Chapter 220

A Knight's Oath

I had to spend quite a while comforting Loic, who had turned pale after misunderstanding my words.

By the time I finally calmed him down, everything outside the cave had become quiet.

"It seems everything outside has been taken care of. We should leave now."

Holding Loic's hand, I walked toward the cave entrance.

As we got closer, a strong metallic smell filled the air.

The moment we stepped outside—

My entire body froze.

The horrifying sight before me made me stiffen.

Realizing too late what I had seen, Loic hurriedly covered my eyes.

"I'm sorry, Annette."

His voice was full of regret.

Even with my vision blocked, the terrible image remained in my mind.

The ground outside the cave was covered with countless monster corpses.

Those are monsters...? They're much scarier than I imagined!

They looked somewhat like wolves, but were far larger, with twisted bodies…