LORD OF THE SKY CITY

Chapter 730: Chapter 693: Old Friend

Standing before the gigantic corpse, Rocky’s brows furrowed ever tighter, as he gradually began to discern what was different about this cave.

At the very least, the biggest difference here was the demons.

Since arriving at this cave, they had been attacked more than once, and had fallen into considerable danger, and although they had narrowly escaped each time, a look at the enemies they encountered revealed that they had never seen any of them before, to the extent that even Rocky and his companions were unsure whether they should call these foes demons or not.

They first encountered beetle attacks in this location, and truth be told, although no one knew what those beetles were, to be fair, they still bore some resemblance to demons, but the tentacles they met later were harder to explain.

Even now, Rocky didn’t know what the tentacles he encountered really were, were they demon like creatures resembling tentacles? Or were the tentacles they came across simply part of some monstrous creature they had never seen before? Unknown, and nobody knew.

And now, the body of the giant monster before him was even more difficult to make sense of, they had never seen a demon that looked like this before, so they had no idea what it was at all, whether it was a normal demon or a high-level demon, or some new species they had never encountered before, it was all a mystery, and this oddity was clearly related to the secrets hidden within the cave.

“Rocky, look here…”

As Rocky intently examined the monster’s corpse with a furrowed brow, Liliya had already approached the monster and squatted next to one of its scythe-like limbs.

“Be careful.”

Seeing Liliya so close to the monster, Rocky quickly cautioned her, after all, the monster’s scythe-like limbs were almost taller than a person, let alone being cut by them, even a smash would be enough for Liliya to contend with.

“It’s a Beastman.”

As Rocky warned her, Liliya, squatting in front of the scythe-like limbs, saw clearly what was impaled into the ground by the limbs, it was a Beastman skeleton pierced through!

While Liliya and Rocky were studying the monster’s corpse, Chief He Nan had also arrived beside Dusa, but the scene here was far more tragic than what Rocky and his group had encountered, this place was like a battlefield!

Just when Rocky reminded everyone to be alert, Dusa mentioned she, too, had found Beastman skeletons—and not just one. Indeed, the spot Dusa found contained dozens of Beastman skeletons, and not only that, there were also Demon Corpses.

Approaching Dusa, Chief He Nan looked around and quickly noticed the Beastman skeletons on the ground and soon realized that these skeletons had clearly experienced battle before death, as the skeletons were largely stacked in groups of five—a formation Beastman Warriors often used in combat.

“They all died in battle… with these demons…”

Following the direction of the Beastman skeletons, Chief He Nan quickly saw a number of demon corpses on the ground, among them the beetles they had encountered before, and in great numbers, and he, like Rocky, saw the gigantic mantis-like monster.

Clearly, the dozens of Beastman skeletons he saw were those who had perished in the battle against these demons and monsters, and all of them were dead.

This scene after scene made Chief He Nan’s heart incredibly complicated, because these skeletons were not just Beastman, they were Beastman from his own tribe, and if the bodies of these Beastman had still been intact, he might have even been able to name them, but these Beastman were all dead.

“Chief He Nan, come take a look at this…”

Just as He Nan was deeply moved, Dusa called him over, not to have him look at the skeletons scattered on the ground. She summoned him solely to show him one corpse in particular – the one before them now.

The corpse in front of Dusa, unlike those that had already turned to skeletons on the ground, was standing, and… dressed in the Void Magic Armor!

“This is…”

He Nan, whom Dusa had called over, naturally saw the corpse straight away and then stood there in shock. After a long while, he murmured, “The Chief…”

Upon seeing the body clad in the Void Magic Armor, He Nan recognized it immediately – it was the previous Chief of their tribe!

As a tribe living on the surface, the Fireteng Tribe was considerably poor in terms of resources, which was obvious from the equipment of the Beastman Warriors. To them, the Void Magic Armor was an extremely precious piece of equipment that only the Chief could wear. This was why He Nan was the only one in the entire Fireteng Tribe to be equipped with the Void Magic Armor. Therefore, when He Nan saw this Beastman’s corpse, he didn’t even need to look closely; just by the Void Magic Armor it wore, he recognized it – this Beastman was his predecessor as Chief!

He Nan once said the reason he became the Chief of the Fireteng Tribe was that the previous Chief had gone to the Cave of Blood Cries and never returned, and now it appeared that the Chief had indeed died in the cave.

“Chief He Nan…”

Realizing He Nan was frozen in front of the Chief’s body, Dusa knew he must have recognized the identity of the corpse, but sadly, she didn’t know how to comfort him.

“I’m fine…”

Hearing Dusa’s voice, the returning-to-his-senses He Nan turned to her, then showed a bitter smile, “The Chief died a glorious death; I should feel proud for him.”

As he spoke, He Nan looked back at the Chief’s body. The battle armor, now ragged and torn with several holes, had clearly sustained severe damage before death, confirming He Nan’s words – his predecessor had indeed died in battle, a death that was considered honorable for a Beastman warrior.

“Let everyone be cautious; this place is not as tranquil as it seems.”

After glancing at the Chief, He Nan added, since the tribe’s previous Chief and dozens of Beastman Warriors had died in this Dissolving Cave, and with even more demon corpses around, it meant that the hidden dangers in the cave were far greater than they seemed at first glance. Following this, He Nan then went with Dusa to meet up with Rocky.

The four of them regrouped, briefly shared their findings, and continued their exploration in the Dissolving Cave. It wasn’t long before they reached the cave’s center.

“What is this…”

Upon reaching the center of the Dissolving Cave, Rocky and the others stood in amazement because a massive pit had appeared before them!

The pit was more than ten meters wide, looking like an abyssal sinkhole, and this discovery left Rocky and the rest dumbfounded. They had not expected to find another pit within this cave, already situated under Red Water Lake?!

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