The downfall of these old-world nobles wouldn't be much better than that of madmen or anomalies.
"You've done well... I thought you might indulge them or mercifully attempt to change them."
"Because they are no different from the grotesque." Lu Li did not let them rot on their own also because "The memories in their heads are still useful."
"I will make sure Claire gives them what they deserve."
Lu Li wanted to know the function of the riddle passage, but the nobles took all the Homogeneous Items, and extracting memories from their brains takes time.
The fire was burning, and the wood waiting to be burned fell into Lu Li's hands: a precious Demon Hunter autobiography. They had been burning these things for warmth and light.
It's hard to imagine how many valuable books recording civilization they had burned in twenty years.
The only solace is that they weren't dumb enough to burn only books and leave the shelves, so there were still two libraries and the books on them left.
