Chapter 176

"Come with me and see for yourselves," the warrior added.

They followed him upstairs, onto the big tiled terrace on the roof. From there, they had a pretty good view of the city. Supernaturals had flooded the streets, running faster than a train, streaming like a river out of the city. And they were all heading toward the sacred forest.

Blanca watched the infected supernaturals leave the city, running fast toward the ancient city like a river of lost souls. She wasn't sure if their departure was good or bad. At least it meant the Fever wouldn't continue to spread inside the city to the rest of the human community. But why were they going to the sacred forest? Whoever was controlling them must have had a reason to engineer this magical infection—a reason beyond mere mass hysteria. Was summoning them onto the sacred forest just the next stage in this master plan? Was it the start of a great war to come?