Chapter 403 Why is your face purple?
The tall city walls were covered with bloodstains and broken arrows and spears, and both sides were covered by huge siege engines.
Hundreds of guards covered up the fear in their hearts with war cries, quickly climbed up the stairs of the siege vehicle, and rushed to the city wall.
What greeted them was a vampire vine that was as tall as one person and had been fed blood for three days.
The arm-thick vines were hacking away like an octopus, and wherever they touched, pieces of furry flesh were scraped off.
The soldiers were thrown off the wall or drained of blood, leaving only a dead skeleton falling from the wall to the ground.
Soon, these hundreds of guards retreated from the city wall with a roar, and a wave of farmers who came from the nearby area cried for their fathers and mothers and continued to move towards the city wall along the siege vehicles. Climb.
Peasants and guards alternately attacked the city in order to consume the magic power of the witch Catherine.
Continuous use of spells will put great pressure on the witch's spirit, and it is very likely that she will become violent.
This is a desperate solution based on the advice of the witcher consultant.
After all, the magic of the witch Catherine is too outrageous. It can not only spawn plants but also control them in large quantities.
In front of the blood-sucking vine, a knight of the Order will be attacked if he is not careful on the battlefield.
Furthermore, Catherine has been trained to cast spells at an extremely long distance, so it is difficult for the church's suppressive magic to hit her.
The witcher once tried to assassinate her, but the witch is now protected by the Black Rider of Kush and the wizard of Black Snake Bay. Some of them died.
Not only did it have no effect, Mittern almost pulled out all the hidden wires in the city.
After the fire, Rapid City actually managed to survive for about a week, which was beyond everyone's expectations.
If it weren’t for the witch in the city, they would have captured the city long ago.
What happened to the Thousand Valley Church? Why are there so many witches hiding in Qianhe River Valley?
A witch Jeanne appeared from the east, and a witch Catherine appeared from the west.
You must know that the probability of a witch being born is one in a million, and the probability of becoming an adult is one in a million.
Black Snake Bay gathers witches from all over the empire, and there are only ten witches who are still active.
How come there are so many witches popping up in the Qianhe River Valley Church, one of its main tax sources? Is this reasonable?
With complaints against Constance in his heart, Arman returned from the front line of the battlefield with a group of senior church army officials.
Dismounting, the group walked among the messy tents and temporary blacksmith shops. As far as they could see, there were peasant women holding barrels and clay pots on their heads, as well as patrolling soldiers.
Whenever Arman and others passed by, the soldiers and farmers had to carefully step aside and lower their heads, even with a barrel on their head. There was no room for hesitation.
"Your Excellency Arman, Your Excellency Arman." But at this moment, a bearded middle-aged knight rushed out from the side and stopped in front of Arman.
“Who?”
“Get away, pariah!”
Two halberds immediately came out and placed them on the middle-aged knight’s neck, holding him He was so strong that he took two steps back.
"Who are you?" Pressing the shoulders of the two knights, Arman looked up and down at the poor knight wearing a rough linen lining, "Tell me your family background, knight."
"I am Desai of the Tallaner family." The knight stood up to himself amid the thorny sights around him, and performed a standard aristocratic salute, "I was hired by Lord Barneyforth."
He bowed too much, revealing the small hole in the waist of his linen blend shirt, and the surrounding attendants and knights all snickered.
They all knew in their hearts that this was a knight who was so poor that he had to become a hired knight.
He was quite brave, he actually dared to intercept Arman.
Standing up straight, the knight named Desai continued regardless: "Your Excellency, there is a problem with the logistics supply of the medicine. After we drank it, we developed cyanosis of varying degrees."
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The so-called cyanosis is a rare medical discovery by imperial doctors. It manifests as the skin of the face and palms turning dark purple, which is the result of "excessive black bile."
“Cyanosis?” Arman was stunned for a moment, and then asked strangely, “Isn’t it normal for cyanosis to appear in such a long and fierce siege battle?
We will be able to attack the city soon. Let’s go to the city. If you don’t hold back, I will let you grab it when the time comes.”
These extraordinary knights drink potion almost every two days, and the blood potion concentration is quite high, plus it is still there. Cyanosis can easily occur if breathing techniques are used at high intensity.
"Your Excellency, this is not a question of whether to grab it or not. The onset of disease is too fast. It is not easy for darker people to see, but anyone who is slightly whiter..."
"Okay." Count Koma said impatiently, "A little cyanosis will scare you. Mr. Arman has so many things to do, how can he have time to chat with you?"
Arman stopped Koma and said gently He said to Desai: "We are about to have a military meeting. How about your follow-up contact with Count Koma about this matter? I will ask him for news from time to time."
Desai looked at it Anyone could see the doubt in the eyes of the arrogant Count Coma, but he still got out of the way. Arman didn't blame him for blocking the road and gave him a solution in a face-saving manner. He definitely couldn't do it again.
“My tent is over there.” Koma pointed to a tent with a blue heraldic flag hanging on his face, “You want to find me, and The attendant said, as long as I am here, they will let you in."
Count Coma left these words and trotted to catch up with Arman and walked towards the Chinese army camp.
But after taking a few steps, he turned around again, turned his head and looked carefully at Desai not far away, and then continued walking towards the camp.
Opening the tent door curtain, the smell of spices, grease, rot, heather mixed with the smell of feet hit your face.
Even Arman couldn't help but pinch his nose, looking like his eyes were smoked.
There were several tables set up in the camp, and the nobles sat around chattering, discussing women and wine.
The carpet was covered with leftover chicken bones from yesterday's meal, and even though the tabletop had been wiped clean, there were still oil and wine stains, which even blurred the map.
In the entire tent, only Arman's single seat was clean.
"I'm going to change my clothes first." Arman said to the nobles in the tent, "When I come back, the military meeting will officially begin."
See Arman go with his attendants After changing his clothes, Count Koma looked around and found that almost no one was paying attention to him.
He then carried the robe decorated with golden cross stars, shrank his body, and slipped behind Countess Marika behind the desk.
"Ms. Marika, just outside, a knight named Desai seemed to have discovered the potion. Should we..."
Count Koma knew very well what Desai said.
For this battle, Arman and Barneyfors emptied most of the warehouses in Qianhehe Valley Parish and brought in a large amount of medicine regardless of their expenses.
Including khan potion, spider potion, anti-wave dragon potion, etc., there are even many potions made from Warcraft meat, which are quite precious.
So Coma, who was in charge of logistics, discussed with Baroness Malika and felt that it was normal for the war to be protracted and consume more medicine.
At most, you can just pour some wine in to dilute it during the inspection.
Then Koma communicated with several nobles who were in charge of this aspect, wrote a note himself, and asked them to send their men to get a few batches out, and then share the money together.
But the bad thing is that in order to keep confidentiality, Koma interviewed each nobleman individually, and he also spoke in a vague manner.
As a result, other nobles thought that they were the only ones doing it, and felt that taking more would not have any impact.
So, the final result was that three times the intended amount of medicine was taken out.
The warehouse managers at the bottom didn't even dare to say anything, thinking that they were acting independently. Only Knight Desai discovered some clues.
It wasn’t until he got the money that Count Coma was shocked to find out why there was so much extra money.
When Koma took the medicines to test again, he found that the concentration of these medicines was less than half of the original.
As for the cyanosis symptoms of the knights, it was caused by drinking low-quality diluted medicine.
"Desai of the Tallaner family?" In Coma's expectant eyes, Countess Mallika wiped her thick fingers on the handkerchief, "He is a relative of the new bishop Shirley, don't Move him.”
"What should we do? How about we demote him to the lowest level of squad leader?"
"No, promote him, transfer him to a squadron, and give him more opportunities to go to the battlefield. Just don't let him stay in the back office." Baroness Marika shook her greasy head and said in a voice as strong as a man's.
After all, Desai was born into a noble family, and there was also the new red archbishop Xie Li behind him. After reprimanding him, he would only stubbornly continue to search for the truth.
If he was made the captain of the cavalry squadron and allowed to go to the battlefield more, not only would there be no time to continue the investigation, but even if Xie Li came, it would be hard to say anything.
“Okay, I’ll contact you right away.”
Count Koma was about to leave, but was stopped by Marika. She glared at Koma with stern eyes: "Before we leave Rapids City, we must balance the accounts. Do you understand what I mean?"
"I understand, I understand." Earl Koma responded with sweat dripping from his back.
Although Koma and Malika are both counts, his father is just a minor baron, and Malika was born into the Osla family.
The current Duke of Osla, Omes, is a person who even the old pope wants to save face. Some people even say that the Thorn Garden is the back garden of the Osla family.
The only chance to settle the accounts is during the chaotic period when Rapid City was broken.
Before that, please pay more attention.
"Your Excellency Arman is back, sit down quickly!"
Earl Coma immediately recovered from his worries and stood up straight.
(End of this chapter)