[Second Round Complete! Millbrook suffers a sudden outbreak of malignant affliction: a large number of ordinary citizens develop blotchy rashes, and once the marks cover half their bodies, they die instantly. Rumors begin to spread that the evil war has unleashed a plague. In reality, the Priest discovers that the blemishes are a curse, not a disease. Death toll in Millbrook today: 900.]
[Third Round Begins!]
Romon's brow tightened as he read the update.
Nine hundred dead in a single day—the curse was merciless!
The people of Millbrook were already hard to win over, and now, with a massive curse and swirling rumors, pacification would be even more difficult.
Thank goodness this was only a simulation. If it were real, he'd be dazed—and cursed out by every surviving Millbrook citizen.
"Dispatch teams in batches to investigate the source of the curse," he ordered, "and find someone capable of delaying its onset."
