2317: Poisoning the Camps

Poisoning the Camps

Translated by XephiZ1

Edited by Aelryinth

"Is that general out of his mind?" Zhao Manyan asked. Those who had retreated from the front line were either injured or depleted of energy.

The assault troops had sacrificed so much. It was a miracle that some of them were still alive, so why was the general asking them to go to the front line again when they had not fully recovered yet?

"It seems like the main force is in a pinch," Mo Fan deduced.

"Seriously? That quick? Didn't they have the number advantage?"

"I just picked up a strange foul smell from the battlefield. I think the Brown Rebels are using another trick again," Mu Bai spoke up.

They heard rapid footsteps outside the tents as soon as Mu Bai finished speaking.

They picked up the smell of blood and a foul stench before the footsteps arrived. A group of soldiers ran into the camp, carrying a lot of injured with them. 

"Those who aren't injured, come and give us a hand!" a medic yelled loudly. 

The Savage Bull Riders immediately went over and helped carry the injured onto the sickbeds.

The camp alone had a thousand injured. Even those who lost their limbs were not being taken care of, let alone those who had sustained minor injuries. They had to treat their wounds themselves.

The camp was extremely packed after the new group of injured arrived. There were not enough beds. They had to put the injured down on the walkways.

"Can't you see it's already full here? Why did you bring them here?" the camp leader yelled.

"The other camps are full too," the medic replied bluntly.

Mo Fan and his crew were resting in the camp. They noticed the strange symptoms of the injured who had just arrived at the camp.

They did not seem to be heavily injured by magic. They were covered in purple pustules and lumps, like they had accidentally gone into a cave of wasps.

Even the color of their blood was abnormal. Their blood was like bottles of watercolors that had been knocked over.

"Sir, you can't bring them in here," Mu Bai said sternly to the medic.

"What are you talking about?" The medic lost his temper. He yelled at Mu Bai, "They were risking their lives fighting the enemy on the front line. Did you think they will only fulfill their responsibilities by dying in the battle? They are injured, they have to be treated!" 

"That's not what I meant. You should check their bodies thoroughly and make sure..." Mu Bai began.

"Are you disgusted by the wounds they have sustained for the sake of the Federation?! Seeing how clean and well you are, you probably didn't even fight in the battle. What right do you have to point your fingers around here? Step aside!" The medic shoved Mu Bai away roughly.

Only someone like Mu Bai could stand the medic's tantrum. If it was Mo Fan, he would have slapped the man in the face.

"Look at your hand, and look at my skin," Mu Bai told the medic patiently.

The medic had pushed Mu Bai in the chest, his filthy hands leaving smears there. Mu Bai happened to be half-naked. His skin quickly rose in an angry rash, like an allergic reaction.

The startled medic quickly looked at his hands.

His hands had swollen like pig trotters without him realizing it. They were frightening to look at!

"This..." The medic finally realized how serious the situation was. He looked at Mu Bai in shock.

"As a medic, shouldn't you know how easy it is for the Shamans to spread their poison? You brought these injured who are poisoned here straight away! You are going to kill everyone in the camp!" Mu Bai berated him.

The medic was stunned. He looked around and saw everyone staring at him.

The medic never thought it would come down to this. He looked at his swollen hands and his assistants. They were also poisoned, even though they were wearing gloves!

"What...what should we do now?" The medic was completely lost.

The injured had to be treated soon. They could not just abandon them outside the camp!

It was raining and cold outside the camp. The injured would soon die if they left them in the rain!

"Assign an area for those who are poisoned. Sterilize them and their belongings at once!" Mu Bai ordered him. 

The medic knew he had committed a huge mistake, and did not dare to waste any time. He quickly asked the soldiers to set up a quarantine zone.

"What happened to the main army?" Mu Bai asked.

"The Crusaders have taken over a huge area of the enemy's territory and driven them back, but a large group of Summoned Beasts suddenly attacked our camps. Everyone who touched their venom and feelers ended up like this," the medic reported. 

"Summoned Beasts?"

"No, they weren't Summoned Beasts!" one of the injured lying on a stretcher broke in. 

The man's condition was not too bad, even though he was fully covered in rashes, like thousands of ants were crawling on his skin. It was a painful sight.

"What were they?" Mu Bai asked him quickly.

"Insect Shamans, the kind that can control venomous insects. We saw a Brown Rebel tearing his skin apart, revealing something like an insect's carapace under it with our own eyes!" the man said. 

"Yes, I saw it too. It was terrifying. It was like a living person was fully covered in insects and turned into a monster!" another man reported. 

Mu Bai immediately turned to Zhao Manyan.

"Seriously? It sounds like those Venomous Insect Shamans we bumped into at the Aorus Sacred Institute's mounds on the Andes Mountains," Zhao Manyan confirmed.

"It must be them," Mu Bai nodded in agreement.

The Venomous Insect Shamans were obeying the Black Vatican's orders. It was not surprising to find them among the Brown Rebels!

The main force of the Federation Army must have lost because of those Venomous Insect Shamans.

It explained why there were so many injured being brought back to the camps, and why the general was asking the injured to go back to the front line.

The Venomous Insect Shamans had turned the tide of the battle!

"How are those who are poisoned doing?" Mo Fan asked.

"Not great, and..." Mu Bai shook his head. He looked at the poisoned soldiers who were being moved to the quarantine zone and said softly, "Those Venomous Insect Shamans are extremely vicious."

Mu Bai asked Mo Fan to follow him to the back.

Mo Fan realized there was something they could not discuss in front of other soldiers when he saw Mu Bai's hard eyes.

"The soldiers who are poisoned won't live for more than four hours, even if it's just a little scratch.

"The worst thing is, the Venomous Insect Shamans are planning to wipe out the Federation Army. They purposely spared these soldiers' lives so they would spread the poison in the camps!"

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