Conan Rick's Investigator

Chapter 60: Kobolds, Crypts, and the Lady's Legs

For a moment, the person in the coffin and the "person" outside the coffin looked at each other.

In the dim light, Qin Zhibo could clearly see part of the "person's" face.

The gray skin around its eyes was twisted together like burned rubber, and its light blue pupils emitted a muddy white light.

What’s even more frightening is that these eyes are staring at you!

Qin Zhibo's heartbeat began to accelerate and his will began to weaken.

90, 88, 86, 83...

Although his willpower was declining, Qin Zhibo was still able to keep his sight steady. He picked up the crowbar with his other hand and stabbed it towards those eyes.

bang——

The crowbar missed.

The thing reacted very quickly and jumped away directly. The crowbar just hit the edge of the coffin lid and made a loud noise.

But at this point, Qin Zhibo knew that he could no longer pretend to be dead.

Open the coffin and get up!

Qin Zhibo stood up, opened the coffin lid which had become very light due to decay, and stood inside the coffin.

Under the moonlight, Qin Zhibo saw clearly the thing that had just met his eyes in the misty grass next to the coffin.

It is a foul humanoid creature with a canine head, pointed ears, and sharp claws on its hands.

Looking down, you can see that it has gray rubber-like skin, and the green spots covering its back are actually some kind of fungus growing on it.

This creature has never been recorded in any animal encyclopedia, but Qin Zhibo still gained some inspiration from its complete appearance.

They are...

Kobold!

Yes, Qin Zhibo had seen these humanoid creatures with dog heads, and recently.

It’s the book “The Rituals of Corpse Eating”!

While reading the "Ceremony of Corpse Eating", Qin Zhibo had seen these dog-headed men in the illusion in his mind.

They often come and go in groups in cemeteries, and occasionally among human pagans, performing some mysterious and ancient rituals together.

Qin Zhibo didn't expect that the challenge would lead him to this strange creature.

What’s even more unexpected is that this creature that only appears in fantasy stories actually exists so close to human civilization!

Qin Zhibo held the crowbar tightly in both hands, stepped back slightly, and maintained a confrontation posture with the dog-headed man.

But every time Qin took half a step back, the dog-headed man would lean forward and move forward a step.

It stood on two legs and could walk upright, but when it moved, its body leaned forward like a Tyrannosaurus Rex or a kangaroo.

Its mouth was stretched back to a very deep position like a dog's, revealing its sharp white teeth at the corners.

Its eyes were no longer as calm as before, but contained a kind of malice.

For some reason, Qin Zhibo felt that this was a kind of malice towards food.

Just then, another dog-headed man stood up from the grass.

It stuck its head out like a kangaroo, and together with the previous dog-headed man, it sandwiched Qin Zhibo on the left and right.

Now Qin Zhibo understood that one of the two dog-headed men was moving back and forth in the grass to make noise, while the other one was quietly approaching the coffin where he was hiding.

It seems these beasts have some wisdom.

Qin Zhibo came to this conclusion, but it still could not change the fact that he was trapped.

The creature, plagued by hunger, moved closer step by step, and Qin Zhibo could only continue to retreat.

Until his heels touched the solid coffin lid, Qin Zhibo had no way to retreat.

At this moment, a dog-headed man glanced behind Qin Zhibo, as if knowing that Qin had no way to retreat, and pounced directly on him.

Its jumping ability is extremely good. Its skinny body wrapped in rubber spreads out in mid-air, and its sharp claws pierce Qin Zhibo's throat.

However, Qin Zhibo did not hold back and hit the skinny body with a stick.

state!

Katsa——

Qin Zhibo felt a slight vibration in his hands, as if he had hit a piece of elastic rubber.

And Qin faintly heard a sound like a broken bone.

Looking at the dog-headed man again, he was knocked down from the air and fell to the ground, howling in pain.

Woohoo——

woo-

The dog-headed man's voice was the same as before, like a woman crying, but this time there was a bit more sadness and genuine emotion in it.

But Qin Zhibo had no mercy on this ugly creature.

Qin Zhibo picked up the crowbar, stepped over the coffin, and was about to raise the crowbar again.

But at this moment, the dog-headed man next to him made a sound.

Knowing that he was facing two opponents at once, Qin Zhibo was very alert and quickly turned his attention to the other ogre.

The dog-headed man first opened his narrow mouth and barked twice quickly at his companions, then turned around and ran away.

When the dog-headed man heard the voice of the one next to him, he also lost his will to fight and turned around and ran away.

In a few seconds, Qin Zhibo, with a confused look on his face, was the only one left in the bushes near the coffin.

Qin Zhibo: "Hmm? That's it?"

Is this the fighting power of the Gnolls?

I thought there would be a fierce battle, but the dog-headed man ran away after being hit by a crowbar.

But on second thought, Qin Zhibo thought of another possibility.

Could it be that he went back to call for support?

After all, this creature seems to have a high intelligence level. If it feels it cannot defeat it, it will probably think of going back to call its companions.

Although he had just forced back two ogres with the advantage of his weapon, Qin Zhibo could not be sure that he could withstand a few more of them.

But it’s still early in the morning, and leaving the cemetery would mean the mission has failed.

Under the temptation of the mission reward, Qin Zhibo decided to wait and see. If the two gnolls really returned with more gnolls, he would escape at that time.

Hopefully in time...

Qin Zhibo squatted beside the coffin and stared at the direction where the dog-headed man escaped for a long time, but he didn't see any large creature coming from there.

This made Qin Zhibo gradually bolder, and he even planned to go over and check to find out where the dog-headed man came from.

Following the direction the dog-headed man escaped, Qin Zhibo came to the east side of the cemetery.

Here, Qin Zhibo saw a very suspicious half-lying crypt.

The crypt was blocked by a solid-looking wooden door. Below the door, a large amount of white mist was spreading out from the gap.

All the strange white mist in the cemetery actually came from this cave!

Qin Zhibo put his ear to the wooden door, but did not hear any suspicious sounds behind it.

Driven by curiosity, he decided to open the wooden door.

As the crowbar hooked the edge of the wooden board, the heavy wooden door slowly opened.

Before the door was completely opened, a disgusting stench hit him in the face. The smell even made Qin Zhibo feel psychedelic.

It feels like I am caught between reality and fantasy.

When the door of the dungeon opened, a dark abyss like a "black throat that is always wide open" appeared before Qin Zhibo's eyes.

Although Qin Zhibo had not yet used the nuclear lighter for lighting, he had already seen a lit investigation point near the entrance of the cave.

【Survey√】

This is a right calf, believed to have belonged to a woman named Chikako Ikeda.

Chapter 61 Return after the mission

Qin Zhibo took out a nuclear lighter, and in the flickering light, Qin Zhibo could see clearly what kind of object this investigation point was attached to.

This is a right calf. There are bite marks on the skin, and the Achilles tendon at the back of the calf has been basically bitten off.

At this time, the calf seemed to be too thin and had little meat on it, so it was simply bitten and discarded at the entrance of the cave.

And on the ground at the entrance of the cave, there are various other animal skeletons.

Most of these skeletons belonged to small animals, and some rotten animal furs were draped over them like rags.

"No wonder we couldn't find Ikeda Chikako's right leg. Turns out it's right here."

"These should be what the dog-headed men just ate?"

After seeing the scenes in "The Corpse-Eating Ceremony", Qin Zhibo naturally had such thoughts and did not feel uncomfortable at all.

Qin Zhibo extended the hand holding the nuclear lighter a little further inside so that the flame could reach farther.

A little further away on the ground, he saw something familiar.

It was a ground paved with broken bones, with pieces of pale blue sweater scattered on it.

Qin Zhibo was no stranger to these pale blue sweater fragments.

I remember that Takahashi Ryoichi was wearing a light blue sweater when he escaped yesterday.

"It looks like Takahashi Ryoichi has also been captured by these dog-headed men."

Qin Zhibo searched near the entrance of the cave with a nuclear lighter, but did not find the body of Takahashi Ryoichi.

If you can't find the body, you can't conduct a corpse investigation, which is equivalent to missing a skill.

But even so, Qin Zhibo didn't dare to go any deeper.

This cave, like a black throat, has no end in sight, and a foul smell of decay constantly emanates from it. It must be very dangerous inside.

"I'm not the type to commit suicide on my own initiative."

After repeating his own character, Qin Zhibo retreated back to the outside of the dungeon and closed the wooden door.

To feel at ease, Qin Zhibo moved several large stones from nearby to press down on it.

After the arrangements were almost complete, Qin Zhibo returned to his coffin.

……

When Qin Zhibo climbed out of the coffin again, it was already 3:55 in the morning.

Ever since the gnolls were defeated by him, they have never attacked again.

Qin Zhibo guessed that maybe the dog-headed man had eaten more in the past two days, so his desire to prey on him was not so strong?

After walking out of the coffin, Qin Zhibo came to the east side of the cemetery again to check the dark crypt from last night.

He moved away the stones that were pressing down the wooden door of the dungeon, opened the door, and a surprising scene appeared.

The black throat-like dungeon behind the wooden door had disappeared!

Instead, there was an ordinary piece of dirt ground with nothing unusual in it, including the large number of animal skeletons that Qin Zhibo saw with his own eyes last night and Ikeda Chikako's right calf, which were all missing.

Qin Zhibo grabbed the edge of the wooden door with one hand and used the crowbar in the other to hit the ground.

Ouch!

Ouch!