Creak, creak~
A plant-woven rag wiped the Pig Head Mask's face, carefully cleaning every corner of it.
After putting the cleaned pig head back on, along with Yi Chen's completely naked body, the image was truly not very gentlemanly, but it fit Shepherd Village's image perfectly.
Yi Chen's lean body, with its oddly distributed muscles, looked like an undernourished human-pig hybrid that had failed to qualify as a butcher and had been abandoned in the filthy underground area.
Since the Slaughter Moon was lost,
all he could hold was the meat cleaver issued by the Meat Factory.
To ensure efficiency when processing corpses, the cleaver was fairly well-made and sharp.
"Until I retrieve my weapons, I'll use this for now! I hope I can still find my axe and Gentleman's Attire. Otherwise, this investigation will be a huge loss.
Once I get out of this filthy underground area, I'll find a way to visit the village chief's house. Maybe I can retrieve everything in one go."
Little Grape suddenly poked its head out:
"William~ At least until you retrieve your weapons, you need to avoid direct conflict with the village chief... I've been thinking about the special state the village chief displayed at the end.
The Pathogen Core was clearly destroyed, yet he was still able to display an even stronger form.
That power doesn't belong to him. It most likely came from the Ashen Domain—or rather, from the one who created the abnormal Ashen Domain. Using the 'umbilical cord' as a medium, that being is sharing its vitality.
To truly kill the village chief, you'll have to injure the one granting him that vitality. You'll need your weapons for that."
It was rare to see Little Grape so serious, and Yi Chen merely smiled faintly.
"Yeah, I'll seize the