An epidemic came so quickly and violently.

When the plague aura spread from the [Grotesque Funeral Bird's Beak Plague Doctor], the first group of [Tiger Warriors] to bear the brunt of it did not feel it at first.

But when they ran a few more steps, they didn't have to wait for them to rush to the top of the tower along the hundreds of steps of the ladder.

"Bang Bang Bang"

A fierce battle of teeth suddenly sounded.

The native samurai who launched the siege immediately realized that something was wrong and quickly stopped their steps.

They were shocked to find that their bodies were inexplicably shivering, followed by high fever, fatigue, headaches, and aching limbs.

With the sharp rise in body temperature, an elderly samurai with a weak constitution convulsed on the spot and fell to the ground.

The others, even if they were in a slightly better situation, were all out of combat.

And the disease in them is still developing rapidly, and the macules, pimples, herpes, pustules look terrifying.

Especially at the end of the ladder, Montezuma II, who had been the most injured and the least resistant, could not resist this fierce plague even as a non-human.

At this moment, even his face was full of pus, and he fell into a coma, and he was so angry that he could die violently at any time.

Farther afield, among the more than 200,000 city-state residents who attended the ceremony, there was also mourning.

Byron, who had been standing behind Beatrice, had nothing to do.

He is now using the body of [Falcon] Alvin, and as a doctor in the hospital sequence, he naturally has the ability to resist for a long time.

More precisely, one of the conditions for employment in the hospital sequence is to have immunity to several infectious diseases.

The reason why Beatrice chose smallpox as a medium was naturally to consider in advance whether her own peeling church could be exempted.

Even when Byron first heard about the power of the Skinning Lord, he had already guessed about the Skinning Church's intentions (chapter 130).

But the tragic situation in front of him still made him feel deeply afraid:

"It's ruthless! The spread of a fierce plague on the island of Yucatan is the rhythm of exterminating all natives in one breath with this grotesque.

No wonder the king of Castile did not give Cortés the mandate, apparently he did not dare to take responsibility for initiating a massacre with forbidden knowledge (chapter 134). ”

It is important to know that smallpox is one of the oldest and deadliest infectious diseases, and it is highly contagious and severe.

Anyone who has not had smallpox is likely to become infected.

The main manifestation is severe viremia, and the mortality rate after infection is very high.

According to the Key to All-Knowing Library, during the smallpox epidemic in the Old World, the normal mortality rate was 25%.

But Byron had serious doubts about what the mortality rate would be for the natives who had not been exposed to the virus for thousands of years.

50%？ 60%？ Or 80%?!

At the same time, [Logbook] has successfully read the killing rules of [Grotesque Funeral Beak Plague Doctor].

"According to the distance from the source of infection, the first-level epidemic area, the second-level epidemic area, and the third-level epidemic area are different, and the transmission mode is different.

The first-level epidemic area, with a range of fifty meters, and the mode of transmission comes from the concept, which can easily break through the spiritual barrier of the transcendental, and the attack occurs on the spot without delay.

The second-level epidemic area, with a range of one kilometer, comes from the plague aura, and the transcendent has stronger resistance to invasion than ordinary people, and the stronger the strength, the stronger the resistance.

The tertiary epidemic area, with unlimited scope, like normal smallpox, is transmitted by droplets and direct contact with patients, following the pathology, and slowly attacking.

Contraindications: Pray that you have obtained lifelong immunity, otherwise no matter which way you are infected, the difference is only the speed of the attack, and it cannot change the final life and death outcome of a patient. ”

Byron looked at the back of the [Bird's Beak Plague Doctor] up close.

Suddenly, it seemed to see that many tribes and city-states emerged behind it and became ghost towns.

The corpses were piled up, no one was buried, and the stench of decomposing corpses stretched for hundreds of kilometers without cessation.

Azk and Taya, two splendid civilizations that have their own strengths compared to the Old World, eventually left only dead cities, as well as "ownerless" land, gold, silver, and spices!

Suddenly.

Several somewhat weak voices rang out:

"Mr. Cortez, aren't we allies against Azik? Why are our people sick too?

You can control the grotesque beak of this bird's beak, right, hurry up and relieve us of the epidemic! ”

"Yes, yes, we're allies standing side by side.

We shouldn't have hurt us by mistake. ”

It was the natives of the anti-Azk alliance who were still fighting the Azks on the front line.

Although they are far away, already between the second- and third-level epidemic areas, and are more resistant to viral invasiveness, many people are still showing symptoms.

Hearing their accusations, Cortez had a strange smile on his face.

He took two steps forward with his feet raised, stood on the edge of the pyramid and looked at the entire Golden City, and said with a deep voice:

"Everyone, don't be impatient.

Actually, I also have a disease, and now I need to give priority to solving my illness, and then I will definitely let you relax. ”

Immediately, he bowed his head to the most ill Aztec high-ranking officials at the foot of the pyramid and asked:

"I have a heart disease that can only be cured by gold, and it takes a lot of gold.

Will you submit to me and pay tribute to me? ”

It is true that the Castilians and most of the countries of the Old World are very ill, and only gold, silver, and spices can save them.

Uttering these words seems to imply that as long as you surrender to him and offer gold, you can live.

But in fact, both Byron and Cortés knew very well that there was no cure for this fierce plague!

Byron couldn't help but shake his head in his heart:

"The doctors who obey the Hippocratic Oath in the [Ladder of Glory] Chinese Medicine Hospital sequence are weak occupations in all sequences.

Because the flesh is bound to 'animal nature', the knowledge that is analyzed through the flesh is naturally connected with forbidden knowledge, and it is severely cracked down on by the church.

The [craftsmen] of the tower sequence have significantly promoted the military industry, but the doctors have been suppressed for a long time.

Except for skills such as [Stimulating Life Force] that can enhance one's ability to recover, the real level of medical care is not much better than that of ordinary doctors of the same era.

It is better to turn to the hospital sequence of the Old World than to turn to the indigenous witch doctors here. ”

Cortez knew all this.

Saying this, I just wanted to make the country completely surrender from top to bottom, and to complete the necessary conditions for the "declaration of war" required by the [First Overseas Development Order].

"Defeating the Native Emperor alone doesn't count. I, [Conquistador] Cortés, want them all! ”

The Azks have successfully shaped a first-class holy relic [Golden Code] that is about to change the pattern of the Bantaan Islands.

At this moment, they are going to use the winner-takes-all effect of the [First Overseas Expansion Order] to swallow the elephant and eat the entire empire.

The officiating priest, Beatrice, had already raised the [Golden Codex] in her hand.

Restart the interrupted ritual and prepare to crown Cortés again, inscribe his name on the codex.

Make him the new king of the Azk Empire in the occult sense!

Montezuma II was crowned by the legitimacy of the "Son of God", and Cortez was crowned by violent conquest and picking up the crown that someone else had dropped.

The crowd under the pyramid hesitated only for a moment.

There were a large number of natives who dragged the sick body and knelt down in an uproar

"I surrender, spare me, I give you all my gold."

"I also submit, and from today onwards, you are the new ruler of Azk."

“”

Suddenly, the code made of gold once again radiated brilliant light, unfolding the legal net like a small sun.

A circle of light gradually lit up above Cortez's head, and it was a crown that belonged to him.

But just as he was trying to listen, trying to hear his king's name clearly.

The first thing I heard was a low and muffled snort from her lover Beatrice.

"Hmm!"

Beatrice slowly lowered her head, looking incredulously at the tip of a snow-bright sword that emerged from her heart.

"Alvin, are you crazy? What are you doing? ”

Compared with Montezuma II, who had just been stabbed in the back, the expressions on the faces of the two people were simply carved out of a mold.

Beatrice is actually ready to be stabbed by Alvin, but the imaginary stabbing is definitely not this kind of stabbing!

With a heartache, all her strength poured out of the cold hole.

The whole person collapsed limply at the feet of his most loyal "henchman".

The incomparable "loyalty" and "love" of the henchmen have been forged into the sharpest sword.

This backstabbing sword was more targeted than the ceremonial knife she had prepared for Montezuma II.

Today's most injured candidate has been replaced.

At the same time, a phrase that made Cortés the Conqueror somewhat familiar followed:

"Why do you engrave your name on my Golden Codex? Money! ”