Is My Wheat That Explosive?

He Xi's consciousness broke free from the darkness, the intense dizziness slightly subsiding.

He opened his eyes, and what greeted him was Baron Ul and the guards' desperate resistance, moving as if in slow motion.

Under the effect of the [Slow Technique], every sword swing and thrust they made was more difficult.

The goblins, like a tireless tide, surged forward wave after wave, tearing at their crumbling defenses!

"Damn it..." He Xi's heart sank to the bottom. "We were so close..."

"If only we hadn't been hit by this damned Slow Technique... or if I had a little more magic..."

His gaze subconsciously swept across the battlefield, searching for a turning point.

Suddenly! His sight locked onto a brown figure agilely weaving between the slow-moving crowd and the goblins—Bruce!

It hadn't been hit by the [Slow Technique].

Its four legs still leaped and dodged nimbly, and from time to time, it would sneak in a bite at a goblin's ankle, creating opportunities for the guards.

"If it's Bruce!"

He Xi's gaze fixed on Bruce.

Bruce seemed to sense something, and it suddenly looked back, its dog eyes meeting He Xi's gaze.

He Xi couldn't speak, nor could he. He gestured to it.

Target—the spire of the bell tower!

Bruce understood the hope in He Xi's eyes.

Their bond needed no words!

It stopped engaging with the surrounding goblins, its body arching sharply, and it shot out like an arrow released from a bow!

Its movements were astonishingly fast! Using all four paws, it climbed rapidly up the rough, craggy slope of the stone spire, as if running on flat ground.

"Not good!"

A memory from his past life struck He Xi like lightning—a memory about sound!

He immediately began frantically gesturing to Baron Ul and the guards.

Cover your ears.

Baron Ul didn't understand why, but seeing He Xi's almost ferocious expression and his pointing gesture towards Bruce, he instantly understood something.

He also immediately made the motion of covering his ears.

The guards, having long trusted He Xi, promptly covered their ears tightly.

Under the moonlight, between the eerie mud doll swaying in the wind and the tip of the stone spire... there was a heart-stopping distance.

Bruce leaped from the top of the stone spire using its momentum!

It sliced through the silent night sky!

With pinpoint accuracy, it bit down on the mud doll's head.

Its sharp canine teeth instantly pierced through the rough clay.

Then, it violently shook its head!

"CRASH!"

The mud doll's head shattered and turned to dust!

The long, black hair covering the doll's head lost its anchor and fluttered in the night wind.

The moment the mud doll shattered!

Buzzzzz--!

Buzzzzz--!!

Buzzzzz--!!!

A roaring sound instantly swept through the entire Plint Town!

Even though He Xi covered his ears, the sharp buzzing still caused a stinging pain in his ears.

From absolute silence, it instantly switched to deafening clamor!

He Xi's mind was filled with only one absurd thought:

"This... this damn..."

"It's just like that idiot in my past life who could never adjust his mic when playing games!"

"Every time we teamed up, his side was either dead silent, or suddenly he'd shout:

'Hello?! Hello?! Can you hear me?! Is my mic blown out?!'"

And now, the entire Plint Town was experiencing this extreme "blown mic" sensation!

For the goblins, whose hearing far surpassed humans, this sudden change in sound pressure was a devastating disaster!

"Guao--!!!"

"Gaaahhh--!!!"

Piercing screams that distorted into a wail instantly echoed through the heavens.

All the goblins in the plaza were seen clutching their ears in agony.

They rolled on the ground, convulsing.

The intense pain overshadowed the berserk spell cast by the shaman.

Bruce landed lightly on the stone ledge of the bell tower's arch window, shook his slightly dizzy head, and looked down at the goblin horde churning like boiling water in the plaza. He thought, Good thing I was far away!

A moment later, Baron Ul and the guards lowered their hands from their ears.

The sounds of the world returned. Though their ears were still ringing, they could at least communicate with each other.

"Now's our chance, kill these surrounding ones!" Baron Ul gave his long-suppressed order.

The guards' spirits soared!

While the surrounding goblins were still immersed in immense pain, they fought fiercely to eliminate the goblins near them.

"Captain Kadan! I can hear again!"

At a cellar entrance, a young guard shouted excitedly.

Guard Captain Kadan, a burly middle-aged man, nodded.

When the chaos of the goblin invasion and a deathly silence descended simultaneously, it was he who, relying on his battlefield intuition and courage, quickly gathered the surviving guards and townsfolk.

They split into two teams, hiding in two adjacent, sturdy cellars.

The air in the cellars was foul, and the darkness and silent fear gnawed at everyone's nerves like venomous snakes.

But Kadan remained calm.

Not long ago, he had keenly noticed the number of goblins surrounding their cellar decreasing, and immediately realized—the Lord was leading people to break in!

At this moment, hearing the deafening roars outside and the goblins' howls, Kadan knew it was time to fight back!

"Open the cellar door!" Kadan's voice was steady and powerful. "Lads! Grab your weapons! The Lord is in the plaza! Follow me out! Let's drive those green-skinned scum out of Plint!"

"Kill!!!"

The long-suppressed fear instantly transformed into boundless rage! The surviving guards and the strong townsfolk roared, grabbing any weapons they could find—swords, spears, pitchforks, even kitchen knives and wooden clubs!

Kadan took the lead, guiding the tide of vengeance straight towards the bell tower plaza, where the goblins were most densely packed.

His eyes immediately fell upon Baron Ul and He Xi, surrounded by goblins and fighting valiantly in the center of the plaza!

He also saw the purplish-red figure in the bell tower's shadow—the goblin shaman!

"You go support the Lord!" Kadan's voice boomed like thunder. "That purple-skinned bastard—leave him to me!"

Before he finished speaking!

Kadan's leg muscles tensed instantly!

Charge!

His figure became an arrow loosed from a bowstring. Unable to directly attack the shaman, he used a regular goblin blocking his path as a springboard!

"Roar--!!!"

A Roar like that of a lion erupted from Kadan's mouth!

The invisible sound waves struck the eardrums of the surrounding goblins like heavy hammers!

The goblins, who had just recovered from the "blast wave" pain, were instantly thrown into a state of dizziness again, swaying as if drunk.

Kadan didn't even look, kicking the dazed goblin in front of him away.

He had only one target—the goblin shaman!

"Die!!!"

Kadan's fine steel sword, carrying a piercing shriek as it tore through the air, chopped down towards the panicked shaman!

The goblin shaman was terrified out of its wits! It instinctively raised the bone staff in its hand, attempting to block!

"Crack!"

A crisp sound!

The bone staff snapped!

Kadan's sword momentum was blocked, slightly faltering!

The goblin shaman, using this force, tumbled backward like a startled rabbit!

"Gaglopp!" (Stop him!)

The surrounding goblins, having just recovered from their dizziness, immediately roared and lunged at Kadan.

Kadan swung his sword in a horizontal sweep, cutting down two, but more goblins surged forward, temporarily blocking his pursuit!

Meanwhile, He Xi's gaze had long been fixed on the battle. While dodging the grunts, he quietly moved towards the Shaman.

His magic had recovered a little over half during the brief respite.

Seeing the Goblin Shaman fall in a sorry state, just as it tried to scramble up and flee!

"I've waited all night for this moment!"

He raised his hand!

Earth Spike Technique!

Squelch!

A sharp stone spike shot out from the ground beneath the Goblin Shaman!

It instantly pierced its hunched body.

The Goblin Shaman's body stiffened abruptly!

Its two points of eerie green light stared intently in He Xi's direction, filled with malice and disbelief!

Immediately, the light rapidly dimmed.

Its head lolled to the side, and it fell completely silent.

[Earth Spike Technique Proficiency +3, (8/10)]

In the plaza, the Goblins, having lost their Shaman's command and berserk buffs, finally collapsed completely under the pincer attack from Kadan, Baron Ul, and the others.

They shrieked and scattered like headless flies.

In the night sky above Plint Town, shouts of battle and cries of agony mingled.