Gentle holy light shone and illuminated the dark room.
Under the comfort of the holy light, the flushed young man regained his calmness.
He closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep. Nadia lifted her right hand that was placed on his forehead and let out a sigh of relief.
"It's nothing serious. He's just suffering from excessive hunger and a cold, which is why he has a fever. He just needs to eat something, drink some hot soup, and recuperate for a while."
"Phew …"
Calvin and his companions heaved a sigh of relief. Jenn also realized that Nadia also heaved a sigh of relief at the same time.
Before this, Nadia suspected that it was due to her wavering faith that caused God to withdraw the power that he bestowed upon her, which was why she couldn't detect those evil monsters.
Now, it seemed like the power that God bestowed upon her was still there. It seemed like the reason why those monsters couldn't be detected was just as Jenn said. It was just that they weren't truly 'evil' monsters.
"Thank you for your help, kind Sir Knight."
Calvin was thrilled to see that his companions were safe. Frankly speaking, he didn't expect much from these people.
From their attire, it could be seen that they were nobles. Although Calvin didn't know why these nobles were here, based on his experience, they usually looked down on nomads like them.
So when he went to ask Zayen for help, Calvin was even mentally prepared to be kicked away by Zayen.
However, he didn't expect these nobles to be so easy-going. Not only did they allow this holy knight to heal their companions, but they also gave them warm food.
This allowed Calvin and the others, who had been starving for a long time, to finally eat a delicious meal, which almost made them cry.
"Alright, since the problem has been solved, let's get to the main topic."
At this moment, Zayen also clapped his hands. Then he turned his head and stared at Calvin.
"I want to know what happened in Casarans during this period of time.
It seems like the outbreak of the plague in Casarans has been going on for a long time. "
"This …"
Upon hearing Zayen's question, Calvin hesitated for a moment. He had already learned from Zayen that they were the representatives of the Church of Templars, and they were here to investigate the outbreak of the Casarans plague.
However, Calvin didn't know how he could help them. As a street thug, Calvin had a natural fear of nobles, just like everyone else.
From their point of view, even the saliva of those nobles was more precious than that of ordinary people.
Naturally, these high and mighty people were also concerned about some very high and mighty issues. The information spread among small gangsters like them was not something those high and mighty people would care about. They were even afraid that it would pollute their ears if they were to say it.
In front of Jenn, Calvin was trembling with fear, not even daring to breathe loudly.
He knew very well that the only one who seemed to be in charge of things was this young noble in front of him.
"It doesn't matter. Just say what you have on your mind. It doesn't matter even if it's wrong. Besides, we're not worried that you'll lie …"
As he spoke, Zayen glanced at Nadia beside him, intentionally or unintentionally.
"You have to know that we have a Holy Knight who believes in the True God."
"Mr. Jenn!"
Upon hearing Jenn's words, Nadia couldn't help but reveal a hint of anger on her face. From her point of view, Jenn was simply using his identity to bully these poor commoners, which was absolutely unacceptable in the creed of the Holy Knights.
Therefore, after hearing Jenn's words, Nadia immediately wanted to refute.
However, before she could speak, she realized that after hearing Jenn's words, Calvin's originally trembling expression instantly became much calmer. Then, he relaxed and let out a sigh of relief, then nodded and looked at Jenn.
"Alright, Lord Noble, what do you want to know?"
"This …"
Looking at Calvin's reaction, Nadia didn't know what to say for a while. She originally thought that after hearing Jenn's threat, Calvin would be angry or forced into a corner.
However, what she didn't expect was that Calvin was actually so relaxed. Even though Nadia's EQ wasn't that high, she could still see that Calvin was somewhat hesitant before as though he was worried about something.
But now, after hearing Jenn's words, it was as though he had let go of a burden and became completely relaxed!
This scene was simply incomprehensible to Nadia. How could someone become relaxed after being threatened?
Looking at Nadia's expression, Jenn couldn't help but snicker in his heart.
After all, Nadia was a flower in a greenhouse, so she simply couldn't understand the thoughts of a street thug like Calvin.
One had to know that in front of them, nobles had absolute power. They could do whatever they wanted to these guys, and Calvin and the others wouldn't dare to complain at all.
In fact, Jenn knew what Calvin was worried about. He was worried that the things he said would be too shocking, so much so that Jenn and the others wouldn't believe him.
When the time came, they would have to bring out evidence to prove their words. What kind of evidence could they bring out?
They were just a group of street thugs, how could they be expected to find evidence of the real culprit behind the scenes?
Admittedly, Calvin's worries were not unreasonable. Because the lives of the nobles were relatively closed, they really didn't know much about the situation of the lower class.
Many things that were common to the lower class were simply unbelievable to them. In this case, if Calvin said something shocking and if Jenn suspected that he was lying, then he really wouldn't be able to reason with him.
And now, with the Holy Knight of the Eye of Truth by his side, Calvin naturally didn't have to worry about Jenn looking for trouble with him.
Because no matter how unbelievable his words were, the Holy Knight also had a way to distinguish the truth from the lies.
That was why Calvin was relaxed, but Nadia obviously couldn't understand the subtle relationship between the two.
"Then, let's talk about this plague."
Jenn didn't give too much time for Calvin to think and directly went into the main topic.
"When did this plague start?"
"This … I'm not too sure about the specific time, but it should be about half a month ago."
"Half a month ago?"
Hearing until here, Jenn didn't express anything, but Nadia was taken aback.
Looking at the appearance of this stronghold, it didn't seem like it could be done in half a month.
If it weren't for Calvin, Nadia would have even thought that this plague had lasted for a few months!
"Yes, yes, dear Sir Holy Knight."
Hearing Nadia's question, Calvin answered with a little fear.
"I don't know about other places, but we know that the plague started to spread in Casarrance about half a month ago."
"So did this plague spread from the battlefield with the Valkyrie Duchy?"
Zayen asked the second question. According to the information given to them by the Church of Holy See, they suspected that the plague was spread by the Valkyrie Duchy.
It was just that because they lost contact later on, and the intelligence from earlier on was vague, Zayen's side could hardly get anything useful.
"This … I'm not too sure, Sir.
But … I think this isn't an ordinary plague. "
"Oh?"
Hearing until here, Jenn twitched his brows.
"What do you mean?"
"It's like this. It's not like Casarrance hasn't experienced plagues before. At first, the plague seemed no different from the others. Those who were infected by the plague would cough, vomit blood, have a fever, and die … B-But, they didn't really die!
At first, everyone thought that they were all dead, but after a few days, those who were thought to be dead actually came back to life, and then they began to attack everything they saw!!
No matter if it was humans or animals, they seemed to have completely lost their minds and turned into beasts! "
Perhaps he recalled something, but Calvin's expression began to turn ashen as he spoke.
"Not only that, but those who were bitten by those guys would also be infected by the plague, die, and turn into monsters like those guys …"
"Wait."
Hearing until here, Nadia was taken aback. Then, she widened her eyes and looked at Calvin in disbelief.
"Isn't this some kind of necromancy?
Isn't it some kind of necromancer who turned them into undead creatures? "
Frankly speaking, it wasn't strange for Nadia to have such thoughts because spreading plagues was one of the common methods used by necromancers.
However, they spread plagues because this way, they could kill the most people in the shortest time possible and collect more corpses to turn into undead creatures.
But Calvin's narration had completely overturned Nadia's understanding. If what he said was right, did this mean that the plague and those zombies had nothing to do with necromancers?
"I've never heard of any necromancers. Besides, those monsters don't seem to be under anyone's command, Sir Holy Knight."
Facing Nadia's doubts, Calvin answered respectfully.
"Although some Sir Holy Knights from afar captured some people who looked like cultists in the beginning, it wasn't left unsettled in the end …"
"Do you know who they captured?"
Hearing this, Zayen stretched out his hand to push up his glasses, then asked.
In response to Zayen's question, Calvin pondered for a moment, then shook his head.
"I'm sorry, Sir. I'm not too sure.
I heard that they were followers of some kind of death cult … "
"Death cult?"
Faced with Calvin's answer, Zayen thought for a moment, then shook his head and said nothing more.
At this moment, Nadia seemed to have thought of something and asked again.
"So then, do you know how Cassandra is doing now?"
"Cassandra?"
Upon hearing this name, Calvin's face suddenly revealed a surprised expression.
"Sir Holy Knight, are you guys heading to Cassandra?
I advise you to give up on this idea! "
"Why?"
"Because Cassandra has already fallen into the enemy's hands more than ten days ago and has become a dead city!"
"What did you say?"
Nadia couldn't hold it in any longer and exclaimed.