บท 328: Chapter 328: Plague
The monster let out a painful roar, but it didn't fall immediately. Instead, it was provoked into a frenzy.
With a furious roar, it lunged again, its black claws slashing viciously, aiming to tear Viserys to shreds.
However, Viserys' body had been enhanced, his speed and strength far surpassing that of ordinary people.
The monster was fast, but in front of Viserys, it seemed to be moving in slow motion.
The silver-haired youth's purple eyes flickered with light, quickly analyzing the monster's desperate lunge. His hand gripped his long sword tightly.
"Too slow."
He easily dodged the attack again, displaying his superior skills.
This time, as Viserys dodged, he drew the dagger at his waist with his left hand, and swiftly pulled it out, easily piercing the monster's lower jaw.
"Die—"
The monster, with its black and white fur resembling a werewolf, had tough skin.
However, against the Valyrian steel dagger, its skin was as fragile as paper.
Thud—
The sharp sound of flesh being pierced echoed again.
Viserys didn't fall under the monster's weight, and he pulled out the Valyrian steel dagger. The monster fell heavily to the ground, stirring up a cloud of dust. This time, it was completely silent, thoroughly dead.
"Phew~"
Viserys let out a light breath. The monster was fast and powerful, but it wasn't difficult for him to handle.
Then, Viserys squatted down to carefully examine the monster he had killed.
Up close, the monster's appearance became very clear. Its eyes were blood-red and full of malice, even in death.
Its cheeks were covered in black fur, and its body was covered in black, needle-like fur, except for a large patch of white on its back. Its face was hideous and terrifying, and human blood and clothing were still on its fangs. It seemed to be from the unfortunate one it had just bitten.
Viserys had never seen such a monster before, but looking at its appearance, with a body similar to a human and a wolf's head, capable of walking upright...
"What kind of monster is this? A real werewolf?"
"The descendants of the survivors of the Valyrian Doomsday?"
Viserys frowned slightly, unable to figure out the reason for the existence of these monsters. This was just a trace of the mysteries that shrouded the Valyrian ruins.
"Perhaps the deeper we go, the more dangerous it will be..."
The silver-haired youth held the dragonsteel dagger in one hand, his heart somewhat heavy. Then he looked up at the end of the ancient road.
"But there are also more amazing treasures there."
"Dragon eggs, dragonsteel weapons, magic..."
The dragon eggs that the Magister of Volantis was expecting might be at the end of this ancient road.
This road could lead to the capital of a great empire, where all the secrets might be hidden: black fog, dragons, monsters, devils, and so on...
There was also the old house of the Targaryen family in the capital of Valyria. If he could really get into the capital, Viserys might be able to go home.
While Viserys was examining the monster's body, another monster noticed that Viserys had killed one of its kind. It let out a piercing howl and lunged at him.
"Eymon!"
"Watch out—"
The red-haired girl shouted a warning, then threw the dagger in her hand, trying to stop it.
But the monster easily dodged it and lunged again.
Although Viserys was
squatting on the ground examining the monster's body, he was also on high alert.
In fact, he had noticed this monster even without Mira's warning. It had just killed three of the expedition's slaves.
"These monsters..."
The silver-haired youth frowned slightly, then drew his sword and went to meet it.
...
A fierce battle ensued, lasting not too long.
The expedition suffered heavy losses, and the monsters were also heavily hit.
Although the monsters were very powerful, with one monster able to handle several mercenaries at once, the expedition had the advantage of numbers.
In the end, at a heavy cost, they repelled these werewolf-like monsters, leaving a field full of bodies.
"Clean up the battlefield, then continue on our way!"
"Form a formation this time, stay alert!"
The commander gave the order again.
The bodies of the mercenaries and slaves should have been cremated or buried according to logic, but Veld and his confidants decided to abandon them here, only picking up their weapons, equipment, and food.
They felt that these monsters probably attacked the expedition because they were hungry. As long as they left enough 'food' for them, they should not bother the expedition.
In fact, Veld's judgment was not wrong, just a bit too cruel. Many of the cruel mercenaries in the expedition even showed signs of discomfort.
After all, feeding human bodies to monsters is hard to accept on any human psychological level.
Then the expedition continued along this Dragon Road, aiming directly at the Valyrian capital at the end of the ancient road.
And those monsters did come out to eat the bodies on the ground after the expedition left. Although some monsters quietly followed, the number had decreased a lot.
...
Time passed quickly.
Two more days passed for the expedition.
The weather today was a bit gloomy.
Perhaps it was because they were delving deeper into the ruins.
Even the sun above their heads had turned black, and the surrounding fog gradually turned from gray to a deeper darkness.
At the same time, a light rain started unexpectedly, falling on the weed-covered road.
The mood of the expedition members fell to the bottom, completely devoid of the excitement of a few days ago.
The drizzle soaked their clothes, the road became muddy and difficult to navigate, and out of necessity, the commander ordered them to set up camp.
They had left many markers on the road to ensure they could return smoothly in the future.
However, just when everyone thought that a light rain would only require a short rest before they could set off again—
A plague quietly arrived.
At first, someone started coughing, then it became more and more severe, until they coughed up blood. Everyone reacted in panic.
The commander reacted promptly, isolating everyone who had close contact with him. Soon after, these people all showed some symptoms.
Everyone who saw this felt a chill.
This ancient and mysterious lost continent was finally starting to strike at them—
A large number of expedition members began to cough, have fevers, and even fell to the ground coughing up blood, their bodies showing marble-like patterns.
"Burn them!"
Veld Megar made the right decision at this time, ordering the release of rockets to burn those infected with the plague.
Because only in this way can the virus be effectively killed.
Viserys watched this scene with a somewhat solemn expression. He told everyone following him to tear off strips of cloth to make masks and keep a distance from others.
Then, after the expedition lost a lot of members, they set off again.
And this time, not much time passed.
They finally saw the river guarding the capital at the end of the road.
They could even vaguely see the ruins in the distance.
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