The brave man opened the coffin and rose

Chapter 255: Uncontrollable Insect Vomiting, Carterburg's Allegiance

(Today's 6k words are dedicated. It's almost the last day of this month.)

All self-doubt vanished, because just from that fleeting look, Abes was able to confirm that his deduction was completely correct.

However, this was the first time that Abes, who had always been somewhat free-spirited, encountered a difficult situation.

If we say that the only time we had to be careful about our reputation when we were "struggling" in the east of the small kingdom was when we rescued the people at Silver Moon Farm and encountered that group of refugees.

Because people at that time were not so convinced and trusted him; because, at that time, he had not achieved any amazing achievements that they had witnessed with their own eyes.

That's why he had to secretly let go of Rectore - the first lizardman he met, and the murderer who killed some people in Silvermoon Farm.

The silver-haired girl, the daughter of the Myers family, Abes still remembers what Kronos said at that time.

She said, "As a hero, you must not have any stain on your body."

So, in order to help him, the girl stood by his side and promised to do all the unfair things for him.

The turning point in Abeth's reputation came in the following battle.

He led them to liberate the prisoners held by the Lizardmen, led them to travel thousands of miles to capture the Lizardmen's supply points, and led them to teach General Paddy's Davis troops a lesson at the gate of Sweet Leaf Town.

Let them know that by following me they can save their own lives, by following me they can save the lives of their relatives and friends who have been abducted, by following me they can be fearless of the alien invaders from the Eastern Wilderness, and by following me they can be fearless of the masters at home.

However, all this reputation was lost when Abes concealed his identity and acted in Carterburg as an adventurous transcendent and a warrior with the title of Thousand Slashes.

He needs to start from scratch.

And a nascent reputation was obviously not enough to support Abes to knock down the old woman in front of him right here.

No, it would be better to say that, apart from Soran who chose to believe in his words, the rest of the people either didn't know who he was, or only had an impression of him as "a very strong adventurer."

What annoyed Abes the most was that it was the guy in front of him who gave him the first chance.

"It's remnant... Auntie won't blame you. After all, making something inexpensive and of good quality always requires some price. As long as you don't pry into it, everything will be safe. Okay, you have to study these things clearly, otherwise it will cause a disaster." After letting the soldiers leave and creating a relatively lonely space, the old woman in front of her said this to Abes and the others.

"Don't go and find out? Will it lead to disaster?"

Abes repeated, his sarcastic nasal tone evident even through the full-face helmet.

"Yes... Ms. Wanna, right? Since when did the victim looking for an opportunity to solve the problem become an inappropriate resistance?"

Afterwards, Abes relaxed his tone and chose a persuasive attitude, "I don't know how you did it, but I hope that in such a turbulent time, as a supernatural being with the ability to cast spells, you should protect yourself and do some good deeds within your ability, instead of doing things like secretly controlling others."

“Eh…” the old lady in front of her dragged out the last part of her tone, “Auntie thought you were just ordinary adventurers. Now it seems that you either have courage that comes from nowhere, or you are really stubborn.”

"You are not a mercenary chasing after profit, are you? This makes Auntie very curious."

After lowering his head to think for a while, a knitted bag was thrown to him, "Give this ointment to the vomiter, but after that, you have to come to my Shirai Tea Room in person to apologize for your aunt."

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This is a big trouble.

Irwin Root, or as he was now known, Irwin Carter Root, scratched his shaved scalp in frustration.

He is not young anymore.

It's time to retire.

It was for this reason that after taking full leadership of Carterburg, he shaved his hair and beard to hide his age.

And because of this, he would try his best not to show his relationship with that kid Soran in front of outsiders.

In order to prevent loopholes and weaknesses, only in this way can we continue to better protect Carterburg in troubled times.

However, I didn't expect that just because I wasn't paying attention for a while, I would receive the news that the red-haired child had vomited.

Not daring to delay, Alvin immediately ordered his men to inform Lord Qian Zhongzhan, and at the same time gave him the right to dispatch the soldiers.

However, even if this is the case, the news conveyed back is definitely not good.

That cheap healing potion that many people have purchased may have a problem;

And now, Lord Qian Zhongzhan has gone to confront the old woman who sells potions.

Alvin, who had made sufficient preparations and had decided to stockpile some, felt absolutely annoyed by the news.

Exclamation, surprise, fear.

Or perhaps more emotions also emerged from Ivan's mind at the same time.

For a moment, he even resented Qian Zhongzhan and himself for looking for Qian Zhongzhan.

In fact, everyone knew from the beginning that the healing potion was worth 5gp.

Alvin was also sure that the old woman was no ordinary person.

The others looked at the types, effects and prices of the potions, but Alvin found clues from other places.

For example, the short bone staff on the stall looked like a piece of the arm bone of a creature.

In the worst-case scenario, the source could be humans.

Of course, it could also be other humanoid creatures, or even just wild beasts like apes.

For veterans who have been to the battlefield, they still have this vision.

However, precisely because of this, Alvin avoided talking about the other party's true situation.

After all, in Carterburg, all people, whether vendors, guests, or passers-by, can be considered companions in this chaotic world.

Of course, they are also competitors for survival.

Regardless of whether he is a companion in survival or a competitor in survival, Alvin must first ensure that people are protected and believe that they are protected.

And sometimes, the latter is more important.

This is not because Ivan is a black-hearted politician, but mainly because of the special location of Carterburg.

As a pass, it can be said that no one would rashly block the pass and delay the enemy before all regions have formed a relative small unity.

This means that the security of Carterburg actually has only two extremes.

Before the regional power was integrated, no force could defeat a fortress city with a garrison and three layers of walls;

After the regional forces are integrated, Fort Carter must not harbor any fluke mentality that could delay time.

Therefore, Alvin was very clear that either he could protect Carterburg very well, or the time would come when he would be unable to protect it even if he wanted to.

Therefore, since he could no longer decide on the condition of "making people feel protected", all Alvin could do was to ensure the condition of "making people feel they are protected".

However, after repeated occurrences, some things made it impossible for Alvin to do even the latter part.

The first is the panic caused by the disappearance of people;

And later, the team of adventurers that he had hired also disappeared, which made the panic even more intense.

Trouble is coming soon——

The return of the missing is the third level of panic.

Just when he thought everything was settled, today, the adventurer he had just hired and his nephew, Soran, who was sent to him by his two adoptive fathers, joined forces to cause some trouble.

"Weren't we asking him to investigate the missing persons? Why did he end up investigating Yao Shui's case?"

"So what if there's something wrong with the potion? Isn't it normal to have fake medicine in this current situation?"

"Moreover, as long as you never need to use the potion, you will always have absolute courage and confidence. When you need to use the potion, the enemy probably won't give you a chance to drink it. At this time, what difference does it make whether the potion is real or fake..."

Every word he muttered to himself made the Carterburg leader, who was complaining in the room, feel more and more dissatisfied.

In Ivan's opinion, the revelation that the problem with the therapeutic potion was there not only heightened the panic among the people, but also made his strategy of purchasing in bulk to show that Fort Carter had sufficient drug storage to provide confidence ineffective.

At this point, Alvin was even considering whether to send Qian Zhongzhan out of Carterburg.

You were hired to stabilize the people's hearts, and the safest way is to stay in charge for three months as he planned.

Now we have taken the initiative to attack. It would be fine if we didn’t find the cause, but why are we targeting the vendors too?

However, all these feelings of grievance disappeared when I saw three or five people knocking on my door.

"What...what's going on?"

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It was Abes and his group, as well as the victims, who pushed open the door of Ivan's dark windowless room.

The candlelight from the door shone into the room, causing mottled shadows to sway on the ground.

Behind Abes, several vendors were already kneeling on the ground with painful expressions on their faces, their hands tightly grasping their throats, as if they wanted to pull something terrible out of their bodies.

Except for Crimson, the rest were basically in a state of paleness, cold sweat oozing from their foreheads, and despair and fear flashing in their eyes.

Ivan asked, "What...what on earth is going on?"

Didn't you say you were going to vomit? Why do you look like you're about to die?

And the next scene told Alvin why he looked like he was about to die.

It also told Alvin that vomiting was definitely not ordinary vomiting.

The leader's body trembled violently. He opened his mouth and let out a low whimper.

Then, a black mass gushed out of his throat, accompanied by a foul smell.

Is that a cloud?

No, it was a swarm of insects.

Countless poisonous insects were crawling out of his mouth, twisting their bodies and flashing a dark luster.

After the poisonous insects left the mouth, they immediately scattered on the ground, making a slight hissing sound, as if mocking the helplessness of those people.

"Don't... don't bring bugs into the castle. We don't have much food. It would be even worse if bugs got infested..."

Ivan's brain suddenly stopped working and he could only stammer out these words.

Then he saw the blonde double-helix girl, making a spell-casting motion, pointing at the fleeing swarm of insects.