MTL - Start a Core Pod

  Chapter 658 The Mysterious Curse

   I have to say that when faced with Duanmuhuai's sudden request, Kelben was also dumbfounded.

   It’s not that he didn’t think that the Tribunal would find a place to preach. In fact, many believers would do such a thing, find the local ruler, and express their hope to preach something... Many churches in Waterdeep City were also established in this way.

but……

   "I can understand your thoughts, but the situation in Waterdeep City is complicated, and I personally..."

   "I don't think you understand me, Master Kelben."

   Duanmuhuai waved his hand, interrupting Kelben's excuse.

"I'm not interested in Waterdeep City. I hope you can introduce me to a more dangerous place, preferably one where monsters come and go in groups, basically deserted, never returning, legends are full of curses and death As the founder of Xingyue, you must be much better informed than me in terms of information."

"Well………"

  Hearing this, Kelben couldn't help being a little dazed, and the way he looked at Duanmuhuai also changed. I have to say that Duanmuhuai's request is really strange. It is more like going on an adventure than a mission. But what surprised Kelben even more was what Duanmuhuai said just now. You know, Kelben broke away from the Harper Alliance and created Xingyue. got it...

   Well, of course Kelben doesn’t know, the player has basically picked up all the historical information of this world, even the three generations of his family’s ancestors.

  Of course, the reason why Duanmu Huai made this request was not to seek excitement. In fact, the more this kind of place, the weaker the boundary between the subspace and reality, just like viruses always attack people with low immunity first, if the evil **** wants to affect the real world through the subspace, most of them will find it. kind of place. After all, in this kind of area, it is no big deal even if thousands of people die. If you try to kill so many people around Waterdeep City, Kelben has already stepped forward.

  Basically, the more people die in a place, the weaker the barrier between the subspace and reality will be. With the help of caring people, it will be easy to connect to the subspace. This is the case with the plague in Neverwinter. If Deszel succeeds in the end and sacrifices all the people in Neverwinter, he can easily open the subspace passage, and then he doesn't know who is coming out of there. What a monster.

That's why Duanmuhuai made such a weird request to Kelben. Monsters are haunting in groups—the number of killing each other is relatively high, and there is no one inhabited—no one will investigate and deal with troubles, full of curses and deaths— - The first signs of warp erosion are the strange conditions that cause all kinds of spatial instability.

   Those who basically meet these three conditions are very likely to be the front line of the invasion of the evil **** army.

  Building a fortress on the front line, isn't that a matter of course?

   "I have to say, your request is really...unexpected."

  Kelben thought for a moment, and then carefully looked at Duanmuhuai. To be honest, even if he was as wise as him, he still couldn't figure out why the court asked him to introduce such a place. It would be fine if it was a paladin from Tyr or Tom, but the Inquisition...well, maybe this is a good opportunity to probe their style of doing things?

  Thinking of this, Kelben snapped his fingers, and soon, a map flew over from the bookcase behind.

   "If this is the case, then I can introduce you to a good place."

   While speaking, Kelben put the map on the table and stretched out his hand.

   "Did you know that to the east of the Supreme Forest, there is a wilderness called the Lost Land?"

   "I've heard of it, but I haven't."

   "Then it's easy to say."

  Hearing Duanmuhuai's answer, Kelben nodded, then frowned.

   "To tell you the truth, in fact, not long ago, we got some news that there seems to be a problem in the Lost Land."

"question?"

"The specific situation is unknown. There are places that have long been forgotten, and no one cares about their existence. But recently, strange things have happened in other cities near the Lost Land. Some people claim that they have seen ghosts from hell. Demons, and some places are infected with unknown diseases."

   "Illness?"

   "Yes, according to the situation from Noisy Water City, the people in the small town near the Lost Land... suddenly became infertile."

   "What do you mean you are suddenly infertile?"

  Hearing this, Duanmu Huai somewhat showed curiosity.

   "To put it simply, all the children born are dead babies."

  "Didn't she die of dystocia or weakness after birth?"

"no."

   Kelben shook his head.

   "According to the current situation, they died before the babies were born. Moreover, the appearance of these babies is very distorted and terrifying, and they do look like demons or demons."

   "Oh, so isn't it?"

  Hearing what Kelben said, Duanmuhuai had some guesses in his heart.

"Of course not. In fact, the reason why I know this is because a lady from Locke Town came to Waterdeep City to seek help from the temple. Most of the above is from what she said. The girl died after giving birth, and she suspected some kind of curse, so she came to ask for help. The temple also provided help, not only sending priests and paladins to investigate the local area, but also conducted a special inspection for this lady, but... completely It didn't work, even if she was guarded by the priest, the lady just gave birth to a dead baby in the end, and according to the results of the priest's examination, the baby had been dead for many days."

   "It's not right."

  Hearing this, Duanmu Huai frowned.

   "A dead baby has been in the womb for many days. Wouldn't it have rotted long ago? Then the mother must have been poisoned by the corpse."

   "I don't quite understand the reason for this, but according to my investigation, the appearance of the dead baby is not the effect of some devil's curse or magic, but more like a natural result."

   "Massive cases, right?"

  Duanmuhuai understood immediately, and also understood why Kyle was upset by this. Indeed, the level of civilization in this world is low, and it is not impossible to have difficult childbirth or for some reasons to cause the baby to die before birth. But this kind of case should be a case, but once the case becomes a common number, then it is another problem.

"I heard that a similar situation has occurred in the Silver Moon Alliance, and Ms. Elastra is also looking for a solution to this. Although we don't know where the problem is, the root of everything points to that lost land. According to some rumors , even the High Forest seems to be having problems with this, but we don't have enough information to prove it."

   "So you want me to fix this?"

   "This is your request."

   Facing Duanmuhuai's question, Kelben smiled and spread his hands.

   "Currently there are cursed products in the Lost Lands, but we still have no way to find the source, and there are full of twisted monsters, and few people go there..."

"ok, I get it."

   Duanmuhuai nodded, then stood up.

   "I will investigate and see the situation. By the way, can you tell me which temple the lady delivered the baby?"

   "Of course, it's in the temple of Tyre, the God of Justice... Ah, Miss Emilia and the others should be there too."

   Duanmuhuai didn't care about Kelben's unnecessary answer, but just nodded.

   "That's it, goodbye."

  Watching Duanmuhuai and others disappear into the magic circle, Kelben's complexion also became serious. Although this was just a seemingly ordinary meeting, Kelben was not completely fruitless. First of all, he found that the Tribunal does not seem to be a fanatical religious organization, and secondly, they do not seem to follow certain dogmas similar to the church. No more interest in most things in this world.

   So where does their power come from?

  The power of the church comes from the gods, and the power of the mage comes from magic.

   What about the Inquisition?

  Kyle could have felt a strong sense of oppression from Duanmu Huai. That sense of oppression made him walk on thin ice, as if he would face a bottomless abyss if he took a wrong step.

  Kyle could have been sure that the problem of the Lost Lands would be resolved, and that way, Waterdeep, the High Forest, and the Silvermoon Alliance would have to face a new neighbor.

   Wonder if this new neighbor will be easier to deal with...

   Kelben shook his head, and then he looked back. With Kelben's movements, the entire interior of the Mage Tower became dark again, only the lit candle lights shining in it. And Kelben walked to the desk and sat down, stretched out his hand and flipped through the magic book in front of him.

  For him, there are still many things to do.

   Finding Tyre's temple is not a difficult task, especially with Kelben's recommendation, it is extremely simple. It's just a pity that when Duanmuhuai and others arrived at the Temple of Tyre, they were told that Emilia and the others had set off for Baldur's Gate yesterday—well, it's a pity that I didn't meet everyone by the way, However, Duanmu Huai didn't particularly take such trivial matters to heart. After all, for him, the issue of the Lost Lands is more important now.

Because it looks like a precursor to subspace erosion, just like the plague in Neverwinter, it looks like an ordinary disease at first, but when the number reaches a certain level, it will start to accumulate—the barrier between reality and subspace will be destroyed. Become weaker until the power of the evil **** begins to invade.

   If so, then something has gone wrong somewhere.

  Duanmuhuai found the Priest Tyre who delivered the baby to the lady in Locke Town. She was a middle-aged woman in her forties, with a pitiful and sad face.

   "I have received a message from Master Kelben, what do you want to ask?"

   "Please tell me about the Rock Town lady, I need a detailed explanation."

"OK………"

  After hearing Duanmuhuai's question, the priest nodded, and Mary next to her also took out her notebook and tape recorder—now she is getting more and more used to this identity.

"It was half a month ago, a lady suddenly came to our temple and begged us to save her child. She said that she came from Locke Town, and that there was a curse there, and the children born by the women there were all dead. She was pregnant and she was afraid that she would give birth to a dead baby too, so she came to the temple to ask for our help."

   "I heard from Master Kelben that you sent paladins and priests to investigate... What's the result?"

   "No gain."

  The priest shook his head.

"It is true that many babies died at birth, and the small graves are painful to look at, but we did not find any useful clues, magic, sorcery, curses, nothing, even Tyre No clear guidance was given to us, as if it was just an accident."

   "An accident in which all the people in a small town were born dead babies."

   Duanmuhuai answered, and the priest nodded with a complicated expression.

   "We didn't find any clues, so we went back to the church. We prepared the best protection for that lady, and let her bathe in the holy light of Tyre until the time of birth came, but..."

   Having said this, the priest paused, and looked at the girls beside Duanmuhuai.

   "It's okay, you can continue talking."

   Duanmu Huai understood what she meant, but just shook his head, while the priest continued.

"I was responsible for delivering the baby. To be honest, I have done thousands of similar jobs. It is not difficult for me to deliver a baby. Under the holy light of Tyre, I also have confidence Do your job well. But that baby was different, the moment I reached out and touched it..."

   "You said...it?"

  Duanmu Huai was keenly aware that the wording in the mouth of the priest was obviously wrong.

"Yes, I'm sorry for using such impolite words, but personally, I really can't think of a better adjective... That baby is cold and has no temperature at all, like a baby who has lost its life long ago. The piece of meat, when I took it out, it was livid from top to bottom... Frankly speaking, it didn't look like it had just died, it was more like a baby corpse that had been dead for many days and was stuffed back into its mother's stomach ..."

   "Woo...!"

  Hearing this, Gu Leya covered her mouth, while An Ye's face was pale, and Mary's expression was even more shaken, she bit her lips tightly, and even stopped writing the pen.

   "Is there any sign of decay?"

   "No, but... not sure."

"What does it mean?"

   "It looks...very strange."

  The priest thought for a while, and seemed to be thinking about how to explain it.

"It looks like a human being, but the parts of its body have the characteristics of a beast. We also wonder if the lady was once seduced by a demon or a devil, but... I didn't feel any evil from the dead baby. I'm sorry, although they look like the children of a devil half-breed like tiefling, I always feel that something is not right."

   Subspace pollution.

  Hearing this, Duanmu Huai's complexion sank.

   "Is the baby's body still there? If it's convenient, can you let us see it?"

"…………sure."

   Facing Duanmuhuai's request, the priest was silent for a moment, then nodded, and then she stood up.

"plz follow me."

  (end of this chapter)