Chapter 20: A Candle in the Wind

Of course, the epidemic doctor was not there at that time.

He was a plague doctor, wandering all the way to practice medicine, living in this town for a while, treating some patients before discovering that he was infected with [Desperate Plague]. After judging that he could not grasp it, and that [Desperate Plague] would break out in a few days, he "surrendered" to the lord's guard here.

That's why he was escorted to a cell in the first place.

As for being chosen by the Lord of the Hall of Reincarnation, so he decisively escaped from prison, that was later.

"It's been two days...... "The epidemic doctor only found it tricky.

The point is not on the little girl in front of her, but on the "Plague of Madness".

This is the plague, it is contagious, and the epidemic doctor does not even know where the source of the infection is, nor who carries the plague, and perhaps the peasant woman in front of her is also a potential carrier of the plague.

Tricky and tricky, the epidemic doctor still did not hesitate to manipulate the mechanical arm to lift the medicine box, took over the little girl with another mechanical arm, and said to the peasant woman: "Let's go, go to your house, I have to give you a comprehensive diagnosis and treatment first." ”

He was not surprised, because in this world, even if the sense of protection is good, it is normal to be infected by an inexplicable plague.

The job of the plague doctor is to confront these plagues and defeat them to save people's lives from the plague.

But......

"Captain, it looks like your commission has been settled."

The epidemic doctor turned his head sideways and looked at the little girl with a numb expression on the mechanical arm, although her vital signs were still normal, she had lost the ability to think as a normal person.

This is one of the effects of the Plague of Madness.

The Frenzy Plague is one of the many plagues that can affect the soul.

When the plague doctor was about to leave with the peasant woman, he suddenly felt a stirring all over his body, and at that moment, a lofty will was cast from the heavens and sent an edict to him.

A cold, ethereal voice sounded in his ears:

"Reach out to the cornerstone and extend an invitation to it."

There is no doubt that this is the voice of the Lord of the Hall of Reincarnation, which the plague doctor had heard once when he first met the Lord of the Hall of Reincarnation, and it was so recognizable that it was still fresh in people's memories.

This is the first time that the plague doctor has heard the voice of the reincarnation hall master outside the reincarnation hall, and he can't help but be slightly startled.

Then he thought about the meaning of the directive.

"Reach out to the cornerstone and extend an invitation to it...... What is the cornerstone? ”

But the Lord of the Reincarnation Hall did not give further instructions on this, and the epidemic doctor looked at the anxious peasant woman beside him, and could only put this matter aside for the time being, and followed her back to their home in the small town.

The epidemic doctor had been to this town once, and that time he had done a general diagnosis and treatment of the residents of this town, so he was quite familiar with the situation in this town.

The streets are very wide, and each house made of stone and lime is separated by tens of meters, which seems to be a waste of space, but in the special circumstances of this world, it can only be regarded as a helpless move.

The peasant woman's family lived in one of the stone houses.

"Doctor, please come in."

The peasant woman opened the door and welcomed the doctor in, then looked a little cramped and said, "Do you want to rest first?" I'm going to pour you a glass of water......"

"No need." The plague doctor shook his head and said calmly, "Please take me to Emma's room first, I'll put Emma down first, and then I'll do a check-up for you." ”

"If you're infected with the 'Plague of Madness,' then I'm going to have to treat it differently."

When the peasant woman heard this, although she was very eager for the epidemic doctor to treat her daughter, she also understood what the epidemic doctor meant, and led the epidemic doctor upstairs, and after watching the epidemic doctor control the robotic arm to put Emma on the bed, she turned around and returned to the first floor, sat on the chair, and waited for the epidemic doctor's next move.

The epidemic doctor sat opposite the peasant woman, more than three meters away from her, and four robotic arms reached out behind him and began to investigate the peasant woman's situation.

Under the mask of the crow's beak, the pupils of the plague doctor changed from the original emerald green to pitch black, as if they could penetrate the soul, staring at the peasant woman, and everything about the peasant woman was visible to the plague doctor at this moment.

The light blue soul flickered like a candle flame, which proved that the peasant woman had done a lot of good things, even if they were small things, and the accumulation was enough to change the color of her soul fire.

The swaying of the soul fire and the change of light and darkness prove that she is only a mortal and has not mastered her own soul.

After examining the doctor for a while, he confirmed that the peasant woman was not infected with the plague, and only the dark wounds in her body function, and the darkness in her pupils gradually receded.

"It's not a big deal, it's still the same old problem I told you about last time." The plague doctor sighed lightly and said, "I won't say anything superfluous, you won't listen to it if you want to, and this world doesn't allow you to stop working." The last time you told me, your husband died of the plague six years ago, right? ”

"Yes." When talking about her dead husband, the peasant woman was very calm, "It's been a long time since I got sick and died, and it's all normal, isn't it?" At that time, there were no kind doctors like you, and the only solution for the lord to deal with the infected was to gather them together and purify ......"

The epidemic doctor did not comment more on her calmness, and the peasant woman was not heartless, but she was numb.

Dying from illness is a normal thing in this world, and even more so for mortals.

This is also one of the reasons why the plague doctor is willing to believe in the Lord of the Reincarnation Hall.

Because he sees no hope of changing the world on his own, he can only pin his illusory hope on unknown gods.

"But Emma is still young, she is still so young......" When talking about Emma, the peasant woman's emotions suddenly became excited, "Doctor, please, save Emma...... Maybe we were wrong, we shouldn't have allowed her to be born into this world, she had to face this kind of thing at such a young age......"

"I'll do my best."

Plague doctors have seen pleads like this too many times.

Now, he could only give a seemingly perfunctory answer, and told the peasant woman to stay here and go upstairs alone to face his patients.

On the wooden bed, Emma lay in the hay, her eyes staring blankly at the ceiling, her bloodshot eyes looking bewitching.

Now Emma is like a vegetative person, unable to respond to the outside world.

The plague doctor can be said to be very familiar with the Plague of Madness, because it is one of the most widespread plagues in the world, and he has a faint judgment in his mind about Emma's current symptoms.

He was terminally ill.

He couldn't bear to use his extraordinary ability, and once again turned into pitch-black eyes to look at Emma on the bed.

The originally white soul fire was shaking violently like a candle in the wind at this moment.

What's even more shocking is the palpitating scarlet in the soul fire, which has already soaked half of the soul fire.