Chapter 52: Follower (1/2)
Chapter 52: Follower
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Late Night River Shore City, Commoner District, a small two story house.
A very dense steam spread through a messy room in the two story house.
In the room, a girl was lying down on the bed, continuously moaning. Her skin was yellow and she seemed to have no strength.
Yet her eyes seemed to be unusually lively.
”Father…” She said in a low voice, ”I might die soon.”
A tall person was sitting on the bedside, holding his tears with great difficulty. He grabbed his daughter’s hands and said, ”Lyle, rest assured, I already found a way to save you!”
”You’ll be fine, everything will get better.”
There was also a third person in the room. She was the same age as the girl and from her clothes, it could be seen that her family situation was similar to their own. She was also sitting at the bedside, looking at the seriously ill Lyle.
”Thank you, Chini,” Gru said in a low voice. ”Thank you for taking care of her when I wasn’t here.”
”This is what I should do Mr Gru.” Chini displayed an expression full of grief. ”Lyle is my best friend.”
”Looking after her is something I should do. But her body…”
She turned after saying this, apparently not able to bear looking at Lyle.
This was Gru’s house. As a low level adventurer who had worked hard for half his life in River Shore City, Gru being able to buy a house like this in the commoner district was already not an easy thing to do.
This evening, White River Valley’s Baron Marvin had given him a book and told him that Masked Twin Blades would look for him at his house.
This made him overjoyed.
There was finally hope for his daughter. Even if it was slim, he still wanted to give it a try.
The steam in the room was a kind of very old treatment method. Increasing the room temperature and humidity level was said to be effective against all kinds of sicknesses.
Gru also invited a lot of doctors, but they were unable to do anything about Lyle’s condition, they could only try methods that were at least better than nothing.
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Chini, who had just woken up, sat around for a while before excusing herself. ”Since you already returned, I’ll head back early.”
Gru nodded.
He was about to send off his daughter’s friend, but suddenly, a silhouette rushed in from the outside!
”You can’t!”
Clang!
A curved dagger was drawn and pushed against Chini’s neck.
”What are you doing?” Gru asked, startled and furious.
Chini tried to loudly scream… But Marvin had already covered her mouth before she could emit a sound.
He was wearing the [Ghastly Gloves] anyway. He wouldn’t feel anything even if that girl bit him.
”What am I doing?”
”Maybe you should ask what she is doing?” Marvin sneered.
He tore off Chini’s shirt!
An odd imprint could be seen on her neck. It looked like half a tattoo.
”I’m not sure what you mean. Chini is Lyle’s good friend,” said Gru in a deep voice. ”Mister Masked Twin Blades, let go of her quickly.”
”Open the book you have. Page 670, look at the illustration.” Marvin coldly said.
At the same time, Chini’s body shook quickly.
Fear could be seen in her eyes.
She tried to struggle, but even if Marvin’s strength was average, it was more than enough to subdue a young girl.
Under the threat of the curved dagger she eventually stopped struggling, frightened.
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Gru hurriedly took out the book and turned the pages till he found the one Marvin had indicated.
His face instantly changed!
”Are you a Plague God follower?”
”How could that be? Chini?”
Gru was thoroughly stunned!
This book was found in Baron Marvin’s study. It was an ancient book passed down by his grandfather. Inside were some secrets about evil cult followers.
This naturally included some notes about the Plague God.
Gru wasn’t blind; he could clearly see that tattoo on Chini’s neck. If it was completed, it would be a perfect copy of the one in the book!
That represented the Plague God’s followers!
They were a group of loathsome human beings. They firmly believed in the plagues, wanting plagues to spread everywhere, yet they would be immune thanks to the plague god’s blessing.
These kinds of people were the most hateful.
Lyle lying down on the bed clearly didn’t understand what was happening. She anxiously asked, ”What are you doing?”
”Father, please don’t let this weird person harm Chini.”
Marvin was not amused, he directly struck the back of Chini’s head, making her lose consciousness.
”Lunatic!” Lyle said, furious. Her face flushed.
”Shut up!” Gru gloomily yelled.
Lyle was thoroughly stunned. As far as she remembered, her father had never spoken to her like that.
”It was Chini’s work!”