Chapter 1214 Massacre

There are countless kinds of underground creatures living in the "underdark region".

But except for humanoid creatures like dark elves, gray dwarves, subterranean gnomes, stone giants, and other strange monsters, most of the blood components are very different from humanoid creatures, and the smell is also very different.

The blood mosquito spy created by Joan with the 3-ring "Advanced Mosquito Finger Technique" can sniff out traces of odor particles in the air, and the bloody smell it just smelled is very similar to the blood smell of humans on the surface, which indicates bleeding are most likely humanoids.

Klein heard the meaning behind Joan's words, and immediately changed his expression. He stroked his beard and muttered, "Brother, can you find out the source of the bloody smell?"

"You can try it."

Joan didn't talk too much, but he was quite sure.

The blood mosquito's sense of smell is more sensitive than that of ordinary mosquitoes, and in this closed and dull underground cave, due to the lack of intense air flow, once the bloody smell escapes, it will disperse for a long time, making it relatively easy to track.

Qiao An switched the observation time to the blood mosquito, chasing the scent particles dispersed in the air, flapping his wings and flying through the maze-like complex caves, approaching the source of the bloody smell.

At the same time, Klein and the others also quickened their pace, chasing after the blood mosquito with anxiety.

After walking forward for more than half an hour, Joan's eyes suddenly lit up and he stopped.

"What's going on ahead?" Klein asked eagerly.

"The corpses... many corpses, most of them are broken, it looks like a massacre scene." Joan murmured.

Everyone looked at each other pale, and their hearts all rose to their throats.

"Did you see the perpetrator?" Audrey asked softly.

Joan shook his head: "Except for a group of scavenging bats, I haven't seen any other more threatening creatures for the time being."

Klein turned around and gestured to the prospecting team to stay on the spot, and then said to Joan, "Let's go over and see what happened."

Joan nodded, first took a piece of "Mage Armor" on himself, and then took out the "Iron Maiden" that shrunk into a disc shape, and held it tightly in his hand, feeling much more at ease in his heart, before walking forward .

Klein let the dwarf miners stay where they were, and only led Scholz, Hyrule, Audrey, and Holden, each holding a weapon, and followed Joan with full vigilance.

Rounding the corner ahead and passing through the narrow tunnel, the space in front of them became extraordinarily open, and the increasingly intense smell of blood came to their nostrils, and everyone had to wear gas masks.

Qiao An cast a "dancing light technique", and several balls of light flew into the cave. While providing lighting, it also scared away the bats that were licking the blood oozing from the wounds of the corpses, screaming and flapping their wings, and fled in all directions.

In the open space in the center of the cave, there were more than a dozen corpses lying here and there, most of them were mutilated and their limbs were broken, as if they were torn to death by a strong and brutal monster.

Just seeing the bloody and messy scene everywhere, Qiao An couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine.

After wiping off his cold sweat, Joan barely calmed down, walked to a relatively complete corpse nearby, turned the prone corpse over, and observed the body and appearance of the deceased.

The deceased was very short, only about three feet five inches, one foot shorter than dwarves like Klein and Scholz, and looked like a child.

Joan also noticed that the complexion of the deceased was brownish-gray, and his face seemed to be that of an adult, with a very conspicuous big aquiline nose—a feature that reminded Joan of Belling.

Although the residents of Sudeli Stone City are short in stature, most of them have a large hooked nose that is out of proportion to their stature, which always impresses first-timers.

"The deceased is a subterranean dwarf." Joan whispered the answer.

"That's right, all those who died here were dwarves, and they all wore uniform canvas uniforms." Hailar picked up a blood-stained pickaxe and shook it at Joan, "The dead all carried mining tools with them. "

"It's the gnome prospecting team."

Klein sighed, his cloudy face showed that he was in a very complicated mood at the moment.

"As I've always feared, the gnome prospecting team employed by the New Avalon Colonial Company beat us."

"And yet our competitors have used up their luck and been devastated here... Honestly, I don't know whether to be thankful or sad."

After hearing the laments of the dwarf brother, everyone, including Joan, felt the same way and remained silent.

The competitors suffered bad luck and almost wiped out their entire army. This is of course a good thing for them to be thankful for. However, the miserable scene before them made everyone feel terrified. way slaughtered the gnome miners.

Since the slaughterer didn't mind killing the dwarves, he probably wouldn't be polite to them, the latecomers.

Now they are gloating over what happened to the dwarf prospecting team, but God knows when the same bad luck will befall them themselves. Who dares to say that their luck will be better than these dwarves who died tragically?

"Have you found out? There are only traces of massacre at the scene, but no signs of predation."

Audrey frowned, and a hint of confusion appeared in her sapphire-like eyes.

"The monster that attacked the dwarf prospecting team seemed to be killing for the sake of killing, but had no interest in devouring the corpse."

"That is to say, the monster killed people just for fun, not out of the need to fill their stomachs? How could there be such a pervert in the world?" Hailar asked in disbelief.

"Judging from the traces of fighting left on the ground and surrounding walls, this monster is not only huge in size, but also very hard. Wherever it passes, the rocky ground is scratched deeply."

Klein picked up a half-foot-long broken blade from the ground and showed it to everyone.

"This is the short sword commonly used by subterranean dwarves. Although the forging technology of these dwarves is still a little worse than that of our dwarves, in all fairness, the craftsmanship is quite good."

"This short sword made of fine steel is hard to break even if it is hit with a hammer, but you see, it is broken like a biscuit now. It is hard to imagine what kind of hard material it was chopped on."

"There is also this short spear. The steel spear point is bent like noodles. It can also prove that the enemies encountered by the dwarves have armor that is harder than granite."

"Huge snake-like body, covered with armor harder than granite, with terrifying power and violent aggressiveness. After the frantic killing, he did not devour the flesh and blood of the prey, so he left the corpse here at will and left alone... "

Holden synthesized the clues provided by everyone and tried to describe the image of the killer. As he spoke, his expression became particularly strange.

"According to the above characteristics, what do you think of?"