Standing on its own at the top of a tower in the center of the castle, the lights were shining, and one after another crows could be seen flying out of the minaret with their wings, and in the blink of an eye they disappeared into the night.

This tower, which rises almost to the ground, is where Bachelor Ilyin works day and night, and is also his residence. Unlike the Arrow Tower, which is built on the city walls, it is a defensive structure, and it is also different from the mysterious Magic Tower, which has a powerful spell attack. The structure of the Bachelor's Tower is relatively simple, but it is very strong. Another advantage of the Bachelor's Tower is its high vantage point and wide view. From the top of the tower, the scholars watched the stars at night and speculated on the weather.

Brandt ascended to the top of the tower, and he slowly pushed open the door in front of him, and called softly, "Master Elin." ”

"Is it Brant?" came the old man's gentle voice in the room.

"It's me. Brandt replied in a low voice.

"Don't be stupid and stand outside, come in. The gray-robed old man turned to look at him.

Brandt walked into the room and saw the old man holding a goose quills pen in his dry and wrinkled hand, slowly writing on a piece of parchment with his head down.

He quietly walked over to the old man and rolled up the letters, which were full of words on the mahogany desk. He picked up an iron spoon on his desk and scooped a black, cloudy liquid out of the smoking stove. Then he poured a layer of hot wax oil on the surface of the letterhead, and then he picked up the seal that had been placed aside and stamped it on it. I saw that three stone-shaped marks were clearly branded on the wax oil, and the letter paper was also sealed with flattened wax seals.

After doing this, Brant took a crow from the iron cage, tied the letter to the crow's thin legs, carried the crow to the stone window, and threw his hands upward, and the crow spread its wings and flew into the night.

Black crows, with black messages, galloped across the black sky.

These crows are all letter crows that have been carefully trained by the Bachelor, and each crow will only travel back and forth between two places. And Brant can clearly discern which crow will fly where.

"I'm getting older, and my hands and feet are slowing down. The old man broke the silence in the room.

"I was in a hurry that day to say goodbye to you. Brandt's tone was apologetic. He had plenty of time to say goodbye to the old man in front of him, but the moment he visited his mother in the garden, the sad memories forced him to forget what was on his mind.

"It's fine, don't take it personally," said Maester Ilyin slowly, "as long as you can keep me in mind." ”

"Do you have what it takes to stop the plague from spreading in Rock Harbor?" Brant's eyes showed a look of pleading.

"Isolation," replied Maester Ilyin, "isolate all Black Death patients and people with similar symptoms in an enclosed, separate space. That was the only answer he could give.

Brandt knew in his heart that this would be almost impossible. "Is it possible to cure the Black Death?" his question was a bit redundant, and if there was a way, the plague would not have taken thousands of lives in Rock Harbor.

Maester Ilyin shook his head slowly, his face solemn, "The only way is to use fire to burn the source of this plague." ”

The answer given by Master Illin is roughly the same as Baron Kane's Jianyì, except that Lady Ealing's words contain a layer of deep meaning, not as thorough and straightforward as Baron Kane's words. "It's so cruel that I can't do it. Brandt's voice trembled a little.

"On the day the victim became ill, blisters and boils appeared on his arms, thighs and neck. They were so weak and tortured that they could only lean against their beds. "Soon," he recounted, "the boil became the size of a walnut, and then the size of an egg or a goose's egg, and the sensation was painful. The illness lasts for three to four days, and it is not until the fifth day that it becomes a lonely soul and ascends to another world. By saying this, Master Ilyin wanted to tell Sù Brandt that burning these plague-stricken patients was not a cruel act, but a relief from their suffering.

Five days? Isn't that tomorrow? I have to rush to see him one last time anyway. Brandt didn't know why he thought that way deep down. "Master Ilyin, please tell my grandfather, I will do my best to protect the honor of the Islamic family. ”

Brant walked over to the stone window, lit the magic candle, and in an instant he turned into a white light and flew straight into the sky, speeding away in the direction of the rocky harbor in the dark sky.

Maester Ilyin got up and walked to where Brant had disappeared, and he looked up at the sky in the distance. He didn't know when he would see Brant again.

The silent night envelops the entire harbor city, and the waves blowing on the seashore set off the 'ghost ships' floating on the sea. At sea, many ships have become unmanned "ghost ships" because of the successive deaths of sailors. Even away from land and hiding in the sea, they did not escape the infection of the plague.

When the Black Death broke out, both rich and poor, men and women, seemed to be equal to the disease. Some people slept well the night before, but suddenly became ill during the night, and after a painful struggle, stopped breathing at dawn. The patient suddenly fell down the street and died, or was left alone in his own home, until the body of the deceased emitted the stench of decay and the neighbors knew what was happening next door.

There are many priests in the church who are infected, and they are dying even faster than their own patients. The priests and scholars tried to cure or alleviate this frightening symptom, and they tried all kinds of medicines, and they tried all kinds of treatments, from laxatives, emetics, bloodletting, smoking rooms, cauterizing lymphatic masses or putting dried toads on them, and even bathing with urine, but death continued to befall the city.

There are also a few people who are aware that animals may have transmitted diseases, but they focus their hatred on domestic animals such as cats and dogs. They killed all the domestic animals, the streets were full of rotting dead bodies of cats and dogs, the smell of decay was suffocating, and from time to time a panicked domestic cat jumped over the dead bodies, behind which a group of men wrapped in cloth with their mouths and noses were holding torches and carrying sticks. No one will have mercy on these weak creatures, for they are used as propagators of the plague.

There was no lightning from heaven, or the fire of hell, no war or any visible killing, but people were dying fast.

The streets smelled of rancidity, and corpses piled up. People fled in all directions, leaving behind their homes, and a sense of fear, loneliness and despair spread throughout this abandoned city.

When a white light appeared above the city, the Christians who looked up to the sky and prayed to the Father reverently identified what they saw as the Father's coming, and followed the direction of the white light.

At this time, they forgot their fear and despair, and they surrendered their hope and destiny to this white light that fell out of thin air.

Wrapped in white light, Brant flew towards the Earl of Rocky Harbor with a candle in his hand, and the crowd behind him grew larger, and those who wanted to escape the city also chose to turn back and follow the white light in the night.