After assigning tasks, Lux and Ino quickly took action after entering the city.
Ino only needs to keep an eye on Vayne. With Kalya helping to keep an eye on it, the task is relatively simple.
On Lux's side, it was more troublesome to understand the situation of elemental infection - she had to talk to families with elemental infection patients one by one to understand the situation.
Fortunately, Lux is a patient with social psoriasis after all, so this is not a problem for her - when she was chatting with the caravan owner before, she had used the excuse of "worrying about infection" to ask about the areas where these elements had infected the patient.
"I told you that the disease is not contagious!" The caravan boss was both angry and funny about Lux's caution. Finally, he could only say helplessly, "If you are worried...just stay away from Xicheng District!"
So, after putting down her luggage at the hotel, Lacus put Chalikar on her back and headed straight for Xicheng District.
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Although it is a military fortress-like city located on a mountain pass, the city of Forsbarrow is quite large.
In order to be able to block the entire mountain pass, a huge amount of manpower and material resources were spent on the construction of Forsbarrow City. The area of the entire city is almost as large as that of Demacia.
Unfortunately, the unique high-altitude mountain environment has restricted the development of Forsbarrow. Although the city is large enough, the population in the city is not large. Walking on the streets, Lux even saw many uninhabited courtyards being renovated.
It has become like a farmland - farming in the city. This extravagant way of using land is simply jaw-dropping.
Although before entering the city, Lux had lamented the difficulties of farming in Forsbarrow when she saw the farmland opened on the glacier river beach outside the city, but she never expected that there would be people farming in the city!
Just when Lux was surprised, there was a jingling of bells from the street corner in front of her. This sound was very familiar to Lux. In the caravan she followed, the cows pulling the carts all wore helmets on their necks.
Ring the bell and this sound will appear when you step forward.
So, is this the caravan’s ox cart coming?
Lux's heart skipped a beat when she heard the bell ringing: She had already walked around this neighborhood, and there was no place that looked like a business or the like. Considering that the boss said that he had bought a lot of holy water...could it be that the oxcart was
Did you bring holy water?
Thinking of this, Lax quickly hid in a nearby courtyard that had been designated as a vegetable patch, and cautiously looked out through the crack of the courtyard door.
Sure enough, just as Lux had guessed, the caravan crew carefully moved the sealed jars of holy water from the bullock cart, sent them to a courtyard on the street, and then came out with a bulging bag.
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Back on the bullock cart, the boy took out a piece of parchment and a quill pen, breathed into the tip of the pen, made a quick tick, then sat back on the cart, drove the old cow, and slowly went there.
Next one.
It seems that there is a patient with elemental infection in this family!
After thinking about it, he took off Chalikar from behind, took off his cloak, completely wrapped the cross blade, and then put it on his back again.
The cross blade wrapped in layers does not look like a weapon, but rather looks like a magic weapon.
This was what Lux wanted. She pulled off her headband and completely let down her long golden hair, with a gentle and compassionate smile on her face. After making these preparations, she finally arrived at the target yard.
In front of me, I knocked gently on the courtyard door.
"Is anyone here?" Lux asked loudly, "I am an intern of the Illuminati, and I am here to remind you of the precautions for using holy water!"
After a while, the courtyard door was opened a crack, and a shriveled old woman poked her head out.
Maybe it was because Lux looked "dignified" enough, or maybe it was because Lux was a girl. Although she was a little hesitant, she still opened the door.
"A trainee from the Illuminati? Please come in." The old woman said in a hoarse voice, "I really trouble you to make this trip."
"No trouble, no trouble." Hearing this, Lux waved her hands and said, "Forsbarrow's caravan purchased a lot of holy water, and they also said that there is a strange disease that needs holy water to cure, so I will follow
Come and take a look, and also give some guidance on the use of holy water - holy water is precious, and if used improperly, it will not only be wasted, but the effect will be greatly reduced."
"Is that so?" The old woman's cloudy eyes seemed to finally have a glimmer of light. "Please sit down quickly. Please wait a moment. There is still some barley tea at home. I don't know if you are used to drinking it..."
"No, no, no," Lacus shook her head, "Let me see the patient first, treatment is important!"
"Oh, oh!" The old woman who opened the cabinet to look for tea bags nodded, "Miss Priest, come with me."
As she spoke, the old woman led Lux through the hall and to the bedroom at the back.
"I'm really sorry, this place hasn't been cleaned since Bull fell." The old woman opened the door with some embarrassment, "Please sit down, please sit down. Bull is on the bed."
Lux nodded, came to the bed, and looked at the young man lying on the bed with his eyes closed.
This is a tall guy. Judging from the skeleton, he should be a pretty strong man - but at this time, due to the dark color of his skin and the thinness caused by being in bed for a long time, he looks more like a skeleton.
"Let me take a look." Lux narrowed her eyes slightly and put her hand on his arm. "Well, the skin is still elastic, so it shouldn't be a big problem - how long has his condition lasted?"
"It's been almost two months, right?" the old woman said sadly, "I don't know what's going on. The day before, I was busy helping others with work, but the next night I couldn't sleep..."
"Don't be nervous, old man." Lux comforted the old woman and summoned a dim light under the cover of Chalikar, which stuck to Bull's skin. "You took good care of him.
Although he doesn’t seem to eat much, he at least turns over frequently.”
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Once every morning and evening." After saying this, the old woman barely showed a smile on her face, "I am an old woman and I can't do too much.
Help him turn over more often, wipe his body, and avoid getting bedsores... Is Bull okay?"
"His condition is not bad." Lux quietly dissipated the light in her hand, "Holy water is the most effective for this dark curse!"
"Is it true? That's great!" Although there was already a precedent for holy water to cure this symptom, the old woman breathed a long sigh of relief after confirming this from the mouth of a professional. "The specific requirements for holy water are
How can I use it more effectively?”
"Pour a small amount on a towel and just wipe his body. Do not take it internally." Lacus stood up and gave the "doctor's instructions" in a decent manner, "Pour it once with holy water, once with clean water, wipe it with intervals, and then dry it."
Just wipe it - be careful to turn over frequently when wiping to prevent bedsores."
"Holy water, clean water again." The old woman nodded hurriedly, and then raised her head hesitantly, "Miss Priest, I only bought a jar of holy water. If I wipe it like this, I'm afraid it won't last a few days... Can you tell me?
Old woman, in a situation like my child’s, is a jar of holy water enough?”
"Enough, absolutely enough, not even half of the altar can be used up." Lux held the old man's hand, with a gentle smile on his face, "Don't worry, at most he will be awake by this time tomorrow.
come over."
"Really, this is great." The old woman's lips trembled with excitement, "Thank you so much, kind lady priest..."
"This is what I should do." Lux waved her hand, "I heard that this disease is very common in Forsbarrow. Can you tell me where he went and what he did before he got sick?
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"He didn't do anything." When the topic came up, the old woman's expression was helpless and aggrieved. "He just went to work outside the city as usual..."
The old woman recounted Bull's itinerary the previous day in detail, and Lux took notes one by one. After inquiring about the next patient nearby, she stood up and left.
After leaving this small courtyard, Lux ran towards the next house according to the old woman's guidance, taking out the notebook she carried with her and drawing a sketch.
Lux has also briefly dabbled in cartography. Although she is not a professional cartographer, she can still simply record the patient's movement trajectory.
After completing all this, Lux quickly arrived at the next house.
"Hello, is there anyone?" Lux tidied up her appearance and knocked on the door again, "I am a trainee priest of the Illuminati, here to teach the use of holy water..."
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By pretending to be a trainee priest of the Illuminati, and on the pretext of instructing the use of holy water, Lux spent a day visiting more than a dozen homes suffering from elemental erosion.
According to the caravan boss, at least hundreds of people fell down and fell unconscious due to this wave of strange illnesses in Forsbyro. There were too many patients, and Lux could not visit them all, so she could only sample them as randomly as possible.
In the homes of these patients, Lux not only provided some medical advice, but also explored the physical conditions of these patients in detail and asked about their movements.
Not all family members of patients are as easy to talk to as the first old woman. Some people are quite suspicious of Lacus's identity and wonder if Lacus has other motives.
However, Lux does not sell medicine or make money. She only provides guidance on the use of holy water, checks on the patient's condition, and learns about the cause of this strange disease. Therefore, even if she had doubts, the patient's family finally cooperated with her investigation.
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Through such household visits and surveys, Lux's notebooks densely recorded a large amount of first-hand information.
When twilight fell on the earth and the sun set in the west, Lux finally returned to the hotel.
Ino, Vayne and Frey are not here.
Although she was a little curious about where they went, Lux calmed down, spread out a piece of parchment, and began to draw a sketch of Forsbarrow.
When the moon rises above the willow trees, a simple map is drawn.
Referring to the records in the notebook, Lux began to draw the movement trajectories of those patients infected by the elements.
Looking at the dense traces of charcoal strips, Lux frowned helplessly.
It's too messy, with many repeated trajectories and insufficient reference significance.
A dozen households is still too few - I'm afraid I will have to continue running for a day tomorrow to find enough data to make a judgment.
Looking at the messy simple map she had drawn, Lux finally threw away the charcoal and rubbed her temples with a headache.
At this moment, she really missed Kalya very much.
When he was doing economic surveys in Piltover, Karja almost did the research while producing data. When it came to data processing, he was fast and accurate.
Now without Kalya's help, Lux has to process the data by herself, which is really a pain in the head.
Hmm, I don’t know what’s going on with Ino. Has Vayne found the devil?
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Vayne didn't find the demon.
Although after arriving at Forsbarrow, Vayne became more and more anxious, and there were obvious signs that the demon seed was about to emerge, but her reason was still there and she did not "follow her feelings" directly and rashly.
When Lux left the hotel to investigate, Vayne hired several people to unload all the messy bits and pieces from her car.
In order to take revenge, Vayne could be said to have spent all her wealth. She had prepared a considerable amount of anything that was effective against demons and magic.
Although it seemed that the weapon used by Vayne was just an ordinary crossbow, her crossbow was anything but ordinary - the main material of the crossbow arm was unknown to Ino, but the material of the crossbow string looked very familiar to her.
The tendon of the wurm!
Moreover, Vayne's crossbow arrows are not vulgar. They are hand-made arrows. Under each arrow, there is a hidden groove specially designed to carry forbidden magic stone powder or holy silver powder, or holy water.
It is no exaggeration to say that Vayne has methods that can be used to target almost all types of mages!
(Of course, for a spellcaster of Ino's level, even if Vayne is ready, it may not be of much significance - the forbidden magic stone powder can indeed cause trouble to Ino, but the effect is quite limited.)
It wasn't until it was getting late that Vayne packed up all her equipment.
Putting on the leather armor made of sea insect skin, carrying the demon-breaking crossbow made with a lot of money, and putting on a cloak mixed with silver thread, Vayne finally set off and left the hotel.
Frey, who was worried about something going wrong, silently followed Vayne.
Ino followed Frey from a distance.
In this way, the three people circled Fosbairo in a large circle in the dark night.
The desire for revenge is high, and Vayne can't wait to kill the demon with a crossbow, and then kill Ino as well.
But unfortunately, after a busy night, Vayne found nothing.
