A deep frown immediately spread across the faces of the generals and high-ranking officials of the Xaos Kingdom as they processed the outcome of Overlord's analysis.
Yes, there were ethical implications—after all, men, women, and children were being transformed into those monstrous abominations—but this was war. Their emotions had to be set aside. They couldn't afford to dwell on pity or horror. The most troubling revelation wasn't just what these creatures were, but what they used to be.
They were human.
That fact alone introduced a terrifying possibility: thousands more could be undergoing the same transformation at this very moment. And if the enemy had the ability to mass-convert the population of Exilon into these nightmarish horrors, the threat level had just escalated beyond all prior comprehension.
If the enemy could field vast numbers of monstrous soldiers with both intelligence and raw power, then the scales could quickly tip out of their favor.
