Gluttonous Warlock

Chapter 133 The Plague
Allen left the mushroom garden.

Take the griffin summoned by the feather talisman and fly back to Gwent Island.

In real time, summer has passed and autumn has come, and only two months have passed.

Converted to the time in the secret realm, it is a whole year.

Allen is now 16 years old.

A few days after arriving home, I received a letter from Feilin, and learned that the college sent an investigation team for the second time.

This time, as expected, Vice President Russell personally led the team.

Flynn and his cousin Julie are exploring with the team for the second time.

The siblings, together with Tao Na, served as guides.

After a hard fight, they finally seized control of the secret realm from the cult.

Flynn, Julie and Tao Na made meritorious service and were allowed to practice in the mushroom garden for six years.

At the end of the letter, Flynn couldn't help feeling sorry for Allen:
"At the beginning, if you didn't leave, you could still get a place to practice."

The joys and sorrows of the world are not interlinked.

When he received this letter from Flynn, Allen was attending the funeral in the cemetery.

The funeral of an old classmate.

The portrait of a young girl, her lips pursed and smiling, beautiful and peaceful.

Just two days before Allen returned to his hometown, the monitor, Beatrice, died of the plague.

A pure and kind girl, only 15 years old, was killed by a ruthless illness.

From onset to death, only three days.

Amidst the suppressed sobs of the parents of the deceased, the burial ceremony proceeded in an orderly manner.

When it's Ellen's turn, go up and offer flowers.

A bouquet of white chrysanthemums is placed on the coffin to be buried.

Allen put down the bouquet, but couldn't let go of the regret in his heart.

If he came back a few days earlier, even if it was only two days, he still had a chance to heal Beatrice.

However, fate is impermanent, life and death, there is no "if".

……

After the funeral, Allen left the cemetery.

Dress up like a plague doctor by donning a beak mask.

Aunt Sola is the president of the Doctors Guild in Quint Town.

Under her introduction, Allen also joined the Physicians Guild.

Alan is not afraid of the plague, but still wears a mask, not wanting people to know that he is immune to the plague.

……

August fifteen.

The full moon is in the sky.

The streets at night are extraordinarily bright.

A group of men in black robes wearing beak masks patrolled the streets.

Each has a slingshot in his hand, and his pocket is full of stone bullets the size of a thumb.

They are not doctors, but volunteers in the town.

The Town Council accepted Ms. Sola's suggestion.

Call on the townspeople to form a "rat extermination team" to use their spare time at night to search and kill the rats that spread the plague.

A group of cats lead the way.

The mousers followed the cat and searched around.

Spot a mouse and shoot it with a slingshot!

The rat corpses were piled up together, poured with lamp oil, and set on fire.

Allen walked along the street and saw a lot of piles of corpses that were burned intensively.

There is a pungent paste smell in the air.

However, in the gutter by the side of the road, mice can still be seen from time to time, running around unscrupulously.

In this war between man and mouse, human beings are on the sidelines alone.

With this inefficient method of eradicating rats, there is little hope of defeating the plague.

Allen considered poisoning the rats.

But he knew very well that the poison that could stably kill rats could definitely poison the cats, dogs and domestic animals in the town, as well as homeless people and scavengers.

What's more, Allen already had a premonition...

This sudden plague storm that quickly swept across the entire Gwent Island may not be a pure natural disaster, but there is a shadow of a cult behind it.

Turning the corner, there is a mansion on the side of the road.

In the high-walled inner courtyard, a woman's cry could be faintly heard.

The mayor is dead, orphaned and widowed, and is on guard.

Allen stopped and sighed.

The mayor fell ill on the same day as Beatrice and died on the same day.

In the face of the plague, everyone is equal.

On the way home, Alan stopped by Robin's house.

To Robin's mother, cure the plague.

A drop of Alan's blood can cure the plague.

However, if you want to cure tens of thousands of patients, you may have to drain all your blood.

This kind of treatment is too harmful to him, and it can't solve the fundamental problem.

Take Hunter's house for example. As soon as Allen entered the door, he detected a strong germ reaction.

Hunter and Robin, who are currently in good health, will also be infected with the plague after being exposed to this harmful environment for a long time.

Most families in the town, especially the middle and lower class families with poor sanitary conditions, have such hidden dangers.

It's just a fluke that it doesn't happen now.

If the toxic environment is not completely purified, it will be infected sooner or later.

Taking the opportunity to treat Robin's mother, Allen quietly popped the bone spur in the palm of his left hand.

Use the newly evolved "absorption" function of the poison gland to absorb the free plague bacteria in the air.

In a blink of an eye, Hunter's house became a sterile space.

However, it won't take long for germs outside the house to infiltrate and pollute the indoor air.

Rats run around with diseases, and the germs are inexhaustible.

If this situation is not resolved, disinfection is a temporary solution, not a permanent cure.

In fact, Hunter and Robin also knew that as long as they stayed in the town, they would get sick sooner or later.

"Alan, when my mother gets better, our family plans to move to the deep mountains."

Robin worriedly told his friend.

"The air in the mountains is good, and there are few germs."

"Our family of three intends to hide in the mountains until this wave of epidemic is over before returning."

"What do you think of the idea?"

Allen was silent.

The Robin family's plan to take refuge in the mountains cannot be said to be a bad idea.

However, in case there are mice carrying germs in the deep mountains, or encountering wild animals in the middle of winter when the mountains are covered by heavy snow...

What are the three long and two short, how to seek help from the outside world?
Just as he was thinking, there was a sudden exclamation from the street outside the door!
Immediately afterwards, Allen heard the familiar screaming again.

It sounds like a rat squawking ten times louder!
Ok? !

Allen's face changed slightly, he turned and rushed out the door.

"Ellen—wait a minute!"

Robin hurried after him.

Hunter also sensed that the situation was not good, and quickly grabbed his bow and sword, followed Alan and his son, and rushed out the door.

Under the full moon, the stone-paved streets glowed with a pale halo.

In the alley, there was the sound of messy footsteps.

Four mouse catchers ran out in a panic.

The mask had slipped off his face, revealing a frightened pale face.

Behind them, a group of giant rats comparable in size to wolves were chasing them.

Shaking the rat's whiskers, red eyes, and squeaking strangely.

The stones fired by the slingshot hit the giant rat without pain or itching.

The mouse catchers, after all, were just ordinary people, and they didn't dare to fight these monsters hand to hand.

What else can I do but run away?

It is a civet cat, which looks more courageous.

He stood alone at the entrance of the alley, bowed his waist, and roared at the giant rat.

Just like a raging little tiger!

Unfortunately, cats are not tigers after all.

Giant rats are not only huge in size.

With the mutation of the body, the temperament also becomes brutal and bloodthirsty.

Facing the cat, he hesitated for just two seconds, and overcame the fear that originated from the nature of the race.

Grinning his big, foul-smelling mouth, revealing two pairs of big yellowed teeth, he frantically pounced on the cat!
This arrogant little thing must be bitten to death!
Swish!
The figure flashed!
The tall and strong boy stood in front of the giant rat.

boom!
A "flick of the finger" shot the giant mouse into the air.

Head exploded on the spot!

Allen picked up the frightened cat and stroked the cat's head.

Soon, the cat was quiet in his arms, purring in its throat.

Squeak!

Squeak!

Two giant rats rushed out of the alley side by side, flanking Allen from the left and right sides.

Allen hugged the cat and kicked it with both feet.

With two bang bangs, the two giant rats flew back backwards.

His bones were shattered, his skin was pierced, and he was dripping with blood.

Like two fresh hamburger embryos, flat on the wall.

Accompanied by rapid footsteps.

Hunter and Robin rushed to the scene.

The father and son drew bows and released arrows to assist Allen in shooting the giant rat.

Immediately afterwards, the town's security team also came.

Allen didn't make any more moves, hugged the cat, and watched the giant rats being hunted.

Within half an hour, the group of rats in the dark alley was completely wiped out.

The battle was over, but everyone couldn't relax.

"Strange, where did these big rats come from?"

"This is the first time such a strange thing has happened in our town!"

"Could it be that the plague mutated ordinary rats into giant rats?"

"Who knows! In this unlucky time, when will he be tall?!"

Allen did not participate in the discussion, but he knew in his heart...

Ordinary rats that carry the plague can be produced naturally, but giant rats are not created by nature!

There are various signs that the plague warlock, who worships the beast religion, has come to the town.

Plague Warlocks are mostly Ratmen.

These rats not only spread the plague, but also infect the more terrible lycanthropy.

What's more troublesome is...

In Allen's hand, there is also a statue of the plague god that the plague warlocks are pursuing.

Now that the tentacles of Beast Worship have reached Gwent Island, Allen has to worry that his private possession of the Plague Statue may have been exposed.

(End of this chapter)