The previous night.
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"Are you sure?" Nathan asked the captain.
"Yep! We'll be on the lookout for tonight. You and your friend should get some rest tonight."
Nathan looked unconvinced, considering this was originally their mission. However, the captain smiled at him. "To be honest, it's sad to have your friends dying on the battlefield. But it's more excruciating when thinking that they are unable to go back home.
"That's why I'm extremely grateful to you for allowing us to bring back their bodies. At least their families will have closure.
"It's shameless for me to say this, but please get some rest, esteemed summoners. I just wish for you to be in your peak condition so that you will have the strength to defeat those aliens."
Nathan was visibly moved. He couldn't really make an argument when he said it that way, so Nathan nodded. "Alright. I'll get some rest and beat some aliens tomorrow."
"Thank you." The captain's smile became bigger.
That was what Nathan remembered, except for the fact everything changed the next day.
Before him was the corpse of the kind captain that asked him to rest. His gentle smile was still fresh in his mind.
There was one visible wound on his back. It looked like they used claws to kill the captain.
However, there was one thing that didn't make sense. The fact that he was an elite knight who was capable of defeating aliens meant he would have put up a fight if there were aliens coming during the night.
Yet he didn't look like he was fighting someone. There was no sound either.
'This looks strange.' Nathan's expression turned grim.
Selena squinted her eyes and looked around. There was no trace of battle. Even David seemed to do the same thing.
All soldiers pulled out their respective weapons as if they were about to fight against Nathan.
To their surprise, Nathan simply commanded, "Anubis, Fenrir. Can you track the culprit from the wound?"
"Stop it!"
"What are you trying to do?"
The knights looked like they were about to jump on the two beasts, but Nathan simply stated with a cold tone, "You should know that they have a stronger sense of smell. If you are going to make an accusation, you should have done a better job."
"Stop it! Are you going to eat the captain?!"
Nathan simply ignored him and turned to David. "Since this is an accusation against me, I have the right to defend myself, right? What should I do? I think I have to clear up my name."
David's expression turned grim. Nathan had been a rational person, so David nodded and announced out loud. "Move away! No one other than the two beasts can approach the corpse. If anyone disobeys it, then I, David, will consider you trying to hide your crime."
"!!!" The soldiers gnashed their teeth, but no matter what they did, they had no choice but to follow that order.
After all, David held the highest rank.
If they didn't obey, David would turn a blind eye if Nathan killed them because they deserved it.
Fenrir and Anubis approached the captain and started sniffing the wound. Both of them instantly noticed what was going on.
They nodded to each other as they walked back. It looked like they were going to Nathan, but surprisingly, they passed him and pointed at the tent that the knights used. "The smell is actually coming this way."
Fenrir and Anubis led them to the tent and actually grabbed one of the gloves that someone used.
To their surprise, the tips of the gloves were actually punctured by something sharp, as if a human's hand had turned into a claw.
"!!!" David widened his eyes while Fenrir declared, "This is the item with the most noticeable scent in that wound. The murderer is not us, but it is indeed among us."