73. Victory

Slayer held her head and whimpered in pain. "Argh... It hurts so much! Is his head made of stone?!" she said softly.

"Now everything is clear. Since I realized that you are a cannibal grave keeper, I am reminded of something that feels familiar to me." said Shiro, lying behind Slayer with a bump on his forehead.

The girls turned to Shiro, curious about what he was talking about.

Shiro slowly tried to get up and take a sitting position.

"5 years ago... I saw the news about an insane tomb guard who lives on the Wasteland continent. The crazy man was tortured very sadistically by the citizens for eating the corpses that had just been buried in the cemetery where he lived. After satisfied beating him, he was bound and led to the middle of the town hall to be a public spectacle. For several days he was tied to a flagpole and was not given food until he died of starvation on the 13th day after he was captured. The news went viral because after the death of the crazy man, some facts about him were revealed."

For a moment Shiro stared at Sumanto's shivering face in fear and then continued his story, "Due to mental illness, since childhood he has been banished by his own family. He lives as a bum and scavenges leftovers from trash to survive. But because of his appearance that looks very dirty, makes people were disgusted. Wherever he was, he was always driven out and squandered. Until finally he went to a remote place and lived in a small building in the middle of the cemetery. Day after day passed. He was trusted by local residents to take care of the funeral. But for several months he worked as a funeral guard, every day the residents only gave him 1 packet of stale rice. One day, because he was starving, he dug up the grave of someone who had just been buried and ate the corpse. This happened repeatedly, until finally he was caught by the residents."

"Oohh... I've heard that news too!" said one girl.

"Me too! Me too!" said several other girls.

"You must have realized that some of the Undead that you have met are the figures of ghosts in the real world. And he is one of them." said Shiro who then tried to stand up. "In the real world, Sumanto is dead and has become a ghost that terrorizes the citizens of the Wasteland continent. I don't know why the creator of this game made Sumanto an Undead who is still a human. But I'm pretty sure if he is indeed a human. Because if not, he would have disappeared and returned to his realm." Shiro said, closing his explanation and looking towards the rising sun.

The girls are pensive and looking at each other. After they found out that Sumanto was a human, they were hesitant to kill him.

"How unfortunate his fate... Then I will end his suffering." said Slayer, walking over to Sumanto who looked confused by the current situation.

"Oh come on, Alice... He is a human." said shiro.

".Which is dangerous for humans." said Slayer, continuing to walk toward Sumanto.

Sofia blocked Slayer and patted her shoulders. "Don't be what you hate."

For a few seconds, Slayer stared at Sofia with a sharp look in her eyes. She then sighed and said, "Go... And never come back to this kingdom."

The girls smiled because they were relieved by Slayer's decision.

"I said go... Before I change my mind." said Slayer again, looking at Sumanto.

"Hah?" Sumanto looked right and left, staring at the faces of the Senshi who were surrounding him. Like a crazy person in general, sometimes he looks confused and difficult to understand the words of others.

Ashley gestured with her index finger and said, "Go... Away."

With mixed feelings, Sumanto hurried to his feet. He ran along the crowd of Senshi while holding his left shoulder which kept bleeding.

"Wait!" Shiro exclaimed, stopping Sumanto's steps. "Treat your wounds first."

"He is an undead. He can recover." said Slayer with a cynical expression.

"With that condition, do you think he can survive more than hour?!" said Shiro, glaring at Slayer. "Nichole... Treat his wound." he added.

"Al-Alright." said Nichole, looking at Slayer.

Slayer just frowned at Shiro, holding back her annoyance.

After Nichole and several other Healers had finished treating Sumanto's wound, Slayer said, "Now go!"

"Hah!" Sumanto widened his smile because his left arm no longer felt pain.

"Take this money to buy food and never attack humans again." said Shiro, tossing a bag of coins worth 1,000 Gold.

Sumanto catches the bag and checks what is inside. While walking through the crowd of Senshi, Sumanto counted the coins in the bag and then ran out of the cemetery excitedly.

"I hope you have a plan to fight him in the future. Because if the Undead appears again, he is your problem." said Slayer, watching Sumanto running away.

"Don't worry. If he comes back later, I will already be able to defeat him alone. Heh he." Shiro answered confidently.

Not long after Sumanto left the Rustic Grave area, the ground in the Punden building rumbled. From the ground, an abundance of coins overflowed to the surface, followed by a flagpole sticking out high. At the top of the iron mast, The SweetSugar alliance flag fluttering following the direction of the wind. Among the mountains of coins scattered under the flagpole, there were some rare items and equipment that could only be obtained in the conquest of the Dungeon.

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Rustic Grave

Conquered by SweetSugar & Shiro the Destroyer

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"We did it...?" said the girls softly, stunned to see the flag of their alliance fluttering beautifully in the middle of the Rustic Grave.

"Yay! We did it!!" the girls shouted with delight.

They feel happy and are seen hugging each other. But there were also those who immediately ran over to the mountains of coins and buried their bodies into the pile of coins.

"What the hell is this?? Is this the exorcism mission from the haunted house?!" Shiro jerked, feeling a little annoyed.

"Isn't that good?! So our efforts aren't in vain!" Sofia exclaimed, running toward the mountain of gold.

"We did it, Shiro-san!" exclaimed Nichole and Dara, smiling broadly.

"That's right, I'm so happy! Come here!!" Shiro exclaimed, taking advantage of the atmosphere to embrace Nichole and Dara.

"What do you want to do?!" said Slayer, pulling Shiro's collar from behind.

"Huh? You want me to hug you first?" said Shiro, smiling sordidly.

"In your dreams!" Slayer flinched, slamming Shiro to the ground. "I can't even let my guard down at all." said Slayer, annoyed.

Sofia took a large shield, a reward that was devoted to the Guardian class. She raised the shield and shouted excitedly, "This shield is mine!! Hah ha!"

"Sofia-san...!! That shield won't be useful for the Berserker class!" exclaimed the Guardian class.

Seeing the joy of the alliance members, Slayer smiled and said, "We have conquered this cemetery."

Shiro slowly got up. He smiled at Slayer and said, "Do you know that you actually look prettier if you smile more often."

"Ofcourse. I am a girl after all." replied Slayer, replying with a faint smile.