Zach closed his eyes, sank his consciousness into himself, and focused on his body. He felt the tightly wound bundle of world essence energy hide deep within his core, careful not to stimulate Zach's scarred insides.
Zach could feel its reluctance. For his sake, he shouldn't force it to move. But did he have a choice here?
Maybe.
If they focused everything on Patient Zero, maybe they could stop her dead in her tracks and kill her.
Was that guaranteed to end things? No. The monsters that they had cut down and killed returned sooner or later. Patient Zero, as the first to make contact with the Blight and the source of the spread, was undoubtedly carrying the strongest variant.
Killing her might only loosen her consciousness and strengthen the Blight's hold on her body.
The Blizzard, on the other hand…
