Seeing two beast-folk step forward and sit right by the table to feast voraciously on the food and wine, the expressions on the faces of Qiushu and her three companions turned gravely serious.
One of the beasts was tall with long, thick legs, its body covered in a layer of pale silver scales that faintly emitted a cold, harsh light. Its face possessed a bizarre, half-beast, half-human appearance with long, pointed ears pressed flat against the sides of its head. Its gaze was as sharp as a falcon's, and its deep red pupils radiated a dangerous sheen.
The other beast was short in stature, yet its body radiated an explosive sense of power with its muscle contours nearly fully exposed. Its bare arms and neck were covered in short, dark brown fur that, under the lamplight, seemed tinged with an eerie dark red. Its eyes were vertical slits like a wolf's—narrow and chillingly cold—and its thick arms ended in hands covered in sharp bone armor.
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