The Dragon Soul Forging

45. Mother Raya?

Raya is a perfect figure. In addition to having a beautiful face, she is also strong. People believe that the young girl is the strongest human in the city of Sawi.

The assumption began when Raya who was looking for herbs to cure her mother who suffered an infection due to a large rat bite.

The place where the magical herbs grew was around the Dungeon, it made Raya have to fight against many monsters in order to find the herbs she was looking for.

Day after day Raya goes hunting with Yuki. They do all the tricks taught by the Goblin Factory account which is very effective in defeating lower level monsters.

The first day both got ten rats and a few rabbits, the second day of their hunt increased to twenty, then every day their prey increased more and more as they became stronger.

Until finally both of them felt no need for monster meat anymore after realizing the number of monsters they had hunted.

Because it does not want to throw away the meat of monsters that have been sucked in hunting. They also chose to share it with people in need.

Although initially residents were not sure if monster meat could be eaten. But after trying it because of hunger so severe, they also know if certain monster meat is safe to consume.

Then from there every day Raya and Yuki distributed free meat to the residents. But it was not expected that the act had a positive impact on Raya's efforts to find herbs for her mother.

More and more people are admiring them for the generosity they have done. As a result, more and more people want to hunt with Raya and Yuki.

A Team that originally consisted of only two girls, but the longer the Team grew bigger until finally the number of members of the Hunting Team had reached almost a thousand members.

The number of members even more than the Red Dagger Genk members and the Police personnel made the social status of Raya and Yuki rise even more, to surpass the Mayor himself.

Until now even though Raya has got what she wants, namely finding herbs for her mother. But the girl did not show it would stop hunting.

Raya wants the residents to be stronger in order to defend themselves from monster attacks, thinking it certainly craves a variety of reactions.

The Citizens who have helped Raya, certainly support the idea of Raya to continue hunting monsters and strengthen the citizens.

While the party who refused was the Red Dagger Gang, the Police and of course the Mayor himself. They reasoned that it would be very dangerous if ordinary citizens continued to be made stronger because it could cause greater chaos from monster disasters.

But since the Red Dagger gang is a bunch of rioters make whatever they say goes unanswered.

Similarly, the police and the Mayor, the credibility of both has long been questioned, and what happened during the month after the Outbreak occurred made them increasingly lose public trust.

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Budi was dragged back by Raya to meet her mother. The young man did not refuse, he knew the figure of the mother Kingdom well because it had often been helped by the woman.

I remember often getting food from my neighbors. 'I still vividly remember how delicious the cuisine he made.’ Unlike the Kingdom that always pricked her like a demon, the woman actually helped Budi like an angel.

On the second floor of the mother Kingdom, Madam Yuniar Sanjaya accompanied by her youngest child Rohid awaits the arrival of Budi.

‘She is a bit different to the one I remember.’ thought Budi when he saw the mother Kingdom who now has white hair color due to the effects of a large rat infection, he said, Budi also bleached his hair first but after a few months his hair returned to normal.

But in addition to the sign that turned white, the woman with the two children also looked younger. There are no wrinkles on the face as you remember.

Even if Raya does not allow her as her mother, Budi will not recognize her because it is so different from the angel-hearted woman he remembers.

“That's no big deal, let's just say it's a reply because of the kindness of Ms. Yuniar who has helped me a lot.” Budi reply.

“Ah, so it seems. I didn't expect Nak Budi to still remember my name, because what I heard you were bad at this.”

Hearing the words of Madam Yuniar made Budi remember the incident this afternoon. Perhaps this woman thought Budi would not recognize her because Raya or Rohid told her.

Then they talked about the lives that each lived for the past few months. Madam Yuniar is very concerned about Budi's incomplete body state, it makes Budi happy because someone gave him attention.

For a few hours he was in a city with many humans. Budi never once felt the empathy of those who had met him.

Everyone who saw him always showed a face of disgust and not infrequently they gave a painful scorn.

Although Budi is aware that most of the ridicule and mockery that he can be said to be close to the two most influential girls in Sawi City.

But still the attention given by Mrs Yuniar means a lot to Budi.

“Thank you, I really appreciate your concern.”

Budi continued to pay attention to Ms. Yuniar while she was telling stories about her experiences while in the refugee camp, most of which she lived in the tent because of severe illness due to infection from a large mouse attack.

“It can be said I was lucky because Raya got a prescription medicine to cure that infection. I am very grateful to anyone who has shared a prescription for the drug.”

Ms. Yuniar thanked the Goblin Factory account owner who had distributed the prescription drugs to cure the big rat infection. The owner of the account is Budi himself.

“Yes of course, many people who thank my owner for being helped like a mother.” said Raya while winking one eye at Budi.

But it just makes Budi feel threatened, ‘Did he think to blackmail me?.’. currently besides Jek the goblin and Tohir the Dwarf. Only Raya and Yuki know the identity of the Goblin Factory account owner is none other than Budi.

Budi deliberately hid his identity because he did not want himself to be the target of people who want the knowledge he has. Especially he did not want to dispose of Tohir who was a hunted magic weapon forger due to his extremely outstanding skill.

***

The event was lively, Yuki led the party by saying the vision of the mission that he will do in the future. The girl of Indonesian Japanese blood expressed her intention to form an army that would be tasked to storm the Dungeon.

The idea was certainly getting opposition from some people who reasoned that the monsters around the Dungeon were still too strong to be handled by the residents who had hunted with the Kingdom.

But Yuki was sure that his plan would work.

“What makes Miss Yuki so sure?.” asked Ridwan who represents people who think pessimistically.

“Hem.” Yuki smiled. His gaze was fixed on Budi who was watching from the top floor. That makes Budi very anxious

“That's because we're new we just got a really big help.” Yuki's statement made an uproar in the main hall. Everyone asked what kind of help Yuki meant.

But amidst that curiosity, suddenly an even bigger commotion occurred. It started from the body of the Mayor who fell out of nowhere. The previously festive party atmosphere had now turned so terrifying.