Chapter 102: Oasis
"Am I... saved?" Daphne rubbed her face. She looked at the priest, but the latter didn't seem happy.
"William, we can still find other monsters." At this time, Sadie also walked up to comfort him.
Daphne's mouth twitched upon hearing this; she suddenly felt a little sympathy for the monsters here.
"Sadie is right; let's save those two demon hunters first." Raph pointed to the ground.
Daphne realized that her companions were still lying on the ground. She hurriedly ran to her sister Amy.
Although the latter was still breathing, the surface of her body had begun to decay.
This was a symptom of mutation by poison fog, which was irreversible.
Seeing this, Daphne's eyes became moist instantly.
She didn't dare to touch her sister, otherwise, she would also be infected.
And the other Calvin clansman was no better off.
Jarn Calvin had been stung by poisonous bees many times. Although his injuries were not as severe as Amy's, mutation was only a matter of time.
Daphne tried her best to suppress her painful emotions.
She didn't expect such heavy losses in one outing.
How could she explain to herself and Jarn's parents...
"Here, drink this."
At this time, a voice suddenly sounded in front of her.
Daphne raised her head and saw it was that priest, throwing a glass bottle at her feet.
"What is... this?"
"Holy water."
William responded casually.
"I'll go save those two people first, and come see you later."
He said and walked towards Amy.
Daphne was stunned on the spot. Did she just hear the priest say... save people?
Does the other party have a way to save Amy and Jarn?
Hope faintly ignited in Daphne's heart, but she was afraid it was just her misunderstanding.
She looked at the glass bottle in her hand, hesitated for a moment, and pulled out the wooden stopper.
Daphne decided to trust the other party once more.
On the other side.
William opened the Exorcism Bible and bit off the holy water bottle stopper with his teeth.
"Sigh."
After being stunned for a moment, he let out a long sigh.
The escape of the monsters just now indeed made William feel a bit of heartache, but there were more important things right now.
"Um... Lord's... cough cough."
William adjusted his state slightly and spoke again.
"May the power of the Lord bless my body, so that the evil in the world has nowhere to hide..."
Accompanied by his voice, pure white Holy Light emerged around the two demon hunters on the ground.
At the same time, a large amount of black blood and pus flowed out of their body surfaces.
Seeing this, William splashed holy water on the two.
An extremely evil aura emerged from their bodies.
But suppressed by the holy artifacts and the Exorcism Bible, those auras soon disappeared completely.
"Retch..."
The two suddenly opened their eyes at the same time.
Leeches, black snakes, sarcoma...
These filths were spat out from their mouths.
And the two finally regained consciousness.
"Amy! Jarn!"
Daphne couldn't believe her eyes and rushed up excitedly to hug the two.
This priest actually had a way!
She wanted to step forward to thank William, but met another kick.
"Madam, the ritual is not completely over yet."
William cleaned his shoes with a serious face.
"Okay... okay!"
Daphne took a deep breath and constantly warned herself in her heart—the other party is her savior!
After this, William performed a complete purification for the three.
More than ten minutes later, these three demon hunters finally regained their freedom.
"These are the clues we collected, as well as some materials."
Daphne was very sensible and took the initiative to bring up this topic immediately.
Sadie accepted the "Stone of Revelation"; this was indeed the purpose of their trip.
But she showed hesitation about those materials.
"I appreciate your kindness, but this was promised earlier, and you also saved us."
Seeing Sadie's expression, Daphne thought the other party was embarrassed to take them.
But the former just simply thought holding them took up space.
In the past, Sadie would definitely not refuse.
But this time with William, the Allard family obtained many rare materials.
Therefore, she looked down on these things in front of her.
However, Sadie didn't waste this opportunity.
"Keep them; entering the Plague Zone is also contributing your strength to the seal reinforcement." She smiled slightly.
Daphne was stunned upon hearing this, and a strange feeling welled up in her heart.
"Allard family, I remember this favor." She nodded and put the materials back.
Then Daphne looked at the group again: "Did you find an oasis?"
Sadie shook her head: "Is there anything abnormal?"
"I know that after the competition for 'Traits' begins, the location of the oasis will change."
Daphne looked worried and took out a map.
"But this time many recorded locations have disappeared."
After entering the Plague Zone, Daphne and her group went to look for the "Oasis" locations collected from various sources first.
But without exception, all those places were covered with thick poison fog.
Even individual recording points had swarms of monsters.
This was obviously abnormal!
At the same time, this also caused the Calvin demon hunter squad's Swamp Leaves to be consumed rapidly.
Therefore, Daphne decided to get the "Trait" clue first, and then go to the oasis recorded by her family.
The latter was in a hidden location and had not changed for decades.
It was one of the few "resources" of the Calvin family.
"That oasis is not far from here, plus the poison fog here is getting thicker."
Daphne made a suggestion to repay Sadie's favor just now.
"You can come with me to avoid wasting too much time looking for an oasis."
Sadie was stunned upon hearing this; she didn't expect abnormalities to appear in the oases too.
This was indeed a problem.
At this time, the Allard clansmen and the materials they collected were all located in a certain oasis.
If the latter had problems, the Allard family would suffer heavy losses.
Therefore, Sadie looked at her two companions.
William and Raph naturally had no objections.
So the group left in a certain direction.
One hour later.
"How is this possible!"
Daphne looked at a lake in front of her in shock.
This was exactly the oasis recorded by the Calvin family.
But now it was covered with poison fog, and even the lake water was polluted by monster corpses.
This was consistent with the situation she encountered earlier.
At this time, Daphne was really panicked.
The Swamp Leaves on them only had a small part left. If they couldn't find an oasis in time, death was just a matter of time.
William narrowed his eyes.
From his perspective, this place was indeed a "clean place" not long ago; the female demon hunter did not lie.
"Ms. Daphne, we have to hurry."
Sadie was also vaguely worried; she also took out the map of the Allard family.
"Let's check the locations marked on our map."
The oasis garrisoned by the Allard clansmen was relatively far away, so Sadie decided to go to a few closer locations first.
Daphne could only nod; she had no other choice now.
The group set off again.
For the next two hours.
They went to several recording points one after another, but encountered the same problem.
The locations of the oases had all changed!
This also meant that except for the Allard family, other demon hunter squads had no way out.
Along the way just now, William had done tests.
The poison fog in the oasis was indeed thicker than in other places, but the holy artifacts could still resist, only the consumption speed of Holy Power became faster.
Taking a twenty-year holy artifact as an example.
It shortened from the original more than one thousand days to more than nine hundred days.
Therefore, William was not anxious.
At the same time, he also asked Sadie about the method of finding an oasis.
The latter said—mixed in the poison fog were some natural auras; following those traces could lead to an oasis.
But these auras were very weak, and only the tribe's "Sacred Bell" could detect them.
The latter was a sacrificial item made of deer hooves, turtle shells, and other materials.
When natural aura existed, it would be attracted by the bell.
Even so, finding an oasis depended on luck.
Many times, demon hunters couldn't encounter natural aura even after spending dozens of days.
William nodded upon hearing this. He activated [Holy Pupil] again, staring at the faint green aura floating in the air.
"So this is the aura of nature." He said to himself.
William had always thought these were thicker poison fog.
At this time, these auras were looming, connecting to the deeper part of the Plague Zone.
Just as he was about to speak, several voices came from the bushes nearby.
"Hey, damn it! Are there no other recording points!"
"Finally got a clue, are we going to die here?"
"Your family is too unenterprising! Actually still using the oasis point from twenty years ago!"
"Shut up, you guy! Aren't you staring blankly here too!"
"Watch your language, or I'll kick your ass hard!"
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