Most of the villagers in the church were survivors of the Frenzied Flame disaster. It had to be said, finding survivors who had not been infected was no easy thing. The once-thriving village had suddenly become desolate and run-down. Shabriri really had committed every evil imaginable.
After Zhao Si had killed him last time, Shabriri would probably lie low for a while and stop showing his face. Everything needed some recovery time, right? If Shabriri could reincarnate, resurrect, and possess bodies at will without any cost, that would be far too powerful. Not even the Frenzied Flame could do that.
Zhao Si followed the two Witches into the church. Looking at the majestic statue of Marika, he could only think that she really was beautiful. Carving a statue from stone was quite a test of a craftsman's abilities. But even the finest craftsman could hardly capture a real person's beauty and presence, and the stone carvings in the Lands Between were visibly rather crude.
The stone was not particularly fine, nor had it been polished much. Its rough surface was riddled with holes, and even Marika's statue was no exception. Only a few of the ornaments on her clothes had been gilded. Even so, Zhao Si thought Marika was beautiful. He reckoned she must be the most beautiful woman in the Lands Between.
What? Miquella's female aspect, Trina? Trina had received far too little exposure. Besides, speaking of Miquella's charm, Marika should logically have possessed it too, and to an even greater degree.
If Malenia did not have those traces of rot on her face and body, she would surely have been an exceptional beauty too. Unfortunately, those marks of rot concealed her beauty. He did not know whether she cared about her appearance. In any case, she always let