Chapter 100

Ordinary goblins aren't strong.

But they're annoying.

Luolin now deeply understood this point. At this moment, they were carefully advancing while searching around the goblins' periphery.

To avoid their scent spreading out and attracting attention, Luolin and the others had applied grass juice on their bodies, which made Luolin completely green.

"This color looks strange no matter how you look at it. Why couldn't we find some other plants or something?"

Luolin couldn't help but ask.

But everyone had such thoughts. However, this type of weed was the most abundant here, and in such an urgent situation, how could they possibly go out of their way to find something else?

"All you do is complain. Do you still want to carefully select what to use right now? Do you think this is perfume?"

Kafurin beside him said. Luolin pursed his lips.

Luolin said. He really was just talking, without any other meaning. Kafurin snorted lightly and stopped talking.

"They're coming, keep your voice down."

At this moment, Ailuka said. She was still the first person to discover the enemy's whereabouts.

Luolin immediately lowered his voice and looked in the direction Ailuka was watching. Sure enough, he saw goblins coming this way.

"How did they discover us?"

Luolin didn't understand. Or was it simply random patrol that brought them over?

"Isn't it because you've been talking so loudly that you attracted them?"

But Ailuka said. Luolin wanted to refute something, but couldn't say anything.

"Now we need to find a way to deal with them."

Luolin murmured. Ailuka glanced at him, then realized that the distance between them was somewhat close, which made Ailuka's face turn red all at once.

"Wait, wait, don't get so close, move away!"

Ailuka pushed Luolin. Luolin wasn't prepared, and with Ailuka's relatively great strength, she almost pushed Luolin over.

"In special circumstances, don't mind so much, okay?"

Luolin said helplessly.

"No, in any case, stay away from me!"

Ailuka said. Luolin nodded.

"Okay, okay, I'll move away, alright?"

Luolin stepped back a bit, and just at this moment—

[Resentment Value +100]

"?"

How did the resentment value increase? This person...

Luolin looked at Ailuka speechlessly because of this. Ailuka of course couldn't fail to notice such a gaze.

"Why are you looking at me?"

Ailuka glared at Luolin. Luolin sighed and said nothing more.

At the same time, the goblin that had discovered the commotion also came over.

"Keep it down, we'll be discovered."

Aoge said. Several people quickly closed their mouths and even temporarily held their breath.

Xika had no reaction.

"Try not to let it discover us, but if there's really no other way, just deal with it directly.

Xika said, and everyone nodded. Kafurin's face was flushed red, seemingly unable to hold her breath any longer.

However, the goblin's speed was extremely slow as it gradually approached.

Finally, it stopped less than half a meter away from the grass where everyone was hiding, sniffing with its nose as if searching for a strange scent in the air.

No one dared to make a sound.

After several searches yielding nothing, the goblin scratched its head in confusion and then prepared to walk back.

Everyone felt relieved, thinking this creature would run back.

But just then, an accident occurred—

"Ha! Ha..."

As Kafurin relaxed, she suddenly tensed up. Her body instinctively gasped for air, making quite a loud sound.

The goblin whipped its head around and saw Kafurin.

It immediately raised the spear in its hand and thrust it toward her. Kafurin had no time to dodge.

"Not good!"

Without time to think, Luolin immediately reached out and grabbed the spear, continuing to exert force despite the wound on his hand.

Seeing it couldn't retrieve its weapon, the goblin immediately gave up and looked up at the sky.

"Not good, it's going to call for help. Stop it!"

Luolin said immediately. Ailuka jumped out from the side, her longsword slashing down fiercely.

Luolin had already anticipated what would happen next.

"Wait, Ailuka, don't be so violent!"

But Luolin still couldn't stop her in time. Ailuka's longsword came down directly, cutting the goblin in half.

"Ah!..."

Kafurin wanted to scream, but she quickly covered her mouth. If she screamed too loudly, that would be trouble.

The air grew heavy, and the atmosphere became awkward as everyone stared at the slain goblin.

"I told you not to be so direct."

Luolin said helplessly, but Ailuka didn't care. She turned her head away.

"Hmph, I already said that in urgent situations, it's hard to pay attention to so much."

"Indeed, just a bit slower and it would have been bad, but you also..."

Luolin was quite speechless.

"This time it's my fault."

However, this time Kafurin took the initiative to speak up, believing the responsibility for being discovered lay entirely with her.

"Sigh, we can't say that. Forget it, let's leave quickly now."

Luolin said based on previous experience.

However, this time the matter didn't seem so easy to resolve.

Suddenly there was a great commotion in the nearby goblin tribe. Their voices could be heard from afar, and the entire tribe was in an uproar.

"Uh..."

Luolin froze, stopping to carefully distinguish those sounds.

"They seem to be... running toward us?"

Luolin said helplessly. Xika didn't even need to lie on the ground and use that skill to confirm. He nodded.

"It seems they've discovered us and are coming out in full force."

Xika said. Although his face showed no trace of worry, this guy was a bit too calm.

"Didn't you say we wouldn't be discovered?"

Luolin said helplessly.

"We're too close to their tribe here. The smell of blood quickly spread back, and with the commotion just now, they'll soon realize something's wrong."

Xika said, and Luolin shook his head helplessly.

Kafurin lowered her head—the noise was her fault.

And Ailuka also remained silent; the smell of blood was entirely her doing.

"Now is not the time to think about these things. We need to leave here quickly."

Luolin glanced at Ailuka and immediately said.

The most urgent matter at hand was indeed to leave here quickly, at least before they arrived.

"Alright, stop moping around and hurry up."

Luolin urged, and Ailuka and Kafurin didn't dare delay, beginning to search for an escape route.

"Let's backtrack a bit. It seems we can't be so hasty."

Xika also said, and Luolin nodded. They planned to retreat back the way they came.

But they hadn't gone far when Xika called for a halt again.

"Stop!"

Everyone's eyes turned to Xika, who crouched down and placed his ear to the ground.

"Looks like we can't retreat."

He said.

"What's wrong?"

Luolin quickly asked. Why give up so easily?

Xika's slightly narrowed eyes and impassive face revealed nothing, so Luolin could only wait for him to answer.

"It's already too late."

Xika shook his head.

"They've already completely surrounded us."

As if to confirm Xika's words, just as he finished speaking, countless goblins emerged from all directions. They were at varying distances but still formed an encirclement.

At the very least, Luolin and the others could no longer leave smoothly and easily.

"Sigh, is there really no way?"

Luolin sighed, while Ailuka and Kafurin both lowered their heads.

"I'm not blaming anyone, and I made mistakes this time too. It's my fault."

Luolin sighed.

"But things have come to this point. We shouldn't be fighting among ourselves here. Instead, we should unite and solve the enemy together. Isn't that right?"

Luolin asked in return.

Ailuka and Kafurin exchanged glances, then both nodded.

"Alright, we've been discovered. There's no point in continuing to hide. Let's go—we'll face them head-on!"

With that, Luolin was the first to stand up straight, quickly wiping off all the green liquid from his face.

"Finally, I can stop being green."

Luolin laughed. Perhaps this was the only good news.

The others also followed Luolin's example and jumped out.

Luolin glanced at the people around him and moved his feet to stand beside Kafurin.

"What are you doing?"

Kafurin took half a step back.

"Hey, are you serious with that move? Am I really that scary?"

Luolin wailed inwardly, though he didn't say it out loud.

He just looked at her somewhat speechlessly.

"What? Of course it's to do you... bah, of course it's to protect you."

Luolin said. What was wrong with this person? Did he really look like a bad guy?

But there was no time to worry about all that now.

"Come on, goblins, let's see just how formidable you really are."

Luolin said this, which made the goblins look at each other, as if they understood.

The goblins screamed wildly, raising their weapons and cheering.

These guys, who knows what was going on with them.

"Aoge, the two of us will take the front line together. Kafurin will be responsible for area-of-effect destruction magic. Captain Luolin, please protect Kafurin. As for Miss Ailuka, you can fight on your own, right?"

"Mm."

Ailuka nodded without hesitation.

Xika took out his shield and stood upright, while Aoge this time didn't stand with him, but stood on the other side instead.

After all, this time, the enemies weren't coming from just one direction.

"Don't get caught up in prolonged fighting. We need to find an opportunity to break through. The goblins are numerous. Even if we can defeat them, it will consume a lot of our stamina. Also, watch out for a goblin king. As the saying goes, to catch bandits, first catch their leader."

Xika said this final sentence, and everyone took it to heart.

Fortunately, they had prepared in advance and divided into formations. These two squads also had some experience fighting together, so now they weren't in a panic and were quite orderly.

Then, Xika seized the right moment and spoke again.

He said they could engage now.