Chapter 233
[Translator – Peptobismol]
“My God.”
Examiner Vanartier groaned. Inside the hangar was a scene from hell. The stench of blood was so overpowering it made his head spin. Eleven bodies, mutilated beyond recognition, lay sprawled in a sea of blood.
“Who could have done this
He had entered the hangar about three hours after Ronan’s group had passed through the inspection point. When the guards he had assigned didn’t return, he came to check and found this massacre.
He followed the bloodstains. It wasn’t ordinary for guards who had activated their marks to be killed in a single blow. Most of the bodies were scattered near the sloop that Ronan’s group had arrived in.
‘Was something hiding inside the Emissary’s ship?’
The previously clean Red Gale had turned into a ghost ship once again, stained with blood and entrails. The examiner, as if possessed, entered the ship’s cabin.
He checked the bedroom, dining room, and captain’s quarters, but found no significant clues. It was while he was inspecting the lowest level storage room that he noticed something.