Chapter 164: Symptoms and Pathology
The discordant vignettes in the battle are quickly interrupted by a new wave of enemies.
Before thinking through the possible consequences, Martin had to focus on the difficulties in front of him, or they would send him to the bosom of the Lord to think fully.
Kraft's tactics are easy to say, but difficult to execute.
The main difficulty in dealing with these things is that they are difficult to predict, and even the more experienced people are, the more likely they are to be misled, and they need to rely on their reactions to dodge and accurately counterattack, and only a few people here can do it.
It was also because of this that he noticed the characteristics of Kraft's swordsmanship.
Unlike some fancy moves that have gradually departed from practicality, they are just simple and straightforward movements, which are mostly seen in the hands of local nouveau riche who have been sealed around two generations and have no accumulation, and the popularity is higher than that of the cuirasse.
Without elaborate design and skill, the emphasis is on ensuring the exertion of power, and it is likely to be born out of some low-cost, novice slash weapon usage, and after being absorbed, some practical tips have been added to facilitate the use of lighter but more agile swords, which has become an ungenre style.
Martin has met similar people, and there are all kinds of strange differences according to the personal wild ways of the teacher, but the unity is that he is brutal and straightforward, forcing the opponent to enter the fast and ruthless routine, and even if there is any skill, it is not easy to play in such a battle.
The new professor emeritus of Rivers University, whose swordsmanship skills obviously come from here, and the overall style is very ...... "Chimera" style - he can only come up with this word to describe it.
On this basis, various personal elements are stitched together, leaning towards a seemingly dangerous evasive move, precise and marginal, as if ready to guard against several possible attacks.
The moves are more conservative than most veterans, but they are very power-oriented. I can't think of any need for it, like a lion-headed and snake-tailed Chimera, an unrealistic stitching monster composed of conflicting things, at war with something that has no realistic counterpart.
But it works very well against these inhuman things.
They worked together to take control of seven or eight shells, and pierced them to the ground with their abandoned weapons. The unknown thing that controls the movement seems to behave more rigidly, and as long as the limbs are still usable, they will continue to control the shell more "frugally".
This dispels the worse conjecture that there is a mastermind with advanced intelligence behind the operation; Or there is, but it can't replace thinking and troubleshooting.
The few ownerless weapons were used up, and the servants began to tear open the tent and pull out the skeleton to replace it. The poles, which were to be fixed in the earth, were sharpened at the end of a short spear, just enough to be used in an emergency, and the broken cloth was thrown into the fire to fuel the fire.
Overturned the small semi-tent and used the brackets, the vision was clear, and there were more than a dozen humanoid fungi on the ground. This strange strategy really managed to control their numbers, the pressure on the team gradually decreased, and the balance of numerical superiority tipped in favor of the defenders, which in turn made it easier and more efficient to progress in tactical coordination.
The last intact body of the lodger fell to the ground under the siege of several men, and several wooden poles were inserted into the torso, tying it into a range of arrows.
They watched the woods apprehensively and vigilantly until they were sure that no more colorful figure had come out. A knight in full armor fell to his knees in the dust, opened his helmet and panted, and choked out of his throat the sound of crying, cursing or laughing, some kind of extreme emotional catharsis that had no meaning. Then the contagion spread through the camp, and they fell to their knees one after the other, silent or unshaped, and caught in a terrible cough and wheezing that was louder than hell's oil pot.
Martin didn't stop them, a reaction that's understandable considering just survived an unimaginable attack. Even if there may be a threat, they need timely and appropriate catharsis to ensure that they do not collapse on the spot.
In fact, he wanted to yell or smash something, to release some kind of gloomy feeling of depression in his throat, which made him want to tear his trachea and pull out his heart and lungs to remove it, but that had to be subordinated to his duties as the commander of his troops.
After making a round of rounds and intimately patching up the wooden pole to the insecure shell, Martin came to Kraft's side as a contemplative gesture and coughed lightly to attract attention, "I thought about it carefully, but I don't need to worry too much. ”
"What?"
"About what you just mentioned, the corpse that was left behind." Glancing at the still struggling body with his sword, he was convinced, "Scatter a few, I'm sure the Westminburg side can solve it on their own." But only if they can escape through the locked door. ”
"Martin, do you know about coughing?" Kraft was noncommittal about his words, and instead brought up something irrelevant.
"Of course."
"No, you don't."
It is very confusing, and it is quite in line with the professor's identity, those scholars who are either bald or old in the university, the saying is this way of turning around a few times, which is called thinking in the name of beauty. I didn't expect Kraft to get infected with this disease not long after he messed with them.
"And what's the cough all about?"
"Uh...... My throat itched, and then I coughed. The question was quite succinct, but there was no way to answer it, and Martin habitually felt an itch on the top of his head, but his hand scratched on his helmet, "A cough is a cough." ”
"Cough is a symptom." To make it easier to understand, Kraft changed the word, "Or 'manifestation,' something that shouldn't be in the breathing passage, appears in it, causing a cough." These factors are complex and can range from blight, mucus dripping, food choking, intrathoracic sarcoma, and even stomach acid reflux. Some are mild, some can be fatal, but they can all manifest as coughing. ”
"Do you understand?"
"I think I get it." Martin was vaguely aware that what Kraft was saying was not irrelevant to the status quo.
After a moment of reflection on the organization of language, Kraft continued, "Some doctors will prescribe you some syrup, hawthorn, mint, etc., to help the oropharynx, and after taking it, it will be effective immediately, and it will relieve cough. This only solves the cough and does not have any meaning for many causes, but may cause the disease to develop unconsciously because of self-righteous masking of symptoms. ”
"These long-growing things are coughing. A symptom that is different from the normal, healthy world, and the symptom never occurs for no reason. The reflection of the fire-lit shells in his eyes, the way they struggled for a long time had a dull and comical effect, "What we're doing now is drinking mint hawthorn cough syrup." Control the fungus lodges the corpses、Ready to burn the village are。 ”
Martin looked in the direction of the village, where only a trail of threads could be seen, leading to the pagan church of the Lonely Arch, "You mean we have to find the 'cause'?" ”
"If we want to deal with it thoroughly, we have to know more. At the very least, there have to be more 'symptoms' that can help us reverse the pathology. ”
"And what I'm most worried about now is that a causative factor can behave differently in different parts of the body." Kraft made no secret of his fears, and the conventional sense of defense was questionable about the effectiveness of deep impregnation.
"Hopefully, Westminburg is the kind of organ that is more resistant and not badly damaged. After all, it's the most important organ, and half of my students are still there. ”