Huntrax strolled through the now empty Stronghold, his dirty and raggedy clothes whipping in the wind.
The entire court was filled with cold, dead bodies of the Ersatz members. Zombies, anyway. The moment they put the Artifice in their hearts, they became something beneath a human, beneath a living being.
Now, they were dead. Huntrax did them a service.
He strolled through inside, through the endless, twisting hallways that would have confused most people. But for Huntrax, all he had to do was follow the scent of Erstaz's stench.
Eventually, he found himself in the heart of the Stronghold. Their king's court.
Inside, he saw the body of a Nascent Spirit cultivator. An Emerald leader. Probably in the 3rd stage of the Body Formation.
He kneeled beside the corpse, turning it over. And with deft hands, he began to search the Ersatz leader for any important artifacts in his body. Aside from some cultivation artifacts and parchment paper, he found nothing of note.
