38 Corpse (1/2)

With immense relief, Niko looked around. After surviving such a calamity, there was a huge weight that had been lifted off of his shoulders, however, a new weight had been placed as he was in a place he knew nothing about.

There were only two lanterns with them now so the yellow hue that it emitted made the whole room layered with a yellow color. Although there were two of them it wasn't enough to light up everything, as there were some dark spots here and there.

From what Niko could see, there were some empty chairs spread out throughout the room, as well as several wires on the ceiling that spread throughout like veins, whilst others hanged. There was also a wooden door opposite to the one they had entered through. The door looked old, but sturdy, as the spherical patterns on it were revealed by the yellow light of the lantern.

As everyone was analyzing the spacious room Niko was able to get an Idea of everyone's skills and level. The highest leveled to his surprise was Dharma with the same skill called [Demonic Whirlwind Palm]. This monstrous human came in the same group as him and was already level nine! Unbelievable! Niko simply could not accept it! There must be some kind of secret in this guy. The second highest levels were Priya who had an ability called [Fearsome Stab], and Singh with the ability [Precision Throwing], at level eight. The lowest levels were the members of Nikos group.

Suddenly...

”Ahh!”

A startled scream sounded from the side and everyone turned to look, in a fighting stance. Andrea who had screamed jumped back as well with her fists up and legs ready to kick, as Ivanic who had a lighter began to approach it slowly.

Like the rising sun lighting up the world, the lantern began to reveal the object that startled Andrea, or rather the thing.

As the light began to reveal more and more, they felt their hearts drop and their blood run cold. Their eyes widened at the sight that was ahead of them.

The room was quite spacious so it wasn't easy to see everything at first sight, but the fact that they had missed a human corpse made their blood run cold.

The man sat hunchbacked on the chair with his eyes and mouth wide open. His head was tilted sideways, as there was an expression of surprise and craziness on his face. The eeriest part which made everyone step back was the missing parts of this corpse. The eyes, tongue and private part of the man were missing, and throughout his whole naked body were small bite marks that were surrounded by dried blood. The two black holes on his face where the eyes used to rest were a scary sight, it was like two black holes had been planted on his face. The missing tongue also gave an extra scary vibe from the corpse as the dried chapped lips of the man revealed yellow crooked teeth, as well as another black hole in his mouth. Lastly, the last black hole was on the bottom part of his body, as it looked like whatever did this to him, made sure to take his privates as well. Truly a gruesome fight.

This sight made them think about themselves. If this man died here with such terrible wounds, what would happen to them? Someone being dead wouldn't surprise them much, but its the circumstances that they were given which made things much more serious.

Niko tried to use his [Celestial Probe] Skill on the corpse but he received information that didn't answer any of his questions.