Compared to this continent, the civilization that grew on it is really too fragile.

Will Worcester, a fourth-level wandering mage who had already left the Magic Association, looked at the berry in his hand that was gradually becoming a little crystal clear, and suddenly thought for no reason.

More than a decade ago, several towns in the southern part of the Griffin Empire were hit by a very rapid plague, and the mortality rate of those infected with the plague was not only extremely high, but also very fast.

Will remembered that those infected with the plague were also like the red berry in front of him, the skin on his body would slowly become a translucent state, and then this state would spread all the way inward, muscles, internal organs, bones, without exception. All organs that are translucent lose their original function until the infected person dies.

But the translucency caused by the plague was not as crystal clear as the berry in front of me, but like blisters and puffiness, which made people feel disgusting, like those stranded, half-rotting jellyfish on the beach.

The process of change is the same for all infected people, whether they were previously healthy and strong or old and weak, and they will face death on the fifth day at the same time.

It is worth mentioning that none of the infected will die on the sixth day. So people also gave this plague a peculiar name - "one-handed". Because with one hand, you can only count to five.

Of course, if you can see the sunshine of the sixth day, then congratulations, you made it through. There is a proverb that says, 'Those who survive the catastrophe, will find four-leaf clover'.

It doesn't matter if you can find the four-leaf clover, at least you live up to the previous sentence - you survived the catastrophe.

"The fruit that can't be eaten, Moglock doesn't want. Will mage saw that the ogre had the berries still on the ground, and kicked it again, as if the beautiful berries had made him angry.

"You can't eat it, but it's a good idea to keep it as a souvenir. Estelle seemed pleased with the berry, fumbling it in his hand and whispering, "At least it's like a jewel......

"But the 'ruby' appearance of this berry doesn't last long. "Once plucked, it will rot in a few days, even in a box with the magic of 'loot preservation.' If this were not the case, the adventurers of the Bay of Pigs would definitely list them as a collection target, and with a little eloquence and deception, believe me, a silver coin will be bought by many people, and it will be a lot of income. ”

The Nord's words stunned Master Will, "How many days?" he subconsciously asked, "I mean, this berry will rot in a few days?"

The Nord man stretched out his left hand, his palm stretched out, and five rough fingers stood up, "5 days." The Nords spat out a number.

This answer sent a shudder through Will Worcester's tenacious spirit, and the two-hundred-year-old mage felt as if he had learned something he shouldn't have understood.

He looked around and saw that the others hadn't noticed it. Yes, they don't know. Very few people survived the plague, and when the Magical Guild and the Griffin Kingdom joined forces to lock down the plague-infected towns, outsiders only knew about the plague outbreak, but did not know its exact form.

No, it must have been overthinking, Will Wooster forced himself to calm down. This is not difficult to do, after all, he is a mage who specializes in confusion and control, and he also has a certain amount of research on the mental activities expressed by facial expressions and body movements.

It should be a coincidence. Will thought to himself, an ordinary fruit alone could not explain anything. Even if it wasn't a coincidence, his peers who lived in Sky City should have already taken care of the matter.

He believed in them.

"I guess we should keep chasing that bug, don't we?" Will said to the Nords with a smile, "A good hunter doesn't let his prey slip through his fingers. ”

"As you wish. The Nord nodded, and led the group back to the mission, continuing to chase the frostworm along its tracks.

Will mage sighed inwardly, he really didn't want to know about these so-called secret things. Although he likes to peek into people's hearts and guess their mental activities from the expressions of others, he does not want to know the secrets that are not known, nay, should be said to be unknowable.

This was the main reason why he withdrew from the Magical Society.

Although Master Will has just climbed to the threshold of a mid-level mage, the fourth level, at the age of more than two hundred years, it is indeed "slightly" slow, but as long as he wants to, he can still make a big difference in the association.

Because the mid-level mages of the fourth to sixth level are the main force of the Magic Association on the continent, those high-level mages of the seventh to ninth level, or the legendary mages who have broken through the ninth level, are mostly active in various planes of the multiverse, and rarely return to the main material world.

However, Will Mage didn't want to do that. There were too many secrets in the association, and after he was promoted to the middle level, he only had a slight touch, which made him feel uneasy and at a loss.

The more he came into contact with it, the more he felt that the world was so dangerous and that all civilizations were so fragile. The continent was once rife with goblin technology and elven art, but they're all gone, and so has the mighty Magic Empire, which has made the entire multiverse and even the gods tremble.

If you go back further, in the ancient period 100,000 years ago, it seems that the dwarves also had a glorious time, and they also held the bloody banner of 'Continent Master', and now those many karst caves in the underground world, as large as towns, as well as spacious and tall tunnels, are mostly left over from that time.

The demise and replacement of civilizations have too many obscure and unspeakable events in them.

But any of this, Will Wooster doesn't want to know. Although the mage's curiosity is great, this level of secrecy is still a little difficult for Will mage to bear. He could guess, but he didn't want to know the answer, not the slightest.

Like the 'one-handed' plague, an insider can tell at a glance that it can't be a natural plague like the plague or flu, but Will doesn't really want to know the ins and outs of it. Because in this matter, it seems that the profession of mage is the most suspicious.

If it was really the mage who did it, who would it be?" will, guessing irresponsibly in his mind.

No, it can't be this organization, although the mages in it are a bit extreme, but they just want to regain the glory of the Magic Empire, and they are unlikely to do such a large-scale mutilation of ordinary people.

It's also unlikely, it's a rather loose mage organization, a small group of mages who are used to being free and don't want to be bound by the Magic Association, but want to communicate with each other. It's not so much a mage organization as it is a trading platform.

It's even more impossible, I heard that there are only ten people in this organization, and they are all high-level mages, but the goal of the organization is to study how magic can be better applied to ordinary people, so it shouldn't be able to do such a thing.

......

Will went through all known mage organizations in his mind, but found no suspicious targets. Yes, there is no such thing as an organization of evil mages that have truly reached the level of madness, because the Magical Association will not allow such an organization to survive in the slightest.

Although the Guild may not reach the point of being a man of its own in the Imperial Period, as an organization that covers more than ninety percent of the number of mages in the human race, holds a powerful legacy left by the Empire, and has the most massive resources in the multiverse, the power of the Magic Association is unquestionable.

However, it is indeed unavoidable that some of the individual mages go out of line and cross the line.

Will heard that two years ago, there was a mage named 'Indar the Silencer', who was good at necromancy, and set off a plague of the undead in the Nord Kingdom, killing and injuring thousands of people. However, in the end, the mage named 'Indar the Silencer' was also disposed of by the Guild, and the Guild also paid a large amount of money to the Nord Kingdom.

The more powerful a person is, the more he doesn't want to be bound, and the more terrifying the damage he causes when he "whims".

Will mage wishes he was thinking too much, yes, he was thinking too much! And those evil guys in the bottomless abyss, they must have done it!

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but make Old Will feel a lot more comfortable, the bottomless abyss! Although Will Mage always looks like a loyal elder to the outside, as a wandering mage, his perennial adventure career has made him tainted with the habits of many adventurers, but he just doesn't show it.

Master Will had just cursed the Bottomless Abyss in his heart when he noticed that the Nords who were leading the way in front suddenly stopped. The Nord tilted his head sideways and put a finger to his mouth, as if to signal the crowd to be quiet.

Just as Will was a little confused, he heard the Nord say in a very soft voice, "Hey, I think we've caught up with it!"

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