[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-re-evolution-online":3,"chapter-re-evolution-online-re-evolution-online-chapter-316":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Re: Evolution Online",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1706795,2181,"Chapter 316: Found you!","re-evolution-online-chapter-316",316,"\u003Cp>Chapter 316: Found you!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few minutes later, after Liam covered about half of the distance, one of his chicken minions dashed toward him at full speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BAK BAK BAKA!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike his pets, these soul undeads did not have the ability to communicate with him directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had the ability to understand his commands but it did not work the other way around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So the chicken furiously made a pecking noise and pointed its head towards the eastern side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You found something there?” The chicken nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liam ignored the bird’s comical wing flapping and head butting and shifted his gaze to look at the village in the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then dismissed all of his soul undeads and hurried in the direction. Not long after he entered the small and desolate town.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Here as well, the streets and the surroundings were empty just like the other areas and the houses and the various establishments were broken down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liam quickly peeked into a few places when he suddenly caught the distinct stench of blood and death in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the smell of rotting corpses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knitted his brows together and hurriedly dashed over to the run-down building from which the smell was coming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, after reaching the door, he stopped abruptly. The sight in front of him was a bit too… gory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were several bodies piled on the ground and there were flesh, blood and guts sprayed everywhere inside the small room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just the stench was unbearable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cough. Cough. Liam covered his nose, not able to stand the horrendous smell of the rotting bodies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“These are NPCs?” He kicked around one to see if there was anything underneath, but there was only something squishy and unrecognizable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tch.” He rubbed his boots on the ground again to get rid of the things stuck on his shoe and then backed out of the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no point in looking around there any longer. The room was completely and utterly destroyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And considering that everything was still smeared around without disappearing into light particles, these corpses probably belonged to NPCs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liam stepped out of the small building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was about to summon his soul pets again to continue the search once more when suddenly his eyes fell on a bloodstain outside the building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he looked closer, surprisingly, he also saw a light footprint or rather marks as if someone had dragged a bunch of bodies across the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liam looked around in the nearby areas and found the weird set of muddled marks leading away from the broken-down house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Did the dark elf perhaps drag his multiple captives from this hideout to another hideout?” He did not know what to think of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He continued following this trail and a few seconds later unexpectedly the vague scuffle marks on the ground started to become clear footprints.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some of them still looked as if they were dragging their feet but at least some of the footprints were clearer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmmm…” Liam stopped and squatted on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He extended his hand to touch the black spots and red sploshes that were dotted around these footprints.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Whoever went this way was probably heavily injured. Maybe Alex escaped on her own?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He doubted it but that was still a possibility. He dusted his hands, stood up, and continued following the trail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything was progressing quite well so far as he had even managed to find a good clue possibly about the whereabouts of Alex, but something seemed off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was unusual that the dark elf casually let his captives escape easily like this, that too after holding them for so long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Well, I guess I will go and find out.” Liam maintained his [Stealth] mode just in case and continued following the trail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a while, he did not see anything or come across any further clues but a couple of minutes later…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The footprints became even clearer and the blood drops on the ground started pooling more and bigger splotches were seen on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I am getting closer.” Liam frowned and quickened his pace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few feet later, he again stopped and this time, he paused slightly and narrowed his eyes to look at the trail closely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first glance, this seemed just like the other spots but there was something off about this particular area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or rather one particular blood drop. There was a small imprint of a different set of feet on this dried drop of blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It looked like this was made after some time, thereby allowing the blood to dry up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liam gazed at this and suddenly had a thought. Was perhaps someone else also following the same trail?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It could even be the dark elf assassin himself!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He did not have to wonder for long as after he moved a few more feet, he heard a small disturbance ahead of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I cannot walk anymore.” Someone said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, we cannot take a break here. We need to keep moving.” This was unmistakably Alex’s voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Only a few more steps! We have to press on.” She was urging someone else but her own voice sounded very weak and feeble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liam hurried over and arrived at the site in a jiffy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And just like he expected, he also saw Alex standing there. She was leaning on the remains of a dry dead tree trunk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There you are. Bingo. Found you.” Liam stopped. He did not immediately approach her and decided to observe the situation first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were about eight other people around her. Players? NPCs?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It did not look like this mattered because all of them seemed to be very gravely injured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They did not have any armor or weapon or any other belongings for that matter. Their clothes were in tatters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were covered in injuries from top to bottom. Not just ordinary cuts or bruises but these injuries seemed a little strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were deep and still bleeding and the flesh and the scar had turned blackish purple as if they had been poisoned?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liam waited for a couple more minutes and observed the group and the surroundings carefully to see if there was someone else hiding in the vicinity just like him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But nothing seemed out of place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The group wheezed and panted and all of them were on the verge of collapsing and buckling down on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wouldn’t just dying be simpler? Why struggle so much? Hmmm.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liam did not understand their behavior. Nevertheless, nothing seemed to be happening. So he decided to take action.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was just about to rush forward and grab the damned woman who had caused him so much headache when suddenly…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SLASH.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>THUD.\u003C\u002Fp>",1114,"2026-06-06T14:49:04.731Z",1,"novelbin.me","b72cc8296520e458c0f16822ae682711f06022255bfadc8cea35e3ce9f97ac5c","re-evolution-online-chapter-317","re-evolution-online-chapter-315",1446,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fre-evolution-online-cover.jpg"]