Chapter 157： a plague tale

Chapter 157 The Plague Tale

Two days later.

Chen Lun once again received an invitation from the owner of the foil fighting club, the "Black Knight" Byers.

But before he went to the club, he planned to go to another place first.

A few days ago at the bar, Chen Lun became curious about the black anti-epidemic medicine he saw. Based on the address mentioned by the old man, he planned to come to the door to find out who was pretending to be his believer and doing things for profit.

So after lunch, Chen Lun took a carriage to a certain block on the west side of the inner city.

Although it is relatively close to Lorna Port, the surrounding roads have been in disrepair for a long time and are not smooth, resulting in a small flow of people and poor shops.

A herbal shop called "Robert and Jones" opened on the side of the street.

This herbal shop is small in size, about the same as an ordinary coffee shop. The doors of the adjacent shops on the left and right were all closed, and it seemed that no one rented them out for business.

As soon as Chen Lun lifted the curtain of the carriage, he saw a middle-aged man with the appearance of a housekeeper, carrying a paper bag in his hand, coming out of the herbal medicine room, then got into the carriage, and drove away.

"Well... it should be here."

Chen Lun groaned.

Getting off the carriage, he went straight into the herbal medicine shop.

Push open the wooden door.

jingle bell...

When Chen Lun entered the store, he first smelled a very strong herbal smell. The smell is very complicated, neither smelly nor fragrant. In short, it reminded Chen Lun of some bad memories from his previous life.

Because of genetic diseases, I and my sister also tried to find various "miracle doctors" and took various disgusting decoctions.

The experience of those days was really like a nightmare.

Chen Lun shook his head slightly.

"Oh, good day sir, what do you need?"

At this time, a middle-aged man wearing a brown leather apron came out from the inner door with a smile on his tired face.

He wears a pair of glasses on the bridge of his nose, but the lenses are stained with some strange black liquid and look a little dirty.

"I heard that you can buy 'special anti-epidemic medicine' from you?"

Chen Lun was holding a silver cane, showing a faint smile.

He deliberately emphasized on the "special effects" to see what the other party's reaction would be.

"Oh no, sir, there is no 'special anti-epidemic drug' here..."

The smile of the middle-aged man was slightly bitter.

"It's just a herbal candy that my wife and I developed together. It does have a certain anti-epidemic effect, but it's not as good as a 'special effect'... If you need it, you can buy some and try it."

"Oh? Well... In that case, why don't you get me some. The disease is spreading outside the city recently, which is worrying."

Chen Lun nodded, pretending to be disappointed.

The middle-aged man responded happily, and immediately walked into the back room, and after a while, he came out with a small paper bag.

"Sir, this is the 'anti-epidemic candy', please feel free to eat it, it is mainly made of brown sugar, **** and herbs... Take a small amount every day, it can make the body warm and resist severe cold and disease."

【Drugs-Anti-epidemic Candy】

Item description: The anti-epidemic drug jointly developed by herbalist Robert and his wife Jones, contains brown sugar, **** and nineteen kinds of herbs, which can effectively prevent cold and blast.

Taking a small amount each time can slightly increase the resistance to toxins, cold and plague.

"How much?"

Chen Lun took it and asked casually.

"Only need 2 silver nobility, sir."

The man breathed out a sigh of relief, and smiled lightly.

Chen Lun nodded secretly.

The effect of this drug is good, and the price is not expensive in the inner city, even for those rich people, it is quite cheap.

Chen Lun took out two silver coins and put them in his palm, and the other party thanked him.

At this time, Chen Lun asked again:

"Are you followers of the 'Black Messenger'?"

The man's face changed slightly, but he quickly returned to normal.

"Yes, we are His followers."

Chen Lun could feel the panic of the other party at that moment, and knew it was a lie.

But he didn't expose the man directly, but continued:

"This is really great, I also believe in the 'Black Messenger', he is the angel of the 'Outlander God', the guardian of amber..."

Chen Lun's tone was very solemn and serious, and after he finished speaking, he made up a gesture of praise—

Put his index finger and **** together, and draw a circle counterclockwise between the eyebrows.

"Praise the blackness of the foreign land."

The middle-aged man looked at him, dazed.

Immediately, he came back to his senses, smiled, followed up with the same salute, and said:

"Praise the blackness of the foreign land."

Chen Lun looked at the man silently without saying a word.

The latter was shocked suddenly, not knowing what happened. I was still secretly guessing in my heart, if I didn't do something well, let the black-haired young man realize that he was not a follower of the "Black Messenger".

"First, sir...?"

"I see the sign for the herbal shop... Mr. Robert, is that right? And your wife, Jones?"

Chen Lun spoke.

"Uh yes, Robert Corey... my wife Jones is brewing medicine in there."

Robert wiped his sweat.

He felt really hard, how sweaty he was in this winter.

Chen Lun nodded with a smile.

"Mr. Robert, since you are all followers of the 'Black Messenger', can you let me go in and take a look?"

"this…"

Robert hesitated.

Chen Lun folded his hands on the silver cane, and was about to use [Siren's Song] to hypnotize.

"Sir, well, okay."

Robert struggled for a few seconds, and finally nodded in agreement.

"follow me."

He turned around and led the way into the back room.

Chen Lun followed him silently and walked in.

Passing through two rows of wooden shelves with all kinds of dried herbs and some bottles and jars, the two came to the inner courtyard.

A middle-aged woman with crow's feet at the corners of her eyes is beside a clay pot baking on a fire grill, holding a wooden stick in both hands, and stirring inside.

A very strong sweet aroma, mixed with complex **** and herbal flavors, spreads.

"Robert, is this?"

The woman raised her head with a puzzled look on her face.

"Ah Jones, this gentleman is also a follower of the 'Black Messenger'. He came to visit the production process of the 'anti-epidemic medicine'... perhaps for the sake of other people's health."

Robert opened the mouth and added a sentence at the end.

He turned his head indiscriminately, quietly looked at the expression of the black-haired young man beside him, and found that the other party hadn't changed, so he was slightly relieved.

‘It seems that it is just an ordinary herbal candy, this couple is a bit interesting...’

When Chen Lun saw this, he had a bottom line in his heart.

His gaze inadvertently glanced at a potted plant placed under a tree in the inner courtyard, and a small golden lemon tree was planted inside.

"The two are believers of the 'Natural Sect'?"

Chen Lun spoke softly.

Robert and his wife Jones were startled, their mouths slightly opened.

"You are not doing something ulterior, why do you still use the name of 'Black Messenger'...?"

Chen Lun's chest, the shell necklace, exudes a faint light.

"...Sir, we don't want to do that either, but the 'Natural Sect' has a bad reputation in the empire, and it's hard to convince people to rashly sell homemade anti-epidemic medicine."

Robert was in a trance for a moment, then said with a wry smile.

"Jones's parents, me and...the child, all died in a plague five years ago...We are very impressed by this, and we also have some research on the plague.

We don’t want this sudden plague to take too many lives like it did before... so we can only use the recently raised ‘black messenger’ to win people’s trust. "

His wife Jones nodded and said:

"The rich people in the inner city don't care about this small amount of money, but for the outer city, or even the civilians outside the city, it is life-saving money...We hope to earn more money, and then go outside the city to treat those in need helping patients."

Chen Lun got the answer he wanted and sighed secretly.

At the same time, he thought of the public beta.

‘Will the plague this time affect the plot after the public beta? '

I remember that I was born in another Bangcheng area during the public beta in my previous life. At that time, a large-scale sacrificial activity took place in the big city where he was located, and behind it was a large group composed of many small evil forces.

This is the initial hostile force of the public beta players in that area, and it continued until the main line of version 1.0 opened.

is equal to the plot stage used for players to transition and adapt.

‘I have to say, it really looks like…’

Chen Lun thought carefully.

【Trigger B-level mission: Plague Legend! 】

Mission description: Strange plagues have begun to break out in cities, small towns, and villages around Amber City, and the situation is getting worse.

Panic spread, accompanied by a frightening legend—the red dancer!

In the era when hunger was rampant, the dancer in red was brutally eaten in the village, so that the resentment lingered. She vowed to bring the disaster to the world. Black Death, Yellow Fever, and Red Dance Disease, the three plagues that broke out together, are sweeping the southern area of ​​Yanbang!

Investigate the cause of the plague outbreak and find a solution to the plague.

Mission rewards: 11,000 experience points, 18 gold pounds, 5 points of regional popularity, and natural faction mysterious books (advanced)*1

Thanks to book friend 20220518000029511 for the rewarding deacon, LoreWalker for the 500-point reward, and Xuan Jiuer for the 300-point reward~

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(end of this chapter)