My Substitute CEO Bride (Nash Calcraft)

Chapter 409

Bradley looked into the woods with growing concern. “Could they have run into danger?”

Though pale, Finn tried to reassure them, saying, “Ken is a grandmaster expert. He’s capable of taking on a group of black bears single-handedly. Let’s keep calm and-”

“Oh no, something’s happened!”

Finn’s words were cut off when they heard Derek’s shout from a distance. Everyone immediately stood up and rushed toward him.

“What’s going on? Where’s Ken?” Bradley asked as he looked at the two distraught individuals,

Nico, catching his breath, said, “Ken… Ken went deep into the woods to look for herbs but then I… I smelled blood. It smelled much stronger than ordinary blood… I suspect it’s from undead corpses.”

Bradley’s expression suddenly changed. “Why would there be undead corpses so far from the main peak?”

“Melody, come with me,” Nash said and quickly ran toward the forest.

Melody followed closely behind. By now, it was completely dark outside, but thanks to the moonlight and both of them being Profound Reality Realm martial artists, they could see clearly through the black of night.

came a voice. Ken was holding

to death. We thought the undead corpses got you!”

“Undead corpses?”

looked puzzled. “I didn’t see

took a deep breath. Even though Ken did not see anything, there was still the strange, eerie scent of blood lingering in the air.

there are undead corpses nearby,” Nash spoke up. The three of them then returned to their camp by the creek.

returned safely, they could

“Ken, are you sure you didn’t see anything?” He then looked at Bradley

any

through the group, and

frowned and said, “I also smelled a strong scent of blood just now. I thought it might be an injured animal or something, but I looked around and found

still was confused about why they would be finding traces of undead corpses this far out. “That’s good. Let’s take turns sleeping tonight,” he said absent-mindedly.

the conversation about undead corpses. Only Nash enjoyed the meal, slurping the

Melody saw this, she could not help but ask, “Aren’t you afraid at all,

and replied with a smile, “What’s there to be

and said, “We’re talking about undead corpses here!”