Mutated Goblin Individual? A Trap Prepared

He followed his usual route. Aside from the normal birdcalls, there was little movement from ordinary beasts in the forest.

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"It's a little quiet."

Tang Zheng removed the waterskin from his hand, hung it back at his waist, and listened carefully to the sounds around him.

His expression unchanged, he continued forward.

Now that he was certain he was being watched, he naturally needed to be more alert to changes in his surroundings.

Huh?

Tang Zheng's ears suddenly twitched. There was movement!

That direction—northwest?

Tang Zheng pondered this, but his feet never stopped moving. He turned and approached the direction from which the sound had come.

As he drew closer, the sound became clearer. It was the roar of a beast, mixed with the howls of Goblins.

Very soon!

A large number of Goblins appeared in Tang Zheng's field of vision.

With one sweep of his eyes,

he saw that there were more than twenty Goblins!

At that moment, those twenty-plus Goblins were surrounding and attacking a huge Black bear.

"Roar!"

The Black bear opened its bloody maw and tore into a Goblin.

The bloody scene not only failed to scare off the numerous Goblins around it, but instead seemed to awaken their ferocity.

They all shouted and shrieked as they continuously hurled crude weapons—and even stones—at the Black bear.

After suffering nearly half their number in casualties, the blood-soaked Black bear finally collapsed to the ground!

The remaining Goblins excitedly lifted the Black bear and carried it toward the depths of the forest.

The Goblin corpses left on the ground were casually dragged away by the other Goblins, who returned with them as well.

The companions who had just hunted the Black bear together were now nothing more than food in the eyes of the surviving Goblins.

Tang Zheng stood behind a large tree with his arms crossed, watching the direction in which the Goblins gradually disappeared. A cold smile suddenly appeared at the corner of his mouth.

The direction in which the Goblins had gone clearly led to a Goblin settlement.

"Is this the trap they've been preparing for several days?"

"They're actually using the same kind of trap?" The corner of Tang Zheng's eye twitched.

How could he not understand now? The previous ambush by six Trolls had clearly happened because he had inadvertently been lured into a trap.

And now they were using the same method again.

Tang Zheng felt that he might have overestimated the intelligence of that Mutated Goblin Individual.

However!

The fact that it could influence Trolls—that special Goblin Individual—made Tang Zheng extremely interested.

"I haven't noticed anything all this time. How cautious."

"If I don't make the other side completely let down its guard, it probably won't reveal any flaws." Tang Zheng slightly raised his head, then followed the group of Goblins.

As he gradually went deeper,

a somewhat dilapidated Goblin settlement indeed appeared ahead.

Tang Zheng's attention was not on the Goblin settlement, but on the terrain of the area.

The terrain on both sides was clearly higher, which also caused the trees on the left and right to be noticeably taller and larger than those in the other areas.

The two raised hills formed a narrow passage along the route the Goblins were taking, shaped like a sunken gourd, with the Goblin settlement situated inside.

"They chose a good location."

"They're having these Goblins lure me into terrain like this. Once I'm surrounded, escaping as easily as last time will be difficult."

"No... that's not entirely right."

Tang Zheng pretended not to notice anything and continued forward expressionlessly. "With the intelligence of ordinary Goblins, they clearly can't cooperate to carry out something as complicated as this 'act.'"

"Are they planning to sacrifice this Goblin settlement? How ruthless."

Tang Zheng's gaze turned cold, and he let out a low, chilling laugh.

"Come to think of it, I still haven't completely adapted to this world. Humans aren't the only ones with intelligence."

"Some Demi-human races are no less intelligent than humans. Treating them as creatures with little intelligence is bound to make me suffer."

"I need to change my mindset. I've subconsciously overlooked the fact that humans count as a disadvantaged group in this world."

Tang Zheng gently shook his head and muttered to himself.

Ever since entering the Great Forest of Tob, he had actually been traveling eastward the entire time.

Once they figured out the general direction he was traveling in, it would be easy to set up arrangements along the road behind him. That was something he had failed to consider at first.

Of course, the greater reason was that the forest environment was too complicated. It was best to keep moving in a fixed direction to avoid getting lost.

Behind him!

The figure that had been trailing Tang Zheng from far away cautiously poked its head out from the bushes.

Watching Tang Zheng enter the narrow forest passage, the green cheeks of the figure—tense and somewhat timid—slowly relaxed.

That human was too strong.

The powerful Trolls had been cleaved in half by a single slash from him. It had never seen strength like that before.

It had seen humans fight Trolls before, but usually several humans had to work together to kill a powerful Troll.

"Damn human!"

"You killed so many of our children. You dared to enter the Great Forest alone? I absolutely... absolutely will make you pay with your life!"

The green figure crouched on the ground, its voice slightly shrill as it muttered in a low voice, its tone filled with anger and resentment while it clenched its fists.

If Tang Zheng had heard this Goblin speaking at that moment, he would certainly have been astonished.

Under the Goblin's watchful gaze, Tang Zheng had completely entered the narrow forest passage. Excitement and a bloodthirsty light immediately appeared in its tiny black pupils.

Its timid emotions faded away.

The Goblin completely relaxed, rose from the ground, and followed him inside.

It had to watch this human die at the hands of numerous Trolls.

His flesh must be delicious.

The Goblin thought of the food Tang Zheng ate every morning, which gave off a distinctive sweet fragrance, and could not help licking the drool from the corner of its mouth.

Meanwhile,

Tang Zheng advanced at an unhurried pace. When he reached roughly the halfway point of the narrow forest passage, he suddenly stopped.

Since the other side had been secretly following him all this time, now that it saw him enter the prepared trap, it must have let down its guard.

Then—

Without the slightest hesitation!

Tang Zheng abruptly turned around and sprang into motion.

This time, he did not care at all about causing a commotion. He spun around at full strength and dashed toward the rear, his eyes fixed intently on the forest behind him.

At the same time!

"I see you!" Tang Zheng suddenly shouted.

Buzz—

Discovered 1st Tier magic "Camouflage," requiring a Spellcaster level of 1–7. Current conditions satisfied.

Would you like to spend 1 Skill Point to learn it?

Found you!

When Tang Zheng saw the information refreshed on the Status Board, the corners of his mouth curled upward.