Let's take back to where we left off...
Shaira is now pacing back and forth in the room. She knows that to leave this place she needed to explore outside. Currently, she already searched every corner of the room to look for clues but aside from the piece of burnt paper she found, she found nothing.
She glanced at Marco's unconscious form and with a pause, she steeled herself. She's a warrior damn it, she can take them out of this place.
Resolved acquired and with a sword in hand, Shaira opened the door.
Silence...
The hall is eerily quiet, one might say that even a drop of a pin can be heard in this uneasy silence.
Gulp...
She checked the radar for any red entities and found nothing in her current vicinity. She glanced at the doors in the hall and saw Room number 5. She figured that with only a vague outline of the number five in the paper, she'll check anything she found associated with the number.
Creak...
Eeee...
The sound echoed in the halls breaking the silence. Shaira winced and hurriedly glance at the radar in her vision.
Phew!
Relieved that no entity is near, she surveys the room cloaked in darkness before her.
The first thing that registered in her mind is the overpowering smell of copper and rotten eggs. Wrinkling her nose, Shaira takes out her handkerchief and presses it on her nose.
As she step inside, her mind was immediately filled with dread as her senses heightened. The putrid smell becomes even stronger as she takes out her flashlight, and the sight before her almost made her hurl.
The light from the flashlight illuminates the room, revealing a person lying down on the bed. Upon closer look, one can see the rotting face in front of them. The face in question still has some pieces of skin stuck in the decaying flesh. A worm can be seen wriggling around the face's orifice making a slight squelching sound as it moves.
Shaira's body turned stiff, her face turning pale. She forcefully calms herself down. She's slightly relieved that her hand is on her face for she might have screamed and turned the roaming Entity's attention to her. She tried to make out the corpse's features but the decomposing tissue on the person's face has made the person unrecognizable.
@#$%!
Shaira steeled herself and tied the handkerchief around the lower half of her face. First, she checks the body on the bed. Based on the corpse's clothing, it must be a female. Upon closer look, the body suffers from what seems to be multiple slash wounds in the spine area. She also finds it odd that the corpse's arms are laid neatly beside her.
Ding~
[ The Room Number 5 Case ] >>
[1.1 The lady in bed ]
[ Find the real identity of the lady in bed
Reward: Resentment Energy +10, Hint +1 ]
"This..."
Upon seeing the prompt in front of her, Shaira finally saw some light in this situation. It seems that the chances of them getting out of this hell hole are increasing. Now, to find out who this lady is...
Shaira searches the bed for clues only to notice another corpse lying on the ground. This time, based on its height, clothing, and body structure, it looks like a male.
Ding~
[1.2 The man on the floor ]
[ Find the identity of the man on the floor
Reward: Resentment Energy +10 ]
Just as she was about to read the prompt, another notification sound appeared.
Ding~
[2. The connection ]
[ Find the real relationship between the lady in bed and the man on the floor
Reward: Resentment Energy+20, Hint+2] >>
[2.1 Find the Killer]
[ Who killed the lady in bed?]
[Who killed the man on the floor]
Reward: Resentment Energy+20, Knife of Enmity, Ring of Fidelity, Hint +2]
Okay...new tasks in one go. Let's do this.
First, the room Shaira woke up to was room number 7. It's also the room where she found a clue - the burnt piece of paper with a vague outline of the number 5. And right now, she's in room number 5 where she found these dead bodies. One thing is for sure, the occupant of room number 7 is definitely related to what has happened here in this room.
Now due to the peculiar room numbering of this inn, room number 7 and room number 5 are beside each other. This is not a coincidence and this is not happenstance that the clue she found is about room number 5.
Brrr...
Brrr...
Shaira glanced at her vibrating phone and sees the alarm she had set. She checks the radar for any entities and upon seeing nothing on the radar, Shaira sigh in relief. She immediately dashed towards the next room. It's time to feed Marco with health potions again.
<< Marco Sanchez Estanislao Lvl 27 >>
<< Infected >> [ 1:13:12s ]
Seeing Marco's dangerously low HP, Shaira hurriedly fed him the health potions.
Phew! Out of danger zone...
She sighed in relief seeing that the debuff will be gone in an hour.
Okay, now what? She really hasn't checked room number 5 thoroughly so maybe there are still some clues there. She also needs to find out who was in room number 7. Gazing at the still unconscious Marco, she set another timer on her phone. It's time to set out again.
Shaira silently creeps inside room number 5. She avoided the corpses in the room and search for any clues around them.
There!
Seeing a handbag under the edge of the bed, Shaira quickly grabs it and checks its contents. She rummages inside the handbag and found a picture inside.
A woman with a Bob haircut dressed in a denim cardigan and a black spaghetti-strapped loose cowl-necked minidress, and a man with slicked-back hair dressed in a white T-shirt, big blue plaid long-sleeve shirt, and denim pants were hugging and smiling merrily at the camera.
Shaira flips the picture and saw the word 'R + C ' written in it.
Looking at the picture in her hand and the corpses in the room, Shaira had the thought that they were probably the dead bodies. But what do R and C stand for?
Shaira checked the handbag again and found the owner's wallet. Flipping it open, she saw some old paper money but no ID. She did find a letter though. She cringes internally while she reads it. It's an old-school love letter.
Ugh...
The sender was written as anonymous since it was just written as "Your One and Only".
Another Eew..., anyway but it was sent to a Carmen though.
Carmen... it matches the C written on this picture.
Okay, found the identity of the lady in bed.
Shaira taps the [1.1 The lady in bed ]. Feeling sure about her answer, she announces.
"The lady in bed is Carmen"
"..."
Suddenly a huge aura of resentment filled the room and a loud noise reverberate throughout the whole second floor.
"Sheeeeet!"