Fugan watched from the nearby hillside. For the sake of his image in the other man's eyes, Xia Nan naturally could not allow his inner desires to run wild. To be honest, ever since Barracuda Bay to Salt Rock Port, he had indeed been rather pent-up.
The tedious, dreary life at sea went without saying. After finally swimming to the port, he discovered that the Barbarians who had agreed to meet him there had already left ahead of schedule, forcing him to set off again shortly after a brief rest in town.
In order to make good time, even when he encountered Goblin settlements along the way, he had mostly just charged through and cut them down in passing, never properly making use of them or savoring the experience.
The suppressed wildfire in his heart only burned ever hotter.
Now that he had finally come across a Goblin settlement of such scale, it was like a lost traveler in the desert finding an oasis. He should have been able to indulge himself here.
Yet because of the presence of an observer, he was forced to restrain himself.
He felt truly stifled.
But Xia Nan had always handled pressure well. He was disciplined enough to distinguish what mattered most.
He knew that demonstrating his abilities through actual combat before the Barbarian Fugan, allowing the other man to observe his shortcomings, was what mattered most right now.
So, relying on an iron-like willpower beyond ordinary imagination, he forcibly suppressed the desires in his heart and brought his focus back to the battle itself.
He had a clear understanding of his own strength and never acted recklessly out of misplaced confidence.
Even though he was facing the all-too-familiar Goblinoids, Xia Nan still maintained a relatively cautious mindset. Before the battle officially began, he