Chapter 216 (1/2)

Chapter 216 Deue

During the following two days, Theo ’s City’s suburbs

Margaret would provide the fleet for the transportation of the refugees while the First Aruised as mercenaries, would arrive at the canal’s pier at the appointed ti

As for the dissemination of information, Theo wasn’t worried that Black Ha such attractive bait Letting street rats do such as h their range of activity was liees would certainly spread the news ast themselves Furthermore, he couldn’t handle thehness had explicitly explained to him that this was a task which could be done over ti one shi+p after another

On the day of the fleet’s arrival, nearly one thousand destitute and homeless people had come to the pier, much more than Theo had expected If he had relied on the First Army to promote the journey, Theo believed that if 100 people had coood result

According to His Royal Highness’s screening requirements, the children were allowed to embark on the shi+ps first, followed by the children’s families, and finally, the other adults As for elderly citizens… Theo discovered that there were alray hair in the crowd Perhaps they didn’t want to risk going to a reht have been unable to escape fro

After the first fleet of ten single-mast shi+ps left the pier with 500 people on board, the rest of the waiting refugees were driven back to the camp, but they all took the neith them that “the fleet will return”

Thinking that he could easily succeed in cohness’ tasks, he did not expect that he would encounter a severe probleht away the second batch of people

A strange illness had suddenly broken out in King’s City

The first deceased to be discovered had laid at the roadside, his body covered with many black spots, and his teeth fallen off His skin had also broken open inout of those places had changed color – turning black like the blood of witches ere devoured by the terror of the demonic bite But this time, the deceased was not a woman, but rather a male resident of the Northern District

Not long after, several corpses with the same symptoms were discovered one after another Furthermore, some of the people who carow dark spots Whether it was herbal treat was able to subdue the illness Even when using bloodletting treatment, their blood which was usually red had now turned black, as if having been e amount of ink

Soon, fear spread through the masses, which steadily increased the a was useless Every day,those black spots would appear, and even people with the saitives outside of the city

Finally, the High Priest of the Church appeared in front of the praying masses and declared that all this was a plot by the witches to spread the Devil’s power, infecting other innocent people this way Furthermore, the priest said that at present, any treatment was unable to resist the power of the Devil, and the people who fall to the corrosion will die under extreme pain However, the Church would never idly sit by; they had already developed the Holy Elixir, which was powerful enough to drive the Devil back to hell

This statelimmer of hope Every day, they would sit in front of the church’s door, waiting for the release of the Holy Elixir

Although Theo had strong doubts regarding the Church’s claiees to provide for every contingency

“Why do you want to stop?” Black Ha to send those people away before they become eroded by the Devil’s spirit? Do you want them to stay in the city to become seeds for the witches?”

“This is the wish of the people above,” Theo answered iitives If the West is also infected by this evil force, hoill the kingdom then look like?”

“Uh -” Black Haion doesn’t matter to us at all Sir Theo, how about this? We just don’t hear the opinion of the people above and si them away Think about it, this is such a demonic illness– one touch and you will are infected I simply can’t stay here and wait for the devil to co them from us”

“As if we haven’t heard them?” Theo asked coldly “Just like me, you also only have one head!”

After he left the pub, he went to the next shop aret’s Caravan emblem, and revealed his token

“I must see your boss The sooner, the better”