955 Chapter 955
With Evette caught up to speed, Marcus moved onto his request for her.
"If it would not be too much trouble, would you gather everyone together so we can figure out who all was afflicted with Wendigo Psychosis. I expect things to go much more smoothly if you make the request rather than us."
"Of course, I do not mind. But should you not make sure first that I have not picked up this status effect?"
"No, I have a good reason to believe it cannot affect you. Wendigos eat the flesh of their victims or drive others mad in order to force them to do the same. As spirits, neither you nor I are made of flesh and blood. We are simply spiritual energy having taken solid form. Marcus said, telling Evette his speculation. "If you are concerned though, Mrazivy can check your status. But I figured you would prefer not to do so. I am sure you have secrets you want to keep."
"No, I feel that I have nothing to hide from the two of you. You are a great spirit and if you trust Mrazivy then so do I. However, I expect that many others will refuse to allow someone else to view their statuses. Luckily, I have something that should solve that problem."
Holding out her hand, Evette opened up her item box and pulled out an ivory slab that had detailed magic enchantments etched into it.
Marcus immediately recognized this as a magic item that was used to display people's statuses when having identifications made.
"It was not easy to get my hands on one of these for personal use, but I figured that it would possibly come in handy while on this expedition. This way everyone can read their own status and not have to worry about an information leak." Evette said, a proud expression on her face.
Both Marcus and Mrazivy commend her for her foresight. Neither of them had thought to procure something like this since they could see their own statuses any time they wanted.
Now that they had their plan of action set, Marcus and Mrazivy left Evette to gather the entire expedition unit.
Fortunately, it did not take long for everyone to meet in the middle of the camp. No one was going to ignore Evette when she said that there was an emergency that required everyone's attention.
"Thank you all for gathering on such short notice. It has been brought to my attention that we have come under attack during this night. I am sure many of you heard the howl in the night and thought nothing of it, but I can assure you that the monster that it originated from means us harm." Evette said.
She then motioned for Marcus to step up and he explained what he knew about wendigos.
'As expected, no one else recognizes the name.' Marcus thought as he went through his explanation.
He had been keeping careful watch on everyone's expressions, and no one gave off any signs of familiarity when he mentioned the name wendigo.
Naturally Miguel also knew of them, but thanks to prior warning did not allow it to show on his face.
"I understand how you figured out the monster's name by having Mrazivy read her own status. But how do you know so much about a monster none of us have heard of before?" Fenmaer, one of the giant twins in Fianna's party said.
His question was followed up by plenty of agreement from the others. Only those Marcus had already confided in were not skeptical about his information.
Of course, he could have just come out and explained that he was a transmigration, but he frankly did not want some of them to know this. Especially Cassius and his party.
Instead, Marcus told them he had read about an old account that was stored in Borealia's royal archive of the monster being encountered in the Great Gome Woods.
Needless to say, Mrazivy backed Marcus up, and no one was able to disprove that such a record existed even if they had their doubts.
Evette supporting them also helped to add weight to their words and no one openly disputed them.
"Now, to figure out who all have been affected by this wendigo, I have prepared a status reading slate that you may use. We have a tent set up where you view your own status in private and you need only report to us if you have the condition." Evette said.
A line quickly formed in front of the tent where the slate had been placed and everyone prepared to go in and check on their status. No one had refused.
However, before they got started, Marcus remembered one thing he forgot to mention that could be important.
"Wait, before we continue. I need to ask if anyone here experienced any nightmares. Likely one that involved you committing some form of vile act against those you care about."
Most of the members of the expedition squad looked confused by this sudden question, but one individual instead went stiff and clearly looked terrified.
'One of Cassius' party members. I believe her name was Dominique.'
Having picked out the person attacked by the wendigo's nightmare ability, Marcus approached her and asked if she would go first.
"I promise you have nothing to worry about. Whatever you saw in your nightmare is not going to come true." Marcus said in a comforting tone.
Dominique looked towards her leader for reassurance, and despite Cassius and Marcus getting off on the wrong foot, he nodded his head. He was not so shortsighted that he would risk the safety of one of his party members just because of a small squabble.
After she finished using the status displaying slate, Dominque came out looking paler than she had before. Obviously, it had shown her that she had Wendigo Psychosis.
And unlike Mrazivy who noted that the status condition was dormant in her, Dominque's had advanced to the next stage.
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