Chapter 61 - I'm Raising Gargoyles to Protect Myself. ECD is Raising Terminators to Kill. We're Not the Same.
At the edge of the Dream Interstate Expressway, Carn in his human form surveyed his handiwork. Around him, his gargoyle army assembled, consisting of 30 unscathed brutes and a dozen half-broken gargoyles, which were riddled with bullet holes. Behind them lay a field with intact human bodies that they had murdered.
Methodically, Carn positioned the corpses in rows across the barren field, muttering incantations under his breath. With a surge of Aether, he raised 20 more gargoyles from the chosen bodies. Stone enveloped the lifeless flesh, twisting their forms into monstrous shapes as the new recruits joined his ranks.
Gawain observed silently from a distance. Though he detested the desecration of the dead, he remained silent. He understood that the demon lord had every right to fortify himself against the pursuit of human authorities.
