Chapter 112: Chapter 112: Field Assessment (5)
Chapter 112: Chapter 112: Field Assessment (5)
They followed the tracks for several hours until it got so dark that it was difficult to continue tracking.
"Let's set up camp for tonight and continue
By the third minute, the skin revealed beneath the fur had turned a sickly gray and started to sag, splitting open to reveal the underlying muscles.
By the fourth minute, the muscles had melted into a foul, viscous sludge, and the organs burst out spilling their contents onto the ground. Kain had to step back at the sudden assault of the smell of decomposing flesh on his nose.
By the fifth minute, the creature was reduced to a skeletal frame, and the surrounding rotting internal organs had already disappeared into the ground. Thankfully, the smell was also gone now too.
Throughout the duration of his watch, they were attacked several more times by different creatures. However, the decomposition process that Kain witnessed remained roughly the same, with the time until full decomposition fluctuating between 3 and 11 minutes.
Once his shift was up, Kain woke up Finn, who had the next shift, and crawled into his own tent. However, he found it challenging to sleep after that night's discoveries.
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