It didn't take us long to slay the remaining demons. I was extra cautious during the rest of the fight, and the jade amulet never lit up again, but the thought of being protected calmed my mind and helped me focus more on my movements. I could feel the flow of my power growing smoother and more steady over time.
We burned the bodies afterward and stayed at the cabin for a bit longer, cleaning up the remaining swarms as more appeared. By the morning of the fourth day, there were no more signs left of the demons, and we made our way back to East Village.
"Who do you think that hunter was?" Qi Lian asked when we crossed the creek where we ran into Bai Ye the other day. "He said he was going to the market at the village, but he never came back. Does he really live in the cabin?"
"The cabin shows no sign of anyone living in it recently," Xie Lun replied. "The dust has been cleaned off, but there was no candle soot or coal ashes, and the hides were tanned long ago."
