Sword and Sorcery and Martial Arts

Chapter 209 Worry
Rhodes and the Nord in black keel armor rode to the south of the fortress, and they stopped in front of a large pool of blood.

"The blood stopped here, what happened to them here?" the Nord man in black armor said to himself.

"Bloodstains reappeared over there, but not much. It may be that the knight caught up with the group of people who fled first here, reminding them of the bloodstain problem, so the bloodstains over there may be to confuse us, but It is also possible that they may consider that we will think so, and deliberately flee in this direction. If we chase in this direction, we will definitely be able to find someone, but it may not be the emperor of the empire." Rhodes gave his own judgment.

Now that it was dawn, Rhode carefully observed his surroundings, hoping to find some clues. Apart from the pool of blood, there was also a piece of soil that had been turned over, and it didn't seem like a battle had taken place here.

It seems that someone wanted to dig something out, and after digging for a while, he chose to give up.

"Go back, it's a waste of time to keep searching. If you have this time, it's better to go and capture the castle over there with the army." The Nord said.

Rhodes nodded. It would be best if he could catch the emperor of the Roman Empire. If he couldn't catch it, it would be fine. The king of Nord didn't bother about such things, so what did he worry about.

"Will the army continue to go south?" Rhodes asked on the road.

"Maybe, we can still fight for a while before winter, and when the road is blocked by heavy snow, we can only wait until next year's autumn harvest." The Nords replied.

"However, this doesn't seem very wise. It is the best choice to manage the fort well. The imperials will definitely find a way to take action to try to regain the fort this year. Defending the city can bring us a great advantage." Rhodes said again.

"What you said makes sense, but remember that offense is the best defense." The Nord replied.

Rhodes decided not to continue arguing with him, saying that it would not be up to them to decide whether to continue to attack or stay in the fortress to defend.

"What should I call you?" Rhodes asked again.

The Nord in black keel armor thought for a while and replied, "I can't tell you this yet."

Rhodes saw him unwilling to speak and didn't want to continue to ask. This person looked very mysterious. Rhodes had never seen him take off his helmet. The person who can have dragon bone armor must be a certain nobleman in the Nord Kingdom. , this person must be very noble, maybe a certain duke.

Go back to the south gate of the fortress, the corpses of those knights and mages are still there.

After dismounting from his horse, Rhodes searched them. Only the mage had something valuable. Rhodes found an amulet and two rings with unknown effects on him.

The amulet must be placed on the chest to exert its effect. Most people wear the amulet around the neck and hang it on the chest, but this will invalidate the magic effect of the necklace.

Rhodes decided to add a purse to the chest of the close-fitting clothes in the future, specially used to put amulets.

The Nord in black keel armor watched Rhodes search for equipment for a while, and then he rode his horse and ran towards the castle.

Rhodes was a little curious about the current situation at the castle. After searching, he also rode towards the castle.

The horses the two of them rode were obtained from the stables of a tavern. The tavern owner tried his best to save them from the mercenaries and Nord soldiers who burned, killed and looted in the fortress. Request requisition.

Although the Nord told the tavern owner that he would send money to make up for his loss in the future, the tavern owner still held a kitchen knife and put on a posture to fight the two of them desperately. In the end, Rhodes paid him a few Gold coins, let them ride the two horses away.

After arriving at the castle, Rhodes was almost vomited by the strong smell of blood here. He originally thought he was immune to this smell and scene, but there were countless broken heads and various organs on the ground, and the red blood matched the intestines. The yellow excrement and white brains still made his scalp tingle.

After fighting for a day and half night, the Nord soldiers leaned against the hard stone wall and fell asleep, not minding the surrounding corpses and disgusting environment at all.

Rhodes felt that riding a horse was really good, at least he wouldn't get such things on his shoes and trousers, and fortunately he didn't eat breakfast, otherwise he would definitely vomit.

He suddenly realized a problem, he needed to clean up these corpses as soon as possible, otherwise it would definitely cause a plague.

There was heavy rain in the fortress due to some kind of magic before, and the ground was still very wet. Although it was approaching winter now, the temperature was not low, and it was still easy for plague to break out.

Rhodes confirmed on the way that the torrential rain in the fortress must have been caused by some kind of magic or other mysterious power. After leaving the fortress, the grass outside was all yellow and dry, as if it hadn't rained for a long time.

Rhodes was walking around the castle on horseback. He wanted to find the Nord man just now. His status should be very high. If he told him about the plague, it should be able to play a role.

Hygiene awareness in this world is backward, which can be seen from the fact that they still drink unboiled water, but their physique is better than that of people on Earth, and it is difficult for ordinary adults to get sick.

However, large-scale plagues and infectious diseases have appeared many times in this world, and even some heroes in epics died of plagues.

Now that so many people died in the fortress, and it was still very damp and not ventilated, it was very easy for plague to break out.

If the plague broke out, at least half of the people in the fortress would die, and even Rhodes himself would be in danger.

Rhodes didn't find the Nord, but he found Hamer, whom he hadn't seen all this time.

"Can you get that uncle of yours to order all the corpses to be burned? If so many corpses pile up in the fortress, a plague may break out." Rhodes didn't exchange greetings with Hamer, and directly talked about his worries.

"Plague? You worry too much. It was caused by the Plague Sect. We haven't seen their people. There will definitely not be a plague here, and don't forget our Nord tradition." Hammer Said with a frown.

Rhodes doesn't believe this. Although there is magic in this world, many rules and principles must be the same as the previous earth.

People of the Plague Sect can spread the plague through spells, but the real cause of the plague is viruses and bacteria. So many corpses are piled up in the fortress with high walls all around, and the humid environment can allow many bacteria to reproduce in large numbers, which causes many infectious disease.

"It's okay to burn the corpses of the Imperials, and then put the corpses of our Nords into coffins." Rhodes said anxiously.

"I can't decide these things, and everyone doesn't have time now. I have to count the casualties. We will talk about other things later." Hammer walked to the side after finishing speaking.

Rhodes sighed, he still had to rely on himself for a lot of things, if he wanted them to believe his rhetoric before taking action, the plague might have killed most of them.

He stood there, thinking about how he could save the 10 people in the fortress by himself.

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(End of this chapter)