This is pretty darn good so far. Really enjoying how you handle the magic. I am very curious for a reveal of how the Bad Thing (whatever it is) changed its tactics from immediate clumsy mayhem (suiciding the professor, the slaughter in №305) to successfully taking over a major metropolitan area w/o any word getting out.
Hoping for more.

11424014
Thank you!!! And yes, there will be more. Hopefully soon.

consider me incredibly unnerved by this story!! when i realized that the "then something changed" line actually meant something it was like a pin dropped. chapter 3 has been the "scariest" so far, if only because you *know* what just happened and have got to keep reading to see it confirmed in detail. it was interesting to see chapter 4 start off with the "germ" already having spread so far, though. hearing that "tens of thousands" have died already really nails home how fucked Equestria is if they cant keep this under control. i can only imagine the internal panic this is causing and what hell its wreaking. so far 10/10 dashies i am so scared

11711927
Thanks for the great comment! Yeah, chapter 3 is definitely the most traditionally horrific so far. And I do love hearing that the pattern setup has paid off in some ways. Will it continue to pay off? Only time will tell.

More is soon to come...

Soo good!