Leonard had completed his mission, but he had no intention of leaving. He knew perfectly well that once he reported what had happened here to the Church, these ruins would probably be destroyed very soon.
So he wanted to look around some more.
This time, Raphael walked in front, with the Living Corpses under his control following behind.
When he had gone to beat up that Evil Spirit earlier, he had exposed the location of his real body, so he no longer bothered hiding.
Soon, they found another staircase leading down. The floor below had a fairly short corridor and little space overall, but each room was spacious. There were also recreational facilities, such as a card room.
Raphael guessed that these had been the quarters of the fortress's Beyonders, as well as their duty stations.
Following that logic, the next floor down should have been where the Sealed Artifacts were stored.
However, the fortress's Sealed Artifacts had probably all been taken into battle.
Raphael searched the area for any Beyonder Characteristics left behind, but the results were disappointing. There were no remains here at all.
There were no murals on the walls either, though that was only natural. Beyonders were very busy during wartime, with none of the leisure enjoyed by nobles.
Just as the two were about to follow the corridor back toward the stairs leading down, their spirituality sensed something, and they both looked up at the ceiling.
Something resembling both cloth and skin had appeared there, and it was writhing across the ceiling.
Raphael was about to send his Zombies forward when he suddenly sensed a powerful signal coming from that piece of cloth. The signal conveyed "hunger"!
It was a peculiar sensation-not words or a look, but something more like spiritual communication.
At that thought,