Chapter 45: It’s Not Just the gue


    Once she heard ire was going to go to Niya City, Lashia also wanted to ask for a break from school and go with her. But ire and Duke Gordan stopped her because the gue was truly too dangerous; they didn’t want Lashia to also be in danger at all. Of course Cliff and Jean would go.


    That night, the person sent by the Temple of Light arrived on schedule to the Hill castle and went with ire to Niya City. Duke Gordan specially prepared a cozy and spacious carriage that could carry up to six people. With soft cushions, the carriage also had thick carpets and everything needed was avable because this time, the people who apanied and left with ire were all unordinary people; the Temple of Light’s Divine Prince and Cliff, the wizard sage.


    After the four got in the carriage, Cliff leaned on the side of the back and started to nap. Jean also sat at the back, silent.


    “Many thanks for Divine Prince’s assistance this time.” ire elegantly and politely thanked. She had experienced Lingyun Leng’s healing magic, but the gue didn’t seem to be able to be healed? This time, the problem seemed pretty annoying.


    “It is what our Temple should do.” Lingyun lightly smiled and replied.


    Next, it was silent.


    The mood in the carriage became more and more sombre.


    “Chirp chirp~~” White Emperor dug out of ire’s embrace, swaying as he crawled up ire’s shoulder, then onto her head. After that, he started to tug on her hair unyieldingly.


    ire stayed silent and didn’t make a move. Lingyun Leng was a bit shocked looking at the furry meatball on ire’s head. What was it? ire’s pet? No matter how he looked at it, ire didn’t seem to be a person who would raise this kind of adorable pet.


    “Chirp Chip!!!” White Emperor seemed a bit angry ire ignored him. His two paws grabbed ire’s hair and gave a fierce tug.


    “Alright, alright. You can eat this.” ire begrudgingly got out a basket of food from the backseat, then a silver te and a piece of roasted meat. She put the cold roasted meat in the silver tter and chanted a spell, creating a little fireball to heat up the roasted meat. White Emperor happily chirped. With a tumble, he flipped into the te and his two ws hugged the roasted meat and he started nibbling it.


    “What kind of magic beast is this?” Lingyun Leng asked, a bit curious.


    “Don’t know.” ire shrugged, answering honestly as she watched White Emperor, who was currently crouched in the te, eating with relish. White Emperor wasn’t a carnivore or vegetarian, but an omnivore. As long as it tasted good, he liked it, no matter if it was meat, vegetables, or fruit. It was just that he liked roasted meat out of all meat, that was all.


    Then it was silent again.


    It was silent the whole journey. ire didn’t really want any rtion with the Temple of Light, only because to ire, the Temple of Light was a group of chatans.


    “ire, this guy is so pretentious. It really makes people annoyed and want to rip off his face and look at what’s beneath that mask.” Walter made a racket in ire’s mind.


    “Quieter, I want to rest. We also need to hurry to reach Niya City early in the morning tomorrow. There should be many things that need to be dealt with.” ire closed her eyes and leaned against the side of the back of the carriage.


    “Humph, humph.” Walter snorted resentfully. Divine Prince, humph, he’s just that bitchy Light goddess’s hunting dog. Just wait, there will be a day when he will take revenge!


    Niya City was alreadypletely blocked off. Once ire arrived before Niya City, she saw the city gates tightly closed and many simple tents set up outside the city gates. These were people who wanted to enter, but were banned. They all had family or friends inside the city and wished that they could go in very much, but the epidemic had already spread. Naturally, in order to prevent more infections, they had forbidden people to enter or leave.


    Once they knew that the person inside the carriage was the Niya City’s Casten, arge disturbance arose.


    “Casten, please let us go in. My wife and children are inside, I want to know how they are right now.”


    “Casten, my father is still inside. Please let us go in.”


    “Casten...”


    Pleading voices arose in session as people gradually started surrounding the carriage, making it unable to go forward.


    It was at this time that the city gates opened. A troop of soldiers in a single file line ran out and started drive away themoners, letting out a path to let the carriage enter the city. Next, they started driving awaymoners who wanted to take this opportunity to enter the city. Although it was a bit cruel, they all still acted very appropriately and didn’t wound anyone. They were able to adopt these measures in a serious situation like this. Evidently, the people Duke Gordan had sent to help ire deal with Niya City were not to be trifled with.


    Immediately a voice sounded from over the city gates. “Everybody, please don’t be impatient, the Casten has alreadye personally, this matter will be resolved very quickly. Please wait for good news, everybody. Forbidding everyone from being able to enter or leave is also for your safety. Also, the Temple of Light’s Divine Prince has also arrived, everybody, please be at ease. Good news will arrive very quickly.”


    Once again, the city gates closed. The people were nervous, but not panicky.


    A strange smell pervaded the air in Niya City. The rotting smell was mixed with the smell of incense. ire lifted the curtains to see the situation outside. There was nobody in the streets and all the doors had been tightly shut. The strange odor was probably caused by burned incense in order to hide the rotting stink of corpses.


    That being said, the corpses of people who had died from the gue weren’t cremated?


    The epidemic would only spread more this way!


    The carriage entered the castle. As ire waited for people toe off the carriage, someone was there to wee them.


    “Miss ire, your subordinate has been looking forward to meet for a long time.” A refined young man approached and respectfully bowed. “Your subordinate is the one Duke Gordan sent to assist you deal with this situation, Heath.”


    “Thank you for your hard work.” ire’s expression was solemn. She didn’t enter the room and issued a stream of orders immediately instead. “People who have died from the gue, immediately cremate them. Every door needs to be opened to ventte in order to get rid of the gue. When the soldiers are carrying out these orders, they must wear masks. Bring me to see the people who have been infected by the gue, I want to see their symptoms.” ire had seen very clearly that the soldiers who had previously weed her into the city gates hadn’t taken any preventative measures. That was very dangerous.


    “Casten?” Now Heath had changed his address. A bit surprised, he asked, “You want to go see right now?”


    Exceptionally serious, ire ordered, “Carry out my orders immediately. Cremate those corpses right now. Incense can only mask the odor, nothing else. Bring me right now to see the people who have been infected by the gue. Right now! Do you understand what right now means?”


    Heath was scared into shock, then came back to his senses and turned to give out orders.


    Soon, a couple of soldiers jogged with masks on, as they scattered to all directions from the center of the city.


    As Lingyun Leng watched ire’s exceptionally serious expression and heard the orders ire ordered, a light shed from the depths of his eyes, then disappeared in a wink.


    Once ire saw the situation of the people who had been infected by the gue, doubt surfaced in her heart. This gue wasn’t the small pox or the bubonic gue of medieval times. The symptom of the people who had been infected by the gue was that their skin would darken and then darker and darker, until they rotted! The disease spread through human saliva and blood.


    A cold light shed through Lingyun Leng’s eyes. He had already made a decision.


    This wasn’t a gue!


    “ire, this isn’t the gue. This is poison from the dark element. Even though it’s very, very little, it is actually emitting a dark aura. There’s a dark magician messing around in this city! And their level is not low, otherwise there’s no way magicians from the entire Niya City didn’t discover it.” Walter’s voice sounded in ire’s mind, certain.