Selma Payne's POV:
The other side of the palace had become a living hell.
There were high-ranking officials in the palace and even more servants, craftsmen, and guards. These people obviously could not be protected like the nobles and mayors in the first instance of a disaster, so they became the first target of the cultists' wanton attacks.
I sensed a familiar evil aura. I realized that the heretic cult believers were using their old tricks again, attempting to mutate more elves. The worst thing was that they had already succeeded a lot, and the condition of the infected this time was worse. Dozens of 'elves' with twisted limbs and bloody bodies were attacking everyone indiscriminately like zombies without any sense of reason.