Lords go left, Emperors go right

At first, Lenis was a little reluctant. She had never handled such a big business, and it was a product area that she was not good at. Therefore, Lenis generously suggested that Osta go to the competitor of her chamber of commerce, the Gran Martel Chamber of Commerce, to negotiate. However, Osta did not hesitate and insisted on cooperating with Lenis. Such an open-minded beautiful girl, every meeting is a benefit, and as a gentleman, Osta did not want to miss it easily.

Osta's goal was just to clear the inventory. The land in his territory, Bloomfield, was extremely fertile, and the cost of producing crops was very low. Even if he dumped them to other continents at low prices, Osta would not lose anything. Therefore, Osta offered Lanis a preferential condition that it didn't matter if he made a loss. This made Lanis no longer find a reason to refuse. She didn't have to be responsible for the loss, and she could get a share of the profit. This was the first time she had seen such a supplier.

"Sir, since you have said so much, I am not talented enough, so please give me more advice in the future. I will do my best."

"No problem, Miss Lanis. The source of the goods is here. You just need to send someone to pick up the goods on time. I'll trouble you to take full responsibility for the sales."

"Middle Continent? There will be a large amount of crops there! Sir, are you really a member of the wealthy merchant family? Why do I feel that you behave differently from most merchants?"

"Isn't this question important? The main thing is to make a deal, and the identity issue won't affect anything."

Osta chose to continue to conceal it, because he was afraid that after Lanis knew that he was a prince of the empire, she would feel resentful and refuse this business cooperation. Lanis had a reason to suspect that Osta was not a serious businessman. She had met so many businessmen, but no one could say that all the losses would be borne by him. Lanis became interested in Osta's identity. If he didn't say anything, she would not delve into it for the time being, and would find an opportunity to explore it later.

"Sir, then we just need to sign the contract. At the agreed time, I will arrange for Mary to bring people to pick up the goods. She is my best friend and housekeeper, and she is trustworthy."

"It's a pleasure to work with you, Miss Lanis. I promise you won't regret this choice in the future."

With the signing of the cooperation business documents, Osta finally felt relieved. After finding a distributor, he would not have to worry about the problem of oversupply of agricultural products in his territory in the future. After the contract was signed, Osta said goodbye to Chris and several other exclusive maids and left the "Golden Sun" super steam airship.

After the negotiation of the business cooperation was completed, there was no reason to stay any longer. Osta left very quickly, and as soon as Lenise turned around, she could no longer see them. This made Lenise feel a little unsatisfied. She had just wanted to ask Osta to see if he could ask the three beautiful women around him to stay and be models for her for a while, and she would pay them very well.

Lanis was very picky about models, thinking that if they were not good-looking or had a bad figure, her work would be dull. Unexpectedly, Osta left so quickly that she didn't have a chance to ask for the commission. It seemed that this idea could only be put on hold for the time being, and she would bring it up again when she met him in the future.

"This gentleman left too quickly. Never mind. I'll leave it to him next time. We should see each other more often in the future anyway."

"Miss, would you like me to arrange for someone to investigate their origins?"

"No need. He even took the loss on himself. If we do anything else, it will seem insincere. By the way, Mary, you came just in time. I'll ask you to try on these new pieces."

"No way! Miss, you're still here. Didn't you just...wait, I...I'll do it myself."

There was a strange light of excitement in Lenis's pink eyes. Under her gaze, the beautiful housekeeper Mary was helpless. She had known about her best friend's hobbies since she was a child. Mary skillfully took off the black housekeeper suit and the underwear inside, and changed into Lenis's latest product, a set of sexy diamond underwear, and stood on a round booth to test the actual wearing effect for Lenis.

Osta left a little too early, otherwise he might have found a new business opportunity that was more in line with his gentlemanly hobbies. After all, the gentleman prince seemed to have no shortage of models, most of whom were the type that were easy to fool.

Chapter 81 Deadly Threat from the Border

After agreeing on a specific transaction time with Miss Lanis, Osta left the Euphnic Chamber of Commerce's super steam airship "Golden Sun". With the support of the flying magic circle of the holy elf Tifana, he successfully returned to his territory, the Bloomfield area.

As for the super airship, Aosta can also make it, and it can be exchanged in the system store with points. However, Aosta felt that it was a bit wasteful and might not be cost-effective, so he temporarily gave up the idea and plan of making airships. With the resources to make super airships, it is obviously more profitable to use them for other projects.

After Osta returned to the lord's mansion, before he even sat down, he saw the black witch Loritana and the white witch Gonias walking in with nervous expressions. They were wearing black and white maid suits corresponding to their titles, respectively. They were wearing the same Gothic-style maid suits as Chris and the others.

The expressions on the faces of these two beautiful girls were very anxious, and Osta could see the beads of sweat on their pretty faces. It seemed that they were in a hurry when they came here, and they needed to report any emergency to Osta as soon as possible.

"What's wrong, Gonias, Loritana, do you have anything important to report?"

"My Lord, you are finally back. I must report this matter to you in person."

"Your Excellency, time is running out. Please make a decision as soon as possible."

"You guys sit down first. There's no need to be so anxious. Take your time. I have time."

After adjusting their mentality, Gonias and Loritana reported a very urgent situation to Osta. A large-scale plague broke out in the Fitzgerald area near the Bloomfield Territory not long ago. It seemed to be some kind of acute infectious disease. Many people have been killed, and the scope of infection is gradually expanding, with a tendency to spread to surrounding areas.

The Fitzgerald area is not under the control of the Obelisk Empire. The lord there is Earl Rayland from the Grusmore Empire in the western continent. The relationship between the Grusmore Empire and the Obelisk Empire is average, wandering between friends and allies, and there is not much intersection at ordinary times.

However, it was difficult for Osta to sit back and watch the plague in the neighbor's house. The distance between the two territories was too close, and the possibility of the plague spreading was very high. The biggest problem was that Osta had not truly unified the Bloomfield area, and had limited control over the border of its own territory. It had not yet controlled all the borders. Faced with this special situation, it was almost impossible to set up isolation belts on the relevant borders in the first place.

Aosta's two brothers, the fifth prince Osla and the sixth prince Osdu, also noticed something unusual. They took measures much faster than Aosta, directly blocking the border. Osdu even ordered the entire Mager Wharf to be closed, temporarily not allowing ships to enter or leave the port, waiting for the storm to pass. It is unknown how long this plague will last.

"Let's seal off the border here as well. If we can't save others, we should save ourselves first."

"My Lord, this is the problem. That section of the border is not under your control. The local primitive tribe has no intention of closing the border."

"This is really a big problem and must be dealt with as soon as possible."

The white witch Gonias looked embarrassed, and explained the reason to Osta with a subtle expression on her face. It turned out that the primitive tribes living in the area bordering the Fitzgerald area were the dark elf tribe and the succubus tribe belonging to the Nolanthians.

The matriarchs of the two tribes had no respect for Gonias, the nominal supreme leader. They would never carry out Gonias' orders, and would not even accept her opinions.

This is troublesome. If the two tribes do not cooperate with the border blockade plan, it will hurt both themselves and others. The plague may flow in from the border and penetrate deep into the Bloomfield territory. By then, let alone a decisive battle with the Sarahanim, Osta's army may lose most of its troops due to the raging plague before the war begins. There is no need to fight at all, and it will be defeated without a fight.

"Goneias, you are the leader, but they don't even care about your suggestions?"

"My Lord, I am so sorry, I am only the leader in name only. Some female clan leaders never look at my face, there is nothing I can do about it!"

"Okay, Gonias, I don't mean to blame you. Looks like I have to go there myself."

Osta did not investigate further and decided to personally persuade the two primitive tribes to accept his suggestion. The Succubus Tribe and the Dark Elf Tribe were relatively strong. Osta had already made a recruitment plan, and this time he took this opportunity to win over the two primitive tribes of the Nolanthians to join his alliance.

Chris took out the map she had drawn and placed it in the middle of the table for Osta to look at. Yulia went to the bookshelf to get the relevant information books, and Sophia went to make tea. The three exclusive battle maids had clear division of labor and cooperated well.

This made Gonias and Loritana feel inferior. Although they also wore Gothic maid outfits, they were far less professional than Chris and the other three head maids in many things.

Osta looked at the map and fell into deep thought. Judging from the geographical environment marked on the map, the border area between Bloomfield and Fitzgerald is flat, and it is quite difficult to block the border. Unlike Osla and Osdu.

The two royal brothers of Aosta had territories bordering the Fitzgerald region in a small mountain range. This type of terrain was relatively easy to blockade and was much easier than a plain.

The current situation is quite unfriendly to Osta. Even if they successfully persuade the Dark Elf Tribe and the Succubus Tribe to relocate, it will be difficult to block the border, as the plain terrain makes it difficult to prevent the spread of the plague.

If we don't find a way to help the neighboring Fitzgerald area solve the plague, sooner or later we will become the second victim. The relocation measure is just a delaying tactic, and there is no way to solve this thorny problem from the root.

"Loritana, how did the plague next door spread? Do you have any clues?"

"Your Excellency, I have only heard some fragmentary rumors so far. It is said that the source of the plague is a village called Kam, and the primitive tribe living in Kam is the Kalimster people."

"My Lord, I have heard about it too. It seems that the Lord of Fitzgerald Territory, Earl Rayland, arranged for his trusted men to go to Cam Village to collect taxes not long ago. I don't know how the plague broke out. Earl Rayland may know the details of what happened, as he is the person involved."

The source of the plague in the Fitzgerald region is in a village called Kalm. The Kalimster people living there are the natives of the Central Continent and are also from primitive tribes. The lord of the territory, Earl Rayland, sent his trusted men to Kalm Village to collect taxes not long ago, and the plague broke out. This person's character is too bad, and Osta dare not praise him.

Osta quickly made a strategic deployment, only taking Chris and the other three exclusive accompanying combat maids with him, and no one else. At this stage, the confrontation with the Sarahanim tribe is still in a white-hot stage, and Osta can't transfer all the high-powered men away.

"Sword Soul" Tiffany and "True Valkyrie" Savannah, who are second only to Chris and her high-level fighters, must stay in Osta's control area. Always be on guard against sneak attacks from "Snake Witch" Samadiya, fearing that the other party will take the opportunity to do something secretly.

Almost at the same time, in the imperial palace area in the center of Onesret, the capital of the Obelisk Empire in the Western Continent, when Osta decided to act, an urgent court meeting was being held in the Empire. Emperor Augustus VIII personally presided over this important meeting, and Queen Margaret III also attended, which was rare.

However, the Queen and the Emperor each sat on a throne with a long gap between them. In addition, because Queen Margaret III also wore an exquisite crown on her head, it looked more like a dual kingship, and the two had an imperial aura.

Margaret III held the teacup in both hands, sipping tea carefully, and did not speak. There was nothing she could do about it. Margaret III had a strong aura of a queen, and if she spoke carelessly, she might steal the spotlight from her husband and embarrass Emperor Augustus VIII. Therefore, the queen chose to deliberately do nothing, sipping tea while quietly listening to the discussions of the civil and military ministers in the hall.

"Your Majesty, the envoy of the Grusmore Empire has come here to explain. The current epidemic crisis may endanger the safety of the princes at any time. In my opinion, you can first issue an order to let the princes return and leave the territory alone."

"Your Majesty, I also think that Wolfe's suggestion is very good. We can let the princes return first, and then when the plague is over, let them return and re-plan the territory, or arrange a new place."

In the palace hall, the Imperial Chancellor Wolf and a large number of ministers unanimously suggested that the emperor issue an order to transfer the princes in that area back to the Western Continent for resettlement, and to discuss the territory after the situation stabilizes and the epidemic is over. In fact, if the princes come back, they may not get their original territory next time.

It is hard to say whether the ministers really care about the safety of the princes. However, this strategy indirectly weakens and recovers the territories of the princes. The princes may not buy it and just hand over the territory and sphere of influence to the empire. Most of the princes are not fools and will not do such a thing as giving dowry to others.

Emperor Augustus VIII did not express his opinion on the spot, but looked at Queen Margaret III on the other side. If this measure is implemented and the imperial edict is issued, the third prince Aosta will suffer the most.

Blomfield's territory was the largest, and if it was taken back in disguise, Osta's efforts for more than a month would be in vain. Osta was the only son of Queen Margaret III, and the queen could not sit idly by.

"Your Majesty, we need to reconsider this matter. Wouldn't it be a joke to other countries if we call the prince back because of the plague? If we can solve the plague, we can also make the Grusmore Empire owe us a favor."

After seeing that Queen Margaret III had clearly stated that she did not support the proposal, the noble ministers of the Queen's faction in the court, as if they had received a clear message, immediately opposed it in unison. Seeing that the hall was about to quarrel, Emperor Augustus VIII had to give in and announced that he would withdraw from the court and discuss the matter another day. In fact, it was shelved indefinitely. This was a way to have the best of both worlds. At least on the surface, it would not let outsiders see that the emperor changed his mind because he was afraid of the queen.

"Your Majesty still likes to adopt the cleverness of those old guys. This won't work. Although Sophia is from the Church of Light, she can handle the plague. But, just in case, we should..."

"Your Highness Margaret, what do you want?"

"Please ask the Sixth Princess to come over. I have something to ask her."

On the way back to her bedroom from the palace, Queen Margaret III complained and was a little worried about the safety of her son Aosta. Although Sophia was there, she planned to ask Odelis, the sixth princess of the Obelisk Empire, to go to Aosta to have an extra guarantee, saying that she was going to visit her brother.

This "Jade Princess" has a profession as a pharmacist, and she can effectively prepare therapeutic potions for the epidemic. Queen Margaret III does not care whether she can save other people or not, and only asks the Sixth Princess to ensure the safety of the Third Prince Aosta.

Chapter 82: Unusual Special Epidemic Area

On the border between Bloomfield Territory and Fitzgerald Territory, the Naroth Plain borders the two regions. Osta took his three exclusive accompanying combat maids, Chris, Sophia and Yulia, and came to this mysterious plain in the lord's special carriage.

Before heading to the Naroth Plain, Osta specifically asked the Black Witch Loritana and the White Witch Gonias for information about the Naroth Plain and made necessary preparations in advance. There were not many participants in this operation, only Osta and his three exclusive accompanying combat maids, without more entourage and subordinates.

When providing Osta with details about the Naroth Plain, the expressions on Loritana and Gonias' faces were serious and rigorous. That place is not simple. It is said that in the prehistoric civilization period, the Naroth Plain was an ominous place where the living were careful to enter, and it was a dark area shrouded by curses all year round.

After the demise of the prehistoric civilization, the curse still existed. The succubus and dark elf tribes living there were used to the darkness and were not affected by the curse, so they did not want to move away from the area. If it were other primitive tribes, they would not stay long and would choose to retreat because they could not adapt.

"Lord Osta, please do not stray away from the carriage. The curse energy here is very strong. If you are not careful, you will suffer irreparable damage."

"Got it, Sophia. Thank you for your help then."

Sophia, the maidservant beside Osta, had been using the power of divine blessing to protect the entire lord's carriage. Under the protection of the blessing energy protection barrier, the carriage was able to move forward safely under the curse. If there was no blessing power to protect it, the horses responsible for pulling the carriage would have been killed by the curse energy long ago and would not have survived until this moment.

While talking to the maids in the carriage, Osta looked out the window and observed the environment outside. The Naroth Plain gave people a very depressing feeling. The whole sky was covered with dark clouds and it was gloomy, as if the sun had never been here.

Although the vegetation on the Naroth Plain is lush, the wind blowing in your face is always very cold. It is said that at night, the sound of the wind here is mixed with faint wailing and crying, as if it is the sound of the dead from hell.

The Naroku Plain was always shrouded in a depressing atmosphere, with a gloomy sky, as if it would rain at any time. The sky and the earth were all gray, the progress was very low, and strange fog would rise from time to time on the road.

To be honest, it takes courage to live in such a place. Osta felt that this place could be haunted at any time, and it would be a dangerous place on Earth. Of course, Sophia, a maid from the Church of Light, kept blessing the carriage, so Osta didn't have to worry about being haunted.

The two female leaders of the Succubus and Dark Elf tribes living in the Naroth Plains, one is a Succubus and the other is a Dark Elf, have long been accustomed to this dark area, so they don't care about the terrifying atmosphere here. As for the source of the dark atmosphere on the Naroth Plains, it is said to come from the Zacharias Canyon area in the northernmost part of the plains. The Zacharias Canyon is a large rift valley with a bottomless depth.

One of the original tribes of the Lonosbier people, the Styx Ferrymen, lived in the Zacharias Canyon. It was said that they were there to guard the legendary Styx. Deep in the Zacharias Canyon, there was a river connected to the underworld. The authenticity of this legend cannot be verified for the time being. The nominal leader of the Lonosbier people, the black witch Loritana, has never been to the Zacharias Canyon to explore it.

Loritana personally confirmed one thing to Osta, that the matriarch of the Styx Ferryman tribe had the same ability as the god of death. It was just that her attributes tended to be three-no and she was not good at chatting with people, so the few brief contacts between the two sides did not lead to in-depth communication.

In terms of combat power, this beautiful girl of death is definitely one of the top female leaders of the primitive tribes in the Bloomfield area. Among the female leaders of Osta, only the "True Valkyrie" Savannah can fight her, and the others are no match for her.

Osta was mainly here to inspect the plague situation in the neighboring Fitzgerald territory to see if it would spread quickly over here in a short period of time and affect his own territory, Bloomfield. He needed to make some necessary preparations in advance. After arriving at the Naroth Plain, Osta felt that this plain, which could be called a dark zone, might not be afraid of the spread of plague at all.

Although the Naroth Plains were not afraid of the spread of the plague, these primitive tribes were not worried about being affected by the spread of the plague in the neighboring Fitzgerald area. However, as a lord, Osta could not ignore this matter.

Even if the Naroth Plain is fine, if the plague passes through the Naroth Plain and penetrates deep into the Bloomfield area, then the territory of Osta will still be in trouble. Other areas in the territory are not like the Naroth Plain, which can calmly deal with the plague and have special environmental advantages.

Osta changed his mind temporarily and did not visit the dark elf tribe, succubus tribe and the Styx extraditers tribe that were said to guard the Zacharias Canyon in the north. Instead, he chose to go to the neighboring Fitzgerald area for field investigation.

Because of the spread of the plague, the border here has long been non-existent. The garrison had slipped away in advance, and it was a lawless place with complete freedom of entry and exit and no one to supervise it. Osta was on the border, and he didn't see a single garrison soldier, and he didn't see anyone else the whole time.

When Osta's carriage passed through the border, he could see many abandoned watchtowers. The guards of these outposts had already fled, and only a few flags of the Grusmore Empire were seen fluttering in the wind. Judging from the degree of desolation at the scene, the border had been abandoned for some time.

Since the outbreak of the plague, the neighboring lord, Earl Rayland, seemed to have abandoned most of the newly built towns and villages. He gathered his troops and residents and retreated to the capital of the territory, Gerald City. Earl Rayland himself also stayed in his lord's mansion, waiting for the rescue troops from the Grusmore Empire.

Aosta was a little confused. It was just an outbreak of plague. The deployment made by the neighboring lord, Earl Rayland, seemed like a defensive strategy when facing a powerful enemy and could not fight head-on, so he could only concentrate his forces on the city lord's mansion.

Because he had never been to Cam Village, where the plague broke out, to conduct an on-site inspection, Osta could not tell what the epidemic was. He could only follow the instructions on the map and go to Gerard City first, try to meet with the lord, Count Rayland, and make a decision after understanding the situation in person.

"Hey, why is there someone ahead? Lord Osta, there seems to be someone ahead..."

"Wait, Chris, don't stop the car, those are not living people!"

The temporary coachman was Chris, a beautiful girl with silver hair and silver eyes. She had excellent eyesight and saw at a glance that there were many black figures in the smoke in front of the carriage. The carriage was now passing through a town called Remande, which was the second largest town in the Fitzgerald region. Its urban development scale was second only to the territory capital, Gerald City.

The state of Remande Town was very strange. This was once the second most prosperous and bustling town in the Fitzgerald area. There were almost no people on the streets, and the air was filled with a faint smell of blood. This aroused Osta's vigilance. Those black figures blocked the road in front of the carriage. Chris, who was in charge of driving the carriage, wanted to get closer to observe. Yulia, who was on guard beside her, noticed something unusual and stopped Chris in time.

Yuliya's black eyes flashed with thought. This beautiful girl with black hair and black eyes used to carry out assassination missions frequently. Due to professional habits, she could tell whether the target was alive or not just by looking at the walking posture. Yuliya casually pulled out a dart and threw it from a distance, hitting the heads of the black shadows. As expected, the black shadows that were shot in the head just stopped for a while, and then continued to move.

The result is self-evident. Osta was sure that those shadows were not living people. At most, they were corpses that could move freely within a certain range. Normal people would have fallen down long ago after being shot in the head, unless they were dead. After Chris understood the situation, she adjusted the direction of the carriage and tried to avoid those shadows.

As the carriage passed by them, Osta barely saw the true face of the mysterious black shadows, which were the corpses of some moving dead people. There was no aura of dark magic on the corpses, and it was basically certain that they were not undead summoned by necromancy.

If it was caused by necromancy, Sophia would have sensed it in advance. These moving corpses were more like the walking dead after being infected, that is, the biochemical zombies that appeared in many TV shows and movies on Earth.

The zombies were wearing the clothes of the town residents, and there was a lot of dirt on their bodies. It was estimated that they were residents who died after being infected by the plague. After being buried, they suddenly mutated and crawled out of the coffin again, with the dirt on their bodies when they broke out of the ground.

The zombies move very slowly, much slower than normal people. They are not as fast as those in movies and TV shows on Earth. This is a different world, so the environment may be different. The same zombies have different combat capabilities in different worlds. The specific attributes are different, so we can't generalize.

The zombies were very slow, so they could not pose a threat to Osta. They just had to take a detour. Although the zombies smelled the carriage passing by, they could not catch up with the speed and had no way to chase it. They could only let Osta's carriage pass. Osta looked at the zombies going away and breathed a sigh of relief. He was a little worried that the abilities of these zombies would be as terrifying as those on Earth, but now it seems that he was worrying too much.

There are no survivors in the town of Remande, which is completely occupied by zombies. The only zombies moving around here are zombies. The survivors have probably escaped from the town and moved to other places. On the main road of the town, you can see a lot of broken carriages, which were left by the townspeople when they fled. There are also many traces of carriage wheels on the ground. It is estimated that there are quite a lot of survivors who evacuated the city urgently. It is a blessing in disguise that they can avoid a mass annihilation accident.

"Lord Osta, it's safe for now. I'm really sorry, but those are not the dead. I can't purify them. I can only destroy them completely."

"Sophia, you don't have to blame yourself for this. Chris, please make the carriage faster and get to Gerard City as soon as possible. I'm afraid that Earl Rayland won't be able to hold on for too long."

"Understood, Lord Osta. I will try my best to make the warhorse speed up."

"Lord Osta, you don't have to worry too much. According to the speed at which these guys move, it will take quite a while for them to move from one place to another and head to a new town. They haven't spread to a large area yet."

After Osta gave the order, he began to think quickly about the response strategy. He originally thought it was just a simple plague outbreak, but now it seems that it might be a different version of the biochemical crisis. The envoy sent by the Grusmore Empire obviously concealed something when reporting the epidemic to the Obelisk Empire, and did not disclose the occurrence of corpse transformation, so that the top leaders of the Obelisk Empire did not realize the seriousness of the problem.

Many human nations in this plane of alien world have no knowledge of biochemical crisis. When encountering such an emergency, they are likely to treat it as a natural disaster of the undead. If they deal with it in the traditional way of dealing with the natural disaster of the undead, the effect is almost zero. The situation in the Fitzgerald area is already quite serious. The situation is grim. The situation in the town is so serious, and the situation in the village is unimaginable. The situation is not optimistic.

Chapter 83: The Last Shelter Shrouded in Doubt

Gerald City, the capital of Fitzgerald Territory, is located in the central ruling area of ​​the territory. Due to the raging plague, it has become the only temporary safe haven in the region. Most areas of Fitzgerald Territory are shrouded in plague, and even the second largest town, Remand City, has not been spared. Osta's carriage came all the way from Remand Town, and saw many slow-moving zombies along the way, but no living people.

The city of Gerald, which serves as a shelter, was built by Lord Rayland himself and has been run by the Lord for a long time. The town is located in the coastal area, and the nearby Jester Port is one of the important docks controlled by the Grusmore Empire in the Central Continent. When arriving at the outskirts of Gerald Town, Osta felt that this place would not last long, and the air was always filled with tension and uneasiness.

Outside the walls of the small town of Geral, on the inland side, in addition to the walls, five or six wooden fences similar to quarantine areas were temporarily added. The height of the wooden fences was more than two meters, and at the entrance of each wooden fence, there were fully armed soldiers standing guard, strictly checking the residents entering the city for refuge.

From a distance, Osta could see the refugees who wanted to seek refuge in the city. The crowd formed a long line. They were all residents of various towns and villages in Fitzgerald's territory. Because of the plague, their homes were destroyed, and the zombie outbreak, they had no choice but to flee to the capital of the territory for refuge.