Quadruple split

Chapter 121 Blockade

January 18, 2049 AD

Three days after Jimo Tan took the final exam

Game time, AM7:03

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Innocence Continent, southern Misha County, suburbs of Inai Town

Mo Tan's figure appeared behind a crooked-necked tree. He was slightly surprised by the completely different position from when he offline, but when the noise around him suddenly sounded, he had already guessed the answer immediately.

[Looks like it’s just in time for the inspection. 】

Mo Tan, who turned out from behind the tree, gave a bitter smile and carefully walked through the large number of ragged refugees around him, slowly moving against the crowd towards the town of Inai not far away.

He knew that the thousands of haggard-looking people within his sight were all lucky ones...

The lucky ones who were able to escape from the blockade.

Even though they have lost their homes, even though they are emaciated, homeless and displaced, these people are still lucky.

At least they could leave smoothly from the temporary blockade established on the south side of Inai Town, and that was enough.

Away = safe = not infected by the plague

So, these people are lucky because they still have hope of living.

At least they won't die miserably like those severely infected...

The body begins to decay from the inside, and any wound will inevitably worsen. The skin and muscles continue to fall off after death, and a large number of deformed and useless tissues gradually appear on the body. The only effect of those sarcomas and abscesses is to make their owners die faster.

And... it spreads extremely fast!

This information was told to Mo Tan by Yu Chen, who had arrived in the epidemic area two days ago. The former has now entered Hofer City in the central area of Misha County, which was once one of the most severely affected areas by the plague. However, After Saint Xia Lian used some kind of large-scale high-level magical surgery, it has been temporarily safe. In the past two days, a total of more than 5,000 refugees and infected people have been admitted.

[Is there an inspection every morning and evening... No wonder there was no one nearby when I came here yesterday...]

Mo Tan, who had seen the Zhennan blockade in the distance, secretly thought that he had seen many refugees fleeing to the southeastern continent along the way, and also heard some news, such as the Holy Religion Alliance and some neutral forces in the epidemic area in the past two days. A large-scale blockade was established on the edge.

As for the use, it goes without saying...

Block the plague and block the infected.

Each node has several clergymen from the Holy Religion Alliance and a small number of combat professionals. Their duty is to prevent infected people from leaving the epidemic area.

Because neutral organizations such as the Holy Union, the Mages Guild, the Adventurers Guild, the Mercenary Association, the Thieves Guild, and even some nearby forces, large and small, sent a large number of manpower, a blockade covering the entire Misha County was formed in a short time. The guts have already started to work.

A round-the-clock lockdown, with twice-daily one-hour checks, prohibits any infected person from leaving.

That's all it takes to block a node.

Because of this, Mo Tan, who arrived outside Inai Town during game time yesterday afternoon, did not see any refugees. After all, those who successfully left would never stay nearby, and more people could not leave the blockade at all.

"The people who work there..." Mo Tan looked at the checkpoint not far away, smiled bitterly and shook his head: "They may have nightmares for the rest of their lives."

He sighed sadly and walked forward quickly.

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The golden light flashed away, and the pale old priest closed his eyes in pain. The elf girl in front of him shook his head and whispered: "I'm sorry, little girl..."

"How could it be!" The girl with long green hair knelt down weakly, her eyes filled with crystal tears, and she murmured as if she had lost her soul: "It's impossible, I'm...infected...?"

The dwarf thief in brown leather armor glanced at the girl with a complicated expression, and said to the old priest beside him: "Old Uncle Owen, why don't you take another look? This girl is probably not even a hundred years old yet. In the tree elves At most, Li can only be regarded as a child."

"Dice!" The orc shaman squatting on the wooden box behind glared at the dwarf thief and said solemnly: "Don't let Mr. Owen waste any more magic power! When did his judgment go wrong?"

The dwarf known as Dice also stared back fiercely and screamed: "Asshole! This girl has no signs of infection at all, and her face is more normal than you. Check again. What's wrong? She still has hundreds of years to live. Come on! Proportionally speaking, she is not much older than your daughter!"

"You..." the orc shaman stood up suddenly, walked to the opponent with the huge totem pole in his hand, and said angrily: "Don't be impulsive. If our only priest consumes all his magic power in advance, other healthy people may have to wait. In the next batch, if anyone gets infected during this process, are you responsible?"

Dice opened his mouth, and finally fell silent with a ferocious look on his face.

Then……

Golden light once again bloomed from the cross in Pastor Owen's hand, covering the lost elf girl.

"Sir Owen!" The orc shaman smiled bitterly and sighed at the old man who once again used his magic: "Didn't you hear what I just said..."

"But what the dice said is right." The old priest straightened his slightly stooped body, tightened the faded cross in his hand, turned around and said with a smile: "Of course, what you said is right, so I I will persist until the end of the inspection time. If the magic power is not enough, I still have faith..."

The orcs were also silent.

If the magic power is not enough, there is still faith... The content contained in this sentence is very simple. After consuming all the magic power, you just rely on your will to hold on, overdraw, and take your life.

[I hope a miracle will happen. 】

The orc's eyes were fixed on the elf girl in front of him, and he clenched his fists hard. If possible, he didn't want this child, who was about the same age as his daughter, to leave this dangerous situation safely.

if you can……

His eyes widened.

Unfortunately, the miracle did not come.

Under the pale golden divine light, a black shadow appeared on the girl's left shoulder...

"I'm really sorry." Owen turned his gaze away and whispered: "I not only used the Eye of Dawn, but I also tried to use healing magic on you...but..."

The elf girl raised her head and looked at the old man in front of her blankly, and said in a trembling voice: "But...how about it?"

"Let me see your shoulders." The orc shaman stepped forward and said in a deep voice to her: "Perhaps you have been attacked by some dark magic before."

Even now, he didn't want to give up so easily, so he said this.

But in fact, several people present knew very well that if an ordinary civilian elf girl had been attacked by some evil magic, she might have died long ago, so...

"No!" The girl suddenly yelled, then raised her legs and ran outside the blockade. The elf's unique agility made her walk very fast, and she ran a distance of more than ten meters almost in the blink of an eye.

"Earth Spirit, please..." The orc shaman sighed and raised the totem in his hand.

Then……

A dagger was thrust into his totem pole.

The dwarf thief named Dice interrupted the spellcasting in an instant, and then turned into an afterimage and shot out.

After just a delay of less than a second, the elf girl had already escaped from the casting range of an intermediate shaman.

"Dice!" the orc roared angrily, threw the totem in his hand to the ground and was about to chase him out, but was grabbed by the priest beside him.

Owen shook his head slightly and whispered: "It's okay, Dice... is actually much calmer than you. Let's continue working."

"but!"

"Wait until he comes back. You still have to help maintain order."

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There were fewer and fewer people in front of Mo Tan, and the refugees behind him were running even faster. He calculated silently, and estimated that the area would be empty again in half an hour, but before that, he should be able to...

Um?

At this moment, a petite and slender elf girl suddenly appeared not far away.

"Help!" The girl shouted immediately after seeing Mo Tan: "Help me...me, I'm not infected!"

Mo Tan stopped, but did nothing.

A short black shadow suddenly appeared beside the girl, and the cold light flashed away...

The sleeve of the elf girl's right arm turned into countless fragments.

"It seems that you are indeed infected, little girl." The dwarf thief smiled bitterly and put the dagger in his hand back into the sheath. He looked at the girl's exposed shoulders and said softly: "Come back with me."

Mo Tan noticed that there was a small bulge on the girl's fair and smooth shoulders.

It's off-white...with a faint dark red bulge inside...

"I don't want it!" The elf girl sobbed softly: "I won't go back... wuwu... I don't want to die... please... please..."

Dice shook his head: "You must go back."

"No!" The girl yelled as if she had collapsed, and then rushed to Mo Tan, holding his shoulders tightly: "Help me! Help me!"

Mo Tan sighed and patted the other party's little hand that was trembling slightly due to fear: "If you are willing, I can take you to Hofer City. There should be someone there who can cure you..."

"No, I won't go, I want to leave this place!" The girl shook Mo Tan away hard and trembled: "I want to live, I don't want to die!"

Then she started running, running as fast as she could in her life.

Then……

puff!

"Why?" The girl who stood there widened her eyes, murmured in a low voice, and continued to stagger forward.

There was a sharp dagger stuck in her back.

"I'm sorry." The owner of the dagger said softly: "Go to sleep... When you wake up, you will be fine..."

thump……

"Well~" The girl who fell to the ground showed a smile, and whispered to the dwarf half-kneeling in front of her in a daze: "I'm sorry for causing trouble to everyone..."

Then he closed his eyes and slowly stopped breathing.

"Are you a priest?" Dice, who had his back to Mo Tan, gently pulled out the dagger from the girl's back, put the weapon filled with dark red blood back into its sheath, and said hoarsely: "You can pray for her. For a moment?"

Mo Tan, who had remained silent since just now, nodded, walked to the girl's body and knelt down, holding the cross in his hand tightly.

"What are you praying for?" he asked the thief beside him with his head lowered.

"Aren't you a pastor?" the latter muttered slightly tremblingly, "Why are you asking me?"

"Then pray that she will be happy when she wakes up, okay?"

"Too vulgar..."

"Is it?"

"Forget it, that's it."

"Um."

Mo Tan held the cross in his hand and did not use any skills. He just whispered a sentence in his heart.

After a while, a misty voice sounded in his ears.

[I know, I will protect her. 】

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five minutes later

"Okay?" Seeing Mo Tan stand up, Dice couldn't help but asked in a low voice, "So fast?"

"The goddess has promised me that I will take care of her." Mo Tan smiled at the dwarf with red eyes in front of him: "So that's good."

The other party took out a dirty handkerchief, blew his nose, and curled his lips and said, "Okay, stay away."

Mo Tan nodded and took two steps back.

Then he saw the dwarf thief in front of him take out a small bottle, carefully sprinkle the liquid inside on the girl, and then sprinkle some on the previous dagger...

"Holy water?" Mo Tan asked in a low voice, "Is this how to deal with it?"

Dice shook his head, placed the dagger and sheath next to the girl, and whispered: "Holy water is useless, corpses infected with the plague must be burned."

After saying that, he took out a small black stick from the pocket on his waist, rubbed it on the ground twice and then gently placed it next to the girl.

The fire is soaring into the sky...

two minutes later

"My name is Brutz Dice Shadow, you can call me Dice." The dwarf said softly to Mo Tan who was walking beside him: "You want to enter the epidemic area?"

"Hei Fan, a priest of Dawn Sect." Mo Tan also introduced himself, then nodded and said: "Yes, Her Royal Highness the Saint wants me to come here to help."

There was nothing wrong with his words. After all, Yuchen was indeed a saint of the Shuguang Sect, and she did welcome his arrival.

Dice shrugged: "Well, I hope you can save a few more people without dying..."

Mo Tan nodded silently.

"Are you human?"

"Um."

"The girl just now, if converted to your human age, would probably be in her teens."

"is that so……"

"You just ignored her."

"You can say that……"

"And I ended her life with my own hands."

"Yes……"

"Am I a heartless bastard, a loser who can't do anything?"