Chapter 96: The Vampire's Crypt - II

The rest of the group followed Merlin inside, everyone was wary of the ghouls. Zankoku and Alvira jumped in fear every time they heard chains rattle. They made sure to keep their distance, but even then they didn't feel safe here.

"What kind of messed up torture room is this?" Alvira spoke up again while looking around.

The room was full of torture implements, and amongst the handful of live ghouls chained up along the wall were a couple dead ghouls, they appeared to have been carved up by several of the torture implements lying around the room.

Merlin's eyes locked onto one of the dead ghouls hanging on the wall, its eyes were sunken and its chin was covered in blood. But unlike the other ghouls in the room, its skin didn't seem entirely decayed, and this one almost had a full head of hair, whereas the others were all bald or balding. Merlin's curiosity grew as he stared at this creature, it just didn't seem normal in his eyes.