Chapter 113 112. Dead?!

Shane closed his eyes quickly and covered up his nose. His voice muffled as he opened his mouth:

"Don't breath this in."

"I know!" The girl's voice was also muffled. "This should be the Demon Lord. Why not dust and wind if a river can be a monster?"

Shane was also thinking in the same direction. He nodded and swiftly pulled out his weapon without any hesitation. It was good that he possessed something that could control all the elements throughout the world. He was pleased with this kind of situation.

He immediately held the sword with his free hand and raised it in front of his eyes, pointing the tip at the dusty wind in front of him. But it seemed that the dusty monster realized what was happening.

When it saw Shane holding that sword, it immediately stopped making trouble and gathered behind Shane. The monster wouldn't be controlled if the sword tip could no longer aim at it.

It seemed that this demon lord knew about this sword pretty well. Shane narrowed his eyes.

Hah, so the sword of the king of darkness was famous even among mediocre demons. Shane ignored a certain intelligent demon lord and opened his mouth:

"Demon, I order you to stay put and get killed." Shane didn't use his authoritative tone, laced with the power of the king of darkness flooding within his heart.

So the demon lord listening to that voice, scoffed and said, "You have the nerve to order around me, the great demon lord? Very good!!!! Let me show you who's superior!"

Shane sighed. He wanted to give his demon the last chance to repent. Who knew it would ignore his good intentions and turn the table around?

Dust immediately gathered around him, keeping away from the tip of the sword. The dust took the shape of a huge hand as it grabbed Shane's body, squeezing tightly. After that, he heard the demon speaking:

"Now, I'll show you what it means to be arrogant! I won't even give you a chance at making your last wish!"

"Sigh. You demons have always been so unreasonable, aren't you?" Shane put the sword back and immediately pulled out another weapon: Kinslayer. "I'm trying to have good conservation with my opponent, but you've been ignoring me all this time. Why should I still act with utter kindness in my heart?"

After saying this, Shane raised his sword from his free hand and muttered a spell. A burst of electrical energy poured out of the weapon, surrounding the area. Since it wasn't water, Shane didn't fear being electrocuted to death.

The dusty monster screamed at the top of its lung. It almost felt like a thunder sound had echoed throughout the place. By the time it ended, Shane already felt like his ears were bleeding. He wiped the dust off his face and looked at the woman beside him.

She was leaning against a tree leisurely. She raised her head and stared proudly at Shane.

"Are you done?"

"You could have helped me." Shane frowned after seeing this.

The woman sneered. "I don't want to have a partnership with someone so worthless. If you couldn't even handle such a small pest, I would have to reconsider grouping with you."

Such a proud like-peacockwoman, displaying her wings arrogantly and even asking for a fight.

Shane ignored her and glanced around. The dust settled after a while, leaving the barren ground. The only difference was that at the centre of the entire place, a small plant was standing at the centre, creating a vast contrast.

That was the herb he was looking for! He immediately abandoned the woman and rushed toward that herb, bending to the ground. He plucked it up from the ground and stared at the thing for a while. It almost looked like wild weeds with some round white flowers at the tip. In no way could he imagine this thing was special.

He sighed, put it in his inventory, and turned back, "Let's get out of here."

As soon as he said that, the entire space started shaking badly. "It's going to fall apart!!!"

Shane nodded and pursed his lips. He glanced at the direction of the door and immediately rushed to open it. He didn't want to be stuck in the dungeon without a way out. Since the space was crumbling to dust, he was sure that the first thing that would get affected was perhaps the entrance.

When he touched the door, it was trembling so much that he almost felt it would break apart the next minute. Sure enough, he was right.

He turned to face the woman behind him and said, "We have to get out of here! Quick!"

The woman also said nothing as they pushed open the door and walked out. Before the two of them could realize what was happening, they were spat out of the mouth of the dungeon. When they opened their eyes the next time, they were lying on the ground in the same place.

Shane got up and patted his robes as if he were trying to get rid of excess dust on the surface. Then, without even glancing at the girl, he threw a portion of that herb to the girl and rushed out of there. He quickly made his way to the same cave.

Since the distance to that place was more, it took more than two days for him to reach it. He was happy at this point to be able to have something to save Ed. Dirt's work would be saved, and the robot would finally be able to help him.

He still didn't know how he should continue surviving without any goal in life. He might end up finding a purpose with the help of that robot.

After thinking about it, Shane became even happier. He hummed a tune as he walked closer to the cave. As soon as he saw the entrance of the cave, he smiled. But for some reason, his heart seemed to be nervous.

His intuition echoed something was wrong in his head again and again. Shane frowned as he pursed his lips, but he continued walking onward. Unconsciously, he quickened his pace.

Just as he reached the cave entrance, a strong scent of blood drifted to his nose, making it twitch. He glanced around to find the dead bodies of a few monsters. Dirt and Ed were nowhere to be found.

A bad premonition filled his heart as he pursed his lips and rushed toward the darkest part of the cave. The more he walked, the more his heart fell into the pool of ice.

The entire cave seemed to be empty, devoid of any human touch. The only thing he could consider worthy of his attention was a trail of blood as if someone had just dragged a dead body inside.

It was even darker inside. Shane quickly pulled out a torch as he brightened up the area. Soon enough, when he reached a considerable distance, he noticed an astonishing scene in front of his eyes.

Dirt was leaning against the cave wall, taking slow breaths as his eyes remained half-closed. Beside him was Ed, still lying on the ground with his eyes closed. It was just that the two of them had scary wounds on their bodies.

Shane quickly walked over as he bent, and asked, "What the heck happened to you? Look, I brought the herb. Quickly heal him!"

Dirt let out a chuckle and said in a hoarse voice, "It's too late. Boss's dead."

"What do you mean dead?" All of a sudden, a hint of panic appeared in Shane's heart as he pressed the herb to the robot's hands. "Apply it! We might still have a chance to save him."

"He can't be saved! Do you understand what I'm saying?" Dirt's voice carried a hint of tremor as he said, "Just look at his body. It turned cold long ago when the monsters attacked us for the first time!"

Shane's blood ran cold as he glanced at a familiar bald man. This person was so narcissistic that he would have destroyed everything after witnessing his current surroundings. The cave wasn't clean at all. The stench inside the cave smelled of rotten food and bones, making him feel like puking on the spot.

How could Ed continue lying in such a place without changing his expression?

The second thing Shane noticed was that the man's chest didn't move. Meaning the bald man wasn't breathing at all. So was it true? Did this person really die for real?

Then why the heck did he go all out to collect this herb?

As he continued to stare at the dead body, complicated emotions appeared in Shane's heart. Before he could open his mouth and say something, he heard the robot speaking.

"I also don't have much time. Since my body was close to a human's, I can't live for long after getting injured badly. Since only my boss was capable of restoring me, I can't continue to live after this. Shane, I have something important to give you."

After saying that, right in front of Shane's eyes, Dirt tore apart his chest and plucked out his heart made out of metal. Then he placed it in Shane's hands.