The scene of the incident was a sowhat dimly-lit corner. Yun You rembered she had been here before—yes, it was the place where the Apprentice Death God Kaelin and the rcenary Becca complained about Mokaka.
It was incredibly quiet here, the air seemingly frozen, in stark contrast to the noise outside.
The light was dim, with a few pieces of broken junk piled in the corner, and large patches of dark red bloodstains.
Yun You first slled a strong scent of blood, a choking sll like that of a slaughterhouse for large prey, with the stench invading her nostrils...
Imdiately afterward, she saw the corpse that lay quietly in the dark corner.
It was the body of the rcenary Becca, Yun You could tell.
Becca, originally tall and burly, as strong as a bear, was now twisted into a mass of broken flesh, as if kneaded and torn by an invisible giant hand.
His limbs bent at bizarre angles, bones protruding from under the skin, mixed with dark red flesh, like a violently stirred sli. His chest had collapsed, the ribs crushed by so massive force, and his abdon was slightly swollen, with fragnts of internal organs vaguely visible, emitting a nauseating odor.
As for the face, it was relatively intact, which was why Yun You could recognize him. But his expression was unsettling, those wide eyes staring steadfastly in one direction, the pupils obviously dilated, yet still reflecting terror and disbelief.
His mouth was slightly open, as if trying to scream sothing, but forever halted at that mont. The face was marked with pain, but more so with a profound shock, as if, in his final monts, Becca saw sothing beyond human comprehension—sothing that should not exist in this world.
That fear even perated through death, frozen on his face as an eternal warning. This expression, coupled with his mangled body, filled the corner with an oppressive eeriness, even the air seed to shiver for this twisted corpse.
Yun You stood at a distance, feeling a chill creeping up her spine from her feet.
Because her Information Reconnaissance Chip told her that pool of blood was not only Becca's.
She had detected the blood of another person—the Apprentice Death God's.
Without a doubt, it belonged to the one partnered with Becca, the Apprentice Death God, Kaelin.
Judging from the amount of blood, Kaelin should also be dead, yet his body was nowhere to be found at the scene.
"Wait... body?"
Yun You suddenly realized sothing, hurriedly pushing through the crowd to reach the body.
At this mont, Mokaka and Tian En had also arrived, surrounding the corpse, investigating silently.
Yun You bypassed them, walking straight to the body, and amidst the astonished gazes of the onlookers, used the flatfish she held to slice open the swollen abdon of the corpse.
"Whoosh~!"
With a soft sound, a tattered spherical object rolled out of Becca's abdon.
Everyone looked closely... only to gasp in horror, realizing it was a mangled human head.
The head of the Apprentice Death God Kaelin.
His body was missing, but his head had been stuffed into Becca's stomach.
Quite a brutal thod.
"What's going on here?"
Yun You couldn't resist looking at Mokaka and quietly asked, "Is it an assassination? Or has soone infiltrated?"
"I don't know."
Mokaka shook her head, her expression sowhat grim.
Although she didn't particularly like Becca and Kaelin due to their unpleasant personalities, they were, after all, her personal guards. Their sudden and inexplicable deaths were undoubtedly a huge loss for her.
"Tian En and I were the first witnesses. When we passed by here three minutes ago, both were already dead."
"What's strange is that we didn't find any traces of a struggle... not even nearby."
Mokaka pointed at the walls on both sides, which were splattered with blood, yet showed no cracks or dents.
"You understand what that ans, right?"
Seeing Mokaka's grim face, Yun You nodded lightly.
"It ans this is most likely the primary cri scene, and it ans that these two, who would be considered strong by ordinary people's standards, were killed in a single strike—without resistance, or rather, without even realizing the danger—losing the ability to fight back, and then slowly crushed to death."
"The killer's ability was probably a whole level above theirs."
"Exactly."
Mokaka furrowed her brows, speaking in a low voice, "But you missed one point."
"The ti we were apart was likely no more than half an hour."
"And according to the surveillance footage, you passed by here 20 minutes ago, then headed to a tent, and we arrived here 3 minutes ago."
"This ans that the killer infiltrated within 17 minutes, silently assassinated the two without alerting any of us, and then retreated."
"All in all, they had at most 10 minutes... to accomplish this in ten minutes, it's hard to imagine the level of strength the killer has."
As she said this, she turned to look at Yun You, asking softly, "May I ask, could Miss Wu Ming accomplish such a thing?"
"Of course, I'm not suspecting you; I know you've been in the tent chatting, not stepping out... I'm just asking."
Hearing this, Yun You couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
After a long while, she honestly shook her head.
"Probably not."
It wasn't that she was being coy.
She did have the ans to conceal herself, relying directly on 'Divine Concealnt', after all.
But the two deceased here weren't weak, one being an Apprentice Death God, the other a rcenary with Prosthetic Body enhancent.
To achieve a one-hit kill, or render them unable to resist instantly, Yun You would have to use a Red Scale Weapon.
However, the Red Scale Weapon's power was too great; using it in such a confined space would inevitably cause damage to the surrounding environnt and structures, making it impossible to keep the scene intact.
This shows that the assassin's level of assassination skills is certainly not inferior, or even superior, to hers.
"Moreover, the most terrifying part is, this place is not so secluded corner."
Tian En added, resting her chin on her hand, "Though the location is a bit off, it's only about ten ters from the nearest stronghold, with many tents nearby."
"With just a ten-ter distance, even a nail dropping on the ground could be heard, yet these two big n were torn apart alive, and the nearby people heard nothing. It was only by chance that Lord Mokaka and I discovered it."
"This proves that the killer managed to suppress the sound of murder to the extre. Not even a slight noise was made to deceive us and avoid our detection."
As Tian En spoke, she herself felt it was sowhat outrageous, and cold sweat unconsciously trickled down her back.
She gently grasped Mokaka's hand, speaking solemnly, "Lord Mokaka, it's now clear that the assassin was targeting you...!"
"Perhaps the man selling the secret manual earlier was also killed by this assassin!"
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