Chapter 49: Reliable Alice
Li Ang felt a little dizzy and his legs were weak, but he still covered his mouth and nose with one hand and went over to untie the reins.
As soon as Alice was released, she trotted all the way to the nearby meadow, lowered her head and sniffed the grass.
Then, the beautiful little mare seemed to have found something and began to eat the grass on the ground.
While chewing, he snorted.
Leon also ran over, plucked a few unknown grasses from Alice's mouth, stuffed them into his own mouth and began to chew them vigorously - the grass that the horse would specifically look for must be useful!
No one knew what that grass was, but its juice was so bitter that Li Ang rolled his eyes, and the smell made him cough violently.
But the effect is very obvious - right after coughing, the dizziness immediately went away!
Leon hugged Alice's neck and kissed her hard, then gathered two handfuls of grass and ran back to Anson.
Anson was now wrapping his face with clothes and flipping Klose's eyelids.
"Anson, how are they? This grass seems to be able to detoxify."
"They just look like they fell asleep... Ah, it's Artemisia crossi! So that's what it is... My lord, that's not Dragon's Tears!"
Anson took the grass from Leon's hand, stuffed it into his mouth and chewed it, his face also covered with tears.
After chewing the grass into pieces, he stuffed the grass into the nostrils of Klose and others.
Soon, everyone woke up and sat down by the fire with gnashing teeth, each holding a piece of meat and roasting it.
"What happened to us just now ?"
Klose asked in a low voice. He felt a little embarrassed. He fainted for no apparent reason. It was a shame for a soldier. Now only food could ease the pain in his heart.
"You have been knocked unconscious - or fallen asleep. That stone is not Dragon's Tear, it should be Snake Heart Stone!"
Anson answered casually.
"What is Snake Heart Stone?"
Leon asked as he played with the small knife left by Risa Dilan.
The knife is thin and sharp, with an inner curve. The blade is less than one centimeter wide and about the same length as the index finger, so it can be easily hidden in most places on the body.
Leon is now quite interested in the stone that can make people dizzy. In his opinion, it is indeed a treasure.
"This is also the first time I've seen a real thing. I read about it in an old medical book at the seminary. Snake Heart Stone is a rare crystal stone. It's not actually a poison, but it will make people dizzy and sleepy if they get close to it. Of course, if no one takes care of it, they may just fall into a coma and become a corpse. Because it has the same shape as a snake's heart, the book named it Snake Heart Stone."
Anson explained, drawing a shape with his finger.
"How can such a horrible thing not be poison?"
Klose was still a little frightened. He felt that it was terrible that he fell asleep for no apparent reason.
"Because this kind of sleepiness is easy to get rid of. Artemisia cross is a very common herb with a strong smell. The stimulating smell can quickly wake people up. Moreover, the book says that there was once a continent where doctors could use snake heart stone to make patients sleep... and then use a knife to cut off the diseased limbs or internal organs while they were sleeping, and replace them with intact organs, so that seriously ill patients can recover..."
Anson gestured on Klose and explained patiently.
Klose shuddered: "Nonsense! This is impossible... How can he still be alive after his internal organs are cut out!"
Anson shrugged. "I also read about it in a book... If it's true, it would be good news for everyone! It even means that any injury could be cured!"
Klose’s head shook as if he had the hiccups: “No no no… this is impossible!”
The big guy was used to cutting other people's bodies into pieces and used to seeing enemy parts flying all over the place, but he still found it hard to imagine that human organs could be replaced!
Klose even felt that the barbecue on the fire was not delicious anymore.
Li Ang nodded. He was the only one who could understand Anson's dedication to saving lives and healing the wounded. It was because of people like Anson that human technology level would develop step by step.
"So, where can I get this snake heart stone?"
The lord supported his chin and asked as he looked at the water bag containing the snake heart stone.
"Although it is rare, it seems that people often find it. Someone in my hometown of Ashcombe has found it, and even more have been found in the Bacchus Empire. But..."
Anson frowned and pondered for a moment.
"how?"
"My Lord, they were all found at the altar of the Snake Cult..."
Li Ang raised his eyebrows: "I heard that the people of the Snake Cult will confuse people and then lure them into joining the cult?"
Anson nodded and agreed with Leon's judgment: "It is very likely that the Snake Cult uses the Snake Heart Stone to make people unconscious and then trick them into becoming believers. The Bacchus Empire has encircled and suppressed them many times and obtained a lot of Snake Heart Stones, but without exception, this thing will gradually disappear on its own within a few days..."
disappear?
Li Ang picked up the leather water bag and shook it. He understood why Lisadilan used the water bag to hold the snake heart stone.
This thing is probably a highly volatile mineral. What caused the person to fall into a coma should be the inhalation of the evaporated gas.
In this era, it is actually difficult to find an effective way to preserve such highly volatile substances. Putting them in water is already the most suitable storage method.
Leon carefully put away the water bag and wrapped it with several layers of tent cloth to be on the safe side. He planned to have Leslie store it in a sealed ceramic jar. He thought this thing would be very useful.
"Sir ... my heavy armor was also shot through by an arrow! Who do you think sent this assassin? This arrow is too powerful!"
Klose took out his armor from the tent and pointed to the small hole in the thickest part of the chest plate.
"I was also wondering who it was that could use a great archer like Risadiran. He really thinks highly of me..."
Leon also felt something was amiss. He initially thought that it was the Duke of Alma or Foucher who paid for a killer to buy Risa Diran, but after thinking about it carefully, that was not the case.
Since Risadilan shot the wrong person, it obviously meant that Risadilan was not following the convoy.
In the afternoon, he chased him to the woods, and when Lisadilan saw his face, he exclaimed "Huh!", and in the evening he came again and shot through the armor in his tent - this meant that his employer recognized him and had described his appearance in detail to Lisadilan, and might even have mentioned his golden-maned horse.
And although Lisadilan did not follow the convoy, he was able to find himself within a day, which means that Lisadilan's employer should know his approximate location.
After all, he had just come out of the border camp and had been marching and moving all day.
The Red Brotherhood certainly didn't know where they were.
Grand Duke Alma, who had just taken over Changhe Town, probably didn't know his current position.
The only people who could possibly know their route were the Horn Call Rangers.
It was Ralph's advice to himself, asking him to go to the deserted village after it was attacked by Jatu.
But the problem was that Ralph had no reason to assassinate him. If he really wanted to kill him, he could have just sent people to attack him at the camp - he had hundreds of rangers with him at the time.
What is going on?
Li Ang remembered the strange female voice again.
Same words twice.
"...Watch your back, kid..."
Who is reminding me?
Does this sentence refer to the arrow shot from behind, or something else?
When I was in Sarleon City, after I saw the statue of Eunomia, the goddess of order, I encountered the heretic and the fallen...
And now, after hearing that voice, I encountered a top-level killer like Lisa Dilan...
No way……
Li Ang felt that life was so difficult. Why did so many unknown enemies want to harm him?
"Damn it! We need to quickly build a base and get it well defended. We also need to catch this dangerous guy, Lisa Dilan!"
There is one more thing the lord didn't say - we have to find a suitable person to be responsible for defending against hidden arrows!
Leon had no appetite for the barbecue. He picked up the sword dropped by Lisadilan, sat next to Alice, and leaned against the horse post.
Only Alice is the most reliable. She is always helping and never causes any trouble.
The little mare nudged Leon's back with her head and twitched her tail, seeming to be dissatisfied with the lord occupying her position .
But Leon didn't plan to leave. He felt safer with Alice.
Fortunately, horses sleep standing up and can sleep anywhere.
Alice had a good temper, and when she saw that Leon didn't leave, she gently rubbed Leon's face with her head and took a step back, allowing the lord to occupy her horse seat.
