Chapter 187 Analysis
The relaxed atmosphere did not last long. After a few pleasantries, everyone began to seriously discuss the most important thing at the moment - mutants.
“It happened very suddenly.” Lord Sola looked up at the clock on the wall and said bitterly: “It was probably sixteen hours ago. At that time, I was sitting here thinking about something. Regarding the issue of food, Byrne was knocked directly into the door and dragged to the top of the city. He was Mi The guard captain of Dacheng, one of the people I trust most.”
Xia Lian nodded: “What then?” What did you see at the top of the city?”
Sora’s face. A little pale, he looked out the window absentmindedly and replied in a low voice: "Hell..."
The middle-aged elf, who had not had a good rest for more than 30 hours, seemed to have just had time to get over his fear. His body was trembling slightly, as if he had returned to the moment when he just appeared on the city wall last night, and the tragic sounds that followed one after another. The screams and howls are still in my ears , the smell of blood that hit his face in the cold wind almost suffocated him. The tense atmosphere of the previous ten hours did not leave the city lord any time to fear and despair, but now after the crisis, he has been imprisoned in The negative emotions in Sola's heart finally broke out.
"It's okay, Mr. City Lord, look at me." Xia Lian immediately walked up to Sola, pressed the cross in her hand against his chin, forcing him to raise his head, and said every word : "Calm down."
Sora calmed down in front of those hazy eyes. She smiled gratefully at Xia Lian, then took two steps back and sat down on her chair, saying apologetically: "I'm sorry, I was a little out of sorts."
"It's nothing, it's nothing, I see you... …”
Xia Lian chuckled and was about to make a few more gentle jokes, but was interrupted by Mo Tan who came forward.
"Your Excellency Thor." Mo Tan bowed to the middle-aged elf who was still a little pale, and said softly: "If possible, we hope that you can tell everything that happened before as soon as possible. Maybe... time has run out. "Much more."
Knight Taylor, who was standing next to Yuchen, frowned slightly, obviously dissatisfied with Mo Tan's behavior of interrupting His Highness the Saint, but the former was light-hearted. She gave him a gentle tug and shook her head firmly.
Xia Lian just glanced at Mo Tan in surprise, and then turned her gaze to Sol with him.
Thor, who had stabilized his mind, nodded and said solemnly: "Last night, I just stepped onto the top of the city and heard a large number of screams, and at the same time there was a strong smell of blood. He immediately asked the two accompanying priests to release the lighting technique..."
With the help of divine magic, In the light, the hellish tragedy came into Thor's eyes. The originally simple and sturdy temporary barracks had turned into ruins, with mutilated corpses everywhere. The infected civilians who originally numbered more than 5,000 people were reduced to nothing in an instant. There are just over four thousand left, and the number is decreasing rapidly.
Dozens of crazy figures were rampaging through the crowd. They roared loudly and tore apart any living creature that appeared in sight. Their withered skin was covered with blood. Their physical fitness was far stronger than that of other civilians. They were like efficient machines. They were killing like crazy like harvesters.
"Those monsters were still living people not long ago." Thor shook his head, smiled bitterly and spread his hands to everyone: "No one knows why they went crazy and became so powerful."
Xia Lian nodded slightly and motioned for him to continue.
Saul stroked the decorative long bow in his hand and sighed: "Isolating those infected outside the city is an expedient measure. In that case, no one with conscience can I would watch thousands of people being slaughtered like this. I asked Byrne to take the guards out of the city to support those who could Poor people, and then found those enthusiastic adventurers and entrusted them to help deal with those crises..."
"So the adventurers and the guards resisted those monsters for more than ten hours?" Fu? Mann couldn't help but exclaimed: "God, how brave this is..."
"It's not just that, Lord Priest." Thor's pale face finally became more beautiful, and he smiled proudly: "Soldiers and adventurers were the first batch of people to leave the city, and then the Mercenary Guild and the Magician Guild in the city , Thieves Guild, and Knights Guild almost all came out, and there were even Many young and strong civilians volunteered to come out of the city to support us. They are all good people."
Taylor suddenly asked with some doubts: "I remember that most of the combat forces in the county have been destroyed some time ago. The organization went to various blockades, why..."
< br>"You are right, Lord Knight." Thor nodded to Tyro, and then explained with a smile: "Most of the mid-level professionals have left, and those who remain in the city are mainly low-level professionals. or trainee professionals, and there are many new faces who have never been to various guilds before. Their strength is generally not very strong."
Taro suddenly stood in awe: "Goddess bless you."
Mo Tan asked Thor after pondering for a while. "What are the strengths of those monsters? Are they higher or lower?"
"Sorry, I don't know much about this." Thor shook his head and awkwardly removed the quiver hanging from his waist: "As Her Royal Highness the Saint said, I know nothing about combat, but You can go back and ask Byrne, he should be clearer."
After a short pause, Saul continued to describe the situation to everyone...
At that time, he was counting. After the supporting troops left the city one after another, the situation temporarily improved. The civilians infected with the plague were slowly gathered together. Although hundreds of people were still killed in the process, most of them finally retreated to the temporary road. Behind the simple defense line established.
"Those monsters worked tirelessly to attack the defense line. In the first period, many people died because they did not understand their weaknesses." Thor clenched his fists hard and said in a deep voice: "They There seemed to be no obvious danger, and they would never completely lose their combat effectiveness except being beheaded, but we were still full of confidence at the time. After all, there were only less than a hundred of them, but..."
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Ten minutes later, Xia Lian, Taylor, Bishop Furman and the two players left the city hall with heavy faces. Lord Sol, who had not slept for nearly two days, was helped to rest. He was exhausted but still wanted to continue. While he was at work, Furman used a sleep spell (physics) on him, and he probably wouldn't be able to wake up before dinner.
"What are your plans next?" Xia Lian sat on the steps in front of the city hall. While carefully placing the cross in her hand on the ground, she asked the frowning Furman: "The previous The idea seems to be unworkable."
"I will go back to the church first, maybe I can listen to the oracle of my Lord." Strong Beast. The head priest sighed and whispered: "I didn't expect that this place would become like this overnight. If I hadn't been so anxious to leave yesterday..."
Xia Lian shook her head: "You stay here It’s just one more person here boxing with those monsters, it’s useless.”
Fullman nodded, then left.
After a moment, Xia Lian looked up at Mo Tan and the other three, and asked in a low voice: "What do you think?"
"I don't think those monsters are very powerful in combat." Taylor immediately replied in a serious manner. : "Although they are difficult to be fatally injured, and their speed and strength are higher than ordinary people, they are definitely no match for us Paladins."
Xia Lian rolled her eyes, and then looked at Yu Chen: " "Wang Yu, what do you think?"
Yu Chen lowered his head and pursed his lips, and whispered: "I want to go out to find out the situation. Mr. Saul said that there are many healthy civilians injured by monsters. Everyone immediately fell ill with the plague. If this was a common situation... it would be troublesome. "
"Yes, this is something we need to understand as soon as possible." Xia Lian nodded and looked at it. Mo Tan glanced at him: "You had the most questions just now. What did you think of?"
Mo Tan rubbed his forehead: "This matter must be related to the plague, because only the infected will turn into monsters. This can be seen from the fact that no one in Mida City mutated. Five thousand people outside the city were infected with the plague. A total of more than 400 civilians turned into monsters within sixteen hours, but none of the 3,000 healthy civilians in the city appeared. The problem, so, is obvious..."
Xia Lian smiled at him approvingly: "I think so too, is there anything else?" "The direct factor in becoming a monster is indeed related to physical fitness." Mo. Tan replied without hesitation: "The Yuying girl said that three people in their team turned into monsters before, and the common point is that their bodies are The conditions are not good, and it is said that the physical condition of that group of people is relatively good among the large number of refugee groups in the county. They can at least eat enough and have tents to sleep in at night, so the mutation rate may be relatively low. The specific situation is different from Mida City. There are about 5,000 people outside. As for most other refugees, they are not so lucky. Lack of food, clothing and physical weakness are common conditions. For example..."
Xia Lian blinked: "For example, what?"
"For example, the nineteen people Yu Ying encountered before. Monsters." Mo Tan said softly: "Maybe they are in poor condition. Of course, this is just my guess."
Xia Lian tugged at her ears: "A very reliable guess."
"Also." Mo Tan narrowed his eyes and continued: "I just saw the map of Misha County in the city hall. , found that Mida City and Bunis Town are far apart, but some of them have mutated, so..."
"Taylor Knight "Xia Lian immediately looked back at Taylor and said in a rare commanding tone: "Arrange fifty paladins to search around Mida City to see if there are monsters everywhere. The wider the area, the better. "
Taro immediately shouted: "Yes!"
Then he nodded to Mo Tan and strode away.
Xia Lian looked Mo Tan up and down for a long time: "Is there anything else? If so, let's finish it in one go."
"There is also the issue of mutation time." As a result, Mo Tan didn't finish his sentence. Subconsciously tapping his chin with his index finger: "The mutation time that Yuying mentioned before is almost the same as the time when the third batch of monsters appeared among the infected civilians outside Mida City, and here from the first batch to the third batch that suddenly appeared, The second batch, and the time between the second batch and the third batch is almost five hours. From this point of view...if the next batch appears, it will probably be two hours later."< br>
Both Yuchen and Xia Lian looked at him in surprise.
Maybe Mo Tan has not made any difficult reasoning, but there are few people who can think through all the details in a short time like him, at least they can't.
"There is one last point, although it is useless to say it now." Mo Tan said: "This situation should have started last night, because before that, no matter how many people died due to the plague, Death has never turned into that kind of monster. You must know that the population base of Hofer City is also sufficient. Therefore, if we can find time to investigate the cause of this incident... maybe we can pay attention to this time. .”
Xia Lian smacked her lips: "You are amazing."
'It's really reliable to level up_(:3"∠)_'
This was Yu Chen's sigh in the message.
Mo Tan spread his hands: "That's all in short. Your Highness Xia Lian, please make up your mind."
"We will stay in Mida City for the time being." Xia Lian nodded. , while thinking about it, he said: "After the knights who went out to search come back, if it is confirmed that this situation has occurred throughout the territory, then I will personally take a group of people out to deal with those monsters, and they must not be left alone!"
Yuchen nodded in agreement.
Mo Tan frowned slightly, as if he felt something was inappropriate, but he didn't say anything.
Xia Lian breathed a sigh of relief and continued: "You two should immediately go outside the city to find the infected people who have been gathered together. Wangyu, after all, you are the goddess's favored one, the one who can cure the plague. Although the ability is not as strong as mine, it is still there. According to the order of half-death, serious injury and minor injury, how many can be saved. Heifan, you should be her target. If something goes wrong with Wangyu’s magic, you know.”
< br>Mo Tan nodded: "I understand."
Yu Chen whispered in a troubled voice: "My Dawn Prayer can only be used once in a long time, and the range is also very small..."
"Your ordinary magic should also have a dispersing effect." Xia Lian raised her hand and poked Yuchen's forehead, and said with a smile: "Don't forget that you are also a saint, girl."
Mo Tan He also nodded and said: "If that's the case, you don't need to cure them completely. Just make sure that their physical condition is not too bad. This can at least reduce the chance of becoming a monster."
"Well, I'll give it a try. "Okay." Yu Chen nodded his head vigorously.
"One more thing." Xia Lian's face suddenly became serious: "Hei Fan, you have made the calculation. As soon as the time of mutation is approaching, take Yuchen and retreat to a safe place immediately, otherwise, forget it. I'm not worried about the holy knights watching you over there, so go ahead." "What about you, Sister Saint?" Yu Chen asked curiously, "Are you going to the church or chapel?"
Xia Lian shook her head: "No, I'm just sitting here and not going anywhere."
"Huh?"
"It's overdraft, okay, just leave me alone and hurry up." "
"Yes, Sister Saint..."
"By the way, Your Highness Xia Lian"
"Huh?"
"Would you like to bring you two oranges back?"
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Chapter 184: The End
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