What made all Abigail people even more desperate was that the sap flowing from the World Tree was no longer sweet, but pungent and bitter. After some old people and children used it, they began to develop symptoms of the disease one after another.
If we continue at this pace, within a few months, this place will no longer be the city where they live, but a tomb where they are buried.
When Sean learned about the situation from the mouths of these Abigails, he had already walked around the Emerald City and checked the situation of the sap of the World Tree.
As Sean speculated, the crux lies in shadow energy.
Goddess Abigail used her own body as a prison to imprison the shadow matrons, and absorbed their energy into her body. She wanted to use the powerful digestive ability of her body to neutralize and digest them, or even absorb them into herself.
use.
It's just that those shadow matrons are not so similar. Whether it is their own power or strength, they far exceed Goddess Abigail's expectations.
A large amount of shadow energy that cannot be digested in the future accumulates in the World Tree, and even in turn distorts and transforms the World Tree.
The sap and fruits produced by the World Tree will naturally be contaminated, thereby contaminating the Abigails who eat them.
The goddess Abigail's overprotective role for the Abigail people has both advantages and disadvantages.
Although it would allow more people to survive, they would be unable to do anything due to their inexperience in dealing with twisted nightmares, especially the high-intensity shadow energy infection from the Shadow Mistress.
At least it was far from what Sean expected.
This lack of experience is actually the best opportunity for Sean to make a good sale. He said to the Lord of Roxani and High Priest Dewit who accompanied him during the inspection: "The crux of the problem has been found. The mother tree is infiltrated by evil forces. As long as the
Just get rid of this evil force. Currently, I have two doses of medicine here, one to treat the symptoms and one to treat the root cause. I wonder which one you two adults would like to start with?"
"Really? That's great. I knew about this matter. Lord Messenger must have a way." Lord Locknisa said with surprise on his face, "How about treating the symptoms? How about treating the root cause? How do we need to cooperate? Lord Messenger
Just ask!"
Before the consciousness of the mother tree was lost and the dreamland was closed, the living environment of Emerald City was airtight. Although the food was simple, it was sufficient, and most of the residents' lives were conducted in the dreamland.
The task of the city lord is relatively simple. In addition to the reasonable distribution of food, the main task is to arrange patrols, inspect the city's protective shield, monitor those twisted nightmares, and use the cannon of faith as much as possible to blast them away and prevent them from impacting the city's protective shield.
However, after the dreamland was closed, her workload increased significantly. In addition to various new problems, old tasks also became very arduous. The number of twisted nightmares increased sharply, and large-scale attacks on the city's protective shields occurred frequently.
As the time of dream closure goes by, two more problems become very acute.
One is the growing despair among residents who have nothing to do and no hope for the future.
The second is the surge in the number of residents who have become sick due to drinking and eating contaminated food.
These problems were mixed together, making the Lord of Locknisa extremely anxious and exhausted.
Now that I heard that there is a solution to the disease, I am naturally very happy.
Once this matter is solved, even the first problem will be greatly relieved.
"Treating the symptoms is naturally a priority. Those sick people who have been infected by evil forces only need to double purify their souls and bodies. After expelling those evil forces, their diseases will be cured without medicine.
To cure the root cause, we must first solve the source of evil power so that the food produced in the future will no longer contain this evil power. Otherwise, even if the disease of the citizens is cured, there will be a possibility of recurrence," Sean explained in detail.
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"Your Excellency, envoy, which one do you think is more appropriate to implement first?" Lord Roxani did not make a hasty decision, but showed an air of humbly asking for advice.
"Treating the root cause is fundamental. Only by solving this problem can we curb the number of patients and prevent those who have been cured from relapse. But the root cause is also urgent, especially for the elderly and children. One more day of delay will give them one more day to live.
Dangerous, both take time."
Sean pondered for a moment and gave a compromise opinion, "Let's do this. Let's work on both sides. The city lord is responsible for counting the sick people, gathering them together, and classifying them according to the severity of their illness. Then I will
We will take time to give priority to diagnosis and treatment of seriously ill patients.
Your Excellency, the high priest, is responsible for gathering all the life sacrifices. I will see if I can give them the ability to purify the evil forces. By then, whether it is to treat the symptoms or the root cause, they will need their strong assistance."
Sean naturally took over the command of Emerald City and fully mobilized the two backbone forces of the city.
"As commanded."
"Happy to oblige."
Lord Roxani and High Priest Dewit showed no resistance to this situation and completely obeyed Sean's arrangements.
"Wait a minute, you leave a person who is familiar with the local situation to be my guide and take me to check the farmland where you obtain food to see if the problem can be solved from the root." Sean added an order.
"It's simple." Lord Roxani turned to the tall girl guard who was following him, "Wendina, when the time comes, you will serve as the envoy's guide. Wherever the envoy needs to go, you will directly lead him.
He goes, our Emerald City has no secrets from the messenger."
"But the safety of the Lord of the City..." A hint of surprise flashed across Wen Dina's thin face, and then she asked with some worry.
"What can happen to me? As long as the divine shield is still there, those monsters can't even think of rushing in. Are you still worried about those citizens attacking me?" Lord Roxani replied with a smile, "Especially when such an envoy is here in person.
, to help us get through the critical moment of crisis. If such people really exist, it will be convenient for us to clear up the internal toxins, uproot them, and execute the order, soldier."
"As you command, Lord City Lord." Wendina responded crisply, "Sir Messenger, please come with me."
"Lord Messenger, have you really seen Lord Mother Tree with your own eyes?"
"Lord Messenger, you look a little different from us. Are you born like this?"
"I heard them say that the envoy is a visitor from outer space. Is this true?"
"Sir Messenger, is the Mother Tree really just in a deep sleep? Is there no way to help heal the Mother Tree?"
"Lord Messenger..."
"Lord Messenger..."
The young guide arranged by the Lord of Roxani for Sean was very taciturn in front of the Lord and the High Priest, acting as the shadow of the Lord of Roxani.
After leaving the sight of Lord Roxani, I found that Sean, the messenger of the Mother Tree, had a gentle personality and was not difficult to talk to.
The curious baby's true nature was gradually exposed. While leading the way, she asked the Roxani City Lord some various questions that were inconvenient for them to ask. In view of her beautiful appearance, she exuded a playful and cute lively energy, like a chirping lark.
In addition, you won’t be obsessed with one issue, which makes you less likely to feel bored.
I don’t know if this is a coincidence, or if the old fox of Lord Locknisa knows Wendina’s true nature and made this arrangement intentionally.
Although Sean will not answer all these questions, he will try his best to answer them as long as they are not particularly sensitive or he wants to spread the word through Wendina's mouth.
"Here we are, this is the sap well. We mainly drink from it. There are one hundred and eighty-two such wells in the whole city." Wendina quickly took Sean to the destination.
This is a giant well dug into the World Tree of Abigail.
The wellhead is rectangular, one meter wide and ten meters long, but the depth is less than twenty centimeters. There are no artificial traces on it, as if it was born this way.
Not to mention adults, even children can scoop them up and drink them as soon as they bend down.
This is one of the two pillars that maintain the life of the Abigail people - the sap of the World Tree.
It is said to be a well, but it is actually an opening opened in the pipeline of the World Tree, so this sap is inexhaustible.
At least it won't fail before the World Tree dies.
The sap of the World Tree is milky white in color, slightly green, and exudes a strong breath of life. Sean seems to feel a clear green fragrance of vegetation.
There is no doubt that this is a rare good thing. It is not just a simple solution to the physiological need for drinking water. It also contains abundant nutrients and abilities, and has the effect of nourishing the body and soul.
To put it simply, extending life is its most basic effect. As for whether it has other special effects, it requires experiments to know.
If placed in a normal year, this would definitely be a precious living creature worth thousands of gold.
Under this special situation, it turned out to be a daily necessity for the Abigail people to maintain their lives.
I don't know whether to call them lucky or unlucky.
"Lord Messenger..."
"See the messenger..."
"I've seen the Mother Tree Messenger..."
Around the sap well, citizens of Emerald City were taking the sap from the world tree, and they all saluted Sean when they saw him.
The second benefit of Sean using the body of law to project images in the air is that it allows the citizens of the Emerald City to understand themselves faster and more intuitively, making it easier for them to start their work.
"Please give me a moment, give me a moment. The messenger said that there is something wrong with the sap. It has been infiltrated by the evil power of those nightmares. It can no longer be drunk directly in the future. It needs to be purified. If it is not urgent, wait until the messenger knows the situation.
After confirming it, it's not too late to come back and use it." Wen Dina learned and sold now, helping Sean clean up the scene and maintain order.
"The sap of the mother tree is contaminated? Is it true? We have been drinking the sap of the mother tree, and there is no problem!"
"Are you questioning what the messenger said?"
"I didn't mean that, it's just that we have been drinking the sap of the mother tree, why did something suddenly go wrong?"
"Of course it has to do with the decisive battle between the Mother Tree and those ultimate nightmares some time ago. The Mother Tree trapped them, and they turned back to pollute the Mother Tree. Isn't it normal anymore? A large number of abnormal patients appeared among our city citizens. It was from that time
It started."
"Haven't you noticed that the taste of the mother tree's sap is indeed a little different from before. It is no longer purely sweet, but also mixed with a spicy taste."
Those Abigails were talking among themselves for a while. Regardless of whether they had doubts in their hearts, they couldn't help but get out of the way.
Sean had no intention of explaining. He raised his hand and pointed it at the well of sap. The golden light flashed and the power of the law gathered.
The originally calm well of sap immediately began to boil like boiling water. The shadow energy had no way to hide in the face of the power of law, and was forced out by separation. As soon as it emerged, it was
The gas evaporated.
"What the messenger said is true. The sap of the mother tree has really been infiltrated by evil forces."
"The mother tree is up there, is it possible that during this period, we all drank these evil forces into our stomachs?"
"With this kind of evil force at work in the body, it's hard for us not to get sick."
"What should we do? We still need to rely on the energy provided by the sap of the mother tree to live!"
"What are you worried about? This is why the envoy is here. There must be a way to solve it, right?"
Sean's live demonstration directly made those Abigail people's opinions one-sided.
After all, the sap of the mother tree is directly related to their safety.
"Sir Messenger, are the sap of these mother trees that have been expelled of evil power ready to drink?" Wen Dina looked at Sean expectantly and asked a question that all citizens were concerned about.
Sean shook his head and said: "It's not that simple. There is something wrong with the mother tree itself. What I just purified was only the sap that has already been born. The new sap is still infiltrated by evil forces. I can't purify every tree.
The well of juice needs to be purified repeatedly, and a more appropriate method is needed!"
"Then what should we do? The messenger has nothing to do, so we can only wait to die."
"What a mess, the envoy just said that the method just now will not work, but did not say that there is no new solution. We must give the envoy enough confidence."
"Well said, citizens, don't panic. You should give the envoys and our life sacrifices enough confidence. We will definitely find a solution."
"Your Majesty the High Priest!"
"Sir DeWitt!"
Just as Sean was inspecting the sap well and trying to purify it, High Priest Dewit had left and returned, this time with a team of life sacrifices behind him.
High Priest DeWitt has a very high prestige in the Emerald City. The citizens of the Emerald City saluted him one after another when they saw him, and their words were obviously much more respectful.
High Priest DeWitt nodded towards Sean and said: "I have sent people to do what the envoy ordered. These are the most pious and powerful life sacrifices in the temple. If the envoy needs it, even if
Dispatch."
Sean pondered for a moment and said, "Let me see the nature of your power."