Chapter 39 - Evan D. Sherden. Gets a Younger Sister (3)
Evan D. Sherden. Gets a Younger Sister (3)
There were so many different kinds of diseases in this world. So of them often appeared during the Yo-Ma Great War series. Evan knew about so, but most of them were a mystery to him.
That was because Yo-Ma Great War was not a disease treatnt ga that discovered and healed diseases in history.
‘I didn’t know it. In fact, in the history of the Yo-Ma Great War, countless diseases were created and conquered, but they were still an unknown horror that tornted the humans.’
Evan kept wondering what they were based on and soon realized that the developers must have gotten ideas from an ‘Encyclopedia’.
Why? Because the ga makers couldn’t have thought of these things on their own. In other words, this world was not just a ga; it sowhat reflected the real world.
‘I still haven’t been able to give up this thought.’
Evan had believed that he would have stopped worrying and hesitating by now, after a long ti. But it seed that there was still a question and so anguish in one corner of his mind.
‘I have to stop worrying about things like that.’?Evan laughed at his own foolishness and hit himself on the head. Bernard was right next to him.
He looked back at Evan with a puzzled look. “Were there any flies?”
“Yes, it’s was a large one. Don’t worry, it has flown away.”
“Alright, it’s all done now. I’ve told you everything that I know of. When you get so ti, check out all those possibilities.”
“Yes, Grandpa.”
“Look after your Master well, Dain.”
“Yes, Mr. Bernard. I will.”
Dain responded with a polite bow at Bernard’s words.
The politeness of that degree was not unusual, because the Knights Commander firmly instructed him.
“You said you had already t Bernard Garcia. When dealing with him, always be polite and do not lose courtesy.”
“Of course, I’ll do it Commander! I’m a mber of Iron Wall Knights who represent the Marquis…”
“This is not the courtesy such as that of the nobles. Respect him and give him courtesy as the strong should have. Bernard is stronger than .”
“What!?”
“Of course, I don’t an that I’ll lose to him during a fight or a battle. But it’s clear that his abilities are far advanced than mine in area that I can never reach. He’s not an ordinary pharmacist. He is a person who has an absurd secret.”
“I had already roughly guessed that he was not an ordinary person, but…”
“He isn’t an exceptional knight. Not even a wizard. But he’s sothing else and entirely amazing. I can bet that the skills that Evan learn from him must be sothing trendous.”
“I thought he was learning about sothing obsolete.”
“There isn’t anything aningless about what Evan is doing. Anyway, just rember this. Even if he is not your Master, you should be polite to him.”
‘Yes, Sir…!’
However, the orders that had been given by Bernard were a little strange. To search for a monster’s trace? A relatively large dungeon backflow had occurred just a while ago, but this year had been quite easy. It had been prevented. There would be no monsters that were still alive.
“Grandpa, I found sothing. Is this orc feces?”
“I knew it. There was a hint in this place.”
“Orc’s…feces?”
Dain’s head tilted back and forth at a discovery he had never imagined. They were talking while looking at a normal wall, but why were they talking about orc feces there?
“Oh, did it get mixed up in the wall?”
“Well, the colors are similar. And there must have been no ti to cover things up because of the hasty recovery.”
“I wonder how… No wait, I have heard about cases like these.”
Dain had a terrified expression. However, the situation was the sa elsewhere. Day after day due to the backflow of dungeons, the monsters’ bodies, including orcs and goblins that ca out, and what they were wearing, were being used at the recovery sites.
The dungeon regurgitation occurred every three months. If the damage was a lot, the cost to rebuild was halved by using anything that was available at the ti.
“But isn’t that wrong? If that is the case, then this city would have collapsed imdiately…If other things from the dungeon are fatal, then artifacts and weapons recovered from monsters shouldn’t be an exception. Isn’t it?”
“No, it’s different from them. Things that are directly related to monsters are more lethal…They carry germs.”
Germs. Evan’s ears curled at that. However, Dain didn’t seem to have grasped yet.
“So are the germs a big problem?”
“Well, have you ever heard of the dungeon disease?”
“Yes, I have heard about it. But isn’t it a common disease that a lot of people suffer from?”
‘Oh, the famous dungeon disease.’?Evan listened intently to Bernard and nodded.
Dungeon disease was the na of a disease that could be treated similarly to “stress headache”, “abdominal pain”, and “dizziness”.
The na was only a little convincing, and it wasn’t really serious. During the symptoms, the body beca heavier and started bleeding. Addiction and other abnormalities of strength increased.
‘Usually, as soon as you created the main character and if you didn’t do anything or even raised your existence level, you didn’t have any skills and therefore, had to go to the dungeon by yourself. Fan sites said that a lot of people who didn’t know much about the ga contracted this disease at the start so it was common to get sick while at the start of the ga and… Hmm!’
Bernard’s started explaining.
“Dungeon disease is an illness in which the entire body is weakened due to abnormalities in the unique environnt inside the dungeon. It is also a common malady for those who lack physical and magical training.”
“Well, it’s not common for explorers who simply go down the dungeon without any preparation, ignoring their training because their existence level has already risen.”
“That’s right.”
Again, Dain wasn’t able to understand it on a similar level as Evan. After all, Bernard’s explanation was on a whole another level.
“By the way, would you believe if it could occur in places other than dungeons?”
“I have never heard of it.”
“It will. Dungeon diseases which occurs outside the dungeon are very weak and quickly disappear. You don’t contract it unless you’re really a child, and it usually ends without any fatal after effects.”
“Little kid… What are you talking about?”
Dain’s eyes had narrowed into slits. On the contrary, Evan’s eyes widened.
“There was a similar case before. It ans that if the monsters co in huge amounts from the dungeon then everything becos extrely crowded, especially after a phenonon such as dungeon backflow. The monsters and the things they wear temporarily create the unique environnt outside, similar to the dungeon. This disease flourishes in this environnt created outside the dungeon’ but only for so ti. And the concentration of the disease is lower than the actual dungeon…”
“So that is why only the weak children get dungeon disease.”
“That’s right. Now did you roughly understand the workings of the dungeon disease?”
Even though Bernard had found the signs that confird it as dungeon disease, he still looked around and talked.
“But that won’t kill you. No one has the cure, and it is a disease that dies quickly.”
“But then… Oh, that’s it! The dungeon disease alone does not kill soone!”
“Yes. For example, if soone obtains this disease, it becos a very fatal situation if it overlaps with another illness.”
Evan quickly understood him. A dungeon disease was a disease that didn’t really an much by itself, as it only amplified the effect of “other damage” inflicted on the body!
Furthermore, he was convinced that if the newborn baby even contracted the dungeon disease, neither the Charity Church nor the Earth Church would be able to treat her.
Infants had beco a danger to Evan for the first ti.
“When I heard about the possibilities of the newborn being in danger, I gave it so thought. I concluded that it would be from sothing recently, such as the dungeon backflow which had settled no too long ago.”
“That’s why you imdiately thought of the dungeon disease. But that ans…”
“Be vigilant for anything that might infect the child with the dungeon disease. It is an ailnt that you need to look out for from now on… Make everyone get busy with this task. You’ll have enough ti to recognize just a few small clues, before the disease spreads in earnest.”
It was ridiculous to hear those words, as Bernard already was holding a cure for the infectious disease.
If an unknown infectious disease infected Evan, he was lucky that Bernard was here. If not, he’d have to analyze it and make a cure on his own. Either way, he couldn’t have done it without Bernard.
“No matter how excellent is the priest’s ability to heal, in the end there is nothing that can cure the disease as surely as the exact dicine. As a priest’s healing is basically strengthening the natural healing power of the body to heal itself, it doesn’t work well with dungeon diseases.”
“… It must have been a lot of hard work. Thank you for believing in what I said, Grandpa.”
“If you are unable to do sothing about a particular task, stop worrying about it and look forward, little boy.” Bernard laughed and tossed up Evan’s hair. Then he looked back at Dain,
“You should also report to the Marquis what you have heard so far. Imdiately after the dungeon backflow, children have to be taken care of because they may get effected by the weakened “dungeon disease”. Even a new born child may not get sick in the first place if external contact is forbidden.”
“I will keep that in mind, Mr. Bernard. I will certainly report it to the Marquis.”
Dain nodded with more respect than ever at Bernard’s words. At that ti, a woman in a priest’s uniform who had hurried over from the other side found them and shouted.
“Master Evan!”
“Sis Serpina?”
She was the person, Serpina Belline, who had led to the Marquis and the Earth Church’s collaboration. She looked more mature now, thanks to a lot of things she had dealt with in the past half-year.
Her red color eyes had gotten deeper as well, and she looked very attractive as she had released the long dark brown hair that ca down to her collarbone. She had stopped wearing a hood now. Indeed, she was one of the most beautiful characters of Yo-Ma Great War 4.
“Little boy, who is this true beauty?”
“I’m a close friend of the Earth Church priestess.” Evan couldn’t openly declare that she was his spy, so he just said that, but sohow, Bernard’s expression had hardened.
“At such a young age, I was barely able to… You resemble Leo in so many ways. You two are very damn sa.”
“Ah…No, it’s nothing like that.”
“Do you really think that your Grandpa can’t properly understand the aning behind your words?”
However, there was no ti here to explain such a series of circumstances, and Evan just wanted to escape the situation. But Serpina, who seed to be in agony from the mont she saw Evan, approached him and held him.
“Master, I think Master should also know! Of course you can help There is a problem!”
“Uh, huh? What’s wrong?”
“Did you know that we regularly mobilized priests in the slums to give blessings for free?”
It was one of the new initiatives of Serpina, who had helped in dismissing the Bishop of the temple and had taken over quite a lot of duties of the Bishop.
In relation to the forr Bishop Setyron, this was started with the aning of renewing the temple’s image.
The Bishop understood that this was the first step that he could take to show his goodwill to the Marquis.
“Yes, I know about it. In addition to the Brotherhood Pharmacy’s free potion distribution event… But what is the problem?”
“Do you know sothing, Master? Starting from a slum, the number of people complaining of abnormalities is increasing rapidly, so the priests alone cannot handle it. If this is a contagious disease…”
Evan made eye contact with Bernard the mont she said that.
The two were probably thinking the sa.
“Go right away, Sis. Bring soone who has the disease!”
“… … Yes, Master! Thank you very much!”
At Evan’s words, Serpina rejoiced with harmony.
‘Was she the one who was really supposed to be grateful?’?Evan muttered to himself, as he held on to Serpina’s hand tightly and ran with her. Busy following them, Bernard muttered curses in his mind, which he had yet to shake off.
“When I see him flirting with that damn girl, he looks very much like Leo…”
“Bernard, aren’t you talking about the legendary hero Leo Arpeta?”
“You don’t need to know, you bastard!”
Thirty minutes later, Evan heard the most positive news he could expect from Bernard.
“Okay, it’s a little bit different, but… Evan you can make the antidote for this disease right now! Prepare ‘that potion’!”
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