The road back is not too difficult to walk, and these believers at the source of the plague probably never thought that anyone would discover them.

Maybe they have a secret whistle, but I am lucky enough.

All in all, I managed to return to the camp before it was completely dark.

"What's wrong, Savos," as soon as I got back to the camp, Gabaiwei came up with a gun, "Your face looks bad."

"There are other people on this island, Jia Baiwei," I hurried to him and whispered.

"How could it be?" Jia Baiwei was obviously shocked by the news, "Who?"

"The church of the source of the plague," I replied briefly.

"The Church of Plague Source!?" Jiabaiwei shouted out in disobedience, "Are you sure it's them?"

"I'm sure," Gabaiwei's reaction was a little unexpected to me. It seemed that he knew the cult that worshiped Strad, "and their priest said it himself."

"How much do you know about the Church of the Source of Plague, Jia Baiwei?" Before he could continue to speak, I asked back, this is what I must figure out now. Only by determining Jia Baiwei's understanding can I decide what to say to him and not say to him.

"Not many," Gabawei shook his head in frustration when he heard this, "I only know that they are cults and especially like to use suicide attacks and plagues to attack the towns of the Republic."

"That's true," I nodded and waved to Schumat in the distance, "Shumat! Schumat!"

Schumat soon trotted over, "What's the matter, Savos?"

"This is Schumat," I turned back to Gabawie, "he has been tracking the church of the Plague Source."

After briefly introducing Schumat to Gabawie, I turned to Schumat again, "There are plague church believers on this island, Schumat."

"Here!?" Hearing what I said, Schumat immediately became alert and subconsciously touched the weapon on his waist with his right hand, "But how could it be?"

"It's an observer," I looked back at Jiabaiwei, and then lowered my voice after confirming that he was not paying attention to us, "Observing the airship."

"Ah," Schumat showed a sudden enlightenment expression, "this makes sense, how do they react?"

"I met a priest. I will explain the specific situation to you later, but now," I amplified my voice, "I miss you, Schumat, introduce Captain Gabawi to the Church of the Source of the Plague."

"No problem," Schumat nodded happily, "The Plague Source Church worships the Lord of the Plague. Based on my investigation, inference and information obtained, I believe that this Lord of the Plague is a historical figure in the legend of the Empire, Strad, the third son of the first emperor."

"Strad?" Gabaiwei raised his eyebrows when he heard this, "Garcia is on it, I always thought he was just a legendary figure."

"Legends often evolve from facts, Captain Gabaiwei," Shumat coughed twice. "The plague source church worships the plague Lord. Most of their believers are proud of being infected with plague, and the attacks launched are mostly aimed at contagious plagues."

"The members of this church are divided into several levels: the lowest-level ordinary believers, who are often the best carriers of suicide attacks, and the plague believers who are slightly higher than them. Above them, they belong to the middle-level priests, as well as the high-level bishops, and their mysterious leader whom I have never seen before."

"As for what they are talking about here," Schumat said, "I think we should all hear what Savos said."

"This desert island is a stronghold for these scums," I explained simply, while hiding the section of the observation ship, "a base that is quite suitable for attacking Strand, if you ask me."

"That's true," I felt relieved when I saw Gabawi nodding in agreement, as long as he believed the reason, "Then what are their plans for us, Savos?"

"They seemed very annoyed," I said, "I heard a priest say that they were going to send some people out of the island, and we came, so they were going to kill us all."

"Time? Way?" Jia Baiwei asked capable.

"Just tonight," I took a deep breath, "Suicide attack."

"This group of madmen," Gabaiwei whispered in a low voice, "We have limited manpower and insufficient weapons. If they do launch an attack, I am not sure."

"So, Captain Gabawi," I shrugged, "We seem to have only one way to do it now."

"What's the solution?"

"Sacrifice those passengers," I lowered my voice and whispered toward the passenger gathering area not far away, "they will be our best cover, as long as our people are no longer dressed like obvious crew members."

If it were the past, I might have tried to protect these poor guys, but after experiencing everything on the airship, I now wish they would die immediately.

Of course, I won't deliberately slaughter them, but I don't plan to continue to protect them as I did before.

"Of course, Captain Gabaiwei," I pointed to the Bird sisters who were leaning against Hickrad and were already asleep, "these sisters are not counted."

"Wouldn't this be a little bad?" Schumat spoke hesitantly, "are some of them good people..."

"I know, Schumat," I sighed and patted him on the shoulder, "I wouldn't have done that if there were a better way."

"Then think of a better way to come out, Savos," Schumat suddenly looked up and looked at me pleadedly, "please think about the girl we saw."

I looked into Schumat's eyes, and the figure of the poor girl who was almost raped appeared in my mind. I felt that some words were at my lips but I couldn't say them.

I finally had to sigh heavily, "Okay, Schumat, I'll find a way."

"Thank you, Savos," Schumat became excited immediately when he heard this, "I owe you."

Since I couldn't use passengers as cover from the beginning, the difficulty of this battle was much greater. I sat on a wooden barrel and began to think about it.

The crew obviously has to be the target of key protection. They are our main combat power. Once we lose too many crew members, we may be able to survive, but most of the people here will undoubtedly die.

A rune technique that I haven't used for a long time has now come to my mind. As the first rune technique I have learned, I have indeed neglected it too much in the past period of time.

"It seems that there is nothing I can do!" I laughed happily and jumped off the wooden barrel.

“auir!”

I summoned the flames and waved my hands quickly. A rune bomb rune that I hadn't used for a long time was instantly formed.

With a try-and-see attitude, I knocked this rune to the sand. What made me happy was that the rune bomb fell steadily on the sand. After a few flashes, there was no movement.

"Hahaha," I laughed happily. This plan really worked. There was still a short period of time before the attack time planned by the priest, which was enough for me to turn this into a dangerous sandy land.

But that was not enough, I decided to add another force to the sand.

"Hyclad! Hyclad!" I walked into the tent and woke Hyclad up quickly, "Come here."

"What's wrong, Savos?"

"There are believers from the church of the Plague Source on this island. They are coming to attack us soon. Time is urgent. I won't tell you more about the specific matters. Do you still remember the rune art called rune bomb that I taught you?"

"Of course I remember, is there anything I have to do?"

"You go and block this beach with rune bombs," I slashed casually and circled him a circle. "Be careful not to go out of bounds. This is the flame rune bomb I set up. Once they meet your water rune bomb, the consequences will be disastrous."

"I get it, Savos," Hickrad nodded, "This is a good idea, and I'll leave this to me."

"Go."

I patted his back and found Jiabaiwei as fast as possible.

"Gabaiwei, inform your people, and those passengers, don't go past where Hickrad and I stood, if they don't want to be blown away or killed by running water."

"Of course, Savos," Gabaiwei nodded and agreed, "By the way, what are you preparing?"

"Some surprises for the cultists," I smiled mysteriously, "you will know then."

After giving instructions to Jia Baiwei, I immediately returned to my original position and began to arrange the remaining bomb traps.

In this tense atmosphere, time always passes quickly. When I come to my senses, I realize that the beach in front of me is already covered with rune bombs.

I must admit that under the dim moonlight, these already dim runes became even more difficult to identify, and even it took me a while to distinguish the location of all runes.

After confirming my work results, I clapped my hands with satisfaction. Even if I am not careful, these traps will be triggered, not to mention those enthusiastic believers who are only thinking about dedicating themselves to the ecclesiastical group.

Thinking of this, my mood relaxed a little, and I quickly walked back to the tent area by the beach.

"All done?" When I came back, Gabaiwei was loading bullets for his pistol. He carefully pressed the bullets into the magazine, and pointed the pistol at Hickrad, "Do you want to help him?"

"No," I shook my head, "I am a fire mage, he is a water system, and we will encounter... a serious disaster."

"Ah, I understand." Jiabaiwei nodded in agreement, "What weapons do you need?"

"I have this in close combat," I flexibly pulled out the broken steel from my waist, "As for the battle that stretches the distance... I have this."

I took the Thunder Wheeled Pistol out of the holster and handed it to him.

"A good pistol," exclaimed Gabawie, "I have never seen such a design before, our Strand's work?"

"Yes."

"Good weapons, I hope you can wait..."

Jiabaiwei's words were interrupted by a loud roar from a distance, "For Strad!!!!!!!"

Like a signal, slogans one after another sounded from the jungle one after another, and soon became a whole.

All the passengers woke up instantly, one by one, with a look of panic on their faces, obviously not yet figured out what was going on.

"All passengers retreated to the beach, and the crew came with me!"

Jiabaiwei's reaction was quick. He immediately commanded everyone present loudly. The passengers who heard his orders began to run to the beach in panic, but many fanatical believers had already rushed out of the jungle.

"It's too late, you idiots!" The fanatical believers in the head shouted fanatically, "Feel the epidemic from Lord Strad in the glory of flesh and blood! For...!"

His slogan was not finished because he stepped on one of the rune bombs I set up.

The dazzling flames ejected from the activated rune surface in an instant, swallowing half of the cultivator's body instantly. Then there was a deafening explosion. The cultivator who rushed to the front was blown to pieces and his upper body flew backwards.

In just a moment, one after another of the believers stepped on the rune bombs, and the explosions sounded one after another. They were either blown into two pieces or were directly blown to pieces, and their corpses remained.

The sound of running water also came from my left, and the trap under Hiclardeb also began to attack. Its rune bomb was not as explosive and lethal as mine. The activated rune bomb quickly exploded a large pool of water, turning the entire sand into an extremely difficult terrain.

The remaining moisture was not idle either. They turned into sharp water needles, easily piercing the ankle of the unlucky guy who triggered the trap.

In this case, no matter how strong his willpower is, it will be difficult for him to move forward even one step.

The sound of gunfire sounded immediately afterwards. Gabaiwei and Williams were not fools either. They quickly commanded the crew and fired rifles one by one to activate the creators of the water trap.

These cultists who were shot often fell down without saying a word, then fell to the ground and remained motionless.

It seems that apart from being an extremely dangerous plague bomb, they are no different from normal people.

"They have a trap, these damn guys must know we're coming!"

A cult shouted angrily, and his words quickly gained the approval of others.

"The arrows left the strings do not make it back to the bow. Since we have accepted the ceremony, we will serve the Lord of the Plague!"

This was another fanatical believer. After he proclaimed his truth loudly, his whole body quickly swelled. With a rumbling explosion, his body burst, and his flesh and bones wrapped in the toxins in his body, shooting in all directions.

The remaining believers not only did not mean to avoid these plague toxins, but their expressions became more pious and fanatical. "Feel the blessing and love from the Lord of the Plague! Dedicate themselves to the Lord of the Plague!"

More people began to choose to self-destruct from a distance, and flesh, blood, bones and toxins quickly spilled everywhere. A small number of people chose to continue to charge forward, but amid the bursts of explosions, some of them became dead like their companions.

The people who stepped on the water trap were better, and their companions' strategies had to be said to have achieved results. Jia Baiwei and others were forced to hide behind simple obstacles made of wooden barrels to avoid the flesh and blood that were flying everywhere.
Chapter completed!