MTL - Dawn of the Grey Tower-Chapter 13 Empty town
Tianshui Town is the only town between the mountain town and the valley town. It is also a supply point that must be passed to Earl Lord City. This town is just like its name. It is famous for the spring water flowing from the veins of the Longji Mountains. It is said that the wine made from the spring water near this town is a special product sold throughout the kingdom. The business trips in this town can be said to be endless. Although the prosperity of the city is not yet achieved, the life in the town is also very rich. The merchants selling along the street, the customers who come to buy, and even the yearning Tourists from the north have occupied the town. But nowadays, when the cheese and his party step into this town, they can see nothing but deathly silence.
At the beginning, the cheese they followed the principle of being cautious and began to check the main buildings in the town for living people, but soon they found that there was nothing in this town, and the feeling of anxiety grew stronger in the mind of the mage. He felt that someone had deliberately disposed of this town before him to disguise something, and this is most likely the key to solving the plague. So he suggested that the team members search the town separately to find clues that had not been destroyed.
"Did you find anything?" Standing on the square in the middle of the town, the cheese asked the team members who returned from the search.
"Nothing, neither corpses nor living people, I can't even find a mouse." "Wild boar" said. Mona and "Monkey" also said that they did not find the residents here.
"This is unreasonable." The cheese frowned.
"Even if the plague killed all the people here, the corpse should always be left. Even if a large number of native ratmen attacked the residents, they will still leave corpses. The whole empty town. "The mage was puzzled by what happened here. He could capture the smell of the plague in the air of the town. But this taste is very light, not at all like the phenomenon that a small town in the center of the epidemic should have.
"These residents did not disappear suddenly. It was more like an orderly evacuation of the town." Elsa said suddenly when the pedestrians were helpless.
The other four people heard her words, all showing a puzzled expression. Although they also conducted a search, they did not reach this conclusion. The lady boss soon began to explain her reason for this conclusion.
"Food. Both humans and monsters need food, even the livestock originally raised in the town. But there is too little food in this town." Elsa led the members into a private house .
"You see, it's winter now. In general, a family will reserve enough food for two to three days. In the economically affluent town of Tianshui Town, the lives of residents are more abundant, and the food reserves will only be more. "Speaking, the lady boss opened the storage cabinet in this room, which was empty and without any food."
"But you see, these houses don't have a little food storage, which is unreasonable. Moreover, I just went to several pubs and restaurants in the town just now. Buy it now, but this kind of business place must keep inventory. But there is nothing like the situation here. If they fled suddenly, they must be too late to take away all the food. Only a planned evacuation is possible So. "As the owner of the Dragon's Peak Pub, Elsa's words are not only reasonable but also persuasive. Indeed, the amount of food in the small town searched is pitifully small.
"So, who has evacuated the residents of the town? For example, the lord sent an evacuation notice to let them all move to Valley City?" Mona guessed.
"But it doesn't make sense, even if the townspeople are reasonable, they can't evacuate in such an orderly manner within a few days. This is totally unreasonable. Unless they have enough time and sufficient reasons to make them willing Left. "Elsa retorted.
"Is there frequent exchanges between Yamashita Town and Gorge Town?" The cheese interrupted.
"Um ... in fact, not very often, especially in the months after the winter. Due to heavy snow, almost all businessmen will wait until the spring to go to the town. After all, we only have various animal skins and animal products. Get it out. "" Monkey ", as an hunter, still knows more about buying and selling.
"Most of the grain reserves in the town are also completed in autumn. In winter, people in the town rarely go out," the proprietress added.
"In other words, Yamashita has lost contact with the Earl of Salon since the beginning of winter, until Commander Jon sent a messenger a few days ago, right?" The cheese concluded.
"..." The remaining four residents of the mountain town looked at each other, because they found that it seemed to be the case.
"So, that is to say, for at least two months, there is almost no communication between the interior of the Earl's Collar and the town, right." The cheese frowned more and more tightly, and he realized that this time was extremely inaccurate. There may be some terrible consequences.
"Do you mean that the plague appeared earlier than we had estimated?" Elsa first thought of the problems caused by time.
"It is very likely that this is the case, and the worst part is that I am afraid that this plague will not show any effect for a long time in the early stage of the infection." Cheese Shen Sheng said.
"If this is the case ..." The proprietress soon realized what this meant.
"If this is the case, I am afraid that the spread of the plague is already more than one earl. The environment in this earl will be worse than we expected." The mage said.
The remaining three Frost Guards also realized the seriousness of the matter, and they all took a breath.
"So what should we do?" The female warrior Mona asked eagerly.
"Don't worry, even if the plague really spreads, we can't have time to warn others." The cheese sighed and let go of the idea temporarily.
"Now, it is still the first to find the residents of Tianshui Town, and it is the focus to develop the antidote to the plague as soon as possible."
"I think I might know where all the people in Sweetwater have gone." "Monkey" Jack suddenly thought of something, he said.
"When I talked about buying and selling, I suddenly remembered that when I came to town with my dad to sell animal hides, I heard people in the town say that there are big caves in the mountains near the town, and the water in the town of Sweetwater There is also a large part of where it comes from. I heard that the entrance is extremely narrow, and the internal intricate space is huge. It is simply a natural fortress. Some people even said that they have seen dragons deep in the cave! "Jack exaggerated.
"You mean, these townsmen have been evacuated into the cave?" The cheese asked. Although this sounds like a good idea, a small cave with a narrow entrance is indeed easier to defend than a small town, and the living water in the cave can also avoid the chance of getting sick from drinking contaminated water. UU reads the book www.uukanshu.com but he is hard to believe that anyone who can organize the whole town can escape into the cave that does not know whether it is safe or not.
"I heard Grandpa Jon said that the mayor of Tianshui Town is a nobleman who loves the people very much. The prosperity and prosperity of Tianshui Town are inseparable from this person. If there is such a person who wins popular support, I It ’s not impossible to think about a big retreat. ”Elsa said.
"Well, anyway, this is a clue that we don't have many at present, monkey, do you know that cave is there?" The cheese nodded and agreed with Elsa's view.
"Although I haven't been there, I still know the approximate direction. But aren't we giving priority to Valley City? The chance of finding survivors there should be greater." Jack asked.
Jack ’s doubts are correct, whether to go to Valley City first, or to detour to find the residents of Sweetwater Town, which may not exist. This is indeed a very difficult problem for the cheese race against time, even the Master himself. Not sure between them.
"It is true that the probability of finding a survivor in Valley City is relatively high, but the situation in the town is really weird. I think you can go to the cave first to see if it is not too late to go to Valley City." , Mona said. She believes that if the defense of Valley City has fallen, then this five-member team will play no role. And if the Valley City can still stick to it, it is more reasonable to look for the residents of Tianshui Town.
The other four thought for a while and approved the view of the female warrior. They decided to try their luck in the cave in the mouth of "Monkey" first.
What they did not know was that just as they set off, the Kingdom Knights, led by the blood lion Lyon, also separated a team of people into the Earl of Saron. The goal of this team is the Valley City.
