The Emperor’s Angel of Death

Chapter 3359: Ghost in the Mist

After touching the claw marks, Uruk leaned his face closer and sniffed with his nose.

There was a faint strange smell, hard to describe, similar to the juice of some kind of plant, but not from the big tree itself.

Finally, he raised his head. There were very few such large trees in the swamp. He had seen this tree several times. In the past, he had always suspected that there was something good hidden in the canopy. He had climbed up before, but found nothing. Later, he came to this place less often.

Maybe there's something hidden here.

At this time, he had basically ruled out the possibility of rivals causing trouble. It was a beast that was causing trouble, a very powerful beast, which instead made him excited.

If he caught it, it would be another big meal, and maybe even the arsonist boss would come to taste it himself.

Then he turned his head and winked at the nearest Greenskin(Green skin: Orc) kid, hinting that he should climb the tree.

But that guy actually turned his head and pretended not to see it.

"Want to die, huh!"

When Uruk poked the Greenskin(Green skin: Orc) kid's butt with a flying fork, the kid immediately jumped up, then shook his head aggrievedly, but after being slapped, he had no choice but to accept his fate.

Putting the knives and guns back on his belt, the Greenskin(Green skin: Orc) kid grabbed a very thick vine and easily pulled himself onto the thick, thorny branch near the bottom. The huge weight made the branches groan, and the corpses stuck on the branches trembled and danced.

"Look up, and jump down when you find it."

Uruk said softly, but in fact this unlucky guy was just bait.

"When you come down, I'll give you a free barrel of mushroom wine!"

Hearing about the mushroom wine, the kid immediately became interested and quickly climbed up step by step. The surrounding corrupt corpses were stuck on the upright thorns, trembling as he moved forward.

Uruk made another gesture, and the other kids raised their guns and aimed at the canopy.

Soon, the kid's figure disappeared into the layers of overlapping, wide and thick fan-shaped leaves of this big tree.

Just then, Uruk suddenly realized something.

The swamp had become so quiet.

Or rather, it wasn't quiet, it was deathly silent, and white mist was also spreading around. Although it was common for swamps to have fog, the timing seemed wrong. He had specifically chosen a time when the fog was thinnest to come in.

" Damn it!"

Suddenly, a roar rang out from the canopy, and the startled insect swarms around the swamp flew up like clouds.

A moment later, the roar turned into a scream, and there was the sound of metal and flesh being torn apart. The canopy also began to shake violently, as if something was about to rush out!

Uruk grabbed the flying fork, which was a weapon he had bought at a high price. The three gun barrels contained three sharp harpoons, which could penetrate even steel plates when fired, and could also firmly lock the prey.

The blue-faced boss leaned against the tree trunk, estimating what kind of prey it would be—

Da da da!

Suddenly, a kid opened fire in excitement. For a time, the other kids also responded reflexively, shooting at the canopy. In an instant, gunfire roared, and broken leaves and wood chips fell like raindrops.

"Damn it! Stop shooting! You're wasting bullets before you even see anything! You bunch of Squig(Squig: a type of orc creature) -brained idiots!"

Just as Uruk was cursing the kids loudly, one of them suddenly screamed. Something suddenly pulled the kid up from behind, dragging him into the pervading white mist with a sharp shriek.

Uruk turned around in surprise, he didn't even see what it was.

"Ugh ah!"

Seconds later, another kid screamed and disappeared into the rolling white mist like waves.

"What!"

The kids were frightened and turned their guns to shoot at the white mist. At the same time, some things suddenly rushed out of the canopy.

When chunks of blood-spraying corpses smashed on the heads of the kids, they screamed in fright, and then ran away in a panic.

"Squig(Squig: a type of orc creature)'s fools!"

Uruk stomped his feet anxiously, but there was nothing he could do. The kids who ran into the white mist soon turned into short screams.

In the end, only he was left.

Deathly silence surrounded the isolated island under the big tree. Uruk was covered in sweat, holding the flying fork tightly in his hand, and his big and small eyes scanned the surroundings vigilantly.

As long as there was any movement, any movement, he would—

"Ah!"

Something grabbed him from above, lifting him into the air with a sharp shriek.

Caught off guard, his flying fork slipped out of his hand, but he immediately grabbed the machete on his waist and chopped fiercely at the huge claws that were deeply embedded in the flesh of his shoulder.

But the opponent suddenly let go, his blade chopped on his shoulder armor, sparking a cluster of sparks.

When he landed on the tree branch, he immediately reached out and grabbed the vine. At this time, a huge thing roared past his head at an extremely fast speed. He could hear the huge wings flapping violently in the air, causing the mist around Uruk to spin.

The next second, huge claws knocked the knife out of his hand, while cutting off several of his fingers.

"Ah!!! Get out!"

Uruk roared angrily, twisting his body to pull out his pistol and firing wildly, but the opponent suddenly grabbed his arm from behind with force, the huge force even made him feel that the inside of his shoulder was torn.

As the Greenskin(Green skin: Orc) boss struggled, a faint, low bass laughter emanated from the canopy above his head.

Only then did he see that what was grabbing him was a monster with a pale, hairless body, with ghostly light bone spurs standing on its back. The wings still attached to its arms flapped violently, twisting its body in mid-air to throw him onto the tree trunk, stabbing at him with dagger-like claws.

Uruk stretched out his other arm to protect his face, but was clamped by the monster's steel claws.

In an instant, he was trapped in mid-air again, plunging into a chaotic fight with fluttering wings and sharp claws, but losing his foothold, he was no match for the opponent at all. His arms were pulled in different directions with force, he could only kick and twist, vainly trying to break free.

"This is already the Night Mist Monster's 1261st prey, General Ivan, what do you think of its hunting efficiency?"

Just as Uruk was being ravaged and screaming in the monster's hands, a low voice suddenly spoke in a language he didn't understand.

A moment later, a hearty voice replied to the first speaker.

"It is indeed an efficient killer. It even has a certain ability of intelligence analysis and experience summarization. It can summarize the characteristics and behaviors of the Greenskin(Green skin: Orc)'s actions, independently set up traps. When performing some more dangerous enemy harassment and infiltration activities, they will be very useful, and can greatly reduce the casualties of rangers or scouts."

"Then General Ivan, when the next Conclave allocation proposal is held, do you think the Night Mist Monster can be included in the official military war beast list?"

"Well, it's good, but its appetite is too picky. It only eats specially processed lean meat feed, which will cause a certain burden on logistics. On the other hand, the Split-Throat Beast I saw earlier is not so troublesome. It eats all kinds of meat, has strong adaptability, and has no logistics pressure."

"The behavior of the Split-Throat Beast is too violent, and its concealment is very poor. Compared with the Night Mist Monster, its functions are too single."

"Yes, I admit this. I will consider it then."