In the post-Dragonfall Dynasty era, diseases began to rise. More illnesses emerged, and human bodies grew frailer.
Then, the Great Calamity struck.
It was the dark age known as the [First Millennial Blood War].
The major human factions mastered a technique known as the Plague Extermination Art, continuously developing medicine as they gradually moved from the era of eating raw meat and drinking blood into a world where they had mastered fire.
The undying [Insects] and the Medical Department, which sheltered all beneath heaven, were the brightest stars among them.
They resisted disease, saving humanity from fire and water, yet toward the end of the Millennial Blood War, they headed toward two utterly different extremes.
Now, the Medical Department sought to use the power of the [Kindly Father] to stabilize its rule and ignite another Millennial Blood War.
Zhou Zhi, meanwhile, intended to resist the Medical Department and grind that violent plague-extermination regime, along with those lofty Medical Department nobles, into the dust.
It was just that...
Some had forgotten.
The protagonists of the Great Calamity and the Millennial Blood War had never been humans.
They were diseases.
Rumble!!!
The sky trembled.
The nerves in the head of the pitch-black holy beast pulsed, forming relief-like patterns akin to a [beating heart].
"The Crimson Family is a clan of the Medical Department that mainly cultivates the body. Their physical strength is extremely high—high enough to rival even our progenitor-level diseases."
[Life Reaver—Life Tribulation Wave] spoke in a low voice, yet it sounded incomparably noble.
At a glance, the current Life Tribulation Wave resembled a black unicorn more than anything else—noble and mysterious.
Mountain Goblin lowered his head at the side. "That man's body really is quite good. I'm honestly a little reluctant to hand him over to [Extreme Cold]. Maybe I