Moving Forward (12)
The Mages and Knights looked at each cell they had opened silently. The scene they saw inside was pretty common for them but still not a regular thing they would be able to see everyday.
Of course, for the civilians, the story was hugely different. Taking a glimpse of someone's opened abdomen and their viscera littering the ground was enough to scar their psyche, let alone spending a couple of minutes staring at the gruesome scene.
The Knights and Mages could see the haunted look on their face, and Iliana understood well what had made them look so haunted—the impersonating Demon.
"Let's get them out first. We will check what has happened afterwards," Iliana instructed.
The others nodded wordlessly, and immediately took the civilians out from the twelve cells. The civilians were kept in their group after coming out, and the cells were immediately closed to prevent the pungent smell of blood from wafting out of the cells.