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"In other words, the crazy beasts in the entire isolation area are avoiding the spreading black fog?"

"In other words, perhaps it is more accurate to put it in the statement - the beasts in the entire isolation area are driven by black fog. On the way, we encountered more than a wave of crazy beasts that fled in panic. The closer we are to the black fog, the lower the desire for fighting these beasts is. It seems that as long as we step down, we will be swallowed by the black fog... But it is precisely because of this reason that we were able to rush out of the palace area."

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The Sixth Apostle, "Mysterious Black Mist", is also called "Dipest", which originated from an ancient word called the Kingdom of Prussia, meaning "plague". The body of Dippest is a ball of black thick fog without a specific shape. Any creature who dares to enter a black thick fog will fall into the endless abyss...

In legend, DiPest is synonymous with plague and disease. It is said that the "strange fog" that spreads plague that has appeared on the mainland is one of the incarnations of DiPest. The largest plague outbreak in history was 630 years ago. The eastern capital of the Shenluo Empire, "Dros", was covered with thick lead gray fog. The entire city lasted for four months. More than 200,000 people died one after another due to an epidemic disease called "Black Death". Half of the eastern territory of the Shenluo Empire was almost reduced to the ghost realm.

As a country controlled by the church, the Shinra Empire did not take timely isolation and treatment measures after the epidemic was discovered, but claimed that this was the apostles' punishment for human sins... It was precisely because of this "inaction" that the plague quickly spread from Delos to the entire eastern border of the empire, and the number of people who died of the Black Death was even close to the number of people who died on the day of the first arrival.

The fog that brought the plague disappeared four months later, as if it had never existed, but the death it brought was something that no one could ignore. People agreed that this was one of the incarnations of the Sixth Apostle "Dipest"...

DiPest's incarnation has appeared more than once in history, each with fatal plagues and diseases, but without exception, these "incarnations" will dissipate on their own after a few months. No one knows where they came from, and no one knows where they end up.

But the true identity of "Dipest" has never appeared in historical records...

"The black fog you see...is it just one of the incarnations of DiPest?" Margaret asked. After all, no one has seen DiPest's true body before. Most of the descriptions in the legendary stories are very abstract, and many of them are virtual images that were born after artistic processing.

"No...I don't think that's not an incarnation..." Edward shook his head, "Dipest's incarnation has appeared so many times in history, but the biggest one is just covering the entire city of Delos. But you know, the city size of more than 600 years ago is definitely not comparable to that of now. The palace area of ​​Reinhardt alone covers more than twice that of Delos, but the area of ​​the black fog I saw is even larger than that of the entire palace area! If the area of ​​the plague fog that caused the "Black Death" six hundred years ago was so large, I'm afraid half of the people in the Shenluo Empire would be dead!"

"Is this black mist... a combination of multiple incarnations of 'Dipest'?" Ash's voice suddenly penetrated into the conversation between Margaret and Edward.

"Who is he?" Edward noticed the existence of the ashes at this time and looked at him in surprise. "Margaret, is this the local guide you hired?"

This sentence has a hint of ridicule and sarcasm... They are in the hands of the most detailed map of the isolation area, and with powerful force, there is actually not much need for something like a "guide".

"No, he is a 'seed'," Margaret said.

"Seed?! You actually distributed weapons to Seed. Aren't you afraid that he would resist you?" Edward was even more surprised, and at the same time, he looked at Ash with a hint of unawareness.

"Mr. Edward, I think you misunderstood something." Ashes said in a calm tone as possible, "I have no reason to be enemies with you... Although you have killed many people in the quarantine area, those people have nothing to do with me. Since you will not hurt the 'seed' and will take the 'seed' out of the quarantine area, I am willing to cooperate with your actions... But I don't need to say more about the situation in the quarantine area now. With more combat power, there is more chance of survival. Just sit and wait for death like those trembling children, I choose to fight with you. And Miss Margaret gave me such an opportunity."

"Margaret...you told him all the content of our mission? This is prohibited by the regulations!" Edward looked at Margaret again, and a pair of handsome eyebrows frowned tightly.

"The rules cannot let us leave this place alive, nor can we have the power to compete with the apostles... and I think what he said is right." Margaret shrugged, looking indifferent.

"Okay..." Edward's eyes twitched slightly, "If you don't mind... I have no objection, after all, he is yours... Then," Edward turned his attention back to the ashes. "Why do you think that the black fog is composed of multiple incarnations of 'Dipest'? I hope you can give a reasonable explanation, rather than just relying on your speculation and nonsense."

"Selected Local History Documents of the Eastern District of the Shenluo Empire", Chapter 17, Section 4, "The gray fog that covers the sky and the sun comes from the east and from the west. The fog that surges from the two directions is incredibly connected together, covering the entire city of Delos." - In fact, the plague fog that caused the outbreak of the Black Death is a 'combination'."

Ashes has a strong memory, and even if he uses the word "not forgetting" to describe it, it is not too much... Although he can't remember his name, it does not prevent him from deeply imprinting the content of every book he has seen in Wang Lida Library.

"Why haven't I heard of this? Could it be that you made it up casually, right?" Edward was stunned. Although his research on apostolics and history was only superficial, he was also a person who had received orthodox aristocratic education. In his eyes, the indigenous people living in isolation areas were no different from the uncivilized "indigenous people" and "savages"... In terms of cultural level alone, he was confident that he could crush these people at several levels.

But...he has never even heard of this "Selected Local History Documents of the Eastern District of the Shenluo Empire".

"There are at least hundreds of thousands of books in Wang Lida Library. It is normal for Mr. Edward to read every one of them... Although the book selects some local history and unofficial history with low credibility, I personally think that the passage describing the fog of Delos should be true. Although the Black Death seized hundreds of thousands of lives, there are also many survivors. These survivors have witnessed the scene of the fog of the fog of the plague, and the possibility of fraud is very low."
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