The arrival of Xu Jun and others made the old bishop and the civilians present very concerned. Since the emergence of the black disease, adventurers and mercenaries have almost disappeared in Mondama City. They were originally prodigal sons, living on missions and hunting, and there was no need to stay in a dangerous city.
It has to be said that the city of Montama was very safe for a few days after that.
When adventurers were running around before, there were bad incidents of fights and even killings almost every day in the entire city center trade area. Civilians should be careful here. Now the adventurers and mercenaries are running away, and there are many fewer people urinating everywhere in the city. This is probably the best change brought about by the black disease.
"...this is... an adventurer?"
"Why is he here?"
People asked in a low voice, but in fact they all understood. It is estimated that this adventurer came here after hearing that the church gave out free medicine.
This is not a good thing.
According to Sister Kana, who is beside the Archbishop, one of the medicines that can resist the black disease only grows in the north and is controlled by the Light God Cult, so they need to apply to the church headquarters. Now the stock of the church branch in Montama City is really very small.
Use one serving less.
The archbishop is a little bit of advice. He is a gentle but dignified elder, and now he smiles at Xu Jun with a hint of bitterness: "Young man, this medicine..."
In his opinion, Xu Jun didn't need to stay here at all. Although many people suspect that the black disease is contagious, and the cities in the northern part of the Golden Banner Empire are indeed preventing people from the southern free cities from entering, the adventurers are very different. They don't have an accent in a southern city, nor do they have a household registration in a southern city, and they are almost completely free.
Xu Jun showed a sincere smile. I don't know if he has been in the game for a long time, and he has really become a brave man. He has also learned the reason why he behaves like a brave man. He is smiling very sincerely now. People feel good: "I just want to see this potion. I don't know what herbs are needed to make this potion? Maybe I have some here."
"Good man!!!" ← The onlookers opened their mouths, with such a sentence circling in their hearts.
Xu Jun squatted, stretched out his hand to rub the head of the crying little boy, and comforted him and the little girl: "If my brother can find the herbs to make the medicine, grandpa will have medicine to drink, don't cry."
The little boy raised his head, with tears still streaming down his thin cheeks, he nodded, wiped away the tears, and smiled stupidly at Xu Jun again. The little girl was not used to talking to strangers. She hid behind the boy and looked at Xu Jun cautiously with her small head exposed: "Big brother, is it true?"
This warm scene is touching, and the civilians present are also a little ashamed. Yes, there are good people among the adventurers. Last year, the dog of the old Naren's house on the street corner was lost, and the kind adventurer helped him find it. .
Only Lance looked left and right, as if something was wrong, he counted with his fingers: Xu Jun is his father, but these two human cubs can call him uncle... eh? ! So what are these two human cubs mine? !
Lance expressed dissatisfaction!
Carloman, the bishop of Mondama City, waved his hand and handed over the dispensing of the medicine directly to the two nuns. The old man held the little boy with one hand and the little girl with the other, motioning Xu Jun and others to follow him and enter the inner room. "This medicine was researched by me, because black disease is a new type of disease, and it has a lot to do with the abnormal weather in this short period of time. We are also very suspicious of where the huge dark clouds in the sky come from... His Majesty the God of Light. It is recorded in the holy book that the whole world will fall into darkness before the world is destroyed..." The old man was a bit sane, and he began to digress as he spoke. Forgot what you wanted to say.
The two children looked up at the bishop timidly. It was the first time they were so close to the bishop! This is the bishop of the God of Light! Grandpa said that this is a person who serves God!
People who serve God... can't understand what they say
What a holy book, what a world-destroying word, such words are too difficult to understand. For children in the slums, this is something that is difficult for them to come into contact with in their entire lives!
"As you can see, does this have something to do with the excessive dark elements in the air?" Xu Jun asked.
Bishop Carloman shook his head suspiciously: "There are too many dark elements... Yes, this time is indeed more than before, but how to say it? Doesn't this happen every few years? And, About twenty days ago, the dark elements were much less."
Twenty days ago—that was when the Demon King Luo Xienke showed his true face, left Xu Jun's body, and absorbed all the dark elements attached to the tree of life of the Holy Light Elves. After that, he might have gone to the Moonlight Elves. , and also "saved" the tree of life of the moonlight elf. Indeed, the dark elements seem to have subsided a lot since then.
Xu Jun has experienced all this himself, so he is more aware of the cause and effect, but for the onlookers who don't know the truth, this year's dark elements... Indeed, there are more than a few years ago.
It seems normal.
"This potion is modified with the formula of Nightmare Antidote," Bishop Carloman patted the two children, gave them milk and bread, and set aside to eat something first. He explained to Xu Jun in a low voice: "I studied alchemy for a period of time before I believed in the God of Light, so I also made potions. The symptoms of black disease are somewhat similar to those of black blood disease, and of course the name 'black disease' also comes from that. The... The old, the weak, the sick and the disabled are more likely to get sick, they become weak quickly, often feel tired but can't sleep, suffer from severe insomnia, and are easily injured. Their bodies may break their bones. Since the disease appeared in the city, many alchemists have heard the news and came to help, but they had no choice and finally left."
When the old bishop said this, he sighed: "When I was young, I always felt that alchemy couldn't save people, but now...believing in the God of Light can't save people."
Although he knows a lot of healing spells, as Danister said before, for ordinary people, healing spells will overdraw people's vitality, and this large-scale disease cannot be solved by holy light and healing. of the.
Xu Jun squeezed the potion bottle, pulled out the cork and took a sniff: "Snow orchid, soothing herb, and scales of green algae sea snake... eh?"
"...Is this, the sap of the carnival tree vine?"
His expression was even more solemn than the old bishop, and even Jace said softly, "Carnival vine, this is forbidden medicine."
—The banned drugs in this world can be equivalent to the drugs in the world where Xu Jun originally lived.
The old bishop looked ashamed. If the formula of this potion is revealed, he can become the bishop. This is definitely a scandal! As the bishop of the Light God Cult, he actually used the carnival tree vine to make medicine for the common people to eat. If this incident spreads, it will be enough to be written into the history of the Light God Cult and become an eternal stain.
But what can he do
In addition to making people mentally chaotic and overexcited, carnival tree vine can indeed relieve people's nervousness, improve immunity for a period of time, and strengthen the body. But the most terrifying thing about this thing is that it is difficult to control the dosage. If it is less, it will have no effect. If it is too much, it will cause addiction and gradually corrode the human body. Therefore, it has been strictly controlled in recent years.
"I wrote a letter to His Majesty the Pope saying that there are traces of the undead in the southern part of the city of Montama, and the sap of the carnival tree vine is needed to make the expelling potion, which is only approved by the above. But there is only so much, and there will be no more after use. I can't let the civilians in the city live on this forever."
After speaking, he stared blankly at the ceiling.
The hair is pale, and the beard is not too short, as if it has not been trimmed for a long time. His robe was still neat, but the dirty corners of the robe were not cleaned in time.
Xu Jun thought for a while: "I don't know much about alchemy, so if I'm wrong, please bear with me."
The old bishop thought that Xu Jun was still spraying him. Ever since he secretly used the medicine of carnival tree vine, he has been terrified every day, as if he will be scolded at any time. Now I hurriedly sat upright, but saw the adventurer-like young man open his backpack: "There is a substitute for the carnival tree vine, which may not be known to many people. It is a kind of stone called Mog rock, which is ground into The powder can also be used as medicine, and the side effects are less than the carnival tree vine, but patients taking medicine should drink more water and be careful of stones."
The old bishop thought to himself, I know that too, but is that Mog rock an ordinary stone? What you said is so frivolous, that thing is a treasure that only appears in books!
Not to mention whether the common people can afford it, even I have only seen it in the warehouse of the Light God Cult once in my life!
Such a small piece, wrapped in a swan flower by His Majesty the Pope, and placed in an arcane crystal for offering!
"Young man, maybe you really don't know much about it..." The old bishop felt that his long-sleeping alchemist's heart was beating again, as if he was back when he was young. The buddies are arguing about the formula of the potion... His little buddy has a good mind, but he is too eccentric, and his thoughts are always imaginative and impractical.
I saw that this young man dressed in ordinary clothes, looking very young, and smiling very sincerely, took off his backpack and took it out.
Pull out an ugly big rock.
The color is khaki, the color is unremarkable, but there are magical patterns on it, obviously this is a very advanced material, and it seems familiar.
The young man split the stone in half, and he sent the fist-sized stone to the old bishop: "I happen to have some Mog rocks, please use it."
The old bishop rolled his eyelids and fainted.
…
When the good man came to an end, he sent out a small piece of Mog rock that couldn’t be bought by shouting outside. Xu Jun took the little boy and girl he had met out of the church, and was going to see the children’s lives. grandfather.
Jace looked numb to this, and there was only one thought in his mind:
"The current human heroes... are they all so rich?!!!"