The Origin of Arcane

Treating epidemic diseases is definitely a dangerous job. Naturally, it is impossible to do it in the city, or even in the upper reaches of the wind and the upper reaches of the river.

The so-called parasitic disease is just a simple speculation based on the symptoms. If you treat them blindly and kill them, it will be a small matter and let your own people be infected on a large scale.

The temporary camp for the treatment of the epidemic was placed in an unnamed small valley 20 kilometers away from Bastille. This place can be called a model of the Jedi, surrounded by mountains, and there is only a small crack in the valley that cannot be smaller. The miniature lakes of several acres of land are crystal clear.

There are no fat wild fish in this small lake, but it is steaming and steaming, and a sulfur smell can be smelled from a distance. This is a hot spring.

This unnamed valley used to be a crater, but the surrounding mountains have risen, turning it into an inconspicuous small valley. Due to the abundant geothermal heat, the outside of the valley is covered with fallen leaves, and the place is still green and warm. spring.

The reason why the small characters are added to the valley is that compared to the majestic Sunset, the highest peak in the world next to it, if it is fully reclaimed, there will be thousands of acres. If it is not for the bad neighbor of Bastille, this place should be able to become Andy It is a paradise for Si mountain people, and it is not a problem to feed hundreds of people.

Accompanied by Charles, when Ajer and his party came here, it was already the third day after the agreement was reached.

A small camp covering an area of ​​several acres has been set up next to the miniature lake. The daily necessities inside are quite complete, even hot water is burning in a cauldron, but there are not half of the people.

Charles will be the only healthy person with them for some time to come.

According to the previous agreement, if Charles is unfortunately infected, Sean and the others will not send anyone in again. If all treatments have been tried and there is still no way to cure them, Sean and the others will completely seal Taniguchi, and this place will become a place for their group of thirteen man's grave.

If you can be buried here, it is not a grievance.

Ajel looked at the small valley that might become his grave, nodded with satisfaction, and turned to Charles beside him.

Actually, you don't need to follow in. We already know the treatment methods, and we can completely carry out self-government. No matter how good the preventive measures are, you may be infected and ruin your life in vain if you have been in contact for a long time.

During these three days, they were not idle, not only found this excellent camp, but also made corresponding preparations.

Originally, the clothes had been burned on the spot, and the armor was thrown into the high-concentration lime water. It has not been fished out yet. Everyone's head is bare, their bodies are red, and they have been indoctrinated with a lot of knowledge about diseases. .

There is no one who is really stupid who can become a knight, especially when his own life is at stake, his learning ability is fast, and he has a general idea of ​​the epidemic.

In the past three days, except for eating and sleeping, they basically didn't leave the lime water pool. They were tormented by the epidemic, and they heard that quicklime water has the function of repelling insects and epidemics, so they jumped in and refused to come out.

I don't know the psychological effect, but it did help their disease, and the physical symptoms seemed to be relieved, which made them look forward to the next treatment.

Although before this, Charles had already vaccinated them and told them that the treatment would be some poisons that would have certain side effects on the body, but it did not arouse much opposition.

During this period, Sean also met with them a few times, mainly about the relationship between doctors and patients, and the communication was more about disease problems. Ajel's promise to meet Sean alone was also fulfilled.

Of course, it was impossible to really meet alone. McGee, the Skull Crusher who was armed to the teeth, stood beside Sean like a statue the whole time.

When they actually met, Ajel didn't know what to say. The doubts he had earlier had already been resolved by the humble Charles who had been by their side during this period of time.

The other party may have the idea of ​​using them as test subjects to study the diseases on them, but for them there are only benefits and no harm.

After all, this may be their only hope. Whether it is Ajel or the eleven regular knights, they are all well-informed. Judging from the other party's series of preparations and plans, they are full of rationality. To describe it in words, this is called professionalism. Even the best doctors they have come into contact with in the past are less than one percent of them.

This meeting was awkward, and it lasted only ten minutes before Ajel ran away. It was obvious that he hadn't fully adjusted his mentality until now.

Who would have thought that after half a month of vicissitudes, when they met again, the identity between the two would undergo such a huge change.

He is no longer that powerful, proud and invincible knight. At that time, as long as he wanted to, even in adversity, he could take his life. Now he is just a humble patient with a disease, and his life and death are in the hands of the other party. .

After in-depth consultations and various investigations and studies, Sean's original speculation was further confirmed.

The possibility that the other party's disease is parasitic is as high as 80%, because Xiao En has seen this symptom before, but it is not on a human, but on a four-horned ibex. It is caused by a species called schistosome caused by parasites.

Most goats will carry this parasite, and this parasite is not fatal to the big goats. At most, when they are just infected, they will hang around for a few days, and then they will form a symbiotic mode.

Most parasites will not cause fatal harm to the host for their own survival and continuation, and even if they do, they will be chronic.

But once this kind of parasite enters the human body, it will be fatal. There is a ten-fold difference in physique between a human and a mountain ox.

Blood-sucking worms release paralyzing hormones in accordance with the standard in the four-horned ibex body, which is naturally fatal to the human body, and it is inevitable to kill a large number of hosts.

The mountain people eat the four-cornered high-backed goat cattle and boil them in a big pot. Many of them simply follow the ancestral precepts left by their ancestors. They only know that eating like this is good for them. Ninety-nine percent of the mountain people can’t explain the specific reasons. .

Ajieer and his group of outsiders naturally don't know the taboos, they regard the four-horned high-backed mountain cattle as domesticated beef cattle, and enjoy the bloody steaks that are third-rare and fourth-rare, and the results can be imagined.

The strong physical fitness of the Knights and Great Knights is not ineffective. After most of the schistosomiasis eggs entered their stomachs, they were decomposed and absorbed by their powerful digestion before they had time to hatch.

But they couldn't hold back their big appetites, and they ate too much beef, and there were always lucky ones with tenacious vitality.

In the end, they still couldn't escape the catastrophe, and their strong physique was still working, withstood the wave of toxins released by the schistosome when it hatched, and formed a symbiotic model with the schistosomiasis like the mountain cow.

There will be no danger to their lives for a while, but their lifespan will naturally be greatly affected. Once their physical fitness begins to decline, the schistosomiasis in their bodies will become fatal.

The remaining 20% ​​possibility is a bit much. It is very possible that Sean's speculation is completely wrong, and it is also possible that after these schistosomes enter the human body, they will produce different changes according to the changes in the host's body. It is unknown until the results come out.

However, based on the current medical skills, let alone an 80% chance, even a 10% chance, it can be done freely.

This is a rare opportunity.

Charles was as serious as ever.

If you record the whole process of your treatment, it will become the first-hand information for us to study this disease in the future. Tang said that medicine is a rigorous discipline, which is related to life. Treating any disease should not be based on imagination alone. , must have a large amount of detailed information as a basis.

Judging from the classics we have at hand, there are almost zero records in this area. We have the responsibility to make up for this. If it can promote the development of medical skills a little bit, even if it takes my life, it is worth it. .”

What's more, it's difficult to see experimental materials like yours in the future. What's more, the medicine you want to take is poison after all. It is very important to master the dosage. This must be observed and recorded nearby. I am the best candidate.

After a long time of contact, Ajer and the others liked to communicate with Charles very much at first, because they felt that this man was honest, no matter good or bad, he would tell them straightforwardly, and from his mouth, they could understand the essence of the matter.

But after a long time, they found that this is a very painful thing. It is a good thing for a person to tell the truth, but when this kind of truth is stripped of all pretense and thrown in front of them, it is often very hurtful.

I'll tell you straight now that I didn't come here for you, but to observe the reactions of you little mice, and to dedicate my life to medicine. No matter how uncomfortable I feel, I still can't find anything wrong with it.

Because they are telling the truth from the beginning to the end, and the truth cannot be more truthful.

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Solo City.

Man Yujun leads the capital.

The straight-line distance from Bastille is no more than two hundred kilometers.

In terms of historical inheritance, there is not much difference between the two. Both were established after the collapse of the Andes Empire, but one is just a border fortress, and the other is a military leader.

One is an explosive construction in just 30 years, and the other is continuous nourishment and construction with the resources of the entire Manyu military leader for 300 years.

Whether it is in terms of scale or prosperity, the two are completely incomparable. The entire Bastille is not half as grand as the castle of the Faerun family, which is located halfway up the mountain.

Not to mention the huge affiliated cities, layer upon layer, surrounding the not-so-small hill where Faerun Castle is located, and turning it into a veritable mountain in the city, with a permanent population of more than 200,000. Counted over the entire Arshan Continent, also ranked in the top ten.

Solo City is also known as the holy land of gladiators and the city of slaves. It has the largest arena and the most prosperous slave market in the Arshan continent.

The Anti-Slavery Call issued by the Holy See of Saint Ether 30 years ago, and the Emancipation Order promulgated by the royal family of Lancelot ten years ago have little influence here, and even the entire Manyu military leader, and this place is still in a semi-feudal and semi-serf society. .