Episode 247
“Unreasonable coercion?”
Fabian nodded without hesitation at Logan’s words.
“Yes that’s right.”
“You need to explain properly, Fabian. If you don’t want to be flogged for insulting the king.”
Fabian’s expression distorted at those words.
– Priests may be punished by God’s law, but not by human law.
Although there are no records anymore, it was said that the temple of the Nine Great Gods would break the unwritten law that had been professed by all dynasties on the continent since ancient times.
“That’s the problem. Your Majesty has no right to force us priests.”
Eat.
Logan let out a laugh.
“I made a huge donation to the temple, and I can’t interfere with the requested manpower sabotaging work right in front of my eyes?”
“If you are dissatisfied with our behavior, you can complain directly to the temple. If we are truly wrong, the temple will punish us. According to the will of the gods.”
As Fabian said that, a confident smile suddenly spread across his face.
That’s because there were no logical loopholes in what he said.
No king in the world wants to be at odds with a temple. The moment you confront the temple, or rather the god, the majority of the kingdom’s citizens and nobles will turn their backs on the king.
of course.
“Really? Then we’ll ask the temple later for the meaning.”
That bloody superhuman king also had no choice but to step down…
Sereung.
“…?”
Flashing.
“After I kill you.”
A golden auror exuding a bloody force exerted a powerful presence beneath Fabian’s fat neck.
“Hey!”
The two priests around Fabian sat down and backed away on their butts. The two priests continued to scream on behalf of Fabian, who was completely frozen by the intimidation of the Aurors.
“Ugh!”
“Save me…!”
A sight that priests could never have imagined.
While all the priests who were watching were in a state of panic, it was the knights nearby who stopped Logan.
“Your Majesty, calm down!”
“Your Majesty. If you kill a priest, especially a senior priest, you will be in big trouble!”
“Big deal?”
However, despite the driver’s urgent voice, Logan just snorted and looked at Fabian, whose face had turned white.
“No way.”
“…yes?”
While the knights looked confused, Logan smiled cruelly and tapped Fabian’s chin with the tip of his sword.
“High priest Fabian. Tell me. What kind of problems do you think will arise if I kill you? Huh?”
Fabian’s eyes, which were filled with fear at that provocation, changed.
As the embarrassment over the unexpected situation disappeared, reason returned.
Crackling.
“I will never sit idly by in the temple, Your Majesty. The Kingdom of Macraine will collapse from its roots!!”
Anger rising in place of fear.
That anger gave Fabian the strength to yell.
However, the target of that anger just laughed and laughed.
“You overestimate your own worth, Fabian.”
“Only the temple has the right to punish priests, and now Your Majesty is trying to cross that line! The price will not be small!”
The growling voice became more energetic as he spoke.
however.
“Yeah. It won’t be small.”
“…?”
“Would it be worth 10 million gold to become a senior priest?”
“what…!”
“And if we take out the ten low-level priests who were sabotaging the operation together, it would cost about thirty million gold. It’s definitely expensive. For the ransom price of scum.”
“What blasphemy…!”
“Would you like to bet with me whether Archbishop Pamiel will take the money and keep his mouth shut, or whether he will insist on conquering the kingdom, which will not help him a penny?”
Logan’s red eyes glared at Fabian with an icy energy.
Facing that gaze, Fabian thought of the elder of the church, the bishop of the sect he belonged to and the archbishop of the kingdom, and closed his mouth again with a pale complexion.
There were already some rumors about Archbishop Pamiel Gernheim’s material greed, and Fabian, who could see him relatively often, knew that the rumors were true.
“I don’t want to waste money, so please do the right thing, priest. Understand?”
A golden auror radiating a brilliant spirit touched Fabian’s cheek.
“If you don’t want to do it, let me know at any time. I just have to pay a little more in donations and bring in other priests.”
Logan coldly laughed at the trembling Fabian and withdrew his sword.
“Now everyone, go back to your seats quickly! Remember that healing the patients and ending the plague is the quickest way to finish this job!! We especially do not condone sabotage by priests!”
A loud voice echoed throughout the village.
* * *
“…I see.”
Immediately after what happened, Ilia, who had finished praying to heal the patients and recharge her depleted divine power, heard the full story of the incident from the knights of the temple.
“Are you going to stay still?”
Illia quietly shook her head at the words of temple knight Teemo.
“What do you mean?”
“yes?”
“I heard you threatened the priest and told him not to sabotage your business?”
“Ah…”
“We came out to help the people who are in danger. But sabotage… Even if I were there, I wouldn’t have interfered.”
There was even anger on Ilia’s face as she said those words.
‘A real priest who is rare and clean.’
Timo once again realized that the bishop he was serving was truly a priest worthy of a priest.
Of course, I did not forget to remind people to be more careful.
“But you must remember that the King can see the movement of divine power.”
“Oh, that’s right. That’s definitely a fascinating thing. Traces of God are invisible to the eye.”
“That’s why it’s something that must be reported to the church. And…”
Ilya asked back, looking at Teemo trailing off as if he was hesitating.
“…and? What is it?”
“…I’m not sure about this.”
When I exchanged glances with my colleague Russell, Russell took a step forward.
“I saw several times that the king’s auror touched the priest’s body without causing even a single wound. If I remember correctly, that was…”
The auror called the Power of Destruction touches the human body without causing any harm. thing. It is proof that he is perfectly controlling his aurors, and that means.
“…This is a feat that can only be performed by intermediate or higher Auror users.”
“Huh? I heard he awakened as a superhuman last year?”
“That’s right. That’s what makes it even more surprising.”
“Ha…”
At that moment, Logan McLane’s presence was becoming stronger in the minds of Illya and the temple knights.
In the barracks on one side of town, Henderson was looking at Logan and giving him a thumbs up.
“That’s amazing, Your Majesty.”
When I saw the priests moving faster and faster than before, I was filled with admiration. He was truly impressed by the lord’s actions in leading the arrogant priests in an unexpected way.
however.
“Oh, that’s good. Why don’t they listen when I tell them?”
The figure that had been so proudly pushing the priests had already disappeared without a trace, and the lord was heaving a long sigh of relief.
“…Your Majesty?”
“I have 10 million gold, so I don’t even want to eat and die right now. Huh, I’m glad that guy is a coward. Huh.”
Logan was once again feeling that the pressure of money was much greater than the reassuring confidence that came from the pulsating ‘6’ Force Cores he had recently gained through enlightenment.
“Have you ever heard of something like money falling somewhere in Henderson?”
“…”
Henderson firmly resolved to take what he heard to his grave.
* * * It has been three days since the relief team, including Logan, arrived in Raftan.
Perhaps thanks to the priests who had come to their senses, there were no new deaths among those who had contracted the disease in Raftan.
However, the number of deaths did not increase, and even with active treatment using divine power, there were few recoveries. Rather, the number of patients continued to increase as new patients from surrounding villages were transported to their villages.
“Have you got a feel for the cure yet?”
“…I’m sorry, Your Majesty.”
Gilbert, the head of the Healer’s Guild, bowed his head again.
“Based on the opinions of the villagers, we are checking for early symptoms of the disease, but it is still difficult to prescribe treatment other than fever reducers. Whether we will even listen to that….”
“Not sure?”
“…yes.”
Logan’s face hardened at those words.
The priests were doing their part. Even if it is not voluntary but forced.
Now the therapists had to live up to expectations.
“So does that mean there has been no results? So far?”
“That’s not it.”
“Let me explain.”
“There are no known facts about the plague. However, our Healer’s Guild has collected data on the past plague Restavum, which showed symptoms similar to the current plague….” When Gilbert’s speech seemed to be
going on for a long time, Logan said My brows furrowed.
“simply.”
“…It is common for Restavum to develop more than a week after contact with a symptomatic person. During that time, there are no symptoms.”
“No symptoms?”
“Yes. Diseases have an incubation period. Even things like colds are common…”
“Simple!”
“…There is a time when you get sick but don’t show any symptoms. That was a week for Restavum.”
“This is different.”
“Yes. I estimate it will be around 3 days.”
“Three days? That must mean it’s more dangerous.”
“Oh, that’s not it.”
“…no?”
“A short incubation period means that the time between contracting the disease and the onset of symptoms is short. It may be an urgent situation for those who are infected, but when viewed by the standards of an epidemic, it means that if we control it well, we can easily prevent it from spreading widely.”
“…It’s difficult.”
“If I could explain it a little more easily…”
“No, that’s okay. So what is the solution?”
“All people who have been in contact with a patient within three days should be considered as potential cases and controlled as if they were a patient. If we do that, we will be able to quickly stop the spread.”
There was solid logic to Gilbert’s words.
But the first reaction to those words was cold cynicism.
“As expected, they are cults…”
A mocking voice was heard among the priests who were praying in the barracks and recovering their divine power.
A middle-aged priest with a nervous expression. This was the person who had caused trouble with Logan before.
“Fabian!”
Bishop Ilia steps in to stop him.
“Again, aren’t you talking about that strange thing called an incubation period? Disease is a grand ordeal given by God, not a cowardly attacker that appears from hiding!”
Fabian shouted like that, but Gilbert immediately refuted it.
“It’s a phenomenon that clearly exists. Didn’t you, priest, catch a cold before you became a priest? Just looking at something like a cold…”
“Priests don’t catch colds.”
“No…”
Gilbert looked at the middle-aged priest with a puzzled expression.
“Brother Fabian. These are our colleagues who came to help the people. Please refrain from unnecessary arguments.”
Fabian clicked his tongue in response to Illya’s words, shook his head and walked away.
It was still a rude response to the bishop’s words, but Fabian is strictly speaking a priest of Aion, the god of water and agriculture. Ilya’s
sect is different. Since he hadn’t protested, it was impossible to interfere with his attitude after receiving the order.
Ilya sighed and said to Gilbert,
“Please continue what you were saying. Sorry for disturbing you. Our priests will continue the treatment, so please make sure to find another way before we reach our limit.”
Several priests could not hide their dissatisfied expressions at Ilia’s words, but unlike Fabian, none of them let out their true feelings. Looking at them,
Gilbert said, He let out a soft sigh and continued,
“Those who have already died from the plague…”
“Hmm?”
“I would like to burn the bodies rather than bury them.”
At those words, the eyes in the barracks turned back to Gilbert. “ Is
there a reason for that?”
“Therapist guilds are collaborating and sharing data around the world. And we defined the cause of diseases that suddenly cause abnormal symptoms as ‘germs.’ And we estimate that the most likely source of spread for those bacteria is a corpse that died from that bacteria.” ‘Ah
… .!’
Unlike most people who heard those words and frowned, Logan had a memory that came to mind the moment he heard those words.
