Devaguea had been listening to the reports inside the buildings, and muttering under his breath. "Poison and disease would have left bodies. Monsters or bandits would have had to number in the thousands, and wouldn't have been so clean to do it this fast. Mind control? Possible, but the whole town at once? That is high end ritual or artifact eel spit only, no single caster could cover the entire town and control however many hundreds were here on their own, and there is little chance someone finding an artifact would have been missed. Some sort of cabal or cult? Possibly, but all of them striving to striking at once would have missed something or someone, who would have run for help, and likely would have left more evidence."<br/><br/>He shook his head, before frowning at the gift, and shaking his head. He had Sydon close and re-conceal the hatch before they moved on. "Next location people. We have a fort to clear before too long, and I long to question the squatters."