Chapter 95

At the unexpected sight, Vieta was too stunned to think straight, so Fulcare cautiously tapped her on the shoulder and reached toward a certain spot.

“I think the one that attacked the sheep might be the one over there.”

Vieta turned her head in the direction of Fulcare’s finger. In the spot he indicated, an old cloth lay scattered about, torn into pieces.

When she tried to approach for a closer look, Fulcare hurriedly grabbed her by the shoulder.

“Captain, wait a moment. The seal doesn’t seem very old, but perhaps because of the miasma, the cloth has decayed badly. If people with strong auras like yours approach, they might break through the weakened seal and wake them up. We’d kill them anyway, but there’s no need to wake them unnecessarily, right?”

Could a magical beast be released because of me?

“The village chief said sheep had been disappearing since before I arrived.”

“No, what I mean is that, apart from that one, another magical beast could awaken if we approach because its seal has deteriorated. That one seems to have escaped on its own because the seal grew old. Well, Kian, was it? That woman has magical beast blood flowing through her too, so she might have been affected. Even if all she inherited was their life force, she isn’t exactly ordinary, is she? The fact that she’s survived this long proves it.”

Fulcare’s brow furrowed slightly. Judging by his expression now and the way he usually treated Kian, he seemed strangely displeased by her.

But it couldn’t be helped. He had once mentioned in passing that he, too, had suffered greatly from magical beasts...