The ranger fell to the ground, blood gushing out of the wounds on his hands, but the blood quickly froze, stopping the bleeding in a sense. However, his face was pale, as if he would go into shock at any moment.

But the most surprising thing was that even so, his cheeks were still twitching, and his whole body was crawling on the ground, twisting like a worm, crawling towards the sharp knife, trying to let the sharp knife pierce his body.

When he realized he couldn't do it, he started banging his head against the ground, trying to kill himself.

"No, no, save me, help me..."

Just as he raised his head, Jonah twisted his fist again, and the ranger lost all his strength and fell limply to the ground.

"Fortunately, I have the habit of leaving a mage hand."

Jonah felt somewhat relieved, but also more worried.

With a wave of his hand, he summoned some straw and felt from the air, wrapped the injured man, and then packed him up and lifted him up from the air.

“Magic is amazing!”

Lu Ban couldn't help but sigh.

If I had this spell, I could stay in bed all day without moving, and food and drinks would come to me automatically.

“…The situation is very serious right now.”

Jonah glanced at Lu Ban, whose eyes were shining, and pointed at Birmingham.

"You two, come with me."

They followed the floating ranger and accompanied Jonah to a room in the fortress.

Jonah put the man down, treated his wounds remotely, and tied him up with ropes.

After a while, an older wizard came here.

"Are you sure this is the plague?"

The wizard asked.

"No doubt about it, Master Eli."

Jonah replied.

"Initiate measures to counter the plague overnight, and the inspection must be completed before noon tomorrow."

The wizard named Eli quickly gave the order and left the room, apparently to contact the commander of the fortress.

"What is the plague?"

Lu Ban asked with the spirit of knowing nothing anyway and just asking whatever he could.

"Plague is the master of the last demonic tide. Its followers have no physical form, but are extremely contagious. Once they come into contact with the source of infection, they will be immediately infected by the plague. Once infected, humans will uncontrollably seek death."

Jonah explained simply.

"If one person is infected with the plague, other people who are unaware of it can easily be infected, and eventually the entire army will die without any resistance. This is the horror of the plague."

"In that case, isolating the infected and making them unable to move should be able to limit the plague, right?"

Lu Ban thought about the prevention and control of infectious diseases on Earth.

"If that were true, it would be simple. But in reality, the plague is a magical tide that will continue to evolve and grow stronger. At first, it can only be transmitted through physical contact. Later, if you get close enough, you will be attacked by the plague. At the same time, people infected with the plague will not commit suicide immediately. Sometimes they will be controlled involuntarily and go to crowded places to spread the disease. In the end, if the number of people controlled by the plague cannot be contained, then a gust of wind alone will spread the plague to the entire land."

Jonah's expression was grim.

"The plague is afraid of heat and sunlight, but if the eternal night comes, coupled with the current temperature, the plague will be unmatched."

"Master Jonah, are you saying that two demonic waves appeared at the same time?"

Birmingham couldn't believe it.

"Although I don't want to admit it, this is the fact."

Jonah glanced at Lu Ban.

"Besides, there may really be a third demonic tide."

"Three demonic waves..."

Birmingham was in disbelief.

A normal demonic tide would have already caused a large number of casualties, and two demonic tides appearing at the same time was unheard of. Now there were actually three demonic tides. When the blood moon rose and the demonic tides came, I was afraid that the rangers stationed in the Black Castle would have no chance of survival.

The eternal darkness without sunlight, the quietly invading plague, and the possible frost, if these three come together, even if the tall tower of the Gray Tower stands here, it will surely not be able to resist.

"This person and the deceased did not leave Black Castle today. They were infected with a primary plague that takes effect immediately. This means that an intermediate plague infected person who can control humans has sneaked into Black Castle. We must be careful and try not to have physical contact with other people."

Jonah warned again.

That night, the Black Castle was brightly lit, and the soldiers were called up one by one and tested by the mages to ensure that those infected with the plague were screened out.

Since Lu Ban and Birmingham had already been examined, they returned to their night watch posts.

The watchtower next door was empty, and the flickering firelight looked like a black castle in the quiet black forest, crumbling.

Lu Ban looked at the fire and suddenly got an inspiration. He walked towards the watchtower.

"what you do?"

Birmingham didn't hold Lu Ban back.

Looking at the watchtower, Birmingham was a little nervous. After all, he was not a man who had studied seriously, so he was inevitably afraid that the plague was still lingering on the watchtower. If he touched it, he would immediately draw his knife and commit suicide. He could only watch Lu Ban walk over and climb up the watchtower.

Lu Ban stood on the watchtower and saw the blood splattered on the ground.

That was what was shed when the first person committed suicide.

"Strange. According to what Jonah meant, if you touch the body you will be infected with the plague, then the blood of the dead should also be contagious. How could it be left here without being cleaned up?"

He used his [True Vision] to look at the blood. After gaining knowledge about the plague, the blood itself changed in Lu Ban's vision. On the frozen scarlet, there were tiny words all over it.

Lu Ban naturally did not recognize these words, and the Land of Silence did not translate them for him.

Lu Ban touched the blood that had already frozen and solidified.

In an instant, some soft whispers sounded in Lu Ban's ears.

He couldn't hear the language clearly, but surprisingly he could understand its meaning.

It is nothing more than spreading despair, instigating death and the like, accompanied by a certain spiritual pollution. Even an ordinary person with confidence will become fragile under the torture of spiritual pollution, and will soon believe those words and have thoughts of death.

At this time, it can control the person's body and complete the final step.

Those words flowed into Lu Ban's body along the places where they touched, and the whispers in his ears became louder and louder. However, to Lu Ban, these whispers were far inferior to the few words of those great beings.

At the same time, grass began to grow inside Lu Ban's body and blood vessels.

The green plants devoured, crushed, and wore away the words, and eventually, the whispers in Lu Ban's ears gradually subsided.

"At least this level of plague doesn't seem to have any effect on me."

Lu Ban felt that winter wolves were much more terrifying than the plague.

"It's just that this blood is left here without being dealt with. Jonah can't be unaware of the danger. If someone else touches it..."

He seemed to have thought of something, stood up, then took the cleaning tools and started to clean the watchtower carefully.