Mason must not have heard of the famous Murphy's Law, a former captain engineer at Edwards Air Force Base who proposed this fatalistic psychological effect, the root of which is that if there is a chance that things will go bad, then no matter how small that likelihood, it will happen.

And now, the Murphy effect has been confirmed.

Mason prays that things don't turn out to be as bad as Charlotte predicted, but the truth is, things turn out worse than predicted.

Mason received information from his colleagues that the plague was spreading through the area at a terrifying rate, as plague-ridden villages were ineffective.

People rushed to flee, and soon the plague spread again. As a result, the Council of Elders of Valcam and the Duchy of Durally joined forces to seal off the border, and now the land is only allowed to enter and not leave, and once the smugglers are caught, the soldiers who block the border will indiscriminately execute and burn the stowaways.

This week alone, and with Mason's incident, there have been as many as seventeen reports of walking dead attacks in the county. The forces in the area, the lighthouse and the noble group attached to the Grand Duke of Durali, were so troubled that they joined forces to block the news and isolate anyone with fever. What's more, some nobles even burned the sick alive in order to slow down the spread of the plague.

In just one week's rough statistics, the number of people infected by the plague has increased tenfold. People in this area are panicked, and everyone's faces are clouded, and the end is coming.

Even in Dominco, the capital of Vic, the situation is becoming increasingly tense.

More and more people are getting sick, and the supply of medicines is outstripping supply. Every day before dawn, you can see a queue of people in front of the pharmacy that has not yet opened. Those people shivered from the cold, but they were willing to eat, and some even froze to the ground in the cold wind of the early winter morning, and then were identified by the sheriff of the city as symptoms of the plague and placed in solitary isolation.

But even so, the procession lit like pilgrims, as if the medicine were the whole meaning of their lives.

Then in the early hours of the previous morning, someone was attacked by a walking corpse while rushing to line up at the pharmacy. While things were quickly brought under control by the reacting army, panic inevitably spread dramatically. Since then, Dominco has imposed a city-wide curfew, with no pedestrians allowed from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. the next day, much to the discontent of the pilgrims.

On this day, Mason returned home with his medication. He had been queuing for days before he could get the drug, which made the lighthouse officer abandon his integrity and choose to use his little power to get the drug.

He handed the medicine to Charlotte, and while Charlotte was checking the pharmacology, he explained to the mage all the information he had recently received.

"It is said that the General now trusts a mage so much that he appoints him as his sorcery advisor, and he is the one who advises the General on arresting him. Like you, he believes that the plague is not a natural disaster, but a man-made disaster, and therefore wants to arrest the culprit who caused it. ”

As he said this, Mason's expression relaxed, presumably sensing that they were not alone. The seemingly ignorant general was in fact far wiser than they were, and he had already grasped the dynamics of the matter.

"We may be able to take the initiative to contact the General, I have a former colleague who served in the General's Mansion. Mason offered his own suggestion, "I don't think you're any worse than that mage advisor, as long as you join forces to ......"

"Wait!" Charlotte looked up from the drug, interrupting Mason's eyebrows, "You didn't tell that colleague, did you?"

Mason was stunned, "No, no!" he quickly explained, "but I think it's more efficient!"

"That's good. Charlotte put her head down to check the medicine again, Vivien and Lolita were doing the same checks, and only Elle was bored outside the door basking in the winter sun.

"You have to keep our promise. Charlotte reiterates.

"If you're worried about your safety, then I can call a few of my colleagues to vouch for you so you don't get arrested. Mason still wanted to try, "Trust me, Master Leonard, I'm absolutely ......"

Charlotte didn't wait for him to finish, "Mr. Mason, is Your Excellency the General's mage advisor a woman with purple hair?"

Mason was stunned and shook his head, "No, it's a man, and it's said to be quite young." ”

"And has there ever been a purple-haired woman next to him?"

"This ...... I don't know. Mason asked, curiously, "No, why are you bothering with a purple-haired woman? Is that your lover?"

"No, in fact, that should be my enemy. Charlotte put the brewed medicine into the glass dish and shook it, and at this moment, he lit a cigarette, "Can you help me find out? Even if it's not purple-haired, I suspect she might change her appearance, but if you hear that the mage advisor has a proud-looking woman next to her, please let me know as soon as possible." ”

"Why?" Mason wondered, "You mean that the General's trusted mage advisor could be your enemy?"

When he said this, Mason had a suspicious look in his eyes.

"If there really is a proud woman around him, then he is more than my enemy. Charlotte puffed out a curling smoke ring, "I'll be honest with you, I have reason to suspect that the so-called mage advisor is the real culprit." ”

"W-what!" Mason opened his mouth in surprise.

Charlotte didn't answer, but pressed out the cigarette with an 'ah', and Mason watched with some pity as the remaining half of the luxury was extinguished by the mage.

But he heard the mage say, "The result is out." Vivien, Lolita, do you have any results?"

"Wait a minute!"

The two disciples quickly replied, and after a while, the three masters and apprentices checked the results of the examination and confirmed that the three of them had done the right research.

Mason nervously asked, "How?" and he was taken aback by the remarks of the mage.

"The medicine seems to be fine, and it does have a certain inhibitory effect on the spread of the plague. In addition, it can also effectively prevent the transformation of corpses by necromancy, that is, it can prevent corpses. But I can't be sure if there is a secret door, after all, I don't have a deep research on drugs. ”

Charlotte snapped her fingers and lit the extinguished cigarette again. This made the thrifty Mason feel much better.

No, Charlotte's answer must have made him breathe a sigh of relief.

"In that case, it means that there is no problem with His Excellency General's mage advisor. ”

"That doesn't mean anything, Mr. Mason. Vivien analyzed in a coherent manner, "Because if I were a murderer, then in order to gain the trust of His Excellency the General, I would also make some drugs that are effective but not fundamentally effective, right?"

"But if you're a good person, you'll do the same. Mason doesn't think that says much.

"How is that possible! You know, it's the undead that is spreading in this area!" Lolita also offered her opinion, "I know that you have never heard of this spell with your unheard of it, but you just need to know that this is a legendary spell with a wide range of areas and terrible consequences." Do you think that such a powerful spell can be developed by any random person who can actually have a suppressive effect? Even my teacher is not so easy to develop this kind of medicine casually!"

She hacked Charlotte by the way, although it was a fact, Charlotte always wanted to give her a shock.