Origin City's population suddenly boomed by over nineteen thousand people, four thousand of whom were patients.
Roman suspected that Alex had dumped all the epidemic sufferers on him.
But there was no other way, the cost was too cheap, equating to only four arrows per patient, and that included shipping. For Roman, the temptation was great.
He had no choice but to designate the original site of Sige Town as an isolation zone, where the patients could stay for the time being.
Either they'd die and be buried, or get better and come out.
These epidemics, arising from the floods, were all from external bacterial infections, and weren't considered real plague. Besides, the bacteria of that era were quite primitive and hadn't developed into high-intensity, high-mortality diseases like the Bubonic Plague or Cholera—at least not yet.
Allicin had a strong antibacterial capacity that could lower the mortality rate of those minor illnesses.
Yet, treating the sick was just the beginning.
