Goblin Dependency-Chapter 217 - 123 Corpse_2

Only the stains on the chest were cleaned off.

Thus, revealing the bloody wounds in the center of the chest, spelling out a series of insulting words:

"Coward," "Leftovers."

Following the traces of blood and the impressions among the grass and trees, parting the hanging vines and troublesome bushes and thorns.

When Xia Nan saw the horrific scene before him, he could clearly sense that Abi beside him suddenly shivered, the fragment of arm armor in his hand falling to the ground.

This newcomer who hadn’t been in the business long turned deathly pale, his Adam’s apple subtly rolling with an expression as if he were about to vomit.

Xia Nan himself was far from as calm as he appeared.

Though he had slain no fewer than a hundred goblins, with many similar bloodstains on his hands.

But after all, the time since crossing over was short, not yet fully desensitized.

When this obviously tortured kindred corpse came into view, those bloody hideous wounds inevitably caused phantom pain in the same parts of his own body.

Add to that the current dead silent and dangerous forest, and the deliberately created eerie environment by the perpetrator, it only further intensified the terror of the corpse.

"George..."

Adeline’s face turned very grim.

Even though they had left the team for a while, the two had still maintained their friendship.

Initially planning to find him for a few drinks after returning, but unexpectedly encountered his corpse on the way back from the mission.

She instinctively took a couple of steps toward the direction of the corpse, seemingly wanting to go forward and lower George’s body which was hung by hemp rope on the tree branch.

But then, as if suddenly remembering something, she stopped.

Abi didn’t think so much, following forward, almost overtaking Adeline when she reached out to stop him.

"Wait."

Regardless of the slightly puzzled look mixed with fear in his eyes.

Carefully observing the ground covered with fallen leaves around the corpse, suddenly pausing.

He picked up a nearby stone and threw it into a patch of grass beneath the corpse.

"Whizz bang!"

The hidden trap was instantly triggered, several crude bone clusters shot out from the nearby shrubbery.

Tearing through the air, piercing through George’s body amidst a whistling sound, embedding into the flesh, also severing the rope around the neck.

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It was the dull thud of the body hitting the ground.

Abi looked at Adeline with lingering fear, his chest heaving, taking a deep breath.

If it weren’t for her interception, he might have already been pierced through by those bone clusters.

"There shouldn’t be any more."

Still at the most dangerous position, Adeline walked at the forefront of the team, going up to check the corpse.

Xia Nan didn’t have the related knowledge, so he just stood a little farther off with Abi, keeping a lookout for her and being alert to possible nearby dangers.

As for Berg...

Originally feeling uneasy due to the appearance of the half-orc professional, he had just managed to ease up only to encounter such an event on the way back.

His expression became even more gloomy, almost a different person compared to when in River Valley Town.

But as it concerned life and death, not just for the whole team but also for his own life safety.

At this point, he managed to suppress the fluctuating emotions in his heart, crouching down with Adeline to carefully examine George’s grievously tortured corpse.

Xia Nan understood in his heart that this was not a side issue.

An ordinary small team of low-level adventurers encountering two human corpses in quick succession in a place like Mist Forest, one of which was even a familiar acquaintance,

absolutely wasn’t a coincidence.

With nearly three more days to walk out of the forest, there was a complete possibility of encountering the same danger.

Whether human or demon.

At the very least, it’s necessary to figure out what exactly lurks around the squad that they might face in the future.

Just like the act of torturing George to death and hanging his body on the tree as a provocation.

These ruthless beasts didn’t bother to conceal their identity at all.

The wounds on the body, the scars on the armor, even the footprints and strands of hair on the nearby ground were left in a dismissive manner.

And because of this, in just over ten minutes, Adeline and Berg reached their final conclusion.

"Firstly, based on the degree of decay and the type of wounds on the corpse, George and the body we found when we arrived died around the same time."

"In fact, even the deceased adventurer was a member of the ’Iron Hand’ team."

Xia Nan silently agreed in his heart.

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