Chapter 46

Back when he had read the association's notes on the White-Haired Goblin guide, Zeliel had agonized over it for quite a while.

Any magic-user they encountered had to be killed quickly.

Sigh.

That was how it was for mages. The moment they appeared on a battlefield, they came with their own taunt aura.

Leaning on its white bone staff, the White-Haired Goblin slowly emerged from the cave. The Orc Goblin at its side stayed close, vigilantly scanning the surroundings.

Zeliel sneered.

Pretty smart. It knew to keep a bodyguard by its side at all times.

Then let's see if that bodyguard can stop us!

After exchanging a glance with Vales, the two understood each other perfectly.

Vales drew his bow and nocked an arrow, beginning to merge his battle aura with the shaft.

Meanwhile, Zeliel raised his white ash staff and began charging Arcane Missile.

Two violent forces brewed within the bushes!

At that moment, the White-Haired Goblin raised its white bone staff as well.

It hopped about in place in an extremely bizarre manner, muttering a string of malicious, curse-like cries.

It was casting a spell too!

As its strange cries rang out, a wave of mental energy filled with negative emotions instantly swept across the battlefield.

Mental magic, Malicious Words!

Marcus, Gray, and Gak felt their minds grow heavy, as if they had been struck hard with a blunt weapon. Even their movements slowed.

Surrounded by enemies, that was a fatal opening.

"Gawaka!" The White-Haired Goblin abruptly pointed its white bone staff at Marcus and the others.

(Kill them!)

The Goblins, already holding the advantage, grew even more excited. The White-Haired Goblin's arrival was like a shot of adrenaline.

Marcus and the others were still suffering the aftereffects of Malicious Words and could not organize an effective defense for the moment. Their situation immediately became dire.

Just then, a swift black figure suddenly cut into the battlefield from the flank.

It was Hill!

She lowered her body and sprinted at high speed, instantly charging into the Goblin horde.

Her twin daggers drew cold, ruthless streaks of light, their blades wrapped in layers of sharp battle aura!

Every Goblin in Hill's path had its throat slit by a fierce horizontal slash. Brilliant sprays of blood burst forth as she headed straight for the White-Haired Goblin!

Such a blatant assassination attempt immediately caught the White-Haired Goblin's attention, and it let out a shrill cry.

"Duluwa!"

(Catch that woman first!)

At the White-Haired Goblin's command, the Goblins preparing to surround Marcus and the others switched targets. Even the two Orc Goblins rushed toward Hill.

"Hmph..."

Hill smiled disdainfully, swept aside her cloak, and fired two round pellets.

"Bang! Bang!"

A large cloud of white smoke instantly erupted around Hill, concealing her figure and leaving the Goblins unable to find their target.

Hill's move greatly reduced the pressure on Marcus's group. They took deep breaths and immediately rallied their minds, breaking free of Malicious Words' effects.

At this very moment, the hidden snipers had also taken position!

Vales released the bowstring.

Thunder Arrow, burst!

Charged with abundant battle aura, Vales's arrow crackled with lightning as it shot toward the White-Haired Goblin with a thunderous roar!

"Whoosh!!!"

Its terrifying destructive power instantly killed three ordinary Goblins blocking its path, blasting their bodies into pieces before striking the bodyguard beside the White-Haired Goblin!

The arrow's remaining force sent it flying to the ground, completely exposing the White-Haired Goblin!

It sharply turned its head, its eyes filled with shock.

The humans had snipers lying in ambush?!

Before the White-Haired Goblin could react, the next wave of attacks came roaring in.

Arcane Missile!

Vales's Thunder Arrow had cleared away the obstacles in its path, leaving Zeliel's Arcane Missile unimpeded.

With nowhere to dodge, the White-Haired Goblin could only watch helplessly as it took the spell head-on!

"Boom!!!"

The explosion of the missile was deafening. Overflowing mana kicked up a massive cloud of dust, twisting the mist into spirals!

A blinding blue light erupted!

Direct hit!

"Bang!!!"

The impact of Arcane Missile seemed to freeze the battlefield. Goblins and adventurers alike stared wide-eyed at the White-Haired Goblin's position.

What... had happened?

The smoke slowly dispersed.

The fur atop the White-Haired Goblin's head fluttered slightly. Its expression remained frozen in that moment of shock, but its lower body was gone.

Yes, completely gone.

Arcane Missile had torn apart everything below the White-Haired Goblin's waist, cutting it down on the spot!

The quick-kill operation had succeeded!

Once the Goblins saw their leader's miserable corpse, a wordless silence swept through the battlefield, and fear began to take root in their hearts.

Their leader... had died just like that??

"Attack!" Marcus roared!

This was the perfect chance to wipe out the Goblin settlement. The six-person party no longer held anything back and launched a full-force assault!

Vales drew his bow again. After charging it, he fired another Thunder Arrow!

This time, his target was the Orc Goblin in front of Marcus.

Thunder Arrow struck, blasting apart its shoulder and a large portion of its upper body!

Flesh and blood scattered through the air as the Orc Goblin collapsed, howling in unbearable agony.

Marcus followed up with a vicious shield bash, then beheaded it!

Zeliel provided support from afar as well. He condensed an Arcane Missile and directly blew off the skullcap of the Orc Goblin before Gak.

Red and white matter splattered across the ground as the Orc Goblin died on the spot!

Before battle aura and magic, their physical strength was simply too fragile.

The successive deaths of the White-Haired Goblin and the Orc Goblins severely shook their morale.

Seeing this, the ordinary Goblins could no longer muster any desire to resist. They could only wail and scatter in every direction.

But Gray would not let this opportunity slip away.

"Hahahaha! You only know to run now? Too late!"

Gray laughed loudly. With a thrust and a stab of his longsword, two more Goblins fell.

Under Gray's pursuit, these green-skinned bastards collapsed completely and lost all will to fight.

Some Goblins tried to flee back into the cave to hide, but under the cover of the smoke bombs, Hill had already circled around behind them and sealed off their last hope of escape.

Her daggers arrived first, followed by ghostly throwing knives.

Hill did not even need to use battle aura against these creatures. Her hidden weapons flew like rain, and with all manner of killing tools at her disposal, her killing efficiency was astonishing!

When the final scream abruptly ceased, silence finally returned to the battlefield.

The Goblin settlement had been completely annihilated!

Zeliel lowered his staff and let out a breath of relief.

lv.5 (22/200) - lv.6 (102/225)

Level up!

During the battle just now, Zeliel had personally killed one White-Haired Goblin, one Orc Goblin, and several ordinary Goblins, gaining a total of 280 experience points.