Chapter 918: Investigation (II)
At noon on the fifth day, the snow was still falling.
By now, Hill was almost certain that someone was behind the disaster.
The snow had been falling for so long that there was no end in sight to a 'snowfield'.
Along the way, the snow under my feet had dropped a few more feet, and it was only about seven feet deep before, but now it should be almost eight feet.
If you think of this kind of snow covering the entire territory of the Principality of Sorrowful Wind, then even if Ciel can't feel the cold outside, he will still shiver.
The carcasses of many beasts were buried under the snow, and digging up one had no effect at all, but Hill followed the trail and made it out of the borders of the Duchy of Grief, at least as it was shown on the map.
She was now in the Mason Prairie, and standing on this prairie, she didn't feel the vitality she had when she first arrived.
It must have been twenty or thirty years since she last came here, and that year, she also came to this grassland in winter, and under the light snow, this grassland can show her an alternative vitality.
Although this grassland has been polluted by the explosion of the Divine Death and the Magic Energy Furnace and Elemental Pool, it has fully recovered more than 800 years later...... But now, someone has killed this vitality.
Hill didn't know exactly how much of the snow had enveloped her, but she did know that the people behind it were now covered in blood.
It was her, and a little unhappiness gradually appeared in her heart.
"Maps, scans. "Hill has enabled two functions at the same time, and the head maid Serena has already marked the map stored in the goggles, and her current location should be close to the next marked location.
As soon as the words fell, she directly pulled out the 'stealth film', and her figure disappeared into the wind and snow.
It wasn't long before two blue flames floating in the air appeared, followed by a tall black shadow, and as the shadow drew closer, Ciel's eyes widened.
It was a 'giant' - a giant with knotted muscles but a single skull!
The giant's skin was pale blue, and if it weren't for the fact that it was getting closer, Ciel really wouldn't have been able to see it, and she subconsciously gasped as she watched the two flames levitate in her skull.
What kind of monster is this?
She had walked on the continent for hundreds of years and had never seen such a monster.
It's hard to tell if it's a creature or an undead, because its heart is still beating in the 'heat' view of the goggles!
It could be taller than a house, and even the Grand Duke Cervantes in dragon form wasn't necessarily as tall as it was - in Ciel's memory, Cervantes was the largest dragon she'd ever seen.
If a giant is born so tall, at least at the 'transcendental' level, maybe even some human legends may not be able to defeat it without the weapons and equipment at hand.
How could such a monster appear on the Mason Prairie...... Wait, maybe it's behind it?
Maybe it's to hide people's eyes, or maybe it's really the people of the 'Undead Country', in short, the appearance of this monster makes Hill confirm that someone is indeed behind it.
The undead wolf may be just a coincidence, and the corpse may be just a coincidence, but this monster can never be a coincidence!
Under Ciel's gaze, the giant, who did not know whether it was an undead or a creature, raised his arms and opened his jaws.
Hill didn't hear any sound, but the next moment, the wind and snow suddenly rose and swept from the bottom up, and something like a 'snow tornado' gradually appeared beside Hill.
Even though nothing could affect her now, I don't know if it was a psychological effect, but when the snowflakes passed through her body, she actually felt a little cold.
"Roar!"
The giant let out a reluctant roar, the skull placed on the vertebrae turned from side to side, and the soul fire in its eyes fluttered rapidly, but it was unable to catch a shadow of anything in the snow.
Ciel could feel the anger in its eyes—even if it didn't have eyes.
The giant raised his arms and roared again, and the wind and snow suddenly intensified, which made Ciel's eyes narrow.
She had some suspicions that the giant was responsible for the disaster, but there was not enough evidence to prove that it was it.
Although the wind and snow around it intensified, it was only around, and with its power, it could not affect the entire Sad Wind Principality...... But what if it's not the only one?
Ciel's gaze was fixed on the giant's still beating heart, although the blood would not be supplied to the head, but it could supply the whole body, perhaps its body below the head was still 'alive', so it might be able to ...... Breeding?
After venting his anger, the giant looked left and right, but still failed to find anything unusual, so he could only turn away with an unwilling emotion.
Hill didn't move, because she knew very well-
It didn't take long for the giant to reappear in her field of vision, and during this time, Ciel remained motionless, closed his eyes, and even regained his strength and energy.
"Roaring ......"
The giant had no throat, and could not make sounds through magic like those skeleton bones, and it could only sound with its chest, and it seemed that it could only utter this one syllable.
It can be seen from its behavior that it should have possessed a certain amount of intelligence, but it is rather sluggish, otherwise it would not have waited so long to come back.
This was different from the giants in Ciel's memory, in her impression, only a few giants were brainless, and the other giants were quite intelligent, but none of them showed their wisdom.
Like the Tidal Giants, they're not unintelligent, just because they're evil, and the Cloud Giants, too, they're just a little sluggish.
Even the mountain giants are not really stupid, it is because of their stubborn thinking and lack of flexibility that they are considered by humans to be a group of 'fools'.
Although the current 'giants' have little to do with the Elder Giants, and have nothing to do with the Titans, they still possess 'wisdom enough to be called intelligent life'.
But the giant in front of you is just a monster!
The giant left again, and Ciel didn't choose to follow, because she didn't know if there was a trap waiting for her ahead, so she wouldn't just follow.
She continued to stand still, regaining her mental and physical strength, and when the wind and snow had completely covered up what the giant had left behind, she set to action.
"Trace the trail!"
Ciel's eyes, hidden behind the goggles, lit up slightly, and the power of natural magic appeared on her.
This is her own ability, and it is also where her confidence lies in letting the giant go.
She walked along the path that the giant had walked, but she was dozens of feet away.
Hill is a ranger, she is a [food hunter], she has spent a full fifteen days hunting a strange monster that I heard that the meat is good, and if it is used for cooking, it will be a superb and delicious magical beast, and there are not many people who can have more stamina and caution than her.
Although I learned later, the rumor is just a rumor after all...... But that hunt also honed her tracking and combat skills.
The giant's flesh may not be tasty, or even unpalatable, but the thought of the reward that Serena's maid had promised her makes her spirits high.
Because she is a food hunter, she lives her creed in everything she says and does, not because she is a food hunter, but because she imagines it in her heart!
Eventually, she came to a place that looked like a 'gathering place' of the Principality of Eagles...... This concludes the investigation.
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