Quadruple split

The relaxed atmosphere did not last long. After a few pleasantries, everyone began to seriously discuss the most important thing at the moment - mutants.

"It happened very suddenly." Lord Sola looked up at the clock on the wall and said bitterly: "It was about sixteen hours ago. At that time, I was sitting here thinking about food issues, and then Byrne, who was knocked directly into the door, was dragged to the top of the city. He is the guard captain of Mida City and one of the people I trust most."

Xia Lian nodded: "Then what? What did you see at the top of the city?"

Sola's face turned a little pale. He looked out the window in a daze, and replied in a low voice: "Hell..."

The middle-aged elf, who had not had a good rest for more than 30 hours, seemed to have just had time to get over his fear. His body was trembling slightly, as if he had returned to the moment when he just appeared on the city wall last night, and the tragic sounds that followed one after another. The screams and wailings were still in his ears, and the smell of blood in the cold wind almost made him suffocate. The tense atmosphere of the previous ten hours did not leave any time for the city lord to feel fear and despair, but when the crisis passed, Now, the negative emotions that had been imprisoned in Sola's heart finally broke out.

"It's okay, Mr. City Lord, look at me." Xia Lian immediately walked up to Sola, put the cross in her hand against his chin, forcing him to raise his head, and said word by word: "Calm down."

Sola calmed down in front of those hazy eyes. He smiled gratefully at Xia Lian, then took two steps back and sat down on his chair, saying apologetically: "I'm sorry, I'm a little out of sorts. .”

"Nothing, nothing, I see you..."

Xia Lian chuckled and was about to make a few more gentle jokes, but was interrupted by Mo Tan who came forward.

"Your Excellency Thor." Mo Tan bowed to the middle-aged elf who was still a little pale, and said softly: "If possible, we hope that you can tell everything that happened before as soon as possible. Maybe... time has run out. too much."

Knight Taylor, who was standing beside Yu Chen, frowned slightly, obviously dissatisfied with Mo Tan's behavior of interrupting Her Highness the Saint. However, the former gently pulled him and shook him firmly. Shake his head.

Xia Lian just glanced at Mo Tan in surprise, and then turned her gaze to Saul with him.

Thor, who had stabilized his mind, nodded and said in a deep voice: "Last night, I just stepped onto the top of the city and heard a large number of screams, and at the same time there was a strong smell of blood, so I immediately asked the two accompanying people to come. A priest released the illumination spell..."

With the help of the light of divine magic, a hellish tragedy appeared before Thor's eyes. The originally simple and sturdy temporary barracks had turned into ruins, with mutilated corpses everywhere. There were originally more than 5,000 infected civilians. In an instant, there were only just over four thousand left, and this number was still decreasing rapidly.

Dozens of crazy figures were rampaging through the crowd. They roared loudly and tore apart any living creature that appeared in sight. Their withered skin was covered with blood. Their physical fitness was far stronger than that of other civilians. They were like efficient machines. They were killing like crazy like harvesters.

"Those monsters were still living people not long ago." Thor shook his head, smiled bitterly and spread his hands to everyone: "No one knows why they went crazy and became so powerful."

Xia Lian nodded slightly and motioned for him to continue.

Thor stroked the decorative long bow in his hand and sighed: "It is an expedient measure to isolate those infected outside the city. In that case, no one with conscience will watch a few people die." Thousands of people were slaughtered like this. I asked Byrne to lead the guards out of the city to support those poor people, and then found those enthusiastic adventurers and entrusted them to help deal with those crises..."

"So the adventurers and the guards resisted those monsters for more than ten hours?" Fuhrman couldn't help but exclaimed: "God, how brave this is..."

"It's not just that, Lord Priest." Thor's pale face finally became more beautiful, and he smiled proudly: "Soldiers and adventurers were the first batch of people to leave the city, and then the Mercenary Guild and the Magician Guild in the city , the Thieves Guild, and the Knights Association have almost all turned out, and there are even many young and strong civilians who volunteered to go out of the city to support, they are all good people."

Taylor suddenly asked with some confusion: "I remember that most of the combat forces in the county were organized to go to various blockades some time ago. Why..."

"You are right, Lord Knight." Thor nodded to Taylor, and then explained with a smile: "Most of the mid-level professionals have left, and those who remain in the city are mainly low-level or trainees. There are professionals and many new faces who have never been to various guilds before, and their strength is generally not very strong."

Taylor was immediately in awe: "Goddess bless you."

Mo Tan pondered for a while and then asked Thor: "What are the strengths of those monsters? Are they high or low?"

"Sorry, I don't know much about this." Thor shook his head and awkwardly removed the quiver hanging from his waist: "As Her Royal Highness the Saint said, I know nothing about combat, but You can go back and ask Byrne, he should be clearer."

After a short pause, Saul continued to describe the situation at that time...

At that time, after several supporting troops left the city, the situation temporarily improved. The civilians infected with the plague were slowly gathered together. Although hundreds of people were still killed in the process, most of them finally retreated there. Behind a temporarily established simple defense line.

"Those monsters worked tirelessly to attack the defense line. In the first period, many people died because they did not understand their weaknesses." Thor clenched his fists hard and said in a deep voice: "They don't seem to have obvious vital points. Except for being beheaded, they would never completely lose their combat effectiveness, but we were still full of confidence at that time. After all, there were only less than a hundred of them, but..."

…

Ten minutes later, Xia Lian, Taylor, Bishop Furman and the two players left the city hall with heavy faces. Lord Sol, who had not slept for nearly two days, had been helped to rest. He was exhausted but still wanted to continue. While he was at work, Furman used a sleep spell (physics) on him, and he probably wouldn't be able to wake up before dinner.

"What are your plans next?" Xia Lian sat on the steps in front of the city hall. While carefully placing the cross in her hand on the ground, she asked the frowning Furman: "The previous idea seems to be unworkable. ”

"I'll go back to the church first, maybe I can listen to my Lord's oracle." The strong orc priest sighed and whispered: "I didn't expect that this place would become like this overnight. If I hadn't been so good yesterday If you are in a hurry to leave..."

Xia Lian shook her head: "If you stay here, it's just one more person to box with those monsters. It's useless."

Fuhrman nodded, then said goodbye and left.

After a moment, Xia Lian looked up at Mo Tan and the others, and asked in a low voice, "What do you think?"

"I don't think those monsters are very powerful in combat." Taro immediately replied sternly: "Although they are difficult to be fatally injured, and their speed and strength are higher than ordinary people, they are definitely no match for us Paladins."

Xia Lian rolled her eyes, then looked at Yu Chen: "Wang Yu, what do you think?"

Yuchen lowered his head, pursed his lips, and whispered: "I want to go out and find out the situation. Mr. Saul said that many healthy civilians who were injured by monsters immediately contracted the plague. If this is a common situation, If so... it will be troublesome.”

"Yes, this is something we need to understand as soon as possible." Xia Lian nodded, then glanced at Mo Tan: "You had the most questions just now. What did you think of?"

Mo Tan rubbed his forehead: "This matter must be related to the plague, because only the infected will turn into monsters. This can be seen from the fact that no one in Mida City mutated. Five thousand people outside the city were infected with the plague. A total of more than 400 civilians in the city turned into monsters within sixteen hours, but none of the 3,000 healthy civilians in the city had any problems, so it is obvious..."

Xia Lian smiled at him approvingly: "I think so too, is there anything else?"

"The direct factor that turned into a monster is indeed related to the physical condition." Mo Tan replied without hesitation: "The Yuying girl said that three people in their team had turned into monsters before, and the common point was that they were all in poor physical condition, and It is said that the physical condition of that group of people is relatively good among the large number of refugee groups in the county. At least they can eat enough and have tents to sleep in at night, so the mutation rate may be relatively low. The specific situation is similar to the 5,000 people outside Mida City. , as for most other refugees, they are not so lucky. Lack of food, clothing, and weak health are common conditions, for example..."

Xia Lian blinked: "For example, what?"

"For example, take the nineteen monsters that Yu Ying encountered before." Mo Tan said softly: "Maybe they are in poor condition. Of course, this is just my guess."

Xia Lian tugged at her ears: "A very reliable guess."

"Also." Mo Tan narrowed his eyes and continued: "I just saw the map of Misha County in the city hall and found that Mida City and Bunis Town are far apart, but some of them have mutated. so……"

"Knight Taylor." Xia Lian immediately turned back to look at Taylor, and said in a rare commanding tone: "Arrange fifty paladins to search around Mida City to see if there are monsters everywhere. The bigger the scope, the better.”

Taylor immediately shouted: "Yes!"

Then he nodded to Mo Tan and strode away.

Xia Lian looked Mo Tan up and down for a long time: "Is there anything else? If so, just say it all at once."

"There is also the issue of mutation time." As a result, Mo Tan didn't finish his sentence. He subconsciously tapped his chin with his index finger: "The mutation time Yu Ying mentioned before has nothing to do with the emergence of infected civilians outside Mida City. The time between the third batch of monsters is almost the same, and the time between the sudden appearance of the first batch to the second batch, and from the second batch to the third batch is almost five hours. From this point of view... If there is another batch, it will probably be in two hours."

Both Yuchen and Xia Lian looked at him in surprise.

Maybe Mo Tan didn't make any difficult reasoning, but there were few people who could think through all the details in a short time like him, at least they couldn't.

"There is one last point, although it is useless to say it now." Mo Tan said: "This situation should have started last night, because no matter how many people died due to the plague before, it has never changed. If you have ever become that kind of monster, you must know that the population base of Hofer City is also sufficient, so if we can find time to investigate the cause of this incident... maybe we can pay attention to this time."

Xia Lian smacked her lips: "You are amazing."

‘The leveling is really reliable_(:3 ‖∠)_’

This is what Yuchen said in the message.

Mo Tan spread his hands and said, "That's all. Your Highness Xia Lian, please make up your mind."

"We will stay in Mida City for the time being." Xia Lian nodded and said while thinking: "After the knights who went out to search come back, if it is confirmed that this situation has occurred throughout the territory, then I will personally lead a group of When people go out to deal with those monsters, they must not be left alone!"

Yuchen nodded in agreement.

Mo Tan frowned slightly, as if he felt something was inappropriate, but he didn't say anything.

Xia Lian breathed a sigh of relief and continued: "You two should immediately go outside the city to find the infected people who have been gathered together. Wangyu, after all, you are the goddess's favored one. Although your ability to cure the plague is not as strong as mine, There are some, as many as can be saved according to the order of half-death, serious injury and minor injury. Heifan, you should be her target. If something goes wrong with Wangyu’s magic, you understand."

Mo Tan nodded: "I understand."

However, Yuchen whispered with some trouble: "My dawn prayer can only be used once in a long time, and the range is also very small..."

"Your ordinary magic should also have a dispersing effect." Xia Lian raised her hand and poked Yuchen's forehead, and said with a smile: "Don't forget that you are also a saint, girl."

Mo Tan also nodded and said: "If this is the case, there is no need to cure them completely. Just make sure that their physical condition is not too bad. This can at least reduce the chance of turning into monsters."

"Well, I'll give it a try." Yuchen nodded vigorously.

"One more thing." Xia Lian's face suddenly became serious: "Hei Fan, please make a plan. As soon as the time of mutation is approaching, take Yuchen and retreat to a safe place. Otherwise, even if there are paladin watching over there. I don’t worry about you, so go ahead.”

"What about you, Sister Saint?" Yuchen asked curiously, "Are you going to church or chapel?"

Xia Lian shook her head: "No, I'm just sitting here and not going anywhere."

"ah?"

"It's overdraft. Okay, leave me alone and hurry up."

"Yes, Sister Saint..."

"By the way, Your Highness Xia Lian."

"Um?"

"Would you like to bring you two oranges?"

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Chapter 184: End