Five days passed in the blink of an eye. The plague on the Ashen Coast was finally under control, but the aftermath was different in every city.

Reedcrest, where the outbreak had first begun, had suffered the least. Its people had been properly resettled and cared for.

Harbortown's proximity to Reedcrest and Grace's timely rescue efforts had made it possible to eliminate the mutated plague, albeit at significant cost.

Thornwick and Sommertown had eradicated the plague, but the price they paid was catastrophic. Thousands of civilians had been burned alive and slaughtered, and their bodies were piled high in the streets.

Although Matthias and Nathaniel tried their best to cover it up, claiming it was to prevent the spread of the plague, word had leaked out anyway. Soon, heated debates erupted throughout the government and the public.

Some condemned them for cruelty, while others believed that desperate times called for desperate measures and saw nothing wrong with their actions.

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