Witch, Fireball and Steam Evil God

Chapter 143 Scarlet Plague
"Find the spellbook on the Scarlet Plague."

The second time he came to the store, Ethan was already familiar with the place and made his request directly to Rouqiu.

It turned out that Lao Ba's intelligence network was much more sophisticated than that of the Temple of Netheril, and his stories about the Highwood Mine and Gear City had spread among the believers.

"As you wish."

Meatball said respectfully, rolling towards one of the shelves. Before taking down The Scarlet Plague, he suddenly said, "I guess you would like to know this news. Another chosen one came here a few days ago and asked about books about the Scarlet Plague just like you."

"Another Chosen One?"

Ethan's question made Meatball lower his head in fear. He humbly defended himself, "In my opinion, you are much stronger than her. You will be the winner in the end. But this is the rule set by the great Heavenly Father. Before you complete your promotion, other chosen ones also have the right to accept the trial, and I can only obey the requirements of each chosen one."

"What kind of man is that?"

"I'm sorry, I can't tell you more specific information. After all, you and she are in a competitive relationship."

Ethan stared at the shivering ball of flesh, and without further embarrassment to him, he said, "Give me the book."

Just like last time, the magic book about "The Scarlet Plague" was branded with the mark of Bazatos. He didn't need to resist, and the forbidden knowledge poured into his mind all at once.

That was still the Second Age, the second trial from Heavenly Father.

However, the protagonist in the magic book is no longer the Scarlet King, but a devout believer in the God of Life. She meticulously spreads the teachings of the Goddess of Life and travels around the continent, seeking a solution to the scarlet plague.

That was three years after the arrival of the Giant God Soldier, and a strange plague swept across the entire continent.

The initial symptom is bleeding, mostly from the gums, nose, and eyes. The symptoms will last for three days, and after three days the condition will take a sharp turn for the worse. The infected person will experience symptoms such as coughing up blood and bloody stools, and his internal organs will quickly fail and rot, and he will die painfully within three to five days.

The second trial is a test of wisdom.

Mary, a high-ranking pastor of the Church of Life, has been favored by Heavenly Father. She is the person with the most steadfast faith and the most holy being. The church regards Mary as the messenger of the Goddess of Life. Her existence is like Gothia walking on earth.

How to curb the spread of the scarlet plague became a difficult problem that the church urgently needed to solve.

Mary witnessed too much suffering. Wherever she went, she could only watch countless dying people waiting for death to come. The grace of the Goddess of Life could not save them, and the souls of the dead could not find peace.

Then there were the people she was familiar with.

The priests who followed her were soon infected with the plague. They began to cough up blood, fell down one by one, their skin began to fester, and eventually turned into a unrecognizable mass of flesh soaked in blood.

Mary was overwhelmed by frustration and confusion shrouded her heart, making her feel as if she was walking in purgatory where the light of the goddess could not shine.

Until her younger sister, who had depended on her since childhood, also contracted the plague.

When Mary got the news and rushed home, her sister's symptoms were so severe that she was coughing up blood and her internal organs were rotting. The poor girl had lost consciousness and could only occasionally utter a few painful moans.

This plague was incurable. Once infected, the only outcome was death. Even though the garrisons in some areas took extreme measures, such as isolating the infected in a certain area, shooting them with arrows, and burning the bodies with a huge fire, they were unable to stop the spread of the plague.

All Mary could do was watch her sister die and close her eyes forever in helplessness and pain.

Perhaps, the goddess has abandoned this hopeless world.

An idea came into Mary's mind.

And in the abyss of despair, she heard a kind voice, which guided her, gave her wisdom, allowed her to look at the plague from another perspective, and gave her the key to solving the plague.

See it as a gift from God, learn to accept it, embrace it.

Before her sister took her last breath, Mary found a way to cure the plague - no potion, no prayer, all they had to do was accept it. Mary sat by the bed and told her sister again and again about the guidance she had heard, teaching her to learn to accept.

As a result, new buds sprouted from the festering wounds, the failing organs were repaired, and the bleeding symptoms stopped.

Not only that, those who embrace the blessing will gain healthier bodies and stronger vitality.

At that moment, Mary cried for joy.

She hugged the squirming piece of flesh on the hospital bed, witnessed the arrival of rebirth, and finally found the antidote to cure the plague.

This is the story of the bloody priestess Mary.

"This book contains the answers you need."

Meatball crawled on the ground humbly as always and spoke carefully.

Embrace this pandemic as a gift.

This became Mary's creed later on, and she continued to travel around without any effort, curing all the plague-stricken people she met.

However, Ethan and Mary had some differences in the criteria for "healing". He really couldn't call those wriggling pieces of flesh healed. They no longer had any human outlines. Their appearance was even stranger than an octopus' face. Of course, they had also lost all their human abilities.

Unable to speak, unable to think.

Just stay alive.

Lao Ba is a lover of evil and depravity with a bad taste. Step by step, he turned a holy believer of the Goddess of Life into a bloody priest who spread heresy. In grief and frustration, Mary's soul was twisted into what He wanted.

But that was several epochs ago.

The Scarlet King and the Bloody Priest have become history, but the Scarlet Plague seems to have descended on Riverwood again. The reference answer in this book tells him that as long as the infected become believers of Bazatos, they can survive the plague.

Of course, that's just the minimum to survive.

"Lord Chosen One, I believe you can pass Heavenly Father's test again!"

Meatball looked up at Ethan. This wasn't difficult. He only needed to preach to the Heavenly Father and he could pass this trial easily.

As for him, he couldn't wait to witness the scarlet plague coming to the world again and turning this world filled with the stench of the Righteous God back to its original state.

He should sing praises to God's chosen ones and to the greatness of the Heavenly Father.

Meatball wanted to say something, but suddenly he saw red ice covering the shelves, sealing the entire store. It was the color of the purest blood, as if God had descended here.

A book fell from a shelf, but before it hit the ground, it melted and twisted until it turned into a living, wriggling red tapeworm.

"Let's start from here."

Meatball saw the wriggling red worm crawling towards him, growing larger and larger in his sight until it blocked his entire sight.

The thing got into his eyes and entered his body, and he could feel the tapeworm flowing through his blood and into his internal organs.

"Do not be nervous."

The Chosen One said truthfully, "This is a test from Heavenly Father, and I will find a way to heal you."

(End of this chapter)