Work Prophet
Chapter 465 - 83 Saint Anthony’s Fire

Chapter 465: Chapter 83 Saint Anthony’s Fire

"I have no objections," Ying Man said, eager to try.

Upon hearing this, Che Haishen hesitated a little, "For a song to become popular, the lyrics usually need to be simple and understandable so that they’re easier to remember and therefore more likely to be passed on."

"But we’re not doing a pop song in the usual sense," Ying Man responded.

"The medieval theme itself is quite distant from everyone’s life; it’s hard to resonate, so it might be better to liven things up a bit. Maybe that would increase the play count."

After thinking it over, Che Haishen was convinced and said, "Then let’s use..."

"Bratis language," Li Yu said.

"Let’s record it again in Bratis language."

After finalizing the lyrics, Li Yu had Zhang Yanlin discuss a collaboration with Ying Man.

Ying Man had a certain fan base, which could help bring traffic to the new account. Li Yu, of course, wouldn’t simply exploit the other side’s traffic without offering some compensation.

Moreover, after listening to Ying Man’s version of "Oh, Please Accept This Rose of Love," Li Yu understood why Che Haishen had said that his classmate’s voice was quite special.

Though it might sound strange at first, it was quite appealing once one got used to it, and Ying Man’s accumulation of over a hundred thousand fans indicated there was a market for this style.

Li Yu didn’t expect his song and subsequent videos to become massively popular; he was content if they could bring in tens of thousands more each month.

That would make the budget more generous, whether it was from Bratis or from the project team’s side.

After dealing with the song production, Li Yu glanced at his watch; it was 9:35 AM.

He got up from his seat, stretched his body a bit, went to the pantry to grab a cup of tea, and greeted Zhang Hai, who was there for some chips.

Having finished his tea, Li Yu packed up his fully stuffed Traveler III backpack and walked into the room at the end of the corridor.

In the blink of an eye, he appeared inside a tent.

Li Yu asked Ireya nearby, "How is Sir Treger doing?"

Miss Rabbit yawned, "Ever since you performed a ritual for him six days ago, his previously unhealable wound has started to heal slowly, and he’s not losing teeth anymore. But he still gets severe chest pains, which can be quite frightening when they occur."

Li Yu nodded and from his backpack, he took out a bottle of nitroglycerin tablets and handed it to Ruby nearby.

"Take this to Sir Treger, and tell him that when the curse acts up, he should dissolve a tablet under his tongue. The Divine Power in it will protect his heart."

Ruby walked out with the nitroglycerin tablets while Li Yu’s voice followed from behind her, "And don’t forget to show him how to open the bottle."

Once Ruby had left, Li Yu turned to the Lady, "Nothing has happened during my absence, right?"

"Mmm, other than the increasing number of people following us, everything else seems normal," she replied.

"How many people are there now?"

"Since people are constantly joining and leaving, it’s hard to keep an exact count, but judging from the consumption of bread, it should be nearly three thousand by now."

"It’s good that Sir Treger and Sir Rogers have joined us; otherwise, just maintaining order with our own people would have been very difficult."

Sir Treger and Sir Rogers were two nobles whom Li Yu and his companions had encountered on the road. Sir Treger hailed from the Howard family, a very ancient surname.

Once having a glorious history, it still holds significant influence in the northern regions today.

Treger, the brother of Family Head Nelson, claimed he had always been tormented by various curses.

He firmly believed these curses were planted by a cunning witch doctor as he faced off against a group of Gray Dwarfs.

Afterward, he traveled throughout the Empire seeking a cure to break the curses, but he never succeeded and his body grew weaker.

Having heard about Li Yu and the Double Rest Sect, he led his people to rush through the night to meet him.

After a thorough diagnosis, Li Yu could almost confirm that many of Treger’s symptoms were caused by his peculiar dietary habits.

Like most of the nobles in the Empire, Treger was not fond of vegetables, and it seemed as if some peculiar sense of superiority from his ancient family was at play.

Treger was particularly strict in what he executed, and together with his dislike for citrus fruits, it’s not surprising that he suffered from scurvy, leading to loose teeth, wounds that did not heal easily, and curly hair.

Besides this, he even had angina; no wonder Treger was adamant he was cursed.

His body only began to recover after meeting Li Yu, and to repay Li Yu’s lifesaving grace, Treger, just like Wild, led his men to join Miss Rabbit’s team.

As for Roger, his situation was quite tragic; his family had only about 200 years of history, a newly risen small noble family.

Roger was the head of that small family, and what happened to him was the most curse-like encounter Li Yu had come across on his journey.

This lord, while inspecting his own territory, suddenly and without warning began a frenzied dance in front of his subjects.

Despite his counselor and his uncle trying to stop him, Roger showed no signs of stopping; he danced from sunrise until sunset.

He collapsed and fell unconscious only when his strength was utterly depleted.

Initially, Li Yu thought Roger had Huntington’s disease, a rare disease typically characterized by uncontrollable dancing.

But later investigations revealed that Roger’s wife and daughter, including some maids in the Wooden Castle, had also exhibited similar symptoms.

For such a rare disease, this rate of occurrence was unusually high.

And some of them had simply died outright, while Roger, though he had regained consciousness, continued to suffer from severe limb pain.

Especially when he stayed in the Wooden Castle, the pain was particularly intense, but it would lessen once he left the castle.

This situation made Roger now afraid to go home, and the idea that the Wooden Castle was cursed spread quickly, creating panic among the residents, with many fleeing or planning to flee.

Roger was desperate and, hearing that Ireya’s team was passing through his territory, he waited at the crossroads early, seeking help from Li Yu.

However, Li Yu encountered a problem this time as well; he flipped through his medical texts and found no corresponding condition.

It wasn’t until he returned and continued to browse through medieval historical materials that a name suddenly jumped out at him.

—Saint Anthony’s Fire.

This affliction was once recognized throughout Europe as a curse or divine judgement, incurable, claiming the lives of tens of thousands or even more.

It also appeared in numerous works of art, depicting anguished expressions, many people having lost limbs, and others experiencing various horrific hallucinations.

And all of this was actually caused by a fungus.