It was already past noon. After leaving the Ducal Palace, Roddy quickly rode to the monastery. He was about to use his status as an assistant bishop to recruit priests, but he found that the church was empty at this time.
A monk came up to ask. After Roddy identified himself, he learned that the dean had personally rushed to the village where the plague had occurred, and there were only three priests in the monastery at this time, which was far from the expected number.
"Baron Roddy, the bishop is expected to return in three days. Archdeacon Kloss will return tomorrow. He led six priests to the village of Tarth, and should be on the way back now."
This news made Roddy frown, because he had no time to wait for them to return.
Although he wanted to solve the problem by himself, the conditions at the moment were really limited: Sodelor's army was still in Paar territory, and it would take three days to send a letter and rush over. And this afternoon, only the cavalry of the two knights of the Ducal Palace could be organized.
If he waited for another day, perhaps everything would be fine, but the result could be that countless lives were in danger.
Faced with such a choice, Roddy did not hesitate and immediately decided to continue this operation. A group of cavalry infected with the plague could be dispersed, but a city infected with the plague … was not so simple.
After hurrying back from the monastery, Roddy walked into the Ducal Palace and found that the two grand knights had arrived. He immediately assigned the task, "Although the assassination of the undead did not succeed, I can't guarantee that they have no backup. So, Knight Wellington and I will search for the source of the plague, Knight Titus will stay in the Ducal Palace …"
"This is the route, Knight Wellington. Our team needs to leave immediately. Is ten minutes enough?"
"No problem."
The tall ghost knight nodded and turned to organize the team. Before Roddy could continue, a faint voice came from the side, "I also want to follow the team."
Roddy turned his head and found Sally standing beside him with a backpack. His mouth twitched slightly, but he quickly overcame the embarrassment and said sternly, "You can't go."
"There are not enough priests in the monastery. The team needs the 'Ring of Purification' to ensure that we are not infected, I …"
Sally opened her mouth to refute, but Roddy waved his hand and interrupted her, "You must stay here. This is not negotiable. No one can guarantee that the undead will not assassinate us again. I can't take your life as a joke."
He looked away and said in a low voice, "The team … will be protected by other clergymen. You don't have to worry about this."
After that, Rody no longer paid attention to Sally and directly told Titus about the remaining matters. "After we leave, immediately close the city gates. We cannot give the enemy any opportunity."
"Understood."
Titus looked at the two of them strangely. After Rody left without looking back, he looked at Sally and saw that she was pouting. She gritted her teeth and said in a low voice, "There are other clergymen protecting me … With her around, you started to be fierce to me …"
She just had a quarrel with Akasha, and now she was being scolded by Roddy … She rubbed her slightly red eyes and felt wronged. She wanted to rush up and beat that guy up. But after trying to calm down, she did not chase after him. Instead, she turned around and went back to the mansion.
Titus scratched the back of his head and began to ask his subordinates to deploy the defense. This was a "special period", so most of the servants in the mansion began to limit their activities. The only exception was Chief Steward John. Under Duke's order, he went to the pigeon cage at the back of the mansion and sent three letters to Rubens, Benjamin, and the Ignatsu royal family.
"Mike, clean the pigeon cage when you have time. The smell is still a bit strong here."
John casually ordered the servant who was in charge of the pigeon cage.
"Yes … Sir."
The servant bowed his head respectfully, but John did not notice the slightly strange look in the servant's eyes.
At the same time, Sally was patting her father's back. She whispered, "Roddy doesn't want me to take any more risks. He told me to stay in the Ducal Palace. He said … I'll be safer this way."
She then added in a low voice, "I'm not a child anymore. I've never been afraid of the heathens."
"You … Roddy is right, but you still blame him." Dukes Of Angmar smiled. He was very familiar with his daughter's "little emotions". "I heard from him that it's normal for you two to have a little conflict. It's fine as long as you can talk to each other in the end."
Sally blinked her eyes. Her heart seemed to skip a few beats. She tried to suppress the nervousness in her heart and asked, "What … what did he say?"
"Roddy? He said … it's all up to you. "
Her father's answer made Sally's heart suddenly excited. Did Roddy mean …
"But, you didn't consider what I said?"
Sally's cheeks suddenly turned red. Her voice was as low as a mosquito's, "The things you said are forbidden by the church."
"It's only forbidden on the surface. There are many bishops with illegitimate children. I haven't seen anyone being dragged to the stake and burned to death." As Angmar spoke, his expression became a little bleak, "In the end, it's all because of what I did in the past …"
The atmosphere suddenly fell into silence.
Not being able to see the birth of the next generation of the family was probably the biggest regret in Angmar's life. During this time, he always talked about Roddy with Sally. Obviously, he hoped that the two of them would "get married" as soon as possible. But Sally had never responded to this directly. But at this time, holding her father's cold hands, she finally made a decision in her heart.
"Father, the Lucifron family will never fall. I swear."
*****
Time passed. When the sun was about to set, Roddy's team had already left the city of Hollier. They were rushing towards the destination marked on the map.
The word "source of pollution" was very vague, but Roddy, who had experienced the "plague", was very clear about what it was and its specific location. It was undeniable that this was the advantage of his rebirth. After all, if they only relied on the clues obtained from the Dukes Of Angmar, it was likely that they would not be able to find the "source of pollution" even after a week.
And at this time, they were like accurate missiles, approaching the target in the shortest route. The team of more than fifty people quickly passed through the gradually darkening forest path, stirring up a lot of smoke and dust.
"Akasha, light up!"
As soon as Roddy's voice fell, the surrounding scenery was immediately illuminated by the "Holy Light" spell. The little priest maintained the divine spell and asked nervously, "Will we miss the possible target?"
"I know what I'm doing."
Roddy firmly believed that the "source of the plague" was beside the river at the junction of "Brigg Village" and "Tass Village", so he led the team straight in, and after entering "Tass Village", they took a short break.
At this time, the sky was completely dark. Roddy glanced at the village under the effect of the "Holy Light" spell, but for a moment, he was in a daze.
"This village …"
Only then did he remember that Eiferta had yet to suffer the invasion of the harsh winter, war, and civil strife. The scale of Tass Village was completely different from the dilapidated state he remembered.
As the team watered their horses, a soldier who was scouting came over to report, "Lord Roddy, the villagers said that the priests of the Rose Cross have already been here and carried out the dispersal treatment. A total of two people have died in the village, and more than a hundred infected are in the recovery stage …"
"What?"
Roddy's voice did not hide his surprise at all. It was definitely not an exaggeration to say that "nine out of ten people died" from the plague, but the current situation … did not seem to match up at all!
But he did not hesitate to think. He looked up at Knight Wellington beside him, and Roddy waved his hand to signal the team to move out. Then he said, "We may encounter the enemy later, we have to be prepared."
"Cavalry, prepare for battle!"
Wellington raised his long sword, and the knights immediately began to abandon the excess weight and began to advance side by side.
*****
A kilometer away, the black-robed man who was pouring another bucket of green potion into the river suddenly raised his head and asked his companion beside him, "Hey, did you hear anything?"
"What? You're thinking too much, aren't you?"
The pale pharmacist beside him looked up and replied, "Anyway, our mission is only until noon tomorrow. It's already dark now, who would come here?"
"That's true, the potion has been poured out. Go and feed those 'sheep'."
"Do we have enough corpses?"
"It doesn't matter if it's enough or not. Anyway, Sir Wimbledon asked us to release the 'sheep' tomorrow … After the council's plan is completed, we just need to wait and see."
The conversation between the two was filled with excitement, but not long after, their stiff faces revealed a doubtful expression at the same time —
"There's really a sound …"
"It's the sound of horse hooves, a lot of people …"
Turning their heads to look, in the forest under the dim moonlight, there seemed to be a black shadow that suddenly spread out.
And just as they were hesitating, the "Holy Light Spell" instantly bloomed, causing the two undead pharmacists to involuntarily raise their hands in front of them to block.
"Is it the Church's cavalry?"
"Damn it — did these humans discover us?"
"Go and open the fence!"
The two's shouts were quickly drowned out by the rumbling sound of horse hooves. After being stunned for a moment, they and more than ten undead rushed towards the dozens of wooden cages at the same time …
*****
Under the light, all the charging knights could clearly see everything in front of them.
"As expected …"
Roddy finally relaxed. Everything in front of him was no different from what he remembered — he could even see the backs of the undead fleeing in panic.
"Akasha, maintain the 'Ring of Purification' at all times!"
"Yes!"
The little priest's voice was quickly drowned out by the deafening sound of horse hooves. Roddy clenched the battle axe in his hand, squinted his eyes, and stared closely at the figure howling as it ran out of the cage in front of him.
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