Chapter 898 - New Traces Of The Invader (1/2)

Lin Mu and the group were met with the adviser Liu and quickly brought to the main hall.

”Forgive me Adviser Liu, but we cannot stay here for the time being and it's best if we go on to our mission at once.” Lin Mu spoke.

”Of course, senior Lin Mu. That is not the reason why I brought you here, there is something else.” Adviser Liu replied.

”Oh? What is it?” Lin Mu asked curiously.

In response to this, Adviser Liu went to the side where something was kept under a sheet. He lifted the sheet and revealed a closed box underneath it.

~Crack~

He pulled on the lid and the nails were pulled out along with it, before he placed it at the side.

”This was found by our guards at the border of the kingdom. We don't really know what this is and it is certainly suspicious. I wonder if you know what it is?” Adviser Liu said as he pointed to the contents of the box.

”This… can it really be that…” Lin Mu said in disbelief.

~thud~

He tilted the box and let the object fall out of it, which was then revealed to be a beast's carcass.

”Heavens… what kind of a beast is this?” Elder Boqin couldn't help but exclaim at the grotesque appearance.

The beast looked like a monkey beast, but it seemed to have horribly mutated. It had black slimy skin and bone spurs protruding out from everywhere, and teeth that grew haphazardly out of its mouth.

Its nails had grown to unnatural length and were nearly a meter long. Its tail had changed too and no longer covered with flesh and skin. Instead, there were bones fully revealed and had some small patches of flesh on the joints of it.

A frown appeared on Lin Mu's face as he saw the beast and he had a bad feeling.

~SHUA~

Suddenly, a character appeared on his forehead and shone brightly.

”What's happening, Lin Mu?” Jing Luo asked in a concerned tone.

”Invader…” Lin Mu said in a low voice.

”INVADER?” Elder Wenyan exclaimed.

Jing Luo finally understood what Lin Mu was talking about and looked at the beast closely.

”What do you mean Invader, Senior Lin Mu?” Elder Boqin asked.

”You were told about the invader that was brought on by the Northern Tribes, right?” Lin Mu asked.

”Of course… You don't mean to say…” Elder Boqin realized.

”Yes… as much as I don't want it to be, this is another host of the invader.” Lin Mu stated.

~gasp~

Loud gasps could be heard coming from everyone as they finally knew what kind of a situation this was.

”When did they find this?” Lin Mu asked.

”The guards found it about two days ago and it just arrived this morning. I would have informed you earlier but since you were coming here anyway, I reckoned it would be better to just show it to you.” Adviser Liu replied.

Jing Luo furrowed his brows and kneeled beside the corpse to check up on it.

”I have no way of estimating the time of death of this beast. This… it is horribly mutated that I can't tell if the flesh has decomposed or not.” Jing Luo said.

”Mmm… I've come across a few examples of them before. They too were mutated rather strangely, but this… this one certainly takes the top spot.” Lin Mu spoke.

”What do think caused its death?” Elder Wenyan asked.

Lin Mu extended his spirit sense and probed the beast to see what could be the issue, since there were no physical wounds on the corpse. But even after checking it throughly he could not grasp it.

”I can't tell how it died. There are no wounds nor any internal injuries in its body. There is no vitality left in its body either, which is strange since there should be some lingering vitality left in the flesh.” Lin Mu spoke.

”Can we get the exact location where this was found?” Jing Luo questioned.

”Of course. I had the guards cordon off that area and there are a few of them watching over it as well.” Adviser Liu answered.

”Good… If this thing has appeared, it means there is more than one of them out there. After all these years… they are finally starting to appear again.” Lin Mu said in a straight voice.

”The last beast you saw who was infected was the bear, right?” Jing Luo asked.

”Indeed. Your grandfather and Duan Ke wiped out all the other beast's back then. We thought all the traces were gone, but it is certain now that it is not true.” Lin Mu replied.

”If it has spread this far south, then…” Jing Luo muttered. ”Someone brought it here.”