Chapter 100 Corpses

  At the most intense moment of the blood battle, a group of people secretly moved forward along the root of the east city wall. Almost all the troops in the entire city were concentrated together, and there was no one on the nearby city wall except for a few sentries who were chatting in low voices in the arrow tower. If the vampires could split up and attack from here, they should be able to create big trouble for the Western City. However, their abilities are very limited. The Bite Alliance has always maintained its own strength in this human-dominated republic, where people have always been filled with hatred towards vampires and other dark creatures, and can unite against a common enemy. In other words, the vampires had no geographical advantage and no human support, which doomed this to be a difficult and costly surprise attack.

  The chatter of several sentries suddenly disappeared. After a moment, Lei Zhe poked his head out and made a gesture to everyone.

  Han Jin and others rushed up to the city wall, threw down a rope, first put Mo Xinkou down, then Sasou. After the two people below confirmed that there was no problem, they sent down Keli, Stilberg and others who had no fighting power.

  It should be considered whether the extreme Thai has arrived. Han Jin and others were busy on the city wall for half a day, but no one discovered them. In the two magic towers not far away, there were magicians guarding inside. As long as they stretched their heads down to look around, Han Jin and his party would be exposed. But at this time, the magicians were more concerned about the sky and all the black spots flying rapidly. Not to mention that no one was discovered, even if someone was discovered, they might not have had the energy to bother with trivial matters.

  Han Jin slid down the long rope last, and then everyone ran out a distance along the city wall. Han Jin released another Xuanwu Qisheng curse, and the crowd climbed onto the turtle's back. Under Han Jin's control, the giant turtle rushed straight into the wilderness.

  Shouts and curses came from behind, but no one attacked them. It seemed that the magician hiding in the tower thought they were just a group of cowardly mercenaries who had abandoned the fight, so he scornfully jeered at them for a while before letting them off.

  When they came to Xicheng, everyone liked the feeling of sitting on the turtle's back, but now they have all become silent. At the critical moment, Gerald's explosive superpower left them with too many shocks.

  Moxin wiped the sword blade with a piece of animal skin, flipping it over and wiping it again. His movements seemed very forceful, as if he was venting something. Leizhe leaned against the turtle's neck, his eyes gazing up at the night sky like a wandering poet. Xian Ni'er placed her longbow on her leg, occasionally plucking the bowstring with her hand, producing a crisp echo.

  If there is really someone who can see through other people's inner world, they will find that Mo Xingke and others are thinking about the same problem, to be a real strong man! They have never had a moment like now when they desperately hope to have something.

  To avoid drawing attention from others, Han Jin and his group changed their daily routine, traveling at night and hiding during the day, heading towards the Ninth Town that Lei Zhe had told them about.

  On this day, they arrived at a nameless spring, the city was filled with the bleakness of late winter, but here it already had a strong sense of spring. The two banks of the spring were covered with a layer of tender green grass, and all kinds of wildflowers that were about to bloom. The rising sun cast countless golden scales on the spring water, but due to the slope, the speed of the spring water flowing down was very fast, so much so that the water was full of foam.

  Everyone sat on both banks of the small spring, chatting softly. Michele and Stilberg were preparing dinner for everyone. Although the sun had just risen, it was already time for dinner for them.

  "You say, can those vampires take down Western City?" Sasori asked, a question that had been bottled up in his heart for several days.

  "It's going to be tough," Xanthe said. "Gerald and Winston are teaming up, and Caroline is not easy to take advantage of unless Betty can come help her, but I heard the conflict between Betty and Caroline runs deep, so that probably won't happen."

  "Leading only the Vampire Guard to attack Western City, without any other troops to coordinate or support, Caroline's decision is too crazy!" Lei Zhe said: "I'm sure the casualties of the vampires will not be small!"

  "Never mind that, let's talk about something pleasant." Han Jin gazed at Hina and Kiri on the opposite bank, who were now tangled together, splashing water at each other. However, Kiri was clearly at a disadvantage due to her physical strength being inferior to Hina's.

  "Stop messing around, you two! It's still chilly outside, what if you get sick?" Xanier shouted.

  Xilena, who had taken advantage of the situation, stopped with a smile, but Keli was not reconciled and poured water over her with force.

  "Ah......" Xue Lina suddenly cried out in grief, covering her forehead with her hand and angrily saying: "Qili, why did you hit someone with a stone?!"

  "I didn't!" Kexi hastily defended herself, suddenly remembering that when she had reached her hand into the spring water earlier, there was a feeling of heaviness. Her heart immediately felt empty and she stood up to search around, finally finding a suspicious object in the grass: "Look, it's this thing!"

  Xierena bent down and picked it up, which was half a jade pendant. The jade pendant was full of cracks, and I didn't know if it was born like this or if it was broken on Xierena's head.

  "I didn't mean to, who knew there was such a thing in the water," said Keli.

  Xier Na was studying the jade pendant in her hand when Little Joseph suddenly shouted from the other side. He had been washing his hands in the water and ended up finding a ring.

  "Space Ring!!" Sasori exclaimed.

  Little Joseph was startled, holding the ring and not knowing what to do. Han Jin stood up and exchanged a glance with Xian Ni'er, saying slowly: "The rest of you stay here, I'll go upstream with Xian Ni'er and Sasou."

  As they walked further upstream, the forest grew denser. After walking a few hundred meters, Han Jin and Xian Ni'er simultaneously saw two dead bodies lying on the ground, with swarms of flies buzzing around their corpses, making a humming noise.

  Xanthe's face changed greatly, she had seen many dead people before, this was nothing, the problem was that one of the corpses was lying in the water, and she had just drunk a few mouthfuls of spring water downstream, for a moment, Xanthe felt her stomach churning like a stormy sea, almost vomiting.

  Satho muttered a low incantation, raised his hand and shot out a large fireball. The fireball passed through the swarm of bean flies, turning tens of thousands of them into ashes, but some still survived and continued to circle around the corpse without rest. Satho released another wave of flames, and only then did the forest quiet down.

  "What's going on?" Mozhe's figure flashed and rushed over here. He saw Sasou releasing magic one after another, knowing that something must have gone wrong here. When he saw the two corpses, his face turned even worse than Xianiel's, because among the people who drank water was also one of them.

  "Who the hell is so immoral! If you're going to kill someone, just do it, but don't bury them! Just throw them in the water and be done with it? Trash, dog shit..." Mo Xinkai cursed loudly.

  Han Jin carefully examined the two corpses, both of which were naked and had been stripped clean. Judging from their physical condition, combined with the current weather and temperature, they had been dead for at least three days. The person lying in the spring water had died very quickly and cleanly, having been beheaded by a single sword stroke, with no other wounds. His head should have been washed away to somewhere by the spring water.

  The person lying on the shore was covered in wounds of all sizes, his body curled up into a ball, looking extremely painful, and had likely suffered a great deal of torment. Han Jin kicked him over with his foot, and there were no fewer wounds on his front side either; however, he couldn't find any fatal injuries, which is to say that Han Jin couldn't find the cause of this guy's death.

  The loud scolding from Mo Xinke drew everyone's attention, and upon seeing this scene, their faces all changed color. Especially those who had drunk water and played with water, Qiuli's face turned pale, her hands frantically rubbing against her body. If there were no men around, she would have torn off her clothes and thrown them far away.

  "Raphael, I think this guy looks a bit familiar." Sasuke said slowly.

  "Huh?" Han Jin looked at the corpse with a serious expression, and indeed, it seemed somewhat familiar, but neither he nor Sasu could recall where they had seen it before.

  Xanier suppressed her nausea and walked over to observe the corpse. Although it had been dead for several days, its appearance was still vaguely recognizable. A flash of insight struck Xanier, and she spoke up: "Do you guys remember? At the mercenary guild in Lone Cliff City, a magician once came to invite Mo Xinko to join."

  "What's with that high-ranking sage, Kaburi? He... how did he end up like this?" Sasori stared blankly, then shouted: "Mōshin! Come take a look, is this guy really Kaburi?!"

  The scolding Mochizuki closed his mouth and walked over here in big strides, asking "Which Kaburi?"

  "It was in Gyon Castle where you were recruited by that magician."

  Mo Xinkai observed for a moment: "It's somewhat similar, but it can't be, right? That guy is an eighth-rank professional, how could he be killed like a dog?"

  "What's wrong with 8th rank professionals?" Lei Zhe sneered, "If he ran into Gerald, he'd be a dog." Although Lei Zhe was indeed an authentic quasi-8th rank professional, Gerald's shield strike had severely wounded his self-esteem, which still hadn't recovered to this day. So whenever he saw someone taking 8th rank professionals seriously, he would stand up and ridicule them, with himself also being the target of ridicule.

  "It's a good thing my will is strong enough, or I would have followed that guy... otherwise..." Mo Xinke quickly found a place to lie down and looked around: "I should be lying here too."

  "We... let's go..." Before she could finish her sentence, Khloe couldn't hold it in anymore and vomited loudly.

  "Xian Ni Er, take them upstream and find a clean place for them to wash up."

  This remark was exactly what Xian Ni'er had in mind, and she responded with a sound, leading Qili, Xilina and others to walk upstairs. Mo Xinke hurriedly said: "I'm going too, wait for me!" After finishing speaking, he followed behind Xilina.

  "Anyway, I've met this guy before." Han Jin said softly: "Let them rest in peace, bury them."

  Lei Zhe suddenly said: "Raphael, I think...I want to go back to my hometown and take a look."

  "Hometown?"

  "Yes, it's not far from here, just over a hundred miles away." Lei Zhe lowered his head: "My father is buried there, I... haven't been back for several years already."

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