Upon hearing the news, Edward's forehead was covered with cold sweat, and he almost shouted: "What's going on?! The Scarlet Church is threatening to cut off the supply of purifying blood again, demanding more political benefits?!"

Perseus shook his head and said in a deep voice: "It's not coercion, but it's more terrifying than coercion. It's not that the Scarlet Church has purifying blood that it deliberately cannot produce, but that it simply cannot produce it."

"The baby can't be born," Edward muttered, and asked in shock, "Didn't they guarantee before that they could provide purifying blood stably for a long time, so why did they suddenly say that the baby couldn't be born?"

A self-deprecating look appeared on Perseus' face: "You must have never imagined that the inability to produce purified blood would actually be involved with another seemingly unrelated person."

Perseus' eyes fell on Kino, and he solemnly said two words: "Abao."

Kino frowned, not quite understanding how Abao could be involved with the purifying blood of the Scarlet Church.

The muscles on Perseus's face twitched, and anger ignited in his eyes: "It was only after communicating with the Archbishop this time that I learned that there is a necessary medicinal material in the production process of purifying blood, called "blood essence grass"

"."

"Blood Essence Grass is one of the treasures of heaven and earth. It grows in a place where flowers bloom like spring all year round. It is a specialty of the Far Eastern Dynasty and can be used by some warriors to practice.

"But for us, blood essence grass is not a raw material required for any magic potion formula, and it has no health effects, so this product is not circulated in the kingdom."

When Perseus said this, his fists clenched loudly: "In other words, people like the Scarlet Church have been conducting private transactions with the Far Eastern Dynasty, purchasing blood essence grass in large quantities for use in making purifying blood, and because of the "Church"

Due to the confidentiality principle of the Special Asylum Law, they did not tell us about this matter, and I have been kept in the dark."

Lan Xian frowned in confusion: "So, the production of Purifying Blood was stopped because of the lack of Blood Essence Grass? Then can't we just purchase it heavily from the Far East Dynasty through Abao's caravan?"

Perseus sneered with a hint of sarcasm, and glanced at Kino intentionally or unintentionally: "Let him tell you."

Kino stood up and said silently: "Master Lan Xian, and everyone here, you may not know that Abao is dead. He was kidnapped by his personal bodyguard Hu Shanrong, and finally died in the desert."

Perseus had secretly entrusted Kino, Edward, and Lesakhar to handle Abao's matter. In order to avoid leaking the news, he did not disclose it to other ministers.

Until now, no one knew that this giant businessman wearing a three-clawed golden dragon robe was actually dead!

When everyone was shocked, Lan Xian subconsciously said: "So, blood essence grass"

Perseus said solemnly: "Abao was the person in charge of transactions with the Scarlet Church in the Far East. After his death, the imperial court fully regained control of Abao's caravan and interrupted all relations between the caravan and Doguland.

Transactions, including their purifying blood supply agreement with the Scarlet Church.”

"The Archbishop came to me a few days ago and was forced to disclose this matter. Without the necessary material such as Blood Essence Grass, the Scarlet Church can no longer continue to produce purifying blood. The Archbishop explained to me that based on what has been produced so far,

The purifying blood reserve can be maintained for up to four more months."

"After four months, if the supply of Blood Essence Grass cannot be restored," Lan Xian realized the seriousness of the problem and was afraid to say anything.

Perseus' face was as gloomy as water, and he said what Lan Xian did not dare to say: "The disease of lycanthropy will break out again in Doguland."

For a long time, doctors have been helpless against the zoonosis epidemic. They have ways to suppress or block the spread, but they cannot cure it.

This also means that once you contract an animal epidemic, you will always be infected.

Since the outbreak of the epidemic, the number of infected people in the kingdom has been countless. Even after wars, out-of-control eradication and other factors, there are currently hundreds of millions of infected people in Doguland.

Except for the plague beast warriors of the Trojan family, other infected people have been scattered and imprisoned in epidemic areas in various places. People who have money to buy purifying blood to suppress the infection can live in the upper-level epidemic areas. In addition to certain restrictions on the scope of their activities,

You need to report to the local garrison regularly. In other respects, you are no different from ordinary people, and you can live a relatively free life.

Those who have no money to buy purifying blood can only be imprisoned in the lower epidemic area, which is a miserable hell. Those who cannot suppress the animal transformation factor will be imprisoned in cages, their spirits will be distorted, and their limbs will be deformed until

Become an uncontrollable pest.

In the lower epidemic area, every piece of air is filled with sources of infection. Outsiders entering there must wear complete protective clothing and apply salt crystals to all parts that may come into contact with the air to prevent infection.

And those plague beasts in cages will become experimental samples, used by alchemists to study, test medicines day after day, or undergo vivisection, becoming a "cornerstone" on the road to finding a cure for the plague.

To be fair, the lowest level of purifying blood is not expensive. The treatment is once a month and the price is 160 iron moons. Most civilian families can afford it.

This purifying blood is also one of the cornerstones of the kingdom's stability. It gives most infected civilians a way to survive, allowing them to maintain a basic life in the upper-level epidemic areas, and at least live like human beings.

But now, the supply of Blood Essence Grass and the production of purified blood have been cut off, which means that millions of infected people are about to relapse and even transform into plague beasts.

Once the lycanthropic disease returns and the situation is completely out of control, as Perseus said, Doguland will be annihilated.

If the kingdom's top brass leaves things unchecked, it means that they will face millions of twisted and manic beasts, as well as newly infected people who have been infected due to the outbreak of the lycanthropic disease.

Even if we can use the power of war and send troops to eliminate them, the number of plague beasts is still too huge. Even if we can win, the national power will be devastated.

If an iron-fist policy is adopted and all the millions of infected people in the upper and lower epidemic areas are executed in advance and burned on the spot, this can eliminate the hidden danger of the epidemic in one fell swoop, and can even get rid of the coercion of the Scarlet Church.

But you must know that infected people are also human beings and have their own relatives and friends.

Behind the millions of infected people are millions of families. It would be fine if they were gathered in one city. They were scattered throughout the kingdom, and the extended network of relationships was already difficult to estimate.

If all these infected people were executed, would their relatives agree?

My father, mother, children, and brothers were executed for no reason just because they were infected with an incurable disease.

As long as this policy continues to be implemented, public sentiment will inevitably arouse and popular uprisings will occur in various places.

And the Trojan family

It's true that Troy is a royal family, but don't forget that their clan members, including their leader Edward, are all infected.

Once the people of Troy lose control because of the loss of purifying blood, especially if a high-sequence plague beast warrior like Edward loses control, the destructive power will be unimaginable.
Chapter completed!