Chapter 15 - 14
After a day’s run, they arrived at Sangun Village.
It was devastation.
Corpses scattered in the mud. Homes burned to cinders. The air reeked of blood and ash. But something was wrong—there were no children among the dead.
’Even a remote place like this...’ Lumberling thought, heart sinking. ’So nowhere is safe.’
Eldric met them, crouched over a corpse. His eyes were hard.
"No bite marks. No claw wounds. If it were monsters, they should have eaten the bodies."
Orrin knelt, inspecting a gash. "These were killed by humans."
"Bandits... or something worse," Eldric growled. "But there are no children’s bodies. We might still be able to save them."
They searched all day and into the next, but found nothing.
"Damn it, where are they?" Eldric roared.
"Calm down," Orrin said. "Anger won’t bring answers. Let’s regroup."