This was an inhuman massacre.
Apart from the Flesh God Cult's followers, he had found a total of 3,541 bodies in this underground fortress. Most were villagers from nearby settlements, while many others were children and girls they had imprisoned long ago. They had been penned up like livestock in this sunless underground darkness, all for this day's summoning.
Most of the bodies were already mutilated, and their victims had been killed long before.
Most had suffered brutal torture before their deaths. According to the cultists, only those who died this way had a chance of becoming demon ghosts, and only then would their flesh be tainted with that venomous filth, making them better sacrifices for opening the Gate of Hell.
They had been piled beneath the stone slabs directly below the Magic Array, practically turning the place into a mass grave.
Some of the young girls in the prime of their lives had been selected and hung upside down from the iron hooks above. Opening Hell required pain as its source, and their slow deaths became the perfect key.
In the end, only a very small number had survived.
[Ding! You have triggered a class-exclusive quest: Rescue and Healing.] [Quest objective]: Use your knowledge and skills to treat as many of the injured here as possible. Perhaps this is a choice every doctor must face. No time limit. Restore fifty injured people to health insofar as possible. Quest Rewards: 500 Black Skull Coins, 1,000 experience points, random item ×1. [Current quest progress]: 13/50
As the System Notification sounded in his ears, a full eight minutes had already passed since the quest had triggered and begun.
"All right! Next! Bring her up!"
Lynn stood before the cleared altar, holding a scalpel and fine thread with a solemn expression.