The Dark Forest covered an area many times larger than the Twilight Rainforest. More than a hundred mercenaries entered it together, but before long, the various teams had moved away from one another and scattered apart.
Yet they all shared the same destination: the depths of the Dark Forest. Since the incident had begun with the Blood Orchid deep within the Dark Forest, even though a three-star mercenary had already obtained it, the overwhelming majority of mercenaries believed the investigation should begin in the forest's depths.
Diya and the others happened to think the same. After reaching a unanimous decision, they set off together to investigate the depths of the Dark Forest. Diya himself harbored a yearning—this incident was rather mysterious, and he hoped it had been caused by a Hell Fragment. If so, he might be able to obtain another Hell Fragment.
"The Dark Forest is goblin territory. There are also some first-level Magic Beasts living here, as well as a small number of second-level ones. I haven't heard of any third-level Magic Beasts," Biki said, counting on her fingers.
"Goblins are disgusting things." The fat man wore a look of utter disgust, and Biki and Linda had the same expressions, seemingly quite repulsed by goblins. Diya, however, had read an introduction about them before. Goblins were not humans, yet they could not be considered Magic Beasts either. They were a kind of creature that wandered beyond the fringes of humanity.
Goblins were a communal race of creatures. They were not very strong, but it was said that they were cunning and united, with an exceptionally strong possessive streak. They liked human women, and whatever caught their eye, they would move heaven and earth to obtain—provided, of course, it lay within the bounds of their strength.
An individual goblin's