MTL - Start a Core Pod-Chapter 618 Plague Shadow

  The entire warehouse looks very tidy. As a "hospital", it is barely competent. There are several beds, tables and washbasins outside. Of course, these have not been used for a while.

   Duan Muhuai walked into the warehouse, Augis jumped off his shoulders, and then the two rummaged inside.

   "Excuse me, Mr. Duanmu, what are you doing?"

  Seeing Duanmuhuai and Augis rummaging through boxes and cabinets, Amelia and Luo Qixi who followed were stunned.

   "Look for clues, you also look through, maybe you can find something useful."

   "Turn...?"

  As a paladin, where did Emilia do such a thing before, she just froze in place, and Luo Qixi was also at a loss. Duanmuhuai didn't care about this, just kidding, it's normal for players to go into the house and rummage through boxes and cabinets, so if you have something to do and are bored, just open a cabinet and look, maybe you will find something good... Oh, here are some gold coins, took it.

   Isn’t it a waste to not take it and stay here?

"Owner."

  At this moment, Augis seemed to have noticed something. She opened a drawer, took out a diary from it, and handed it to Duanmuhuai.

   "Oh, great, that's the kind of guy I like."

Duanmuhuai stretched out his hand, took the diary from Augis and opened it. As expected, it was Duzel's record, but this master seemed to be very casual in writing the diary, and often included treatment plans and experiences as well. write in it.

   Something like this.

"...Howling Death, this disease is completely different from the diseases I have seen before, and even the magic spells of priests and priests can hardly cure them. No, don't talk about treatment, according to According to my observation, although the magic can temporarily appease the patient's pain, it can aggravate the patient's condition. This is really strange. Could it be that there are still diseases in this world that cannot be cured by the power of the gods? Perhaps, I can try to use …… (The following are some alchemy materials and formula tables)……”

"The three hundred and twenty-fifth experiment failed. This disease is completely beyond imagination. Although it seems to be a simple plague on the surface, I know that this is not an ordinary disease. The situation of the beggar's nest It's getting worse, people are falling on the street, dying before they can crawl home, the stench of rotting corpses is covering almost the whole area, I've tried every formula and potion I know, but it's useless, People are still dying, and the number of corpses is increasing..."

At least judging from the content in the diary, Master Duzel is indeed a compassionate and kind person. He is trying his best to save the patients, and he is doing his best for it. This kind of person will degenerate faster.

  Goodness is sometimes a shortcut to evil.

"... I've heard some strange rumors and it makes me a little uneasy. Maybe it's just rumors, but if true, then it represents a silver lining of the disease... But I'm anxious, and my time is not enough. Too much, I feel as if I have already been infected with that plague... I hope..."

  The diary ended here abruptly, um, as always, it was full of nonsense but it was interrupted when it reached the point.

   It’s like those NPCs in the movie who say their last words before they die, they have to say a lot of nonsense first, and then belch before telling important clues.

   Fortunately, Duanmu Huai couldn't help it, he stretched out his hand, and gently pressed it on the cover of the diary, and then—— Duanmu Huai's eyes began to become deep.

   This is exactly what he got from the old gods - the ability to observe the past.

  The next moment, the scene in front of Duanmu Huai suddenly changed.

Under the dim candlelight, a thin old man sat at the table. His face was thin, his beard was withered, and there were large patches of herpes on his face. He coughed softly, took out a quill with trembling fingers, and wrote in the diary There was something written on it, and after a while, suddenly, the door behind the old man opened, which frightened the old man. He turned his head and looked back in surprise.

   "Is that you? What are you doing here?"

   "I came to see you, my old friend."

  In the darkness, the figure behind the old man spoke.

   "Look at your sad appearance now. Your kindness and kindness have not been able to relieve the pain of those people... Even yourself is now deeply involved."

   "You... what do you want to do?"

   "Don't be so nervous, old friend, I just want to help you."

  The dark figure stared at the old man with spread hands.

   "Look, just like I prepared this warehouse for you to take in patients, I just hope to assist you. It's the same now, I have found a cure for the plague, but I need your help."

   "Really? Did you find it?"

  Hearing this, the old man stood up excitedly, and then he frowned.

   "But, didn't you tell Erebes or Lord Nasher?"

"Before there is no evidence, I don't want to cause panic meaninglessly. As for the little girl Erebeth, she just focuses on curing the plague and doesn't believe other people's suggestions at all. Fascinated, all I can do is hope to get the magical medicine from Waterdeep. Look, old friend, even if you are here, struggling like a dog in a muddy pond in this beggar's nest, she doesn't trust you. Instead, you chose the sorcerer thousands of miles away, are you willing to end like this? Don’t you think that you are the most suitable person to obtain the antidote?"

   While talking, the figure stretched out his hand.

   "Come, my old friend, you will see everything you want to see."

  “………”

  The old man thought for a moment, then he let go of the diary and turned to leave.

   And the image also disappeared at this moment.

Um………

   Duanmu Huai came back to his senses and began to think.

Obviously, there is another person behind Duzel. From the current point of view, that person seems to be related to this matter, and listening to his casual tone when talking about Erebes and Lord Nasher, it is obvious that the other party's status Should not be under Erebes.

  Speaking of which, before Erebes hinted that he suspected that there was an insider in the upper echelons of Neverwinter, after all, the materials for making the plague antidote had just arrived, and then they were attacked by unknown forces. And the other party was very cautious, leaving no clues at all, and those kobolds and goblins who attacked the academy... Naturally, there is no investigation value at all.

   There must be some clues here.

Duanmuhuai scanned the surroundings, but to be honest, he was not good at observing and searching. In the world of Cthulhu, this kind of thing was done by the bell girl who became a black cat, but fortunately... Sometimes, science Technology is the primary productive force.

  So Duanmuhuai decisively took out the bird divination instrument and scanned the entire warehouse. His idea is very simple, if this old druid has indeed been connected with the Scale of Corruption, then there must be something left here...

   "Drip——!"

   Sure enough, as expected by Duanmuhuai, the bird divination instrument soon discovered the reaction under the warehouse!

Here!

  Duanmuhuai turned his head suddenly, and strode to a bookshelf against the wall. On the surface, it was just an ordinary bookshelf filled with various books and materials. However, Duanmuhuai didn't care, he just reached out and grabbed the bookshelf—huh? Can't push it?

   If you can’t push it open, that’s right!

"drink!"

  Duanmu Huai was too lazy to look for the key to the mechanism. He let out a low growl, and then pulled hard with both hands, directly tore the bookshelf off the wall abruptly, and threw it aside.

   "Mr. Duanmu, is this going too far..."

  Seeing this scene, Emilia was so shocked that she couldn't speak—it was completely beyond the common sense of paladins to rummage through other people's houses, and it was even more unexpected to smash the wall directly. However, soon, she was surprised to find that behind the bookshelf torn apart by Duanmuhuai, a dark hole was exposed.

  This is... the secret room?

   "Let's go down and have a look."

  Duanmuhuai said, and walked down without looking back. Augis also followed him, and the two walked into the passage without hesitation.

  “…………”

  Amelia and Luo Qixi looked at each other, and then reluctantly followed Duanmuhuai. In fact, they were also very curious, what secrets were hidden under this warehouse?

  The tunnel is big and deep, and the further you go down, the colder it gets, but even so, everyone can still smell a rotten, smelly, and disgusting smell coming from below. Luo Qixi frowned and covered her mouth and nose, and Amelia's expression was not much better.

   Then just like that, everyone came to a wooden door at the end of the tunnel, and then Duan Muhuai stretched out his hand and pushed the door open.

   "———Hoo!"

   It was clearly in the cold underground, but a warm, rancid hot wind suddenly emerged out of thin air and blew towards everyone. However, in the face of this strange air current, Duanmu Huai took a step forward, his eyes condensed slightly, and the next moment he almost froze to the marrow of his bones, and the fear aura that made people tremble instantly erupted, forcibly blocking the blast of this hot wind invasion.

   At the same time, Luo Qixi suppressed the stench and raised her staff.

   "Light Art!"

  Accompanied by Luo Qixi's magic, soon a magic radiance shot out from her staff and hit the pillar next to her, shining bright magic radiance, illuminating the dark space in front of her eyes.

  The next thing that appeared in front of everyone was a disgusting scene.

   In the room inside, there are rickety zombies everywhere. They used to be human, but now, they have already lost their human appearance. I saw that these zombies were covered with swollen, yellow pustules everywhere, and their skin surface was filled with densely packed holes like a honeycomb. Countless flies were circling around them, sending out " buzzing" sound.

   "Woo...!"

  Just seeing this scene, Luo Qixi couldn't help but turned around and vomited, and Emilia was too shocked to speak.

   "This, are these zombies? But they are different from the zombies I have seen..."

  Damn it, plague bearer! That druid was indeed corrupted!

  Duanmu Huai was too lazy to care about the thoughts of the two little girls behind him. He stared at the enemy in front of him and gritted his teeth.

   "Hide here for me, don't go up to die! Augis, watch them!"

   As soon as the voice fell, the next moment Duanmuhuai burst out with pitch-black flames all over his body, and then he clenched his warhammer tightly and rushed in!

   "Buzz——!"

At the same time, the swarm of flies hovering around the giant-like zombies that seemed to be swollen by blisters also seemed to have sensed the existence of Duanmu Huai. They suddenly turned into a black cloud and rushed towards Duanmu Huai in front of them. Then wrap it directly in it.

   "Mr. Duanmu!"

Seeing this scene, Emilia also pulled out her sword and wanted to go up to help, but the next moment she suddenly felt her body tense up, and her whole body was frozen in place, motionless. At the same time, Augis' voice sounded.

   "Master wants you not to move around."

   "But now he..."

"roll!"

Before Emilia could finish speaking, there was a bang, Duanmuhuai's voice echoed in the room like thunder, and even Emilia felt as if her head had been hit when she heard this sound like buzzing. Then she saw the swarm of flies wrapping Duanmuhuai explode directly, and the raging flames swept away the rushing flies, and then Duanmuhuai raised the hammer high and smashed it down on the monster in front of her!