"What exactly happened?" Once he returned to Southshore, Rhode immediately sought out Mayor Marebu.
"A few villagers... the Fabulon family, actually. They were among the first farmers to answer the call to reclaim land in Alterac," Mayor Marebu replied. "When they approached the area around Alterac Keep, they suddenly felt unwell. After they came back, they fell ill."
The Fabulon family.
Of course Rhode remembered them.
He had once saved their child from a giant spider. Little Fabron had been riding the pony Blanchy all over the place when a giant spider caught him and wrapped him in a cocoon. He had nearly been eaten.
Rhode asked again, "All of them fell ill?"
"Yes. The whole family went to Alterac Keep, and then they all fell ill."
"What illness, exactly?"
"We're not sure, but our doctors couldn't do anything for them, so we sent them to the Healing Department at Darrow Hill Technical School."
Rhode nodded slightly.
Sending them to the Healing Department was the right choice for such a strange illness.
In fact, Rhode had instructed everyone to send any difficult or unusual medical cases in town to the Healing Department.
After all, Sally was a priest, and she had many students studying the healing arts under her.
Besides treating the patients, Sally could use them as excellent teaching examples, allowing the students to observe and learn.
Becoming a good doctor required plenty of practical experience.
"Then let's go take a look at the Healing Department."
This really was rather strange.
Ever since fel bombs had blasted Alterac Keep to pieces, Rhode had ordered the surrounding area sealed off, forbidding anyone from entering.
That was mainly for safety reasons.
The bombed-out ruins were full of crumbling walls. It would be bad if someone went inside and was injured by