Something Feels Off

The Goddess Priestess and the others looked doubtfully at Lin Yun as he walked towards the chair made of bones, only to see him suddenly extend his foot and kick it.

"D20+2=17, Hit." Hmm, speaking of which, even destroying an item requires a hit. This is because you need to strike the most structurally sound or the weakest point. It's like hitting a rectangular table; anyone would know the center is the easiest to hit, but you insist on hitting the legs. Well, horizontal chops don't count.

In short, destroying an item requires a hit, and then it depends on the item's hardness. Only when the damage dealt exceeds the item's hardness can it be destroyed. This bone chair was clearly very unstable.

Therefore, even damage as low as "1+2=3" would be enough to shatter the bone chair. After the bone chair was shattered, the wooden board behind it was revealed. It turned out that a hidden passage was concealed behind the bone chair.

Previously, the bone chair had almost completely blocked this hidden passage, which was much shorter than the other ones. Inside this hidden passage, a small wooden door blocked the way. What Lin Yun had just seen was the wooden board of this small door.

"Wait here and help me open the door. I need to get ready," Lin Yun called out to the young warrior.

"Huh? What is this..." The young warrior clearly hadn't caught up yet and asked in confusion.

"Before you ask, do what you need to do," Lin Yun said directly. He then held his shield, ready, while in his other hand, he held a mace, likely dropped by one of the player adventurers. Lin Yun knew exactly what needed to be done next.

If possible, he didn't want to tarnish his Lantern Staff. Lin Yun always had peculiar cleanliness habits in certain areas...

Seeing Lin Yun's actions, the young warrior, knowing it wasn't safe inside, quickly became serious. He moved to Lin Yun's side, waiting for Lin Yun's nod before yanking the wooden door open.

Inside, at least twenty Goblin cubs were huddled together, trembling. It could be said that once these Goblin cubs grew up, this Goblin tribe would likely become the overlords of the nearby area.

The original work didn't mention so many... No, that's not right. The anime and manga probably didn't depict them, but the novel might be different. Lin Yun couldn't quite recall the specific details from the novel. After all, it cost money, and there was no need to draw too many. So, the anime and manga probably just conveyed the general idea.

Inside, there were also various weapons and equipment. Although they were all made of stone, the most important thing was the power to arm them. The place was practically filled with food.

It was clear that even if the Goblin Shaman died and Lin Yun and his group cleared the cave, if this sanctuary wasn't discovered, a new tribe would eventually re-emerge.

"This is..." The Goddess Priestess looked at the Goblin cubs inside with surprise, realizing what Lin Yun intended to do. Just as he was about to act, a Goblin cub suddenly darted out from a blind spot and threw a cloud of unknown powder at Lin Yun and the young warrior.

"D20-2=14, Saving Throw Success." Lin Yun's reaction was swift. Although Goblin Slayer wasn't ambushed in the original work, Lin Yun didn't dare to trust the plot, especially with the noticeably larger Giant Goblin and at least four or five additional elite Goblins.

Because he was mentally prepared, he reacted immediately, raising his shield, closing his eyes, and holding his breath, as he couldn't rule out the possibility of it being poison powder.

"Waaah, my eyes!" Unlike Lin Yun, who was prepared, the young warrior couldn't help but let his guard down when he saw the Goblin cub, and was hit in the eyes with the powder. Clutching his eyes, he instinctively stumbled backward.

Meanwhile, feeling that the time was right, Lin Yun squinted his eyes slightly but continued to hold his breath. He then charged in with the mace in hand.

These were just Goblin cubs, after all. Although they had ambushed Lin Yun and the others, they were still just that. They had planned to escape in the chaos, thinking that once they dealt with the easiest target, the male, it would be easy to handle the foolish females with their overflowing sympathy.

But facing Lin Yun, who was already prepared... Lin Yun charged forward as if he had activated a berserk mode, smashing one after another. Some of them might not have died instantly, but with Lin Yun's mace, they were basically half-dead.

It wasn't that they didn't want to resist, but they hadn't grown yet. Their stone weapons were still a challenge for Lin Yun, whose AC had dropped to 16 after his Shield of Faith spell had expired. In fact, it was difficult for them to even lift their weapons.

Among them, there were Goblin cubs who wanted to bypass Lin Yun and rush outside.

However, the Goddess Priestess might have been too merciful, but the Female Fighter, who resolutely supported Lin Yun, beat them half to death. Well, since the Female Fighter was a girl, fighting and killing wasn't good, so beating them half to death was sufficient...

In this way, Lin Yun killed a total of 26 Goblin cubs. From one perspective, one had to wonder if this modified Goblin tribe was too terrifying, or if Lin Yun was too terrifying.

Looking at Lin Yun, covered in blood, the Goddess Priestess unconsciously took a step back.

The 26 Goblin cubs provided Lin Yun with varying amounts of experience. Perhaps due to their growth stages, they varied in size. In any case, after killing all these Goblin cubs, Lin Yun gained another 350 experience points in one go. On average, each Goblin cub gave over ten experience points. This was strange, as they shouldn't have given any experience at all, right?

But never mind, at least this time, Lin Yun finally gained enough experience to level up. Congratulations, congratulations.

In fact, after this slaughter, yes, it could only be called a slaughter.

After this slaughter, Lin Yun's mind felt somewhat hazy. Although he had been in fierce battles before, those were just fights. At most, they involved some medical expenses, and some even disdained such expenses.

Basically, no one would die. But today, Lin Yun had taken so many lives. This was truly quite strange.

Lin Yun shook his head and looked out from his blood-soaked helmet. The young warrior was covering his eyes on the side... No one was paying attention to him.

Of the remaining three girls, the female Magician had run off to vomit. As for the Goddess Priestess, she looked at Lin Yun with fear and seemed close to vomiting herself. However, the Female Fighter looked at Lin Yun with concern, which made Lin Yun feel a little better.

He remembered that in the original work, this Female Fighter was apparently gang-raped by a horde of Goblins, which became a severe psychological trauma for her. Although the anime only mentioned sending the girl home, and she no longer participated in adventures, according to what Lin Yun knew, this girl later committed suicide.

And now... at least she was alive, wasn't she?

Thinking of this, Lin Yun felt a little better. At least the young warrior and the female Magician were still alive, weren't they?

Taking a deep breath, Lin Yun felt the smell of blood filling his nostrils and almost gagged. However, Lin Yun finally managed to endure it and shifted his attention to leveling up.

Priest leveled up to level 2. Hmm, there wasn't much improvement. If anything, he just had more HP. Perhaps because he received too much at level 1, there wasn't much to give at level 2. Oh, right, and he gained an additional first-level spell slot. Ah, no, it should be a divine spell slot.

Then, according to the rules, HP was determined by dice rolls. The Priest's hit die was D8, so...

"D8=8"?????? Lin Yun stared blankly at the data above. What... what kind of operation was this? Had he finally reached the European server? A D8 hit die rolled an 8 HP. Amazing! Or was it the all-knowing, all-powerful Eye of Omniscience that bestowed such destiny upon me? Thank you so much, I'm about to kneel.

After rolling for HP, it was time to add the Constitution modifier. Lin Yun's Constitution modifier was 4, so it was 12 doubled, as it was a full HP roll from an "European Emperor" hit die, making it 24.

He felt like he was on an irreversible path to becoming a tank.

Hmm, at this moment, Lin Yun suddenly felt something... but he couldn't quite articulate what it was. After thinking for a moment, Lin Yun tried to observe the situation more closely.

"D20+2+3=21, Success."

And in that instant, Lin Yun felt as if his head was being forcibly twisted, yet his gaze seemed to naturally shift. A black iron glove was thrown into a corner.

Lin Yun looked at the item with some curiosity and then, after a moment's thought, cast a Detect Magic spell ritually. He saw a magical aura emanating from it, visible only to him. Then, according to...

"D20+2=15, Success." According to the knowledge that suddenly appeared in Lin Yun's mind, this was a protective magic aura. And judging by its strength, although it was only a low-level magic item, it was indeed a magic item.

Lin Yun examined it carefully. Although it looked black, part of it was its original material, and the other part was due to dirt, as this was a Goblin lair. Goblins only liked things that looked impressive, and this glove looked black.

It had a metal mesh and ceramic inside, which seemed to offer good protection. However, Lin Yun didn't immediately put it on. Instead, he took it out and said to everyone, "There's a glove here with a magic aura. It should be a magic glove."

He couldn't help it. Silent was a lawful neutral person, and he was also a true "noble." While Lin Yun could pocket such an item, Silent couldn't.