MC Bookstore Chapter 361: Each Takes What They Need
Chapter 361: Each Takes What They Need
Lancelot couldn’t understand the Legendary Witch Lich’s motive.
He told Li Wei to stay in the Divine Hall of Light.
He could return to the Elemental Tower once this disaster was over.
He was also suspicious of Li Wei.
Li Wei’s repeated involvement with the Legendary Witch Lich forced Lancelot to have his doubts.
A day passed, but the city-wide search yielded nothing.
They had only apprehended a few suspicious individuals, but found no trace of Undead Creatures.
It all seemed to be just a rumor.
As if there was no such thing as a Poison Dragon Pouch.
And no Legendary Witch Lich preparing to spread a toxic gas.
Lancelot also calmed down and reconsidered the Legendary Witch Lich’s objective.
He thought about it at length.
In the end, he suspected the Legendary Witch Lich had intentionally leaked the information to obtain something.
Lancelot suspected the Legendary Witch Lich wanted to steal the Goddess’s Tears.
He analyzed the Legendary Witch Lich’s actions from every angle.
The most likely scenario, he concluded, was that the Legendary Witch Lich had deliberately leaked the information to give the Divine Hall of Light time to prepare the Goddess’s Tears.
The Goddess’s Tears were the only way to neutralize the Wind Poison Dragon’s toxin on a large scale.
As the Grand Archbishop of Storm City’s Divine Hall of Light, Lancelot was no fool.
He hadn’t been able to figure it out before simply because he had been too panicked.
Once he calmed down, he saw through the superficialities and hit the nail right on the head.
Lancelot hesitated. Should he stop the Goddess’s Tears from being brought to Storm City?
But what if the Legendary Witch Lich truly intended to release the Wind Poison Dragon’s toxin?
The Goddess’s Tears would be essential.
After some thought, Lancelot decided to bide his time.
He would wait for the Legendary Witch Lich’s next move.
He also wouldn’t prevent the arrival of the Goddess’s Tears.
He was confident that the Legendary Witch Lich couldn’t cause much trouble within Storm City.
The next day, numerous cases of poisoning appeared in Storm City.
Lancelot’s expression changed. ’Has the Legendary Witch Lich made their move?’ he thought.
Upon investigation, the toxin affecting those people was not from a Wind Poison Dragon.
It was, however, another extremely troublesome toxin.
Green Corpse Cold, ranked eighth among the ten deadliest poisons in the world.
Green Corpse Cold originates from the Netherworld and is derived from Undead Creatures.
To the living, it is an exceptionally terrifying toxin.
Green Corpse Cold can corrode one’s life force and erode their soul.
If a poisoned person does not receive treatment, there is a high probability they will eventually become an Undead Creature.
Once Green Corpse Cold spread, the threat it posed was no less than that of the Wind Poison Dragon’s toxin.
Standing behind Lancelot, Li Wei’s expression remained unchanged as he heard the news.
The previous night, he had confirmed it.
The Poison Dragon Pouch hadn’t been stolen at all.
It was still sitting inside his Spatial Ring.
His perception had been affected, making him unable to see the box containing the Poison Dragon Pouch.
Li Wei suspected that he had been influenced by one of the Legendary Witch Lich’s tricks while talking to Savinia.
Even now, he still couldn’t see or perceive the box containing the Poison Dragon Pouch.
It was as if the box had vanished from his world entirely.
But it was definitely still there.
When Li Wei stuffed his Spatial Ring full of other items, he could see a square-shaped void.
It was the exact size of the box that held the Poison Dragon Pouch.
So, the so-called plan to spread the Wind Poison Dragon’s toxin was a complete fabrication.
Its purpose was to lure the Light Divine Sect into producing the Goddess’s Tears.
’And to think I actually believed Savinia,’ Li Wei thought. ’The moment I saw the Poison Dragon Pouch had "disappeared," I ran to tell Lancelot.’
It was precisely because Li Wei believed Savinia’s story was true that in Lancelot’s eyes, everything Li Wei said was the absolute truth. He wasn’t lying.
Li Wei knew he had fallen into another trap.
’A plan within a plan!’
’If Lancelot were to question me again now, I’d probably be exposed.’
However, with the appearance of Green Corpse Cold, Lancelot had no time to deal with Li Wei.
He was focused on finding a way to handle the Green Corpse Cold and prevent a large-scale outbreak.
Another day passed.
On the third day, Lancelot saw Li Wei and found his demeanor odd.
"Why aren’t you worried anymore?"
On the first day, Li Wei had been more frantic than anyone.
Otherwise, he wouldn’t have rushed all the way to Storm City to deliver the warning.
But for the past two days, Li Wei had become calm.
He didn’t seem anxious at all.
This made Lancelot extremely suspicious.
Li Wei’s heart skipped a beat. ’I’m done for.’
He thought for a moment before replying, "Worrying is useless. What’s meant to happen will happen."
"Now that Green Corpse Cold has already affected over a hundred thousand people, resolving it won’t be a simple matter."
Li Wei quickly tried to change the subject.
Lancelot smiled. "The Green Corpse Cold is not an immediate crisis. Unlike the Wind Poison Dragon’s toxin, it has an incubation period. Once the Goddess’s Tears arrive, we can easily cure everyone, no matter how many are poisoned."
Li Wei’s heart stirred at his words.
’Doesn’t that mean the Legendary Witch Lich had a way to force out the Goddess’s Tears even without the Poison Dragon Pouch?’
Li Wei asked curiously, "What exactly are the Goddess’s Tears? Why can they neutralize any poison in the world?"
Lancelot glanced at him. "The Goddess’s Tears are tears shed by a Divine Spirit out of pity for the world. They are enough to dissolve all suffering."
Li Wei looked unconvinced.
Lancelot smiled and said seriously, "In truth, it’s a condensation of Divine Power."
"Divine Power is the most wondrous Power in the world, it’s virtually omnipotent."
"The Divine Power that forms the Goddess’s Tears represents the power of purification and healing. It can cure any illness and purify any blight."
Li Wei’s eyes flickered with surprise.
’So the Goddess’s Tears are a product of Divine Power.’
’No wonder only the Saint Hall of Light possesses them.’
’Only a Divine Spirit could create such a thing.’
The name "Goddess’s Tears" was pleasant enough.
But it had nothing to do with an actual goddess’s tears.
The Light Divine Sect’s official story was the first version Lancelot told Li Wei.
What the Goddess’s Tears truly were wasn’t important. What was important was that a Divine Spirit pitied the world.
What was important was the faith the Goddess’s Tears could inspire.
The Saint Hall of Light was willing to use the Goddess’s Tears to save the millions of people in Storm City.
In truth, this was also a way to harvest faith.
In times of crisis, it is easiest to create new believers.
When you’re on the verge of death, you’re told that believing in the Light God will let you live.
It was unlikely anyone would refuse.
Those who previously had no faith simply hadn’t felt the greatness and radiance of a Divine Spirit.
Now that a Divine Spirit was saving the world, everyone ought to believe.
No one was a fool.
To bring out something as precious as the Goddess’s Tears on a whim... there had to be vested interests involved.
Now, even without the threat of the Poison Dragon Pouch, the Goddess’s Tears had to be brought in.
The number of victims infected with Green Corpse Cold had already surpassed one hundred thousand.
Without the Goddess’s Tears, neutralizing the poison in all these people through other means... would consume a massive amount of time, money, energy, resources, and manpower.
This was the perfect moment to harvest faith.
Not only that, the Light Divine Sect even issued a demand to Lancelot.
They needed more people to believe in the Light God.
Since the Goddess’s Tears were being deployed, they had to be used to their greatest effect.
「By the afternoon of the third day.」
The number of victims poisoned by Green Corpse Cold had surged to five hundred thousand.