Pedro gestured to Neerak and the three village soldiers to halt, before placing his right hand on top of the Katana that was sheathed on the left side of his waist. His left hand held the scabbard as he slowly walked forward—deeper into the forest.
'There are only two possible explanations for missing monsters, especially for a forest! One… there's a lack of food for the monsters in this area. Second… There are adventurers who are killing the monsters, while at the same time, they were storing the corpse in their inventory bags.' Pedro thought as he glanced to the ground while taking a deep breath.
'The smell of blood is strong, and the land is moist… almost muddy, probably because of the monster's blood.' He thought. At this moment, Pedro's pen-knife arrived beside them and rotated around his group—creating a ring that is similar to Saturn. Then, a reddish gas rose from the ground to the pen-knife as if red steam was evaporating from the ground.
