Chapter 1217

"I initially felt heartbroken when I heard that everyone in the village perished, but I couldn't bring myself to pity them anymore after overhearing this," Myla explained. Though the specifics were unclear, the rest of the villagers must have known if several households were complicit in human trafficking. Even if not everyone participated, most must've turned a blind eye. Those who knew but chose to hide the truth were accomplices. The group's expressions grew somber after listening to Myla's account, but it wasn't too shocking. They'd seen the half-zombies when they'd first entered the village. Even if the deadly toxin did heighten their bloodlust, their open willingness to keep humans as livestock spoke volumes. That would mean some villagers had lost their humanity long before their deaths. The deaths of hundreds of evildoers felt slightly less tragic than the deaths of hundreds of innocents. Myla shifted the topic and talked about Maya instead. "She has been detained by the