I BECAME A SKULL IN ANOTHER WORLD WITH THE LABYRINTH MASTER'S WORK.
CHAPTER 18: THE SMALL TOWN
"Shelf!".
The Zombie Warrior's fist stopped right in front of the tiger's human leader's face, if the voice was too late even if it was only a second then the tiger's human leader's face would definitely be beaten to shreds.
The tiger man leader was sweating coldly, all this time he had fought several times against the enemy but he had never been this close to death.
The tiger leader turned his head to look at the origin of the voice that could stop this Zombie Warrior, when discovering that the one who spoke was Elos with Riona then he was a little confused "Human? No, is it a living corpse?".
The new Elos who was about to walk towards the Zombie Warrior immediately stopped, during his time in Hiam City then there had never been anyone who could find out the identity of his. Even Porte who was the guild leader of rank 8 was completely unable to realize that he was an undead, therefore Elos was greatly shocked towards this rank 9 tiger man who could tell his identity.
Slowly Elos' face turned cold "How do you know that I am the undead?".
Sensing Elos' cold gaze, the tiger-man leader broke out in cold sweat again due to the pressure from Elos' eyes that frightened him "Master, misunderstand me! My name is Tegir of the tiger human race! We of the half-animal human race generally have ears or noses sharper than humans, so I can tell the scent of the undead from your body so I can figure it out".
Hearing this, Elos slightly raised his eyes, he only learned that animal humans can have such sharp noses. Moreover, this gave him new information that even though his body shape had changed into a human with the help of a robe, but he still had the scent of an undead. He knew he had to be more careful in the future.
Elos nodded before asking again "Are you scared? After all, the undead are something very cruel, right?".
Tegir shook his head as quickly as possible "No, we are different from the humans! The undead do have the element of darkness, but that doesn't mean they're all evil. This is just like any other human or race, there will be evil and good. So why be afraid just because someone is an undead? Not to mention that master has stopped this Zombie from killing me, if master is not a good person then master will definitely let him kill me".
"You trust others too easily" said Elos smiling.
Then he walked towards the Zombie Warrior and patted him on the shoulder "Very great, even enemies can't destroy your defenses".
The Zombie Warrior held his head a little embarrassed, but he was really happy because Elos appreciated his abilities.
Elos had to admit that the Zombie Warrior could not move quickly, but he at least had a very strong strength and defense. Even the claws of 5 rank 9 people could not deal him any fatal injuries at all, this showed just how formidable their defensive power was.
Tegir who was on the other side stepped forward with his 5 soldiers "Master, thank you for not killing me. If you don't mind, are you interested in coming with me back to the city? I'll take you to a big meal as a token of gratitude".
"Leader, we mustn't take anyone else to-" said the 4 soldiers behind him in a panic.
But Tegir raised his hand to stop them from speaking more "I am not an ungrateful person, this master did not kill us which is a kindness, it should have been for me to repay him".
4 The soldier decided to keep quiet, they knew that if Tegir had already determined then no one could change his mind anymore except his father.
"Is the city near here?", said Elos a little surprised, he never thought that Tegir himself would take him to the city.
"No need to call me sir, my name is Elos. Alright, then you can take us to your city" said Elos who looked at Riona before agreeing, Riona has been deprived of water for 2 days so they now desperately need water.
"Mr Elos can follow us" said Tegir who began to take them.
Tegir is a person who talks a lot, in the middle of the journey then he always tells about himself or the city where he lives.
According to Tegir, Elos knew that he was the son of the mayor. In addition, not all animal humans join each other, they do live in the barren land together but they live separately.
Despite having few sources of water and food, the tiger-man city has always suffered from shortages. Every year, people die from hunger or lack of water, though tiger man is the strongest animal human group number 2 in the barren land that makes their city location is the best number 2 also in the barren city.
Under Tegir's unrelenting story, they finally arrived at the tiger-man city without realizing the slightest time.
Although it is called a city, the tiger-man city has a size that is quite small in the absence of a city wall. Even their size was smaller than Hiam City, but slightly larger than the villages.
"This is our city, Tiger Man City! Over time, the number of people in the city has decreased due to lack of food. Therefore, the size of the city is becoming smaller as well. In the days of my grandfather's grandfather, the city had a population of 5000 people while there were currently only 500 inhabitants" Tegir said with sadness.
At first they were stopped by the tiger man guards when it came to the city, but with Tegir's help they were able to get through the guard without any problems.
Tegir lets his soldiers back on guard before taking Elos, Riona and the Zombie Warrior to his house, the mayor's house.
On the streets of Tiger Man City, Elos could find children who had thin bodies. Not just children, but adults here all have thin bodies.
Elos also realized that even Tegir's body was a little thin, even though he was the mayor's son who should get the most food here.
"Sister Tegir" said the children around who hugged Tegir excitedly.
Tegir held the children's heads gently "You go first, big brother Tegir today has some guests and can't accompany you to play".
"Well!", the children nodded while looking at Elos curiously, then they went back to playing.
Not just children, the adult tiger humans bowed respectfully to Tegir and said kindly "Young master Tegir".
Based on the faces of these residents, Elos can see that they really respect Tegir, not because he is the mayor's son.
When they reached the biggest house in the city, a screaming voice came from the house "Loin, are you crazy? You're working with those humans? Don't you feel ashamed when the ancestors learn of your actions?".
