"Hehehe, Chief, it's nothing." An Ursus soldier laughed. "Oh, right, Chief, when I was patrolling around the mine earlier, I saw black snow."
"Are your eyes playing tricks on you? How could snow possibly be black?"
"I saw it with my own eyes!"
The soldiers voiced their doubts.
"..."
The officer froze for a moment.
Black snow?
"Hahaha, do you actually believe the Face-Destroying Monster exists?"
In Ursus folklore, there was a legend about the Face-Destroying Monster.
Black snow was said to be a sign of its appearance.
"Take me there to have a look."
As a loser in the internal struggle of some noble family, the officer was not completely ignorant.
"Chief, do you really believe the Face-Destroying Monster exists?"
"Shut your mouth. Don't spout nonsense about things you know nothing about."
The officer rebuked him.
If he could seize this opportunity, perhaps he could leave this godforsaken place!
"Fine, you're the chief. You're right."
The veteran who had discovered the black snow shrugged.
He put on his coat and pushed open the barracks door.
Then—
He met the gaze of a ferocious monster.
The bewildered expression on his face was reflected in its bloodthirsty pupils.
"Mon—"
The scream that almost burst from his lips was forcibly swallowed back down.
His body collapsed limply onto the ground.
The Ursus soldiers inside froze.
"..."
The ferocious monster crushed the hard object in its mouth, then flung the corpse aside.
It entered the barracks, hooking the door shut behind it with its sharp tail.
Then screams began to ring out from within the barracks.
The windows were splattered with scarlet blood.
No one knew how long passed before every sound fell silent.
In the end, only chewing and the sound of something heavy being dragged remained inside the barracks.
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