In what is known as the seventh largest gold mining area in the main continent of Comilia, it is not surprising that such a small gold palace building appears, but the magnificence inside the house is jaw-dropping.
After all, Alice was also the most beloved princess of the Demon Moon Empire, but when she saw the decoration of this golden palace, she couldn't help but stare straight in her eyes.
"Is there such a place in the mountains and forests?" Hullington saw all this luxury, and his heart jumped: "How much is this much gold worth?"
The stranger said: "This is the palace of Governor Shank. The outside of the house is protected by a triple magic circle. The entire house and palace are made of gold. There is no way those monsters can get in. You can stay here with confidence."
Alice said: "Who are you?"
"Oh, I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Nilu Wei. I am the captain of the soldiers stationed at the military camp in the gold mining area. You can call me Nilu or Wei."
Chloe cleaned up the filth on her body and said: "Alice, why are you here? If we hadn't just discovered that there were fewer monsters surrounding the golden palace, and heard the sound of fighting in the village, I'm afraid
You will be in danger."
"We..." Alice sighed: "It's a long story. In short, I accidentally got lost and walked in here. Hullington followed me here because he was looking for me." She outlined what happened.
Said it a bit.
Chloe said: "So there is such a thing, you are really unlucky." Although they had some unpleasantness in the Tubat volcano before, as adults they were not as fussy as Alice.
"Uh..." Hullington touched the scratched wound on his face and asked, "Hey, Captain, is there any medicine here for me to rub?"
"Are you injured?" Everyone looked over. They had been running for their lives before and had not noticed this. But now they saw the scratch marks on Hullington's face, and they looked very horrified.
Seeing their surprised expressions, Hullington felt a little strange: "What's wrong? Isn't it just a few wounds? Could it be that they are still poisonous?"
Several people remained silent.
"Isn't it really poisonous?" Hughington asked, "Is there an antidote?"
Still no one said anything, they just looked at him with some sympathy.
Hullington looked at them: "There is no antidote? Then use magic to treat me."
Angelou took out some medicine from the package they put in the hall: "Here you go. This is the antidote."
"Is there an antidote? Is it for external application or internal administration?" Hullington asked, shaking the concoction in the small bottle.
"It's for drinking." Chloe said, "Alice, you want to drink too."
Alice asked: "I want to drink too? Why? I am also poisoned? Why can't I feel it?"
"You were poisoned by the toxin of Attila's death ore. This medicine can neutralize the aggressiveness of the toxin." Chloe said.
"Attila Death Ore!" Hullington's expression was quite shocked.
Alice asked in confusion: "What is that?"
Hullington said: "It is a kind of ore that contains poisonous elements and is extremely toxic. The scary thing about this poisonous ore is that even if you don't come into contact with it, it can poison people as long as it is exposed to the air. Moreover,
This kind of poison is very variable. Even without magic, it can produce different changes in different environments, different temperatures, humidity, and when combined with different substances. And when poisoned by Attila ore
It is difficult for people who are addicted to toxins to realize that they have been poisoned. The toxicity will only occur in the last period of time before death."
Alice's heart was really frightened. She didn't expect that she would still be poisoned after being on hunger strike for so many days in the forest. But fortunately, she was relieved now that she had the detoxification.
Chloe continued: "The onset of this toxin is related to a person's own strength and physique. The stronger one's own strength, the greater the power contained in the body, and the poisoned person will also have more toxins when the toxin is suppressed; the weaker the strength
On the contrary, it usually takes about two days to be killed by this toxin. The famous 'Plit Death Zone' in history was affected by this ore."
Niru Wei, who was sitting on the golden steps, said: "It's no wonder that the mine prisoners were the first to die, while I was fine after being in direct contact with the ore for many days."
"If you are strong enough, you can completely suppress the toxicity and slowly neutralize its aggressiveness. But..."
"But what?" Wei looked at her.
Chloe looked at Hullington and said: "But the monster that scratched you probably also contained mutated toxins, and the medicine we brought cannot cure it."
Hullington was startled.
"No, it can't be..." Alice was also stunned and turned to look at Hullington.
Chloe sighed: "I'm really sorry. As you just said, this toxin is very variable. The poison in the breath is different from the poison after it invades the body. One of our companions is
Die like this."
Hullington had long discovered that one of the four of them was missing, but he didn't expect that he was already dead.
"Hughington..." Alice looked at him, wanting to comfort him, but she didn't know what to say.
Hurlington stood there blankly. After a while, he suddenly forced a smile and said: "You also said it was possible. Maybe it is not poisonous? If those monsters were poisoned, wouldn't they also die? But they are still alive.
.”
"Yes, yes, maybe." Chloe also smiled.
In fact, both Hullington and Chloe knew in their hearts that although this possibility was possible, it was actually not high. A certain toxin is not effective on all living things. For example, this poison is not effective on plants at all.
The effect is also useless against some monsters that are not resistant to poison.
These humanoid mutated monsters may be resistant to this toxin. It is more likely that the mutation of these monsters is related to Attila's death ore.
The lifeless atmosphere was dull for a while. Alice found that something was wrong with Hurlington: "What's wrong with you, Hurlington?"
"I don't know, my legs seem..." Hughington knelt down and rolled up his trouser legs. This move shocked everyone.
I saw that a large piece of flesh on his calf was rotten and left brown 'scars'. But upon closer inspection, I found that those brown things were actually small insects that were densely packed like schistosomiasis in the ditch.
These little bugs crawled around in his rotten flesh and kept multiplying. From a distance, they looked like moldy steamed buns, except that the mold was brown.
Alice was so frightened that she crawled away, fearing that those bugs would crawl on her. She couldn't be blamed for this, she was still just a girl after all.
"What is this? Is it also caused by poison?" Nilu Wei asked.
"It should be." The person who spoke was none other than Hughington himself. He was an alchemist, and he knew the changes of some substances very clearly.
"Is this also poison?"
Anluge said: "This should be a fungus. It may have been catalyzed and reproduced by Attila's toxin. Not only is the poison of Attila's death ore easy to be changed, but it is also easy to change other things.
.Attila toxin will catalyze and modify the microorganisms and parasites in the poisoned person's body before and after death, including those outside the body."
"Like those rotten monsters in the forest?"
"Yes, you know that after the body rots, many insects will grow out. This is the same reason."
Hullington thought that this might be an injury he had accidentally sustained while fighting in the forest before, but he was unaware of it. As he watched his calf slowly being eroded and expanded by the swarm of fungi, a heavy shadow fell over his heart.
He poured the detoxification concoction on it and washed it with water elements, but it was still ineffective. Although a lot of bacteria and bugs were washed out at that time, within a few minutes, they multiplied densely and were everywhere again.
After another ten minutes, Hughington began to feel something was wrong on his face, and light yellow, oil-like juice with blood streaks continued to flow out of the wound.
"The poison is starting to take effect." Although she didn't want to say these heavy words, Chloe still said it because: "This is the time for you to make a decision."
Alice didn't understand what Chloe said: "What decision?"