Who hid My Corpse!

"Ade, we're about to become hunters!"

"Howl!"

Vic opened his eyes, in front of him was a broken window, through which he could see the misty night sky outside.

"Had a nightmare?"

A familiar voice came, and Vic turned his head to see Bai Wei sitting not far from him, throwing sticks of wood onto the campfire.

The flames licked the wood, making a "crackle" sound, echoing the "thud, thud" of the corpse ghosts pushing the door from outside.

"You haven't slept yet?" Vic asked.

"Yeah, maybe we're almost there, feeling kind of excited."

Vic was a bit curious: "You can feel excited too?"

"I mean you," Bai Wei said calmly, "You've been talking in your sleep since you fell asleep, waking me up several times."

"...Sorry." Vic didn't know if he had been talking in his sleep, but he knew he had been dreaming, so he sat up straight and, after surveying the small cabin they were in for a moment, said softly, "Back then, Ade and I spent our first night here too."

"You've mentioned that before."

"Huh? In my sleep?"

"No, you told me when we first got here, you found this house, don't you remember?" Bai Wei said, "You also mentioned that night your little dog seemed a bit off."

"Ade is a wolf." Vic was still unwilling to give up proving Ade's identity, but after saying it, he hesitated, "So I've said it all before? Well, I don't remember much, but I can slowly recall things from that time, when Ade and I spent our first night in this cabin, Ade seemed a bit unwell."

Yes, Bai Wei and Vic had already arrived at the Sacrificial Arena... or more accurately, the outskirts of it.

The Sacrificial Arena of Senluo was not a simple dais, it covered a large area and was located in a valley, taking several days to walk from the outskirts to the deepest part.

After all, the Sacrificial Arena is a place to communicate with the God of Senluo; in a way, it can be considered half a dwelling of the gods. Back when the God of Senluo was still alive, hunters had to face hardships and trials to meet the god; this sacred path was definitely not a straightforward walk to the end.

And now, although the God of Senluo is dead, that doesn't mean this path has become easy.

Otherwise, how did Vic end up losing both his memory and his dog after just one journey?

Before reaching here, Vic couldn't recall a bit about his last visit, but as soon as he arrived, he immediately remembered some bits, even leading Bai Wei to find this still somewhat intact house, to shelter from the corpse ghosts overnight.

"Where did the little wolf seem unwell?"

"Ade isn't a wolf, he's..." Vic paused halfway through his sentence, then suddenly froze, "Huh? Why did you say Ade was a wolf this time?"

"Why?" Bai Wei said calmly, "Should I keep calling him a dog then?"

"No, no, no, Ade is a wolf!" Vic shook his head repeatedly, then as if fearing Bai Wei's continued entanglement over whether Ade was a wolf or a dog, he quickly added, "Ade was perfectly normal until we got here, but once we arrived, he seemed very... anxious."

"Anxious?"

"Yes." Vic strained to recall the scene, "He seemed very uneasy, kept circling inside the cabin, wagging his tail incessantly, barking at the corpse ghosts outside... just seemed very agitated."

While Vic was speaking, Bai Wei glanced at his legs from the corner of his eye.

He saw Vic's legs were trembling, the shoes with holes scraping against the straw making a "creak, creak" noise, which was quite jarring.

But Vic seemed unaware, continuing to speak.

"I had never seen Ade like that. His reaction made me think there was something dangerous outside the cabin, I mean, besides the corpse ghosts." Vic said, "But I never found anything, nor did I smell anything strange. But to be safe, I stayed up the whole night until dawn."

"And did you find anything after dawn?" Bai Wei asked.

Vic shook his head: "No, I didn't find anything, but after dawn, Ade was back to normal."

"Back to normal after dawn?" Bai Wei said, "Seems like something is hiding in the night."

"But I didn't see anything."

"You don't know? Dogs can see things that people can't."

"...Is that so." Vic instinctively started to think, took a moment to realize, "Wait, Ade is a wolf!"

Bai Wei shrugged, not arguing further.

Vic's mood quickly turned somber.

"I already felt something was off with Ade at that time." He muttered, "But I didn't give it much thought, if I had taken Ade away then, would all the things later not have happened?"

"You should know that's self-deception," Bai Wei said, "Wildfire sect believers call you a Saint, it was all orchestrated by them bringing you and that little wolf here. Do you think they'd let you leave?"

"You mean they were watching us back then?" Vic tensed up, "So at that time, Ade might have smelled them, that's why he kept barking?"

"That, I do not know."

Vic hesitated a bit and asked Bai Wei: "Priest Ulu, do you think we'll find the answer this time?"