"We have to ask for help from Aglan Fortress!"
"No! No! We can't do this. Whether it's Aglan or us going over, it might cause the plague to spread! "
"Why not?! Don't forget that there are priests from the kingdom of Erathia at Aglan Fortress. They might be able to use Disease Removal magic to dispel these plagues! "
"That's only in theory. The Priest's Cure of Diseases only targets known diseases, but this plague has never appeared in history. Who can guarantee that the magic will be effective?!"
"Damn it. Are you planning to make us stay trapped in a lonely city?!"
"That's better than everyone dying together!"
A fierce quarrel erupted in Dendera Fortress. The people arguing were Gelu and the wizard heroes of Bracada. The wizard heroes of Bracada strongly advocated asking Aglan for help, but Gelu openly opposed this proposal. In the city hall, both sides insisted on their own arguments and refused to give in to each other. The anger was growing.
Fortunately, Astral still maintained his rationality and came out in time to stop this quarrel.
"Everyone, Dendera Fortress is now facing an unprecedented crisis! We must work together to overcome this crisis, not argue with each other here! " Astral said solemnly. "If what Arantir said is true, and this plague disaster is a trick of that demon, then that demon might be watching our current chaos. That demon might be secretly mocking us for blaming each other like this …"
Hearing Astral's words, Gelu and the other wizard heroes calmed down a little and sat down again.
At this moment, Solmyr said, "If the creator of the plague is really that demon, then maybe we can eliminate the plague by killing the demon?"
"It's hard to guarantee!" A white-bearded wizard hero shook his head. "Moreover, according to Arantir, that demon is more like a crafty devil. He only has a portion of the undead army, and he doesn't have too powerful a force. If it were me, it would be impossible for me to immediately attack a fortress with strong defenses. The plague is his method of consuming our strength. Before we are weakened to a sufficient extent, I don't think that demon will appear. How can it be easy to kill him?"
"We still have a large number of troops. Can't we send troops to search for traces of him?" Another mage hero said unwillingly. "If we wait passively like this, we'll be the ones who suffer!"
Gelu said coldly, "My rangers can attack, and the forest is indeed suitable for us to fight, but the problem is that the area is too large, and it's difficult to search. Once we split up, we might be defeated by the demons alone …"
"…"
Everyone fell silent. They knew that what Ge Lu said was the truth, but they felt it was absurd. They were obviously the ones who had the upper hand! Why did they feel like they were in a quagmire now?
Astral closed his eyes and thought carefully for a while before slowly saying, "The current situation is actually very clear. Because we don't know when the demon will appear, it's meaningless to wait. It's better to focus on this plague first!"
"That's right!" Everyone agreed with this suggestion. Until now, the fortress was still in a state of panic because sporadic zombies were still emerging. Although these zombies would be killed quickly under the strict defense, it also meant that the manpower in the fortress was constantly decreasing. If this continued, the fortress would collapse on its own before the devils appeared.
Judging from the current situation, this plague would not infect undead creatures and inanimate puppets, and high-level life forms would not be infected either. But the heroes present could not be called high-level life forms, and there was a possibility that they would be infected. If there were only a group of titan dragons and puppets left in the fortress in the end, they would not be able to continue fighting this battle …
After the final discussion, under the suggestion of Astral and the others, Gelu reluctantly agreed to ask for reinforcements from Aglan Fortress. However, he only agreed to send a small number of priests over. He would first confirm with these priests whether the magic to remove diseases was effective against this plague.
The heroes in the fortress began to get busy. They sent people to the city and began to capture individuals who had been infected and turned into zombies, so that they could be used as materials for the priests' experiments. A messenger, on the other hand, was repeatedly checked and confirmed that he was not infected. Only then was he allowed to go to Aglan through the teleportation portal to ask for help.
As for Arantir and his undead army outside the city, they had long been forgotten. Although everyone was beginning to believe his previous words and felt that it might indeed be a plague spread by demons, no one suggested letting Arantir come back …
Arantir led his undead army and stood alone at the foot of the fortress wall, waiting in the bleak wind …
Roy, who was dozens of kilometers away, was very satisfied.
Fat Tiger had hunted a huge flamingo from somewhere. This bird-type creature that could use powerful fire magic was rumored to be a close relative of phoenixes. But now, this flamingo had all its feathers stripped off and was roasted on the fire like a chicken. While sizzling with oil, it also gave off a mouthwatering fragrance, causing Fat Tiger to drool as he slowly rotated the grill in his mouth …
Roy let the pets roast meat, but he lay in Julia's arms, closed his eyes, and enjoyed her polishing and waxing service. Under Julia's careful care, his pair of thick demon horns became smoother and glossier.
Beside Roy, a large flag stood upright. It was the Soul Attracting Flag with the Osiris Mark engraved on it. Roy slightly modified the attributes of the Soul Attracting Flag, causing all the souls that died because of his demon blood in the fortress dozens of kilometers away to be instantly teleported to the Soul Attracting Flag. As a result, Roy had been lying down since last night and had earned nearly eighty thousand souls!
Giovanni could not understand Roy's actions at all. It was too far away, and he did not know what was happening in Dendera Fortress. However, the dense number of souls teleported over shocked him. No matter how stupid he was, he knew that these souls were likely from Dendera Fortress. He did not know what method this demon who was cooperating with him had used to plunder so many souls from so far away from the fortress. This was truly inconceivable.
Giovanni did not know what the current situation of the fortress was, so he could only guess uneasily. He wanted to persuade Roy to set off to Dendera Fortress several times … At least to get closer, but Roy rejected him. It had been more than ten hours since last night. He knew that something was happening but did not know what it was, making Giovanni itch unbearably.
Not only him, but Julia and Cassandra also did not know what was happening, but they trusted Roy unconditionally, so they did not ask at all.
From beginning to end, Roy was the only one who saw it. There were dozens of Demon Eyes hanging high above the fortress, and the situation in every corner of the fortress could not escape Roy's observation. He saw the scene of that old fellow Arantir being pushed out of the fortress and could not help but find it funny. Although this Asha's Chosen was powerful, he did not seem to be doing very well.
Roy had long expected that undead creatures and puppets would not be infected by the T-Virus. Moreover, because the people in this world were relatively strong, Roy had predicted from the beginning that this biohazard crisis would not be too fierce, so he did not expect to turn the entire fortress into a dead city overnight.
Through the Demon Eyes, Roy saw the messenger sent to Aglan Fortress and knew that Dendera Fortress was thinking of ways to fight against this virus plague, but he was not anxious at all.
Although I don't know how long it takes for the T-Virus to mutate, it's been almost twenty-four hours now. I reckon that the mutation should have appeared, right?
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