Chapter 301 Pursuit
Under the bright, flickering torchlight, there were traces of the chaos that had occurred, such as blood and remnant flesh.
It was obvious that before having its meal, the Goat-Horned Earth Dragon had toyed with its food.
At this sight, the faces of the adventurers around darkened.
Outside of this site, there was a long line of bloodstains, causing it to appear as a bloody trail.
“Follow it!”
With Jenny’s command, the group lifted their torches and did as asked.
Twilight Zone was underground and was shrouded in darkness all year around. However, the surviving humans had yet to evolve and have night vision, thus, torches were one of the essential items when exploring in the Twilight Zone.
“The footprints are more concentrated here!”
Baelin lifted his torch with one hand, the other tightly grasping the handle of his steel sword. His joints had turned a little white from using too much strength.
A piercing stench was beginning to pervade the air, to the point that Baelin associated it with the time he had worked at a horse stable when he was younger.
Next, with the illumination by everyone, a small hill made of black rocks appeared. At the foot of the hill was a large cave that extended deeply into the side, hollowing it out.
“We can’t fight it in its lair. We need to lure it out!”
Jenny decided after looking.
With this dim lighting, it was bound to affect the Dragon-Blooded Flower Bud if they were to fight in the small lair. If the bud was damaged, there would be no point even if Jenny and the rest killed the dragon.
“Don’t worry, the Goat-Horned Earth Dragon has very low intelligence and is very sensitive to the smell of blood. We can use that and set up a trap.”
James stood out at this moment and under his command, the adventurers set up a simple trap outside the cave.
As resources were limited and they couldn’t alert the Earth Dragon inside, James chose the simplest trap — poison!
A black being that looked like a goat was forced to drink an entire bottle of a red potion, and was laid across the cave. Its four legs were tied together, and its main artery was slashed open causing fresh blood to spurt out. A small puddle of blood was quickly formed on the ground.
The adventurers beside it had long since put out their torches and patiently waited aside, not even daring to breathe loudly at this point.
Baelin’s hands were on his sword, glancing at Jenny, who was extremely nervous, and James, who looked grim. He himself looked determined.
*Thud thud! Thud thud!*
Only ten or so minutes passed, but in the hearts of everyone present, it felt like centuries had passed. Finally, just when the adventurers were beginning to get impatient, dull footsteps and slight tremors of the ground could be felt.
“It’s here! Get ready!”
The adventurers who were lying in wait outside ducked their heads, retrieving their weapons and bow and arrows, aiming them at the mouth of the cave.
“Hah…”
The sounds of heavy breathing resounded, followed by an increase of the concentration of the strange smell by more than ten times! The goat that was bait could only give a miserable shriek.
*Crunch! Crunch!*
Along with the sounds of chewing, the bleating of the goat stopped.
“Is this the Goat-Horned Earth Dragon?” As he was now a Knight, Baelin’s eyesight was very good. With just the faint light, he could somewhat see the figure of this monster.
This monster was about fifteen to sixteen metres long, and its four thick limbs supported its large body, its sharp claws scratching out a long straight line on the ground.
Above its yellow eyes, two curved black horns were grown, like the symbol of a demon.
With the opening and closing of its mouth, sharp teeth constantly meshed together and chewed the goat into bits, flesh and blood flying.
“On my command. Go!”