Is that so?
So the pain that penetrated into the bone marrow... was it just his imagination?
Su'er knelt on the ground in a daze, as if his body was no longer his own, but just a puppet in a shell.
Without any extra strength, neither he nor Think could defend themselves... it would come back, like a wounded venomous snake, licking its wounds, determined to avenge itself. Su'er knew this feeling, and the weak connection that had been broken told him such a secret.
"...It's all dead," Su'er's voice was filled with undisguised weakness as he stared at everything in front of him.
The remains showed that this place had once been an Elf outpost, but now it was a meat grinder. Such a tragic massacre was not for the purpose of satisfying appetite or treatment, but a simple venting.
Helping each other, the two walked forward with difficulty until they reached the center of the outpost.
Eleven heads were neatly inserted here, strung together from top to bottom as if they were being barbecued. Without exception, they were all heads of Elves, both male and female, inserted into the ground like flags.
This was the handiwork of the monster transformed from the vampire. Even Su'er didn't know whether it had regained its sanity... or merged? Was it really assimilated by the wild instinct? The image of the vampire's face suddenly opening its eyes at the last moment was still in his mind.
From the surface of the ground and the building, you can still see the familiar traces of corrosion, as well as the traces of the magic released by these Elves before their death.
"What a boring provocation," even though the injuries on her body had not healed yet, Think's physical condition was better than Su'er's now. She supported Su'er with one hand and tried to pull the disgusting flag with the other hand, but it didn't move. The woman sighed in disgust.
The twisted monster had inserted the flagpole very deeply.
He wanted to say something, but when he opened his mouth, he felt a sense of weakness from his internal organs. Su'er finally remained silent and gently closed his eyes for a few seconds.
Just a little bit.
Just a little bit... If they could arrive a little earlier.
They could find other Elves—alive.
His mission would be completed.
However, it was the monster that arrived first.
Strangely, there was no sense of frustration or irritability. Su'er was just worried about himself... Could he still hold on until the agreement was fulfilled?
Thinking like this, he felt indifferent from the bottom of his heart—no matter what, he had done his best, and he could straighten his back even in the face of such a noble and great Riku.
"... Do you think it's regained its sanity?" Su'er asked weakly, wanting to hear Think's opinion.
"Hmm~, half and half? After all, it is really too foolish to make such a provocation. It is just a pure waste." Think's eyes swept across the stumps and flesh stuck on the ground and walls. "If I have to describe it... it's probably crazy?"
"Eat something, or drink something," said Su'er, motioning for Think to walk with him, pointing to a half-collapsed wall.
He probably found another important evidence that the monster had not completely recovered its sanity—the supplies prepared by the Elf stationed here were still well placed here.
There were even some plates scattered next to a table that had fallen to the ground, with some food that could not be eaten because of blood and dirt scattered on it. The monster did not think of destroying these foods and water.
It was obviously a sabotage action to prevent the two people from being rescued, but after killing people, he did not think of destroying supplies. What he kept thinking about was using the Elf head to make a provocative look.
At most, it is just a hateful beast, Su'er concluded.
Finally, he had a normal meal, but he didn't dare to eat too much. Su'er chewed slowly and quietly.
While chewing, he couldn't help laughing. He only needed to open his eyes to see the broken flesh and broken arms around him and within his sight, the corpses that no one had collected, and the disgusting smell lingering in his nose.
Su'er felt that he was probably crazy, or his nerves were numb to an inhuman level. Even in such a disgusting environment, he had an appetite to swallow food.
He wanted to laugh, but in reality, he just stuffed another piece of food into his mouth... and drank a sip of water.
"Let's go in that direction." Think, who was also eating the food she had searched out slowly, closed her eyes and said softly, "I roughly know where this is—from here there will be an abandoned city of the Elves. I can use the remaining engraving rituals there to kill the monster."
The Elves' sphere of influence is this woman's territory. After putting the last piece of food in her mouth, Su'er replied in a deep voice:
"...Okay."
Think left a message at the ruins of the sentry post. She and Su'er did not dare to stay here for a long time. They just left a guide for the other Elves who came here to redeploy after receiving the news that the sentry post was destroyed. The final goal fell on the abandoned city she mentioned before.
Just like when they came here, Su'er and Think supported each other as they limped along. With slow steps, behind them was the sentry post that looked like a map of hell. These idle Elves had even boredly built a lot of stairs when building this sentry post, which became the source of Su'er's pain at the moment.
One step, two steps, three steps...
The dull and monotonous footsteps echoed in the ears of the two people. Su'er even had the illusion of being hypnotized. He wanted to sleep... It was getting closer, and he was almost there. He just needed to walk down the last step...
His deaf ear twitched slightly. Su'er heard nothing. Such twitching was just instinct. His muscles were instinctively tense—something was wrong, something was wrong!
Swish!
There was no time to react. When Su'er realized it, he saw his blood floating in the air along with the whistling wind.
It was that monster! The monster that slaughtered the Elves in the entire sentry post! The monster whose tail was cut off by Su'er and Think!
It actually perfectly concealed all its breath and hid outside the sentry post!
Just waiting for this moment!