The misunderstanding was soon clarified.
Everyone in the Wildfire Team also learned information about the monster from Ninetyel.
According to Ninetiere, when he was participating in the roundup a few days ago, he had a bad stomach due to lunch, so he went to take a quick break. When he came back, he saw the monster slaughtering his companions.
The monster has a human-like appearance, with slender limbs and is at least over two meters tall.
It looks very weird. It moves on all fours, but switches to its hands when attacking. The proportions of its two long legs are extremely uncoordinated, like a toad.
Because the distance was far away at the time, Ninetyel could not clearly see the opponent's specific appearance. He could only vaguely see the outline of the monster through the evening sun.
The reason why he said that this incident was related to Xizhaer was because after the incident, when the villagers organized another group of people to check, they found that one of the corpses had a piece of clothing tightly packed in the hand.
What a coincidence is that the pattern printed on this piece of clothing is from Xizar.
"I'm useless, I'm useless...I shouldn't have run away at that time, I should have stayed, at least I could have saved some people..."
After Ninetyel finished telling what happened, he was there grieving by himself.
His wife sat next to him to comfort him, trying to stop him from blaming himself.
Weiss shook his head slightly, feeling helpless at the result.
The information Ninetyel gave was too little. Apart from the piece of clothing, the other information was almost the same as what Eva said.
"Ninetière, do you have that piece of clothing here? Can you show it to me?"
Wes spoke up.
Ninetyel raised his head and looked at him, then stood up and went to the back room of the house. After a while, he came out with a piece of rag the size of a basin.
"This is what Renebo found in his hand. I will definitely remember the pattern on it. This is what Sizal only has!"
Weiss took it and looked at it. He had also seen Sizal before. Looking at the appearance of this rag now, it was indeed the pattern on Sizal's body.
"Just based on a piece of clothing, I can't be sure that this matter is related to Xizhaer. Maybe he is too..."
The last three words "victim" were not uttered. Weiss suddenly seemed to have thought of something. He opened his eyes wide and looked at his companions in surprise.
Anna and others also had the same expression, except of course Mikel, the man with facial paralysis.
"Humanoid monster, retreating like a toad, pieces of clothing...Why does this look so like an aberration?"
A piece of information they had just received two days ago suddenly appeared in the minds of the four of them.
That was an abnormal event that happened in the Hat Brim District of Button City. Aren't the monsters that appeared at that time the same as Ninetyel's description?
"In other words, that monster is actually Xizal!?"
Weiss concluded.
Several people looked at each other, feeling that this possibility was very high, otherwise it would be impossible to explain why the deceased held pieces of Sizal's clothes in his hands.
Regarding what happened in the United States last time, the Star Alliance had already shared the information with all members as soon as possible.
Zhang Xiaoman never made any reservations about the information about these monsters.
Concealing this kind of information will not bring any benefits to the organization. It will only increase the risks for members when they encounter monsters.
Different from mutant beasts and alien species, mutants are a new type of alien monster.
If you observe through psychic detection, you can see very, very slight dark energy fluctuations on their bodies.
But after killing these monsters, no points will be generated.
The origin of the aberrant body has not been specifically verified. What is currently known is that it is a monster similar to the mutant beast, which was formed by the distortion of humans or other creatures on the Aqua Blue Planet.
"Aberrations have dark energy fluctuations. We can find them through spirit detection!"
Weiss pulled the team members aside and began to discuss countermeasures.
"Mikel, how many scrolls do you have over there?"
The facially paralyzed man raised three fingers.
"Three parts, one for soul detection, one for enhancement, and one for iron armor."
"Three copies? It should be enough. If it is really that kind of aberration, we can kill it without even using a scroll."
Silla said while stroking her chin.
After all, according to the intelligence, although that kind of monster looks terrifying and is faster and stronger than humans, it is actually not difficult to deal with.
Several of them are professional bounty hunters, and they have modern weapons and equipment, which is more than enough to kill an aberration.
"The main question now is how do we find it in this jungle, and the home field advantage is not with us, so there is still a certain risk."
Weiss frowned and said:
"I think we should not be careless in our actions this time. Don't save the scrolls we should use. If we can successfully complete this trial and become an awakened person, do we still have to worry about not having enough scrolls?"
Everyone nodded after hearing this, and felt that what he said was reasonable.
The so-called lion fights the rabbit with all its strength, not to mention that the opponent is a terrifying aberrant monster. As top bounty hunters, how could they take it lightly?
The four members of the Wildfire Team discussed their tactics, and confirmed with Ninetyel the scope and time of the monster's appearance. They decided to take action immediately and make sure to take down the monster during the day.
…
An hour later, in a forest south of Hachitutur Village, Weiss and his group of four were exploring forward in a diamond shape.
Their target was the residence built by Sizal. That was the location revealed to several people by Ninetiere. It was a small wooden house built by Sizal in the woods.
"Damn, what happened here? Why are there so many corpses?"
Silla kicked half of the highly decomposed corpse on the ground with a very ugly look on his face.
"It's so disgusting. I've never seen a body like this."
He said and rubbed his feet on the big tree nearby, rubbing away some of the unknown black liquid that was standing there.
"This should be a leopard. Counting the impala just now, this is the eighth animal carcass we have found."
Weiss looked at the almost unrecognizable minced meat in front of him and came to a conclusion.
"The monster should be nearby. It seems to have a large appetite, but it seems to be only interested in internal organs and brains. It has killed all the wild animals in the woods."
Several people were silent after hearing this, and the atmosphere was extremely solemn.
Along the way, they saw almost no living creatures, ranging from small birds to large animals, and they could not even hear the chirping of insects.
The entire forest seemed like a dead zone.
"The wooden house where Xizal is located is ahead. Let's prepare the scrolls first to prevent encounters with battles."
After Weiss finished speaking, he tore up all the scrolls with the physical enhancement and iron armor spells printed on them. Coupled with the spiritual detection technique he was now blessed with, he had become a super warrior-like existence.
This was also a countermeasure that several people had discussed in advance. Rather than spreading out their fighting power and using the scrolls on different people, it would be better to concentrate and bring all the power into one point.
"Follow me closely, Cilla. You and Anna guard both sides. Mikel pays attention to the rear. Don't move closer to me or spread out."
Weiss drove the road ahead, and the group followed the marks on the surrounding trees toward the target cabin.
"Wait a minute! Listen carefully! Do you hear anything else?"
After walking for about ten minutes, Wes suddenly stopped.
"What's wrong? What's the sound? Why didn't I hear it?"
Silla’s face was full of confusion.
"Wes, you have been blessed with enhanced physical fitness and your hearing is much higher than ours. What's wrong? Is there anything abnormal?"
Anna asked.
"There is movement ahead. I heard some roars. Please be careful, the monster is probably ahead."
Weiss pointed in a direction, and then led everyone to carefully explore there.
As everyone got closer, a small clearing appeared in the woods, and they could vaguely see a small wooden house standing there.
"Sure enough, it's it! It's inside! This hunter's cabin was built by Sizal. It seems that the monster is probably him!"
Weiss's eyes were shining with silvery white light as he stared at the place fifty meters ahead.
In his perception, he could already see a humanoid creature more than two meters tall, lowering his head and doing something in the house. From the action, it could be seen that it should be eating.
"Everyone, please be careful, approach the target first and move slowly. I will be the main attacker later. Siro, you go to the tree to cover us. Anna, place explosives nearby in case they are used later. Mikel, follow me. !”
Wes gestured to several teammates behind him, and then he and Mikel walked towards the wooden house in a catwalk.
As the distance got closer, Mikel could hear the noise coming from the small room now even without the blessing of physical enhancement.
It was a low growl coming from the throat, accompanied by the unique sound of chewing food in the mouth.
When the two approached less than 20 meters away from the wooden house, Weiss saw the monster in front of him suddenly stopped eating and suddenly turned its head to look at them.
"Damn it, it found us! Mikel, go behind the tree and leave it to me!"
"Da da da da da da da!"
A series of gunshots rang out, and Weiss attacked the monster in the house from a distance of about twenty meters.
The bullets shot out like raindrops, passing through the fragile wooden boards and hitting the monster.
"Roar!"
The monster roared, opened the door of the house and rushed out.
Although Weiss's series of bullets just hit the target, they were not fatal to this monster at all.
"Shet!"
When he saw the opponent rushing towards him, he rolled to avoid its attack. He took out a dagger with a cold light from his boot and pierced its body.
However, such an attack is obviously not fatal, at least for this monster, it can be completely ignored.
Weiss stood up and fired a series of bursts from the automatic rifle in his hand, targeting the opponent's head.
Mikel also leaned out from behind the tree and also used the guy in his hand to shoot at the monster.
"Ta-ta-ta-ta!"
"Boo~"
There was a sound like a watermelon breaking. The monster's head was hit by such a dense attack and exploded instantly.
Its body immediately lost its center of gravity, and before it had time to launch a second attack, it was already dead on the spot.
The battle happened very quickly, and it only took less than five seconds from the moment the two sides met to the end.
"Wes, to be honest, my shots have just been added up, and you have already finished shooting. So the scroll is really wasted."
Silla's voice came from the communicator in his ear. He was still squatting dozens of meters away.
"Okay, the sniper view in the woods is not good. If you want to kill people, you may not be able to kill them. Come over here quickly. Let's go to the house to see if there is any useful information."
Weiss said as he came to the monster's body.
The aberrant body had lost its head at this time and was lying motionless on the ground. It looked the same as what was shown in the information provided by the organization. It was definitely the same kind of monster.
"As expected, it is an aberration. It is also wearing human clothes. It is tattered and white. It looks a bit like a research uniform..."
He looked at the monster in front of him, but suddenly he was stunned, and his eyes suddenly shrank.
"White research uniform? No! This is not Xizal!"
As if to confirm what he said, a series of rapid footsteps came, and the surrounding trees rustled. It was obvious that more guys were coming.
Wes suddenly raised his head and saw beside Mikel, the scarlet head poked out from behind the tree, looking at him greedily.
"careful!"
Weiss only had time to issue a warning, and the monster had already pounced on Mikel.
"ah!"
Mikel let out a scream. The monster's sneak attack was silent and fast. Coupled with his previous relaxation, he was hit immediately.
He only had time to stretch out an arm in front of him, but this move successfully saved his life. The monster's teeth failed to bite his neck, but opened a bloody wound on his arm. of the mouth.
"boom!"
A gunshot suddenly sounded, it was Silla.
The monster that knocked down Mikel had its head blown off in an instant. The powerful kinetic damage of the sniper rifle was beyond what these monsters could withstand. Without its head, it instantly turned into a corpse.
However, the crisis did not end there. More monsters rushed out one after another. At a glance, there were as many as five.
"Mikel! I saved your life! It's even!"
Silla’s voice rang in everyone’s ears.
"Damn it, what time of day are you still talking about this!"
Weiss kicked his foot and immediately rushed to Mikel's side, knocking away a monster that was launching a sneak attack.
At the same time, his arm was also scratched by the monster's claws, but a white light flashed on it, so he was not hurt.
