The mush on the theatre floor was cleaned in mere seconds by the system. The monsters would respawn after clearing the dungeon. At least that's how it worked in his previous life. Now that they had shelter, at least.
"Sh*t Ki, don't ever turn against us again. That was exhausting!" Hiro complained.
"It wasn't on purpose." Kiro threw his hands in the air as if to surrender.
He slouched on the only seat that was available in the building. Others gave him dirty looks for this, they didn't claim the chair under the impression that, since they would fight over it none should get it. But Kiro was oblivious to their unspoken agreement.
"So what was it like, being brainless and taken over?" Ishaan asked that with an air of confidence and mock.
"Need I remind you, I scored better than you in the exams?" Kiro shot back with a smirk.
Ishaan clicked his tongue. Kiro admired his newfound courage and battle prowess. He thought it was too bad they didn't have true blood potions, so he could also be a guardian.
"The system, it said this was one of many, so what's our way forward?" Nikolai prodded.
"We obviously hit them all until the last boss shows itself." Hiro answered him absentmindedly.
Kiro agreed. But he also needed a bit of rest, so they didn't immediately go searching for these undead bases.
As tired as he was, he didn't make the mistake of letting Ishaan cook their food this time. He did it himself, he didn't quite trust the rest to be any better than him either. So to avoid eating less than appetising food, he did it himself.
After a few hours, they decided to head out. Buildings moved, so Kiro ordered Kel and the spectres to scout from the top and guide them from there.
It wasn't long until they ran into ghouls. Unlike the zombies they weren't restricted by bindings on the door. They just stood there, in the middle of the street, as if waiting for them to be found out.
Ding!
[You've encountered aimless ghouls. They walk around the town, with no particular goal in mind. They are extremely dangerous.]
He could predict their every move through vibrations which made the fight less fun. He didn't even need to use Ryu, and Kel was on vacation. He wasn't fast enough to keep up with them and go for kills.
"That's alright Kel, you'll get your shot eventually. Don't be so depressed, you're killing my mood."
They didn't have a deep bond as Kiro reserved his main mount spot for Hubris, even though they were realms apart. He still could slightly feel what he felt.
Ding!
[You've defeated ghouls and angered the boss a little more. He vows to cut you up and sew you back together, making you a new species of undeads.]
"That's not a bad idea actually. I'd like to meet this boss and cut him up myself." Felix murmered.
The undeads didn't have a chance against their strength. The more they fought together the well coordinated they became. One could've sworn they could communicate somehow, but they just used their skills to judge situations better.
Kiro felt like they were ready to take Asgard by storm. So he started recording the dungeon run.
They encountered banshees, nightwalkers and more wraiths would show themselves occasionally. Kiro started to feel like an A ranked dungeon wasn't so special after all. But it wasn't like the dungeon was weak, they were just that strong.
"Well, I suppose the boss is in that big mansion." Ishaan commented as they walked towards it.
They hadn't taken a single break since the movie theatre. That's how easy they had it with the rest of the monsters.
Luckily, none of the undeads that they encountered had the ability to bite and infect them. Of course they didn't defeat them completely unscathed. They had at worst, bruises all over.
They entered the dark mansion. No lights were on, but they could see nonetheless. It wasn't as sophisticated as the castle in beginner's village, there was a hall with a single chair inside of it.
There was a silhouette of a man sitting on it. Drinking what seemed to be tea to them.
"You've killed every single one of my children, for that you shall pay and act as their replacement." The ominous voice sounded throughout the room.