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"What the actual Delion shouted, and

took a couple of steps back. Afterwards

he looked up and around as well to take

a complete preview of his surroundings

Seeing that there is no actual threat

around, he shouts "Who is this man?"

And taking a couple of steps forward

after, trying to observe the corpse. Chief

Ambers became stuck on her spot, she

just fixed her eyes on the corpse and

tuned out everything Delion spoke,

as if she went into shock. He [Delion]

repeated. "Ambers! Ambers! Snap the

out of it." With his rage getting a bit

bigger than his little fright towards this

situation. He has handled many corpses

before but this... It can't be something

that even he can get used to. Getting

back to Ambers, she is still in shock.

People who just died on their bed is

something that she can handle, hell she

even held a corpse on her arms nearly

three hours ago. But this... this is new to

her. A man just silently dropped from

the sky and possibly broke tens of bones

before instant inevitable death, this is

far too different. Seeing that Ambers

won't prove useful in this situation,

Delion took another 360 glance of

his surroundings to absolutely ensure

that this area is safe, that there are no

murderers closeby or possibly fleeing.

After, he approaches the corpse a little

closer. This man's face does not ring a

bell, he has these long brown hair and

is fairly old in age. A long untrimmed

beard is covering most of his face, and

blood started slowly dripping out of

his mouth as well. "Ambers! Snap out

of it common!" He repeated again, and

this time it finally worked. Ambers is

scared of how this situation turned

out and does not want to approach

the dead old man, but she at least can

reply this time. "Is he... Is he dead?"

"He is definitely dead, nothing and no

one could survive a fall like this. We

are lucky that this case didn't turn out

too bloody" Quite incapable of calming

someone down, especially at a case like

this. It still didn't stop him from trying.

"Breathe, take a deep breath and let it

out Ambers still got her eyes focused

on the corpse, but didn't tune Delion out

this time and listened to his words: She

started breathing in and out, although

progress small and slow she could sense

her mind clearing up and her anxiety

taming. She got a chance to analyse

the corpse's face once Delion turned

him over and recognized the Victim.

You would think she would be scared

and cut her gaze but no. The situation

scares here more than the actual corpse,

it's far too uncommon and that sound

the body made when it hit the ground,

tipped the bucket. Finally solving a

bit of the puzzle, she explains. "That's

Jenny's father... With a sigh towards the

ground, while still squatting he pointed

out. This makes more complex." The

silence stretched for nearly a minute,

Delion tried to figure the puzzle out.

First Jenny's mother dies on her bed

with signs of struggle and now Jenny's

father silently drops down from a 100

foot tall Boulder. At first guess, what

this old man did appeals suicide. That's

the best idea about it, since he didn't

shout and cry his way down. The drop

was completely silent and his life

ended when he met the ground. There

is only one thing to do now and Delion

did not fail to point it out. "We need

to climb over this boulder and talk to

the hunter fingo, he is our only source

of information about this." Concerned

about an obvious fact, she questions,

"But what about the body?" "It won't go

anywhere and no animal around here

can drag it that far under half an hour."

Trying to find some sympathy for the

corpse instead of just thinking about this

puzzle, he adds. "We will carry the body

to the village later, there your people

can arrange a funeral." "Poor Jenny."

Ambers murmured, turned her hack on

the corpse and started walking towards

the right side of this large boulder in

aims of reaching the top of it. "She lost

both of her parents now."... "Jingo!"

Delion shouted, to alert the hunter of

their presence. Hunters have this instinct

of attacking anything that appears out

of a sudden, without even being sure

what they are attacking. So for the

sake of not getting a dagger across his

chest, Delion alerted. This Camp has 4

tents, there is a campfire in between

the tents and there also are pieces of

lumber sliced in half so people can sit

on them. This shows that Jingo isn't the

only hunter who visits this place. "I'm

over here." A semi thin male tone was

heard across the camp, and one man

came out of a tent. Playing dumb, he

greeted Jingo with a handshake and was

direct enough to ask. "We're looking for

this man... what's his name?" He asked

while snapping his fingers. "William."

Ambers answered, this is the first time

they used the actual name oddly. They

referred to the corpse as. Jenny's Father.

"Yes William, his wife died last night and

Jenny told us that William comes here

often, we need him there at least for the

funeral." Delion continued to conceal the

fact that William fell flat on the ground,

in hopes of squeezing information out of

Jingo, Jingo knows Delion as a detective,

so he instantly got the impression that

this is an interrogation. Jingo thought it

as the best idea to be as careful with his

words as possible in order to not get in

unnecessary trouble. "Old William told

me that he was heading home about

half an hour ago, I went in my tent

here to rest. I've been hunting for boars

last night and will continue tonight."

"That's odd, we didn't see him anywhere

through the way here. There isn't really

an alternative road to the village from

here." Ambers spoke, she's snapping

out of that shock by the passing second.

Calm, with black sacks underneath his

eyes and his tone drowsy. Jingo offered.

"That's odd, do you need help looking for

him?"

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