As the sounds of chaos outside grew louder, Mu You knew he could not afford to drag this out any longer.
After a moment's thought, he crept over to a clump of grass beside the stone wall and used it to summon a Wooden Doppelganger.
Then he ordered the doppelganger to circle partway around and run toward the Tomb from another direction. Pretending not to notice the Troll Berserker, it charged straight within ten meters of the Tomb.
"Roar!"
The Berserker guarding the grave in the distance immediately opened his eyes. Holding a massive axe, he roared at the doppelganger, seemingly warning it not to approach, but still made no move to pursue it.
"He won't fall for even that?"
Mu You was stunned. Wasn't this Troll a little too levelheaded?
Left with no choice, Mu You decided to go all the way. He had the doppelganger pick up a stone and throw it across-not at the Troll, but at the gravestone beside him.
The stone struck the gravestone without doing any damage, but this disrespectful act finally succeeded in enraging the Troll.
"Roar!!"
The Troll Berserker bellowed, his eyes bloodshot, and charged after it with his great axe.
Mu You hurriedly controlled the doppelganger to flee, drawing the Troll Berserker away, then had it sprint desperately through the tunnels, leading him as far away as possible.
Meanwhile, Mu You himself rolled lightly up to the Tomb and placed the spirit shrine atop the grave as quickly as he could.
As the Magic Circle took shape, the spirit shrine began absorbing the remains again, and a notification appeared in Mu You's mind.
[Absorbing remains. Estimated completion in 299 seconds...]
"Huh?"
Mu You froze, almost thinking he had misread it. He checked carefully again, and it really was 299 seconds-a full