Chapter 195 Premonition of Plague

It's ridiculous that although Duanmu Huai and others have fought the Rat Man, in fact most people in this world believe that the Rat Man does not exist.

The reason is actually very simple.

That's whoever saw the Ratmen, most of them died.

As I said before, the Ratman's fighting style is different. They will not immediately rush up to fight on their own, but will first release the plague through the rat swarm to weaken the living forces in the city as much as possible, and when the resistance in the city When it basically collapsed, the Ratmen would pour into the city through the tunnels——by that time, facing the unparalleled number of Ratmen, the sick soldiers would have no choice but to die.

In the beginning, there was an exception in the City of Silver, because the Ratmen were considered to be acting together with the believers of the God of Plague. In fact, even so, only a very small number of people escaped from the City of Silver in the end. Coupled with the backwardness of civilization in this world and the lack of information, under such circumstances, even if there was an attack by ratmen, most people would just take it as a joke.

This is the mouse, cunning, sinister, and annoying.

According to the Sigma priest, when he came here, the plague had not yet spread to the city, and everyone welcomed him at that time. After all, the appearance of a Sigma priest might protect the city from the plague.

Turns out Sigma was out of service and useless.

So the priest gradually began to be looked down upon by others, and when the plague broke out, he was regarded as the chief culprit who brought the plague.

"Are the lords of the southern territories not in charge?"

"I heard that the lords of several cities in the south died suddenly overnight, and many high-level officials seem to have died because of it."

That's right, those damn rat tricks.

Ratmen are best at assassination. After losing their leader, the top management will fall into chaos. Coupled with the rampant plague, they will be even more unable to deal with the problem.

But having said that, Duanmu Huai was not completely unprepared for this situation.

I don't know if the thing Kukulu and the others made has any effect.

But now is not the time to use it.

"Now is not the time to think about these issues."

Seeing Priest Sigma's endless complaints, Duanmuhuai frowned and said.

"Are you here to preach, or to help cure the plague?"

"Of course it is to treat the plague!"

Speaking of this, Priest Sigma raised his voice, but the next moment, he immediately became weak again.

"But... as you have seen, Your Excellency, the people here do not believe in Sigma..."

"In this case, let's change the method."

"Another way?"

"Um……………"

Duanmuhuai thought for a moment, then knocked on the table.

“Are you going to Scarborough Fair………Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme……”

"Master Knight?"

Hearing Duanmuhuai's words, not only the priests of Sigma, but also Lorena and Bambi looked at Duanmuhuai in surprise. The latter coughed when he noticed their gaze.

"Oh, nothing, just reminiscing... well, parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme... you know these."

"Yes, this is...?"

"With these four kinds of flowers, you can brew something called Four Thieves Vinegar, which can sterilize and suppress the plague to a certain extent... If you want, you can try it."

"Is that so? I see... I'll try."

Hearing this, Priest Sigma frowned, and then showed a suddenly realized expression, nodded vigorously, stood up, saluted Duanmu Huai, and then left.

"Well, not too bad."

Looking at Priest Sigma's back, Duanmu Huai nodded. If this guy said that he would not use such a simple method as a priest, then it would be another matter.

"Master Knight, did you sing a song just now?"

And it wasn't until this time that Lorena asked in disbelief.

"Well, a ballad."

Duanmuhuai nodded, he sang a very famous ballad "Scarborough Fair" in their world. The reason why Duanmu Huai remembered this ballad was because he remembered that in the player forum, when the players were discussing the plague of the Ratmen, there was once a powerful person who did not know whether it was history or where, and said that this plague was completely black death. A copy of the disease, and then he also popularized a piece of knowledge for everyone.

That is, during the Black Death period, there was a thing called Four Thieves Vinegar that was used by the people for disinfection and epidemic prevention. The reason for this name is that many people died during the Black Death, and during the process , there were four thieves who took advantage of the dead to steal property everywhere. After being caught, the soldiers wondered how they could steal in a room with so many dead people without being infected with the plague. Only then did the latter tell them that they had brewed a kind of vinegar from four kinds of flowers, and that they would soak the vinegar in strips of cloth to cover their mouths and noses, wrap their hands and feet, and prevent the plague before stealing.

After that, this "secret recipe" spread, and it was named Four Thieves Vinegar.

The boss also told the players that the song "Scarborough Fair" is actually about the Black Death......

"Are you going to Scarborough Fair?

Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme.

Give my regards to a girl there,

She was my love.

Let her make me a linen shirt,

Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme.

There is no sealing on the top, and no needlework.

She will be my true love"

As for the second stanza of the song, "Tell her to find me a piece of land between the sea and the shallows, and tell her to reap it with a scythe, and tie the harvested heather into bunches." Sick, ask the girl to find a cemetery for herself, and clean the cemetery with a broom made of heather, so that she can be buried...

Well, I have to say that at that time, many players said that they knew a useless bean knowledge...

But to be honest, this popular science has really impressed many players. After all, the song "Scarborough Fair" is very popular. Everyone thinks it is a song about love. The "parsley , sage, rosemary and thyme" is indeed a bit strange, but everyone just thinks it means flowers like roses used to express love.

But in fact, the original meaning of this song is to let the public remember the formula of the Four Thieves Vinegar, so that they can use it in the future...

Didn't expect it to mean that...  

Well, after knowing this background story, listening to this song will inevitably cause chills in the back.

Even though I said that, some players later said that they brewed Four Thieves vinegar according to this method and sold it in the city. , Duanmu Huai didn't know, anyway, there is no loss in trying, right?

After all, vinegar does have the effect of disinfection and sterilization. When I was a child, my family would burn vinegar for disinfection and prevention during the flu season. It cannot be said that it is useless at all.

"Anyway, nothing special."

Duanmu Huai briefly introduced the situation about this song, and then returned to the topic.

"Having said that, what do you think of what the priest said just now?"

Before leaving, Priest Sigma also provided Duanmu Huai with a clue, saying that when he was preaching, he met people from the Inquisition here.

The religious conditions of the southern territories are a bit different from those of Sigmar and Bretonnia. They are a federation of independent territories, so their religion is also managed in a unified way. Although there is no state religion like the Goddess of the Lake like Bretonnia, A department for the unified management of sects was also established, which is the Inquisition.

It's just that, unlike the Tribunal, this department seems to be more like coordinating conflicts between various sects.

But not long ago, according to what Priest Sigma said, he encountered people from the Inquisition Office leading a group of soldiers, who seemed to be tracking a pair of siblings.

"Siblings?"

"Yes, I heard that the younger brother seems to be carrying the blood of the evil god, and some people say that the outbreak of the plague and rat plague was caused by him."

After hearing what Priest Sigma said, Duanmu Huai was also taken aback for a moment.

"It should be just a coincidence."

Lorena put forward her opinion, and Audrey nodded.

"People always want to find a scapegoat in difficult times, so that they can legitimize their inner guilt. As long as it is someone else's fault, then they are right."

Audrey's expression was a little gloomy when she said this, maybe she remembered the scene when she was divorced at the beginning—although Duanmuhuai said that Audrey was not at all wrong. But obviously, that's not the time to say it.

"Is there no way to save the people here?"

Bambi frowned, and asked anxiously, while Duanmuhuai shrugged.

"I don't have this kind of ability... Even if An came... I guess there is nothing I can do."

The magic of Manaria does not involve curing the plague, which is mainly the work of alchemists. Not only that, the plague spread by the Ratmen was not just an ordinary plague, but something similar to a curse. From this point of view, using magic was more symptomatic. Logically speaking, in the face of this situation, it would be more symptomatic to ask the priests of the god of healing and mercy, Shaleia, to help.

Asking Sigma's priests to come here to stop the plague is like asking an officer to operate on a patient. It's just playing the piano.

From this point of view, it is not that the southern leaders are not taking action at all, but whether they are looking in the right direction... is unknown.

"Anyway, there's nothing we can do here, let's move on, let's go to the heartland and see what's going on there."

This is only the border of the southern territories, but even so, it has become like this, and one can imagine how bad the interior is. If this continues, once the rat plague breaks out completely, there may be a large number of refugees going to Bretonnia. This is obviously not a good thing for Bretonnia, which has just ended the civil war and has not yet recovered.

As for exactly how...you will only know when you go there.