(Lian Li POV)
"And that's where you found us," The paladin Ariya concluded, shivering slightly from the memory.
Going with our initial plan, all of us were sitting under the shade of a tree a short distance away from the city gates to hear this paladin's recount of what happened.
Her companion, who had his lights punched out by Tatiana, was still out cold beside her. Now we know why she didn't need an escort.
My sisters and I looked at each other, the tentacle was definitely there but we saw no such humanoid monsters around just now.
"Based on what you said… It seems like people who were originally living in the city turned into those lifeless husks while those that were merely visitors were left unaffected," Guiying pointed out. "And then those tentacles and monsters culled the ones that were unaffected."
Ariya shivered, "Now… Now that you mentioned it… It does seem to be the case…"
