A Prodigy!

"Quickly, over there!"

The first to react wasn't Captain Andel or one of the knights, it was President Beno. Without hesitation, the older man, despite his age, rushed toward the source of Freya's voice with surprising speed.

"Wait, Beno!" Andel barked, his deep voice echoing in the tunnel as he and the rest of the group hurried to keep up.

As they rounded the corner, the scene before them froze them in their tracks. Freya, still in her tight knight's uniform, was doubled over, her hand bracing against the slimy sewer wall as she retched violently, the remnants of her last meal splattering onto the ground. Her face was pale, and even the faint illumination of her enchanted stone couldn't mask her disgust.

But it wasn't Freya's state that drew their attention, it was the grotesque horror sprawled in the center of the tunnel.