"One Dark Gold Hunter was seriously injured, and three Obsidian Hunters died. Tsk, the first round of the Shadow Hunter qualification competition this time is not easy. It's much harder than my time..." Jem clicked his tongue.
"Of course, that was twenty years ago. In the past ten years, the activity of dark creatures throughout the empire has increased significantly, and the emergence of dangerous individuals is almost 1.5 to 2 times as much as before. As the head of the branch, you should be very clear about this. You are not going to retire and become a hands-off manager after you come to the branch, right?"
Cames, who was quite familiar with Jem, teased.
"Hey, can't I enjoy myself after I retire? Besides, the Ford County branch I'm in charge of is relatively peaceful. In recent years, the activity and danger of dark creatures are only one or two levels higher than before..."
Jem defended himself.
Seeing that the topic was about to go off track, Kroger pointed at the mission file and said.
"The Hunter Association's last operation failed. The strength of this dark creature similar to a ghoul should not be underestimated. It is even quite dangerous for a Dark Gold Hunter. Of course, Bai Kui, you don't have to think about this problem. The difficulty of the mission lies only in how to find the dark creature hiding in Florence. If it doesn't show up for ten days, it will be troublesome..."
Kaxiu nodded slightly. This was indeed worth noting.
However, he actually has a solution. In the past half month, Kaxiu and the Ghost Knight have frequently come into contact in the world of disaster. He has learned more about the peak period of Black Rain Villa, such as the black bait wood that emits a strange fragrance inside the Black Rain Villa.
Only a thumb-sized piece is needed to attract dark creatures. Of course, the fragrance does not spread very far and has limitations.
He planned to first understand the specific circumstances and address of the serial murder case, and roughly deduce where the zombie was.
Then go fishing with black bait wood.
"I'm leaving." Kaxiu put on a hunter's outfit and left Heb's house. After asking the Hunter Association for details, he got detailed information about the entire process of the mission. There were a total of seven murders, all in the fourth district of Florence, where all the Pleasure Streets were. So two of the victims were prostitutes from Pleasure Street.
Since the mission was classified as dangerous "A" level, the crime scene was still preserved and guarded by security soldiers. Kaxiu decided to take a look and contact the ghost through special channels.
After leaving the Hunter Association, he got on a black carriage.
Twenty minutes later, in the fourth district of Florence.
No. 114, Simpsony Street, this is a meat processing plant.
This is the first serial murder case, which happened fifteen days ago.
In front of the pale blue rectangular warehouse, four guards wearing alternating blue and black uniforms were guarding the door. When they saw Kaxiu approaching, they hurried over to greet him.
Display the hunter badge and the investigation document issued by the Hunter Association.
He walked straight into the warehouse.
It was almost nine in the morning, and the sun was shining brightly. But the interior of the warehouse was unusually dark and gloomy, with black spots on the white walls and what seemed to be solid dirt and green moss in the corners. The surface of the rows of shelves was covered with a layer of greasy grease, showing a dark yellow color. Next to the shelves were metal hooks hanging from the railings above, used to hang the meat.
Kaxiu saw that at the darkest end of the warehouse, there was a fenced-off area. Apparently, all the traces were there. He strode over and gradually smelled a disgusting strong stench. It was like the smell of a crushed insect mixed with the smell of rotting meat.
Kaxiu walked over without changing his expression. Suddenly he stopped and looked down. It was a footprint, a footprint deeply sunk into the ground. It was twice as big as a normal human foot, and there were four claw-like toes in front digging into the concrete, with a very obvious depression.
He walked around the footprints and looked forward. There was a half-broken wooden workbench, which seemed to have been smashed by something huge. There was also a bent iron frame next to the workbench, with scratches on it. It seemed to be caused by some kind of metal tool, or by sharp scales. Kaxiu looked at all the marks and finally shifted his gaze to the wall.
There was a large pool of blood with splattered edges. The color had turned dark brown and looked like a large spot on the surface of the wall.
Kaxiu took a step forward, his eyes narrowed slightly.
He slowly stretched out his arms and pressed them against the wall.
With a buzzing sound...
Three or four quick and continuous force, large pieces of wall plaster peeled off, along with dark brown blood. The thing underneath the filth was exposed, and it was a spiral pattern, like the shell of a conch.
The entire pattern is about the size of a wheel and is deeply engraved into the wall.
"Disaster Tunnel?"
Kaxiu's eyes became serious. The spiral pattern in front of him was very similar to the one on the ancient tree next to the Knight's Castle.
The only difference is that this pattern is too small and too rough.
"Dark creatures enter the surface world from the deep disaster world to hunt and eat?" He frowned slightly and left the warehouse.
For the next few hours, until noon.
Kaxiu traveled to seven places and observed all the crime scenes.
There were some discoveries, but the spiral pattern was gone.
Perhaps, it was a one-way disaster tunnel. Dark creatures escaped from the disaster world and then went on a hunting and slaughtering spree.
According to the movement trajectory of the dark creature codenamed Ghoul, Kaxiu circled several areas on the map of the fourth district of Florence. These were the locations where he thought the dark creature was most likely to appear again, a total of three.
After the morning investigation, Kaxiu stood at the end of a happy street and decided to go to the sanatorium to ask the seriously injured Dark Gold Hunter.
Perhaps we can get some information about the zombie from the other party.
He moved his feet and walked about a block away. Suddenly, Kaxiu saw a building in front of him that was blocked off. Guards in blue and black uniforms stood around, evacuating all the guests in the building.
Each passenger had a frightened expression on his face and his complexion was pale.
It was obvious that something horrific had happened inside.
Kashu walked over, showed the hunter's badge to the guard, and asked what happened. The young guard called his superior.
This is a middle-aged man with a beard and a slightly plump build.
"Dear Mr. Hunter, a murder occurred on the second floor. A total of two adult men died. They looked miserable, with half of their bodies eaten. We have reported it to the Hunter Association for processing..."
"Which room on the second floor? Let me check it out."
Kashu said expressionlessly.
"The last one in the corridor on the second floor." The captain of the guard answered truthfully.
Kaxiu nodded and walked towards the hotel without hesitation.
He felt that he might be lucky today, and maybe the target of the mission would come to him. Coincidentally, the location of this hotel was one of the three areas that Kaxiu had circled before. It was the most likely place for the ghoul to hide and commit crimes again. In addition, the guard's description just now.
There were signs of gnawing on the body of the deceased, which looked like the work of a zombie.
I'm afraid there is more than a 50% chance that this is the target that Kaxiu is looking for.
Now that his strength has recovered, he doesn't worry about how dangerous the mission target is. Not to mention an A-level mission, even if it's an S-level mission, Kaxiu is not afraid. The only trouble is how to find the other party.
I walked forward, through the hotel lobby and up the stairs.
On the second floor, there was a faint smell of blood in the air. At the corner of the stairs, several guards stood upright and guarded. They glanced at Kaxiu's hunter mark, then looked away without making any move.
Walking through the corridor, Kaxiu felt the smell of blood in the air becoming stronger and stronger.
Stop in front of an open door.
He saw a pool of sticky blood slowly flowing outwards on the ground.
As we walked in, a miserable scene came into view.
There were two bodies, one lying on the bed, the other sitting upright on a chair. The lower half of the body of the one lying on the bed was missing, with rough marks of brute force tearing on the cross section, and blood staining the bedsheets red. The head of the one sitting on the chair was cut off by claws, and half of the upper body was gnawed clean.
The white bones covered with teeth marks and the pile of internal organs inside were quite shocking. An ordinary person would probably vomit on the spot. Kaxiu still had no expression on his face.
He checked the wounds and found that they were all killed with one quick and clean blow.
Kaxiu narrowed his eyes, walked to the window and slowly pulled the curtains.
The light inside the room was much dimmer, and with the door closed, the room had become an enclosed space filled with a strong smell of blood.
He looked at the pool of blood on the floor in the corner, then slowly raised his head and looked at the ceiling. There was nothing different there, except that as he gazed at it, a drop of blood fell from nowhere.
With a thud, it hit the ground.
Although the sound was very soft, it was still audible.
With a crash, something invisible seemed to move on the ceiling, and finally fell down, revealing its full shape.
This is a dark creature that looks half human and half lizard. Its skin is dark green like moss, and there is a circle of keratin protrusions on its joints.
Its entire body looks like an elongated version of a human, and is two meters tall.
The two arms were not thick, but rather slender, but at the end of the palms were three inward-curved claws, with sharp tips hooked into the flesh and skin membrane.
The dark creature's head was a magnified version of a lizard's head, with eyes that were very wide apart and very large. It was an indescribable sense of horror.
"Hehe..."
The lizard man made strange noises and took on a human-like expression on his face.
"We've been discovered. What a pity. How come we only got a small black bronze snack? This is far from enough to fill our teeth!"
Its lizard-like mouth opened, revealing jagged teeth with shreds of flesh between them. Its scarlet tongue poked into the air, its surface covered with tumor-like bumps. It was ugly and smelled bad.
Kaxiu looked at the other party quietly, and he could tell from what he had just said.
This dark creature had done something like deliberately committing murders and then ambushing members of the Dark Hunting Organization at the scene of the murders. It was extremely skilled at this.
"Hehehe... Why aren't you afraid? Little snacks..." The lizardman's eyes were bloodshot, with a sense of madness. He muttered to himself as if he had a mental problem: "You hunters are the most delicious food! Much more delicious than ordinary humans! Let me calculate..."
"I ate two Obsidian-level hunters and a dozen Bronze-level hunters. It's a pity that I haven't eaten Dark Gold-level ones. I think they must be more delicious! Hehehe... Hehehe..." The Lizardman laughed.
Then, it walked towards Kaxiu step by step. It did not attack, but picked up the corpse next to it and gnawed it slowly.
Blood gushed out of his big mouth, as if he had swallowed a whole orange.
The lizardman looked at Kaxiu, who didn't move, with a look of disappointment on his face. "Why aren't you afraid at all? Show your desperate expression! A bronze-level hunter is no different from an ordinary person in front of me. They are all food. What I like most is the smell of despair before death. This kind of food is the most delicious, the most tasty, and the sweetest..."
"So, are you the zombie that has been wandering around the fourth district of Florence for the past half month?" Kaxiu looked at the lizard man, his aura did not change.
"Ghoul?" The lizard man was stunned. Today was the second time it had attacked in the past half month. The previous one was in a residential area. But if it could scare the hunter in front of him, the lizard man didn't mind admitting it.
"Of course it's me, hehe... So are you scared?"
It kept asking this question, with extraordinary persistence and madness.
"Since you are the zombie, then tell me now what the vortex pattern on the wall of the Vic Meat Slaughterhouse is about. If your answer satisfies me, you may be able to live longer." Kaxiu gently pulled the curtain with his right hand, and it closed completely.
"Haha! Interesting hunter..."
"I decided to taste your brain!"
With a hissing sound.
The corpse in the lizardman's hand was torn into two pieces by brute force, and blood mist and internal organs exploded. The whole room was shaken, and a figure ran and leaped wildly.
Six hideous and deformed hooked claws suddenly cut through the air!
This time the speed was incredibly fast and it suddenly rushed towards Kaxiu's position.
With a loud bang, the entire wall on the second floor of the hotel shook.
The gravel exploded into powder, and sunlight shone through a hole the size of a person.
The lizardman appeared in the mist, but there was no sign of Kashu in front of him. He lowered his head in surprise and looked at his left shoulder. His entire arm, along with part of his body, was torn off by a huge force.
A large pool of green blood formed a puddle on the ground.
"you!
!”
The lizard man turned his head suddenly and looked at the other corner of the room.
There was a tall figure standing at the edge of the sunlight, holding a bloody limb in his hand. His face was expressionless, like a statue.
He slowly stretched out his right hand, and the lizardman's limbs that he was holding began to disintegrate. Small pieces of scarlet flesh fell like snowflakes.
"Answer my question, I don't want to say it for the third time, crawler..."