Chapter 48:- White Death Plague
『Ding, trigger the option event, please choose one of the following options:
Option 1:- Follow Corey Lewis and his men. Investigate what he and his men are doing. Reward: - (500+ justice value, All stats will be increased by [10+])
Option 2:- Follow Corey Lewis and his men. Prevent Corey Lewis and his men from spreading The White Death plague. Reward: - (2000+ justice value, Cloak of the Void [gold rank artifact])
Option 3: - Do nothing. No reward
Option 4: - The host can make his own decision. No reward』
"I guess it wouldn't hurt to check out what he and his men are planning." Previously also Will wanted to capture Corey. This man had something that greatly tempted him.
[_Name:- Corey Lewis
_Race: - Catfolk
_Age: - 42
_Level: - 69
_Class: - Thief
_Title: - Thief of South River
_Racial Skill: - Smell, agility, claws
-Star Blaze artifact: - Iron Skin (Gold rank)
_Innate Skill: - Night Vision (Gold rank)
_Passive Skill: - Quick steps (level 2), Rock Smash (level 3), Rock Summon (level 3), Sneak (level 5)
_Strength: - 62
_Agility: - 100
_Health: - 99
_Stamina: - 89
_Mana: - 89
_Intelligence: - 33
_Free stats: - 0]
"I want that Iron skin for myself." The iron skin would significantly boost Will's defense. He felt it would be a waste to let this good artifact be used by some thieves. "It looks like I will also get another artifact for stopping his men from spreading this White Death plague or whatever." Little he did know what kind of terrifying plague the white death was.
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"Boss, everything is ready." Corey Lewis nodded in satisfaction.
"Alright, let's go. We cannot afford to fail otherwise, we will be killed as sacrifices." Corey who was followed by 5 other men started walking toward the city gate.
'It looked like they are planning on going out.' Will thought as he followed them while keeping about 30 meters distance. He was not a professional in following others fortunately Corey and his men seems to be in a hurry. They did not notice Will who was following them.
Corey and his men walked for 10 minutes and reached the northern plaza of the city. The northern plaza had an open theater. People performed various types of dramas and shows. Since the tickets for watching the shows were only 50 copper coins most people were able to afford them.
Various street food stalls were set up around the open theater. The northern plaza was always packed with people. Even now there were more than ten thousand people in the northern plaza. Almost 99% of the people here were couples. The northern plaza was a famous dating spot for couples.
[Welcome everyone. Today we have something very special. I am sure by now you all know what special thing I am talking about.]
[Yes, today we're going to hold a cooking show. Today we have 10 contestants who are going to cook. As for the judge of this competition, 10 random people from the audience will be chosen as the judge.]
[The Winner of the competition will receive 10 royal gold coins as a reward along with 2 weeks' worth of vegetables and meat.]
Clap!
The audience excitedly clapped. Some even felt regret for not joining this cooking competition. As the reward greatly tempted them.
[Alright without any further delay, let's start this competition. First of all, let's welcome our 10 contestants.]
Meanwhile, William was secretly following Corey and his men. 'So this is where they are going to spread the white death plague. Not good. I will have to stop them before that happens.' William quickened his pace. He also secretly had taken out a dagger. In this crowded place, taking out a sword would alert the people and would cause a commotion.
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"Everyone spread out. This is the perfect spot to spread the plague." With Corey's order, his men spread began spreading out.
The whole northern plaza was packed with people. Seeing Corey's men walking in different directions, William knew that he had to hurry up.
Swoosh!
The couple who were walking behind suddenly saw the person who was walking in front of them disappear. This made both of them panic. As both couples were normal people, they had no idea about teleportation or anything.
Shadow teleportation!
Zac Cole, one of his underlings of Corey was walking in the direction of the east. While walking he took out a glass tube. "With this, we will be one step closer to becoming devote followers of God of Plaque."
"I am sorry but your plan is not going to work." Zac heard a voice in his ear. The next moment, a dagger was stabbed into his heart.
『Ding! You have absorbed the soul of a level 43 human.』
"I will have to kill them before they get out of my range of teleportation."
Shadow teleportation!
『Ding! You have absorbed the soul of a level 49 human.』
『Ding! You have absorbed the soul of a level 54 human.』
『Ding! You have absorbed the soul of a level 60 human.』
『Ding! You have absorbed the soul of a level 63 human.』
『Ding! You have leveled up. You have obtained one free stats point.』
『Ding! Health [5+], Stamina [4+]』
Shadow teleportation!
"One more left." Just when William teleported behind Corey, before he can stab Corey, something stopped him.
"Hey! What do you think you're doing?" William heard a cold, bone-chilling voice. For a moment he mistakenly thought it was Laura. But when he looked closely he found it was not Laura but rather someone else.
William had no time to appreciate or properly looked the woman's face. "I apologize." William quickly apologized and was about to walk past the woman.
"Hey! You tried to stab me and now you want to walk away after apologizing to me." The woman suddenly grabbed Aditya's right hand. It was the very hand in which he had the curved dagger.
With each passing second, William was getting anxious. At first, he underestimated the white death plague. But he then realized that Corey and his men were devoted followers of the God of Plaque. God of Plague was one of the evil Gods. His very nature was evil. God of Plaque had spread several kinds of deadly plaques that took the lives of more than ten million people.
William had no idea how dangerous the white death plague was. He cannot make a mistake and let Corey release this plague in this Empire. This will result in countless deaths and suffering. IT was not just about the lives of the people, it was also about the lives of his loved ones and about his life.
William looked at Corey. Corey was getting away. William tried to take away his hand using all of his strength but he was shocked to find that even after using his full strength he couldn't even move his hand. His hand didn't even move an inch.
William finally turned his attention to the woman that held him back. His eyes turned cold. "What are you doing?" He asked in a cold tone. His tone also had a trace of desperation which the woman in front of him failed to notice.
"What I am doing? What do you think you're doing? You tried to stab me and now you want to run away?"
Sigh!
William was about to briefly explain the whole situation when he heard the system's message.
『Ding, trigger the option event, please choose one of the following options:
Option 1:- Explain the whole situation to Ruby Macdonald. Reward: - (2+ free stats points, the host will gain favorability of Ruby Macdonald.)
Option 2:- Do not explain the situation. Ignore her and kill Corey. Reward: - (Justice value 500+, there is a high chance that the host's action will offend Ruby Macdonald. Ruby Macdonald will dislike the host in the future.)
Option 3:- Kill Corey and briefly explain the whole situation by revealing your identity. Reward: - (5+ free stats points, Ruby Macdonald will have a good impression of the host, Justice value 500+)』
'Wait a minute!' This was the first time William has met a person that could influence the triggered event.
'This woman is very strong. Even after using my whole strength, I couldn't even move my right arm even an inch. I will have to take this slowly.' William took a deep breath to calm himself first.
"Look, I wasn't trying to kill you. My target is that man." While saying that William looked at Corey to notice Corey was already 10 meters away from him.
"Please let go of my hand. I promise I will clear this misunderstanding." The woman did not leave his hand immediately. For the next few seconds, she observed William's face closely. She can see the desperation in his eyes.
"Alright, if you try to escape, then no one can stop me from killing you." As soon as his right hand was released, William used shadow teleportation. Seeing William teleporting away the woman widened her eyes in shock and disbelief.
Teleporting behind Corey. William found that this bastard was about to remove the cork from the glass tube. "No you don't."