Shocked, when I turned around, I saw several men dripping blood and leaning against the door as if they could collapse at any moment.
Even though they all wore thick breastplates, I could still see sharp tears through the chest area of their armor. Blood was flowing like water from the gaps.
Furthermore, it wasn’t just one. All five people who entered were in the same state. Because of how miserable they looked, everyone was stunned. The one who received the most amount of shock was the inn’s owner. From how he reacted, he seemed to be familiar with the five gravely injured men.
“How… Just what in the world happened?! Emyr, head out to the temple and bring a priest, now!”
The Champagne Mercenaries acted as well. Harol carried over the men who had collapsed and began inspecting their injuries.
“Now’s not the time to panic! All of you, move! Make room for them to lie down! Their wounds are serious, so we need to stop the bleeding! Do you have any sort of hemostasis medicine?”
“I do, but it’s only for minor wounds. It’ll be ineffective for something like this.”
“We’ll use whatever we have, so bring it here! Bring clean cloths as well!”
The tavern burst into activity. Because we could not transport them to the rooms, we laid them on the floor. One similarity I noticed in their wounds was that none of their bones seemed broken. Instead, they all had deep gashes all over their bodies. Some of their cuts were so deep that I could see the bone.
While he pressed down on the wounded areas with cloths, Hosane worriedly asked, “What happened? These wounds aren’t from swords… Were you attacked by a monster?”
“Khckk. Y…Yes.”
At his words, the faces of the other mercenaries suddenly hardened.
Hosane once again asked, “What kind of monsters put you in this state? Were there too many?”
“Cough. Five…it isn’t five men. It was eleven. We are the only survivors. Also, the number was no more than two.”
“!!”
*Gasp*. At his words, the onlookers drew in a sharp gale of breath. To think that a party of eleven was decimated by only a pair of monsters! However, Hosane and the Champagne Mercenaries seemed to have calmed down. Have they noticed something?
After examining the wound for a long period of time, he finally spoke.
“These wounds are made from claws. The ones over here are from fangs. Multiple locations were attacked at the same instant… Was it truly only two?”
*Nod*
They no longer had energy to even answer. All they could do was move their head to answer.
“Then this means that the creature possessed multiple heads. Looking at these claw marks… I have to say that they were attacked by a Hell Cerberus.”
“Dear God. That’s ranked Superior among the strongest of the Upper Class Monster bosses! Why would they leave Demise Forest and come all the way out here? And two of them added on to that!”
Demise Forest was located far from here. To reach it, a person had to cross the ocean to head to Alphon Empire. That place could be described as utter hell. Because it was a gathering place for monsters, the concentration of Upper Class creatures were ridiculously high. Therefore, it was considered a no man’s land and entry was forbidden.
According to some rumors, it was actually the domain of the Demon Clan. Therefore, residents of Soltere Empire that worshipped the Demon God considered it a sacred place.
