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Meiri and Milia knelt to inspect the corpses.
"Their bodies have been completely drained of blood," Meiri said.
"This matches the victims of Mareda," Milia confirmed.
Ziken’s voice carried disbelief. "The demonic sword appeared in the middle of the city?"
That was strange enough. But what made even less sense was this:
"Yet neither of you sensed a thing?"
The King’s Order quarters and the site of the corpses were only about a block apart. If the demonic sword had unleashed its dark power, there was no way the nearby priests wouldn’t have felt it. The two priests shrank under Ziken’s gaze. They responded in hesitant voices.
"I… I’m not sure..."
"I-I was asleep..."
It wasn’t entirely their fault, either. The surroundings were unnaturally clean. There wasn’t a trace of malice or death energy lingering in the area. It was no wonder they hadn’t sensed anything.
—Even I didn’t notice a thing.
—You too, young master? Varos questioned him. He found it incredulous.
—How is that even possible? Necromancy was involved, and yet you didn’t feel anything?
—That’s what I’m saying. Even I’m stunned.
It was an absurd situation. If the demonic sword had used its power, traces would have been left behind. But if it hadn’t, how had Wallace and Beric...
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