Chapter 27: Disaster in Duke Town (Part 2)

Chapter 027: Disasters in Duke Town (Part 2)
Since Amon's departure, the disaster in Duke has begun. On the third day Amon left the town, the first young man who died in the town was the son of the missing warrior Ma Qi. He was only fourteen years old like Amon. In the following month, three children died in succession, the youngest being only twelve years old and the oldest not more than fifteen years old, all boys.
Xiao Gu, the priest and doctor in town, had no way to do this, because these children were all dying of the disease. Afterwards, they were examined by therapeutic magic, and they could only find that their blood vessels were bearing the shock of an unbearable force. Xiao Gu secretly speculated that it might be because they were not adults and learned the skills of the miners in Duke Town in private.
The skills of the miners in Duke Town seem very simple. It seems that anyone can start, but the unconscious consumption is almost unbearable for underage children. When accumulated to a certain extent, hidden dangers will suddenly erupt and it will be too late when the attack occurs. . Aristotle explained to Amon the spiritual origins of the ancient deity. It was indeed protecting the inhabitants here, but Aristotle did not know the mystery of the miner's skill.
Xiao Gu and Dusty have no way to punish these townspeople. Once these children are dead, it is meaningless to investigate whether they have not received the patron saint's grace. Second, the tragedy family will not admit it, and no one will. evidence. Of course, it is not only these families that let children learn the skills of miners without permission. Everyone seems to know but nobody says.
The reason that led to this situation is probably to start with Amon.
Amon, only 14 years old, not only has fully mastered the skills of miners handed down from generation to generation, and has been able to successfully mine the stones. . Since Amon can do it, why can't his own children?
The boys in Duke Township have helped adults at home pull bellows and move ore. They are much stronger than children of the same age outside. Amon didn't seem to be the strongest of them. He was just the son of an old drunkard, burdened in advance by life. However, it is not clear that the old lunatic sent Amon for that bizarre cold spring bath for more than two years.
There are unfortunate and fortunate, not all children will die, some people will not learn, and a few people are lucky to learn the miner skills of Duke Town in advance. Naturally, people like this will not speak out, nor will they tell others that the stone is mined by children.
Simple ignorance and ignorance are often separated by a thin line. Many people are even looking forward inexplicably, hoping that their children can mine special stones like Amon. The townspeople are still discussing in private, Amon may have mined a stone called the tears of the gods, which is extremely precious.
The adult who came from Wangdu once announced in public that the miners who mine the tears of the gods will receive a great reward from the kingdom, but if they dispose of it privately, they will also be subject to the severest punishment.
Except for the old lunatics, Dusty, and Xiao Gu, the residents of contemporary Duke town have never heard the tears of the gods, let alone what the stone is. I don't know who was the first to suspect that such a stone can only be mined by children, otherwise so many people have mined so many stones for so many years, why only Amon got it?
This speculation gradually became a plague-like rumor in Duke Town. People talked in private but never said publicly, finally leading to continuous tragedies.
Legend has it that the shrine that protects the goddess Mu Yun here has been rendered useless, but on the surface people have more respect for the gods and unprecedented respect for the priest Xiao Gu, who was afraid to raise his eyes to speak when he saw him.
The old lunatic became more insane than ever, often waving his cane to the front of Mu Yun shouting and shouting: "This is a place that is rejected by the gods and will be punished by the gods .... That is so cruel But what are you doing here, people? "
No one bothered the gibberish of the old lunatic, and detoured when he saw him. Dashty and Xiao Gu are not good at managing him, anyway, everyone thinks he is crazy. But the tragedy of Duke Town continued, and several boys died without warning in successive cases.
Do people really not understand that miner skills may not be suitable for minors to master? Everyone is more or less clear, but there are other children who are fortunate to succeed, not just Amon, then the tragedy of others is only regarded as a kind of unlucky. The cautious people will remind the children to be careful and pay attention to the physical feelings at any time, but they do not have to be too reluctant.
How many children in Duke Town have learned the skills of miners in private? The answer is all boys over ten! Everyone does it, and there is no reason why it should not be done. This is already a semi-public secret. People just try to be careful not to let others seize the evidence, especially the mayor of Dashti and Lord Xiao Gu.
It is already difficult to stop the spread of this disaster. Although Duke Town is not small, it only has more than 2,000 residents, and its miner skills are passed down from generation to generation in a closed environment.
The hot summer is here. This summer is especially sultry. Many people do not sleep in the house at night, but take a cool break in the courtyard or on the square, and sleep on the straw mats or wooden boards until dawn. One night, people sleeping outdoors suddenly felt a hint of coolness, opened their eyes and touched the body, and unexpectedly found that a fine raindrop was floating in the air.
Duke Town can't rain a few times a year, especially summer is the dry season in the past years. It almost never rains, everyone cheers with joy.
After dawn, the rain has not stopped, and it is gradually getting larger and larger, and raindrops are sprinkled on the dry land like a curtain of water. The clouds in the sky can't see the edge at a glance, covering the black fire jungle on the west and the Syrian desert on the south. People are getting more and more excited, and gathered in the Mu Yun Temple to thank the gods. Cheers can be heard at any time because the rain is so heavy that they don't stop there day or night.
Such a rain can pour through the surrounding barren land and desert. After the rain is sunny, a sea of ​​grass will grow in the desert. This year will be suitable for raising many sheep. This has happened before, but it took many years to encounter such a heavy rain, which has always been regarded as a gift from the gods.
The gods seemed to have heard the prayers of the townspeople, and the heavy rain had not stopped for three days and nights. Some people are gradually agitated, because this is something that has never happened in memory.
The gully in the black fire jungle was already full of water, and the low-lying areas of the postway were flooded. More torrents flowed from the Assyrian plateau to the north, and the black fire jungle approached Duke town. The whole town is surrounded by muddy deserts, swampy jungles, and plateaus overflowing with flowing water.
When people finally realized that they were not good, they suddenly heard the sound of thunder from the sky. Looking at the towering mountains of the Syrian Plateau, the thick clouds have shrouded the clouds, and a flash of electric light flashed between the rolling clouds. People here have almost never heard of thunder, and somehow has an indescribable fear.
There was no one cheering in Duke Town. Everyone hid in the house leaking and prayed to the gods, hoping that the heavy rain would end soon. But the rain did not stop as people hoped. After the thunder sounded, it had been raining for three days and three nights, and suddenly it turned into a downpour, just like the sky curtain was torn a huge opening.
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When the thunder sounded, the chief priest and eighth-level magician Ge Lie of the Suya Temple stood on the high wall, looking at the direction shrouded by the dark clouds and raging lightning, muttering to himself : "Nietzsche, is this the disaster you foresee? Has it really arrived! But why did you stay in Duke?"