Volume 2 Before the Disaster Chapter 4 Black Worm
Xinni woke up from her coma and saw the vicious Marvin, showing a look of despair.
"No, I can't say..."
"They're going to kill me."
"None of this is my intention. They forced me to do this. Otherwise, they would kill me and stuff those bugs into my mouth..."
Xinni said crying.
Marvin was unmoved.
Maybe she did have many difficulties, but it is an indisputable fact that she used [Black Poison] on her good friend.
Ma Wen has never been a kind-hearted person. The reason he saved her life was just to follow the clues to get to the bottom of the matter.
Originally, Marvin just wanted to quickly get rid of the plague in Lyle and then recruit Gru to the White River Valley.
But now, an unexpected news made him change his mind.
A task quietly appeared in his task panel——
[Expel the Plague]: You found traces of black poison in River Beach City and successfully helped a little girl get rid of the black poison. Perhaps you should try to help more people. Of course, you can also choose to extinguish this impending storm from the source.
The reward for the quest is 3,000 general experience points and at least 1 point of regional legend.
Marvin has a huge need for experience, and although he has many ways to level up quickly, they all come with huge risks.
And completing this task seems to be very cost-effective.
"The mission is a choice between two options. You can either become a doctor, like I did with Lyle, and treat patients infected by the black poison one after another. Once a certain number of patients are treated, the mission will be considered completed."
"Or we can just kill the Plague Bringer who spread the Black Poison in River Beach City. This is the fastest way. The only risk is the level of the Plague Bringer."
"Judging from Lyle's condition, the Plague Messenger's power is average, at most only level two, and the followers of the God of Plague are always weak. Even if I don't intervene, River Beach City can handle these sick guys on its own."
So if he could force out the location of the Plague Messenger, Marvin wouldn't mind getting involved.
After all, he was already very used to killing people, let alone cult members, so he had no psychological burden at all when killing them.
He was very short on time, so he would never try the first method of completing the task.
…
Marvin didn't actually do anything to Lyle in her room last night.
After tearing off Lyle's shirt, Marvin used the emerald dagger to make a shallow cut in her lower abdomen.
The cut is neither big nor small, about an inch in size.
Lyle, who didn't understand what was going on, was frightened by Marvin's cold action and naturally screamed.
As for the subsequent scream, it was because she saw something even more terrifying!
Because not long after Marvin made the small cut, a bunch of black maggot-like bugs actually crawled out of her stomach!
She almost fainted from fright at that time!
There are so many horrible bugs inside my body!
Marvin quickly caught the bugs and threw them into a small jar one by one.
Under the smoke of the purple stone bud, more and more black insects were lured out and put into three jars by Marvin .
After Marvin pulled out , Lyle's body was basically safe.
Marvin simply sewed up her wound and then gave her a sip of red wine to help her sleep. The poor little girl fell into a deep sleep due to excessive fright.
That’s right, the plague of black poison is actually a parasitic disease in nature.
This parasite is called a black worm.
During one of Lyle's meals, black worm eggs were put into her food. These worms began to grow inside her body, constantly robbing her of her vitality.
Normally, most of the black worms gather around her neck, forming a circle of disgusting black spots.
Black worms are a kind of divine creatures, designed entirely by the God of Plague according to his own preferences. Once the number of black worms in a person's body reaches a certain level, all the black worms will explode!
This kind of self-destruction will cause the host's body to explode, blood will fly everywhere, and the scene will be very terrifying.
What's even more terrifying is that when the host explodes, the black worm eggs in the host's blood will begin to spread. If someone nearby is splashed with blood on their skin, they will also be infected with the same disease!
In this era when medical technology was relatively underdeveloped, this plague was undoubtedly extremely terrifying.
But Marvin was an exception, he knew the treatment for black poison.
The smoke from the burning purple stone buds is a fatal attraction to black worms.
They would crawl out of their host's body and be snatched away by Marvin's gloved hands.
Each of those jars was half full of vinegar.
Black worms are most afraid of vinegar. Once soaked for an hour, they will die completely.
And these liquids will also form a venom that paralyzes the nerves!
For Marvin, this was a win-win situation. He had always been short of poison, and had no way to poison his scimitar, dagger, etc.
These three cans of venom can serve as a temporary relief .
Originally he was supposed to leave, but the appearance of that mission made him change his mind.
…
"I don't know what they did to you."
"But you only have one choice now. If you tell me, I will spare your life, but you must stay away from the Gru family. If you don't tell me, I will kill you right now."
The cold scimitar gently pressed against Xinni's neck.
Marvin, wearing a mask, looked particularly terrifying.
His tone was emotionless, completely consistent with any ordinary person's imagination of a murderer.
Xinni glared and shouted in a tone of near collapse: "I'll tell you! I'll tell you!"
"Don't kill me, I said."
"It's a church in the civilian area. It originally belonged to the Silver Church, but they rented it from the pastor of the Silver Church..."
Marvin smiled.
The pastor of the Silver Church was really greedy. He rented out his church without even knowing the details of the person who came.
Would the Silver God be angry about this? Someone was spreading the teachings of the God of Plague in his church. Tsk tsk tsk tsk…
This god and his priest are also of the best quality.
After getting the answer he wanted, Marvin did not release Xinni immediately, but knocked her out again.
He had to check the situation first.
…
The civilian area is composed of a group of people who have a certain amount of wealth but are not wealthy.
Most of these people are adventurers of a certain level, merchants, craftsmen, and the like. The security here is not the best, but it is not bad either.
In the northwest of the civilian area, there is a small church. It was originally the preaching place of the Silver God's priest. But later, the Silver God's priest disliked the people in this area for their impure faith and their ungenerous donations, so he simply rented it out.
Late at night, in the basement of the church, a ceremony was taking place.
A dozen young men knelt on the ground, chanting the teachings of the God of Plague frantically!
A man in a black robe stood on the stage, staring at them coldly.
Their faces were filled with fanatical expressions!
But their beliefs may not be pure!
He must select a few with the purest faith and make them his subordinates in order to please the God of Plague.
After all, among the plague messengers of the God of Plague, he is just an ordinary existence.
But even so, he still mastered the most basic spell of all divine magicians.
[Distinguish your faith]!
A dark halo emanated from his hand.
The light circled around the bodies of a dozen young people several times!
The eyes of a few of them flickered, while the eyes of others were indifferent, as if they did not see the halo!
Lines suddenly appeared in front of the black-robed man's eyes.
These lines extend from the young people and connect to their bodies.
These lines are thick and thin, representing the firmness of faith.
The man in black robe was very satisfied. Among this group of people, there were actually two people with very firm beliefs!
They can provide the God of Plague with quite good power of faith and have great prospects for development.
But he was not happy!
Because there was a young boy who didn’t even have any thin lines on his body!
"Some of you actually sneaked in by pretending to be a believer!"
"Do you think you can deceive the eyes of the great God?"
He pointed at one of the young men who looked terrified and smiled grimly: "I will show the others what happens to those who have no faith."
After saying that, a ball of dark silk suddenly appeared in his hand!
“No, no…”
The boy struggled in fear, but it was no use!
The rest of the believers rushed to pin him to the ground.
The man in black robe smiled coldly and walked over slowly.
However, at this moment, in the darkness, an invisible shadow approached quietly.
