Goddess Wanhua Mirror

Lude was trying to find out about the situation with the locals, and it would be best if he could meet Viscount Maple, when a group of masked men rushed over not far away.According to the other party's clothes, Lu De identified the other party as a priest and monk of the God of War Sect.Although the leader only showed a pair of eyes, Lude still recognized him.

"Bishop Ural?"

"Master Lude, I'm looking forward to you!"

Slightly pulling away the white cloth covering his face, Ural showed his true face, and then quickly put the white cloth back tightly.

Wearing a mask and reducing skin exposure, these anti-epidemic methods, were all learned by Ural from Lud during his visit to Pine Town last year, and are now used by him in Oyster Harbor.

After the two sides met, Ural looked at the ten ferries behind Lude and the dwarf volunteers who kept disembarking, and was filled with emotion for a moment.

The priests of their God of War Sect are not good at healing magic, and even have to bear a certain degree of DEBUFF because of their own gods' preference for scars.

Now that the epidemic situation in Oyster Harbor is so severe, they came here to support them as if they were rushing ducks to the shelves. It can be said that they are quite uncertain.And the arrival of Lu De made them who knew the specialty of the God of Medicine Sect feel an indescribable sense of stability from the bottom of their hearts, just like seeing the backbone.

"Master, the situation here is completely out of control! Before you arrived, there were seven sects including our War God Sect, and there were 28 priests in total. I thought there were so many priests, and there were more than 100 priests in one day. Magic, but the speed of infection is faster than this, and because of a bad incident before, the local civilians have completely distrusted their lords, and the infected people not only hide in Tibet, but even attack us!"

When it comes to those local troublemakers who "do not know what is good and what is bad", Ural's face is full of helplessness.

As a religious person, but also a middle-level and high-level cadre at the protagonist level, Ural certainly understands the simple and easy-to-understand maxim that "foolish people are friends of religion".But when these foolish people who are easily fooled and incited stand on the opposite side of themselves, the feeling is completely different!

During these days of supporting Oyster Harbor, Ural has yelled at these "brainless idiots" more than once in front of his disciples. He obviously came to rescue them, but they ended up running around the city like frightened mice Running around, some lunatics even took out knives to stab themselves, and it was impossible to communicate with them normally.

And what makes Ural speechless is that the crisis is already so serious. If it really spreads, the entire northern part of the kingdom will be devastated. No one in their churches can survive alone, but the priests of the big sects who came to support are still intriguing. , as if it were an instinct.

For a moment, Ural even felt a kind of heartfelt despair because of his tired heart.I feel that human beings like this are not worth saving at all!

Under the leadership of Ural, Lude and his party soon came to the city hall.

Along the way, Lu De observed the surroundings of the street. Most of the houses had their doors closed. Some of them were completely dark, while others still had lights and figures.The heavily armed city guards passed by from time to time, and occasionally they could meet residents who came out in a hurry to buy daily necessities.

What made Lude frowned was that, except for himself and Ural, none of the locals wore masks, and they didn't even cover their faces with a piece of cloth.

"Bishop Ural, you've been here for a while, haven't you reminded the lord to order the residents to wear masks?"

"How could I not have said it!? But it is useless to say it! This is the main hall of the Northern Diocese of the Kingdom of the Goddess of the Four Seasons, and there is a bishop sitting in charge. A god of war teaches, don’t express useless opinions in areas that you are not good at, I can’t even refute them, shit!”

When mentioning the local Four Seasons Goddess Sect, Ural's tone clearly contained strong resentment.The opposing bishop is a squinting old fox named Evan Ruth.Ural admitted that the other party treated a large number of infected people during the epidemic, but it was precisely this guy who was deliberately eccentric on many issues, and publicly sang against Ural who raised his opinions.

Affected by the inherent impression that the God of War religion is not good at healing magic, Lord Maple obviously believed in Evan Ruth more than Ural.

In order to solve this serious plague crisis, Evan Ruth has proposed to the lord that a massive sacrificial ceremony should be held in the local area, requiring all residents of the city to take an oath of torture collectively in the ceremony, and at the same time let May Viscount Pu offered his youngest pair of sons and daughters in exchange for the mercy of the goddess of the seasons, and repeatedly stated that only in this way can everyone in the city be saved!

End of this chapter

In the luxuriously decorated city hall, the scene that was originally full of people's voices suddenly became completely silent with the arrival of Lude and others.Everyone's eyes were focused on their very "weird" clothes, and the surprised eyes seemed to see someone walking to the wrong set.

At this time, a knight wearing a full set of metal plate armor came over, pointed at Lude and others and asked Ural who led them in.

"Bishop Ural, who are these...?"

"Let me introduce you. These are the followers of the God of Medicine Sect who came from Pine Town in the north to support them. I don't think there are any people here who haven't heard of the name of Master Lude?"

As soon as Ural's words came out, it seemed that he flattered Lude a little, but in fact it was not too exaggerated.With the current popularity of Lude and the God of Medicine Sect in the northern part of the Kingdom, it may be too much to say that they are well-known, but they are no longer unknown unknowns.

Especially on the side of Oyster Harbor, it can be said that this is the first place where the God of Medicine Sect made its name outside of Pine Tree Village.

Those businessmen who were doing business with Lu De back then brought the magical medicine "Evelina's Tears" to the local annual Sea God Auction. Once the medicine was released, it caused a great sensation.After all, before this, the public has never seen a super potion with a curative effect comparable to that of a magic spell.

As a result, these bottles of potions were highly sought after at the auction, and the bottle with the highest bidding price was forcibly raised to [-] gold coins because there were two local tyrants fighting for wealth at the time.When the news came back to Pine Tree Village, even Lu De couldn't help being a little dumbfounded, feeling that people are stupid and have a lot of money.

In view of this, when Ural announced Lude's name on his behalf, the eyes of everyone present looked a little different from before.

Some people rejoiced, but others frowned, as if they were not very happy about the arrival of Lude and others.Almost without exception, the sources of such gazes are some religious figures.

Regarding the arrival of Lude and others, except for a few local officials and nobles who took the initiative to greet them, the priests of other sects just nodded their heads from afar, or ignored them arrogantly.

From their point of view, although the God of Medicine Sect has gained some fame in the northern border with its unique medicine, it is still only a third-rate sect with a diocese of only one town and an estimated 2000 believers.This kind of low-level character, not only did not take the initiative to come up to worship the "mountain", but also pretended to be arrogant after entering the house without even taking off his mask, and he took himself too seriously.

After Lude entered the house and waited for a while, an old man dressed as a housekeeper appeared in the hall and loudly announced the arrival of the lord. Then Lude saw a melancholy uncle with a haggard look coming out surrounded by several knights. .

Seeing this, everyone present stood up and saluted. Only a fat man in a green robe came out of the crowd. Instead of bowing to the Viscount like everyone else present, he stretched out his right hand to let the Viscount bow his head and kiss him. A four-color gemstone ring worn on the middle finger.

Lude recognized the other party as Evan Ruth, the bishop of the Northern Diocese of the Kingdom of the Goddess of the Four Seasons. This giant man, who may be over two meters tall, looks like a mountain of meat when he is punched there. I can't open it.

Regarding Evan Ruth, based on the information that Lude currently knows, this guy is a bishop with great business skills, but he is also a scandal-ridden black-hearted stickler.The other party was appointed as the bishop of the Northern Diocese of the Duran Kingdom five years ago. After taking office, he has indeed been very effective. The number of baptized believers has doubled compared to before he took office, and the fundraising has more than tripled.

However, after he took office, rumors continued to emerge that Evan Ruth secretly used many dirty methods in order to compete with other sects for believers, including but not limited to framing, assassination and so on.

However, most of these rumors are speculative, and there is basically no evidence. On the contrary, several cases of framing Evan Ruth were reported and exposed, which indirectly made Evan Ruth's reputation.

However, as far as he suggested that Viscount Maple engage in collective asceticism and live sacrifices to boys and girls, Lude and him are not in the same way. In short, this guy should be very difficult to deal with.

After the Viscount arrived, he sat down on the main seat in the hall. From head to toe, he showed a strong sense of depression, with dark circles under his eyes like pandas.

Under Ural's recommendation, Lude and his party went up to say hello to the Viscount.The other party showed a tired smile, thanked the God of Medicine for their assistance, and then turned to ask his housekeeper to arrange accommodation for Lude and his party.

"Master Viscount, if possible, I hope to live closer to the isolation area, so that it is more convenient to treat diseases and save lives."

As soon as Lu De's words came out, there was a burst of whispering in the audience. Like a chameleon, some people immediately put on a sneering face, and even deliberately used a voice that others could hear to ridicule Lu De for wanting to gain fame.

In the current Oyster Port, the Viscount has ordered the entire territory to be sealed off, ordering all infected persons to take the initiative to go to the quarantine area to be controlled, otherwise, if they are discovered, not only will they be executed on the spot, but also the shelter and their relatives will also be punished.

Under the deterrence of such harsh laws, although the entire territory was panicked, it did play a certain role in restraint. About [-] infected people voluntarily went to the quarantine area, mainly the poor at the bottom.

Many people actually know that the so-called "quarantine zone" is actually a piece of land so that these civilian infected people can roll in and fend for themselves.Those well-dressed priests and lords will not use their precious magic skills on them untouchables.

In contrast, the wealthy class in the city is much more stable. These rich people are not afraid of being infected at all. As long as the plague is not imminent, they don't have to worry about dying before the poor.

The number of these low-level civilians who voluntarily accepted isolation has exceeded [-], and it is still increasing. Even they themselves are desperate, but now Lude says that he wants to manage them!

At this time, a priest wearing a green robe and a green hat came out more and more, and asked with a sneer on his face.

"May I ask this Master Lude, how many priests have you taught this time?"

"Counting my humble servant, there are two of them."

"Only two?"

"Yes, me and my disciple."

"Hahaha... Did you all hear that? Two priests came from the God of Medicine Sect, trying to save 2000 people!"

Deliberately making an extremely exaggerated laugh, the green hat priest did not hide his malice at all.Lu De glanced at the emblem on the other party's robe. It was a priest of the Lake God Sect. This sect was at the third-tier level. There is also a nickname among the gods called "brother god".

Even such a faceless god, his sect is naturally not something that has been put on the table.

End of this chapter

Ignoring the "brother priest" who hurriedly jumped out to beg for beatings, Lude went straight to Viscount Maple as the lord, took off the mask and hood on his face, and begged the other party in a very sincere tone.

"My lord, it is true that my disciples and I cannot save 2000 people at once with divine magic, but divine magic is not the only way to save people in this world. The goddess Evelyn I teach Na is known as a god with medicine, and those of us who follow the goddess also practice our beliefs by curing diseases and saving lives. I know that you may not trust me, and I cannot make a [-]% guarantee of success, but please give us a way to save more people Chance!"

After Lu De finished speaking, he took half a step back and bowed deeply to the lord. The scene became silent for a while. The priest who had deliberately provoked before was stunned in place at the moment, with an embarrassing expression on his face.

He originally wanted to find fault with Lu De to quarrel with him, pull the opponent into his best field, and then defeat him with his rich experience.But Lude ignored his provocation at all, and the set of rhetoric and posture just now did not make any mistakes. On the contrary, it made him look more like a clown.

Viscount Maple, who sat on the chief seat, stared at Lude for a moment, then turned his head and gave instructions to his old butler.

"Marbo, you can arrange a suitable place for me near East Street as Master Lude's residence. If Master needs anything, please do your best to meet it."

"Yes, sir."

Smiling and nodding to Lu De, the butler Mo Bo immediately stepped forward and motioned Lu De to come with him.Before leaving the hall, Lude once again saluted the lord, Viscount Maple, and then nodded to Bishop Evan Ruth, who was beside him.

The group left the city hall and took the carriage arranged by the housekeeper Marble to the downtown East Street.This area is the backup storage area of ​​Oyster Harbor, far away from the main residential area, so it was chosen as the isolation area for the infected people.

On the way to the destination by car, Roina, who had been following Lude before, asked a little angrily.

"Master, those guys are too arrogant! They didn't pay attention to us at all. I remember you said on the boat before that these magic sticks don't understand epidemic prevention at all, so why didn't you tell the lord just now?" Woolen cloth?"

"Silly girl, we are newcomers, and we'll point fingers at other people's affairs and belittle others as soon as we come up. Would you believe me if you were the lord?"

"I……"

"Master, I didn't say anything just now because I knew it would be useless to say it! There are a bunch of sects gathered in the whole Oyster Harbor. They seem to be saving people, but they are not of one mind at all. Just like the situation in the city hall just now , if I really make any suggestion to the lord, someone will immediately jump out and sing against me. In the end, I will only fall into an endless war of words. So it is better to do it first, and directly present irrefutable achievements, so as to block Shut the mouths of others."

Not long after, the carriage arrived at the place, and the place the housekeeper Ma Bo found was a two-story building with a yard.The conditions can only be said to be average, but the housekeeper said apologetically that this is already the best house near East Street.

Fortunately, Lu De knew that he was not here for tourism. Seeing that the house was clean inside and outside, and the yard was not small, he was not picky.

At this time, Lu De asked the housekeeper if he could go to the isolation area for a field inspection while it was still early, and the housekeeper's expression suddenly became a little troubled.

"My lord, I really don't recommend you to enter the isolation area after the sun goes down. There are more than 2000 patients locked up there. You just go in if you want. What happened, I can't afford it!"

"Are the infected hostile to the clergy?"

"Whoever is thrown into that ghostly place to die will not be willing."

"It sounds like the conditions in the quarantine area are not good."

"Oh! How could it be possible? Two-thirds of the people in the entire Viscount Land rely on the sea for food, mainly fishing and doing business, and the food has to be transported from outside. The sea is closed in winter and the port cannot be left. It is hard to survive until the beginning of spring. It was thawed, but it happened to me like this, how much food is left!"

The old butler did not explain the situation in the quarantine area, but explained to Lude the current predicament that the Viscounty is facing.The local area has fallen into a certain degree of food crisis, and naturally cannot provide sufficient food supplies for a group of infected people who have decided to abandon them.

A very real, but cruel reason at the same time!

At this time, Lu De suddenly remembered something. In the interior hall, he seemed to only see local officials and representatives of priests of various sects. He really wanted to know where the local ordinary medical workers were?

The resulting answer made people both speechless and angry.

As the first group to come into contact with patients, the local pharmacists in Oyster Harbor were the first to join the frontline of the fight against the epidemic, but they were obviously unable to fight against this terrible plague with their limited skills. Infection, in the end, because it failed to stop the outbreak, it became a bucket for fools to vent their anger.

At present, the remaining pharmacists in Oyster Harbor are imprisoned in the isolation area just like the infected people.But these doctors did not give up. Even though all their efforts were ridiculed as "useless work" by the noble priests, some people still insisted on "saving lives and healing the wounded".

Through the conversation, Lu De found that the old housekeeper actually sympathized with these doctors. Although they failed to stop the outbreak, each doctor did his best, and many of them even gave their lives.

However, the grievances of the people always need someone to bear. They dare not provoke the lords and officials, let alone get angry at the priests who rely on theocracy, so the doctors become the "weaker people" who want to be attacked by the weak.

People cursed doctors unscrupulously, called them "incompetent" viciously, spat at them and their families, and threw dirty things, as if the doctor was the embodiment of the disease, and as an "innocent weak", he could pass this Ways to hurt others to avoid getting infected yourself.

And when faced with the only priest in the city who has the ability to cure the plague, these foolish people tried their best to flatter and flatter, but they only got indifference from the priest, or a few words of comfort.

After all, the magical power bestowed by the gods is a precious power, so naturally it will not be used on those lowly people who have nothing to earn.

After listening to the butler's narration, Lu De was filled with emotions for a moment, but he also strengthened his determination to go to the quarantine area to see these sad and respectable "incompetents".

End of this chapter

From the residence arranged by the housekeeper Ma Bo to the isolation area, it only takes less than 100 meters to walk, and the entrance to the East Street is located after crossing a bridge.

This was originally one of the three slums in Oyster Harbor City, and it was also the place where the plague first broke out.There used to be three or four thousand residents, but now there are only about two thousand infected people who were abandoned here.

According to the lord's order, the city guards built a wall to completely surround this area and used it as a concentration camp to isolate the infected. The archers on the sentry tower outside the wall would ensure that the patients inside could not escape alive.

The old butler wasn't afraid that Lude would be infected. After all, magic could cure all diseases. He hadn't heard of any priest who would ignore himself in order to save others.What the old housekeeper was afraid of was that when Lu De entered the quarantine area, the desperate infected people inside would do some irrational behavior.

Regarding the old housekeeper's worries, Lu De only smiled slightly, and then lifted his robe, revealing the "Fire Qilin" he carried with him.

"I'm here to save people, so how can I conflict with patients?"

"..."

Under Lude's repeated insistence, the old butler finally nodded, but he still reminded to bring more guards, and don't take risks alone.So Lude called a dozen dwarves, took a hammer and an axe, and entered the isolation area with him.

A group of people soon came to the entrance of the isolation area, and were stopped by the lord's guard stationed here. The leading officer didn't want to open the door for them at first, until the steward showed the lord's handwriting, and finally they were able to pass through.

However, before entering the door, the officer counted Lude and his party, and asked them to take off their masks to reveal their original faces, and then asked their soldiers to stare at their faces one by one for a long time before letting them go.

The reason why the officers wanted to do this was because not long ago, there was a "stealing" incident in the isolation area. There was a convoy entering the isolation area to deliver supplies, trying to smuggle the infected out. The lord's guard has increased its alert level.

In this way, Lu De and his party of 17 people finally entered the quarantine area. The butler, Marble, was not accompanied because he was afraid of getting sick. Lu De expressed his understanding.

After passing the gate of the quarantine area, Lude and his party felt as if they had stepped into another world.If the main city of Oyster Harbor, which is shrouded in the shadow of the epidemic, is just a depressing and disturbing atmosphere, then the abandoned East Street is a lifeless dead place, like the intersection of Yin and Yang.

At this time, there was a sudden noise from the houses and alleys on both sides of the street, and some thin figures slowly moved towards them.This weird and frightening scene reminded Lu De of the "biochemical x machine"!

Seeing this, the accompanying dwarf guards raised their weapons one after another, and Lude raised his hand to perform a holy light technique. A bright and dazzling milky white light ball flew to a position more than three meters above the ground and suspended in mid-air. The light immediately dispelled the darkness. .

"Master, these are..."

"Infected."

The light revealed the black shadows trying to get close, and they were all skinny infected patients as far as the eye could see.Abandoned in the isolation area, because they did not receive sufficient food supplies, under the double torture of illness and hunger, each one of them almost looked inhuman.

What made Lude and his party feel a little speechless was that these infected people who tried to use the cover of darkness to approach them were all carrying various "guys" in their hands, and it was self-evident what they wanted to do together.