Shiro: The Secret Hero
141. Request

Shiro left the corpse of the Giant Cyclops lying just on the ground, he then approached Ume who was currently being guarded by Unseen.

"Waw, cool. You look so strong, you can beat that ugly monster so easily."

Shiro saw Ume's eyes sparkling, he praised her prowess. Shiro smiled shyly hearing that, but since he was wearing a robe, Ume could not see Shiro's current expression.

"Obviously, this is normal. How're you? still tired?" ask Shiro.

"No, I'm better, look at this."

Ume stood up and skipped on the spot, signaling that he was already full of energy.

"Good, looks like you can go back alone."

Hearing Shiro's words, Ume was surprised, "What do you mean?"

"That's... It's dangerous here, so it's better to get out of the gate or find someplace to hide."

Shiro's answer made Ume speechless, it was true that it was very dangerous here. But he was reluctant to leave.

"What about you?" ask Ume.

"I ? I'll continue exploring and finishing this Gate."

"Can I come with you?" Ume pinta.

"No, it's dangerous." Shiro refuses Ume's request.

"Please, until I find my friends. Can ya?" Ume tried to plead with Shiro.

Shiro thought for a while and nodded, "Okay, fine, but I'll see your friend. Looks like your four friends weren't too far from here."

"Ehh, I don't mean them. But your other friend."

This time, Shiro was confused by Ume's words. "Whatchu mean? They're not your friends?"

"No, Uh Yes. Uh gini I mean, they're my friends too, but I want to find my other friend."

Hearing Ume's reply, Shiro understood. "Oh, so where's your other friend?"

"Okay, I don't know either. We split up earlier to split up the team, separate those ugly monsters."

Shiro scratched his head, he was confused.

"It's not better to wait for your friends outside the Gate to be safer. They'll definitely be back there."

"It's bad, but..."

This time, Ume was silent. There was no more reason he could make.

Seeing Ume's strange behavior, Shiro can guess that there is something Ume is hiding from him.

Shiro took out his Katana and wiped the bloodstains on his blade.

"So, actually, what do you want?"

Seeing Shiro, Ume became horrified. He tells Shiro what he wants.

Ume tells Shiro that they originally numbered 50. Their team was confident that they could defeat the Giant Cyclops because the Giant Cyclops defense was quite weak and the attack was quite slow. They planned to reduce the mobility of the Giant Cyclops and kill him.

But what they did not think, it turned out that Giant Cyclops had a remote area skill to control rocks and soil.

Their team was destroyed. Only 10 of them escaped. But one by one they sacrifice themselves in the middle of the journey and try to delay time. Of the 10 people, 5 people were left including him.

From there, Ume intends to follow Shiro to collect the bodies of his teammates. With Shiro accompanying her, she would feel safe.

Hearing Ume's story, Shiro finally understood. He was also initially surprised to hear that 40 out of 50 people could be slaughtered easily by the Giant Cyclops.

In his personal opinion, Giant Cyclops was extremely weak. It was easy to kill him. But considering they were just ordinary heroes, Shiropun was able to understand him.

"Then, how many Giant Cyclops do you know in this Gate?" ask Shiro.

"About 10, but we managed to kill 2, and you killed 1, so maybe the remaining 7."

Ume opened her mouth wanting to answer, but she thought, if she told her location, the black-robed man would definitely go alone and leave her alone.

"I'll drive you."

Hearing Ume's reply, Shiro sighed softly, as if he could not lie to the woman in front of him.

"Alright, alright. Show me the way."

Hearing Shiro's reply, Ume was excited. He wanted to embrace Shiro, but he abandoned his intentions.

Shiro kept his katana back and said to Ume: "Before that, let's take care of the corpse of this Giant Cyclops."

Ume nodded, and Shiro approached the corpse of the Giant Cyclops. They began to dissect and cut the body of the Giant Cyclops for the precious material to take.

However, Shiro frowned after sorting out the ingredients. Because, there was nothing useful other than the Crystal Core.

The skin of Giant Cyclops looked thin. His nails and claws were not as strong as the daggers in his storage room. At most his eyes seemed useful, but because the only eyes of Giant Cyclops he cut, so he could not use.

The teeth of the Giant Cyclops were pretty good, but it smelled like Shiro and Ume couldn't stand it. I don't know what this Giant Cyclops ate in his lifetime. But Shiro thinks that during his life, Giant Cyclops always eat dirt.

"This crystal is mine, the rest is up to you."

Ume nodded, he only took out the hooves and claws of the Giant Cyclops.

"Have you?" ask Shiro.

Ume nodded, then He led the way, "Follow me."

Shiro followed Ume, not forgetting to whistle to call the Twin White Tiger that was wandering not far from there.

The arrival of the White Tiger figure made Ume wary, but after remembering he had seen Shiro give orders to the White Tiger, so he became relieved.

The Twin White Tiger came back and turned into a Pair of Kerambit that Shiro was in his grasp.

Ume was not surprised by it, there were many amazing things that he had seen so far. He continues to lead the way.

The journey felt long, Shiro was upset. If he had gone alone, he might have gone far. He regretted agreeing to Ume's request. It was better for him to search for himself at his speed than to move slowly like this.

But everything has happened, regret is still regret, he does not want to lick his own saliva.

"Huh..."

Shiro sighed softly then took out the Twin White Tiger back.

The Twin White Tiger was thrown at Shiro so it turned back into a White Tiger.

"You ride this White Tiger, let our journey be faster."

Hearing Shiro's words, Ume realized that he was just a burden. There was a little guilt in his heart. He obeyed Shiro without a word.

"AAUUMM~"

The Twin White Tiger roared and immediately galloped following Ume's direction.

Shiro followed behind while being constantly on guard with his surroundings.

The journey became faster, they finally arrived in the first place.

Ume ordered them to stop, as he saw a patch of blood still slightly inundated, followed by a shard of armor not far from there.

Ume knew that this was the armor his teammate had worn that sacrificed himself before him.

After searching around there, Ume and Shiro did not find any signs of the former fight or any traces of escape. They also concluded that teammate Ume, had been eaten by Giant Cyclops.

Ume's tears welled up, he gathered the fragments of his friend's armor.

Then Ume was surprised by what he found behind a fragment of his friend's armor.

"What's this?"