At that moment, Healer Girl covered her mouth in shock and said, "How could this happen! I clearly used a healing spell, so how could it…"
But the instant she covered her mouth, she suddenly noticed that on her hand, at some unknown time, there was now a smear of black stain.
The stain was as thick as a drop of ink. Frightened, Healer Girl immediately started rubbing it with her hand.
But after rubbing for quite a while, not only did the black on her hand not disappear, it even began spreading to other parts of her palm.
"What exactly is this thing? How could this happen!"
Ethan was also startled by Healer Girl's condition. She hadn't even directly touched Bird One's skin, yet she was still infected by that black substance.
"Hiss!"
"What is this?"
"This thing is too terrifying!"
All the residents, including Ethan, instinctively stepped back in fear.
After all, something that could spread like this was the most terrifying of all.
"Wife!"
While everyone else was afraid of being infected by Healer Girl, Wood Eight rushed forward, grabbing Healer Girl's small hand and said anxiously, "What's going on? Wife, what happened to your hand?"
"I… I don't know!", Healer Girl quickly pulled away from Wood Eight, "Wood Eight, you're not allowed to come near me! If I'm not mistaken, this is some kind of contagious disease. I don't want you to get infected too."
"Wife, I won't let you suffer alone. If it's going to spread, then let it spread to all of us. What's the big deal," As Wood Eight spoke, he reached out, trying to hug Healer Girl.
But Healer Girl kept dodging him, "Idiot! Before we figure out how dangerous this thing is, I won't allow you to do that."
"I don't care!"
Relying on his agility, Wood Eight was faster than Healer Girl. He took a quick step forward and hugged her tightly, "Wife, I don't care what this thing is, and I don't care what happens if I get infected."
"But! I will definitely share everything with you, good or bad!"
"You're my wife. You're my heaven, you're my earth!"
"If I don't have you, what's the point of living!"
"You idiot!"
Healer Girl's face was full of emotion as she tried to push Wood Eight away. But this guy was built like a little bull, how could she possibly push him off that easily?
After struggling for a long time and failing to push him away, Healer Girl could only hug him back with reddened eyes, "You big idiot, you clearly know this thing is contagious. Why did you still come over and hug me."
"Hehe!", Wood Eight grinned foolishly, looking blissful, "Because other than being afraid you won't want me, I'm not afraid of anything else."
"Wood Eight, your face…"
When Healer Girl looked up again, she realized that Wood Eight's face had also developed many black spots, and those spots were rapidly spreading across his skin.
If it weren't for seeing Wood Eight get infected too, everyone might have had their teeth ache from how lovey-dovey this couple was!
At this moment, aside from Wood Eight and Healer Girl, who had just been infected, Bird One lying on the ground had already turned completely black. Only her head remained untouched by the darkness.
Looking at Bird One's condition, Ethan knew that relying on support-type healing was no longer possible.
So he immediately took out a bottle of life potion from his tail ring.
This was something he had gotten from Mr. White.
It sold for ten thousand dragon coins per bottle.
Although the original price definitely wasn't that high, this wasn't the kind of item that could be easily replicated like a skill book, so no matter what, it wouldn't be cheap.
But at this moment, Ethan couldn't care less about the cost.
After all, flying units were rare to begin with, and Bird One had gotten into trouble under his orders while testing her flight. So no matter what, he had to find a way to save her.
Just as he was about to pour the life potion into Bird One's mouth—
"Don't mess around!"
The Genie Sylas, who had been annoyed about being tricked into becoming a tool earlier, finally couldn't hold back and spoke, "She wasn't going to die that quickly at first, but you people keep feeding energy to that plague again and again. Keep it up and she'll definitely die."
"Plague?", Ethan frowned, "You're saying the thing infecting Bird One is a plague? Then what exactly are those things in the clouds?"
"Monsters that release plague, obviously," Sylas spread his hands, "These three days just happen to be when the world's will is at its weakest. So the monsters hiding on the other side of another dimension are taking the chance to cause trouble."
"But as long as the world's will hasn't completely perished, it can still protect this land. So as long as you don't go into the high sky, nothing will happen."
"Who knew you'd go courting death like this, going out of your way to provoke them?"
"How the hell was I supposed to know anything about weak world will or monsters coming out!", Ethan said speechlessly, "And can you deal with this plague or not? If you can't, just say it. I'll go get my master. He definitely can!"
Ethan was furious.
This Genie Sylas clearly knew that this thing called plague absolutely couldn't be fed with energy, yet he didn't say anything. He waited until Healer Girl's treatment made things worse and she even got infected herself, only then did he speak up after the fact.
How could that not make someone angry.
"Cut it out. You already used this trick before to fool me into crushing spirit stones for you. Do you think I don't know?", Sylas sneered, "If you want me to help you, it's simple! But you have to agree to one condition. Make a wish to set me free, and I'll help you."
"Sylas, are you serious?", Ethan narrowed his eyes at him, "You clearly promised before that you'd help me for a year, and then I'd naturally give you your freedom. Are you planning to go back on your word now?"
"I thought I could wait a year," Sylas's expression also turned serious, "But I didn't expect the chaos in this mist world to be far worse than I imagined. So I have to go. I have to leave this place… to save the world."
"Cut the crap!", Ethan spat, "You're just saying that because you heard me mention the Traveler's Inn. You know the landlady is still alive, so you want to hurry off to find her and rekindle your old romance, don't you?"
During this time, Sylas had been asking Ethan about the Traveler's Inn, intentionally or otherwise.
At first, Ethan didn't think much of it.
But just now, when Sylas started talking about saving the world and all that, it immediately felt off.
That just wasn't the kind of person Sylas was.
Sure enough, when Ethan shot back at him like that, Sylas's old face immediately flushed red, "Yeah! I'm in a hurry to go find my second spring. So what?"
"I finally got out of that hellhole. What's wrong with wanting to pursue my happiness?"
"And besides!"
"If I wait another year and my landlady gets taken by someone else, will you take responsibility?"
"Can you give me another wife?"
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