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Clishya who had been helping people run away from the town when the battle unfolded, finally found the time to enter the town, as she found hundreds of skeletons walking around the town, rocks that moved by themselves as they reattached to the ruins with the help of these very skeletons, and a humanoid figure made entirely out of shadows that commanded them…

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If she has not seen the people not panicking by seeing these creatures, she had most likely tried to kill these monsters or run away.

"What is going on? Why are these Skeletons… helping reconstruct the whole town?!" asked Clishya in shock.

"These are the servants of the Hero, young girl!" said a woman.

"The Hero's friends, they are helping us reconstruct our home!" said a little boy.

"He even revived our people…"

"How wonderful…"

"We have been saved after such a terrible situation…"

"This s truly the will of Abraddon-sama and Thineas-sama…"

Clishya glanced at the people as they began to pray while seeing their homes being reconstructed, as she could not help but wonder who was this "Hero" that people spoke about.

She walked into the center of the town, finding this Hero…

And his face…

His gentle smile.

And also, his mysterious aura.

Clishya had also missed him a lot… She had many things she wanted to say to him, she wanted to know him better too, to interact more with him, to become his friend… and perhaps even something else.

But everything was shattered when he fell into a slumber… for months and months…

Thankfully, she was not left hopeless, as Gwendolyn and her family accepted them in their group and slowly revealed them several secrets, as she learned the truth of the boy she had fallen in love with…

The many things he had gone through and all of his experiences and that he came from another world, all of that…

But instead of feeling overwhelmed, instead of not wanting to be involved with such a person with a dangerous life… she strived forward.

She wanted to one day be at his side too!

Even if she could only offer a tiny bit of assistance… Clishya desired to be at Frank's side, and someday to also protect him…

Such a selfish desire…

And as she grew stronger even without the System to assist her, she waited… for him to one day wake up.

And now, here he was… the Hero himself was Frank.

She began to cry hopelessly as she ran towards him.

"Ah! Frank-kun! You are back!"

"Ah, Clishya?" asked Frank, recognizing the adorable frog-kin girl.

Bump!

Using her strong legs, Clishya jumped towards Frank and hugged him tightly!

"Ugh?!"

Frank was drowned into Clishya's breasts, as he fell to the ground due to her weight.

"Frank-kuuuun! I missed youuu!" cried Clishya, as she used her tongue to lick Frank's face.

"Clishya, I did miss you too… But why do you have to lick me so much?" asked Frank while feeling overwhelmed, as Clishya realized that she was doing something quite lewd, and immediately jumped off Frank's torso.

"S-Sorry!" she cried, as she kneeled.

"You don't need to kneel either, please stand up," said Frank.

"Frank… It is nice to hear your voice once more…" said Clishya, with a warm smile, as Frank hugged her.

"I am also happy to see you again. Everyone told me that you have been training hard with them… Good job helping the people evacuate. I will gladly accept you in the Monarchs of Unity too if you even want to," said Frank.

"Eh?! Your Adventurer Party?! An… official member?! ME?!" asked Clishya.

"Of course, Clishya, why not?" asked Frank gently.

"A-Ah! Sure thing! Yes! I'd love to be…!" said Clishya with enamored eyes, she was resisting the impulses of licking Frank's face again…

Frank, Clishya, and the rest of the party then decided to walk back to their home, as Frank left an 'All-Seeing Shadow Eye', a powerful spell that used the Overseeing Light Eye Skill combined with his magic, generating a larger floating eye that could merge with the night and observe everything, transmitting such things to Frank as if it were a camera.

Also, Frank left what he called as a 'Graveyard Totem', which was created purely with magic and Ultimate Magic, generating a large grave made of dirt and infusing it with a lot of Mana, which connected with his direction, like this, the Skeletons, the Shadow Clone, and even the Golems could be supplied with his Mana in larger quantities, although they were already connected to his soul, this made things faster.

"Ah, there are a lot of people that haven't see you in a while! They were all within the forest… I should have called them, but that monster… everything happened too fast.." sighed Kamei.

"Oh? You mean…?" asked Frank, as he and his group reached Gwendolyn's home…

Suddenly, he glanced at the side of the house that led towards the large forest behind, and saw many figures emerging from the forest!

"Wait… those are…!"

A large pale-skinned man, whose skin was almost blue due to how pale and cold it was, his entire body was almost covered in dark armor, and his helmet was shaped like a skull, mounting over a phantasmal horse covered in the same dark armor… although Frank could barely recognize him due to how strong he had grown while he slept, this was Nezhit, the first Undead he had ever raised!

"My lord… It is a pleasure to see that you are back. Everyone has dearly missed you, especially the army," said Nezhit.

Suddenly, another figure at the side of Nezhit appeared, resembling a beautiful and slender pale-white-skinned woman, her height was still almost the same as before, but her entire presence was stronger, similar to Nezhit. She wore a special set of light armor that was completely black, covering her face with a skull-shaped mask while having several knives spread all over her body in black belts, her slender legs were also tightly wrapped by belts that contained all kinds of small weapons, she was Zero, Frank's second Undead.

"M-My lord is back… This fills my heart with happiness…" she said, as she touched her chest while her large breasts bounced.

However, alongside them, a large army of Undead marched outside of the forest, large Undead monsters, Goblins, Giant Goblins, Goblin Warriors, and more, all of them had evolved through these months and become way stronger than before, amassing to Frank's strength!

"Everyone… It is also nice to meet all of you! …And what is up with that? Did you guys seriously managed to hide such a big army in the forest?!" asked Frank.

"Well, we also had the underground area you opened for us, so we often went there at day," said Nezhit.

Flash.

"Indeed, my lord, may we now unite once more with your shadow? It has been a while, I want to be connected with you once more…" said Zero with needy eyes.

"Eh? Really?" asked Frank.

"Yes… Also, may I hug you, my lord?" asked Zero.

"Hug? Sure thing…" said Frank, as he was embraced by Zero's slender arms… He did not expect an Undead to be this mellow, but it seemed that she indeed missed him.

"Ah, such warmness…" muttered Zero, as she rubbed her face over Frank's neck…

"O-Oi! Zero, stop! D-Do not get so close with nii-sama! I-I haven't even hugged him this much!" said Kamei.

"My lord, may I hug you as well?" asked Nezhit, as he extended his enormous, log-like arms covered in sharp black armor.

"Eh? No, wait! Agh!" cried Frank, as he was hugged by literally every Undead, even the most grotesque of chimeric Undead made by many body parts was being affectionate, it seemed that his charisma towards the Death had become even larger… or perhaps they simply already loved him.

After the mellow exchange of affection, Frank extended his shadows, which seemed to be the beloved place of rest for his Undead, as all of them began to march inside one by one…

"That should be it, right?" asked Kamei while pouting.

"No, I believe there is another group coming! Don't you remember them, Frank?" asked Gwendolyn, as Frank noticed yet another group coming from the other side of the forest.

"Grawr!"

A large, over five meters tall, red-scaled dragon, in the form of a giant catfish emerged from the forest, walking with its large legs as it opened its gigantic mouth!

"W-What is that?! …Eh?" asked Frank, as he thought it was a new type of monster or something, however, the giant catfish-like red-scaled dragon extended its large tongue, beginning to lick Frank's entire body.

"This…" muttered Frank.

"Graoo!"

"Ruby!" said Frank, as he extended his arms and hugged the large dragon… somehow, Ruby had turned into this… thing!

"What happened to you? You got so big! But why do you even look like a giant catfish?!" asked Frank.

"That's what she became after evolving, without you we thought that they wouldn't be able to evolve… but they did, somehow, without you, they became somewhat independent. And evolved on their own after reaching their level cap," said Gwendolyn.

"I am so happy to see you, Ruby…" said Frank, although she had changed, Ruby was still Ruby.

As if telling him to not forgive them, more creatures emerged from the forest!

"Roar!"

An enormous serpentine dragon covered in golden scales, possessing a large head with sharp fangs and a long white mane, gigantic coral-like horns made of pure gold, and tiny arms that held yellow crystal balls emerged, its entire aura releasing thunder and electricity!

"Oh?! Zhulong, you are immense now!" said Frank, glaring at the handsome Zhulong who floated in midair, roaring at him and then… entangling him with his tail, as Zhulong began to lick Frank's entire face.

"I-I see that you missed me too…" laughed Frank.

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