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Chapter 399 Investigation and Planning

There was a sround

Two exits led to different areas of the underground world

The walls on both sides gloith a sinister light beneath the illu of the tunnel, creating a constant dripping sound as they struck against the cold floor

The sound didn't stop, yet silence and quiet still ruled the dark world of the underground

Maintaining silence and hiding your body warmth was the best path to survival in this pitch-black world However, this rule was broken today!

A goat that you would usually only find on the surface had been chained up to a rock in the center of the cave The dark, cold environht The

The pungent odor of blood filled the entire tunnel

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The goat's treoat anxiously cried as it raainst the pillar it was bound to It wasn't until it sensed the cooat stopped and looked around frantically

A terrifying silhouette slowly approached froous body spanned five meters from head to tail and s further ensured that no prey could escape its bite Along with its Petrification Bea Lizard was the uncontested 'janitor' of the underground!

The goat started to panic as the pair of glowing yellow eyes closed in from the darkness It leaped and kicked the pillar with all its ht It was all in vain In fact, its actions only caused the sh the tunnel

The lizard was stopped by a strange runic array when it neared the goat The lizard bit at the forround and tackled it several tie The lizard was helplessly circling the array when it suddenly tensed itsthe air flowing through the tunnel

Its sharp sense allowed it to pick up a faled with the s lizard turned and crawled back into the darkness

A violent gust of wind blew across the tunnel not long after the disappearance of the lizard A lithe black fored out of the tunnel and started to circle the stalactites hanging fro of the cave

Finally, the black for out of the stone wall and looked down froiven way froe atmosphere The acrid smell of urine flowed from beneath its body

The cave seemed utterly dark, but the black silhouette was able to see every single corner of the place with its night vision

The cold ground, dark stone walls, and the flowing underground river; everything was all within its control

It stood in the darkness, a flash of suspicion and ani e, it was still too ioat The smell of fresh blood unique to surface creatures stimulated the creature's senses Saliva dripped from its mouth and corroded tiny holes in the rock platform

The display before the manticore looked like a crude trap, no matter how it looked at the scene, but where were the ene manticore suppressed its desire to feast and scanned around for any potential enemies nearby However, it found no trace or s a co er able to suppress its natural desire for freshthe goat to the ground

A short moment later, the cave resounded with the sound of the oat's flesh

As ae way it ate its food was too horrendous to watch The entirety of the ground was covered in blood as if this was a slaughterhouse

Meanwhile, while the young rossed in its meal, ripples appeared across a shallow pond in the corner of the cave Three hued froa manticore stumbled Its massive body suddenly collapsed before it could unfold its wings and take off

"Move faster," Greem instructed in a soft voice, "There's still another manticore cub nearby We don't have h, "Extracting the veno I can assure you that he won't feel a thing afterward!"

Gargamel silently made his way towards the unconscious manticore

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