"It's one of the people who reached the island before us," a guard muttered.

An older guard with more experience stepped forward to inspect the body. His expression turned grim.

"He's been dead for less than a month," he said. "But these wounds… It doesn't appear to have been killed by an ordinary weapon or a wild beast. Looks like he was instantly pierced by some kind of incredibly fine, sharp energy beam."

Suddenly, Dustin's head jerked up. His sharp eyes locked onto something behind a hal