章 126: A Cry for Help - III

"That temple is no safe haven. The villagers would never approach it under any circumstance." Callisto muttered.

"What's wrong with it?" Merlin looked at her with a confused expression. "Is it a monster's nest now?"

"Well, I guess you could say that, in a sense." She retorted, "That temple was built during a time before the wall. Back then, it used to be a collective house of worship for the western towns, filled with statues of the many gods and goddesses the surrounding settlements worshipped."

"Of course, without the wall here, one of those nearby settlements was Lycosura. Home of my father's castle and also the location of that dreaded sanctuary of the accursed cult." She continued, stretching out the word 'sanctuary' as if to insinuate it was no such thing. "The temple stands today as a reminder that not even the gods are immune to the influences of evil. So yes, I would say it is a den of monsters, but not in the traditional sense."