Dalton narrowed his eyes and said with certainty. Cross Cutting, it was something very common inside a dungeon and happened to a lot of adventurers.
It was a term that was invented by the adventurers and it occurs when one adventurer team stumbles upon the path of another party and uses them as bait to get out of any sticky situation. It was something that only an adventurer knew and was looked down upon by all in their profession.
Hence to Dalton and all, it was very much clear as to who those people who confronted them were. Their comrades from the other big guilds, the truth might sound ugly, but it was the truth. And it at least cleared the confusion that it was not the doing of a monster that can turn itself into a humanoid form.