A New Life In Another World

Chapter 42: On The Hunt

-Zami's POV-

Nothing.

After searching for a couple of days, Clare and I couldn't find as much as a single lead to whatever cause that explosion of energy.

When we arrived at the source of the explosion, there wasn't anything to make a report on. No markings, no massive landscape changes, nothing.

The fact that we saw absolutely nothing was already unsettling as it is. Since the search was getting us nowhere, we decided to camp near a village.

When we found a village, we were at first treated as enemies, but once we told them our business, they allowed us to camp nearby. During our time there, we heard stories about some goblin invasion that happened to their village.

It seems that their strongest warrior was the one that dealt with the horde. His name was David Wells.

I was a little curious about this horde of goblins, so I asked the man directly what happened. Clare was also with me.

When we asked the warrior what happened, he told us just about what the villagers told us. I tried to ask for specific details, but he was avoiding the questions.

It was definitely suspicious. So, knowing that I wasn't going to get anywhere with him, I decided to ask where the base of the goblin horde was.

Once he told me, Clare and I set off to the base. When we arrived there, there was nothing but dead, rotting goblin corpses.

Some of the goblins were being eaten by the crows nearby.

The cave had even more bodies lying around. And since we were in an enclosed area, the smell was a lot stronger.

Despite that, we managed to pull through and continue inside the cave. That's when we found the entrance to some throne.

There was what looked like a goblin druid that was brutally killed. There were slashes all over its body and bruises.

Not to mention its face, which was unrecognizable to anyone. Then there's the giant snake monster in the room too.

I'm starting to find it hard to believe that that Warrior could do something like this.

"Clare, what do you think?" I asked Clare who's known for being an expert detective.

Clare looked around and examined both corpses.

"It wasn't him," She told me.

"How can you be sure?"

"First off, his level. He was a level 25 Warrior, but his stats were not even in the ten thousand. This Basilisk and goblin druid were far stronger than him."

So, he basically lied to us. But, why?

"What else can you tell me?"

Clare continued to look around. She then closed her eyes and stood still for a moment, after a couple of seconds, I saw her shiver.

"Whatever killed them was powerful. Far more powerful than anything we've come across."

"Could it be what we're looking for?"

"Without a doubt."

Alright, that's all I needed to hear. Let's go have another chat with David.

We marched back to the village and questioned David about what happened at the cave.

"I'm telling you the truth!"

"Don't screw with me! There's no way that you took down all those goblins. Then there's that Basilisk lying there too."