Chapter 81

"Wait!" Ludger tried to reach out to Kadaklan's body but he couldn't reach him as they were standing far away from each other.

As the body of the wild man with the black robe turns into grey dust, Kadaklan's body also turns into a silver light and disappears. Leaving more questions for Ludger (Renneshia) as their words only make him more confused.

"Hey, boy! Are you alright? Can you hear me?" Hudson touched his shoulder and snapped to him that he was being watched by the other five right now.

'I almost forgot about them when Kadaklan said my fate became unclear. Is it related to my memories of my past life? No, I need to stop thinking about it right now.'

Slap!

Ludger slaps his own face with his hands to clear his mind. It makes Ludger's cheeks become red. But the people around him were really surprised by his sudden act.

"Teacher, why do you slap yourself? Do you need some holy potion? Do you really get cursed by that black robe person?" Favian quickly rushed to Ludger's direction and asked him with a worried face.

"I'm alright. I just want to keep myself awake. I just feel really sleepy after I realize that this undead problem is finally over. Although we still need to find the companion of that black robe man." Ludger said while stopping Favian who wanted to hug him as he spun his body to behind him.

"Ugh!" Favian who loses Ludger falls.

"I have warned you before to not do something like that again. For now, I only avoid you but next time I will definitely shoot you with my magic." Ludger said while glaring at Favian.

"Are you really alright?" Someone hugs Ludger from behind while asking in a flat tone.

Ludger turned his head and saw the beautiful blonde hair. Ludger could smell a flower scent as the blonde hair touched his nose.

"Umm..., Miss Elviira, why do you hug me?" Ludger is confused at Elviira's sudden act.

"You have a better smell than us. Touching you like this calms me down for some reason. And thank you for saving us this time. Good boy, good boy." Elviira said while patting Ludger's head.

"Ohoo! This is something rare for Viira to touch someone she just met for the first time. But Boy, how are you able to do that?" Alvera asks with a curious face.

"I also want to be able to get that kind of treatment even at least only from one woman. I really need to diligently learn from him." Einar mutters something in a small voice.

"So, what should we do next? He has disappeared so we didn't have any clue about his friends. Do you got any clue when you defeat him, Boy?" Hudson said as he looked at Ludger.

"Do you know somewhere save to talk about it? We still don't know about where his group hiding. So we need to find a place for us to discuss about it with the people we are able to trust. But it would be better if we told fewer people. So let's go somewhere we are able to talk." Ludger said while he was hugged and patted by Elviira so it didn't look serious like what he was talking about.

"Then let's go to my office in the adventurer guild. The room was a soundproof room because we needed to use it when some important people needed to have a secret request or there was something like an item or report that would cause some trouble. So we should have to go to my office now." Hudson said as they led them back to the adventurer guild.

All of them went to the adventurer guild as they saw the beautiful sunset sky as if it was a painting or maybe because they felt relief after facing such a dangerous encounter. They are tired after fighting all the undead in the cemetery.

When they arrived at the adventurer guild, they were greeted by Hugo who waiting for them. He just wants to gather some mercenaries to go with him to the cemetery but luckily they have arrived before he sends his servant to the mercenary guild.

"You are finally coming back! If you are late for about an hour later, I might be gathering some mercenary groups to go there..." Hugo wants to tell them about what he will do but it was cut by Hudson.

"Shut up and you need to go with us." Hudson said as he dragged Hugo to his office.

Seven people gather in the Guild Master room. They did not say anything until Hudson activated all of the barriers in that room. After Hudson activated all of the barriers and magic tools in that room to make sure no one would be able to hear what they were going to say.

"Alright Boy, you should tell us what happened at that time. And after that, we need to think about how we should stop that group from doing something similar in the future." Hudson urges Ludger to explain everything that happened before.

"About that...to tell the truth, my eyes seem to be able to see the soul of the dead person. That's why I could see the soul that was captured by the black robe man. At first, I didn't think it was the soul of people in the cemetery because they didn't look like a person. But when I saw the first Duke Kadaklan's soul, it was the same as his body. When I used the holy fire magic, the bindings in his soul were being released and I suddenly heard someone talking directly in my mind. I was really surprised when the voice introduced himself as The First Duke Kadaklan. Then he asked me to lend my body so he would be able to defeat the black robe man." Ludger tells them about what happened in their fight (with some fake story) in the cemetery.

"Wait for a moment. You mean that you are being possessed by the First Duke Kadaklan and it was not you who defeated him?!" Einar rais his hand and ask.

"Wait, please tell me what happened from the beginning. I can't understand anything about the things that you are saying. And why suddenly do you talk about the First Duke Kadaklan? I don't know what kind of crazy story it was." Hugo also cut their conversation because he had a hard time understanding what Ludger was explaining right now.

"Right, you are the only one that stays here to get more people later. To make the summary about what we were doing after we entered the cemetery, we were ambushed by undead hordes. Someone created a curse to turn the corpses in the cemetery into an undead horde. When we find the culprit, he turns the First Duke Kadaklan's corpse into an undead. And we have a hard time fighting against it. But then suddenly Teacher uses a strange power to defeat the culprit and we are able to get back here alive." Favian made a summary of what happened.

"I understand now about what happened. Then did something happen after the First Duke Kadaklan borrowed Master Ludger's body?" Hugo asked and turned his head in Ludger's direction.

"Ummm, about that...I only heard that they are the followers of the God of Chaos. And they are actually an undead. They are different from the usual undead and they cannot be defeated by normal ways like other undead." Ludger continues his explanation.

"Huh?! He was an undead! Why did he look like someone alive???" Alvera was surprised by the fact that the black robe man was an undead.

"That's right, he was a special undead that was unable to be defeated by normal methods. And they were able to hide their identity as an undead so it was hard to differentiate them from someone alive." Ludger nodded his head and continues his explanation.

"That black robe man...I think I have met him before...I am just able to see a glimpse of his face before he turns into dust. That's right! I have met him that time when we needed to join the force with the mercenary guild. Could it be they were hiding themselves as member of the guild?" Elviira suddenly remembered that she had seen the black robe man before.

When they hear Elviira's words, they realise how big this news is. If the undead are able to hide their identity as undead and act as normal living people, they might be able to join the guild and get an important role in the guild. Then they might be able to create more conflict between the guilds and cause more death before turning their corpse as an undead.

"Then is there any way to differentiate them? And you say that we can't defeat it with normal methods. So could we find someone who can use that silver light?" Alvera asks with a confused face as she feels how grave the current situation is.

"I am unable to do it. This time we were lucky because the First Duke Kadaklan was there to help us with his power. I don't know how we should defeat that black robe group later if we meet with them later." Ludger explains with a grave expression.

"Then should I ask the current Duke Kadaklan to get his help with this case?" Hudson asks with a serious expression.

"Before you meet with the Duke, I need to tell everyone in this room about how we tell the other except for Duke Kadaklan. We need to talk about it because it might cause us to be their target. I don't want to put the people around me in danger." Ludger said with a troubled expression.