The Dragon Soul Forging

43. Conspiracies

The house looks magnificent like a Mansion, the spacious courtyard of the house was used as a refuge.

Although now the city walls have been built wider to make many people's homes around become safer.

But there were still many citizens who did not want to leave the Mansion area because they were still afraid of monster attacks.

“Isn't this place pretty neatly organized.” Budi stared at the evacuation area inside the courtyard of a luxurious house that was so clean and well maintained.

It was very different from the evacuation outside the walls of a very messy house, where trash like animal bones were scattered along the way.

“That's because I don't want to see my house dirty and also today there is a celebration.” reply Yuki who is none other than the owner of this luxury house.

Budi again remembered the luxurious house in the residential complex where he lived. The house also belonged to Yuki's parents. 'How rich Yuki's parents are to have two Luxury Houses that look so expensive.

Budi's attention was again diverted when he saw the refugees in the interior of the house welcoming their arrival.

The refugees looked different from what Budi had seen before, those who had taken refuge here looked like rich people with luxurious looks. It makes Budi think that the refugees in this place are special for the rich.

“They provide a lot of help by providing food supplies and equipment. Therefore they deserve special treatment.” said Yuki who seemed to be able to read Budi's mind.

“So it seems, I get it.”

The rich people in this place have used their wealth to help the refugees, in return they have a decent and safe place.

Upon entering the Mansion, we were greeted by the large number of people who seemed to be busy with their computers. On the inside of this house looks more like a corporate office compared to the Luxury House that you can see outside.

Some people immediately approached Yuni, they were like employees approaching their boss to report something. Raya looked with admiration at her friend who still had the energy to work even though she had just returned home after hunting.

Not wanting to disturb Yuki, Raya took us to the back of the house. No less like the inside, the back of the Mansion was also very crowded with workers who were cooking.

This place has become a soup kitchen that cooks for thousands of refugees every day, but today it is even more crowded than usual because there will be a celebration.

“Mother is helping with cooking, let me call.” said Raya who was about to go call her mother. But immediately stopped the girl.

“No, I don't want his job interrupted.” Budi said if not in a hurry so can meet with the mother Kingdom after the work is finished.

“So.” Raya looks disappointed.

“The smell of cooking is very good, it makes me very hungry. How can I get food here?.” asked Budi. Hearing that Raya returned excited as if getting an idea.

“Eating the night in about an hour. I invited you to eat with us.”

“Sure I will definitely come.” Budi happily accepted the dinner offer from Raya. After that Raya went to join the volunteers to help cook.

Since there was nothing else to do, Budi followed Rohid to the part where the flesh was processed. The place was like a meat market, there were countless corpses of rabbits and large rats piling up. All of them result from the hunting done by the citizens.

“Kak Budi yakali want to help?.” Rohid was unsure of Budi's offer of help due to the young man's incomplete physical condition.

But after seeing Budi's unique way of demolition, Rohid was speechless, and so were the magicians in that place. They were very surprised when Budi was so expert at using his knife to skin the corpse of an animal with just one hand.

After an hour passed, everyone who worked in the kitchen finally took a break. Raya called her sister and took the dogs and horses to dinner together.

***

Gofar, mayor of Sawi. From the window the fat man stared at the food-sharing activities outside the Mansion. “Damn the leeches, how dare they eat so quietly in this place.” he looks unhappy when he sees the refugees get food.

Behind Gofar, Hendry ate his dinner in the form of rabbit meat with great pleasure.

The mayor is currently distressed as his influence begins to decline, his own citizens no longer obey him. It all started when the beginning of the monster disaster, the residents who had difficulty getting food suffered so much.

Aid from the government as much as he keeps to himself, while the rest is given to the citizens which certainly will not be enough for everyone.

In the end, the people suffered from famine. Gofar, who saw it, was very happy because he felt like a God who could determine who he would save and who he would make suffer.

But that moment of success did not last long. One month after the monster disaster, people began to find out if monster meat was safe to consume, leaving hungry people to start hunting for food.

At first Gofar did not take it too seriously, because he believed that ordinary citizens could not possibly defeat extremely vicious and dangerous monsters. The assumption of Gofar is evidenced by many people killed by monster attacks while hunting.

But suddenly two girls appeared who were very disturbing.

“Those damn girls!.” Gofar's hand gripped so tightly, he was furious when he recalled how his power began to decline.

Raya and Yuki, hunting monsters in large numbers, they did that to share with the citizens. Seeing how strong the two girls made a lot of citizens who went hunting with them.

As a result, the longer the influence of the two was getting stronger while the Mayor himself had lost the trust of the community. Now that no one cared about the fat man, only a few people with interests alone were still beside him.

One of them is Hendry who is the leader of the Red Dagger Gang.

“What do you think after seeing the two hunting, do you think you have a chance to kill them?.” Gofar asked Hendry.

Hendry did not answer. The man had just finished his meal, he was like a noble at least that's how he thought when calmly wiping the leftovers in his mouth.

“It will be difficult, the girl named Raya has such a keen instinct.”

Hendry who had been hunting with Raya had seen how the two girls had fought. His goal was not to learn the skills of Raya and Yuki, but Hendry's real goal was for him to know their weaknesses.

“Raya has strong intuition, she can know the existence of monsters within twenty meters range. It will be very difficult to ambush him.” said Hendry while drinking red wine so elegantly.

Seeing Gofar only showed a disgusted face. ‘See this rat, he thinks he can behave like a noble.’ In Gofar's memory he only remembered that there was only one noble who behaved like a nation, the original owner of the Mansion where he lives today.

“I don't care about the girl named Raya, all you need to do is kill the son of the owner of this house, Yuki Hartanto. If he dies then nothing else can stop me from choosing this house. And if that happens then my power as Mayor will return.” a big smile is clearly visible on Gofar's face.

With the treasure possessed by him, Gofar thought he could live comfortably in this mansion.

“Sounds very profitable. Did I also get the equivalent result?.” Ask Hendry.

“Ahahaha... Of course, I will pay your hard work in due respect, plus you can freely do anything in this city as long as I become Mayor.”

“That, very interesting.”

The two smiled widely, they shook hands as a sign of cooperation agreement. Suddenly though...

Jem!

“Ghaak..”. Gofar suddenly felt a tremendous pain in his stomach.

Instantly the smile disappeared from Gofar's face, while not with Hendry.

“Ke... why?.” asked Gofar who was aware of having been stabbed by the leader of the Red Dagger Gang.

“Ah... I forgot to tell you if I am also interested in becoming Mayor.” swipe Hendry. Gofar's body was helplessly sprawled with blood flowing.

Hendry cleaned the blood-stained dagger and tidied his clothes like a noble who wanted to meet an important person. He looked so relaxed as he left the room as if nothing had happened inside.

“Well let's talk about sharing things with miss Yuki.”

The festive atmosphere immediately felt Hendry as he opened the exit, a party was being held at the Mansion.