章節 325: Chapter 325: Exploration
Viserys disappeared from the tent without a trace.
Those inside the tent had no inkling that someone had been lurking in the shadows, observing them for a long time, rummaging through their belongings, and then quietly departing.
The night was deep, perhaps it was already past the hour of the bat.
But there was still a long time before dawn, the horizon had not yet begun to lighten.
Many in the camp were awakened by the recent incident, and were now inquiring about what had happened. Since Viserys had come out, he decided to take a look at the scene.
Whoosh~
The area was brightly lit, with several torches lit, and it was surrounded by a crowd of people.
Viserys's appearance did not attract attention, and he pushed through the crowd to reach the front.
"What happened?"
He even pretended to be completely unaware.
"The man is dead, bitten to death, and then dragged a considerable distance."
A middle-aged mercenary, who looked to be in his thirties and was chewing on a straw, spoke up.
"I think the wound looks a bit like a wolf's bite, but..."
The middle-aged mercenary's face was somewhat gloomy, and under the bright firelight, he even looked a bit fearful. He stopped speaking, sighed, and left the area.
Viserys had been waiting for the man to continue speaking, but unexpectedly, the man suddenly fell silent and looked very upset before leaving.
The silver-haired young man furrowed his brows slightly, then turned his gaze to the bitten corpse.
The corpse looked quite ghastly, the upper body was a bloody mess, and the lower body was covered in mud.
It seemed that the monster had bitten his neck and dragged his body as it ran. It didn't get far before the mercenaries caught up.
The monster then decisively abandoned its prey and fled into the forest, disappearing without a trace.
"What kind of monster is this?"
As Viserys was carefully examining the body, the mercenaries around him were making a lot of noise. But it was clear they were using their voices to cover their fear.
After all, everyone knew about the dangers on the continent of Valyria.
The sudden attack on the camp by a monster that came without a trace and left without a trace, killing a skilled man without any resistance, stirred fear in everyone's hearts.
If this monster could easily kill this man, could it easily kill them too?
The camp was dark without torches, the few that were lit were in the hands of the night watchmen.
Could a monster sneak into the camp and, while they were asleep, do to them what it did to this poor soul, nearly biting off his head?
Although a human's neck is relatively fragile, the monster's bite force was still astonishing, directly severing his head.
It was even stronger than some tigers, lions, and bears, and the monster's speed was also astonishing, it ran very fast after abandoning its prey.
People around were making a lot of noise, but Viserys stood up and didn't continue to look.
He wasn't worried about encountering such a monster himself, such a creature couldn't kill him, so he wasn't as fearful as the others.
Then the silver-haired young man squeezed out of the crowd and returned to his own tent.
Whoosh~
Viserys lifted the curtain, and sure enough, Mira was waiting for him inside.
"Back?"
The red-haired girl asked.
She didn't ask where Viserys had gone, everyone had their own secrets, she knew this from the day she became a mercenary.
"Yes."
Viserys nodded slightly.
One of the reasons he was willing to stay with Mira was
because of this. Mira didn't have the delicacy of other girls, instead, she was very efficient and decisive. She didn't need anyone's protection because she could protect herself.
To put it bluntly, Viserys didn't think Mira was much like a girl, because no girl was like her, not treating herself as a 'girl'.
"What's the situation outside?"
Mira was silent for a moment, seeing that Viserys didn't voluntarily tell her where he had been, she knew he didn't want to say.
"A monster bit a man to death."
"It's okay."
Viserys shook his head slightly.
"Keep sleeping."
"That monster isn't very bold, it wouldn't dare to sneak into the camp."
"Oh."
Hearing Viserys's words, Mira blinked slightly, then nodded.
"Okay."
She trusted Viserys's judgment because he had saved her life in the grey fog.
Although she didn't know what the monster Viserys was talking about was, with him here, there shouldn't be a big problem.
Then the girl crawled back into her sleeping bag, lying on her side next to Viserys, her eyes watching him.
And then she quickly closed them.
The next morning.
Smoke rose, the sound of pots and pans clanging and the stirring of spoons, spreading a delicious aroma.
Although Viserys wouldn't normally eat such food, under the current circumstances, he had to endure some hardship.
After all, having good ingredients is nothing without a good cook. To be able to have a hot meal while exploring such a dangerous forbidden area was already quite good.
If it weren't for the large number of people on this expedition, and the fact that no one knew how long it would last, they might have to gnaw on dry food.
Viserys wasn't sure how the tragedy of the previous night had been handled, but when he woke up in the morning, the body was gone, even the bloodstains on the ground had disappeared.
As if nothing had happened at all.
Viserys and Mira each held a bowl of stew, and simply finished their breakfast.
Then the commander issued a gathering order.
Wilder Megaya was still in his military uniform, sitting on his warhorse, he spoke loudly.
But he didn't talk about honor or the city-state like his uncle, instead, he bluntly told the mercenaries that there was money to be made.
It seemed that Wilder understood better what these people needed, a few simple words boosted morale.
What did Volantis want?
They wanted dragon eggs, the method of making Valyrian steel, the cutting and construction techniques of black stone, books about magic, and so on.
Even the precious Valyrian steel weapons, they were willing to give up, claiming that whoever found them could keep them, and Volantis would protect their legal wealth.
But if someone found a dragon egg, it had to be handed over.
But Volantis wouldn't shortchange them, the city-state would pay a large amount of money as a reward.
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