A Brewing Storm: Origin Lodespring

The Blight has spread even here... When did this happen?

*Gasp* E-Endmin? Apologies, I was lost in my thought...

I'm Thurston, currently assisting the Hub Base in assessing safety conditions in Valley IV.

The workers in the Origin Lodespring area have been diligent. The residential area's condition is better than expected. But here ... it's different.

More complicated than that. Somehow, a bunch of Landbreakers died here.

The chaos just settled, the workers don't know much. I asked around, even the Lupo girl here to help never cleared enemies from this area.

There are more Landbreaker corpses up there, but they're too dangerous to reach for now.

If we want to confirm the details, we'll need to deal with this Blight first.

You're joining too? Fantastic, let's get started then!

Well... Endmin, any conclusions?

If I remember correctly, this means they're "Bloodeye" Sazaro's crew.

They're known for moving as a unit. Great at coordination, a rare united front within the Bonekrusher Clan.

But based on what we know, this group's activity reports have become pretty sparse lately.

Hard to say. The clan's internal movements are chaotic and complex. Even our intelligence division struggles to get a clear picture.

Rumor has it "Bloodeye" Sazaro was a skilled hunter, but more of a strategist than a frontline fighter.

Several combat records show "Bloodeye" excelled at long-range sniping. The deceased couldn't actually be him, could it...?

If that's true, then "Bloodeye" and his squad are basically finished. Good news for us, I suppose.

But since it wasn't our people who took him out, it still makes me uneasy... We need to get to the bottom of this.

I'll organize the intel and send it to SOW for analysis. If we find anything else, we'll link up immediately.

A burly Landbreaker warrior lies fallen alone outside the room.

Surprisingly, the warrior's body shows few fresh wounds, only minor scrapes from climbing and hitting obstacles.

Even with the Blight raging nearby, he seems largely unaffected.

The warrior's throat was slit by a sharp object, causing the fatal injury.

The wound spreads from the center outward, likely caused by an arrow.

But no arrow or broken arrowhead was found on his body.

This warrior carried a necklace adorned with a black fowlbeast figurine.

The fowlbeast figurine has blood-red eyes and a jet-black body.

Gotta find a way up there...

I found more Landbreaker remains further inside.

The workers in the Origin Lodespring area have been diligent. The residential area's condition is better than expected. But here ... it's different.

The chaos just settled, people don't know much. I asked around, even the Lupo girl here to help never cleared enemies from this area.

There's a big one up on the platform, but it's too risky to approach right now.

If we want to verify the details, we'll need to clear these obstacles first.

Fantastic. Let's get things started right away.

Well... Endmin, any conclusions?

If I remember correctly, this means they're "Bloodeye" Sazaro's crew.

They're known for moving as a unit. Great at coordination, a rare united front within the Bonekrusher Clan.

But based on what we know, this group's activity reports have become pretty sparse lately.

Hard to say. The clan's internal movements are chaotic and complex. Even our intelligence division struggles to get a clear picture.

Rumor has it "Bloodeye" Sazaro was a skilled hunter, but more of a strategist than a frontline fighter.

Several combat records show "Bloodeye" excelled at long-range sniping. The deceased couldn't actually be him, could it...?

If that's true, then "Bloodeye" and his squad are basically finished. Good news for us, I suppose.

But he wasn't defeated by us... Anyway, combining intel from the other locations should give us some concrete results now.

I'll ask around the Hub base for more intel. Please use the protocol synchronizer to submit the data to SOW.

The experts back at base should provide further analysis. We can retrieve their final report from the Intel Archive.