Chapter 681: 679: Toothache - The Last Gentleman - NovelsTime

The Last Gentleman

Chapter 681: 679: Toothache

Author: 穿黄衣的阿肥
updatedAt: 2025-07-07

Zion’s latest advanced carriage suddenly stopped before reaching its destination and would no longer move.

William and Desline discovered simultaneously that the horse pulling the carriage, who was also a transformed death-row inmate, had died.

The two of them got out of the carriage to check at the same time.

The Grey Zone level here had reached the forth level, "Forbidden," as established by Zion;

an ordinary gentleman would undoubtedly die under such conditions.

The once concrete road had completely become pathological,

a structure resembling fish bones ran through the center of the road as its ’spine,’ while the surface was covered with shiny fish scales,

making the entire road look like a ribbonfish indefinitely extending through the grey mist.

But the horse’s death had no direct connection with the road;

it had drowned. Water was continuously seeping from the sockets of the horse’s eyes, its nostrils, and its mouth.

Upon performing a craniotomy of the horse, William found that its cranial cavity was also filled with seawater,

and the moisture in the air was mixed with deep-sea arc bacteria, which were deadly to life below open-source level, making even patients with open-source quite uncomfortable.

Additionally, another non-lethal disease had affected the horse;

its teeth had somehow completely fallen out, leaving pitch-black cavities at every gum.

"Could the influence of the Grey Zone really be this strong?"

"Of course, this horse made it this far solely because the death-row inmate had a certain ability with illnesses;

otherwise, it would have died hours ago.

Such a dense Grey Zone is lethal for most gentlemen, only those like us who have completed the path and are fully recognized by the Old World would feel nothing."

As she spoke, Desline suddenly stretched out her hand to cover her cheek, a sharp toothache caused her whole body to tense up.

William also felt a virus more aggressive than the deep-sea arc bacteria silently penetrating the flesh,

but, however covert this virus was, even if it didn’t invade the brain or blood and targeted only the teeth, any bold attempt against William’s "Complete Shaper Body" would be immediately discovered.

It was like a dextrous ninja secretly sneaking into a street under the cover of night,

He had no interest in the various shops and residential buildings on the street,

but targeted the ’streetlights’ to break into the street’s infrastructure through the buried wires.

Just as the ninja was tampering with the streetlights, a bizarre group emerged from the darkness, some shaking their chest muscles, some tearing their flesh with steel nails, some trotting on sheep’s hooves, and even giant black parasitic worms riddled with holes.

No matter how destructive the ninjutsu the ninja used, he was still caught and violently beaten to the ground, until even his mother wouldn’t recognize him, and finally, he was beaten into a pulp and dumped into the sewer.

"Principal, it seems to be some kind of virus related to teeth, do you need me to help you clean it up?"

"No need~"

Stars sparkled from the hand Desline held against her cheek, and the latent viruses that had just taken root on the surface of her tooth nerves were immediately subjected to direct radiation of cosmic rays and all died.

"I had heard long ago that the viruses from Teeth Hall have a very high level of secrecy... indeed, quite formidable... just this kind of ordinary virus, casually dispersed outside, could invade my mouth without me noticing."

"Interesting~ I didn’t expect there to be such a Source Epidemic Area. Let’s hurry up and go over."

William was already excited and couldn’t wait to see what the cross-infected port city would look like;

they stepped on the fish bones at the center of the road and approached the direction from which the sound of the tide was coming.

The principal was employing her stargazing skill throughout, visible as orbital sphere-like objects revolved between her palms, trying to capture any potential dangers in advance.

In that case, William just obediently followed behind, even taking the opportunity to communicate with Nash.

"Nash, do you know much about Teeth Hall?"

"Teeth Hall~ It is quite famous in our Old World. It was the ’General Hospital’ of our Old World, a special Source Epidemic Area. Its role was similar to that of a Monastery, belonging to the important institutions under the control of the Plague Center.

During the wars, Teeth Hall also provided crucial medical support, allowing many patients who should have died to be sent to Teeth Hall or its branches, to be quickly restored to full status and return to the battlefield,

Unfortunately, such important places naturally became targets for outsiders, and the entire Teeth Hall suffered severe strikes. Rumors say that the most skilled Director of Teeth Hall, who was also a Plague Master of the Old World, was assassinated.

After the war, Teeth Hall never recovered and vanished into obscurity."

Even though the Plague Master had died, the Teeth Hall, due to its unique nature, retained the title of the Source Epidemic Area, and it had been developing in the shadows all along. They used the Plague Book - "Oral Medicine" supplied by the Sick Focus Center to develop talent, trying to cultivate a new Director.

Unfortunately, no related news had been heard thus far. After all, in an Old World environment sealed off by various rules, it was extremely difficult for a new Plague Master to arise.

It seems now that they have shifted their focus to this world.

William was somewhat surprised by the information Nash provided, "A special Source Epidemic Area? The Plague Master was even killed during the war... No wonder such a well-known Source Epidemic Area went silent, I haven’t even heard of it or seen it.

According to the Principal, the Teeth Hall should have become a mobile organization similar to the Duke’s Chamber of Commerce, secretly bringing in people close to death, firstly to offer treatment, and secondly, to screen for talent.

Unfortunately, thousands of years have passed, and they still have not managed to screen out the talent."

Nash also shook his head, "Becoming a Plague Master~ it’s too hard! It’s not that easy. Since the end of the war, not a single Plague Master has emerged in the entire Old World. Freaks like Mr. Rabbit, Jian, and Art are still in the Silver Circle."

"I didn’t expect you to know quite a lot, Nash."

After being praised, Nash immediately scratched its transparent head with its whip-like filaments, "Hehe~ I often have nothing to do in the circus, since I don’t have to worry about the performance when I’m in charge, so I just chat with the other poker faces. They also come from different regions, and as we talk, I get to know most things about the Old World."

"Alright, let’s see what the situation with this colony is like, to see if the legendary ’Old World Hospital’ has brought their medical technology.

If they really did bring it, then it would be quite interesting.

Moreover, this city is also mingled with Arc Sea ancient bacteria;

it’s hard to know what kind of an infection city it will be."

The way was smooth, with no dangers assailing them apart from the airborne pathogens that might pose a threat.

Gradually,

the thick fog revealed not just any road, but slowly a city gate shaped like an arch, looming over the entire highway.

Flanking the gate were walls built of bricks and tiles, only a little over three meters high, covered with various corals and mollusks due to the dampness,

The walls were armed with dense spikes, and every few meters stood a statue of a fish-man with wings and tentacle-like beards, posed in a semi-crouch.

Their eyes were filled with teeth, which was strangely disgusting.

This ordinary-looking wall might actually be more effective as a barrier than a regular city wall.

Still, William’s gaze was more drawn to the city gate before him, its apex reaching ten meters, with a plaque hanging above, inscribed with Old World script.

[Deep Tooth]

Beyond the carved city gate, silhouettes of various Gothic buildings rose within,

When William reached out to touch the city gate,

bubble bubble~ the fish-scale covered ground at his side suddenly sank down, turning into a pond as something began to surface.

At last a fish-man of considerable age emerged, still wearing a drenched human overcoat.

His eyeballs were enlarged and bulging, devoid of hair on his head, with a neck featuring gill-like respiratory structures.

The most disturbing thing was that he had no lower jaw, exposing a mouth full of densely packed teeth, even sporting a tongue loaded with teeth hanging among them.

Speaking, one could clearly see the throat, crammed with teeth, constantly bubbling.

"Respected Silver Circle Patient, welcome to Deep Tooth! Since you do not belong here, a fee must be paid to enter the city."

Before the other could mention the amount, William directly took out fifty ancient coins from the Greed Treasure Vault.

"Is this enough?"

"More than enough, thank you, milord! I’ll open the gate for you right away, also, do you need me to show the way?"

"No need."

William certainly didn’t want this intensely phobia-inducing creature to guide him;

exploring on his own seemed more interesting.

The gate opened, revealing a port city retaining the Gothic style before his eyes.

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