Chapter 299: Black and white × Voyage × Return to the lower levels
When the morning sunlight spilled down, the Supply Station had already become a world of black and white.
The black was the scorched ground and the various traces left by the fires; the white was the countless bones scattered across the island.
Thick, foul-smelling smoke drifted over the sea. Large numbers of bodies also floated on the nearby waters, and schools of fish surfaced from time to time to carry them away one by one.
Even so, the bodies on the water could not all be dragged away in a short time.
A considerable amount of scattered cargo also floated on the sea, including all kinds of supplies.
But not a single person remained, either at sea or on the island.
Only then did Black Whale 1 approach the Supply Station and gradually dock at the shore. Throughout the process, the people aboard never felt the great ship stop at all.
When the hatch opened, the soldiers and Hunter Association personnel lined up at the exit were greeted by devastation outside.
Before they could react, the skeletons nearest Black Whale 1's berth suddenly all turned their heads as though they had spotted prey, aiming their dark eye sockets at the ship's entrance.
"Don't rush." Mizaistom stopped the King's Army officer, who was about to shout for the door to be closed.
At the same time, someone darted out from behind Mizaistom and flicked a prepared Nen Bullet at the charging skeletons from a distance.
Clearly, this man was also a Hunter from the Hunter Association. Judging by his practiced use of Nen Bullets, he was most likely an Emission user.
The extremely fast Nen Bullet easily struck a skeleton that neither dodged nor evaded, sending it tumbling