Dusk was about to arrive, and the matter about the strings that snapped at the same time, an hour has passed since then. Clover rested at Eliza's hut, while Quinn guarded outside with a serious pose and a solemn facial expression.
Meanwhile, Eliza has just made a gathering announcement to all the hunters at the hunter's base. She lately had made a long serious talk with Old Man Frederick, and the latter finally calm down from the shock of his life.
He could sense that his soul came out of his body, the moment he heard about Vincent and Nicholas's disappearance, and the possibility they became an Abomination.
If it was the only reason why he was so shocked that he was about to die, then it was not enough, as he made a conjecture causing him to feel like he was about to die.