While Vesemir strode past that door as if he owned the place, Mr. Elc remained near the doorway, guarding the entrance in case that loud rumbling attracted some unwanted attention. He didn't want to act too hastily in this dungeon-crawling business, and while he was glad his doubt was proven wrong, he still thinks this was all uncannily too easy. 

Jazdia was with Vesemir, so it was fine on the frontline in case their boss was doing something reckless again. 

Verdant too didn't seem too hasty to go in. The curious youkai was examining the dead, something that no one else seemed interested in doing.


[quote][b][color=#38b000]"They died slowly."[/color][/b][/quote]  She proclaimed, seemed to have a good estimate of how much bleeding the doomed pair had. 


[color=#C7C6C5]"Lucky. Considering the devourer's modus operandi..." [/color]

[quote][b][color=#38b000]"Deep injuries? And it keep reopen when they attack the door. Until they run out of strength and lay down waiting for the last moment."[/color][/b][/quote] 

Verdant stepped back, watching curiously at Vesemir uttering some foreign language to the door, before she added, to no body in particular, but Mr. Elc felt oblogied to sate the Youkai's curiosity 

[quote][b][color=#38b000]"Why dont they just leave? What's trapping them here?"[/color][/b][/quote]

[color=#C7C6C5]"I think they did, or at least some of them tried."[/color] The masked elf said, pausing uneasily. 

[color=#C7C6C5]"If it's true that this ill-fated group was here via teleportation, I bet it was against their will, and something they did not expect. Only half of them were prepared, while the other half looked as if they were spirited away into this tunnel in their sleepwear. I assume, in panic, some of them tried to leave this place, but lost their way in the dark mazes. straight into Devourer's ambushes, or I am very sure they were teleported at night, where the monsters are hunting. Even if a handful of them managed to escape the maze, their chance of surviving in the forest without any preparation is very slim. It's a chilling thought that none of them survived, else we rangers would have found someone who lived to tell the tale."[/color]

It was even more chilling that the slaughtering was very likely a deliberate act. When he returned to Alkautsar, he would report this tragedy.