Joseon, Year ○○, 3rd Lunar Month.

The first plague was identified in Cheongwol Village, a small mountain village on the southern border.

The first infected person was a woodcutter who had returned from hunting. He complained of an unexplainable high fever and thirst, and before a day had passed, he began to attack his family.

The villagers thought it was madness, but those bitten by his teeth also showed the same symptoms and became infected one by one.

In just three days...

The village where about 100 people lived became a ruin, and the survivors could be counted on one hand.

Upon hearing the news, the local government immediately sealed off the village and banned all entry. Survivors were quarantined on the grounds that they might spread the disease to other areas, and the testimonies of those who witnessed the event were all dismissed as false rumors.

The royal court announced it as a fever of unknown origin, but even after the blockade began, disappearances and attacks started to occur in neighboring villages.

No one knows yet.

The fact that there was one infected person who escaped Cheongwol Village that day.