The Swordsman of Faerûn

Chapter 248 The End of the Rainy Season
Although he didn't know the relationship between Gillette and little Mollie, William still had a little affection for the boy in front of him.However, Harvey, who was inspecting Daniel's body at this time, suddenly let out a "huh", which caught William's attention. The city guard took a small pendant from Daniel's neck with a solemn expression, a burning handle. The golden dagger was the only valuable thing that Gillette found from the corpse before, but he didn't dare to touch it.

William asked: "What? Did you find any clues?"

Harvey raised the pendant in his hand, frowned and said, "This is the unique symbol of an assassin organization in the eastern part of the Ennook Great Desert - the 'Flame Dagger'. It's just a little strange, the 'Flame Dagger' Most of the members are active in the Cormyr area, how could they appear in the Sword Coast area thousands of miles away, and what is even more bizarre is that he was an apprentice of the dragon mage Mariel, but he died in West Camb. Could it be."

Harvey glanced at William with a very strange look, and asked in a low voice: "Are you also from Cormyr? Or do you have something to do with the Oberska family?"

William's heart moved slightly, and he quickly turned a few thoughts, but he came first with a gloomy face, and said very displeased: "Hmph! Don't ask questions that shouldn't be asked. We are not from Cormyr, and we are the same as the Oberska family. It doesn't matter at all." After saying that, William greeted with a cold face and dragged the two little girls out of the backyard, leaving only Harvey who was a little astonished, Gillette, little Mollie, and of course the corpse of Daniel who was inexplicable.

For some unknown reason, Harvey didn't bother William and his party any more. He just led his people to contain Daniel's body in a hurry and let it go. He didn't even pursue Yasuna's murder in the street.The drug in the broth was not a deadly poison, but a more powerful drug. Not long after, the old Kobis and others who were unconscious by the broth also woke up one after another, and the missing guys also came back. But Selyse from Waterdeep and Sandro the coachman have never been seen.

Poisoning, assassination, and even disappearance of guests happened in his hotel. For the old Cobbs, this was really an intolerable "scandal".After waking up, the hotel owner was almost mad with anger, and desperately forced Harvey to find the missing guest and track down the culprit of the incident, which made the whole hotel go crazy.

After tossing and tossing for three or four days, old Kobis finally calmed down. Of course, this does not mean that he does not want to pursue it further, but because the rainy season is over.The end of the more than one month-long rainy day means that the ancient commercial road connecting the world at both ends of the Great Desert of Ennook - the "Black Road" has resumed its smooth flow. It will also start to be lively, which means that hotels, inns, and taverns in Xikangbu will usher in a busy period.

For William, these past few days have been relatively quiet, and there are no messy people who continue to make trouble, but there is only one strange thing that makes him feel suspicious.The precious space ring in William's hand was abnormal. When he went out, he couldn't take out anything from it for some reason, but when William returned to the hotel, the function of the ring was restored.William deliberately tried several times, and finally suspected that the problem might be caused by the two little girls.

A similar problem also appeared on Yasuna. When she was far away from the two little girls, she couldn't even use the simplest [magic trick], but once she got close to the two little girls, the magic ability of the leader of the female frost giant disappeared. Recovered, this miraculous discovery made Yasuna ecstatic.Some kind of change or distortion that mortals cannot understand has taken place in this world, but this kind of change obviously cannot affect William's family. They firmly believe that this is caused by the blessing of the artifact on Misha's head—the Horn of Cole.

In fact, the changes in this world have far exceeded the imagination of ordinary people. Almost all spellcasters have lost the ability to cast spells, no matter he or she is a mage, a warlock, or a servant of the gods, because of the magical power between heaven and earth. It began to become chaotic and uncontrollable, and even the most powerful mage could hardly tame them. A few experienced elders guessed that something happened to Mystra, the goddess of magic.But William didn't have the time to think about these illusory things. He is now taking his family to make plans for the next departure.

The rainy season has just ended, and the weather suddenly becomes scorching hot. The sun in the sky seems to release all the heat accumulated for more than a month at once, and the whole earth is covered with hazy mist like a sauna.Although such weather is very uncomfortable, the streets and alleys of Xikangbu City have already begun to bustle, bathed in the hot sunshine, washing away the mold and gloom, everyone's face is full of joy and joy smile.

William wanted to join a caravan in this city, but everyone couldn't bear the smell of this so-called human city. The drainage system in Xikangbu City was not very good, and the mud on the street was mixed with human and animal feces. It presents a disgusting dark brown color, and after evaporating in the hot sun, the disgusting smell will almost make people faint.William hastily purchased some necessities for the trip, and had to bid farewell to Little Mollie and the Chipped Cup Hotel in a hurry, and left West Combe as if fleeing.

After traveling twenty or thirty miles away from the city, the suffocating smell just faded away, and Misha'er lay sickly in William's arms, with a pale face, she said weakly: "It can kill me! We're never coming back here, Brother William. Poor Mollie, won't she stink to death?"

Yasuna on the side frowned and said with disgust: "Except for goblins and orcs, you humans are the dirtiest race I have ever seen. If it were our frost giant's city, it would definitely not look like this."

William looked at the city in the distance with a solemn expression, and snorted coldly: "You frost giants just take advantage of the low temperature all year round by living on top of the glacier peak all year round. Humans are even worse." William once heard Hellen say that it is difficult for human beings to survive in this land, and apart from the countless monsters and alien races, the biggest problem is infectious diseases—that is, the threat of plague.

Terrible plagues would break out almost every few years on the continent of Faerun, and almost most of the magic and divine spells would not work.Once the plague broke out, almost all the cities, villages, and tribes within a thousand miles were turned into lifeless ghosts.

William looked at the blurred outline of Sicombe, and sighed in his heart, no wonder this land would be plagued every few years, such a dirty urban environment is a breeding ground for germs, if there is no outbreak of infectious diseases That's the odd thing.

(End of this chapter)