Villain Ch 1874. Silent Town
The bell tolled again. Hollow. Empty. It rattled through the fog like a cracked ribcage.
Allen tilted his head, eyes narrowing. The fog thickened until shapes began to bleed out of it—shambling silhouettes, some crawling, some bent wrong. The taste of iron hit the back of his tongue before they even stepped into sight. The system's red text blinked across his vision.
[Spawn Detected: Hollow Wretch – Lv. 210]
[Spawn Detected: Ashbound Beast – Lv. 230]
[Spawn Detected: Mourning Hag – Lv. 245]
The street twisted, stretching longer as the monsters dragged themselves into view.
The Hollow Wretch was first—skin pulled tight over bones, its mouth nothing but a black pit dripping smoke, claws dragging across the cobbles, screaming without sound.
Then the Ashbound Beast, a wolf-shaped thing stitched with molten seams, its eyes embers, ribs split open to show fire inside.
