"I'm telling you this only so you can prepare yourself for your sister's condition," Murphy said, as if he had never hesitated from the start.
"Then... are you going to save her?" Alex asked skeptically. He truly did not have much faith in his black-hearted boss.
"Save her? Of course I'll save her!"
The Seed of the Mind was an important pillar supporting his plans with peace of mind.
Rather than wait for another opportunity that might never come, Murphy felt it was better to seize this one now.
Although there were no signs of backlash yet, it was always better to prepare for a rainy day than scramble at the last minute.
"Then I'll go with you," Alex said.
"You? Get some rest." Murphy truly did not expect much help from Alex's mediocre skills. "Don't worry. I'll find a way."
At present, based on Serika's letter, there were two main dangers that might exist in the village.
One was the plague, the most immediate lethal threat.
But if he could determine the exact pathogen in advance, he could take preventive measures beforehand, such as getting vaccinated, and reduce the risk to a minimum.
The second was that Murphy was somewhat concerned by Serika's statement that there were no living people in the village.
If Serika meant that everyone in the village was dead, Murphy could understand that more easily. But the way she phrased it made it sound as though the people in the village were all dead people?
The living dead?
Zombies? Corpses? Or ghosts?
Ghosts were not particularly frightening. Most ghosts could not affect the real world, but for zombies and corpses, he might be able to find specialized spells and magic to deal with them.
The third danger was the curse she mentioned. After entering the