The forest before them had already been flattened into a fan-shaped clearing by the chaotic blade energy. Okas had turned to dust.
"We're saved!"
"Long live!"
The beastfolk swiftly wiped out the slaver squad. People clung tightly to the liberated slaves, celebrating their hard-won freedom.
"Thank you so much, Miss Ghostly!"
Sylvia exhaled in relief and stepped before Ghostly, bowing deeply.
"No need to thank me. I'm just doing a job for payment," Ghostly said, not revealing her face, merely waving a hand. "What are you planning next? Returning to your homeland?"
"My people will head back first, but I still need to find another group of kidnapped kin, and figure out a way to earn some money," Sylvia replied. She lowered her gaze, staring at her toes for a long moment before hesitantly looking up. "Is there really no way for humans and beastfolk to live in peace? We've done nothing wrong."
The pig beastfolk ate people—it had nothing to do with the cat beastfolk.
