A Sudden Appearance

We gathered in the command tent after hearing that Lumiel had returned.

Lumiel told us everything she had seen, and the news was shocking.

“The Grand Duke was creating monsters with dark magic!?”

“Yes… There is no doubt.”

Lumiel explained in great detail what she had seen.

She described how there were dark magic circles and monster cocoons in Northden Castle, where monsters were being created.

Sharen spoke after hearing that.

“There is no doubt. That is dark magic for controlling monsters.”

“There’s magic like that?”

“I’ve never used it myself, but I only heard about it from my master. I was told it is magic that raises monsters from cocoons and controls them, and that it requires human corpses as sacrifices.”...