Goblin Dependency Chapter 829: 415: Two Types of Corpses

Capítulo 829: Chapter 415: Two Types of Corpses

“Whoosh…”

The surging tide crashes, breaking into countless tiny splashes over the dark brown reef surface.

Without the obstruction of rock column mountains and buildings, the sea wind spirals and howls, recklessly pouring out its violent wrath from the depths of the ocean.

Colin’s breath is rapid, heart pounding fiercely, his cheeks still stained with a crimson sar that he hasn’t had ti to wipe off.

“Why…”

“Why did things co to this?”

He never intended to offend anyone, and always maintained the utmost respect towards the adventurers in the fleet.

Even though he received preferential treatnt in the team because of Mr. Xia Nan, he still thoughtfully positioned himself as an “apprentice sailor,” never taking advantage of this relationship to seek benefits or oppress other crew mbers.

But being just a young boy from a remote village, his age and experience limits him to realizing only through personal experience—that all gifts from destiny are secretly marked with a price.

It’s like when he beca an apprentice to the village hunter at a young age, his daily farm work was reduced considerably, sparing him hardship, yet also adding the danger of facing fierce creatures.

The relationship with Xia Nan, even if Colin himself hadn’t utilized it, invisibly spared him from tasks like cleaning toilets like the other new sailors, sleeping in gaps between cargo and luggage, unable to stretch his legs.

Likewise, wanting to ease the relationship with Xia Nan, the Half orc Bone Card approached him at the banquet, and eventually almost forcibly led him to the small house at the village’s edge.

And then, it was now.

Colin is currently situated on the rocky beach at the northern part of Cliff Island.

The Half orc Bone Card beside him is gone, replaced by the remaining two mbers of the “Silver Claw Fish Eagle” squad, and that small Half orc playing the harp.

What exactly happened, his mory is already hazy, having just recently awakened from a state of unconsciousness.

All he can recall is the horrifying sound of chewing from the room, the raised hair of the Half orc, and finally the wooden wall exploding as he was knocked unconscious, that looming figure in the thick smoke.

Colin only learned what happened while being questioned by the villagers and adventurers who rushed over.

He and Bone Card encountered what must be the rumored fierce demon prowling around the village.

Originally, it only attacked lone villagers and dostic animals outside, never entering human gathering spots.

Unexpectedly, perhaps attracted by the arrival of the Black Crow ship, the beast seized the opportunity to sneak in while most villagers and the originally patrolling young guards were distracted, attacking a resident on the village edge and coincidentally encountering Bone Card who had slipped out of the banquet for fun.

Judging by the traces left at the scene, after Colin fainted, a fierce battle ensued between the Half orc and the demon, with the Half orc at a disadvantage.

When the villagers and several mbers of the Silver Claw Fish Eagle squad arrived, Bone Card was already severely injured according to the bloodstains left behind.

The demon itself appears to have high intelligence, not lingering in battle, or perhaps possessed by overwhelming ferocity.

Upon noticing the commotion of people rushing from the village, it directly fled with the severely injured Half orc.

Leaving behind the broken bodies in the ruins of the wooden house and Colin unconscious on the ground.

After many years fighting side by side, finally having honed a tacit understanding worthy of entrusting their backs, the squad mbers being taken away, “Silver Claw Fish Eagle” certainly wouldn’t let it go lightly.

The adventurers responsible for delivering goods were attacked in the village; the village chief Gregory, aware of the danger, nevertheless took full responsibility by imdiately leading the villagers out to search.

Fortunately, the squad’s archer Laida, a Half Elf ranger, possesses a specialty known as “Blood Tracking Sll.” Even if the demon vanished without a trace, it can still track the scent it left behind.

Of course, this specialty isn’t entirely without limitations. It requires a dium related to the demon to function, and can only collect traces left within half an hour.

This is precisely why the three adventurers specifically brought along the “extra baggage” Colin—the demon which attacked the two had close contact with him to a certain degree, eting the conditions for the “Blood Tracking Sll” dium.

Behind, the figures of village chief Gregory and the villagers standing still grow increasingly distant, the clamor of the air fades away, leaving only the roar of sea waves mingling with the wind’s howls in the ears.

Ti is limited, the use conditions of “Blood Tracking Sll,” and the fate of the Half orc Bone Card makes the adventurers quicken their pace.

Following the trail, they have now reached the sea shore strewn with sharp reefs and swirling undercurrents.

Only adventurers can safely advance while maintaining speed; even the most experienced fishern find it hard to keep up, and if battle is necessary, in such a harsh environnt, ordinary villagers can hardly help.

Therefore, after urgent discussion mid-route, Gregory and the villagers temporarily halted their pursuit, instead heading to the other side at the foot of the northern cliff to block the exit, while the adventurers continued deep.

“How much longer?”