Villain Ch 1871. Daily Blood
The others stilled.
Even Larissa lowered her goblet.
Allen's smirk deepened. "A quest. It begins simple—a farmer by the crossroads asking help to find his adopted daughter. He leads you through the marshes, tells stories of her laughter, her sickness, her prayers to the goddess. Harmless. Almost sweet."
Zoe tilted her head, suspicious. "That doesn't sound like us. Too… wholesome."
"Wait," Vivian cut in, licking her lips, "what's the twist?"
Allen's eyes gleamed. "Midway through the escort, he disappears. Vanishes. No scream. No trail. Just… gone. You're left alone. Then the fog comes. And in the fog—blurred rooftops, broken spires, a bell tolling from nowhere. A whole town. A cursed town. No one can map it. No one's survived past the entrance."
Alice leaned forward on her broom, pupils dilated. "So it's event-triggered? Companion quest first, then the town spawns?"
