"Give it back! That's mine!"
Mu You ran ahead and glanced back to see the goblin chasing him relentlessly, its eyes bloodshot, as though he were the enemy who had slaughtered its entire family.
Normally, a single, short goblin would have had almost no chance of catching him.
Unexpectedly, after chasing him for a few steps, the goblin suddenly began to swell. It soon inflated into a ball and rolled toward him at tremendous speed, chittering as it went. In the blink of an eye, it had nearly caught up.
"Wait, why does this look a little familiar?"
Mu You's eyelid twitched. He immediately recalled the text descriptions of the countless Suicide Fish attacks he had suffered in the game.
With no time to think, he instinctively reached into his pocket and pressed the Pocket Watch.
Almost at the exact moment he pressed the button, the goblin rolled up behind him and, sure enough, self-destructed on the spot, its entire body exploding into countless bursts of flame.
The next instant, time shifted back five seconds.
"Fuck, do all Otherworld creatures love blowing themselves up..." Mu You cursed inwardly and kept running.
"...That's mine!"
The familiar, shrill cry rang out. Mu You watched behind him out of the corner of his eye while quietly gripping his Magic Wand inside his sleeve.
Sure enough, the goblin turned into a ball again and rolled toward him.
This time, however, Mu You was ready. The instant it came within a meter of him and was about to explode, he activated Apparition.
Boom!
A violent blast and flames engulfed the street below, and the goblin's body vanished without a trace in the explosion.
By then, Mu You had already appeared on a nearby rooftop.
He looked down at the empty, dark street. The goblin had