Chapter 380 [0377] Split Into Two Groups

After assigning the tasks, Lux and Ino quickly took action after entering the city.

Ino only needed to keep an eye on Vayne, and with Kalya helping to watch, the task was relatively simple.

As for Lux, it was more troublesome to understand the situation of elemental infection - she had to talk to the families of patients with elemental infection one by one to understand the situation.

Fortunately, Lux was a social bullshitter after all, so this was not difficult for her - when she was chatting with the caravan owner before, she asked about the areas where these elemental infection patients were located under the pretext of "worrying about infection".

"I said that the disease is not contagious!" The caravan owner was both angry and amused at Lux's caution, and finally could only say helplessly, "If you really worry... just don't get close to the West City District!"

So, after putting down the luggage at the hotel, Lux carried Charikar on her back and headed directly to the West City District.

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Although it is a military fortress-style city located at the mountain pass, the city scale of Fosbyro is quite large.

In order to block the entire mountain pass, the construction of Fosbyro City consumed a huge amount of manpower and material resources. The area of ​​the entire city is almost comparable to that of Demacia.

Unfortunately, the unique high-altitude mountain environment has restricted the development of Fosbyro. Although the city is large enough, the population in the city is not large. Walking on the streets, Lux even saw many uninhabited courtyards transformed into farmland - farming in the city, this luxurious land use method is simply jaw-dropping.

Although Lux also saw the farmland opened up on the river beach of the glacier river outside the city before entering the city, she lamented the difficulties of agriculture in Fosbyro, but she really didn't expect that there would be people farming in the city!

Just when Lux was surprised, a jingling bell sound came from the corner in front of her. Lux was quite familiar with this sound. In the caravan she followed, the cows pulling the carts all wore bells on their necks, and this sound would appear when they moved.

So, is this the caravan's ox cart coming?

Hearing the ringing, Lux's heart moved: she had already walked around this block, and there was no place around that looked like a business. Considering that the boss said he bought a lot of holy water, could it be that the oxcart was delivering holy water?

Thinking of this, Lux quickly hid in a courtyard next to her that had been divided into a vegetable field, and looked out carefully through the crack of the courtyard door.

Sure enough, as Lux guessed, the caravan's servant carefully moved the holy water sealed in a jar from the oxcart, sent it to a courtyard on the street, and then came out with a bulging bag.

Back on the oxcart, the servant took out a piece of parchment and a feather pen, blew on the pen tip, quickly ticked it, and then sat back on the car, driving the old ox, and slowly went to the next house.

It seems that this family has a patient infected by the elements!

After thinking for a while, she took the Charikar from her back, untied her cloak, completely wrapped the cross blade, and then put it on her back again.

The cross blade wrapped in layers did not look like a weapon, but rather a magical weapon.

This was exactly the effect Lux wanted. She pulled off her hair tie, completely let her long golden hair down, and a gentle and compassionate smile appeared on her face. After making these preparations, she finally arrived in front of the target yard and gently knocked on the door.

"Is anyone there?" Lux asked loudly, "I am an apprentice of the Illuminati, and I am here to remind you of the precautions for using holy water!"

After a while, the door of the yard was opened a crack, and a shriveled old woman poked her head out.

Perhaps because Lux looked "dignified" enough, or perhaps because Lux was a girl, she hesitated, but still opened the door.

"Are you an apprentice of the Illuminati? Please come in." The old woman said in a hoarse voice, "Thank you for making this trip."

"No trouble, no trouble." Lacus waved her hands and said, "The caravan of Fosbyro bought a lot of holy water, and also said that there is a strange disease here that needs holy water to treat. I came here to take a look and also guide the use of holy water. Holy water is precious. If it is not used properly, it will not only be wasted, but also the effect will be greatly reduced."

"Is that so?" The old woman's turbid eyes seemed to finally glow, "Please sit down and wait a moment. There is still some tea at home. I don't know if you can get used to it..."

"No, no." Lacus shook her head and said, "Let me see the patient first, curing the disease is important!"

"Oh, oh!" The old woman who opened the cabinet to find a tea bag nodded, "Miss Priest, follow me."

As she said, the old woman led Lacus through the hall and came to the bedroom at the back.

"I'm so sorry, this place hasn't been cleaned up since Bull fell down." The old woman opened the door a little embarrassedly, "Please sit down, Bull is on the bed."

Lux nodded, walked to the bedside, and looked at the young man lying on the bed with his eyes closed.

This is a tall guy, judging from his skeleton, he should be a very strong man - but at this time, due to his dark skin color and thinness from lying 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. I was busy helping others with work the day before, but I couldn't sleep the next night..."

"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.”

"Once a day in the morning and evening." After saying this, the old woman forced a smile on her face, "I can't do much as an old woman. I can only help him turn over and wipe his body more often to prevent 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!"

"Really? 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. "What exactly does holy water require?" How can I use it more effectively?”

"Pour a small amount on a towel and just wipe his body. Do not take it internally." Lux stood up and gave the "doctor's instructions" in a decent manner, "Pour it once with holy water, once with clean water, wipe it at intervals, and then dry it." Just wipe it - be sure to turn over 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, even half of the altar can't 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? ?”

"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 ​​wrote it down 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, and took out the notebook she carried with her to draw 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 instruct me on the use of holy water..."

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By pretending to be a trainee priest of the Illuminati, 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. .

Through such household visits and surveys, Lux's notebooks densely recorded a large amount of first-hand information.

When twilight spread over 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 notes, 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 a lot of repeated tracks 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 that there is no Karya to help, Lux has to deal with these data by herself, which is really a headache.

Well, I don’t know what happened to Ino. Has Vayne found the demon?

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Vayne didn’t find the demon.

Although Vayne became more and more anxious after arriving in Fosbyro, and the demon seed showed signs of breaking out of the ground, she was still rational and did not rashly "follow her feelings".

When Lux left the hotel to investigate, Vayne hired a few people to unload all the messy bits and pieces from her car.

Silver powder, amulets, holy water, magic-forbidden stones, whetstones, weapons, ever-burning fires, bait fish oil...

Ino was stunned by the same equipment.

For revenge, Vayne can be said to have spent all her family wealth. She prepared a considerable amount of anything that has an effect on demons and magic.

Although it seems that the weapon Vayne uses is just an ordinary crossbow, her crossbow is not ordinary stuff - Ino does not recognize the main material of the crossbow arm, but she looks very familiar with the material of the crossbow string.

The tendons of Asian dragons!

Moreover, Vayne's crossbow arrows are not ordinary products. They are handmade arrows, and each arrow has a hidden groove under the arrowhead that is specially used to carry the forbidden magic stone powder or holy silver powder and holy water.

It is no exaggeration to say that Vayne has means to target almost all kinds 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 was not until the sky was about to get dark that Vayne packed up all the equipment and items.

Wearing the leather armor made of sea worm skin, carrying the magic-breaking crossbow that was made at a high price, and wearing a cloak mixed with silver threads, Vayne finally set off and left the hotel.

Frey, who was worried about the problem, followed Vayne silently.

Ino followed Frey far behind.

In this way, the three of them circled Fosbyro in the dark.

With a strong desire for revenge, Vayne couldn't wait to nail the demon to death with a crossbow, and then kill Ino together.

But unfortunately, after a busy night, Vayne got nothing.

Karya's small class: Illuminati priests:

Illuminati priests often play the role of doctors and priests in Demacia. They accept alms and also help patients for a fee. In the folk of Demacia, the status of Illuminati priests is still relatively high - unfortunately, the lords of various places often keep a close eye on them.

It's okay to cure diseases and save people, but it's not okay to expand influence further.