"So this thing wants to kill us!" Mu You's expression darkened.
Earlier, Cola had been influenced into trying to pull out the Mandrake with his teeth, nearly knocking them both unconscious on this barren mountain crawling with monsters.
And now, he himself had been influenced, unknowingly walking into this place that resembled a spider's nest.
Looking at the animal skeletons all around him, he had no doubt how dangerous this place was.
"Forget it. Let's get out of here first..." Mu You called to Cola, preparing to leave.
"We should've left ages ago. This place is disgusting, meow!" Cola complained.
The man and cat began retreating in the opposite direction.
But after only a few steps, Mu You suddenly stepped on something hard. Against the soft layer of slime, the sensation was particularly distinct.
Mu You paused, startled, then broke a branch off a nearby tree and used it to pry away the slime beneath his feet.
The sight revealed underneath made his breath catch.
Buried beneath the slime were two human skeletons!
And they had clearly died only recently, since some flesh that had yet to be fully digested still clung to their ribs.
But if these two had been eaten by a giant spider monster, why were their skeletons still so intact?
He kept digging and found two tattered trench coats beneath the skeletons.
Mu You recognized these. The two enforcers he had met outside earlier had been wearing this kind of clothing.
The trench coats must have been specially made, since even this corrosive slime struggled to dissolve them completely. At least the pockets of both coats were still mostly intact.
Mu You fished out the coats and searched their pockets, finding four things: a palm-sized disc-shaped device, a folded sheet of paper, a pistol with no