Heroic Spirit: I, Shinji, have tried my best.

In a cave where the Werebeasts were stationed, a burst of hurried footsteps was heard...

"Faster...faster!"

A nine-tailed fox female beastman in a kimono hurried in with a group of subordinates, her dignified face full of anxiety.

Because when she saw the body at the entrance of the cave, she had a bad feeling. She hoped that it was just her overthinking and not...

The footsteps stopped suddenly.

The orc queen opened her eyes wide, looking at the orcs lying on the ground in front of her in disbelief. They all lost consciousness and fell to the ground, as if they were asleep...

"Hey! Wake up... Hey!"

"Something's wrong... I can still feel his heartbeat, but why can't I wake him up?"

"What exactly is going on?"

Several men anxiously looked around to see if there was anyone who could explain the situation to them, but they failed... More than a dozen orcs fell to the ground unconscious.

Until an older orc with a long white beard came out, carefully explored and observed one of the orcs lying on the ground for a while, then he sighed and slowly stood up.

The orc queen stared at the old man intently, and when she saw him stand up, she quickly asked:

"How's it going?"

"Brain death... They must have been attacked mentally and are now in a vegetative state... I have only seen this kind of situation in the dragon language magic of the [Dragon Elves]. Even the Elves have not developed a large-scale mental attack spell..."

“…Can it be saved?”

The old man shook his head.

“…keep going.”

The orc queen passed the orcs on the ground and walked deeper into the cave more eagerly... If it was a mental attack, then it was understandable that it went unnoticed...

I walked into the main room while comforting myself. A strong smell of blood hit my nose, and the half-open blood-stained door immediately chilled my heart.

I pushed the door open with my trembling hands, and the hellish scene inside instantly came into view...

finished...

The pair of fox pupils trembled violently, and the orc queen's legs went weak and she almost fell to the ground.

"Are you alright, Queen?"

"That's... Ugh!"

The orcs who followed behind were shocked by the scene inside, and some female orcs even retched...

The room was filled with corpses and rivers of blood. It really became a reality... It was not until now that they truly realized the horror of the man who called himself "Undead".

It is precisely because they need the fighting power of this group of orcs that they allow them to rebel in secret. After all, the danger level of this world is not enough to support the division of the orc race.

This is also the reason why both sides have been thinking about annexing each other instead of fighting... But now...

The orc queen tightly grasped the scroll with the signed reconciliation agreement in her hand, and then let it go powerlessly...

All the negotiating parties were killed, so there was no point in distinguishing between Party A and Party B... No matter what the result was, the beastmen had directly lost more than half of their combat power.

"【Ghost】...【Dead Soul】...What on earth happened among humans..."

……

“It’s time to go…”

After Riku sorted out his plan for the last time, he stood up, picked up the black mask placed beside him, put it on, and immediately left the base.

This time he needed to go to the Werebeast's lair in person to negotiate. Even if he couldn't get the other party to agree to an alliance, he had to break that hopeless agreement.

but…

To be honest, he was not sure if he could come back after this trip. After all, compared to other [ghosts], he only had more brains and strategies at best. If the other party suddenly attacked him, he would be helpless...

Thinking of this, Riku suddenly recalled that Shinji had asked him about this matter... If he had told him the truth at that time, perhaps the success rate of this operation would have been greatly increased...

"Haha... As expected, these meaningless emotions are unnecessary for weak humans."

"..."

arrive…

Looking up at the stone peak whose edge he had already seen, Riku took another deep breath and walked forward firmly.

"…If…humans don't have emotions…are they still human?"

At least, compared to the past when he could calmly order his people to die, he still prefers his current emotional self.

“…Quick! Quick! The other party is coming!”

Since he was the one who took the initiative to negotiate, Riku could only enter through the main gate, and it was inevitable that he would be discovered.

Just when he organized his words and was about to use the words he had prepared long ago to ask the other party to let him in, several orc guards in front of him lined up in front of him, then knelt on one knee and gave him a traditional guard salute.

……Eh?

Riku swallowed the words he was about to say. Seeing the other party suddenly showing him such a great courtesy, Riku instantly became at a loss...

That’s not right. What’s wrong with the script?

He had prepared dozens or even hundreds of excuses for this operation, enough to deal with most of the situations he might encounter...but he hadn't expected this situation!

The cold skull mask concealed his figure, and also covered up Riku's sweaty state.

"You are Lord Ghost, right? Please come this way. Our queen has been waiting for you for a long time..."

Eh!? Sir? Oh...Oh!

"..."

Even though he was confused in his heart, Riku still remained cold and silent on the outside... When you don't know what to say, it's best to say nothing.

But he didn't expect that because he didn't say a word, the orcs around him looked at him with even more fear...

Following the orc who led the way, they came to the largest house. The moment the door opened, Riku saw the orc queen with extraordinary temperament at a glance.

The Golden Fox clan has a powerful individual with [blood damage], and with her superb means, she has become the recognized queen of the orcs with her many followers...

The visual impact brought by those nine huge tails was also quite great, especially when the other party looked at him, a sense of oppression arose spontaneously.

In order to prevent himself from being affected by the opponent's momentum, Riku decided to take the initiative:

“I came here this time…”

"Your Excellency should be here to discuss the alliance..."

“…Yes…”

"That's good. We are already prepared for this."

Then the queen waved her hand, and a female orc next to her immediately walked up to Riku with a plate. On the plate was a scroll, and written on it was the mission for which he came this time.

This... Was the plan leaked? Is there a traitor in the family!?

But before Rikudo could think, the orc queen continued:

"From now on, we the beastmen will stand side by side with your forces. If you need us, we will be at your disposal."

"……ha?"

…Then a series of simple procedures: signing, pressing fingerprints, the two sides briefly exchanged information, and then discussed the plan…

Before Riku could react, he was already standing outside the Werebeast base... holding the alliance certificate in his hand...

"..."

Riku looked at the proof in his hand and fell silent.

……

"Hey! Riku, when did you go out?"

"Snapped!"

"?"

Back in the base, Iwan, who had just finished his mission and was resting, saw Riku coming back from outside and immediately greeted him enthusiastically.

However, Riku took off his mask with a dark face and threw it on the table, saying:

"Hey Ivan! Where's that Shinji guy?"

"Shinji? Isn't he always at the base?"

"What? You said he was always there... so where is he now?"

"Hmm... maybe he went to take a bath... with that little Ex-Machina girl, tsk! That guy is really capable of doing that..."

Automatically ignoring the nonsense in the second half of the sentence, Riku quickly extracted information from the other party's words... Could it be that it wasn't him?

But who else could it be if not him in that situation? Could it be that the Werebeasts suddenly woke up and came to help them so anxiously? If it was really that simple, why would they have to sacrifice so many people...

"What's wrong, Riku? Do you have something to do with him?"

"…No, it's okay…"

Riku walked back to his room in silence and locked himself in the room again.

Ivan's head was full of question marks. What happened to this guy today? What had upset him?

After Riku returned to the room, he threw the alliance certificate on the table, fell on the bed, and covered his eyes with his arms...

"Really... such a nosy guy..."

At this time, on the other side of the base

Shinji was leaning against the wall of the wooden barrel with a look of enjoyment on his face. Behind him, Shubi was wrapped in a white bath towel and was washing his hair...

Although she had doubts about why this guy suddenly learned how to take a bath, since she had offered to help him wash, of course she would accept it with a clear conscience!

Shinji narrowed his eyes slightly, glanced at the blood flowing out of the drain next to him, and thought with emotion:

[Riku, Riku... you should be happy to have a teammate as good as me! ]

"Shinji... stop wandering around."

"Hi...Hi..."