Chapter 950: The Source
There are several burial sites in Moonlight City, each of which is a large pit full of corpses, filled with the stench of death and stench.
We didn't find any anomalies or clues in the first boneyard, so in order to get back as soon as possible, I motioned to Wren not to waste too much time here, and to rush to the next boneyard to investigate.
The second bone-bury site was less than 100 meters away from the first, and the pit was also full of corpses and an unpleasant stench, and as with the first, we did not find any useful clues.
I frowned and motioned for Wren to begin the third exploration of the bone.
Being able to search for clues at night is not possible in Ari City, where there is a lot of nightlife, noise and light pollution abounds, and trying to find clues in that situation is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
But Moonlight City is different.
It is called Moonlight City, not only because the aborigines of this place, the goblins, are a literary race, but also because the moon looks rounder, bigger, and brighter here.
In the flawless moonlight, I could see anything on the ground as much as day.
So, when we searched the first two boneyards in vain, I almost immediately decided to start the search for the third bone.
The third bonehole appears to be deeper and larger than the first two, and the remains in it appear to be slightly smaller than the first two...... Hey? Why less?
I was stunned and squatted on the edge of the pit to take a closer look, however, the height of the accumulation of corpses was still about a meter away from the edge of the pit, and I couldn't completely see the truth in the pit at all!
In order to find out what was going on, I was heartbroken, motioned for Wren to help keep guard, and jumped into the pit myself.
The feeling of stepping on a rotting corpse is the same as stepping on a rag, except that there are bones hidden in the corpse, but there are no in the rag.
Squatting down, I began to look at the corpse.
Most of these corpses were decomposed or withered, and when they stepped on it, the black liquid seeped out from the surface of some of the corpses' wounds, and I carefully observed each of them, some of them were old, some of them were young, some were intact, some were badly wounded, some were elven...... And the goblins?
The corpse of a goblin?
Something suddenly occurred to me, and I stepped on the dirt wall beside me, jumped upward, and jumped out of the bone-buried ground.
"Discovery?" Wren asked.
"There is a discovery," I nodded, "and the bodies in the pit are all from a long time ago." ”
"How do you know?"
"I've found the bodies of some goblins, all of them have been battered to death, and I'm sure they're victims of the previous massacre."
Wren pondered a little and said, "Is there anything else?" ”
"The corpses are all badly decomposed, and some of them are already starting to develop in the direction of dried corpses," I sighed, "but none of them are fresh from recently." ”
"You mean, it's possible that fresh corpses have all been crafted into carrion monsters?"
"Hmm" I nodded, "That's it." ”
"What are we going to do next?" Wren asked.
"Look around and see if there are any clues," I said, "If the corpse in this burial place is used, then there will definitely be some traces, definitely!" ”
After that, Wren and I split up and searched around the boneyard, and after a long search, we still didn't find any traces of the corpse's ******, but we did find a few pieces of broken organ tissue.
When I got to the place where Wren had found the tissue, I crouched down and looked closely.
Wren studied the broken tissue and said, "This is a fragment of a human spleen, and it is very likely that it was broken by an external force. ”
"Is it possible that it was left in this place because of friction or tearing?"
"There is this possibility," Wren said: "Look here, the fracture surface is not neat, and it has even been dragged for a while, that is, this broken tissue has undergone a period of friction and tearing before it is broken." ”
I nodded: "In that case, could this be the case, the original owner of this tissue, the corpse that was thrown here, when it was stolen, the person who stole it did not choose to resist it directly, but chose to drag it out of the pit and drag it away, in the process of dragging, part of the organs and tissues that had been flowing out of the wound were broken due to the action of external forces and were left in place?" ”
"What you say is generally reasonable," Wren said: "But the organ tissue is not as fragile as you think, the reason why this broken organ tissue will be rubbed off and stay here is likely to be its original owner has been severely injured before his death, and the internal organs were seriously damaged before he died, and then his body was dragged in the process, and the internal organs that were about to break were finally unable to bear the load and broke under the action of friction." ”
I couldn't help but sigh: "How miserable are these poor elves to have to suffer such a tragic experience after death." ”
"On this point, I agree," Wren said, "Even an assassin will show respect for the corpse after assassinating the target, and will not insult and play with it at will, this person who hides in the shadows and steals the corpse to make monsters, to a certain extent, can indeed be called evil." ”
Sighing, I said, "Anyway, there are finally some clues now, but it's still not enough, let's continue to march towards the next burial ground and see if we can get more powerful clues." ”
After that, we searched for several bone burial sites in a row, and finally explored all the bone burial sites before dawn.
At the end of the day, we made a detailed record, and in addition to the fresh bodies in the third burial site, the fresh corpses in the other two burial sites were also missing.
While it is unclear if there is a connection between these burial sites, it is certain that the source of the monsters made up of rotting flesh is indeed provided by the bones in the burial grounds.
The news was both good and bad for me.
The good thing is that I have finally found the source of the carrion monster, and I guess that in the elven patrols and dark sentinels, there must be an accomplice of the person who created the carrion monster, and this person's identity is not low, I even wonder, is this related to the elven elders?
Of course, everything is still hypothetical, and I can't point the finger at a single person or a few people until proven with certainty.
And, the most important thing now is not to think about these issues, but to think about whether to stay here all day or find a way to get out of here.
After all, the stench is unbearable.