Elsewhere, scores of miles outside the east city of Jiang'an County, the night was ink-black.
The mountains stretched on like slumbering beasts upon the earth. In a forest amidst these ranges, intertwining branches loomed threateningly in the darkness, an occasional startled bird taking flight, the flapping of its wings resounding distinctly in the still of the night, but fading as quickly as it came.
Moonlight, sinister and piercing, filtered through a mottled canopy of trees. On the leaves, specks and droplets of crimson blood, some dried, others sliding down, hanging from the edge of leaves, dripping slowly to the ground.
Within the woods lay two ferocious and shattered corpses, scattered throughout the forest, exuding a pungent stench of blood.
From these pieces of flesh, a ghastly appearance could be pieced together.
Humanoid, with green skin, black veins, and elongated ears.
