Chapter 36: The Shadow of Darkness
The cloth bag was covered with black bloodstains, and after the oxidation of time, the blood could no longer be seen in its original bright red.
The stench hit, and the corpse had been sitting for quite some time.
After learning the purpose of this trip, Gustav was already ready for it in the city of fire. He took out the liquor he had bought from his bosom, moistened it with a strip of cloth, and plugged it in his nostrils. The taste of spirits makes the nose sour, but it's much better than putting up with the stench.
Amelia took out the green dragon's scale-covered glove.
The Green Dragon's resistance to decaying bacteria is very significant, and the props made from the scales on his body can still maintain good bacteriophage properties after being separated from the living Green Dragon. Moreover, when the green dragon changes its scales, it will produce a large number of waste scales, which is like human dander to them. Even though dragon slaying is strictly forbidden in the Arcane Plane, if the Green Dragon sells the scales themselves, turning 'waste' into gold and treasure, it's a win-win.
The Green Dragon Poison Scale Glove is made from these faded scales: a piece of scale is cut into small pieces and glued to the top of the deerskin glove, and the poison scale glove looks like it glows green.
"I'm going to open it. Amelia, who had followed her fathers in handling the carcasses of beasts since she was a child, was a master at this, and she moved steadily, opening the cloth bag and reaching through the mouth of the bag into her hand.
"Do you need me to take out the pieces one by one, or do you want to pour them out in one got?" Amelia asked dumbfoundedly.
"Pour it out in one go. Gustav coughed, trying to keep himself calm.
Amelia nodded, holding the bottom of the bag with her left hand, holding the corner of the bag with her right hand, and after standing up, she said softly: "You guys let it go a little, although the blood will coagulate quickly after death, the breeding of rotten substances will produce a lot of mucus. ”
The mouth of the bag was placed on the ground, and Amelia held the bottom of the bag with both hands at this time, and stood up, and the body in the pocket slipped out of the bag.
It's harvest month, and the weather is still relatively cool, but the corpses have also changed dramatically.
The limbs are dismembered, the internal organs are removed, and the skin and muscles are separated, which makes people feel retching.
Due to the multiplication of saprophating bacteria, a large amount of gas is produced in the body, which in turn causes the body to swell, and Tom's corpse looks much more swollen than normal. The eyeball was out of its socket due to the impact of the gas, and the texture of the muscles was wriggling with the white maggots of the sea oil.
Gustav felt that it was not good, and he seemed to overestimate his own capacity.
"If you feel sick, take a sip of spirits. The calm Amelia calmly reminded Gus Afu.
"Aren't you afraid?" asked Gustav in surprise.
Amelia rightly said, "If you had eaten the flesh of a stag that had been dead for five days, and had dissected it yourself, you would have been much better off with this kind of thing." I'm a hunter at home, and I've seen a lot of this kind of thing. ”
What a kinky girl...... Gustav sighed and forced himself to look at the pile of corpses.
The flesh and skin were separated and peeled off so thoroughly that no damage was done to the body. Broken from the joint, the limbs are separated, the wound is clean and clean, and it is made with a single blow. However, it is not known why the internal organs were removed...... Gustav did his best to begin to summarize the phenomena he had seen.
............
Charlie described the other party as tall and dark...... After Gustav confirmed the body, he began to think about it.
With these pieces of flesh and the pathetic death, no one can see what comes out.
"Charlie, can you tell me as clearly as possible what you saw that night?" Gustav thought that since he couldn't think of anything, he might as well ask Charlie's opinion again.
Amelia piled the corpses in the pit and solemnly covered them with a cloth bag.
"Of course. Charlie said, trying to keep his composure: "I made an appointment with Lomba at a time, but he arrived early. He was in a good mood for the past few days, and he felt like he was about to fly. As I descended into the mine, I heard a sound similar to the cutting and peeling of leather a little farther away, and the mine was so quiet at night that the echoes could be heard clearly. Cautiously approaching, I found a huge back figure right in front of me, lighting a campfire and stripping away the body. Blood flowed from the ground, gathering in that patch. I've buried a lot of corpses before, and the place where I found them was a lot of dried blood clots. ”
"Think about some of the details of that back. Gustav continued: "This is a good reference for determining the approximate identity of the other party. ”
Charlie was a little embarrassed, and he had the impression that it was dark behind the people who carried the firelight. As hard as he could, Charlie tried to bring his language closer to the image in his mind: "He was tall, almost as tall as the roof of a mine, and he was very strong, not thin. The movements during dismemberment are not rude, but skillful and focused. If it weren't for that, he shouldn't have even been unaware of my arrival. ”
Charlie continued: "When he was dismembered, he was humming a certain tune, the language was not the lingua franca of the Arcane Empire, it was strange and awkward. By the way, I heard the sound of chains clashing. ”
The tall figure, calmly peeled off, the sound of chains clashing, in a good mood humming a minor key...... This is all the information that Gustav got.
The key point is what the identity of the other party is, but even with Charlie's testimony, it is not known.
"Do you think Tyu has anything to do with this?" asked Gustav after a moment's thought.
Taiu's attitude is indeed tough.
"It's just that as a knight of the territory, he has the right to suppress the situation, but he has gone too far. Gustav continued: "It's like trying to cover something up, and even the reaction to what you are reacting to when you go to church is a little overreacting. "If Taiwu has nothing to do with this, then at least he should investigate rather than suppress it. Because of the potential danger that would affect the entire knight's domain, the number of deaths at that time was far more than that.
"I think yes, even if you don't care about waste pickers, you still have to pay attention to the average family in your own jurisdiction. Taiwu's approach was so unusual that even the sheriff's intervention had no effect. Charlie said.
"What do you think, Amelia?" Gustav decided to ask his companion's opinion.
Amelia thought for a moment.
She decided to prove some of her ideas with practical actions.
Removing the glove of poison scales, Amelia uncovered the cloth bag that covered the corpse and used the dagger to make a mark on her right index finger.
Blood fell.
Then, white smoke rose. The blood of the witcher reacts violently to demons and the power of the devil.
"I don't think it's pointless to speculate too much at this time, and if it's something done by a demon or a devil, then it will definitely leave a trace. Amelia said that at this time she had a feeling of 'wisdom and foolishness'.