The infectious disease strains were seeds that did exactly what their names said—they spread infectious diseases. The leather pouch Kang Yoon-Soo was holding was filled with all sorts of viruses; it contained seven strains of diseases, and each of the disease strains had a different property.

[Winter Disease]

The infected will feel as cold as if it were winter.

Severity: 2

Infectivity: 2

Lethality: 3

[Mana Deficiency]

The infected will lose their mana.

Severity: 6

Infectivity: 1

Lethality: 0

[Numbing Disease]

The infected will lose their vitality and their body will turn numb.

Severity: 3

Infectivity: 2

Lethality: 2

[Hemorrhage]

The infected will have severe internal bleeding.

Severity: 2

Infectivity: 1

Lethality: 4

[Skin Disease]

The infected will develop serious sores.

Severity: 3

Infectivity: 3

Lethality: 1

[Pneumonia]

The infected will suddenly develop breathing complications.

Severity: 3

Infectivity: 1

Lethality: 3

[Sudden Death Disease]

The infected will slowly develop purple spots on their body before they suddenly die.

Severity: 4

Infectivity: 6

Lethality: 7

On the continent, the Severity stat referred to the rate at which the virus spread in the infected body; the Infectivity stat referred to how easy the disease was to spread to other hosts; and the Lethality stat referred to the danger the disease posed and its ability to kill the infected. Those stats were usually written in percentages, but they had been simplified into numbers for easier ...