frightfiction Chapter 222 You're Nervous
Chapter 222 You're Nervous
Perhaps worried that Yan Xun might misunderstand, he added, "I've seen it on the forum."
Yan Xun had never doubted Gu Jia's relationship with the Angel Guild. Hearing the other party say this and mention the forum, he knew that this person had most likely used his financial power.
Gawain didn't understand what they were whispering about. He was a relatively simple-minded person and was worried about what would happen if his teammates were killed by the Whale Whisperers.
"No, I have to go check first." He said, and started running towards the Whale Whisperer's room.
After exchanging a glance, Yan Xun and Gu Jia, worried that Gao Wen would be killed by Qin Ke, decided to follow.
Wen Yuanzheng naturally wouldn't follow. He looked at the ice wall with a heavy heart, and at the listless crew members who had been exposed since their true colors were revealed. He walked over and asked the bearded man, "Why don't we go in first?"
The bearded man and his henchman exchanged a glance. "Aren't you waiting for them?"
Wen Yuanzheng naturally dared not say that the old man told him that the amount of blue gold was limited, and that from beginning to end, only one person could complete the task and receive the reward.
The old man even asked him—
Do you think you can snatch the initiative from Yan Xun and complete the Blue Gold Mission if you compete fairly?
Although Wen Yuanzheng was unwilling, he knew that this was the truth.
They could only decide to take advantage of Yan Xun and the others' absence and find Lan Jin in the cracks of the ice wall.
The bearded man and his henchmen also recognized Yan Xun and the others' abilities. They knew about Lan Jin's mission and were also interested in the legendary secret medicine, so they hit it off immediately with Wen Yuanzheng.
At this point, the Terror was already close to the ice cap near the ice wall. Once they disembarked and continued along the crevice, they could reach it.
They exchanged a glance and immediately agreed with Wen Yuanzheng.
The bearded man even tried to threaten Koren into leading the way.
Koren smiled and said, "We're dead; we can't get close to that crevice."
"Otherwise, do you think we need to bring you to the Sea of Evil Spirits?"
Although the bearded man did not know the exact truth of the last voyage, he could sense that Coron's account was logical—indeed, if the crew of the Terror who died could have entered the ice wall and obtained the blue gold from the beginning, why would they have gone through so much trouble?
He cursed his bad luck inwardly, and then went with his henchmen to pack up the supplies in the warehouse.
Finally, the three of them, carrying packs and food, hurriedly left the Terror and walked on the ice sheet towards the crack.
……
Yan Xun and the others soon arrived at the Whale Whisperer's room.
The door was closed, and no one knew what Qin Ke's condition was.
Gao Wen cautiously called out Qin Ke's name. After he called out Qin Ke's name, he heard a fighting noise coming from the room. After a moment, Qin Ke finally opened the door.
In the room, only the whale whisperer remained, lying on the floor.
There were two huge wounds on the back of the person, as if something had been cut off from his back... There was blood on the ground. All of this was different from when they killed the crew members. It was as if the whale whisperer was still alive when he was killed.
Noticing Yan Xun's gaze, Qin Ke did not look away; he even moved aside to allow Yan Xun to see the scene in the room.
Blood splattered on his hands and cheeks... He wiped the blood off his hands before saying to Yan Xun, "He's a bit troublesome."
Gawain looked at the Whale Whisperer's room.
The room, which was originally quite clean, was now in complete disarray, indicating that they had engaged in a fierce fight.
Most of the things were no longer in their original places. Gawain couldn't help but go inside. He wanted to see if the Whale Whisperer was really dead, and suddenly he found some feathers in the corner.
He picked it up in surprise. "Where did this feather come from?"
He held up the pure white feather and asked Qin Ke, who was standing at the door, and Yan Xun, who was standing outside the door, for his questions.
"strangeness."
"Did a bird get in here?"
Yan Xun replied calmly, "Perhaps it's the Whale Whisperer's pillow."
“How could any birds possibly fly in here?” he said, not looking at Qin Ke, and followed her into the Whale Whisperer’s room.
Sure enough, some feathers were scattered in the corner... Yan Xun looked down at the wound on the back of the Whale Whisperer. The wound was still bleeding. He lifted the clothes on the back of the Whale Whisperer and saw that in addition to the two wounds, there were also dense scars on the back of the other party.
When Gao Wen leaned over to look, he was stunned for a few seconds. "He was abused?"
"Why are there so many scars on your back?"
“The Whale Whisperer must be the man’s informant in that portrait.” Yan Xun covered the Whale Whisperer’s back with his clothes. The two bleeding wounds on the other’s body were so deep that the bone was visible… Rather than saying that someone had slashed its back, it was more like someone had cut off something growing on its back.
Considering the feathers that appeared in the room, Yan Xun figured that the thing was most likely a wing.
But there are too few feathers in the room?
Yan Xun still remembered the angels he had seen, with their large and magnificent wings, as if the angels with halos in religious paintings had appeared in the real world.
But the Whale Whisperer was very different from the Angel Guild members he remembered... Moreover, no matter how you looked at it, the other party was just an NPC in the dungeon. Could it be that an NPC could become a member of the Angel Guild and worship that angel?
But he also remembered that the Whale Speaker had explicitly refused to bless Tanko because Tanko had other beliefs.
From this perspective, the Whale Whisperers' beliefs are at least different from Qin Ke's. In this worldview, the Whale Whisperers should believe in the Sun God.
Yan Xun was filled with confusion, but she couldn't show it to Qin Ke. She could only silently cover the back of the Whale Whisperer's clothes and pretend that she hadn't noticed anything.
Qin Ke then walked into the room. "Indeed, no birds will appear here."
He squatted down, picked up a feather, and looked at it for a few moments. "It doesn't look like a feather from the pillow."
He spoke up in front of Yan Xun and Gao Wen, "As a filler, it's a bit too hard."
Yan Xun wasn't sure what trick Qin Ke was playing, and seeing that the other party didn't seem to want to reveal his identity, he remained silent. However, Gao Wen, who knew nothing about it, chimed in, "Then where could it be from?"
He looked down at the Whale Speaker. "Could it be from his body?"
As Gawain spoke, he looked at the scars on the Whale Speaker's back. "Did you cut these two wounds on him? They look like the cross-sections of something that was cut off?"
"Hmm." Qin Ke nodded. "He has something strange growing on his back."
"What strange things?" Gawain immediately thought of those fleshy growths. He was disgusted by his own imagination. He thought that if the wounds were covered with dense fleshy growths, he would be disgusted to death!
“He has very strange wings on his back.” Qin Ke loosened the feather, and the feather fell on the whale whisperer. “The wings look like they have a skin disease.”
Gawain was speechless: "...Why didn't you just say that the wings belonged to the Whale Whisperer?"
"What a roundabout way to go!"
Qin Ke smiled but didn't say anything, as if he had accepted Gao Wen's criticism.
Yan Xun crouched beside the whale whisperer's corpse, feeling Qin Ke's gaze—
Yan Xun thought that Qin Ke already knew, and that what happened just now was a test.
Gawain could tell at a glance that something seemed to be growing on the back of the Whale Whisperer.
It's impossible for him not to retract his initial guess after seeing the feathers in the room and the severed mouth of the whale whisperer.
He kept quiet to avoid the topic of wings and angels. Qin Ke noticed his deliberate avoidance and knew that he was probably aware of his identity.
That's why they chose to point it out directly: the whale whisperer has wings on its back.
Cold sweat broke out on Yan Xun's back... As if sensing his thoughts, Qin Ke crouched down and moved closer to Yan Xun.
Are you nervous?
Qin Ke asked with a smile.
You don't look too well.