Her voice dropped to barely above a whisper.
"He was strong. Really, truly, impossibly strong."
Vyrra's eyes showed haunted memory.
"And worse—far worse—those he killed would rise again and fight for him against their will. Our own people, turned into puppets, attacking us."
Her voice cracked noticeably on the last words.
Leon listened to everything with complete seriousness, though growing confusion was building in his mind.
The information I learned from those books earlier has already diverged massively from this account. Which version is accurate?
Ira also appeared genuinely shocked by these revelations, but Korvek seemed to be holding himself together stoically, though his jaw was clenched tight.
Ira suddenly chimed in without even noticing herself speaking aloud, so absorbed was she in the terrible story:
"Then what happened, Aunt Vyrra?!"
