Vientiane Throne of Civilization

Chapter 924 Symptoms
The madness of the rat leader frightened all the rats present.

None of them had expected that the battle would reach this point, and many ratmen didn't even know what to do.

Looking at the large patch of vines in the distance that forcibly changed the battlefield environment, it directly occupied the very center of the battlefield, squeezing the entire battlefield space.

Those vines are now blocking the way there. If they are not dealt with, it will definitely affect their offensive efficiency.

The Ratman Leader was undoubtedly clear about this.

"Pass on my order and have the warlock cast blood explosion. The range is the area covered by those vines!"

This order scared the adjutant next to him on the spot.

"Commander, there are still many trolls and regular army soldiers in that area! There are even warlocks!"

The slaves at the bottom of the society were fine, but the regular soldiers, especially the rat trolls and rat warlocks, were also expensive to them. If they were all blown up by the blood explosion, how would they explain to the clan leader? !

However, the rat leader didn't care about these at all.

"Are you questioning my orders?!"

The scarlet eyes made his face look particularly hideous. The adjutant broke out in a sweat as he was stared at by those eyes. At the same time, he also clearly realized that if he dared to utter even a word of doubt again, he would surely die!
"My subordinates dare not!"

Could it be that the Rat Leader didn’t know what the adjutant could think of?

But in the eyes of the ratman leader, the rat trolls, rat warlocks and regular army soldiers who had been caught in the vines were no different from dead.

If this situation causes their subsequent actions to be restricted, that would be truly fatal.

After the order was given, the new ratman warlock quickly entered the scene under the escort of regular army soldiers and performed blood explosion magic in the designated area.

As the ritual unfolded, stimulated by the blood explosion, countless ratmen soldiers who were trapped to death by the entangled vines began to self-destruct crazily.

This corrosive black-red blood can even burn through metal armor, and the vines are still plants after all. Once the number increases, how can it withstand it?
The lush and green winding vines were burned to death in large areas.

In just a blink of an eye, the originally vibrant area was transformed into a dead place under the corrosion of the black and red blood!
At the same time, standing on the wall of the Southern Fortress and watching such drastic changes, Soros and Bai Tu quickly realized what the other side had done.

"Isn't that cruel? It explodes just like that?"

The ruthlessness and decisiveness of the rat leader made Bai Tu feel a little cold in his heart.

At this point, the wood elf mages had been brought back by the pterosaur riders, which made Bai Tu and Soros basically certain that Locke and John would no longer have any combat effectiveness in a short period of time.

Although due to the limited number of pterosaur riders, there are still some Wood Elf mages in the Wood Elf Mage Corps who are in perfect condition.

But Bai Tu and Soros, who were aware of the situation, understood it in their hearts.

The focus of the previous round of mantra spells was on Locke, who was an extraordinary wizard!

If there was no Locke, the effect of the twenty-nine wood elf wizards led by John would not be enough on a battlefield of this scale.

Perhaps sensing Bai Tu's change in mentality, Soros quickly adjusted his emotions and spoke calmly...

"The Ratmen's military strength is not unlimited. From yesterday till now, their offensive has been so crazy, and they have frequently launched self-destruction methods. Counting this wave, it is very likely that they have lost more than half of their military strength."

"Not to mention that there are two or three hundred rat trolls in here. Without the rat trolls, the ratmen will no longer be able to perform barrel attacks like before, and the threat to our fortress will be greatly reduced."

"Keep calm, the advantage is still with us!"

Bai Tu is not a fool, so he can naturally understand what Soros said.

At the same time, he couldn't help but recall Diak's earlier reminder.

When fighting against ratmen, keeping a steady mind is really the key!

However, in actual experience, it is not so easy to withstand this kind of psychological pressure and spiritual torment.

At this time, Bai Tu could only adjust his mentality and calm his emotions by taking deep breaths. During this period, the subsequent offensive of the rat people did not start immediately.

But this is not a good thing for them.

The other side was avoiding the raging fire outside their fortress.

At this stage, the opponent's first wave of attack has ended, and the next wave of attack has not yet been launched.

At this point in time, there was no need for them to launch an attack in the face of the burning sea of ​​fire. They could simply wait until the fire was extinguished before launching an offensive, which could effectively reduce the casualties among their rat tide.

From the perspective of Bai Tu and Soros, it is not difficult to see from the decision of the Ratmen that the enemy's military strength is indeed not as sufficient as before.

If it were the rat people before, they wouldn’t care about this!

On the bright side, this at least gave them some time to catch their breath.

During this period, a person in charge from the medical team also came and reported the latest situation to them.

"Considering the possibility that it might be an infectious disease, we have now isolated all the patients."

Infectious diseases such as influenza have occurred within their Great Zhou before, so they all have some experience in this area and are not unfamiliar with the operation.

"We have examined the conditions of those soldiers. The symptoms are very consistent. In addition to fever and coma, they all have festering wounds on their bodies."

"At this stage, we suspect that the soldiers were splashed by the corrosive blood of the ratmen, but they did not take timely and appropriate measures."

This situation made Bai Tu a little confused.

“Why wasn’t it dealt with in time?”

Faced with this question, the other party bluntly stated...

"Because of the shortage of manpower and too many injured soldiers, we prioritized rescuing the seriously injured. Judging from their conditions, they were all lightly injured who treated their wounds themselves."

Hearing this, Bai Tu's face turned ugly.

This is actually not uncommon in the military. Just as the other party said, medical personnel are limited. After a battle, there are so many wounded soldiers that it is impossible to deal with them in a short period of time.

For this reason, their troops usually conduct some self-rescue training while conducting combat training.

This allows soldiers to treat some injuries themselves when there is a shortage of medical staff.

For minor injuries, if conditions permit, squeeze out the blood in the wound, then rinse it with boiling water, apply medicine and bandage it, and the treatment is complete.

However, those who were hit in this wave were all soldiers who treated their wounds themselves.

“Is there something wrong with the handling method?”

"We have also studied and discussed this issue, and the problem should be the cleaning and disinfection of the wound."

Without keeping us in suspense, the other party directly gave the results of their internal discussion.

"Among the wounded soldiers who were also splashed with corrosive blood, many of the soldiers we rescued at the time were more severely corroded, but they did not show similar symptoms."

"The only difference between the two is that they used alcohol for disinfection."

Refining alcohol requires a large amount of grain, so at this stage, alcohol is still a very important medical supply within their Great Zhou, and the quantity is relatively limited.

Under normal circumstances, if the injury is just a scrape or a small cut, alcohol will basically not be used to treat it.

And this is probably the root cause of the current situation!
"At this stage, we have disinfected their wounds with alcohol and given them antipyretics. Whether the specific symptoms can be controlled and improved requires further observation before we can draw a conclusion."

(End of this chapter)