"Oh, these damn curse bugs, why did they have to come to the base?"
"If you get bitten, you're done for. Isolation is basically a death sentence. It's a plague."
"Petrification curse? I've never heard of it before. This is really terrifying."
"It's over, it's over, I think I got bitten."
"Damn it, don't come near us, stay away from us."
"Save me, I don't want to be quarantined."
Even the most disciplined army became panicked after this sudden disaster. The petrification disaster had basically become a shadow over every marine's head. They watched their comrades being taken away by the special cleanup team, while praying that they wouldn't be infected by the curse.
No matter where or when, Li En could hear people whispering, discussing the petrification curse with solemn expressions.
This was a situation that had been anticipated, especially when even Archbishop Damil and the others were helpless.
Some marines who didn't want to die discovered that they had contracted the petrification curse and even wanted to return to the royal capital through the teleportation gate,
to seek a chance of survival.
They were naturally caught and imprisoned in a special prison.
The atmosphere at the base became extremely oppressive, as people complained about Earl Yale, who had brought the disaster, while enduring mental torture.
The special cleanup team spent 15 hours finding all the marines on the island who had been bitten by the cursed bugs, as well as everyone who had come into contact with the marines, and sent them to special isolation rooms.
But this did not alleviate the tension in everyone's nerves, because the extermination team had not yet completely eradicated the curse bugs on the island. No one knew who would be the next to be infected.
These bugs were too cunning, making it impossible for even the battle-hardened knights to deal with them. They could only eliminate them wave by wave.
And their reproduction speed was astonishing, coupled with their extremely small size, comparable to ants, making it easy for people to ignore them. The soldiers could only be more vigilant, and each dormitory was prepared with candles, torches, kerosene lamps and other items with fire, which could be used to kill the fire bugs at critical moments.
When Tina handed the statistical list to Grand Duke Moria, her brow was furrowed,
"Prime Minister, one-third of the marines have been infected with the petrification curse. This includes your grandson, Parker Moria."
Moria's expression faltered as he took the list,
"Tell the extermination team to speed up their actions. Use whatever methods necessary to completely eliminate the curse bugs and prevent any new casualties."
"Prime Minister, if we could ask Miss Witch for help, the extermination would be smoother."
Tina said.
"Which witch do you need?"
Moria asked.
He knew that Tina was definitely not talking about Dorothy, otherwise there would be no need to come here for instructions.
She needed one of the witches imprisoned in the prison.
"Archbishop Damil said that the curse bugs are attracted to the human-faced flower. The Forest Witch, Ashley Ross, can create this flower. If we can get the Forest Witch to take action, the extermination team can eliminate these bugs in the shortest amount of time."
Tina said.
"Alright, go to the prison, find Ashley Ross, and persuade her to participate in the bug extermination."
Grand Duke Moria said to Tina.
Tina accepted the order and turned to leave.
Grand Duke Moria placed the list on the desk, got up, put on his coat, and walked out of the command room.
He came to the archbishop's rest room in the base church and found Damil.
"Tell me, how confident is the church in being able to lift the petrification curse?"
Damil sighed and said nothing.
But his attitude had already made everything clear, the probability was slim.
"I understand."
Grand Duke Moria left the rest room. Archbishop Damil looked at his back and said,
"We will ask for God's blessing and continue to look for a solution, but it is impossible to overcome this curse in a short period of time. Perhaps it will take a year, perhaps it will take ten years."
These words were basically the most useless consolation.
Grand Duke Moria was in a heavy mood and unconsciously walked to the place where Parker was being isolated.
"Grandpa?"
Parker tried to show a strong side, squeezing out a smile.
He scratched his hair, which had become messy again, "I'm sorry, Grandpa, I've disappointed you. You shouldn't have come to see me."
"It's not your fault."
Grand Duke Moria said, walking up to Parker. Parker subconsciously retreated, "Grandpa, don't touch me, you'll get infected."
"A Seven-Star Order Knight, if you're still afraid of this little curse, then I've lived these years in vain."
Grand Duke Moria patted Parker on the shoulder, while issuing a special order to prevent the petrification curse from continuing to erode Parker's body in this room.
Parker was pleasantly surprised to find that the petrification had not continued to spread to his chest.
The place where he was bitten was his arm, and now his entire hand was unable to move and had turned to stone.
"Grandpa, can you eliminate the curse?"
Parker's eyes were filled with hope.
Grand Duke Moria shook his head, "No, I can only help you delay the symptoms and buy you more time, unless you never leave this room, otherwise you will still die from petrification."
Hearing Grand Duke Moria's words, Parker's eyes dimmed significantly.
"It's okay, Grandpa, this is already very good, I've actually earned it."
Parker smiled, "If it weren't for my brother, I would have died in the hands of the sea monster on the last expedition."
Grand Duke Moria's face still had no smile. He couldn't smile at this time.
"Do you have anything you want to say to your parents?"
Grand Duke Moria said.
Parker nodded. He took out two letters from his pocket, one for his father and one for his mother. As for Diane, he had nothing to say to her, only hoping that she could grow up healthy and happy under the protection of his grandfather.
"Grandpa, please give these to them for me."
Grand Duke Moria frowned and took the letters.
"What did you write? Is it convenient for me to take a look?"
Li En's voice came from outside the door, and then he pushed the door open and walked to Parker's side in a carefree manner,
"It wouldn't be a suicide note, would it?"
"Brother, why are you here? You shouldn't have come, you'll get infected."
Parker automatically moved away from Li En.
But Li En took the initiative to approach, "Idiot, if I could be infected, would I still be here?"
Tina was following behind Li En.
Tina had just gone to the dungeon and received the cold shoulder.
The imprisoned witch was unwilling to help, or rather, the price she wanted for helping was too high. As long as Grand Duke Moria agreed to release all the witches, she would be willing to participate in the bug-killing operation.
Tina originally wanted to report to Grand Duke Moria, but learned that Grand Duke Moria had come here, so she followed him, and met Li En on the way, telling Li En about this.
Li En thought of a good way to persuade the Forest Witch, Ashley Ross.
"Parker, since you even have the courage to die, would you like to make a final contribution to humanity before you die?"
Li En raised his eyebrows.
Grand Duke Moria judged from his subtle expression that he had found a way to save Parker.
Although it was a bit unbelievable, even Archbishop Damil couldn't do what Li En could do, but he felt more fortunate and proud in his heart.
Grand Duke Moria believed that there was absolutely no problem in entrusting the future of the family to Li En.
He always managed to bring unexpected surprises.
"Of course I can. For humanity, I will do my part."
Parker's expression was serious.
Thinking that he was about to die from the petrification curse, Parker preferred to make the last moments meaningful, rather than stay in this room feeling sorry for himself.
"Good, that's worthy of being my brother."
Li En patted Parker on the shoulder.
This was the second time Parker had been patted on the shoulder today, but he felt extremely warm in his heart.
At least it proved that his grandfather and brother would not be affected by the petrification curse.
It was good that they could survive.
Parker's eyes were slightly red, and he suddenly wanted to cry.
But he was not shedding tears for himself, but was happy for Grand Duke Moria and Li En, happy that they could avoid this disaster.
"Yes, maintain this almost crying state and go see the Forest Witch, Ashley Ross, and persuade her to join the bug-killing mission."
Li En said slowly.
Parker was slightly stunned.
What? Persuade the witch? Or the witch who had been deceived by Li En.
He wanted to back down a bit.
"You're not even afraid of death, are you still afraid of a witch?"
Li En asked Parker again. Parker shook his head, "I'm not afraid."
"Then go."
Li En pushed Parker out and winked at Grand Duke Moria, making an ok gesture.
Although Grand Duke Moria didn't understand Li En's gesture, he understood that he had a plan in mind.
Parker came to the underground prison.
Earl Yale and his group had already been taken out, now there were only witches here, which saved Parker a lot of embarrassment.
When a person is about to die, their courage also increases.
Although his brother had deceived the Forest Witch, Ashley Ross, he certainly couldn't betray his brother,
so he could only take the responsibility.
Using this identity, persuade the Forest Witch, hoping that she could consider it for the sake of humanity.
Parker took a deep breath and walked to the front of the cell where the witches were being held.
Seeing Parker, the witches instantly became excited.
They were all eager to fight, gnashing their teeth and staring at him with wide eyes.
"Parker Moria, you dare to come?"
The Explosion Witch, Quili Peak, questioned.
"Yeah, Parker Moria, you actually dare to provoke us! If you have the ability, untie our hands and have a fair duel."
The Storm Witch, Clothy, said.
"Parker Moria, why are your hands empty? Where's the food?"
The Food Witch, Milia, said dissatisfied.
But as soon as she said it, she realized that something was wrong, she seemed to have said the wrong thing.
The other witches glanced at her lightly, making the Food Witch, Milia, very embarrassed, lowering her head with a blushing face.
The Forest Witch, Ashley, had her back to Parker, she didn't want to see this man.
Ashley hadn't recovered from meeting an emotional swindler for the first time.
"Ashley, I'm sorry."
Parker ignored the chattering witches and said to the Forest Witch, Ashley.
Ashley's ears twitched, hearing Parker's apology.
"Your apology is useless, Ashley will not forgive you!"
"That's right, Ashley doesn't want to forgive you, you heartless man, you're not qualified to be Ashley's fiancé, you big liar."
The Bubble Witch, Shirley, cursed with puffed cheeks.
Because of Parker, they were now more like a group of living witches, rather than Randall's puppets, only thinking about completing tasks.
"En, I'm sorry, Ashley, I deceived you, I'm really not your fiancé, but for a moment, I really wanted to be your fiancé."
Parker said with a wry smile.
Ashley was stunned, although she still had her back to Parker, her ears twitched again.
The witches became quiet after hearing this sentence.
They wanted to know what Parker wanted to say next.
"I have always admired the powerful witches, the first person I admired was actually Dorothy Hall,
she had appeared in my dreams countless times, but there were absolutely no shameful scenes, just her sitting on the windowsill reading a book, I could admire her for a long time. I have the purest admiration and appreciation for her.
"I had a relationship that started but didn't end, a mysterious woman stole my heart, but she abandoned me ruthlessly, the bits and pieces of my time with her were like needle tips, constantly stinging my heart,
I don't understand why she left me, I want to find her, but I know nothing about her, I'm just such a useless and cowardly man.
"Until I met you, Ashley, you are simple and kind, even I can deceive you. You are the cutest witch I have ever seen, perhaps you are not as beautiful as Dorothy Hall, and we don't have hot physical entanglement, but you are a special existence to me."
"And you, Milia, you remind me of my twin sister, Diane, she likes to eat things like you, you are all the purest and cutest people."
"Anita, although you are the Rain Witch, you actually hate rain, right?"
"Clothy, you try to appear fierce, not wanting others to approach you, are you afraid of hurting them?"
"Quili, Rachel, Lisa, Sophie, Shirley, Blair, you are all too young, I really hope that tragedy didn't happen to you, that you didn't come to participate in the expedition."
Parker said slowly, probably because of his sincere expression, he actually moved all the witches.
Li En leaned against the door, sighing that his brother was getting more and more promising.
With such a confession, why worry about not being able to chase after a girl?
"I used to always hear that the lives of witches are limited, but I couldn't understand how much 'limited' meant,
now that I'm infected with the petrification curse, I know how sad it is to have a limited life, and I finally understand why people are filled with unwillingness before they die, because there are still too many meaningful things that haven't been done."
Parker said in a low voice.
Almost all the witches were stunned.
Ashley turned around and looked at Parker, "You're infected with the petrification curse?"
"Yes. I'm infected with the petrification curse."
Parker nodded, "Now my whole hand can't move, and soon, the curse will spread to my chest, causing my heart to stop beating, and I will die."
"Meow~ How could you be so unlucky?"
The Food Witch, Milia, cried, and the other younger witches also wiped their tears.
The older ones also showed sad expressions.
Although Parker hadn't spent much time with them, it was more than many others, and a delicate friendship had been built amidst the lies.
"The curse—can't it be undone?"
Esili found her voice trembling as she spoke.
She didn't know why, but tears were already threatening to spill out.
This was the first time she felt truly alive, more profoundly than ever before.
Her emotions were like surging river water, or a tsunami whipped up by a hurricane, with such great waves that even she was surprised.
Parker watched Esili's tears fall like broken pearls, stunned for a long time before saying,
"It can't."
This girl, she's crying for me.
She must be the saddest and most heartbroken besides Mom and Diana, knowing that I'm about to die.
Parker thought to himself, suddenly feeling a shadow shatter in his mind.
The shadow brought by the mysterious woman disappeared.
The piece of heart he was missing seemed to be filled.
The green-haired girl in front of him walked in inexplicably.
Every tear she shed flowed into Parker's heart.
Making Parker's heart ache.
"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have made you cry."
"Idiot, then you shouldn't have appeared here."
Esili's tears were like a burst of floodwaters.
What would happen if a witch fell in love? Probably like a moth flying into a flame, regardless of the consequences, because their lives are fleeting.
If they don't give all their emotions, then what remains before death will only be regret.
Esili no longer cared why the boy in front of her had deceived her; she only wanted to tell Parker that she would still fulfill her duties as his fiancée.
"Parker Moria, I am Esili Ross, whether you want it or not, I will use my limited life to become your fiancée, fulfill the duties and responsibilities of a wife, I will kill all the Curse Worms for you,
cry for you in front of your tombstone, and forever remember your name in my limited life."
Esili spoke the most precious oath.
The witches cried together, as if witnessing the most sacred love.
Parker also cried.
He didn't expect it to be like this.
His strong resilience crumbled at this moment.
The witch Miss is really too gentle.
"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have deceived you from the beginning, deceived such a kind and beautiful girl."
Parker apologized sincerely from the bottom of his heart.
"Since you've already deceived me, you have to take responsibility to the end. Take me out. I'll clear those disgusting bugs for the Navy, and then come back here to face judgment. If I die after you, I'll guard your grave. If I die before you, don't be sad for me. I'm grateful to have met you."
Esili held Parker's hand.
Parker wiped away his tears with his other hand, nodded, and opened the prison door.
Esili looked back at the crying witches, "I'll be back soon. Sorry for wasting such an opportunity to threaten them."
"Sister Esili, don't say that. You must avenge Parker. Parker is not only your fiancé but also our friend."
Milia said crying.
The other witches nodded in agreement.
They are such simple and kind girls.
Parker decided to write another will to Lyon, hoping that Lyon would not kill them no matter what.
Parker led Esili out of the prison, and Esili saw Lyon and Tina nearby.
She quickly withdrew her gaze, not paying attention to Lyon, so that the task of "killing Lyon" would not constantly echo in her mind.
"Sister-in-law, let's go."
Lyon said with a smile.
Esili lowered her head, her cheeks slightly red.
Parker's face was even redder, and he held Esili's hand tightly.
Although Lyon was fed a mouthful of dog food, he was happy for Parker, only a pure and innocent girl like Esili deserved his equally pure and kind younger brother.
An older sister like Xenobia is just for enriching life experience.
Esili followed the group to an open space, and the insect extermination team was also summoned here.
Tina unlocked the magic control cuffs on Esili's hands.
Esili looked at Parker, then at Lyon.
She had a unique opportunity to kill Lyon, right now.
These human knights were not a threat to her at all, Lyon was close at hand, and defenseless.
But she hesitated.
She held Parker's hand again.
If she killed Lyon, Parker would hate her, right?
She didn't want Parker's limited life to be filled with only hatred.
Forcibly controlling the commands that kept echoing in her mind, Esili chanted the magic incantation, and a huge human-faced flower grew from the ground.
The human-faced flower spread a unique fragrance around, and it was this fragrance that attracted the Curse Worms.
The Curse Worms flew out from various buildings in the base, like a black curtain in the sky, making people's scalps tingle.
"There are so many bugs already."
"These damn Curse Worms."
"If it weren't for the witch, I'm afraid we would have been completely wiped out before we could clear all the bugs, right?"
The knights of the insect extermination team sighed and raised the flamethrowers in their hands.
But their speed couldn't compare to the captain of the insect extermination team, Alexander.
Alexander burned all the bugs to ashes with a single breath of dragon flame.
Just in case, the human-faced flower continued to release its special fragrance until not a single bug could be attracted, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
The knights of the insect extermination team were relieved and finally completed their mission.
Tina put the magic control cuffs on Esili again.
"Parker, I can only help you this much."
Esili said.
"Can't you send Esili back? Just let her stay with me."
Parker looked at Lyon pleadingly.
Lyon shook his head, "No."
Tina took Esili away and sent her back to prison again.
Parker followed Lyon back to his private isolation room in a depressed mood.
"Brother, I'm about to die, why are you doing this?"
Before Parker could finish speaking, Lyon closed the door, "Who said you're going to die?"
"I'm infected with the petrification curse. Even Grandpa and the Archbishop can't save me. What else can be done?"
Parker sighed, lowering his head.
"Take another look. Is your petrification curse still there?"
Lyon felt that Parker's reaction was a bit slow. He had already received the prompt of points +2000, but Parker was still completely unaware.
Just before the two entered the room, the red entry above Parker's head had been silently taken away by Lyon.
Parker concentrated and felt his entries, and found that the petrification curse was really gone.
He looked at Lyon excitedly, "Brother, my curse is gone! How, how did you do it?"
"Don't worry about how I did it. Now you can go be with Esili, but you can't let her out. Although she can temporarily not attack me for your sake this time, I can't guarantee the next time."
"Okay, okay, as long as I can continue to take care of her."
Parker was extremely excited, but he seemed to have thought of something again,
"Brother, I can't go out yet."
"Why?"
Lyon looked at Parker curiously.
"Brother helping me to lift the curse must be a secret, right? Even Grandpa doesn't know. This shows that this secret is very important to you. I need to keep the secret for you temporarily and continue to stay here."
Parker looked serious.
Lyon smiled, "Very good, I didn't hurt you for nothing. This way, you continue to stay here for a few days. After a few days, I'll send Water Lily to pick you up."
"Okay."
Parker nodded emphatically, suddenly thinking of the two wills he gave to his grandfather, which contained the cheesy words he could never say to his parents in this life.
"Brother, can you help me get those two letters back from Grandpa?"
"Get them yourself."
Lyon left after saying that.
Parker stretched out his hand, unable to keep him.
He could only secretly pray that Duke Moria hadn't opened them to read, nor had he immediately sent someone to send them back.
Just when Bishop Damir was still discussing with the priests how to alleviate the petrification symptoms, the Dawn Knights had already begun to build a temporary medical station.
According to Lyon's requirements, the medical station must be deep enough, including four major areas: registration room, observation room, treatment room, and inpatient department, and there must be a distance between each area. Every patient must undergo magical anesthesia during treatment, which is Dorothy's "doctor's" hypnosis.
Although Lyon called it a medical station to the outside world, most people thought it was a curse removal room.
"Even Archbishop Damir of the Holy See is helpless. Can Lord Lyon really remove the curse?"
"Yes, it always feels like there is little hope of removing the petrification curse."
At the entrance of the medical station, there was soon a crowd of people, all navies who came to watch the excitement.
Except for the die-hard fans of the Dawn Knights, most people did not believe that Lyon could solve the problem that Bishop Damir could not solve.
Not only did the navy soldiers not believe it, but also the high-level Earl Sam and the navy lieutenants did not believe it.
But they have no other way now except to believe in Lyon.
It's impossible to let these more than 3,000 people fend for themselves, right?
Although there are only more than 3,000 people, they are all elites among the empire's elites. Cultivating an elite requires accumulating countless resources, not ordinary civilians.
Bishop Damir was also very curious about Lyon's curse removal method, but he saw his student's concerns, so he didn't ask too many questions, just needed Lyon to write down some ideas to facilitate their continued research.
Lyon decided to ask Fiya at the next witch meeting, otherwise he really didn't have any curse removal ideas to fool Damir.
The first batch to enter the medical station were Earl Yar and the Flame Knights, who were the initiators of this petrification disaster.
They were the first batch of infection sources. Although there were only 8 people, as long as they could recover, other cursed victims would also be sent to the medical station.
After Dorothy's hypnosis, Lyon lifted the curse for these 8 survivors, earning 16,000 points, and a promise from Earl Yar.
In the future, whatever Lyon asked him for, as long as he could do it, he must give it.
Although Earl Yar is a cold-blooded Frank, he still values his promises.
Lyon believed that he would keep his promise, and also believed that his promise was more valuable than ordinary people, and might play a key role someday in the future.
After Earl Yar and the people of the Flame Knights lifted the curse, the entire Glacier Base was boiling.
It's not that they themselves are so popular, it's entirely because their success stories inspired everyone.
The infected saw hope, and the uninfected also saw hope.
Everyone is a comrade-in-arms, and no one wants to see their companions die like this.
The Navy High Command held a supreme meeting and entrusted the matter entirely to Lyon Moria and Dorothy,
and promised to award the two the rank of Major General after the incident was over.
For ordinary people, this is definitely a step to the sky.
But in fact, combining the strength of Lyon and Dorothy, the rank of Major General is a bit light.
This is a double affirmation of the strength and contribution of the two.
In the second batch of rescued personnel, Lyon saw an old acquaintance, Earl Sam.
This guy was infected, but he was unwilling to admit it, mainly because he was afraid of death. Because of concealment and carelessness, he also caused more than 1,000 new infections, which can be regarded as a strange thing.
Lyon guessed that if the base had not found a way to remove the curse, Earl Sam might have sneaked back to the Holy Empire and asked Pope Randall to save him.
The price is to cause more people to be infected with the petrification curse.
But Earl Sam didn't care, he was a very traditional old nobleman, only caring about his own life and death.
Before Lyon removed the curse for him, he also wanted a condition.
Earl Sam had no choice but to agree in order to save his life.
A total of 4,619 people in the army were infected with the petrification curse. Lyon's daily limit was to clear 200 people, which took a total of half a month to clear.
A total of 9,238,000 points were harvested, plus the more than 6 million points accumulated before, accumulating to 15,404,200 points.
The points ushered in a wave of expansion.
Lyon could finally buy the [Seven-Star Order Knight] and [Seven-Star Blood Shadow Assassin] in the entry mall, which he had been coveting for a long time.
These two entries actually appeared when the [Resurrection] entry was brushed out.
Unfortunately, Lyon didn't have enough points and could only watch enviously.
[Seven-Star Order Knight] (Silver) You are already a Seven-Star Order Knight, possessing a little divinity,
comprehended the power of rules, and applied the power of rules to real combat. You can formulate rules that are beneficial to you within a kilometer range. Your body has sacred blood. Sacred blood can help you quickly heal wounds and regenerate limbs. Your probability of being contaminated by evil gods is reduced by 5%. You have extraordinary willpower, mental strength and resistance. Sacred blood can be left to the next generation through inheritance. Your descendants will have the physique of a four-star knight at birth, physique +300, swordsmanship +300, speed +300, strength +300, charm +50.
Exchange points: 7000000.
[Seven-Star Blood Shadow Assassin] (Red): You are now a notorious Seven-Star Blood Shadow Assassin, with a bounty of up to 10 million gold. You possess the physique of a blood族, allowing you to restore stamina by 흡수 target's blood. You can further enhance your strength by 吞噬 the blood core of the blood族. Your speed is unmatched within your rank, and even when facing an eight-star War Knight, you have a 30% chance of successfully escaping. Equipping this entry will incur the hatred of the blood族. Your physique +100, assassination skill +500, speed +500, strength +100.
Exchange Points: 7000000.
