When they calmed down, Trisha asked all her questions and answered her questions as best as she could.
It turned out, Eva, although hypnotized, was still conscious but was trapped inside her own body. Only a few month ago did she felt the effect of hypnotism weakening. Still, she played the make pretend game to gain some leverage over that demon.
But what she found out horrified her. That bastard wanted to eat her only friend, quite literally, and worse, Trisha agreed to him in exchange for her life!
The way Trisha sacrificed herself to protect her touched her and she promised to find a way to save her too. Alas there was none, or only one, in which she was in control. That's how she had no choice but to kill her and afraid of the consequences, she killed herself too. Too bad it looks like the demon followed them here.
Eva felt relieved when Trisha forgave her for her actions. Just as when she was about to relax, they heard what sounded like an argument from some distance away. Now, both of them on guard, approached the group. As it turned out, they were in a forest surrounded by tall trees and more than a dozen survivors were accompanying them.
Some of them were feeling angry and frustrated, some happy and excited, some as if they lost all hope and the remaining didn't show any emotion, but Trisha could tell, they were excited about something. One thing was common though, they were all faceless.
She was about to use mana to protect herself and Eva in the worst case scenario and Eva too started doing the same. Too bad for them, they couldn't. As it turned out their body was devoid of mana and recovering it very slowly, as if adapting to new mana.
Well, if they forced to assimilate mana they could gain mana faster but that will be akin to mana poisoning, not favorable currently. But it's better than the worst case.
Just as both were deciding what to do, a faceless man stepped up and garnered everyone's attention. He stated how dangerous their current situation was and offered to form a crude party. Some accepted the suggestion, some opposed it, while the remaining were neutral. Classic, we all know how this will end up.
Through this constant chatter both Eva and Trisha noticed one anomaly. Most of them, if not all, were humans! A bad situation as they would expect! In their world, humans shared the same bureaucracy as elves, even in the elven empire which they were originate from.
They heard stories, though. Stories about how humans would kidnap and enslave other races just to gain some profit and the outcome of those slaves was just what anyone can guess. And who could better empathize than the victims themselves? But as they recently experienced, cruelty is not inherent to humans only, anyone with intelligence could have it, its just humans have it the most.
That's enough of the philosophy lesson, for now at least.
It would be best if none of them would find out about the pair. Who knows, their might be more just like them. Or their could also be demons in disguise. In a way, this 'faceless' trend is more beneficial to them.
As the time passed things started to escalate, voting turned to arguments, arguments to yelling, and yelling to almost brawl. What are they playing? Democracy? Right now? Seriously? Wasn't the situation was dire just now? What happened?
As expected, we all saw this coming.
Just as the...whatever this was, kept happening, a guy approached the duo, introduced himself and offered to form a party. The duo, obviously belonging to neutral faction, didn't agree nor disagree.
The guy, or "Zahar", as he introduced himself looked like he wanted to get some brownie points with these girls. Even though faceless, they still retained their body shape and gods they both look beautiful. The best part? NO! All of them had their clothes on you perverts! Why so different than Arthur you ask? Well, do you wear clothes that reek of rotten dead bodies and sprinkled with maggots?
Only in the beginning, those who chose system before being injected in this world could change their body features, even gender if they want. No one has the option other than them. So, now you know.
The girls noticed the look in Zahar's body language too but didn't comment on it. If push comes to shove, they got a meat shield. Who could say no to protect some damsels? Especially as beautiful as them.
As they were busy in their internal schemes, they all heard growls, not one, not two, but what looked like few dozens of corrupted!
Just as they started planning to flea, a guy from the group told them to open the random box available in the inventory.
Most of them did, some, too panicked to even pay attention and the girls? Well, they didn't know how to. Luckily for them someone volunteered to be their knight in shining armor, the only problem was the guy's leg was shaking like leaves in the storm. Why bother?
Can you guess who? Well, you guessed wrong. Again.