Goblin Heavy Dependence

Chapter 89 Devastated
Xia Nan looked at the goblin cave not far ahead with a strange expression.

It took us most of the day to walk this journey, and the topic came to an abrupt end last night.

No matter how silent the barbarian is, he won't say a word.

He also barely guessed the other party's purpose for bringing him here:
Choosing a combat skill is not an easy task. Fugan probably wants to test and observe his actual combat capability and fighting style through an actual combat.

He had no idea why the other party was able to accurately lock onto this goblin's nest hidden deep in the jungle.

But it must be said that the opponent chosen by the barbarian for Xia Nan was just within his coping range.

As long as there are no elite individuals like "Bear Goblins".

The goblins' weak combat power makes the battle itself not too difficult; and the numerical advantage brought by an entire nest adds a lot of challenges.

Without words, the Savage expressed his thoughts through actions.

As its presence became increasingly less visible, its originally rapid pace of progress gradually slowed down.

When they were approaching the goblin's nest, he had unknowingly stood behind Xia Nan.

Subconsciously, Xia Nan turned his head and glanced at the other party.

This was different from Wood, whom he had met before. He used the superb skills of the wanderer profession, and used shadows and various subtle tricks to superimpose on each other, thereby reducing his presence.

At this moment, the barbarian Fugan made no move to hide from his sight, but just stood there silently.

That sturdy and strong body seemed to blend into the surrounding tree branches and shrubs.

He felt like a winter wolf lying in ambush deep in the snow, patiently waiting for its prey.

It was a wild and primitive hunting instinct.

Compared with the two, the former is dominated by agility and experience, using "skills" to cover up "existence" itself;
The latter, on the other hand, gives full play to perception and instinct, integrating "nature" and "existence".

Xia Nan had no intention of comparing the two men, but the fact was that even though he knew the barbarian's specific location clearly, his brain and body sent out various signals, subconsciously trying to make him ignore the other's existence.

It seemed as if what appeared behind him was just an ordinary tree and an ordinary bush of grass.

He shook his head violently.

No longer paying attention to the barbarian Fugan who disappeared.

Xia Nan drew out his beheading sword and held it diagonally across his body.

Walk into the cave cautiously and quietly.

His first reaction was "narrow".

The jagged rocks are crowded together on both sides, and the sword body reflects an iron-gray color under the sunlight at the cave entrance.

Lack of consideration.

The limitations of the narrow terrain make it difficult for the two-handed sword to exert its original power. Even ordinary sword swings feel restricted and unable to fight freely.

It should be replaced with the one-handed sword style [Green Pine].

Considering that he was currently in a corridor leading to the depths of the cave, he had not actually entered the core area where the monsters lived.

“There is also room for error.”

Xia Nan slightly turned his body, and the beheading sword quietly returned to its sheath.

The light wooden sword was tightly grasped in his hand, still maintaining a defensive posture.

Inside, I felt unexpectedly nervous.

Not unusual.

In fact, according to common sense, there are already quite a few goblins who died under his sword. They are well-equipped and have magic accessories for self-defense, so it shouldn't be this serious.

But now, as Xia Nan went deeper, the environment gradually became dark and cramped, with occasional scattered bones under his feet, and his heartbeat accelerated.

It was definitely not claustrophobia - after all, he had never felt such a depressed feeling in the cave with the giant snake corpse before.

Xia Nan himself also found it strange.

Keeping a high level of alertness to the things around him, he devoted part of his attention to going deep into his mind and analyzing the root cause.

What immediately came to his mind was the bad experience he had in the goblin cave with the hunter Maggie and the half-orc Gagu when he traveled to this world two months ago.

The bloody and mutilated corpses, the boiling iron pot with grease gushing out, the skinny goblin with drooling mouth, and even the bugbear that almost took his life...

For a modern person from a civilized society, the extremely shocking scene, although it happened a long time ago, still lingers in his heart like a demon.

"call……"

I took a deep breath, trying to calm my emotions as usual, and slow down my racing heartbeat.

But the sticky and foul smell that rushed into his nostrils as he breathed made him frown and feel even more nauseous.

Finally, a faint light came from the end of the long and dim corridor.

Faintly one could hear the crackling sound of flames burning the wood and the goblins' excited screams.

His heart was beating violently, and due to his high concentration and tense mind, he could even hear the sound of blood rushing in his body.

With a strong sense of purpose, it seems to be to confirm something.

The first thing he looked at was the only source of light in the cave - the bonfire.

There was no red-hot iron pot that made him sick, nor were there any limbs that looked like any intelligent creature.

A small deer-like beast was roasting above the orange-red flames.

Suddenly he breathed a sigh of relief.

Look at the environment deep in the cave.

The moist moss that grew and spread from the cracks in the rock walls was stained with a morbid green in the firelight; the air was filled with the sweet and greasy smell of rotting meat and fermentation, mixed with a strong smell of blood.

"Hiss!"

The goblin's sharp and piercing cry echoed between the stone walls.

There were sores all over the body, jagged ribs under the rough green skin, a shrunken body with organs wriggling as if one could see them, dirty and smelly wrappings, and rotten teeth chewing on half-cooked meat, blood and residue...

Sitting around the campfire were fifteen full grown green-skinned bastards!

It is difficult to describe in words how Xia Nan feels at this moment.

It's like a procrastinator with extremely severe symptoms.

Before he entered the cave and saw these goblins with his own eyes, the disgusting experience at the beginning of his journey made him resist every step he took inside from the bottom of his heart.

But when the "deadline" really arrives, under the pressure of many external factors, there is no possibility of delay.

Facing these fifteen skinny monsters in front of him.

In an instant, all the resistance in my heart turned into a strong disgust towards creatures like goblins, and...

Killing intent.

"Hiss! Hiss!"

The first one to notice Xia Nan's figure was a greenskin sitting in the corner.

It jumped up suddenly, and its excited and sharp voice instantly echoed throughout the cave.

They all turned their heads, and fifteen pairs of turbid and fierce blood-red eyes reflected the fully armed figure at the entrance.

It originates from the body's instinct, combined with the catalysis and drive of exotic souls.

The fighting talent that had been suppressed for many years by the scorching sun on the ridges and the pale screen finally appeared at this moment.

The wooden sword [Green Pine] had been retracted at some point, and the beheading sword emitting an iron-gray cold light was held tightly in the palm of his hand.

——The cave space behind the corridor is wide and open, which is enough to unleash the power of the two-handed sword. The battlefield situation of one against many also made him subconsciously choose a long-handed weapon with a wider attack range and the ability to reap the lives of a large number of enemies at one time.

Never back down.

Facing the green rats that were coming like a wave, waving wooden sticks and laughing shrilly, as if they regarded him as a lunch delivered to their doorstep.

There wasn't a trace of cowardice in Xia Nan's dark eyes.

All the negative emotions in his heart before have turned into boiling fighting spirit.

He crossed his legs and went straight forward.

You can't be afraid of these fierce-looking but cowardly green-skinned bastards.

In front of their own kind, chop off their heads, crush their eyeballs, and let their organs cover the ground. Then these beasts will know how powerful you are and will never laugh again.

Step forward!

Thick leather boots crushed the moss, and sticky juice splashed out.

Charge up!

The muscles under the armor lining swelled with blood, and powerful force gathered from bottom to top.

【Spin Slash】!
Whoosh——

Dragging an iron-grey cold light, the beheading sword drew a perfect arc in the air, cutting through flesh and bones.

At the forefront of the "wave", five goblins huddled together disappeared in a flash.

Amid the splattering of blood, there was the sound of organs falling to the ground and the dull thud of corpses hitting the ground.

Just like the golden ears of wheat under the sickle blade in autumn in the memory of my previous life, they were destroyed by the sword light and only fragments remained.

The originally crowded battlefield was empty in an instant.

If it were an ordinary encounter, just one sword from Xia Nan would be enough to make these cowardly lower-level monsters scream and run away.

But now he was alone, still in the familiar nest of the green rats.

The combat effectiveness is thus preserved.

"Gah!"

A slightly larger goblin followed closely behind with a sharp scream, his skinny arm raised high, and the dark brown wooden stick looked dirty in the firelight.

The next second, the sound stopped suddenly.

The tip of the sword flashed with a sharp cold light and pierced through the throat, spraying sour and smelly blood.

He exerted force with his arms, and the sword blade cut through the sticky and humid air, cutting through the abscesses on the green skin.

He skewered the opponent's body and chopped up another goblin that was running by.

"Seven."

Xia Nan calculated in his mind.

The sound of messy and hurried footsteps rang in my ears.

There was a sinister and dirty bastard who sneaked around to the side and rear while he wasn't paying attention.

He crouched down and swung the rough wooden stick upward towards his soft ribs.

"boom!"

The wooden stick fell heavily on the smooth surface of the arm shield, as if all the force was absorbed and swallowed by the snake scales like a black hole.

Not even the slightest noticeable white mark was left.

How could a mysterious creature from another world, whose toughness far exceeds that of ordinary metal and stone, be broken by such a scrap that is not even a proper weapon?

Relying on his size advantage, Xia Nan held the shield in his left hand and pressed down hard towards the goblin beside him, pressing the opponent under the shield.

Then cut with force.

laugh--

The sharp edge of the shield cut through the flesh, and a sticky feeling came over my arm.

Half of the goblin's neck was empty, and blood was spurting from its throat.

"The eighth one."

Xia Nan’s hard training day and night during these days of recuperation in Hegu Town were well worth it.

Excellent talent, plus the fact that the arm shield is more dependent on on-the-spot reaction than other shield equipment.

Let him gradually master the skills of using this kind of equipment.

And completed the first actual combat test in the battle with the goblins.

"Hoohoo!"

There were as many as fifteen of them, and even though most of them had been killed, they were still difficult to deal with.

The sound of footsteps was as delicate as the falling rain, mixed with the noise of wooden sticks rubbing against the ground.

One of them had just been killed, and the rest of the green-skinned bastards had already taken the opportunity to approach and surround them.

Xia Nan's physical fitness after the attribute points were strengthened made him react extremely quickly.

He turned his body sideways and nimbly dodged two blows from the sticks.

Then he used his torso as the axis, moving the center of gravity of his body like a spinning top, and the beheading sword cast a gray light like a waning moon around his body.

The broken throat, mixed with pale broken bones, splashed up in the blood.

Two more goblins turned into corpses.

"Ten."

There are not many left, and Xia Nan wants to wipe them out in one fell swoop.

The moss on the ground looked like the skin of a toad, and slime covered the ground with every step.

My feet slipped, my body's center of gravity swayed, and I leaned backward.

The flash of battle flashed through my mind for a moment.

"Oh!"

The dark arm shield collided violently with the rock wall, scattering countless gravel powders, and at the same time, the left arm suddenly pushed forward with the reaction force!
The already unstable center of gravity collapsed in an instant.

The body, which was originally sliding backwards, turned and flew to the side and rear.

boom--

Because he slipped and had no ability to dodge, three wooden sticks should have fallen on him at the same time.

As Xia Nan performed this operation, only one part of it rubbed against the armor on his chest, making a sharp sound.

A foul breath blew across the back of my neck, and I felt the cold and wet ground of the cave on my back.
Before he could fully stand up, a nearby goblin was already approaching rapidly on its short legs.

Xia Nan only had time to sit up and throw the beheading sword in his hand at the enemy like a javelin.

"laugh!"

The iron-gray sword instantly pierced through the goblin's hunched and thin body, and flew away due to inertia.

He supported himself with his hands and drew his light wooden sword out of its sheath.

Step forward and accumulate strength!
【Spin Slash】!
It has been trained to the maximum level. Even though it is not the dominant hand and the strength is slightly weaker, it still contains the destructive power that can easily tear the enemy's body apart.

A short and dense sword whistle suddenly burst out, and the black sharp light tore through the sticky moisture, and the two rushing green rats were cut into four pieces.

"Thirteen."

At this time, there are only a dozen seconds left before the battle begins.

There were only two low-intelligence, low-level monsters left on the field. Before they could even stop laughing, their companions were all dead.

For a moment, even the fear was forgotten, and he just stood there in a daze, holding the wooden stick.

Without mercy, he strode forward.

The wooden sword [Green Pine] does not trigger the effect of the entry, and its sharpness is as good as that of ordinary metal weapons.

A poke and a cut.

Then he sent the last two goblins to the abyss hell.

"Tick."

With body temperature, sticky blood dripped from the edge of the arm shield, staining the moss underfoot red;

The chain mail rings jingled, and the surface of the chest plate showed slight scratches;
Somewhere on the ground, broken limbs were twitching and spasming, fingers were bent and even grasping weapons, splashing ripples in the pool of blood.

Mixed with the smell of rotten meat, the blood in the air almost solidified.

The cave that was once filled with the sharp howling of goblins was now dead silent.

(End of this chapter)