162 Chapter 162

Ulyseon looked mournful at Maxi's sickened expression.

"Please consider how devastated Sir Riftan would be if something were to happen to you, my lady."

"But… But…"

Her face crumpling in anguish, Maxi clutched Riftan's copper coin. She could not get the image of the black, rotten ghoul corpses out of her mind. She did not want to end up like that, and the thought of never seeing Riftan again tore at her heart.

She was certain she was not the only one who felt that way. Idsilla had a brother who cared for her greatly. The other female clerics had friends and family of their own, and no soldier wished for death.

Maxi looked at Ulyseon pleadingly. "Then l-let's… b-bring a few more with us. I-I won't ask that we take everyone—"

"We cannot turn back, my lady. Imagine the commotion if we did," Garrow replied, adamantly shaking his head.

The two squires' woeful expressions reflected her own.