Sword and Sorcery and Martial Arts

Chapter 215 Nicknames
Rhodes rode a pack horse and wore a set of knight armor to the north gate of the fortress. He only wore a pair of shorts under the knight armor.

It was dusk now, and the soldiers at the north gate were leaning against the city wall listlessly. After seeing him wanting to enter the city, a few soldiers staggered towards him.

A soldier stood up reluctantly and walked a few steps. The next moment he vomited out. After vomiting, he ran to the side again. Rhodes heard a crackling sound.

Rhodes covered his nose with his hand, the puddle of vomit smelled so bad that he couldn't bear it after such a distance.

Did they drink the well water and get poisoned?
This thought flashed through Rhodes' head.

"What's the matter with you?" Rhode approached the group of soldiers enduring the smell, and asked a Nord soldier. This soldier looked very young, only seventeen or eighteen years old, and he looked a little weak now.

"My stomach is a little uncomfortable, I have diarrhea." The soldier replied weakly.

Rhodes took out the coat of arms that Baron gave and shook it in front of them, "You guys should know this coat of arms, right?"

"Yes, my lord, you can go in." The soldiers made way for him.

Rhodes quickly ran towards the castle after entering the fortress, he wanted to know what was going on now.

After arriving at the castle, Rhodes saw that some of the guards next to the castle were in a similar state to the soldiers at the north gate of the fortress.

He took a look at the castle guard with the coat of arms, and then entered the castle hall.

Rhodes was still a little nervous after entering the castle hall. If the king of Nord or other nobles asked him suddenly, he didn't know how to explain it.

Fortunately, he saw Baron and the gray-haired Nord sitting together discussing something when he entered the castle. From the expressions on their faces, it could be seen that the matter they discussed was very important.

Baron noticed Rhodes' arrival.

"As you said, many wells in the fortress have been poisoned, but many soldiers have already drank the poisoned well water." Baron said.

"Then how did you deal with it?" Rhodes asked.

"The toxin doesn't seem to be very powerful. It will only make the poisoned person have diarrhea and vomit. After a day or two, they should be fine. Thanks to the poisoner who is too stingy, he doesn't know how to put more poison into the well water, poison Diluted by well water, it will not poison our hardy soldiers," replied the grey-haired Nord.

"Not only our soldiers, but ordinary people living in the fortress just have diarrhea after drinking the poisonous well water." Baron added.

Rhodes felt that it was not that simple. He thought that the soldiers might have suffered from diseases such as dysentery or cholera.

And the hygiene habits and conditions of those soldiers are not good, even if a few people get it, it may infect everyone else.

"Are you really sure that it will be fine if they finish pulling or vomiting?" Rhodes asked, staring at Baron.

"It should be. Diarrhea is not a serious matter." Baron scratched his bald head.

Rhodes now really hopes that he has the right to give orders. If he can give orders, he will definitely isolate those soldiers who have symptoms for treatment, and burn their vomit and excrement so as not to infect others.

"Did you take any measures?" Rhodes asked again.

"Yes, let those soldiers who are in better condition repair it properly." Baron replied.

"Don't worry so much. Isn't diarrhea a normal thing? This is a sign of detoxification. If you are poisoned, diarrhea will be better." The gray-haired Nord said again.

Rhodes was a little helpless. The world's sanitary conditions and medical conditions were very backward, and it was impossible to confirm whether they were sick or poisoned, or both.

If they didn't have an infectious disease, but really just detoxified after being poisoned, and I suggested that they be isolated, they would definitely be hated by them.

"Well, if you find someone died because of this, you must inform me, and remember to add salt water to those poisoned soldiers." Rhodes sighed, he hoped that he could be tougher, even if there was a [-]% chance of getting sick , but also to separate those who are sick from those who are healthy.

"Okay, do you want to continue the expedition with the king? They are going to attack the castle south of the fortress." Baron suddenly thought of this when he saw Rhodes preparing to leave.

Rhodes stopped in his tracks. He felt that the king of Nord was really irrational, and he might have become a little arrogant due to successive victories.

Not only did many of Nord's soldiers get sick, but they had also experienced so many battles and hadn't had a good rest. It was too aggressive to continue to march like this.

The best way is to stick to the fortress, strengthen the rule of the fortress, and try to turn this fortress into the land of the Nord Kingdom, instead of letting this fortress be yours this year and mine next year.

"I don't want to go. Didn't I capture hundreds of crossbowmen last time? What kind of reward can I get?" Rhodes asked. He felt that Baron must have some secrets, otherwise he would not have been a commoner all the time. stay in this castle as his identity.

"The king told me last time that he is going to give you the title of earl and a large piece of fertile land. You are lucky. We just need to find a young man to set an example for other young people in the kingdom to encourage them to participate in the war." The gray said the Phanod.

Rhodes nodded. It seems that what Baron said last time was not a dream. He may have a little friendship with the king. I don't know how they met. Rhodes has never heard that the king of Nord was young. Been an adventurer.

"You frightened all those crossbowmen. They all called you 'Bloody Butcher'. Many people were curious about what the murderous 'Blood Butcher' they called looked like." Baron said with a smile.

Rhodes didn't expect that he would get such a notoriety, but it's not bad, if he is a murderous butcher in the eyes of those nobles, it is estimated that the nobles will not take the initiative to provoke him.

"When will I swear an oath to the king?" Rhodes asked, he was a little tired of this kind of war now, and wanted to take a good rest for a while.

He got so many martial arts cheats just now, and now he doesn't have time to study them.

"When this year's war is over, the king will hold a grand banquet at Winterfell Stronghold, at which he will announce his reward for you." Baron replied.

"By the way, I think you'd better check to see if there are any spies left by the Roman Empire in the fortress. I met a Marquis of the Empire on the mountain north of the fortress, but he escaped with a magic scroll." De said.

"There must be spies from the Empire in the fortress, otherwise they would not be able to poison the well. We have been investigating before." The gray-haired Nord said.

"I'd like to give you a suggestion. Don't drink the water in the well. Go and clear the blocked rivers in the north of the fortress, so that you can drink clean water." Rhode suddenly thought of this.

When the gray-haired Nord was about to say something after hearing this, a castle guard suddenly ran in.

"What's the matter?" asked the grey-haired Nord.

"Some of our brothers just can't take it anymore and want to kill themselves," the soldier replied...

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(End of this chapter)