Chapter 202

Gently caressing the footprints with my fingertips, I checked the condition of the earth .

[By the looks of it…… It’s already been a long time since these people passed through here . ]

If they’re on the move, it doesn’t seem like they would be around anymore huh .

I stand up .

[We should go . ]

[Yes . ]

We began advancing with caution .

Like that, we made our way through the dense bushes……

[……This . ]

Seras gasped .

There were several Golden-eyed monsters before our eyes .

There were around twenty of them…

And all of them were corpses .

Blood was splattered all around .

They were splashed on the trunks of trees and the grass .

Fragments of flesh were also scattered about .

If this was a scene of a crime, it would have been quite a “gruesome scene” .

Kneeling down in front of the nearest corpse, I examined it .

I then raised my gaze and looked at the other corpses .

[What a surprise . ]

This isn’t within the depths .

But even if it wasn’t, the monsters in the Golden Demon Zone were feared in this continent .

Even so…

[Some of these monsters tried to get away . ]

There were signs that they had tried to escape .

A monster from the Golden Demon Zone had been frightened so much that it tried to flee .

The people responsible for this carnage, they were at least—–

People that don’t have any problem fighting against Golden-eyed monsters in the Demon Zone .

I can see it in the bodies and the conditions of the scene .

All in all, these monsters were killed without being able to fight back at all .

Moreover—— they weren’t overlooked .

It’s not just one or two monsters that tried to escape .

There’s also one that had its defenseless back slashed……

They didn’t overlook the monsters that tried to escape and went out of their way to chase them down and kill them .

[There are a lot of monsters that seem to have been slashed with swords…… From Seras’s eyes, how good are they?]

[They must have been quite experienced in the way of the sword . ]

Seras guessed without a second thought .

[Even more than you?]

[——I’m not sure without seeing them myself . However, I’m sure that their abilities aren’t average . Most of all……]

[It doesn’t seem like they were seriously fighting these monsters huh?]

[Yes . ]

[……………………]

Who are they?

What the heck are these people doing here?

We followed more footprints .

Looking at the direction of the footprints…

For now, it seems that they were headed in the same direction we’re heading .

The corpses of monsters lying around became a familiar sight for us .

There were even some corpses that were being pecked by a bird .

Judging by the footprints, there must be at least eight of them .

Speaking of which……

I haven’t encountered any monsters since I left that ruins where we interacted with Erika’s