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The beams of the house were dusted with white sugar, and towering chocolate columns stood in perfect rows. The door was made of a well-baked cookie, and the chandelier hanging from the ceiling was a piece of sparkling crystalline sugar candy.
Walls over ten meters high were constructed from loaves of bread and pastries stacked like bricks, forming an enormous structure that could only be described as a house of sweets. Or perhaps, given its sheer scale, it was more appropriate to call it a castle or a mansion.
Dangling in the vast hall, with its colorful candies and confections, were dozens of cages suspended in midair. Inside each cage, a person was imprisoned.
What an utterly bizarre sight, thought Alius, trapped in one of the cages. He sighed heavily. What’s the point of all this?
Alius was no stranger to the bizarre experiments of necromancers. Yet, was it really necessary to create a bizarre place seemingly straight out of a children's fairytale? Still, there was one silver lining.
At least the missing people are alive.
From his cage, Alius scanned the other cages. Each held a single captive, most of whom were the missing Swindler border guards. In the distance, he spotted the members of the Brigade of Purification—Leocolt, Lestane, and Stronoff—also confined....
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