Chapter 574 - Black Altar (1/2)

Chapter 574 - Black Altar

Before the gates of the teed in darkness The air was permeated with the smell of rot, and at least a dozen of eviscerated bodies lay on the cold stones, staring into nothingness with their e becohts, so he wasn’t too bothered by it The i cold

‘damnation…’

He entered the hall, both Saint and the Serpent e the hilt of the Quiet Dancer so hard that her fingers turned white

Sunny walked over to the nearest corpse, held his breath, and knelt beside it, studying its wounds Then, with a grim expression, he moved over to the next one and did the same

It took him some time to check on each of the slain Lost, and by the end, his eyes were full of darkness

The blind girl remained silent for a few :

“…How did they die?”

He lingered for a second, then shook his head

“Sounds”

Each of the fallen sentinels was killed with one precise, fatal strike However, most of them were terribly mutilated and covered in multiple wounds — none of the the maximum amount of pain

The killer, whoever it anted his victims to suffer before they died

Well… Sunny was pretty sure that he kneho the killer was

Mordret The— that he had set free

It see had a sadistic streak about him

…But that wasn’t the proble that Sunny had learned before, he assumed that Mordret possessed a bizarre and powerful Aspect that allowed his That erous

The prerequisite for this Ability seeht Teood, since both Sunny and Cassie could naturally counter it — Sunny by fighting with his eyes closed, Cassie by si blind

However, these Lost had clearly died in a ferocious and bloodyelse, Mordret was a fighter of incredible skill… skilled and powerful enough to not only kill a dozen experiences Awakened with a sword, but also to play with his victims before he did

Just hoas Sunny supposed to win against sohed, then walked past the corpses and approached the gate

Master Welthe had told them that the Citadel was sealed, and no one except for Saint Cormac would be able to open it However… Sunny had to check for himself

He wrapped all three shadows around his body and tried to push open the gates, but to no avail The heavy doors didn’t budge even when Saint joined him None of the keys their jailers had carried were of any use, too… there wasn’t even a keyhole to insert theates, hoping to see the same type of primitive weave he had seen in the door of the Ebony Tower But there was none

“Curse it”

He gave the gates a good kick, then turned around and walked back to Cassie in frustration

“…I guess we aren’t getting out of here until the Saint arrives”

Which would happen in a week, at the earliest

Would they even be able to survive that long?

The blind girl frowned, then asked with uncertainty: