Not A Phoenix

"Little Pong!"

Old Dae exclaimed in shock as he took out the body of a guard sharing the same uniform as his from under the snow. This was one of the guards tasked with handling the unwelcome visitor's supervision, yet his dead body was left just like that a dozen hundred meters away from the site!

Although it wasn't time to be emotional, old Dae was shocked about the body's state. The guard still had most of his clothes on, but the body hidden by it suffered from several terrible burn wounds that the whole thing didn't make sense!

"I knew it, something is wrong."

Cheon Jeong didn't squat down beside the old scout, but she could already tell what state the body was in. It would have been okay if they found some scorched black bones or even nothing at all left behind, but for the clothes to remain intact like this? This wasn't the work of a Phoenix!