Volume 2, Chapter 62 – The Undead Grand Duke’s Request

“……”

Speechless. No matter how you looked at it, even after learning the other identity of the Undead Grand Duke Sargus before her, Tianyin still didn’t know what to say for a moment.

Greed.

The other identity of the Undead Grand Duke Sargus, one of the Seven Deadly Sins.

To be honest, Tianyin had never once imagined that the Undead Grand Duke Sargus would turn out to be Greed. The main issue was that she couldn’t see anything greedy about him at all. On the contrary, he appeared calm and rational, even to an extreme degree.

“Are you really Greed? One of the Seven Deadly Sins?”

Tianyin once again sought confirmation.

Sargus merely nodded in response.

“That’s right. I am Greed. So now, Tianyin, you should be able to tell me your thoughts about the future of the Graveyard, shouldn’t you?”

The future of the Graveyard?

Now that she thought about it, this was already the third time Sargus had pressed her with the same question. She still didn’t understand why he was so persistent about it.

But what Tianyin did know was that since he was asking so insistently, she needed to give him an answer.

Then… the future of the Graveyard…

Tianyin’s mind began recalling all the information she had learned about the Graveyard.

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Although she wasn’t sure about the current situation of the Graveyard in the outside world, she could instinctively feel that the Graveyard was at its most glorious and powerful peak right now.

“As of now…”

Thinking that, Tianyin slowly began to speak.

“As of now, I think that with the Graveyard’s current combat power, there’s no faction among the Eight Great Factions that can stand on equal footing with it.”

That was a fairly standard assessment. If she were to exaggerate a bit more, she could say that the Graveyard alone could crush any single faction with ease, hold its own against two without much trouble, and only start feeling pressure when facing three at once.

From what Tianyin knew, and judging by the Graveyard’s rising momentum, its overwhelming strength was obvious to anyone with eyes. It was no wonder that nearly half the players in the game had chosen to join the Graveyard faction. After all, if you could feast with the Graveyard, why settle for sipping soup with the others?

It was a simple truth.

“Strong… as of now?”

After hearing Tianyin’s words, Sargus gave a faint, self-deprecating smile.

“You said, ‘as of now’?”

“Mm… yes, as of now, the Graveyard really is powerful. I don’t know exactly what makes it strong, but I do know that at its current rate, it’s only a matter of time before it dominates the entire Main World…”

“Dominate the Main World, huh?”

Sargus let out a low chuckle.

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“But that’s only a future you can foresee based on the current state of things, isn’t it? Honestly, I too have long believed that if things go according to my plan, the Graveyard becoming the ruler of the Main World is only a matter of time. But, success comes from time… and failure too.”

After saying that inexplicable line, Sargus’s voice quieted once again.

“So then, Tianyin, what do you think my Graveyard should do for its future?”

Yes. The leader of the undead of the Graveyard, Sargus, was asking a little girl for advice on the future of his domain.

No matter how you looked at it, it was an absurd situation, wasn’t it?

“Eh? But, but I… I don’t know what to do! I…”

The problem was, Tianyin really didn’t know what to do. If it was about acting cute or being silly, she was quite good at that, but thinking through complex problems like this was far too much for her.

Sargus looked at the bewildered and panicked Tianyin before him and couldn’t help but reveal a gentle smile.

“It’s fine. I knew you wouldn’t have an answer. In truth, I only wanted to see what kind of existence you were… but I didn’t expect that you would also possess the power of the Seven Original Sins.”

“However, since I’ve discovered that you are one of the Seven Original Sins, my original plan to simply hear your thoughts has changed.”

Tianyin was dumbfounded.

“Wuu… then, what do you want to do?”

“I just want to ask a favor of you. When the time comes, I hope you’ll help me.”

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Sargus’s voice echoed softly. It was only then that Tianyin realized Sargus had slightly bowed to her.

The movement wasn’t large, but for a being at the very pinnacle of the world, a Throne-class existence, to lower himself in a bow, the matter he was requesting must be of extreme importance…

For a moment, Tianyin didn’t know what to say. Precisely because she understood the weight of such an act, she stood there in stunned silence, watching Sargus bow before her.

“Surprised, aren’t you? But, as the price for your help, I can send you and your companions into the Graveyard’s territory. And from now on, in future wars, I will restrain my Graveyard generals from causing you any trouble…”

“Wuu… I see… I see…”

Although such conditions were indeed tempting, Tianyin still wanted to know why Sargus, the mighty Undead Grand Duke, would suddenly offer her such terms.

“Why are you doing this? Can you tell me the reason…?”

“The reason?”

Upon hearing her question, for the first time, Sargus’s face showed an expression of helplessness.

“You may not have noticed, but I think you’ve already felt it, haven’t you?”

“Felt it? Eh? Felt what?”

“On the surface, the Graveyard seems powerful, powerful enough that with enough time, it could flatten the entire Main World.”

“But… you must understand, because of that potential, not only you, but the leaders and rulers of the other factions can see it too.”

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As soon as he finished speaking, a possibility immediately came to Tianyin’s mind.

“You mean… the remaining seven factions will unite?”

“Correct. But that won’t happen just yet. Even if they’ve seen the Graveyard’s potential, that alone isn’t enough to make them unite.”

Sargus sighed lightly.

“Because of the differences in each faction’s position, and because we haven’t taken the initiative to provoke them, they currently have no reason to cast aside their barriers and unite against me. However… that’s exactly where the problem lies…”

As he spoke, Sargus’s voice grew hoarse.

“For now, we haven’t provoked them, so they have no reason to join forces. But I know… the day when the seven factions unite against us is fast approaching…”

“Eh… why, why do you say that?”

Tianyin still didn’t understand why Sargus would say such a thing.

“This brings us to the origin of my Graveyard… In truth, from the very beginning, there was no such faction as the Graveyard in this world, nor was there such a race as the undead.”

“Every being still alive in the Graveyard, including myself… are all existences who once struggled on the border between life and death, born from the desire for vengeance against the living…”