Chapter 175 – The man wearing a mask (2/2)

When they were not far from the deer, Yu faced the mouth of the blow dart towards that direction, the other end holding it between his lips; when blowing, Yu’s cheeks boated up.

Whiz!

The dart flew out swiftly and accurately shot straight at the deer.

The poison on the dart wasn’t deadly, it was a very powerful paralysis drug. The deer that got shot, the dart directly pierced through into its hide, the poison spreading.

After feeling that it had been attacked, that deer wanted to flee, but after running for just two steps, it started to stagger, and multiple steps later, it collasped onto the ground.

“Hey! It’s done!”

Excited, Yu got ready to pick up his prey, but he was held back by Shao Xuan.

“What’s wrong?” Yu questioned Shao Xuan uncertainly.

Shao Xuan did not reply and only just lifted his chin towards a direction.

Yu looked over.

In the forest, not too far away from the deer, some birds flew out. Probably due to the deer’s run and collapse having startled them.

“What’s wrong with those birds?“ Yu did not quite understand, he thought it over, then helplessly said: “You’re not thinking of eating those birds? Although those birds are considered very small, but they are not easy to catch. With this deer, why would you still want to eat those birds for?”

Shao Xuan silently looked at Yu for a few seconds, and said: ”Those are scavenging birds.”

“Scavenging birds?”

“They eat corpses.” Shao Xuan pointed over to that side. “The amount is not litle.”

Those birds were startled over the actions of the deer, but Shao Xuan believed that was only part of the reason, there were a lot more that did not take off. And those that became startled had quickly returned as well.

If there weren’t any food luring them, why else would they stay on the ground?

Yu showed a face of realisation and quickly held his blow dart. He couldn’t bother about the deer anymore, he only cared about his little life. Eating can be left for later.

Due to the change of direction of the wind, when they arrived here, they had not smelled anything weird. Added to the fact that there were many flowers blooming near the river bank, thus the scent of flowers was overflowing, disrupting their sense of smell, therefore they did not realise anything wrong.

“Go over and check it out?” Yu asked.

Yu didn’t wait for Shao Xuan’s reply and took out his stone knife he had on him and walked over.

Shao Xuan scanned the surroundings, temporarily not seeing anybody, then followed on.

Closing in to that area, due to the dense trees, they still could not see the situation upfront. But with every step closer, Shao Xuan could smell something bad in the air.

Other than that, there was the movements of the scavenging birds. Probably because there were too many snatching for food, they would most likely start fighting among each other.

Carefully pulling apart the branches blocking their way, Shao Xuan could then see the origin of the strange smell.

Dead people, many of them. Compared to the ones floating on the river, there were a lot more here. And with no river to wash it away, the ground was overflowing with blood red stains.

What they were wearing was similar to what the poeple in the river were wearing, they were apparently from the same tribe. With this type of scene, obviously it could be seen that they were slaughtered.

“These people…”

Yu was about to say something, but then he saw an arm moving within the pile of corpses.

“There’s still someone alive!?”

Hearing Yu’s voice, the person squashed under the human pile pushed the dead bodies above him aside, revealing a blood smeared face, his body only had one wound, but it was still fatal. The others also had similar scars that killed them.

The birds having a meal on the ground, due to sensing that there was someone alive, called out and flew away. But there were also some who were greedy and decided to remain on the ground.

“Save….save me!” That person did not bother about the surrounding birds’ pecks and crawled towards Yu and Shao Xuan

Yu creased his eyebrows and took a step back. One, he did not recognise these people; two, he did not want to involve himself in a tribe battle. He was only a traveller, not here to find trouble.

“Let’s leave…..”Yu had not finished talking, before he heard a whizzing sound.

Puchi!

The person crawling over to Shao Xuan was pierced through with a spear, which immediately broke his breath.

Shao Xuan’s sight turned in a certain direction. There, on a tree, was someone standing.