As the group walked deeper into the eerie cityscape, their footsteps echoed through the silent and war-torn areas. The once-great city had been mercilessly torn apart.
Even though the city was now safer from the outside, they could see a few corpses here and there. The Cultists must have invaded the town soon after their attack and killed many people before being driven out or killed by the city dwellers' hands.
Anna, her senses heightened as always, scanned their surroundings cautiously as they entered another corpse-filled alleyway.
"This place gives me the creeps," she muttered, her voice barely more than a whisper.
"It's definitely seen better days," Irina replied wryly.
Verina added, "But we've faced worse, haven't we?"
"Yeah, nothing could surpass the horror we saw and felt inside that Xyran mine." Irina stopped and took a deep breath before continuing to walk ahead.
