radicalducati Chapter 106 Goblin Camp and Cage Caravan
Chapter 106 Goblin Camp and Cage Caravan
Chapter 106 Goblin Camp and Cage Caravan
The upstream riverbed is littered with jagged rocks.
The air was filled with a nauseating stench, the distinctive body odor of goblins, mixed with the sour smell of inferior herbs and rotting meat.
"Hold on! Don't fucking run around! Back to back!"
Wang Yang brandished the [Blazing Flame Battle Axe] in his hand, the remaining flames on the axe blade drawing crimson trails in the air.
He was in a terrible state; his newly donned wooden armor was torn to shreds, a blowgun was stuck in his shoulder, and the area around the wound was blackened.
Around him, ten students responsible for fetching water huddled together, holding sharpened wooden sticks and pot lids, waving them wildly with desperate expressions.
Around them, a good thirty or forty green-skinned monsters were leaping and bounding about.
【Goblin Thug (Lv.6)】
These creatures, only about 1.2 meters tall, have sharp, long ears and hooked noses, and their skin is covered in bumps like a toad.
Although they are small, they are extremely agile, carrying rusty scimitars, spiked clubs, and blowguns that are difficult to defend against.
"Gagaga!"
A goblin screeched as it attacked from the side, its curved blade slashing viciously at the back of a girl's leg.
"Get out of here!"
Li Bin's figure suddenly darted out from the shadows.
[Shadow Step] activated.
Like a black phantom, he instantly covered five meters, and his [Venomous Piercer] precisely pierced the goblin's back.
puff.
Green blood splattered.
But before Li Bin could draw his dagger, the other two goblins screech and pounced on him, forcing him to tumble and dodge in a sorry state.
"There are too many—we can't possibly kill them all!"
Li Bin, panting heavily, his eyes hardened, said, "Old Wang, I can't go on, we have to break through!"
"Bullshit!"
Wang Yang cleaved a charging goblin away with a single axe blow, the immense force crushing the monster's sternum. "Do those girls behind them even think they can run? They'll die if they try!"
Just then, the bushes deep in the woods rustled.
A goblin wearing a feathered headdress and holding a bone staff stepped out.
Goblin Shaman (Lv.8 - Elite)
Its cloudy yellow eyes stared at the besieged crowd, and it emitted a sharp hiss, as if giving the order for a general attack.
The surrounding goblin thugs instantly went berserk, their eyes practically overflowing with greed.
In their eyes, these delicate-skinned two-legged creatures are the most delicious lunch.
A sense of despair spread through the crowd.
Just as the shaman raised his bone staff, preparing to unleash a spell...
Boom!
The earth trembled violently.
Then came the second tone, and then the third tone.
It was the sound of heavy metal boots slamming into the ground, each step powerful and resonant, like the drumbeats of a giant.
Boom, boom, boom!
The sound grew more urgent and closer.
The goblin shaman's keen ears twitched, and it turned its head in confusion to look at the dense forest at the end of the riverbank.
next second.
Whoosh!
The dense bushes were violently pushed aside.
A silver, steel figure, like an out-of-control humanoid tank, burst forth with terrifying kinetic energy.
There were no warhorses, no mounts.
He ran wildly across the rocky beach on his two legs at an astonishing speed. His heavy, full-body plate armor reflected a cold, menacing light in the sunlight and made a clanging, metallic sound.
"That's—" Wang Yang's eyes widened.
"Get down!!"
Jiang Ming's voice came through the mask, slightly muffled due to high-speed running, but still as loud as thunder.
Wang Yang and Li Bin almost instinctively carried out the order, forcefully pressing their classmates down into the pile of rocks.
boom-!!
Jiang Ming crashed directly into the horde of monsters.
【Savage Charge (Boosted by high Strength attribute)】
The three goblins at the front didn't even see what was coming before they were slammed into by that silver, steel shoulder.
It felt like being hit head-on by a speeding truck.
Click!
The sound of bones shattering was clearly audible. The three goblins were sent flying like rag dolls, dying mid-air with their chests completely caved in.
Jiang Ming continued his momentum, his combat boots crushing the pebbles on the riverbank.
The Black Iron Horse-Slaying Sword in his hand, wielded by his terrifying 25 points of strength, remained a death scythe, reaping lives.
call--!
The greatsword swept across, creating a gust of evil wind.
"die!"
Jiang Ming let out a low roar, and his giant sword drew a semicircle.
Hiss!
The four goblins that tried to surround them were cut in half at the waist.
The heavy blade, combined with the sharp edge, made slicing through these monsters' bodies as easy as cutting through tofu.
Without the height advantage of his mount, Jiang Ming displayed an even more ferocious ground dominance.
A goblin jumped up and tried to cut off his neck.
Ding!
The rusty scimitar struck the neck guard of the Silver Knight's full-body armor, leaving not even a white mark.
Jiang Ming threw a punch with his backhand.
The fist, encased in metal gauntlets, slammed hard into the goblin's face.
puff!
The goblin's head exploded like a rotten watermelon.
violence.
Pure violence.
He stood there in the middle of the monster horde, letting the goblins around him hack and slash at him; those attacks were like tickles to him.
Every time he swung his sword, every time he threw a punch, he took a life.
"Monster—it's a tin monster!"
The remaining goblins finally felt fear.
Jiang Ming flicked the blood off his sword, his eyes beneath his mask locking onto the dazed goblin shaman O not far away.
"So it's you, the one who tried to harm my people?"
He strode forward, his heavy combat boots treading on the blood, closing in step by step.
"grumble!!"
The shaman let out a terrified scream, brandishing his bone staff, and a dark green fireball flew shakily toward Jiang Ming.
Jiang Ming neither dodged nor avoided.
He held the sword in one hand and slammed it down.
Snapped!
The fireball was shattered by the broad blade of the sword, sending sparks flying.
"Too weak."
The next instant, Jiang Ming sprinted forward.
boom!
With unstoppable momentum, he crossed the ten-meter distance and crashed directly into the shaman.
Before the shaman could even scream, Jiang Ming pinned it to the ground with one hand and gripped its thin neck with the other.
Click.
The neck was broken by exerting force with all five fingers.
[Defeat the Goblin Shaman (Lv.8) to gain 800 experience points.]
Jiang Ming casually tossed the corpse onto the ground, drew his sword, and turned to look at the goblin thugs who were now terrified.
"Kill them all."
Jiang Ming's voice was calm, yet it carried a chilling undertone: "Leave no one alive."
"yes!!"
Wang Yang and Li Bin, who had narrowly escaped death, erupted in a deafening roar.
Ten minutes later.
The battle on the riverbank is over.
Except for a few that managed to escape by burrowing into the ground, the remaining thirty-odd goblins all turned into corpses.
The green blood stained the stream green.
"Brother Jiang, there's nothing of value in these guys."
Li Bin searched the shaman's corpse for a long time, only finding a few low-quality magic stones and some unknown herbs. "He was penniless."
"poverty?"
Jiang Ming sheathed his sword and carried it on his back, making his imposing figure appear even more imposing.
He walked to the path at the edge of the riverbank, squatted down, and the joints of his heavy armor made a slight grinding sound.
There were messy footprints and tire tracks on the ground.
"This must be a hunting party."
Jiang Ming picked up a bit of the black powder that had fallen to the ground with his fingers.
I held it to my nose and smelled it.
It has a spice flavor.
"They stole things, or rather, they stole people."
Jiang Ming stood up, dusted off his gauntlets, and said, "Old Wang, take the injured people back to school first."
"Li Bin, bring two of your fast-moving brothers and come with me."
Li Bin was taken aback: "Where to?"
"Let's go take a look over there."
Jiang Ming cracked his neck, making a series of snapping sounds. "Perfect for warming up. I didn't get enough of killing earlier."
He pointed to the path, his tone menacing.
"Since we're here, how can we not visit our neighbors?"
Deep in the forest, the light was dim.
The enormous canopy of the tree blocked out the sky.
Although Jiang Ming was wearing heavy full-body armor, he was not slow in the jungle thanks to his amazing stamina and strength attributes.
He was like a tireless steel rhinoceros, breaking through vines and thorny brambles, carving a path through the dense forest.
Li Bin and two other agile boys followed behind him, secretly marveling at the tireless figure in front of them.
Running several kilometers in such heavy armor, and not even panting?
Is this even human?
They tracked it for about a few kilometers.
An open area appeared ahead.
A strong smell of smoke and fire drifted in on the wind.
"Brother Jiang, it's just ahead."
Li Bin lowered his voice, "It's a village, quite large, with at least a hundred goblins. And—"
I saw what looked like someone was locked up inside.
"people?"
"They don't seem to be from Earth. They're dressed very strangely, in long robes and linen clothes, and there are several horse-drawn carriages with them."
really.
Indigenous people from another world.
"Get ready to act."
Jiang Ming drew the horse-slaying sword from his back.
"Brother Jiang, how should we fight? Should we launch a sneak attack?" Li Bin asked.
Jiang Ming glanced at the seemingly sturdy wooden door and shook his head.
"Sneak attacks are too troublesome, these low-level goblins are too much trouble."
He adjusted his breathing, his muscles tensed, and his metal armor emitted a faint hum.
"I'll go straight to it."
Inside the goblin camp.
A bonfire burned in the central square, and several humans dressed in linen robes were locked in a huge wooden cage.
The merchant captain, Baron, was protecting the girl behind him, watching in despair as the goblin chieftain outside the cage was banging on the bars with the back of his knife.
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Goblin Chieftain Broken Tooth (Lv.10 - Elite)
Broken Tooth chuckled, pointing at the girl and then at the large cauldron, while the surrounding goblins roared with excitement.
Baron closed his eyes, praying for a miracle to happen.
Just then.
boom!!!
A deafening roar, like a thunderclap from a clear sky.
The heavy log gate of the camp was not blown open, but rather kicked open from the outside by some enormous force!
The broken wooden stakes flew through the air, and two gatekeeper goblins who couldn't dodge in time were smashed into a bloody pulp by the flying wood.
Smoke and dust rose everywhere.
All the goblins were stunned, and Baron's mouth dropped open in astonishment.
Amidst the smoke and dust, a tall and imposing figure slowly emerged.
Even without the backdrop of warhorses, he still appeared incredibly majestic.
The silver full-body plate armor was stained with leaves and green blood, and the black horse-slaying sword dragged on the ground, leaving a deep groove in the soil.
With each step he took, the ground seemed to tremble.
That sense of oppression was more direct and terrifying than any cavalrymanship.
It was like a mobile steel fortress, barging into the territory of these primitive creatures.
"Wuhu!!"
Broken Tooth, the goblin chieftain, was the first to react. It roared and drove its minions to charge forward.
Dozens of goblins surged toward the lone intruder like a tidal wave.
Jiang Ming stopped in his tracks.
He gripped the sword hilt with both hands, squatted slightly, and assumed a posture of gathering strength.
He showed no intention of retreating in the face of the swarming monsters.
"Come."
A low shout.
Jiang Ming suddenly took a step forward, and the giant sword in his hand began to spin like a windmill.
【Whirlwind Slash】(Although it's not a skill, it uses sheer force to achieve the effect of a skill)
Ugh—!
A terrifying whooshing sound rang out.
The seven or eight goblins at the forefront were instantly shredded by the metal storm.
There are no tricks involved, just pure power and speed.
Jiang Ming pushed forward like a bulldozer.
A goblin jumped onto his back, attempting to ambush him. Jiang Ming leaned back sharply, smashing the goblin into a wooden stake behind him.
Then, with a backhand stroke, he cleaved the two terrified goblins in two.
Blood, severed limbs, wailing.
The once ferocious goblin camp has now become a slaughterhouse.
The once arrogant chieftain, Broken Tooth, watched as the silver demon moved through the monster horde with unparalleled ease, and his greatsword clattered to the ground.
It wanted to run away.
But Jiang Ming had already set his sights on it.
"Trying to run away?"
Jiang Ming casually grabbed a goblin corpse next to him and hurled it at it like a sandbag.
boom!
The broken tooth was hit squarely by the corpse and rolled to the ground.
Before it could even get up, a heavy metal combat boot had already stepped on its chest.
Click.
The sound of a ribcage shattering completely broke the few surviving goblins around them, who screamed and scattered in all directions.
Jiang Ming looked down at the chieftain at his feet, his cold gaze shining through the gaps in the mask.
"Too weak."
puff.
A sword pierced his throat.
The battle ended faster than expected.
Jiang Ming drew his sword, wiped away the blood, and turned to look at the wooden cage in the corner.
Baron and his companions were completely dumbfounded.
They had never seen such a valiant warrior—
A ruthless individual who can charge into battle like a berserker while wearing full plate armor on foot.
How much strength does he need?
Jiang Ming walked up to the cage.
The tall figure blocked the firelight, casting a shadow.
Baron swallowed hard, stood up unsteadily, bowed according to aristocratic etiquette, and mumbled something under his breath.
Jiang Ming frowned.
Can't understand.
Without saying a word, he lightly swung his horse-slaying sword.
clang!
The chain broke, and the cage door opened.
Jiang Ming pointed to the boxes of goods piled up next to him, then to Baron and the others, and finally to Li Bin behind him.
He made a "carry" gesture.
The meaning is very clear:
The things are mine, and you are mine too.
Work, or die.
Baron looked at the still-dripping greatsword, then at the goblin corpses scattered on the ground, and immediately understood what the powerful man meant.
"Quick! Move it!"
He turned and yelled at his companion, afraid that he might anger this killing god if he was a step too slow.
Jiang Ming nodded in satisfaction as he watched the group of natives get to work.