[Hobbit+HP] The truth of elves

Chapter 109

Burning is the most commonly used method for humans to deal with plague.When the development of infectious diseases has exceeded the control of those in power, setting fires often becomes their way to remedy the situation.

But Lucius and Thranduil frowned almost at the same time.

The situation here is far from being that irreparable.

"Why?" Thranduil asked in a deep voice.

The two elf guards who were asked looked at each other in blank dismay, and then Annis, who communicated more with humans, added all the news he had heard.

A plague that broke out throughout the entire process has plunged the entire Saen Gaibao into a crisis. Apart from Frann, who is responsible for guarding, the city lord is naturally also responsible for this.It's just that the sense of mission of those in power to their duties does not always overcome the fear of the plague.

As the grand-nephew of King Fanjel of Rohan, since Flann was sent to the fortress of Amon Hen, he obviously shouldered a heavy responsibility.As far as he is concerned, the disaster suddenly befalls the human beings in Saen Gaibao, and he is obliged to do so.In the recent period, he has been running around for days to deal with the predicament in the city, and his figure has obviously lost weight.

In contrast, the city lord obviously flinched in the face of the deteriorating situation.

The city lord's first reaction was to take advantage of the chaos and flee.But his plan was quickly blocked by Frann.

When Frann realized that something was wrong, he had already sent soldiers to guard all the passages leaving the city.His move was to minimize the impact of the plague.But at the same time, he also made it impossible for the city lord to escape.

Seeing that he could not escape, and that the plague could not be relieved for a long time, the city lord's fear reached the extreme, and he began to clamor hysterically to stop the spread of the plague by burning the dock area.

The plague itself is terrible, and it has also taken many human lives.But perhaps because of Fran's quick response, the plague did not cause too many casualties.

And if the buildings in the dock area and the healthy people living in them were to be burned together in order to prevent the expansion of the plague, the number of people who would be buried with those sick people would far exceed the number of people who were actually sick.

Half of the isolation area in the fortress was inhabited by sick humans. Frann refused all requests from the family members of the patients to visit, and they even failed to see the last face of the family members who died of illness.But after all, Frann couldn't be cruel enough to let the whole city be buried with him.

Frann has actual control over the army, so he doesn't need to obey the orders of the city lord.But he also does not have the right to imprison the city lord.And once the city lord was allowed to leave the fortress with such a decision, Saen Gabao, who had already been panicked by the plague, could not stand the instigation of any rumors.If all the human beings in the city are incited to be passionate, the chaos at that time will not be able to turn the tide with these troops in the hands of Frann.

So while trying to stabilize the city lord, he could only send someone to Thranduil and Lucius for help.

"The sick people are not only from the docklands, but once the entire riverside city is caught in the fire, those eyeliners on the other side of the Anduin River will get the first signal that our defense force is empty. Really. If we do it, not to mention whether it can stop the plague, at least the safety of Saen Gaibao cannot be guaranteed." Although Lucius is cold-blooded, he is still very disgusted with this kind of desperate jumping over the wall that obviously has endless troubles.Moreover, having experienced the Battle of the Five Armies, he really doesn't want to be involved in any wars anymore, "Besides, if he really wants to burn, why doesn't he propose to burn the entire fort? Compared with the dock area, the danger here Isn't it bigger?"

"Frann has an army in his hands, so the city lord would definitely not dare to propose moving the fortress." Annis shook his head familiar with the situation.

"Is he just venting his anger?" Ha Dien also guessed with a worried face.

"He wants us to stop the city lord?" Thranduy didn't express any opinion, but asked Annis who was helping to deliver the message with a straight face.

The elf guard nodded immediately: "He still wants to ask Lucius if he has found a cure."

Hearing this, Lucius was slightly taken aback, and looked at Thranduil.

If I remember correctly, on the city wall just now, his question really reminded the Elf King of something, but he didn't get an answer because of Annis' interruption.

The conclusion that the Willy caravan was the instigator of this series of events is beyond doubt. However, the survivors who have a close relationship with this caravan have been unable to speak for themselves.

Jin Gallon believed that it was the human beings in the caravan who brought the "seed" of this disaster to Sarn Gabor, so now only Thranduil may know the key answer to the dilemma.

"They once mentioned..." Thranduy recalled with a frown, and spit out a word, "Ore."

"Ore?" Annis looked confused, unable to understand any connection between this word and the cure for the plague. "What ore?"

"Ore? Do you mean the batch of valuable ore that Willy mentioned?" Unlike Annis, Hadien, who had also been on a grain ship, quickly gave more detailed information, "But this What has it to do with the plague?" He looked at Thranduil.

The Elf King only gave the answer Lucius wanted, but he couldn't explain the reason clearly.Catching the confused look Thranduil cast on him, Lucius opened his mouth to explain to the elf guards, and at the same time completed the complete statement he hadn't completed before: "I guess, this plague may not be an infectious disease, but caused by the darkness. Caused by the curse of power. If the situation this time is really a plague, there should be far fewer survivors in Saen Gaibao than now. And like the plague, the most likely thing that can continue to erode human vitality is The dark power is strife."

"The ore..." Annis blinked, still confused.

"His Majesty boarded the ship of Willy's caravan when he was in Gradton. If the invasion of the dark force happened after that, His Majesty could not have been unaware. Reverse derivation, which means that if there is really The dark force caused this disaster, so this crucial event must have happened before the caravan arrived in Gradton and met His Majesty." Lucius patiently explained, "Do you remember what happened before we left Gradton? ?”

"You mean that the people in Willy's caravan got sick and died, so there were rumors of the plague?" Annis's memory is still very clear, but he couldn't connect all the clues. "It's just that this has nothing to do with the ore they got. Is there any necessary connection?"

"No, I'm not referring to this, but the opportunity that caused them to notice Willy's caravan, do you still remember?" Lucius shook his head and sighed when he saw Annis's confused face, "That Caravan members who were robbed of all their money and killed in the Misty Mountains."

"That person didn't get sick and died. Is this related to...uh, money?" Annis paused suddenly and was stunned. "The money refers to those ores?"

"If the things they brought back from the brown ground are indeed the ores that His Majesty said..." Lucius paused, but his face did not soften because of the already clear thoughts, "But even if it is determined that the cause of the disease lies in those ores , How to stop the influence of this dark power, the potions I have used in the dense forest have not worked."

"Powerful curses are often extremely difficult to completely remove, and other than that, the most effective way is..." Thranduil glanced at Lucius' right hand, which used to use the wand, "Isolation."

Magic power can block curses, and it is not difficult to do this.Lucius subconsciously nodded in agreement, and asked Annis to convey the guess they got.As long as it can be determined that the "cause of the disease" is those ores, the next problem will not be difficult to solve.

By the way, he asked Annis to ask Frann for those ores. After the two elf guards had left, Lucius realized the hidden meaning behind Thranduil's action of looking at him just now. Deep meaning.

Subconsciously clenching the fist covered by his sleeve, Lucius watched Thranduil's reaction from the corner of his eye, and caught the meaningful scrutiny of the other party as expected.The shock in my heart almost blurted out, why did the Elf King know that he could block the curse with magic power?

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Thranduil's scrutiny made Lucius break out in cold sweat, but in the end, they were relatively silent, and when Annis and Hardion turned back again, they separated and left that section of the city wall.

After that, Lucius' speculation was confirmed.

Neither Frann nor the city lord knew anything about the ore in the brownfields, but the soldiers sent to inquire among the caravans quickly brought back the truth that everyone wanted to know.

A mine lode in the brownfields, not far from the trade road on the other side of the Anduin.

In fact, the windfall obtained by Willy's caravan is not only not a secret discovery, but even exists in the legends that have been widely circulated among the caravans.

Baird has been on the trade road between the Woodland Kingdom and Ward all year round, and he gave the most detailed explanation almost without recalling it.That vein yielded iron and platinum, almost among the most valuable metals.But it has been nearly 50 years since this vein was discovered, and no one has been able to really profit from it.A cursed vein can easily dissuade others from coveting with only the accumulation of bones on the surface.The Willy caravan just chose to take risks on the road of seeking money, and then the whole army was wiped out.

The iron-platinum ores scattered in the city of Saen Gaibao were quickly found one by one by Flann.And as everyone expected, when all the ores were sealed up by Lucius with magic power, the spread of the so-called plague slowed down immediately.

In the middle of winter, although no cure has been found, the crisis has been lifted.Seeing the first recovered patient stepping out of the fortress, the haze hanging over Sarn Gable finally began to dissipate.

However, Lucius was not included in the ranks of escapees.

Looking at Thranduil who appeared at the door of his room together with the iron-platinum ore, Lucius' heart rang an alarm.

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