Chapter 81 Black Death: I Need You [VIP]
Late at night, Xiao Yun finally completed the list of supplies needed to reinforce Dalavia. After handing the most urgent parts to John Deere and others, he returned to the bedroom with tired shoulders, concentrated his mind, and with the help of the magicians, he couldn't wait to have a long-distance call with his brother who was far away in Maga.
"Lucien?"
There was a barely perceptible tremor in Yaris's voice.
As usual, he leaned against the soft pillows, his long black hair gleaming, and a beautiful smile on his pale face. "Why aren't you sleeping tonight? Are you worried about something?"
"Brother, you haven't slept yet."
"The pace of life in Maga has always been leisurely and slow, and you all treat me like a princess in a tower who must hide away. I have nothing to do every day, resting in the early morning and waking up around noon."
Yaris smiled at his brother and said, "Tell me, what happened in Gaola?"
"Gora..."
Xiao Yun thought for a moment and told Yaris that the Kas River had brought corpses of the Black Death to Gaola.
"The Black Death..."
Yaris's expression suddenly became serious: "What's the situation now? Is there anyone——"
"Gora is fine, but something bad happened to Dalaviya."
"Dalavia?"
"Um."
Xiao Yun told Yaris all the information about Dalavia and the Black Death that he had obtained through the "Dark Night Mentor" yesterday.
Yaris listened intently, sweat gradually appearing on his fair forehead, and his black eyes, as deep and mysterious as a night lake, became a little more dull and solemn.
"I can't believe it, I can't believe it...it would actually happen..."
"Brother, didn't you receive any relevant reports?"
"No."
Yaris raised his long eyelashes, his eyes filled with a hint of confusion and pain.
"Adlon and I have always had a bad relationship, so it's not surprising that he's unwilling to ask me for help. But my mages... they're actually actively hiding this from me... Are they doing this because they've unknowingly been hypnotized by him or the Dark Night Mentor, or do they all agree that I shouldn't know about this?"
"I think they hid the Dalavian outbreak from you out of love and protectiveness for their brother."
"like?"
"If I were one of the magicians protecting my brother, I would also choose to conceal everything that is happening in Dalavia from him, so as to prevent you from venturing into Dalavia, which is now ravaged by the Black Death. There is death everywhere there, and the current Duke of Dalavia, Adlon, has a bad relationship with you. And Edmund and Him are watching covetously from the shadows..."
"But……"
Yaris frowned: "If the Dalavian epidemic gets out of control——"
"Even if Dalavia gets out of control and the Black Death spreads across the country, my brother can, under the protection of the magicians and the Knights, take a large amount of supplies and servants and move to a small island in Lake Lilia. At most a year, the Black Death will disappear, and everything can start over again."
"...Lucien, you're a little strange tonight. You actually said such cold-blooded words."
"I agree with them on protecting you. In fact, I decided to tell you about Dalavia after spending a day and a night thinking about it. I was convinced that I had found a way to save her without making you feel abandoned by those around you. That's when I decided to tell you about Dalavia."
"abandon?"
Yaris showed an indescribable uneasiness: "Why do you have such an idea?"
"I know you're a fragile person."
Xiao Yun stared at Yaris's face with eyes full of pity.
"Brother, although you always appear confident and at ease, you are actually very fragile at heart. You were ruthlessly abandoned by Archduchess Anna at birth, and then abandoned again at the age of eighteen because of my ignorance. Now you can no longer tolerate being abandoned again."
"I……"
"I am determined to shoulder all the responsibilities that should have been borne by you and ensure that your heart will not be hurt again. I am not like those who find joy in 'getting something from you'. I only want to find joy in 'what I can do for you'."
Xiao Yun looked at Yaris emotionally. "So, don't force yourself to act like a flawless statue anymore, okay? At least, in front of me, you can reveal your true side—vulnerable, helpless, and in need of others' care. Trust me wholeheartedly—I can do anything for you. You said you only have me, and I only have you."
"...Well, I will seriously consider your suggestion."
After a long while, Yaris said in a somewhat childish voice.
His shoulders shook slightly, and his eyes were a little more moist than usual.
"—Of course, compared to what kind of person I can become, what we should be most worried about and discussing right now is the Black Death in Dalavia. You just said that you have found a way to save Dalavia?"
"Yes."
Xiao Yunxin, after discovering the bodies of the Black Death, launched a series of epidemic prevention measures to move enough medicine, food, and other civilian necessities into Dalavia to assist Prince Adelon.
"Adlon hates me. You're my brother, and he might not be willing—"
"He's certainly stubborn and conservative, but judging by the pandemic's disruptions to transportation, he possesses a strong sense of responsibility towards his country and his people. Therefore, I believe that even though he rejected me and my aid, he will eventually accept me once he's convinced I'm the only one capable of fighting a monster!"
"But if you enter Dalaviya, you will be in danger yourself."
Yaris was worried. Asia's area and population are several times that of Gaola. After such a long period of brewing and development, the epidemic is much more serious than Gaola. Relying solely on Gaola's local area is simply not enough... absolutely not enough..."
I plan to tell my brother. I need his help."
"—How do you want me to help you?"
"I want my brother, as the high priest, to call on all temple priests and believers across the country to join the war against the Black Death."
"oh?"
Yaris's eyes sparkled. "How do you do it? Explain it in detail."
"First, I want to use the temple to collect all kinds of supplies needed to fight the Black Death from all over the country and even the entire Western Continent, including food and daily necessities. I want to send these things to Dalavia via the 'Way of the Gods' to help the Dalavians, who are on the verge of collapse, hold out a little longer. I've already compiled a detailed list of supplies—"
"Wait a moment."
Yaris interrupted his brother and took the pen, paper and movable table for writing from the servant.
A moment later——
After finishing recording the list of supplies projected on the crystal mirror, Yaris looked up.
"Okay, continue—"
"Secondly, I hope to use the temple's magical communication system to provide emergency medical training to the temple's priests and literate believers. In the shortest possible time, I want to train them into junior medical personnel capable of screening Black Death infected people from the crowd and transferring patients to isolation areas."
"The epidemic in the Dalavia region is developing too rapidly. Not only is the number of patients far exceeding the doctors' capacity to handle, but there are also a large number of undetected latent infections. To stop the epidemic, we must first identify all potential infections, isolate and treat them, and conduct comprehensive disinfection and protection of all potentially contaminated areas..."
Xiao Yun added, "It takes at least three years to train a qualified doctor, but it only takes three days or even less to teach a literate, responsible young adult how to identify suspected infected individuals in the population and disinfect water, food, and living environments. Furthermore, lacking sufficient work experience and professional confidence, they are often more rigorous than professional medical staff in conducting infection screening and disinfection work. However, given the current situation, I would rather they be overly strict and waste resources than allow loopholes in epidemic prevention due to negligence!"
"...I completely agree with you."
"Also, I'm having people print overnight a pamphlet outlining precautions during the Black Death epidemic. We've printed about a thousand copies so far, and our goal is to have at least ten thousand. We'll distribute them throughout the country and even the entire Western Continent through the temples to ensure everyone has simple and effective epidemic prevention knowledge to prevent the Black Death from making a comeback."
"…if we had still been using expensive tanned paper and time-consuming and laborious woodblock printing during the Black Death, simply producing 10,000 copies of the epidemic prevention manual would have been enough to keep everyone busy and dizzy."
Yaris murmured.
Xiao Yun echoed, "This shows that the gods of fate always favor the Western Continent."
"No, this isn't the gods of fate blessing us. It's your unique and incredibly powerful strength that's deviated the fate of the world from its original trajectory."
Yaris said with conviction, "So far, the shift in fate you've brought isn't very noticeable, but I can already sense the irresistible current surging within you... As the shift accumulates, the world will undergo unprecedented, monumental changes, quietly entering a whole new phase..."
"...I've decided to leave Maga and head to Denos tomorrow to enter the ninth floor of the God Tower!"
"Why? The ninth floor of the Divine Tower is—"
Xiao Yun was shocked.
Yaris smiled and said, "Frequent contact with higher-dimensional life forms will indeed cause excessive strain on my body, but once the gods enter my body, I can borrow their power to cover the entire Western Continent with my consciousness, temporarily entering a state similar to omniscience and omnipotence, and accomplishing things that humans can never do. Moreover, although they possess power beyond that of humans, they are not true gods after all and cannot enter the ninth floor of the God Tower. During my time there, I will enjoy absolute safety."
"--Even with all these benefits, I'm still... worried that you might get hurt..."
"Then you must speed up and resolve the Black Death epidemic as soon as possible so that I don't have to stay on the ninth floor of the Divine Tower for long."
Yaris smiled gently, and his weak smile was filled with unshakable determination.
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