Lord Harland

Because of the large influx of people into Harland Territory, five primary schools have been expanded by this year. With a large number of students enrolling in school, thousands of school-age children have been tested for magic qualifications in the past ten years. In the past two years, a total of eleven children have been tested for magic qualifications.

Currently, the total population of Harland Territory is more than 500,000, and the number of people who can meditate should exceed 5,000. Unfortunately, the Harland Territory Mage Association, including the preliminary members, adds up to less than a hundred people. More than 98% of talents have no chance to practice meditation, and their pearls are covered with dust.

However, based on the actual situation in the Harland territory, there is simply no ability to test the qualifications of all the population, and there are no educational resources for them to practice meditation. There is currently only one magic crystal ball in Harland's territory. Only three intermediate magicians, Sophia, Wendy, and Richard, can use the magic crystal ball to test their qualifications. Only newly enrolled children have the opportunity to be tested every year, and the number is also small. Less than a thousand people.

An intermediate magician can use a crystal ball to test up to fifty or sixty people a day. For a thousand children, Sophia and the three of them need to take turns working for seven or eight days to complete the qualification test. As more students enroll, the pressure on this job will become increasingly severe.

Among the eleven children was Dilson, an apprentice with moderate qualifications. Apprentices with medium qualifications who grow up step by step can basically be promoted to a fourth-ring magician before the age of forty, becoming the backbone of a magic organization in the middle.

Over the years since its establishment, the Harland Territory Mage Association has only discovered three talents with moderate qualifications: Anne, Berika, and Dilson. In addition, Butler, Richard, Wendy, and Sophia have relatively good qualifications. Only seven people.

According to statistics held by Harland Territory, the population with magic qualifications is less than one percent of the total population. The probability of an apprentice with medium qualifications appearing is about one thousandth. For apprentices with high qualifications, Harland Territory has tested thousands of people. As a child, the probability is still zero.

Zooming in on the entire Grant Kingdom, the only highly qualified magicians that Richard had ever seen were Sena Walton, the archbishop of the Dawn Church of the Grant Kingdom, Pansy Grant, the president of the Grant Mage Association, and a few others.

On the contrary, in Harland's territory, there are actually two people with high qualifications, Sophia and Butler. Even brother and sister Richard and Wendy's magic qualifications are only close to high-level talents.

Wendy's magic resistance is average, and Richard doesn't have very good elemental affinities because of his shortcomings in talent. The brother and sister's qualifications are slightly lower than high-level magic talents, and a few points higher than average mid-level talents.

After the third wave of plague ended, the senior pastor of the Church of Dawn entered the Harland Territory to investigate the cause of the epidemic.

In addition to Richard's acquaintance Deng Lejin, the investigation team sent by the Dawn Church also included two high-level magicians.

"Count Richard, you have met Sanchez. He is an old friend who blocked the plane passage together. Delian comes from the headquarters and is good at using divination spells."

"Dear friend, we haven't seen each other in nine years." Richard shook hands with Sanchez warmly, then opened his arms and hugged Delian.

"Welcome Mr. Delian to Harland Territory. If there is anything we can't take care of, please forgive us for our poor hospitality."

Delian looked more reserved and didn't speak much. He exchanged a few words with Richard and got straight to the point: "Your Excellency, the Earl, you are too polite. I heard that the magician under the Earl's command isolated the plague virus. I need to use divination on the virus." Spells to trace the source of the plague virus."

Richard also had many contacts with people with Delian's personality. This kind of person is not good at socializing and doesn't care much about the world. It's not that this type of people are unintelligent, it's just that they devote their minds to the study of science and magic and don't like to bow to the world.

Delian looks to be in his early forties, is already a seven-ring magician, and can be regarded as a rising star at the headquarters of the Church of the Dawn.

Richard didn't like people who flattered him. His two previous lives, combined with more than sixty years of experience, gave Richard enough life experience, and he was considered worldly when he debuted. Seeing that the people from Dawn Church went straight to the topic, Richard immediately nodded and said: "Please follow me, the first generation viruses are stored in the Institute of Bacteria and Viruses.

Through research by medical workers, we have discovered that this year’s plague virus has gone through three generations. Now the first-generation virus is no longer prevalent and is basically gone from the outside world. However, because our territory has some research data on necromancers, we used magical means to preserve the virus. According to common sense, the first-generation virus is closest to the source. If you use divination spells, you should be able to get more information. "

Richard took Deng Lejin and the others to the heavily guarded Institute of Bacteria and Viruses.

Researching bacteria and viruses is very dangerous. If you are not careful, it will be leaked. The leakage of the plague virus will definitely cause serious accidents. Therefore, the Institute of Bacteria and Viruses was not established in a densely populated area, but in the northern part of the swamp basin, with basically no population nearby.

The base camp of the Harland Mage Association was established in the swamp basin, and the virus research institute was placed in the north of the swamp basin, more than ten kilometers away from the mage tower, to facilitate the magicians to conduct research.

The Institute of Bacteria and Viruses is built on a mountainside. Almost all the institute's houses are built of boulders and look very solid. A strict isolation system is set up inside. Everyone entering and leaving the institute needs to undergo strict disinfection, not only alcohol spray disinfection, but also the use of magical means to kill viruses.

The perimeter of the Institute of Bacteria and Virology is guarded by troops controlled by the intelligence department, preventing outsiders from intruding.

Richard took the pastor of the Dawn Church into the virus research institute, and Sophia happened to be studying the virus with the doctors and magicians from the Harland territory.

The Harland Territory has a deep foundation in researching plague viruses. The Mage Association has a large amount of human experiment data on necromancers. Heath, Butler and others are from the Tower of Death, the necromancer organization, and know some knowledge about how necromancers create viruses. Combined with the biological knowledge that Richard had mastered in his previous life, and the high-power microscope created by Harland Territory, viruses can be observed and studied intuitively.

In the understanding of bacteria and viruses, Haaland's territory is already far ahead.

Through research on the plague virus, Harland Territory is already developing drugs to treat the plague. By purifying, extracting, and boiling various herbal juices and giving them to patients, doctors found that castor extract was the most effective and could treat patients with mild symptoms.

As for seriously ill patients, they can only rely on magic.

Eliminating Plague is a spell that is very effective against bacteria and viruses. Using this magic, you can treat various viruses such as plague, smallpox, influenza, and cholera.

Using this spell to treat this plague has a very good effect. Although the effect of Richard's improved plague treatment technique is not as good as eliminating the plague, it can still kill a large number of viruses in the patient's body. Combined with the spell to increase vitality, it can also treat seriously ill patients.

The virus circulating this time is a magically modified malaria virus, which is mainly spread through contact. Mosquito bites are also a key factor in virus transmission.

After discovering the transmission route of the virus, the Haaland Territory immediately took countermeasures, using a large number of mosquito coils, mosquito nets, filling puddles and other methods to reduce the probability of mosquito bites. With the correct response methods, the Haaland Territory An important factor in blocking the impact of the third plague.

"The third-generation virus has enhanced its transmissibility and weakened its toxicity. Through our observation and comparison of more than 100 patients, we have found that using castor extract, 96% of the patients can be treated, and the remaining 96% can be treated. Four requires the use of healing spells.”

Listening to the researcher's report, Sophia made a decisive decision: "Do we have enough castor grass in reserve?"

Castor is a common herbal medicine that has some analgesic and anti-inflammatory effects. It has been six years since this herb was discovered in the Haaland territory, but its efficacy is not particularly outstanding and it has not been planted in large quantities, so the reserve quantity is naturally not enough.

Sophia turned her head and saw the embarrassment on Adrian's face, and immediately understood the reason.

"If you ask people to print castor patterns in large quantities, I will arrange for the spare labor force to dig castor in the wild, and then ask the winery to provide high-altitude liquor and manufacture large quantities of medicine to treat the plague. Since castor extract has the effect of killing viruses, The planting area should be expanded next year, and the hospital should also deploy manpower to study the efficacy of castor extract to see if this drug can treat other diseases and restrain several viruses."

Upon discovering that Richard had brought outsiders to the Institute of Bacteria and Viruses, Sophia immediately stopped and waved away several researchers around her.

Seeing Sophia looking at him with confusion, Richard suddenly understood and introduced several pastors of Dawn Church to Sophia.

"Bishop Denglerkin, you have met before. This gentleman's name is Sanchez, who is the bishop of Nolan Diocese. This friend's name is Delian, who comes from the headquarters of Dawn Church and is proficient in divination. Mr. Delian came here, I just want to do a divination to trace the origin of the first-generation virus.”

Although Sophia once studied magic at the Markholm Magic Kingdom and her knowledge was far beyond that of Richard and Wendy, there was no magician in the Mage Tower where she was who knew how to divine spells.

Divination magic, prophecy magic, and astrology magic are all easy to learn but difficult to master. This kind of magic explores the mystery of cause and effect through the connection between the micro and the macro, and infers future misfortunes and blessings through spiritual contact with special items.

After hearing that Delian was proficient in divination, Sophia suddenly became very interested and wanted to see with her own eyes how the magician performed divination.

Delian is very talented in divination magic. He improved a kind of divination magic and created the seven-ring divination spell of tracing its origins.

This kind of spell has particularly high requirements on the divination medium, and it must be a magical creation. Then analyze the structure of the magical creation and you can trace it back to the source.

Delian carefully observed the first-generation magic virus. His mental power continued to be released, and in an instant it turned into a mental barrier. Then he activated the magic runes and released the seven-ring magic to trace its origin.

In an instant, countless pictures appeared in Delian's mind. Delian mobilized his mental power to delete the useless pictures, then picked up paper and pen and began to draw simple maps.

Looking at the picture on the map, Richard's face suddenly became solemn. He turned to Denglerkin and asked: "It looks like it is in the Earl of Martins, upstream of the Kaiya River."

The Earl of Downey Martins is located in the northwest of Gascoigne Province. Richard led his men to attack the Viscount of Cisse and once passed through the upper reaches of the Kea River. His memory is very good, even after a long time, he suddenly recognized a map showing the upper reaches of the Kea River.

Denglerkin has been preaching in the northern border areas of the Grant Kingdom and is very familiar with the terrain of the northern provinces. More than 20 years ago, Denglerkin also served as the bishop of the Flame Castle area and led a team to explore the source of the Kea River.

"It's in the Earl of Martins, in the west of the Eagle Mountains and at the source of the Kaia River. This area has always been the territory of the legendary ogre, but you didn't expect the Necromancer to be hiding here?"

Although the area of ​​Martins County is vast, its development level is not as high as that of the counties east of the Grotta River. There are only more than 50,000 people in the 60,000 square kilometers of land.

A total of two castles were built on the huge territory, both of which are located in the upper reaches of the Rania River, a tributary of the Black River.

The 50,000-strong population of the Earl of Martins all live near the two castles. On the 60,000 square kilometers of land, only the vicinity of the two castles has been slightly developed, with some traces of civilization. The remaining land is basically a piece of land. barren. The security of this territory mainly relies on the guarding of the Redeemer Legion.

If King Roger hadn't issued a loan of 300,000 gold coins and sent the Redeemer Legion to help guard it, this territory would not have been able to be defended by relying on the strength of the Martins family.

Because of the low level of development, there are almost no existing roads in the Earl of Martins. The territory's transportation relies entirely on the Rania River, and now it is only barely self-sufficient.

The area where the Necromancer may be hiding has no existing roads, lacks supplies along the way, and is not suitable for large army operations. To hunt down the necromancer, only a small number of elite manpower can be mobilized.

After Delian completed the divination, Richard said to Denglekin: "The place where the Necromancer is hiding is very dangerous. It is only about 120 kilometers away from the legendary ogre's base camp. This area is located in dense mountain forests. There is only one supply point at Songtao Castle for more than 100 kilometers nearby. This operation is not suitable for dispatching too many manpower. According to my idea, a maximum of about a hundred people will be mobilized. But these hundred people must be elite soldiers, mainly professionals. Even if encounter Even the legendary ogre has the strength to retreat safely."

Deng Lejin nodded and said: "The forces of the Dawn Church in the four northern provinces can participate in the war. About thirty people can be mobilized, including one eighth-level priest, one seventh-level magician, two sixth-level magicians, and middle and low-level professionals. Twenty-six people. The remaining manpower can only be found by the nobles of Northern Xinjiang."

After hearing what Deng Lejin said, Richard immediately said: "The Harland Territory can also draw 30 people, the Territory Mage Group can draw 10 people, and the remaining 20 people can be drawn from the Demon Hunting Team. We can also provide five Ten iron-horned horses serve as the pack animals for the team.”

"There is still a gap of forty people. I am going to let Duke Edward contribute. They have fought against the legendary ogres for many years and are familiar with the nearby terrain."

Seeing that Deng Lejin was preparing to mobilize troops from Duke Edward, Richard immediately shook his head.

"No, I have fought against the ogre tribe, and I know that the ogre tribe has serious infiltration into the Duke of Edward. If the manpower is transferred from the Duke of Edward, the news is likely to be leaked. My opinion is to use the manpower from the Mad Lion Army. .”

Deng Lejin said: "Okay, I will write to Archbishop Cisse and ask the Archbishop to coordinate, and we will do it according to your wishes."

About ten days after Denglerkin wrote the letter, it was now late July. The Church of Dawn and the Kingdom of Grant had reconciled their relationship. The Mad Lion Legion mobilized an elite force of forty people to go to the source of the Kea River to defeat the undead wizard. .

The officer leading the Mad Lion Legion was Richard's third uncle.