Sword and Sorcery and Martial Arts

Chapter 221 Drug Effect and Arrangement (4000 words)
The practice time always passed quickly. Rhodes felt that he had just started practicing, and Gilbert came to tell him that the time was up and the medicine was ready.

Rhodes followed him into the room, and the room was filled with the unique smell of traditional Chinese medicine. It smelled a little bitter, but it made people feel comfortable.Rhodes remembered that he was different from many people before crossing, especially when he was a child, other children were afraid of taking medicine, but he took medicine like candy, not because he was often sick but because he liked to take medicine, even if It is those medicines that others think are too bitter to drink, but he thinks they are delicious.

"I'll find a few sick people to try." Rhodes walked out with the pot in hand. The medicine needs to be taken while it is warm. Gilbert has removed the dregs in the medicine, leaving only the medicine soup.

Rhodes rode on a pack horse and ran to the castle. This time he decided to experiment with sick prisoners. This medicine is not as risky as the medicine that required injection last time. Most people will not have any harm after drinking this medicine soup. question.

He felt that it was a waste to give the chance of treatment to those prisoners on death row. Anyway, they would always be executed, and those prisoners still had a chance to live in the future.

"Where do you keep the prisoners?" Rhodes asked a familiar castle guard.

"I'll take you there." The castle guard changed his previous attitude and showed great respect to Rhodes, which made Rhodes a little puzzled.

Rhodes followed the castle guard to the dungeon next to the castle. Walking on the stairs leading to the dungeon, Rhodes smelled a disgusting stench. The smell inside was more uncomfortable than the previous guard tower, adding some musty smell and rotten smell.

"You go up first." Rhodes turned to the castle guard and said.

Rhodes carried the pot and walked down the stairs to the depths of the dungeon. A jailer stopped him, and Rhodes took out the coat of arms given to him by Duke Ulver.

"I need to pick a few prisoners to test the effect of the medicine." He said to the jailer, and Rhodes put the pot containing the medicine on the table next to the jailer.

The jailer just nodded without speaking, and then he took Rhodes with a torch and walked deeper into the dungeon.

After a while, the jailer stopped and caught the light of the torch in his hand. Rhodes saw that the iron fence next to him was full of soldiers from the empire, and their eyes revealed pain and despair.

They were infected with the plague and imprisoned in such a harsh environment, they no longer had any hope of surviving.

"I need to find a few people to test the effect of the medicine. It might be able to cure your diseases." Rhodes said loudly to the prisoners, "Those who voluntarily try can live in a better environment, and I can Promise that freedom will be returned to them in the future."

"Don't believe him, he killed more people than us here. He is lying to us, who knows what kind of poison his medicine is, maybe drinking it is worse than dying." A person said loudly, Rhodes recognize his voice.It was the officer who ordered resistance, but was beaten to the ground by his own soldiers.

"I want to try!" A weak voice came, as if it was the crossbowman who hit the officer just now. Rhodes was still quite impressed with the two of them.

The man was beaten to a bloody mess, with all kinds of dirty excrement all over his body.

Rhodes felt that the other prisoners might blame him for the tragic situation they are encountering now, because he took the lead in resisting the officer's order and chose to surrender. After arriving in the dungeon, everyone teamed up to bully him.

"Anyone else wants to come?" Rhodes asked, the jailer next to him opened the cell door, and the man climbed out with difficulty.

"What a pathetic person! He believed the butcher's nonsense again." The officer said loudly again, his voice much weaker than before.

"This may be your only hope of survival. If this medicine is really effective, it will not be your turn in the future." Rhodes continued, he gave the captives the power to choose, and did not force them to come. test.

"Me!" A young crossbowman mustered up the courage to speak, he looked younger than Rhodes, only fifteen or sixteen years old.

Rhodes nodded and signaled the jailer to open his cell door.

"No more?" Rhodes asked again, and the prisoners in the cage stared at him with hostile and wary eyes.

Rhodes shook his head helplessly, and then walked up the stairs with the jailer and the two prisoners.

The two prisoners walked very hard, and the plague made them extremely weak, which was more uncomfortable than a high fever.

When they arrived at the jailer's resting place, Rhodes asked him for two wooden bowls, picked up the pot and poured out a bowl for each of them, did he just pour out all the medicinal soup in the pot? Just as the two prisoners were hesitating, he It suddenly occurred to me that I might vomit after drinking this medicine.

"Go out and drink." Rhodes carried the pot back to the ground with the two captives.

The two captives, who hadn't seen the sun for a few days, couldn't keep their eyes open for a while.

"It's ready to drink." Rhodes said to the two prisoners who were standing unsteadily in front of them.

The mangled prisoner mustered up his courage and drank the strange-smelling medicinal soup in the wooden bowl. The young soldier also took a deep breath and drank all the medicinal soup.

Not long after drinking it, the two captives vomited out.

Rhodes had been prepared for a long time, he had already retreated to a distance, and the vomit did not splash on him.

Then he used the fire tongue technique to burn all the vomit on the ground, so as not to infect others.

"I feel better." The young prisoner bent over and said.

"That's so fast, you are just a placebo effect now." Rhodes remembered that drinking this medicine would make him vomit.

"I suddenly feel like going to the toilet." The young prisoner said again.

"You go." Rhodes pointed to a toilet next to the dungeon.

The young prisoner ran over quickly, and the bloody prisoner hesitated for a while and followed. Rhodes felt that the spirit of the two of them was really better than before.The severely beaten prisoner could only crawl before, but after drinking the medicine and vomiting, he was able to walk.

While waiting for the two captives to go to the bathroom, Rhodes purified the armor with flames.

It didn't take long for the two of them to come out of the toilet. The young prisoner changed from his previous weakness, and now he looks much better.

This medicine should be taken three times a day, but people in this world have better physical fitness, and it is possible to recover after taking it once.

"Can I eat something? I feel so hungry." The young prisoner finally said after hesitating for a long time.

"Go and help me find two sets of clean clothes," Rhodes said to the castle guard who was still here.

"Take off your clothes first." Rhodes said to the two prisoners again.

The two captives looked puzzled, but followed Rhodes' instructions.

Rhodes burned the two of them to ashes. Looking at the two dirty captives in front of him, he took out the wooden barrel in the system space, used the mage ball to control the water in the wooden barrel, and used the flame tongue technique to blow the water away. Heat up, and take a bath for the two captives in front of you.

After finishing these, the castle guard had already returned here with two sets of clothes.

The two prisoners took the clothes, said thank you, and put them on quickly.

"Come with me." Rhodes put away the wooden barrel, turned around and walked towards the castle with the two prisoners. The young prisoner seemed to have returned to normal, but his body was still slightly weak.

And the prisoner who was beaten badly was much better than before.

The meeting in the castle was over, and Rhode walked in with two prisoners, and he happened to meet Baron in the hall.

"Who are these two people?" Baron stood up and asked curiously.

"The two of them just took the medicine we just developed." Rhodes replied, "You settle the two of them, and I'll go back and bring someone over."

Rhodes left the castle after speaking, and rode back to the grocery store on a pack horse.

"Did that medicine work?" Gilbert asked curiously.

"It's useful. You bring the medicinal materials needed to make the medicinal soup. Let's go to the castle together. Later, you will teach others how to make the medicinal soup." Rhodes said quickly.

"Let me teach others?" Gilbert asked unsurely. "I'm not unwilling to teach? But can I do it?"

"Don't worry so much. Go and get your things ready. You definitely don't have enough medicinal materials here. I'll let others take the medicinal materials you provided and compare them to other grocery stores to buy." Rhodes urged.

If you start making medicinal soup earlier, those who are sick can get out of pain earlier. If it is delayed too late, their lives may be in danger.

Many Nord soldiers had already been wounded in battle and contracted the plague from drinking the poisoned well water.

"Let's go." Gilbert came out with a big bag, which was full of medicinal materials.

"You know how to ride a horse?" Rhodes asked as he walked.

"No." Gilbert was a little embarrassed.

"Then let's go over there." Rhodes was going to get another horse for Gilbert to ride with him.

His pack horse can only sit one person, and it is a bit difficult to drag him.

The two walked to the castle together, and the guards of the castle did not stop them when they saw that Rhodes was bringing Gilbert.

Gilbert was not surprised when he saw this situation. In his heart, he had long regarded Rhodes as a nobleman of Nord, otherwise he would not have given out so much money.And he is also very clear about what Rhodes did before the Nords attacked the city. Even the famous Marquis Dempsey died in Rhodes' hands.

This was the first time Gilbert walked into the castle of the fortress. He looked around curiously as he walked, not knowing what was going on in his mind.

"How are the two captives now?" Rhodes asked after seeing Baron.

"It should be fine. They all ate deliciously, and there was no stomachache or vomiting afterwards." Baron replied.

"Are there many healthy soldiers now? We need their help to make medicine." Rhodes said again.

"I don't know about this, you might as well ask the guard at the door." Baron spread his hands.

After hearing this, Rhodes ran out and called all the guards at the gate of the castle in. Including the guards inside the castle, there were more than 30 of them now.

"How many people can drink these medicinal materials?" Rhodes asked Gilbert.

"Probably more than 100 people." Gilbert estimated.

"Each of you take a set of medicinal materials to the grocery store in the city to buy them, and they need to come to the castle to get the money for purchasing the medicinal materials." Rhodes said to the castle guards.

Thousands of Guangnuode soldiers were infected, and even more residents in the fortress were infected. There should be 2 or [-] people. If it wasn't for early isolation, the number would have at least doubled.

Rhodes didn't understand that the king of Nord was still taking a large group of healthy soldiers out at this time, so he wasn't worried about the residents of the fortress rioting?

If the residents of the fortress unite to resist, the soldiers they can fight now will not be able to stop them at all.

"Let's start preparing the pot for boiling the medicine." Rhodes said to Baron and Gilbert after seeing the soldiers leave.

"Actually, soldiers who are sick can do this kind of thing, and it's not like they can't do anything now." Baron said.

Rhodes thought for a while, and felt that this could be the case. Those medicines were easy to boil, and they were drinking them for themselves anyway, so there was nothing to worry about.

"That's it, where did the Duke go?" Rhodes asked again. He thought it would be better for the Duke to do this kind of thing. If he went, if the soldiers knew that he was the one who proposed the idea of ​​isolation, he said Maybe it will directly tear him to pieces.

"Should be coming back soon. He went to trouble those merchants. They are so black-hearted, and they don't know when the supplies from the rear will be delivered." Baron yawned.

I don't know if the people in these caravans will be infected with the plague and then spread to other places.

Rhode found a chair and sat down. Today was a busy day for him, running around without a chance to rest.

"After the things here are over, do you still want to continue to be an adventurer?" Rhodes looked at Baron and asked.

Baron hesitated for a while before answering, "Actually, I don't know what to do. It's not bad to be an adventurer. At least you can see scenery that many people never see in their lifetime. Remember the Spine of the World - Nord St. A view of the mountains?"

"Of course I remember, the sky I saw there was colorful." Rhodes had all the memories of the original owner, and recalled that experience after a while.

"I'm going to go there again. It is said that it is the origin of magic. I didn't realize anything last time. I think it should be okay this time." Baron said seriously.

Rhodes didn't know what to understand about nature. Why did the sun rise in the east and set in the west?Why do plants wither?

All the knowledge he has learned before can be explained.

Thinking about it this way, he is actually more suitable to be a sage who explores the mysteries of truth. The knowledge he learned before time travel will definitely limit his thinking about studying magic.

At this time, Duke Ulver came in from the door.

"Those stupid businessmen actually want to fool me. Fortunately, we still have a few nobles who are proficient in arithmetic." He walked over with a smile.

Looking at him, Rhodes felt that there was a high probability that he was deceived by the alliance of merchants and nobles, but this matter will be discussed later, and the matter of the plague is more important now.

He stepped forward to explain his arrangement to Duke Ulver...

　I feel that the recent plot is a bit delayed, so I'd better end this paragraph quickly.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)