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Miracle medicine, this term actually existed a long time ago.
In the medicine system of alchemy, some medicines with epochal significance or extraordinary curative effects will be given this title. However, among the people, the so-called miracle medicine actually has another meaning, that is, it refers to some medicines of unknown origin.
But medicines with special effects, the most common ones actually refer to certain things that help with nighttime activities. However, for the Principality of Michael, the word "miracle medicine" can actually be regarded as a scar at the moment, and a scar can be healed.
Fatal scars that have not fully healed.
More than half a month ago, a new miracle drug suddenly appeared in the aristocratic circles in the central area of the Principality of Michael, a strange little red pill. It has the effect of making people energetic and euphoric.
As soon as this highly effective medicine appeared, it was naturally quickly sought after by the local nobles. During that time, the corrupt nobles in the central region held various banquets almost every night, and were mesmerized at the banquets.
People took this pill as a prop for fun, and they were so addicted to it that they forgot their plan to raise troops to rebel.
At first, Albeg learned about the existence of this thing through Nite Owl's investigation, but at that time, not only Albeg, but also Hugo did not take this matter to heart. After all, everyone was reasonable.
So Dangre believed that this seemingly addictive drug might be a prop created by an alchemist to make money, so he did not trace the origin of this thing.
But with the sudden collapse that night, the central region of the principality fell instantly because of this drug. Those who took the red pill suddenly transformed into terrifying monsters without any prelude, an extremely similar
A man-eating monster similar to the undead species "living dead". That night, three big cities and five towns in the central region turned into ghosts in an instant. Only ten of the residents in the cities survived afterwards, and those
Monsters are now spread throughout the entire region, and it may not be possible to completely eradicate them overnight. In other words, the central region has been in dire straits and will not recover for at least the next 50 years.
And even more terrifying things also appeared in Ronan Castle, the core city in the central region. Not only did a large number of living dead monsters appear there, but a giant monster even appeared unknowingly under the city and covered most of the city.
Ronan Castle has been turned into ruins, and what's more, there is a huge monster lair underground in the city. The huge monster that has never been seen almost swallowed the entire Ronan Castle into its belly.
Fortunately, a group of unexpected helpers came to Ronan Castle that day, and the city was still barely on the map. However, Ronan Castle is now beyond recovery, so Kakion Ronan had to take the survivors with him.
The survivors rebuilt their homes near the ruins of the city.
This is the consequence that the so-called miracle medicine brought to Arubeg and his Principality of Michael. A little thing that is almost unnoticed, a small red pill not much bigger than a grain of wheat, it is almost enough to kill all the people.
The Principality of Michael, with a population of hundreds of thousands, was pushed into the abyss of eternal destruction.
At first, Albeg believed that His Highness Aledo, the second prince of Solis, was responsible for this matter, so he almost used his own troops to settle the score with him. Later, with the appearance of the Chosen One,
, Agent Agnes Campbell of Golden Feather Owl, who was lucky enough to be working with them at that time, learned from their mouths who the real culprit of the monster disaster in the central region was.
An unknown cult group in the past, madmen who believed in some kind of alien gods, infiltrated into the group of conspirators lurking in the central region and spread the seeds of this kind of destruction. At the same time, after confirmation by the Chosen One, this name
The cult of Star Spawn is also the mastermind behind Lavender's disaster night and the monster incident in Wellsk City.
The known information about this cult is still very limited, so Alubeg doesn’t know how to deal with them correctly, but this does not hinder the principality’s work in clearing away the various disasters left behind by them.
.It is a pity that although the principality sent troops to encircle and suppress the monsters in the central region, it also tried to search for the so-called magic medicine for research. However, upon the return of Viscount Greville, it was learned that they had searched through all the city ruins and found no trace of these medicines.
, but they found some red powder that looked like the remains of medicine, and these powders are currently being studied at the Alchemist Association by Alubeg's sister-in-law, Mrs. Brunx Vermeulen.
At the moment, Hugo has just discovered a very remarkable thing from the encrypted letter between the Viscount of Troyes and the Count of Klein. According to this brief communication letter, this medicine was first introduced in the central cities.
Not long after Klein appeared, he purchased a large amount of pills. The destination was naturally Tricla, but it was not ruled out that there might be branches shipped to other places. This contact letter notified the Viscount of Troyes to send someone to receive them.
Regarding the goods, unfortunately it does not say where to receive them or the quantity of the goods.
Aruberg did not dare to ignore the pressure of this letter. Although he did not directly say how many pills Klein purchased, judging from the "large amount" he mentioned, it was definitely not a small number. After all, Klein
The purpose of buying this thing is obviously to resell it to the local nobles. The number of nobles in Trikla City is not only dense but also numerous. It is not at all like the vast and sparsely populated distribution situation in the central region. In other words, if a monster disaster breaks out here
If so, I'm afraid the outcome will be even worse than in the central region.
But the problem now is that more than half a month has passed. So far, Alubeg has not heard any rumors of monsters appearing in the city during this period. Even the various gatherings of nobles have not seen any magic medicine or red pills.
Something like this appears. Even Hugo is confused about this matter. Cassius also bluntly said that the biggest riot that has happened recently is just the public unrest caused by yesterday's rumors and the inexplicable noise this morning.
It's just a missing person. There are no clues about that weird drug in the entire city of Trikla, except for Klein's letter.
This level of danger is naturally not something that can be ignored. It can even be said to be more serious than punishing Klein for black market crimes. After all, the crime in the black market is a large amount of tax evasion and illegal business activities. In the end, Klein is
The Earl's culpability for Duke Michael's betrayal can be large or small. It can even be said that if Alubeg is in a happy mood at the moment, he might be able to spare Darthnil Klein's life. But it is about this pill.
The question can only be discussed in another way. Not only Alubeg would think so, but most of the nobles in the city are probably very determined to hang anyone who sells this terrible drug.
The losses in the central region are not just in terms of human and financial resources. Although there are political conflicts between the nobles there and the northern nobles, privately speaking, there are still many family or marriage ties between the nobles.
Even though this relationship was just an empty shell of social rhetoric, after hearing about what happened in the central region, most of the nobles in Trikla City at that time held their own condolences in unison.
The emotional fluctuations among the civilians are even more troublesome, because all the people in the central region are pioneer immigrants who migrated from the northern region. It takes only 20 years to completely dilute the family ties between people, so after hearing about the central region
After the monster disaster, the people in the principality were really the most saddened by the people in the north. When it happened, in order to appease the people, Alubeg had to hold public sacrifices and condolences in various northern cities as Duke Michael to appease the people.
"When a tragedy occurs, people usually behave very contradictory." This sentence was the last sentence left by Arubeg's great-grandfather before his death. Before that, he participated in a game between the Kingdom of Solis and the gambling game.
The battle between the kingdoms of Rensis.
It was originally a conflict of interests over a fertile river valley, but when the two sides were in a tense battle, a sudden flash flood flooded the valley battlefield. Most of the combatants on both sides died under the flood, and Ah
Ruberg's great-grandfather also died of illness not long after he was lucky enough to survive. The old man once described the tragedy before his death. At the same time, he said that he was rescued because of a dragoon from Borensis.
He saved himself, but this dragoon was still his mortal enemy.
When there is friction between people, both sides usually choose violent means to conquer each other, and even when some disputes involving interests break out, people will fight to the death. But in another way, when people see the same kind being raped by aliens or
When something else kills someone, they can't help but feel sympathy. Of course, this emotion does not necessarily have to be caused by factors such as kindness or pity. In fact, when people sympathize with similar people, they are mostly worried about whether they will
He also suffered from this terrible situation, or brought the same tragedy to himself, which caused his own empathy.
The tragedy that the red pill brought to the Principality of Michael is obvious to all. Anyone with a normal mind will instinctively refuse that kind of dangerous object to appear in front of them, even around them. So to be honest, if Aruba now
As long as Ge said that Count Klein had that terrible pill in his hand, it would probably not be his turn to deal with him. Not to mention what would happen to the nobles in the city, but even the people would probably transform into him in an instant.
The "mob" then threw Darthnir onto a pyre and burned him alive.
Although it may be an exaggeration to say this, Alubeg has a high degree of confidence in the northern people of the principality. After all, the environment here has created a group of warriors, bravery and simple folk customs, and the Michael family is also driven by this folk custom.
He is just a leader who stands out. For this reason, although the principality of Michael has some restrictions on its political power in the center and south, the people in the north are naturally loyal to Alubeg, so even if the report is really reported, the angry people will take the evil
Count Klein was burned alive in the fire, but they would not betray Duke Michael because of this.
However, this kind of thing is just something to think about, and it cannot really be realized. After all, if this is done, then the system and laws that the principality has worked so hard to establish will be in vain. And to say the least, even if it is
Alubeg did this in desperation, but Darthniel seemed happy, but how to trace the missing drugs? We can't just let these dangerous items go missing so unnoticed, right?
No one wants to live on a mountaintop that may erupt at any time. Those unaccounted medicines are now like a volcano that may erupt, a security risk that threatens the principality. For this reason, under the influence of this premise, Arubaig has no choice but to
Instead of ending the previously planned treatment plan for Klein, he started working on a new plan from scratch.
Of course, the most critical issue at the moment is the whereabouts of the drugs. The seriousness of this matter has completely surpassed all the current matters. Even Hugo mobilized all the Night Owl members with the authorization of Alubeg, and even that night
The Assassin Jayhawks who followed the Lion Guards to fight in the dark streets were all moved out of their nests. In a moment before the city people had even finished their breakfast, a crowd gathered near Count Klein's residence.
A large number of Night Owl agents were deployed secretly, and even the Jayhawks had begun planning a backup plan to kill everyone in Count Klein's mansion to seal the deal.
The changes in Arubag are still carried out secretly. So far, they have not attracted the attention of others. Even Chris who got up at the window this morning did not know that his father was currently working in his private study.
What kind of ruthless orders were issued.
Although it may not be that he doesn't care at all, at least in Chris' view, his father, Albeg Michael, can handle any trouble he encounters with ease. On the contrary, whenever Albeg Michael
If there is a problem that cannot be solved, then Chris cannot be of any use. This is a common view among everyone, and it is also a kind of reputation that Chris has worked hard on for so many years.
Today's breakfast seemed very dull. After getting up and taking a shower, Chris just drank a bowl of oatmeal without sugar and then changed her clothes and left. However, Chris did not leave the Duke's mansion, but wore all black.
She wore the dress and took a bouquet of pale yellow mountain lilies that Norma had prepared for her and went to the backyard of the Duke's mansion.
Today is a special day for Chris, or it can be said to be a special day for the Arrubberg family, because today is the death anniversary of Chris's biological mother, Sarah Rosas.
After walking through the flowerbed in full bloom, in a quiet pavilion covered by grapevines and other vines, a very simple sarcophagus stood surrounded by a bunch of flowers of various colors. In front of the sarcophagus, Chris
His two brothers, Count Patrick Michael of Gatz and Count Adrian Michael of Cerro, have been waiting for a long time.
However, unlike Chris's dress, the two brothers only came here wearing clean and neat aristocratic robes, and the flowers they carried were just casual plain bouquets. After all, according to the local customs of Mihail
, the memorial activities after the funeral itself do not have any clear rules and regulations. Each family has various ways of worshiping the deceased, and the behavior of the two brothers wearing formal clothes and carrying plain bouquets is the most common
A recognized method.
Compared with her two brothers, the black mourning dress that Chris is wearing at the moment is obviously not a local style dress, and she also wears a black sun hat, and even has a black gauze hanging on her face to cover her face.
The light yellow mountain lily in Chris's hand is not a flower grown locally, but a flower variety from the Kingdom of Venetia. It is considered a very expensive thing for the northern region of the Principality of Michael. At the same time, this kind of mountain lily is also
The favorite flower of the mother of the three siblings.
The two brothers were a little surprised when they saw Chris attending her mother's memorial ceremony in this appearance, because they both discovered that Chris's mourning dress at the moment was almost exactly the same as her mother's favorite dress, except for the size.
In addition to the color, even the eldest brother Patrick thought he was seeing a living mother when he first saw Chris. For this reason, Count Gatz burst into tears instantly.
There are rumors that the three brothers and sisters of the Michael family are at odds with each other because they are all coveting the position of Duke. The three brothers and sisters rarely get together unless necessary. Of course, such rumors are just a cover-up. After all,
Although the three are brothers and sisters, they have all chosen different paths in life, and among them, Chris's choice is the most complicated.
Chris Michael is recognized by his two brothers and even Duke Michael as the most suitable candidate to succeed the Duke. However, when Chris was 7 years old, he publicly stated that he would not be involved in the issue of Duke succession, or even participate in it.
Among the core political affairs of the principality. Because Chris Michael plans to change his name to Chris Rosas when he comes of age. Although it is said that he will use the surname on his mother's side, it does not necessarily need to be on the Rosas family's side.
What kind of inheritance rights do you have? She is just inheriting the commercial fleet from her grandmother Catalina Rosas as the daughter of the Rosas family.
Chapter completed!