With the crowd moving away due to the intimidating presence of Desmond and Mei, the place found itself quite desolate within minutes, after which Xiauyue ordered her men to secure a wider perimeter and let them work.
Gradually the pressure around Mei calmed down and both her ki and her appearance returned to normal, Desmond on the other hand although he calmed down like Mei, looked visibly exhausted by his small display of power.
It was not only about his wounds that had not yet fully recovered but also the stress that his body had undergone in the last twenty-four hours and being unable to regain his mana reserves also added a degree of pressure on him.
Ignoring his exhaustion Desmond approached the place where Xiauyue's men secured the body they found and there it was ... what little was left of a person, of a poor girl, someone with dreams and desires like every human being that had now been reduced to just a bloody remnant of what it once was.
