1283 The Scary Hillmen (1/2)
Translated by XephiZ
Edited by Aelryinth
”Ah~!”
The scream took everyone on the team by surprise. The man named Chen Binbin quickly went over to the beautiful girl with shoulder-length hair and asked in a panic, ”What is it? What's wrong?”
”It's an arm!” The beautiful woman pointed at something hanging on the tree branch with a pale face.
Lingling was nearby too. She raised her head and saw an arm with blood dripping from it, torn off around the elbow. The cut was imperfect; she could still see the tendons and vessels dangling from it!
”Silence! As a Mage, even if you discovered a corpse that has been torn to pieces, you can't afford to be making any sound under the circumstances!” Wang Dakuo glared at the woman.
The other young Mages had grim faces, too. They had spent most of their time working in an office. Even though they had seen dead bodies before, they had never seen anything so gruesome. They could not help but wonder what happened to the owner of the arm.
”It's a demon creature with outstanding physical strength,” Lingling said as she inspected the torn arm.
Chen Binbin had a strange expression. Even he did not dare look straight at the arm. How could the little girl have the courage to study it so closely? Chen Binbin felt uneasy when he imagined the person being torn into pieces.
”Elder, maybe...maybe we should just get out of here,” Guo Muzhuang proposed worriedly.
”How could we turn a blind eye at someone that needs our help?!” Wang Dakuo snapped.
He immediately led the way. The others had no choice but to follow him when they felt danger approaching.
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”This must be his head,” Lingling suddenly called out.
The beautiful woman walking beside Lingling was dumbfounded. She screamed and immediately backed away.
Lingling moved the giant leaf blocking the view aside. There was indeed a head lying on the ground. Most terrifyingly, the torn skin under the head was irregular too. It even had lots of stretch marks, as if it was twisted and ripped off with brute force!
”Twisting, tearing, and bite marks… it's most likely a Hillman!” Lingling told Mo Fan.
Lingling was not referring to the people living in hills or mountains. A Hillman was a kind of demon creature. They looked similar to humans, but they had fangs like wild boars, skin like a tree, and paws like a bear. They could not use magic, but they were one of the strongest demon creatures physically.
They were extremely quick and good at ambushing their targets. They always killed their targets in the most gruesome way, tearing their prey to pieces.
The Hillmen normally resided in primordial forests. There was a huge horde of Hillmen in Shennongjia. It was quite a surprise to find Hillmen here on Mount Kunyu!
Wang Dakuo did not disagree with Lingling's speculation, as he had noticed some large footprints on the ground. The Hillmen were not that much bigger than a human, between two to four meters tall. Only Hillmen would leave such large footprints behind, since a Hunter with a massive build would be wearing shoes!
Cries in the distance implied that there were still people alive ahead. The group continued forward, but the beautiful woman that came with Chen Binbin was too scared to go any deeper.
She had only seen something being torn into pieces on the TV, and the remains were still in good condition. However, the remains she had seen after coming here were just too horrible. She was completely overwhelmed by fear.
”I'm not going, there's no way I'm going any deeper into the forest!” the girl said in tears.
”We have to go now, or we'll be left behind,” Chen Binbin dragged the girl along while watching the others fading into the distance.
The rest of the team had gone ahead. The trees were dense and thick. It was extremely difficult to regroup with the team once they were around a hundred meters apart. Chen Binbin was having difficulties dragging the girl with him. He broke out in cold sweat as soon as he heard some movement nearby.
”I'm going to die because of you!” Chen Binbin snapped furiously. He simply left the woman behind and hurriedly went forward to catch up with the others.
”Don't leave me behind!...”
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The scent of blood thickened. Mo Fan and Wang Dakuo were leading the way. As soon as they spread some bushes open with their hands, Mo Fan immediately caught a glimpse of a human figure with muscular arms and legs covered in fresh blood...
”Assh***, where do you think you're going!?” Wang Dakuo yelled furiously. He immediately chased after the Hillman.
The Hillman quickened its pace when it sensed a strong presence approaching. It quickly wove through the trees and vanished.
Mo Fan did not chase after the creature. He looked down and saw a bloody pile of organs. He recognized some intestines too, he just could not tell if they were human.
Mo Fan had gotten used to seeing blood and gore, but he was still spooked by how brutal the Hillmen were.
The others had caught up too. Some vomited when they saw the remains on the ground. Even Hunters would be troubled by the sight of it, let alone these Mages who rarely came to the wild.
”Where's the Elder?” Guo Muzhuang asked.