Chapter 768 Falling
The previous head of the Malir family, Judit, died in the Dragon's Back Mountains in battle, and his eldest son Hernan was accidentally poisoned by the Blood Moon Society at Ilea's birthday party. The position of head of the family finally fell to You
On the head of Dieter's youngest son Perls.
Compared with his arrogant elder brother, Pers is undoubtedly much more humble. He is very good at listening to the opinions of advisors and vassals, but this also makes Pers a little indecisive.
Normally, this would not be a big problem. After all, although Judith died, he left behind a lot of legacy. In addition to a large sum of golden lions, there were also resourceful counselors and brave vassals.
With their help, Perls didn't have much difficulty taking over Lake City.
However, not long after he became the head of the family, the Western Territory fell into turmoil. At this time, one wrong step might lead to disaster, so Perls' old habit of being indecisive relapsed.
Hesitating between the Wing Tribe and the rebels, on the one hand he felt it was a bit embarrassing to surrender like this, and kept in touch with Ilea through letters, but on the other hand, he felt that it was not feasible to place his hopes on the God's punishment on Saturday to defeat the Wing Tribe.
Reality.
Seeing that the army led by Solomon had begun to attack the Western Territory, Perls still failed to make a decision, which made many of his subordinates go crazy with anxiety.
Fortunately, the tragedy that happened at Pine Rock Castle finally made Perls come back to his senses. He finally opened the city gate before Solomon and his army arrived, and reluctantly donated all his family's savings.
Perls even had his silver plates packed away so that he couldn't find the guy serving the food at dinner time.
His humble gesture saved the lives of the Malir family and tens of thousands of people in the city. However, Perls didn't know if it was because he surrendered too late. Although Solomon accepted the goods he offered, he did not.
Summon him.
In fact, the army only stayed in the city in the lake for half a day before continuing its march.
Pers couldn't help but feel a little uneasy, and he couldn't help but start thinking wildly, worried that Solomon would come to settle accounts with him after the war in the west was over.
He suffered from insomnia all night, and his head felt groggy the next day. He wanted to go to bed early at night, but not long after he went to bed, Perls was awakened by the movement outside the window.
The new city lord of Lake City opened his eyes and saw a Yi tribesman standing in front of his bed.
The man spoke broken mainland lingua franca and asked him to hand over the castle immediately and drive everyone out, including himself.
Before Pers could answer, he spread his wings and flew out of the window.
After that, he visited dozens of nobles in succession and asked them to empty out their mansions.
Then he returned to the castle again. At this time, Pers had asked everyone to wake up and asked them to pack their things immediately. The castle was in a state of chaos.
Perls originally planned to stay temporarily in a manor outside the city, but then the Wing tribesman ordered him to close the city gate tightly and not allow anyone to enter or exit.
At the same time, residents in the city were also asked to go back to their homes, close their doors and windows, and not look outside.
This last request was a bit inexplicable, but Perls sent someone to implement it immediately.
There was no way. Ever since the Malir family surrendered to Solomon, they no longer had the final say in the city in the lake. Even Pers didn't dare to complain when they were kicked out of their own castle in the middle of the night.
Soon, no one could be seen on the streets of the city, and even the drunkards were dragged into the garrison's dungeon by the patrolling guards and temporarily locked up.
The city in the lake at night is as quiet as a tomb.
Malir found several inns to temporarily house his tribe and servants in the castle.
Just before he entered the hotel, several groups of Wing tribesmen came behind him. They were hovering over the town, specifically searching for people who had not returned home.
Once discovered, they will be executed on the spot without any explanation.
In addition, places where the doors and windows are not closed as ordered will also receive their visit and kill everyone inside.
But some people still have the courage to look out through the gaps in doors and windows.
He saw thousands of black figures flying towards Lake City from the western sky, but they were no longer as calm as when they came back. Their formations were scattered, as if they were being chased by something.
There were even black shadows flying and suddenly falling from the sky, like kites with broken strings.
Many of the remaining people had difficulty flying, and they all carried people on their backs, which were their robes that had lost the ability to fly.
The witness did not dare to look any further, retracted his head, and began to pray to Pisiya.
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Until the early morning of the next day, the gate of Lake City was still closed, and there was still not a single soul on the street.
The requisitioned aristocratic mansion was already full of people from the Yi clan, and the beds were no longer enough, so more people could only lie on straw.
At this moment, they were extremely weak, some were coughing, some were vomiting, and some were convulsing, with their necks twisted in weird postures.
The physical pain is secondary. After all, they are elite warriors from various tribes, and they are not afraid even in the face of death.
The real terror comes from the unknown.
This strange disease appeared about seven days ago.
Not many people cared at first.
Until it began to spread among the army, some people's symptoms were more severe, and some people's reactions were milder, but this does not mean that people with mild reactions can start to feel lucky.
The first centurion to die did not feel any physical discomfort before his death, but he died suddenly in the tent.
In the next two days, more than a dozen people died, mostly officers.
Then more and more people in the army were infected with strange diseases, and Solomon immediately paid attention to it. After checking those patients, he found that many of their symptoms were similar to those of Lanita, who had been sent back during the weekend.
It looks very similar.
This made Solomon's heart sink. He thought of the ridiculous warning that the young monk named Redio had given not long ago.
And he was not the only one to think of that warning. As more and more people were suffering from strange diseases, the Wing Clan people began to worry that Saturday had really sent down divine punishment on them.
Solomon dealt with a few "rumour-mongers" and calmed the matter down a bit, but as the number of dead increased, the widespread spread of rumors was almost inevitable.
In addition, Solomon also noticed one thing, that is, except for the Winged Tribesmen, no one was infected like them, whether they were dwarves, half-orcs, or humans, even those who came from Lionheart Castle with them.
Such a terrible disease.
So those two terrifying words came to Solomon's mind again - curse.
Could this really be the so-called divine punishment?!
This is Saturday to punish the invaders of this continent.
This chapter has been completed!