1762 The Prisoners (2/2)

”That's not the point here!” Mo Fan complained.

”I would like to know the reason, too. Can you please inform the military if you manage to find it out? We will reward you handsomely,” Wen Xia shot right back.

Wen Xia brought the middle-aged woman away, leaving without wasting any more time with Mo Fan. The street was still a complete mess.

Mo Fan frowned. He had a bad feeling about this.

The Rock Monster was an Elemental creature, so it was supposed to turn into a pile of rocks after it died. It did not make sense for an older woman to appear from the pile of rocks, unless the Rock Monster had eaten her!

”That doesn't make any sense, either! If the Rock Monster had swallowed the woman, the Mountain Drill Spinning Top would have murdered her, too!”

Mo Fan could not make any sense of it. He returned to the wall to check on the state of the battle there.

The battle at the ravine seemed to have come to an end. Mo Fan only saw a few probationary Mages cleaning up the field. He did not learn anything valuable.

”How strange!” Mo Fan blurted out before returning the same way.

The whole incident felt so weird. Mo Fan knew he was not going to find out anything useful for the time being. He would have to wait until the Rock Monsters showed up again to learn the truth.

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Mo Fan regrouped with Tao Jing and Lin Qihui. Lin Qihui was treating Tao Jing's wounds. Mo Fan noticed a few of her wounds were still bleeding.

”Use this,” Mo Fan took out a potion and gave it to Tao Jing, ”Just drink it, it's vanilla-flavored.”

”Are you really offering her a drink?” Lin Qihui said.

”Yeah, it will help calm her down. I didn't expect you to be such a brave soul, even though you are normally quiet and gentle,” Mo Fan complimented Tao Jing.

”Being brave isn't enough, I ended up giving you a lot of trouble,” Tao Jing received the drink from Mo Fan. She drank it right away, since she was indeed feeling a little thirsty.

”It's worth it, since we did save the man's life,” Lin Qihui smiled.

”It's two of them,” Tao Jing said.

”Two? Oh, you meant the person that appeared from the remains of the Rock Monster… that scared the crap out of me!” Lin Qihui admitted.

”It felt like the woman was trapped inside the Rock Monster's body. I heard that many Mages have gone missing in the city recently. I should be able to find the woman's name on the list of missing people,” Tao Jing said thoughtfully.

Trapped inside the Rock Monster's body?

Mo Fan found Tao Jing's speculation to be convincing. Speaking of which, didn't he also hear a Hunter mentioning that the military had found a living human inside the Rock Monster they took care of yesterday, too?

”The Barrier Core might be attracting some strange creatures while it's accumulating the energy of the Earth Element, due to its extraordinary nature. Otherwise, why would the military send so many soldiers here? It's obviously to make sure the Barrier Core is well protected!” Lin Qihui pointed out.

”From what I remember, the Barrier Core has similar side effects to Elemental Detectors, with a greater area of coverage. Therefore, demon creatures are expected to show up,” Tao Jing agreed.

”It's going to be busy in this city...” Mo Fan murmured to nobody in particular.