She looked at Zhao Chi again.
Zhao Chi asked, "How do you feel now?"
Tang Ruan said in surprise, "My lord, why do I feel... not scared at all? They're only three little goblins. The two of us can definitely handle them. I'll go stab them to death!"
With that, she started to charge forward.
Zhao Chi quickly caught her small hand.
"Don't rush in. Your job is to lure them over, not scare them away. Hurry up and pretend to be frightened again."
"Oh... right! Got it."
Tang Ruan knitted her brows, putting on a terrified expression.
She also pretended to tremble, shaking from side to side.
But she had a lovely figure, and her ample assets bounced along with her.
Zhao Chi glanced at her and nodded. "That's right, just like that. Don't forget to cry. I'll circle around to flank them."
"Yes, my lord."
Tang Ruan was now brimming with confidence.
Zhao Chi had used his encouragement skill on her.
It could directly boost her morale.
It was similar to fighting spirit.
On top of that, Zhao Chi's talent, "Female scholar," increased the effectiveness of skills used on allied women by 20%. Each point of the target's appearance attribute added another 5%.
Tang Ruan had seven points in her appearance attribute, giving her a total additional bonus of 55%.
The final morale increase was 15.5%.
Tang Ruan was no longer afraid at all.
Holding her fishing spear and carrying the wooden basin, she walked slowly.
As she walked, she cried out softly.
Sure enough, the three goblins were utterly captivated by her.
But they still found it hard to believe.
They carefully scanned their surroundings, yet saw no sign of Zhao Chi.
"Boss, that woman's crying."
"I can see that. Where did the man go?"
"Don't know. I was watching the woman the whole time and forgot about the man."
"Humans are sneaky and underhanded. Look for him."
"Right, let's look."
The three goblins searched high and low but found nothing.
Zhao Chi had already circled around into the grass behind them and was lying flat on the ground.
He had studied goblin behavior.
Although he couldn't claim to know them particularly well.
He could still roughly predict the behavior of ordinary goblins in the wilderness.
The goblins searched for a while.
At last, they believed that Tang Ruan was the only woman left there.
"The man must've run away. That's why the woman's so sad."
"Smart! That's exactly what I thought."
"Yeah, that's what I thought too."
"We're all smart!"
"Hurry up and grab her. Let's have some fun with a human woman."
"Eat her when we're done."
"The chief will take her from us."
"Then let's have our fun right here."
"Hehehe, yeah!"
Holding their wooden spears in both hands and hunching their green necks, the three goblins moved to surround Tang Ruan.
Zhao Chi quietly rose and approached them, moving swiftly but carefully.
Seeing Zhao Chi stand up, Tang Ruan deliberately cried louder to cover his footsteps.
The three goblins' eyes lit up. Thinking they had frightened Tang Ruan into sobbing, they charged at her even more recklessly.
Zhao Chi seized the moment and lunged out.
Aiming at the thin neck of the goblin on the left, he brought his machete down hard.
Whoosh!
Crack!
Splat!
One stroke severed it cleanly.
Blood sprayed.
The head parted from the body.
The goblin's head fell to the ground, its little eyes staring around in shock, but he couldn't make a sound.
His body took another two steps under its own momentum.
A moment later, it toppled to the ground.
Blood soaked the grass.
"Huh?" The goblin in the middle heard the noise and instinctively turned.
But what he saw was Zhao Chi descending through the air with his blade raised.
Like an eagle swooping on a rabbit.
"Wah! The man! Attack!"
The goblin thrust his wooden spear.
"Attack, my ass!"
Zhao Chi urgently twisted aside and brought his machete down.
Splat!
The goblin's skull split open.
Red and white fluids spilled out.
"Wah, wah, wah! Ambush!"
The last goblin was stunned.
He hurled his wooden spear, turned, and fled.
"Don't run!"
Zhao Chi dodged the wooden spear and immediately gave chase.
But the goblin's agility was high, making it difficult for Zhao Chi to catch him.
Tang Ruan aimed at the goblin and hurled her fishing spear with all her strength.
She had been crying just a moment ago, but now she acted decisively.
Whoosh!
The fishing spear shot through the air.
Splat!
The distance was short, and it struck its target.
Right in the lower back.
"Aaaaah!"
The last goblin fell flat on the ground.
Zhao Chi leaped over and pinned him firmly to the ground.
"Ah, wah, I, ha, human, wah!" the goblin babbled in terror.
"Shut your mouth. Where's your tribe? How far away is it? How many of you are there?"
"Aaah, you filthy human! Aaaaah!"
The goblin struggled violently.
But he was wounded, and Zhao Chi had him pinned beneath his foot. He couldn't break free.
Tang Ruan had also run over.
"Tang Ruan, pull out the fishing spear and stab his foot!"
"Yes, my lord."
Splat!
Tang Ruan pulled out the fishing spear without hesitation.
A gush of blood sprayed out.
Then she thrust it down again!
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