Chapter 1280: Plague Merchant

Iluna and Xia De, who was holding Mia, immediately chased toward the entrance. Because the distance from the stairs to the hotel entrance was slightly far, although the merchant started running a step ahead, the three of them arrived at the Song Square outside the hotel almost one after another.

It was already morning, and the square was very lively with people coming and going. The merchant didn't show supernatural power, nor did he dive into the crowd, but turned and ran into the alley on the side of the hotel.

Iluna also chased into the alley in front of Xia De, but just after turning in, she saw the merchant holding the already opened briefcase, showing the goods in the box to her:

"Lady, do you want to buy medicine?"

Between the lid of the briefcase and the box itself, a three-layer metal bracket was formed by simple pulleys and levers. On each layer of the bracket, there were small grids welded out of metal, containing pills of various shapes and colors.

Iluna widened her eyes suddenly. In an instant, she felt a cold wind that froze to the bone marrow pass through the alley, and then she felt her body seem to become much weaker. Countless cold hands in the void grabbed her arms, and then those cold feelings rushed to her whole body. Influenza, enteritis, bronchitis, dragon poison, various diseases appeared at the same time, but were exempted one by one because of her powerful physical fitness.

A certain malice was staring at her as the briefcase opened. Iluna originally didn't want to answer, but her mouth said uncontrollably:

"My body is very healthy; I don't need pills."

The fake medicine merchant continued to ask:

"Do you really have no disease? Think carefully, walk two more steps toward me; maybe you really have a disease."

After he finished speaking, Iluna actually really wanted to walk two steps, and that nameless malice became even stronger. She was really thinking about whether she had any disease, and then thought about her recent worry about her weight, so she paid attention to her diet every meal, and often went to the church's underground venue and the Galina Manor outside the city to practice sorcery to consume the fat stored in her body:

"I might have some... recently"

At this time, Xia De had also arrived. Because he didn't know the relic characteristics of the other party, he reached out and covered Iluna's mouth, not letting her continue.

Iluna was one tier higher than Xia De. Although her physical fitness was not as exaggerated as Xia De's, if she really wrestled with Xia De, the wasted time would be enough for the fake medicine merchant to escape. Fortunately, Iluna was not controlled deeply, and she herself didn't want to move, so she was easily tied up by the silver halo Xia De threw out, and then she honestly didn't move.

So the fake medicine merchant with half his face wrapped in bandages aimed the opened briefcase in his hand at Xia De again:

"Sir, do you want to buy medicine?"

"Meow?"

Mia poked its small cat head out from between the buttons of Xia De's windbreaker, and then was forcefully pressed back by Xia De. This cat's gender was different from Xia De's, so the relic wasn't asking it.

Like Iluna just now, Xia De also sensed the wind that froze to the bone marrow. While his body felt extremely slightly weak, invisible malice in the void grabbed him with one hand after another.

"Do I have a disease?"

Xia De also asked himself in his heart.

【I think not.】

"My body is very healthy."

Xia De said in a relaxed tone, while touching his pocket. Just as the fake medicine merchant wanted to suggest he walk two more steps, Xia De had already taken out the 【Plague Doctor Ring】 he took off from Mia's tail this morning and put it on his finger:

"I think, even if my body has problems, this ring can help me."

He shook the ring on his finger. The merchant seemed to be stunned, and then dejectedly closed the box, so all illusions and malice ceased to exist. The graffiti on the wall and the smell of garbage under the alley wall became so real and clear at this moment. Xia De hated this kind of alley.

Only under the feet of the "fake medicine merchant" was there still a small patch of abnormal black shadow, and something was squirming in the black shadow:

"That damn plague doctor, even if he is dead, he has to leave his ring behind to steal my business."

"Do you know the original owner of the 【Plague Doctor Ring】?"

"I know, I saw him during the Fourth Era, but that was a long, long time ago."

The merchant said while retreating:

"Since you have this ring, I won't sell pills to you two. Goodbye~"

Saying that, he was about to retreat into the inexplicable darkness that appeared behind him at some point, but Iluna, who was a bit annoyed, wouldn't agree:

"You can't go!"

Holding the dark gold balance in her hand, the balance symbolizing the power of the ancient god radiated light, directly dispersing the shadow behind the merchant. At the same time, Xia De pointed, and silver thorn bushes drilled out from the mud under the alley, blocking the exit at the other end of the alley densely in an instant.

"Really, I encountered this kind of thing early in the morning."

Iluna dropped a spell to prevent ordinary people passing by the alley from seeing what was happening in the alley:

"Tell us what exactly you are. If you can't explain it clearly, the two of us don't mind having a fight with you."

"Oh, I am just a merchant; you don't need to be like this."

The merchant with his face wrapped in bandages said, and walked a step toward the wall as if fearing the balance in Iluna's hand:

"I am rarely discovered by church forces. Currently, only the Sercis Higher Medical Academy recorded my affairs at the beginning of this era. I remember it is... Secret Keeper-level relic."

Humanoid relic, the lowest danger level is Secret Keeper-level.

"Are you spreading diseases and curses, or selling pills?"

Iluna asked again. Xia De stood on the side without speaking, but was ready to move at any time.

"What a strange question. If I don't spread diseases, how can I sell pills?"

The merchant felt strange about this and explained his business model:

"There is always hatred and resentment among mortals, so someone found me and asked me to give the plague to his or her enemy. And the disease, regardless of whether it was infectious before, and regardless of whether the infectivity under normal circumstances was strong, once sold by me, it would become extremely infectious. In this way, someone would come to me to cure the disease, but I would only treat one person. Other infected people heard of my ability and would also come to me for treatment. So, I can earn more than double the reward."

He nodded after saying this:

"So the Sercis Higher Medical Academy called me 'Plague Merchant' and believed that as long as I appeared, a large-scale plague would definitely break out. This is not accurate; I only trigger large-scale plagues occasionally."

Then he couldn't speak anymore. A spear jumping with golden thunder had already appeared in Iluna's hand. The crackling sunlight gun made Xia De, who was close at hand, even feel the temperature around him rising:

"Leave this city, don't appear again within ten years!"

Humanoid relics are extremely difficult to contain, generally sealed or banished. Although they threatened the other party to fight just now, this was the Song Square in the North City District of the capital with a large flow of people after all. Xia De and Iluna definitely couldn't fight with the other party. Plus, once the other party really released the plague indiscriminately during the fight, this matter would be difficult to end.

That was why Iluna would make such a request.

"Of course no problem, successor of the ancient god. Since you caught me, and your companion has that damn ring, then you have the final say."

The merchant said. Iluna still wouldn't give up:

"It is a violation for us to let you go; you should give us some compensation."

Actually, this was not a violation; it belonged to special circumstances and special treatment.

"What do you want?"

The merchant hesitated and asked.

"If this ring is used by non-human creatures, the side effect is life reduction. Is there a way to overcome it?"

Xia De shook the 【Plague Doctor Ring】 again.

"This is a relic characteristic, not a disease or curse."

The merchant immediately shook his head.

"Then do you know how to cure the earth?"

"You aren't talking about that incident in the south of the Old Continent, right? Oh, sir, aren't you overestimating me too much?"

The merchant was startled.

"Then do you have pills similar to the relic 【Panacea】? Can cure all diseases and curses."

Iluna also asked. The merchant shook his head again:

"You two probably have some misunderstanding about me. If I were really that powerful, would I still be blocked in this alley by you? Although I am a humanoid relic, I... how about this, successor of the ancient god, I will give you the power of healing. If you want to save others, please do it yourself."

Saying that, he opened his briefcase again and threw a glass conical bottle containing white pills to Iluna. Iluna took out the pill and sniffed it suspiciously. After Xia De checked and confirmed it was safe, she ate it.

"Sorcery - Sunlight Healing. When my hand touches naturally occurring sunlight, I can spread this light to targets suffering from plagues or curses, including myself, thereby curing them. It has little effect on ordinary injuries. This is very similar to the church's divine art 【Sunlight Healing】. Although the church's divine art can only treat oneself, the effect is stronger than this, and it can treat diseases, curses, and ordinary injuries."

Iluna said, but Xia De knew she was very satisfied with this harvest.

Xia De then also looked at the merchant. The merchant nodded:

"I felt the glow of the moon on you. There are many healing abilities of the moon type, and you also have that ring. How about this, I will give this to you."

He also threw a small glass conical bottle to Xia De, but there were no pills in the bottle, but a black stone with golden engravings on the surface. The engraving was the very ancient rune "Earth." Xia De felt extremely strong miracle elements.

"This is not my thing; it is something I picked up. Although I cannot cure the earth, I have also thought about how to deal with the problem. This is a treasure I discovered in an ancient earth shrine during the previous era. 'Earth Rune Stone', can enhance the holder's power related to the earth, and is immune to part of the effects of earth curses. Don't be too greedy; I know this probably doesn't suit you, but I can only take this out." ===== CHAPTER 1281 =====