

"Can you still make me recover? become a human being? If not, needless to say. Scott closed his eyes, seemingly completely disheartened.

Ed groaned, turned to the flickering candle flame and said, "Scott." You don't have to use your wisdom to bargain with me, I'm actually a very reasonable person. You've plotted for Cole, and I've hurt you in a head-to-head confrontation. Neither of them owes anything, if you want me to help you recover, show your sincerity first, only after we get out of the predicament can we repay you, after all, the initiative is now in my hands. ”

Scott's intense gasp calmed down after a breath, "Fair. The tone suddenly returned to the attitude of ordinary people when they communicated, neither humble nor arrogant, nor the excited appearance of before.

"To show my sincerity, let me tell you what I care about the most, the poison used by Cole is the water demon grass that only grows at the northern tip of the island of Ingilburn. There will be no antidote here, and we don't have any spies in Reimstown, but there are a few behind you, and finally, I'm not sure when the attack is scheduled to be!"

Ed furrowed his eyebrows, clearly not convinced.

"That's up to you, the crown prince is scheduled to be crowned, and that day will be the deadline for the final attack, and Cole made a military order to the emperor before taking office. If he can't prevent the new king from appearing, even if he wins, he will inevitably die in the end. "What Scott said is very credible, after all, if there is a real king for Roland, it is difficult to say what will become of the inheritance, and Emperor Ingier will never want to see that scene.

"Good. Later, I will bring someone to fulfill my promise to help you regain your human form!" Eddard nodded, and stepped forward again to inject some psionic and astral powers into Scott to help stabilize the situation.

Get out of the dark, damp basement. The sun had risen above the sun outside, and Ed's mood had improved considerably. Prince Charles' scheduled coronation date is two days away, and according to Scott, they still have some time.

Ed walked towards the center of town. Finding that there was almost no one on the road on both sides, the place was restored to its original appearance of a dead city, and after turning a few corners, Ed came to the square in the center of the town only to find that people had gathered here, and on the platform in the distance, the crown prince was holding a speech hastily written by the ministers, reading it aloud without expression.

The empty language was full of self-praise and praise for the royal family, as if he regarded himself as the savior of the soldiers in front of him, the speaker was passionless, and the audience below was also drowsy, and Ed saw that many of the soldiers in the back row simply closed their eyes and leaned on their companions around them to fall asleep.

Finding that Ed's gaze swept over, the soldier who was used as a pillow secretly pinched his sleeping companion and tried to wake him up, and Ed smiled.

Crossing the crowd, Ed walked to the backcourt, thinking in his heart: "If you let everyone know that the person who came up with this idea is yourself, I'm afraid I will be hated to death, but fortunately, the crown prince will help me carry this pot." ”

In the background, the boy saw Delia intently holding her oak palm as she walked past the prepared food, her shepherd's staff glowing white from time to time.

Ed slowly approached her and asked in a low voice, "How's it going?"

He was really afraid of hearing bad news, if even Di Liya couldn't do anything with the poison of these water demon grasses, it would mean that the whole army would fall into a food crisis.

"I changed three different magic techniques, and finally I did detect a strange toxin, and now I am trying to purify it, but it is not easy. Delia didn't stop her work as she spoke, and Ed saw the beads of sweat on her forehead glistening in the morning sun.

Raising her hand to gently wipe her away, Delia paused, then glared at him, and drove him away: "Go over there and see if there is any progress in Maloen, don't bother me here." ”

Ed felt that today was his lucky day, that the crisis was not too late to be discovered, and that everything seemed to be saved, and that he said goodbye to the delicate girl, and he went to a small cabin outside under the guidance of his personal guard.

Before the door opened, a burst of green light was transmitted from the gap, and the hand of the guard who led the way pushed the door froze in mid-air for a while, and waited for the green light to disappear before opening it cautiously, for ordinary people, supernatural forces such as druids are not so common, and it will take time to adapt to them.

Ed nodded and thanked this Delia's personal guard, affirming his identity as a recruit in his heart, and had a lot of complaints about the selection criteria of the girl, maybe he didn't want the people around him to be from the Holy Maiden Army, and most of these personal guards came from the newcomers who were recruited at the end.

Closing the door, Eddard lifted a curtain that covered Malonene and his druids as they experimented.

Samples of grain and grass taken from various warehouses are placed on the stone table, showing different colors under the magical power of nature, the cyan color that symbolizes vitality and the yellow color that represents energy, but there is a faint black gas entwined in it, which makes people very uncomfortable to look at. (To be continued......)