"I...I..."
Jonah tried to form comprehensible words but what came out were only gibberish. His teeth began to drop off one by one and new sharp teeth emerged from under the gums.
Jonah's skin lost its color. Dark pulsating veins popped up all over his flesh. His eyes were fogged like the window of a misty day.
Siderius strode forward and kicked at Jonah's stomach.
"What're you doing?" Quinlan screamed.
"Let him die as a human."
Siderius stepped to the side and with one full swing of his half-sword, Jonah's head was severed from his neck. The head rolled on the ground before being swarmed by the other ghouls.
They snatched the head like it was some sort of divine fruit from the tree of Eden.
The diet of ghoul were mainly corpses. They could eat live humans but corpse for them was a delicacy.
Siderius grabbed the long wooden stick of Jonah and threw it over to Quinlan.
"That short sword of yours won't keep you alive. Use this. Try to survive. Don't be a hero, understand?"
