"The corpse poison itself has the effect of accelerating decay, and the humid and stuffy environment of the forest will also speed up the decay process, so is it possible that this corpse was only dead for two or three days, that is, he was killed only a few days after we encountered the rat colony. ”

Lance reasoned suddenly.

"That's what it looks like!

Tecklin's face was stunned, no wonder he had always felt that something was wrong, it turned out to be because of this.

The others also cast approving glances at Lance.

This kid doesn't look so "vegetable".

Lance smiled and continued: "It doesn't have to be those crazy mountain rats, although it is difficult for us to make a detailed judgment at the moment, but it is certain that the attack on this person was also a controlled animal, that is, it was a premeditated or organized attack, I think this is ......"

Standing beside Lance, Ike looked at Lance as he talked more and more, secretly anxious in his heart, he always felt that they shouldn't be too eager to come forward until things were clear.

Ike quietly avoided the eyes of the others, and gently tugged at the corner of Lance's clothes, Lance's words paused slightly, coughed lightly, and continued: "I think this is very likely to be an act of revenge by a group of infidels. ”

After finishing speaking, Lance quietly glanced at Orlando, whose face was not normal.

"This must be a very powerful infidel, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to make such a big move. ”

After exchanging a look with Lance, Ike echoed with a grimace.

"You're right, I'm afraid we've been targeted since we entered the Irene Forest, but what is their purpose?"

Orlando's face had softened, but he looked puzzled at this time.

However, Lance, who had been quietly observing Orlando, made a gesture to Ike when the others were not looking, only the two of them understood.

Lance's gaze fell on the corpse over there again, clutching a long stick that he had pulled from nowhere, and flipped over it.

The corpse's clothing was already a little difficult to distinguish from the blood and mud, and Lance could only look for clues on the few pieces of broken equipment on the corpse.

"Look here. ”

Lance shouted excitedly to the others as if he had discovered something important.

Everyone's eyes couldn't help but look at the corpse, and following the guidance of the stick in Lance's hand, everyone vaguely discerned a somewhat peculiar pattern on a piece of broken armor covered with green slime.

On the continent of Kostana, there are usually only certain forces or organizations that have special patterns on their clothing, which represent their affiliation or beliefs.

So they can easily tell which force the pattern belongs to.

"This unfortunate ghost belongs to the church. ”

Blank said.

He didn't have a crush on the church guys, especially the hypocritical inquisitors.

"Huh?"

Blank's eyes seemed to have found something, and he snatched the long wooden stick from Lance's hand, and pulled it hard at the "arm" of the corpse, and a knight's shield, which was very badly damaged, was picked out from under a large mass of slimy carrion.

As the shield was singled out, an even stronger stench spread.

"Gross!"

Lance's keen sense of smell couldn't stand the smell any longer, and finally spit it out.

Seeing Lance flee to the side and vomit wildly, Blank, who caused the consequence, burst out laughing.

"This guy, definitely on purpose. ”

Lance was furious and glared at Blanc with what he thought was fierce, but he didn't want to provoke a louder mockery.

"Hey...... Are you still feeling sick after throwing up?"

Blank asked Lance with a lewd smile.

Hearing this, Lance suddenly realized that he didn't seem to want to vomit as much as he did at the beginning, and then he understood the intentions of this treacherous fat man.

Even so, Lance's mouth was not convinced, and he pretended to be angry and said, "It's okay, next time, I'm going to duel with you." ”

Blank didn't mind, smiled and pulled the broken shield with a wooden stick, and in Lance's indescribable gaze, he took out the water bladder from his waist and poured it on the shield, and the part of the green slime left on the shield was washed down by the water.

The traces hidden under the slime are so truly revealed.

Compared to the rotten broken arm at the shield grip and the clear tooth marks at the broken bones, everyone was obviously more concerned about the deformed cross-shaped pattern that appeared on the shield.

"Oops...... It turned out to be a Red Cross light knight. ”

Blank said with some surprise.

"The Red Cross Light Knights, the most widely armed knights of the Church on the continent of Kostana?"

Lance asked, he'd heard about it before, but had never seen it with his own eyes.

"Hi...... Blank, can't you get to the point? Who can't see that this is a Red Cross knight? Waste of time, since there is a knight's corpse here, there must be other corpses nearby, right?"

Suo Long said impatiently.

Anyone who knows even a little about the Red Cross Knights knows that their purpose is to never abandon their teammates.

Since the corpse here was not taken away, it means that the other knights who were traveling with this unlucky ghost were also in trouble, and all of them might have died, otherwise it would be impossible for them not to take the corpse of their companion away.

Blank nodded, "Yes." However, the most important thing now is that we need to find out what animal killed this unlucky ghost, which is also one of the dangers that we may encounter on this trip, and we must take precautions in advance. ”

He had a point.

In the process of adventuring, sometimes just a small factor can bring danger to these adventurers, not to mention that now in front of them, a church knight whose strength is at least at the level of the middle stage of the beginner stage has died so miserably, what reason do they have not to pay attention to it?

Everyone's faces were quite solemn, and Lance swallowed quietly, his eyes swept over the other people who were thinking.

"It should be a cheetah, judging by the claw marks on the shield, it is definitely an adult black panther. ”

Orlando, who hadn't spoken much, said to the crowd.

"How can you be sure it's a cheetah? Couldn't it be a lynx or something?"

Lance saw Blanc frowning slightly, as if he had sensed something.

"Because there are no lynx in the Erin Forest, only those adult cheetahs that match such a large scratch, friends, believe me, I have entered the Erin Forest alone many times, and I know the animals in it very well, including the wolf king you killed. ”

Orlando also noticed Lance and Blank's slightly questioning glances, so he explained.

"And this cheetah has been controlled by animal control, right? Orlando. ”

Blank deepened his tone on the words "animal control".