Han Xing observed the corpse on the ground and ca to a conclusion.
This is likely not a child’s corpse, but rather another race of this world, the Dwarf Race.
"Dwarves?"
Han Xing’s tone was sowhat puzzled.
Beside him, Zhang Lianng looked at him with curious eyes.
Han Xing did not explain, but continued to inspect the surrounding ground.
Upon looking, he gasped in shock.
The cave floor was littered with bones of various beasts and humanoid creatures, each with distinct features: so had horns on their foreheads, others had wings on their backs, with skeletons ranging in height from two to three ters to one to two ters.
There was no doubt, these corpses were special beings of this world.
Among them, Han Xing also saw a few corpses that hadn’t been dead for long; their death looked eerie, the surface skin intact, without a trace of blood.
However, their flesh seed drained, leaving only a thin human skin covering the skeleton.
Han Xing turned around and asked, "Is the person you found last ti at the goblin camp in this state?"
Zhang Lianng nodded like a pecking chick; though she was still very scared, for so reason, Han Xing’s presence gave her a faint sense of security.
Han Xing clearly felt sothing eerie about this cave.
Moreover, up to this point, there was neither the next clue for the hidden quest nor any trace of ancient weapons.
Han Xing continued searching the cave.
Half an hour later, they had wandered almost a full circle inside, finding nothing except the skeletons of hundreds of corpses.
However, he did gather so information about the cave’s large area size.
Conservatively estimated, the diater was over two kiloters.
Just then, Zhang Lianng suddenly pointed ahead, saying, "There seems to be sothing drawn on the wall."
"Hmm?"
Han Xing imdiately looked in the direction she pointed, indeed seeing patterns resembling graffiti.
Upon closer inspection, Han Xing found the style of these patterns inclined towards realism, resembling frescoes.
Han Xing approached the beginning of the frescoes, where an Elf Man was depicted, with pointed ears and slender limbs.
He sat on high branches, smiling as he gazed down at a village below.
In the second fresco, the style abruptly changed, as if this Elf Man was being bullied by several other Elf Race people, depicted being stomped on and beaten.
In the third fresco, the Elf Man retreated to his small room, silently shedding tears, with a terrifying middle-aged elf standing by the bed, gazing at him with a sinister smile.
Especially the piercing eyes of that middle-aged elf, drawn extrely vividly, making Han Xing feel a chilling sense of eeriness from the fresco.
The fifth, sixth, and even dozens of subsequent frescoes depicted the bullying of the young Elf.
From youth to young adulthood, the Elf Man persistently suffered from other elves’ harassnt, his deanor becoming increasingly gloomy.
Strangely, each image included a terrifying middle-aged man lurking in the shadows, watching silently.
Until the thirtieth fresco, the Elf Man knelt by his bed, where lay the middle-aged elf often seen in the images.
Observing the dying middle-aged elf, the Elf Man felt no sadness, but rather a sense of relief.
Yet even after this elf’s death, his situation did not improve.
He continued to endure insults and beatings from other elves.
What was more terrifying was that the Elf still felt those dreadful eyes watching him.
Wasn’t that guy already dead?
He wondered.
Until the fifty-third fresco, a gentle-smiling elf maiden appeared, like a ray of light piercing the darkness, illuminating the Elf Man’s life.
She beca his friend briefly for two days, then swiftly departed.
Whenever the Elf Man felt he couldn’t hold on, he would recall the maiden’s smile, unconsciously producing a similar smile.
However, seeing the elf maiden again, she was walking next to an elf who frequently bullied him, breaking the Elf Man’s hard-built psychological defense.
He ran to confront the elf maiden, but was t with mockery and assault.
Covered in blood, the Elf Man lay on the ground, vaguely seeing the middle-aged man’s Black Shadow appear again, whispering in his ear.
Driven mad, the Elf Man returned to his room, drawing a mysterious array before slicing his wrist, letting the blood flow freely.
In the array appeared a terrifying figure’s phantom, to which the Elf Man in his dying monts bowed respectfully, gaining imnse power.
The Elf Man, grinning from ear to ear, went to find the maiden, thinking his newfound power would earn her recognition.
However, upon seeing him, the maiden backed away in fright, her gaze akin to seeing a monster.
Only then did the Elf Man see his current appearance.
His deep brown hair started shedding in clumps, followed by his eyebrows, falling off at a re touch, until even his body hair was gone, leaving none.
He stood bare, receiving strange glances from those around him.
Yet, the transformation was far from over.
With his hair gone, his nails also fell off, replaced by sharp claws, while his nose swelled like a Gululu Beast’s.
Moreover, his arms lded with his body, sprouting large flesh wings.
At this mont, he transford from a noble elf into a grotesque monstrous bird.
The Elf Race quickly summoned guards to hunt down this monster.
When a sharp spear pierced his chest, the elite elf man widened his eyes, and the fear of death instinctively made him flap his flesh wings.
It was then that he discovered, unbelievably, that he had taken flight.
The elf man began to fly wildly, his eyes filled with hatred and fury.
He rushed to a secret place in the center of the town and carried out a giant golden cannon, starting a frenzied bombardnt on the town.
Countless elves perished under his cannon fire, and the town turned into a sea of flas.
After doing all this, the elf man turned and fled.
And he was naturally wanted by the Elf Race.
In the desperate escape, at a loss, the elf man found an ancient array.
And the place the array led to was called the Land of the Abandoned Gods.
That place seed to instill fear in the monstrous bird.
However, to survive, he eventually activated the teleportation array.
The final scene shows the elf man finding a floating Sky Island and vanishing into the woodland.
But he didn’t notice that another black shadow seed to have followed him to this island.
...
After reading this, Han Xing seed to understand sothing, a sense of unease rising in his heart.
He said in a serious tone, "It looks like... there’s a problem."
Zhang Lianng’s expression was tense, her body trembling slightly, "What’s the problem?"
Han Xing furrowed his brows, "Until now, we haven’t found any clues about the hidden task."
"Speaking of which, when I touched that tal fragnt, the system also didn’t ntion anything about a hidden task, it just said that the tal fragnt can be used to open the Giant Stone Gate."
"In other words, what the NPC told you might be false, we’ve been deceived!"
"What?" Zhang Lianng shuddered, her face full of disbelief.
Just then, a pair of blood-red eyes suddenly appeared deep in the dark cave.
From behind, occasionally ca the terrifying sound of wind.
Han Xing imdiately sensed sothing was wrong and hurriedly said, "There’s a monster, run!"
But by now, it was too late.
A terrifying monster, accompanied by the howling wind, rapidly attacked from behind.
Han Xing quickly drew his Legendary Quality Moon Crown Longbow, instantly entering combat state.
However, at that mont, a fierce hurricane ca head-on.
Whoosh—
Han Xing and Zhang Lianng were swept backward by this gust of wind, flying over ten ters away.
The Dark Fire Stone Torch slipped from his hand.
By the fiery glow, Han Xing finally saw the creature that attacked them.
It was a terrifying monstrous bird with a body over two ters tall, boasting a pair of massive flesh wings, entirely hairless.
It looked exactly like the creature depicted on the mural.
Just then, a system notification appeared.
[You have found the hideout of the Elf Race traitor Jiale. The bounty mission "City Annihilator" is automatically triggered, and you can choose how to complete the task.]
[Option 1: Kill the monstrous bird Jiale, bring its head to the Elf Royal Capital to claim the bounty.]
[Option 2: Go to the Elf Royal Capital, inform the Elf Race Guard of Jiale’s hideout, and assist them in capturing Jiale.]
Please note: Since you are in the "Land of the Abandoned Gods," the "Elf Royal Capital" map is not yet open, and the task cannot be completed at this ti.
"Damn, so this is the real hidden task!"
Han Xing swiftly turned, eting the bloodthirsty eyes of the monster.
Without thinking, he imdiately shot out a Wind Chasing Arrow.
Ding!
Seeing the arrow coming, the monstrous bird flapped its flesh wings, a hurricane rose, blowing the arrow aside.
This arrow had no effect, and Han Xing’s heart sank.
Just then, he finally saw the monster’s attributes.
[Monstrous Bird Jiale (One-Star Leader-level Creature)]
[Level: lv10]
[Attributes]: Power 94, Agility 132, Spirit 105 (-30), Constitution 76 (-30).
[Skills]: Wind of Wailing, Flesh Wings Protection, Giant Claw Bite, Shadow Assault, Furious Wind Dance.
"It’s actually a level 10 Leader-level creature!"
Han Xing’s face changed dramatically!
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