Underworld

Chapter four

It took days to track Steelhide down, every time they were close, he moved again. It seemed like he knew they were hunting him, if that was true, they were in terrible danger. Soon they reached the edge of the fertile region, a huge cliff that went down into the bioluminescent region, a place filled with swamps and glowing blue trees.

“What the hell...” Kalmar muttered, looking around, they were surrounded by corpses, each one slowly beginning to decay. One was slumped against a mushroom tree, while another lay on the floor in front of them, missing its arms with its chest pulled open. The last one lay on its belly, head missing. Blood was splattered on the floor all around them, and the air stank of decay.

“What the hell happened here?” Sarah asked.

“It was Steelhide” John answered, “he did this, he kills but never eats the bodies. Something in his saliva means that the bodies of his victims quickly decompose.”

“That’s horrible, does this mean he’s around here?” Kalmar asked.

“Possibly” suddenly, they heard a loud roar, and they turned around, coming face to Steelhide, who was standing a few metres away...