"At that time, he taught me a spell, a spell that can bind the soul of an elf to a tree." Asanok first nodded in agreement with Darkus' words, and then continued.
The elves who listened to the story were not shocked or in an uproar. Druch had been coming to Lauren Loren for a while and had participated in Enil's burial ceremony. Queen Marist also knows this kind of soul-binding spell. To put it bluntly, it is a spell that converts elves into tree spirits.
"Although I don't know why he became the Gray Lord,...he gave me the impression that he knew this forest well, and was a powerful spellcaster who cared about his fellow citizens. He even entered Tal Li. In the shadow curtain of Tanel's Wishing Forest."
After Asanok said this, the elves had some reaction. It was a holy place for Aenir, and the Druchi were in Tal Li. When he was in Tanel, he also went in and made a wish, but the experience was not good...
"Then did he say what existed in the shadow curtain?" Kaia asked quickly.
Kaia's answer was Asanok's shake of the head.
"As far as I know, gray eye fever cannot be cured at present. It began to break out in human villages in the frost zone last autumn and spread with human activities. It was not until the arrival of winter that there was any relief, but now as the weather changes As the weather gets warmer, gray-eye fever breaks out again.
Gray-eye fever is divided into an incubation period and an onset period. The symptoms are obvious. The infected person will have repeated fevers and pus-like eye fluid will flow out of the eyes. With the recurrence of the disease, the infected person will lose their hair, and The face becomes pale. If the fever continues and recurs, the infected person will further lose their hair. Perhaps...the body will become permanently weak? Of course, this is just my guess.
If you see eye fluid continuously flowing from your eyes or wiping your eyes frequently You must stay away from those guys, they must be infected with gray eye fever. The accumulation of eye fluid in the eyes will blur the vision. If it is not wiped frequently, it will lead to further blindness."
Darkus handed out the cup and looked at Fu Lanais, there is no need for him to refill the water this time. Franais, on the other hand, held his halberd and lowered his head to record. As his adjutant, Franais must shoulder this task in Ren's absence.
"So, this plague called Gray Eye Fever is similar to the plague Dalorhan cast on Kor Imamor at the end of the War of Vengeance?" Darkus asked after drinking the tea.
"It's not similar...but exactly the same."
"The root of the problem is still in Dalolhan." Maranur said.
Darkus nodded in agreement. Perhaps as Marist thought, there was some connection between the plague and Dalorhan.
"Do you know what happened to Darolhan after the Battle of Revenge?"
"It was like he suddenly evaporated and disappeared into the forest." Asanok shook his head and said.
"Then do you know... where his laboratory or plague samples are stored? According to the normal logic of our elves, although he will wander in the forest to collect plant samples, he must have a fixed residence for research!" Darkus asked again.
"Ah..." After a moment, Asanok, who had been thinking for a long time, said a word, but he did not say the word. He reorganized the language and said, "I know that Dallolhan had some apprentices at the time, but Revenge He and his apprentices disappeared after the war, but he still has an apprentice. You should know what happened in this forest hundreds of years ago, and there are some participants here.
I once asked Sai Stella, but she feels to me like her memory has been erased, or she really doesn’t know what happened, and Darolhan excluded her.
Now the only heir of the Hongye family It's Tolandir. He talked to me about the past when he passed by here a few years ago, and he mentioned a place."
Darkus knew that the so-called Red Leaf Family was the Redfern Family, which is the same as the Hell Calamity Family. Even if the Herban family meant it, he didn't rush Asanok. He knew Asanok would continue talking.
"I remembered! But I don't know what impact my next words will have on your next trip." After another moment of silence, Asanok said again. After speaking, he looked at Kaia.
Kaia did not respond to Asanok immediately, but looked at Darkus.
Darkus turned to look outside the cave before Asanok said these words. Although the winding cave obscured his sight, he could hear it was raining outside, and it was very heavy. He also felt the elf looking at him, and he turned his head and nodded.
"Dalorhan once mentioned a place to me, and this place overlapped with the place Tolandil mentioned." Asanok said something first, but at the most critical moment, he added He lowered his head and took a sip of tea. After he finished it, he continued, "Amanville!"
"Amanville near Cole Imamoor?" Aenil, a woodland relative from the Frostfall area, asked, seeing Asa After Nok nodded, he continued, "Amanville is in the northeast of Cole Imamoor. It is very hidden there, so hidden that it is almost difficult to detect. I went from the Frostfall area to Tal Litanel to attend the Senate meeting. When I was passing by Kor Immamor, a new blood relative there told me that since the outbreak of the plague last year, the patrols of the Sons of Asuryan had increased." "
Tell me what you learned, right? Don't tell it in chronological order, tell it in place." Darkus still glanced at Franais, and after looking at Franais who was still recording and nodding, he asked Enil.
Darkus felt like he was seeing something out of the clouds. It was like playing some kind of game in his mind. Many investigation points suddenly appeared in his mind, instead of the empty ones before, and they were also obscured by the dazzling fog. He was also quite speechless. The Senate system and the Marist response in human beings can feed back a lot of information, but this information was not sorted out and was full of confusion and uselessness. It took a long time to investigate. Maybe this model is in Ai Neil's current size should be very useful?
Anyway, Darkos knew that Malekith's spy chief Aigirethe would not dare to do this. Aigirethe would dare to do this kind of work unless he got tired of the job, or Malekith got crazy and wanted to play something like a detective. Role.
"As the respected bridge protector said, the plague first appeared in the autumn of last year, and the place where it appeared was in a village called Westrup by humans. Westrup is in Cole E Southwest of Mamore and northeast of Sulim Castle. According to human terms, it is hidden at the junction of three so-called baronies, and it is still in the mountains." "
This is really the same everywhere." Listen. Darkus complained secretly.
"In my memory, at first the humans there declared themselves independent and refused to pay taxes to a certain human baron. After that, it gradually turned into a gangster den, filled with wanted villains in human society. The only
one The passage leading there is a branch of the ancient road in Frostfall District. Asuryan's fire. The most disgusting thing is that those bastards used our patrols on the ancient road to deal with those tax collectors and bounty hunters! As far as I know, Last year, a human named Oswald established two illegal logging camps there, which is not allowed by the Treaty of Leaf!"
Darkus ignored Enil, who became more and more excited as he spoke. He had heard that Oswald Svard's name, Marist had mentioned to him.
"I know you are excited, but don't get excited yet. Last year! When Oswald established two illegal logging camps in Wies... Trapp, did Gray Eye Fever appear?" Maranur took it. Kettle, stood up to add water to the agitated Enil, and asked after comforting him.
"That guy was established last spring, and the plague broke out in the autumn. Maybe... there is a reason, but we have no clues at the moment. But he behaved very... suspiciously when the plague broke out, and Westrup is now In the areas hardest hit by the plague, many humans had obvious scars on the corners of their eyes, and both men and women had symptoms of paleness and hair loss. That guy had instigated it there, and he made the residents there imagine that the plague was a process of screening out the strong and eliminating the weak. , and he pointed the plague at us!" Enil became excited again at the end.
"Are there any other suspicious areas, or areas worthy of investigation?" Kaia frowned and stopped Enil from going crazy.
"There are several villages on the road from the human national highway to Slimburg. There is a checkpoint on the human national highway that humans used to delineate the border between Nordland and Midden Territory. Now it has become a separation place. All from Lauren Loren Human beings appearing on the national highway need to be investigated and separated, and they can only leave after confirming that they have no symptoms of gray eye fever. There is also a lumberyard there, but it was temporarily closed due to the spread of the plague. I saw a few woodcutters doing nothing when I passed by. I'm inciting the humans there, announcing that we are responsible for the plague, and after discovering me, I'm trying to incite humans to get my hair! Asuryan's fire! Asuryan's fire! How dare those monkeys do this!" The excited brother was excited again. His angry voice injected vitality into the cave, and his excited voice continued to echo on the rock wall.
Darkus didn't know the name of this Enil, so he temporarily called this somewhat irritable Enil Brother Excitement.
However, no one can stop the excited brother this time. After all, elf hair has its own sayings and customs in various regions, and it also extends outwards, such as Asul's hairpins and so on. Only Druchi did not say this, otherwise Darkus would not have dared to let the soldiers shave their heads. To put it bluntly, it's like having a person's scalp shaved off while he was still alive. Who can bear this?
After Brother Jin was done venting, Maranur stood up again and gave Brother Jin a glass of water.
"Dear bridge protector, I heard the woodcutter preaching a treatment method at that outpost." After drinking the tea in one gulp, he returned to his previous appearance, and was stunned just when he was about to speak. Stopping, he picked up the cup in his hand and took a look, then looked at Asanok who was sitting there without saying a word, listening with interest.
"Oh?" Asanok became interested and asked with great interest.
"They call our hair moonflower. Boiling the so-called moonflower, blue bell flower, night shadow and monk's nose and drinking it can eliminate the plague." "
No! Isa, there is a problem here! Our hair It has no effect on eliminating the plague. And...are you sure that the so-called blue bell flower is really a blue bell flower, and not like referring to our hair as moonflower?" Asanok's face became solemn, As the muscles on his face twitched, the tattoos on his face also moved. He thought for a moment and said. After seeing Enil shaking his head, he continued, "To a certain extent, the blue bell flower is better than the blue bell flower." Moonflowers are even rarer.
You know where they come from, but bluebells can only be picked in the spring near Sklagugel on the west bank of the Demster River. My friends live there, and I I have not received any news of large-scale human collection, and the season has passed now.
I don’t know much about Monk Nose, but I know that Yeying can be made into a sedative. If you drink it for a long time or in large quantities, you will be poisoned. Yeying is very useful in treating gray. Eye fever is not helpful. The important thing is that once those dwarfs who should have died long ago drink potions related to Night Shadow, the chance of death will increase.
This is not right. The herb that can really treat gray eye fever is the moonflower that can alleviate the disease. Fire nettle can prevent scars on the face, and you all know the blue bell flower. There is something wrong with this, and there must be something wrong with those woodcutters." "
Although I have never been there, I can imagine that it has become a herbal medicine trade. The market is full of liars and rumor spreaders, even more than those Sister Leia. Let's not deduce it first, and let's talk about other locations, such as the villages on the road from the outpost to Sulimburg." Darkus shouted. After taking a sip of tea, he shrugged and said.
"The village closest to the outpost is called Flevenholm by humans. It is a medium-sized village. It was established after the signing of the Treaty of Leaves. The purpose of its establishment was to provide wood for the human Sesonmund. When the plague comes The lumber camp was abandoned afterwards, and the baron's license was still nailed to the tree. There were abandoned axes and empty tents everywhere. The
villagers there watched me through the windows or gaps, and I asked one to quietly go to the well to get water. Why do humans do this? She said it was to prevent thieves, but more importantly to prevent the arrival of some flying insects. She said that once the flying insects come, the humans in the village will get sick again." Brother Gande narrated again.
"Flying insects? Wood spirits?" Kaiya asked.
"From her description, it seems that it matches the characteristics of the wood spirit."
"This may be the superstitious view of the stupid monkeys. They regard the wood spirit as the spreader of the plague." Maranur analyzed, waiting for Aini After Er nodded in agreement with his statement, he grinned and continued, "There is another possibility! The flying insects they saw were indeed the spreaders of the plague as they judged!" After he finished speaking decisively, he waved his hand. After stopping the Enils who were about to speak, he continued, "First of all, you have a misunderstanding in your thinking. The flying insects in the forest are not necessarily wood spirits. They may be other existences!" The
Enils were about to say more. They stopped and looked at each other, their thoughts spinning with Maranul's words, and soon they showed frightened eyes. The Druchs began to nod in agreement at this moment. They had rich experience in traveling around and thought that things were not simple. At this moment, they even thought of Queza again.
"Continue." Darkus gestured to Brother Excited.
"The only trading point there is a blacksmith shop run by a little man. The strange thing is that his condition is very serious. He is so serious that he is bedridden and can only be taken care of by humans." "
No, I have an impression of him. He has I am particularly impressed by his son, but what about his family?" Enil, who was sitting on the other side, interrupted Brother Ji's narration and asked his own question.
"This is the strange thing. His family has no problem living with the humans in the village, but once they return to the blacksmith shop, they will be infected with Gray Eye Fever again. Compared to those humans who have recovered, dwarves are particularly susceptible to the infection."
"Gray-eye fever first appeared against dwarves. The blacksmith's shop should have a sustainable source of infection! This is already obvious. It will be fine for the blacksmith's family to live with humans. This is the isolation method. As for why the blacksmith is unwilling to leave the blacksmith's shop, because The blacksmith is a dwarf." Darkus judged.
The elves were stunned for a moment, then quickly understood Darkus's cold joke and burst into laughter.
"The village located between Flevenholm and Slimburg is called Tyrvid by humans. It is a small village. Due to its proximity to Westrup, where the plague first broke out, the plague there was also very serious. Half. Some of the residents fled there, and the other half are still holding on." After the brief laughter ended, Brother Ji excitedly narrated again.
"Hmph... I asked the humans there when I passed by, and they said they were still there to prove to us that they were not intimidated by us! There are also woodcutter activities there, trying to incite something, and trying to Get my hair!"
It seemed to Darkus that another excited brother appeared, but the singing of these two excited brothers made him understand this Tilvide village. Although it was established after the Treaty of Leaves like Flevenholm, there is no logging license from the Nyx family. According to Enir, logging here violates the treaty. The strange thing is that three new lumber camps were built around Tyrvid last winter, and then the plague broke out this spring.
"Have the humans of Tyrvid ever mentioned flying insects?" Darkus asked a core question.
The two excited brothers looked at each other for a moment, but never responded to Darkus, with a look of hesitation on their faces.
"I guess those woodcutters should have some inseparable connection with that Oswald, and we can deduce motives based on their behavior. Although it is not yet proven that their group is directly connected to the plague, they are definitely taking advantage of the plague. They planned their own interests, spread various rumors, and tried to muddy the water.
In other words, the woodcutter became idle after the plague appeared. With the establishment of the guild and the instigation of Oswald, they began to act with knowledge or knowledge. Doing things for Oswald without knowing it.
The muddier the water, the greater the benefits. I can imagine that the business of the tailors at the outpost must be very good. They must get a lot of money from turning the cloth into eye masks and gloves. Fee's profits, the same real and fake medicines that are useful for plagues can also make those humans a lot of money. Those brokers walk in various villages or wealthy towns selling herbs, while intruders are looking for us in the forest. Get hair to use as amulets, or make soup.
I think that while Oswald is seeking wealth, he is also trying to expand his political influence in Sessenmund!" Darkus touched his chin and spoke slowly. Speak out his conjecture eloquently.
"What he does is tantamount to playing with fire and burning himself, just like walking through a butcher's shop with his mouth sealed. Not only will he not gain political status in Sessenmond, but he will bring war to Sessenmond. I don't think Sessen He will be rewarded after Mondstadt is breached, but he will calm down the anger of us and humans." Under the affirmation of the elves, Darkus continued, and after the elves agreed again, he continued, "Then the problem is Here it comes! Does he know the consequences of his actions? If so, why did he do it? The political situation in Sessenmund is being reorganized? Is someone threatening him with his family? In a desperate situation Do you want to do this?
If not! Then there is something interesting behind this."
"We still have too little effective information. Tomorrow morning I will lead a team across the bridge to Tierweed and the man named Flevin... We will meet the woodcutters in the village of Holm? and ask about Oswald's whereabouts. Some things still need to be said in person. By the way, I will go to the blacksmith shop to have a look." Maranur stood up and stretched his arms. The waist back took over this errand. (End of chapter)