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Chapter 757 - 757 Answer 397 crawler (4000)_1

Chapter 757: Answer 397, crawler! (4000)_1 Chapter 757: Answer 397, crawler! (4000)_1 “A Dark Gold Level Hunter is seriously injured, and three White Luminance Level Hunters are dead. Tsk, the first stage of the competition for Shadow Hunter qualification this time is not easy. It’s much more difficult than our time…” Gem clucked his tongue.

“Of course, that was twenty years ago. In the recent decade, the activities of dark creatures within the entire Empire have seen a significant increase, with the emergence of dangerous individuals almost 1.5 to 2 times higher than before. Being a branch head, you should know this. Don’t tell me you’ve actually retired after going to the branch,” said Kames, who was quite familiar with Gem, in a teasing tone.

“Hey, can’t I enjoy my retirement? Besides, the Ford County branch I’m leading seems relatively calm. The activity and danger level of dark creatures in recent years is just one or two notches higher than before…” Gem defended himself.

Seeing the conversation going off-topic, Krogg pointed at the task file and said.

“The Hunters Association failed in its last operation. This ghoul-like dark creature shouldn’t be underestimated, it’s even fairly dangerous for a Dark Gold Level Hunter. Of course, Casio, you don’t need to worry about this. The difficulty of the task lies in how to find this dark creature hiding in Florence. If it doesn’t show up in ten days, it will be troublesome…”

Casio nodded slightly. That was indeed something worth noting.

However, he already had a solution. In the past half-month, Casio had frequent contact with the Ghost Iron Knight in the World of Calamities. He had learned more about the Black Rain Villa in its peak period, for instance, there was a kind of Black Bait Wood in the villa, which could emit a peculiar fragrance.

A piece the size of a thumb could attract dark creatures. Of course, the range of the fragrance was quite limited.

He planned to first learn about the specifics of the serial murders and the locations, and roughly infer the area where the ghoul was.

Then, he would use the Black Bait Wood to catch the fish.

“I’m going.” Dressed in hunter’s clothes, Casio left Hebu’s house. After inquiring about the details at the Hunter’s Association, he got detailed info about the whole process of the task. There were a total of seven murder cases, all in the Fourth District of Florence where all Pleasure Streets were located. Therefore, two of the victims were prostitutes from Pleasure Street.

Since this task was rated as dangerous “A” level, the crime scene was still preserved, guarded by soldiers from the Security Department. Casio decided to take a look first and contact the Ghost Man through a special channel on the way.

Leaving the Hunters Association, he boarded a black horse carriage.

Twenty minutes later, he arrived at the Fourth District of Florence.

114, Simpson Street was a meat factory.

This place was the first of the series of murders, which occurred fifteen days ago.

Outside the light blue rectangular warehouse, four guards in blue and black were watching the entrance. Seeing Casio coming, they hurriedly greeted him.

Showing the Hunter Badge and the investigation brief issued by the Hunters Association.

He went straight into the warehouse.

It was almost nine in the morning and the sunlight was bright. But the inside of the warehouse was exceptionally dim. White walls were speckled with black spots, and there seemed to be solid grime and green moss in corners. Rows of shelves were smeared with a layer of unrefined oil, showing a dark yellow color. Beside the shelves were metal hooks hung on the bars above, used to hang hunk of meat.

Casio saw that there was an enclosed area at the darkest part of the warehouse. Clearly, all traces were there. He walked over, and gradually caught a nauseating, acrid smell. It was like the smell of squashed bugs mixed with rotting meat.

With an unchanged expression, Casio walked over. Suddenly, he stopped and lowered his head to look at the ground. It was a footprint, a footprint that was deeply embedded in the ground, twice the size of a normal human foot, with four claw-like toes sinking into the cement, a visible indentation.

He walked around the footprint and looked up. A semi-destroyed wooden workbench seemed to be damaged by something gigantic. Next to the workbench was a bent iron rack that had marks of scraping on it. It seemed to be caused by some sort of metal instrument, almost like sharp scales. Casio checked all traces, and his gaze finally landed on the wall.

There was a large pool of blood, with a splattered edge. The color had turned black-brown, looking like a big blotch on the wall surface.

He stepped forward and narrowed his eyes.

Extending his arm, he pressed against the wall.

With a humming sound…

He exerted his strength in rapid succession, stripping off a large piece of wall plaster along with the bloodstains. The wall underneath was exposed, revealing a spiral pattern similar to a seashell.

The pattern was about half the size of a body, deeply engraved into the wall.

“Disaster Tunnel?”

Casio’s expression became grave. The spiral pattern in front of his eyes was almost identical to the one on the ancient tree beside the Knight’s Old Castle.

The only difference was that this pattern was too small and coarse.

“Did the dark creature come from the deep disaster world to the surface world to hunt for food?” He frowned slightly and left the warehouse.

In the next few hours, until noon at twelve o’clock.

Casio traveled to seven places, inspecting all the crime scenes.