Clearing the village didn't take long, after all. Even though corruption had taken over, the corrupted humans kept fighting it from within.
Wanting nothing more than to be free of the torture of being trapped in their own minds by the corruption, they gladly welcomed their deaths.
Neither Adrian nor Marion felt particularly remorseful, as they continued forward, towards the kingdom.
Soon enough, a massive wall came into view, on the horizon.
Adrian observed that it stretched almost endlessly in both directions similar to the one at the frontier.
His gaze swept across the walls, spotting the entrances and visible patrol routes.
"They adapted quickly," he finally said.
"They had no choice," Marion replied with a light shrug, "either build something like this… or get eaten by whatever is out here."
"Though, they're just being a bunch of cowards hiding in the pit they dug, waiting for the inevitable."
