For the first few days after the Red Plague broke out in Selan, the Holy City knew nothing about it.
After all, it was still early in the Blood Moon Season. Its intensity was steadily rising, and information poured into the Holy City from every direction like snowflakes.
The reports received by the Sacred Affairs administration still focused on the Eternal Night Wall. It was not that secular nations were unaffected during the Blood Moon Season, but that their chances of experiencing serious problems were far lower than those along the Eternal Night Wall.
Moreover, the Sacred Flame Echo Consoles Shien had invented were currently concentrated around the Tear Knight and other important nodes along the Eternal Night Wall.
Selan and its dependent states lacked the means to connect directly to the Holy City's remote network.
Thus, even the most urgent reports had to rely on Alchemical Carrier Pigeons to reach the nearest Holy City communications node, which would then forward them.
The plea for aid sent from Selan's royal palace on the first night spent nearly two full days in transit.
By the time the first Alchemical Carrier Pigeon landed in the receiving tower of the Holy City's Sacred Affairs administration, Selan had already endured two nights.
The report had been written in great haste. It stated only that a large-scale outbreak of an unknown corruption-related disease had appeared in Selan's Royal Capital, with over four thousand confirmed patients. The sacred flame in some Holy Temples had developed dark red discoloration, and use of red marrow incendiary had been suspended as an emergency measure. The royal family requested that the Holy City send high-ranking purification Clerics to help.
The Sacred Affairs Officer frowned slightly after reading it. An unknown plague on such a small scale could not really be