Grom shouted, The chattering discussions among the surrounding Goblin onlookers abruptly fell silent.
The entire scene was deathly quiet.
Mite's eyes widened as he stared at Grom in disbelief. Fear rapidly appeared on his face, and he staggered backward.
Babayak was equally shocked, unable to believe that Grom dared to say something so presumptuous to Li Yun.
He was a high-level monster, a powerful Greater Demon!
Where had Elder Grom gotten the confidence to claim that those five ghost spirits had never conducted a soul search?
And to say that this had been a scam fabricated by Li Yun from beginning to end?
Could Elder Grom have been possessed by the Holy Lord of Pride?
Glargong, the guard captain, wore an especially complicated expression, utterly taken aback by the turn of events.
He had a secret agreement with Elder Grom, and the other two Goblin elders knew about it as well.
Its purpose was to obtain Babayak's miraculous Compass.
According to the original plan, once Glargong obtained Babayak's Compass, he was supposed to join forces with the three Goblin elders and put on an act to claim it for themselves.
Then, after the heat died down, they would secretly hand it over to Grom.
That way, the elders could preserve their prestige within the settlement while obtaining what they wanted.
The only price was that Glargong had to suffer a little and bear the infamy as the Goblin guard captain.
Glargong had done this sort of thing plenty of times before, so he was used to it.
After all, once they succeeded, the three Goblin elders would not shortchange him.
But this time, Elder Grom had completely gone off-script, and directly stolen the Compass Glargong had only just obtained!
He clearly wanted to kill the donkey after it had turned