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Akuri was terrified.

Hua Zhen and Tia Ge, being adventurers, possessed much stronger mental fortitude and remained calm.

The main problem is that losing your composure won't help, and yelling won't make the other party show leniency.

"Once it opens the cage, activate time stop and get me out," Hua Zhen whispered.

"Understood." Tiague nodded.

In Hua Zhen's view, this place must have been a large water-eroded cave before. The erosion and dissolution of water shaped it into an environment like an ant nest, and also created many chambers. Therefore, as long as they could leave the cage, their chances of survival would be much higher.

However, the muscle goblins showed no intention of opening the cage.

They grabbed the iron cage and dragged it out, the cage scraping against the ground and making a piercing sound.

Hua Zhen suddenly felt like she was being led to the execution ground.

A moment later, the iron cage was dragged out of the narrow cave and brought into a huge main chamber.

The bright moonlight and the fine stream of water poured down from the huge, naturally formed gap in the top of the cave. The water gathered at the bottom to form a large puddle, which was covered with moss and white wildflowers, creating a dreamlike beauty under the moonlight.

The muscular goblins then left the cage after pulling them out.

What's going on?

Just as Hua Zhen and Tia Ge were completely confused.

A loud, piercing guga sound exploded inside the cave.

Dense flames emerged from the distant shadows.

They are goblins.

They held torches and surrounded the figure at the front.

She was a silver-haired girl with red eyes.

The girl's slender arms were dragging the corpse of a large monster, leaving a long, dark red trail of blood on the ground, a horrifying sight.

"How long was I unconscious?" Hua Zhen asked Akuri.

"About two hours, what's wrong?"

Hua Zhen remained silent.

If he wasn't mistaken, judging from this formation, the goblins had probably returned from the hunt.

Just as he suspected, this godforsaken place definitely had more than one entrance and exit.

The place where he and Tiague entered was just one of the entrances; the other entrances were also guarded by goblins.

It seems this goblin lair is indeed quite large.

"Holy crap..." Tia stared intently at the dead monster. "Was that thing a two-headed swift wolf?"

"Goblins can handle two-headed wolves? How could I have such a dream?" She gritted her teeth in anger. "I almost managed to handle them last time. Am I, the mighty Tia Go, really inferior to a bunch of greenskins?!"

"Wait, don't you have time stop?" Hua Zhen asked, puzzled.

"There's nothing we can do about it. That beast is very fast and has thick skin. You really can't fight it without a decent weapon... At least your short sword can't break through its defenses."

"Don't drag me into this. Save your breath. That thing definitely wasn't killed by a goblin."

As they spoke, the silver-haired, red-eyed girl threw the monster's corpse onto the open ground. A group of goblins immediately swarmed over, brutally cutting the monster's corpse into pieces, tearing off its fur, and spilling its scarlet entrails all over the ground.

As for the girl, she went to the puddle on her own and lay down to drink water like a feline.

"My eyesight is pretty good," Hua Zhen said softly. "If I'm not seeing things, is that little thing drinking water with its tongue?"

"Yes, congratulations on not having presbyopia yet."

"Who taught her to drink water like that? Even goblins don't drink like that!"

"You're asking me? Who am I supposed to ask?"

Soon, the goblins finished processing the monster's corpse. Instead of immediately dividing it up, they carried large chunks of meat towards the girl.

After finishing her water, the girl glanced at the pile of meat in front of her with her crimson eyes, selected a few pieces of finely textured hind leg and tenderloin, and picked them out separately.

Hua Zhen understood what was going on.

In a wolf pack, the prey must be eaten first by the wolf king, and only after the wolf king has eaten and drunk his fill will the other members of the pack have their turn. This is also the case in a goblin community with a clear hierarchy. The girl has indeed become one of them, and has even climbed to such a high position.

"Still a foodie!" Tia commented.

However, the girl did not rush to eat.

She elegantly licked the back of her hand, then strolled away like a little female leopard until her figure disappeared into the darkness.

Only then did the goblins begin to throw the remaining chunks of meat into the filthy cauldron to cook.

They call it cooking, but really they just throw it in the pot and leave it alone.

"What...are they doing?" Akuri asked, his face filled with fear.

The goblins, carrying torches, saw one of them use a sharpened stick to pick up the meat the girl had chosen and place it on a stone plate. Then, it balanced the plate full of fresh meat on its head, gripped the edge of the plate tightly with both hands to maintain its balance, and began to walk in the direction the girl had left.

The remaining goblins then began to sing and dance around it.

It wasn't a particularly pleasing dance to watch.

It looked a bit like a witch performing a ritual, making meaningless noises that sent chills down your spine.

"Is this...some kind of ritual?" Tia asked in surprise.

"Oh my god! What is that?" Akuri cried out in terror.

The three muscular goblins that had left earlier returned.

They were carrying something twice their size, quite bulky, with skin covered in layers of wrinkles. That thing was also a goblin, looking no different from other goblins. But unlike other goblins, its secondary sexual characteristics as a female were very obvious, so obvious that they could not be ignored!

Tia was stunned: "Goblin Queen!"

"Goblin Queen?" Akuri asked hesitantly.

"There are female goblins too. If adventurers don't wipe them out completely, a very small number of goblins will grow into stronger females on their own after losing their kind," Tia said in a low voice. "But the goblin queen I saw in the guild's monster encyclopedia wasn't this big."

"With that little thing catching food for the goblins, how could they not get fat?" Hua Zhen frowned.

In this way, many doubts can be resolved.

There are female goblins, but the Goblin Queen herself is a mutant.

If it is its offspring, then the chances of it becoming a mutant species are also very high.

No wonder there were more than a dozen muscle goblins in this cave.

The muscular goblins carried the Goblin Queen in front, while the ordinary goblins followed behind, carrying torches and singing and dancing.

The flickering firelight illuminated a large stone platform.

There, a slender female hyena lay on top of it, with a silver-haired, red-eyed girl nestled close beside her. The hyena gently licked the girl's face with its tongue, a movement as tender as a mother kissing her child.

"Hua Zhen, if I'm not mistaken, that hyena and that little brat seem quite close, aren't they? They're even grooming each other." Tia Ge looked troubled.

She clearly noticed that something was wrong.

The silver-haired girl couldn't speak human language or understand what they were saying. She ran on all fours, as if she... had been raised by some kind of animal.

"Yes, congratulations on not having presbyopia yet."

Hua Zhen squinted, noticing something keenly.

The female hyena and the girl had something in common, not in appearance, but in the rusty collars around their necks.

Where did this bizarre mother and son come from?

The Goblin Queen was slowly lowered. She took the stone plate from the goblin's hand, moved her bulky body, and respectfully placed it on the stone platform.

The remaining goblins continued to shake their heads and wave their short, thick arms, as if performing a ritual of some primitive tribe. The firelight cast their shadows on the cold, damp rock wall, the long shadows twisting and distorting, swaying wildly in the firelight, like a hundred ghosts walking at night in hell.

The goblins stopped dancing only when the female hyena got up and picked up the piece of meat.

Just when Hua Zhen and the others thought the ceremony was about to come to an end.

The Goblin Queen lay down, letting out a sharp cry.

As if summoned or granted permission, the goblins instantly dropped their torches and frantically climbed onto the Goblin Queen, beginning their reproduction.

"Ugh..." Tia Ge showed a disgusted expression upon seeing this.

"Oh my god," Akuri covered his eyes with his hands, but couldn't help peeking through his fingers, "there's silver pee."

"This is supposed to be a sex party?" Tia said irritably. "Compared to Hua Zhen, you're definitely more perverted. You like smelly socks and you like watching goblins reproduce. I might as well throw you over there too."

Akuri bit his lower lip after being told that by Tiague.

He didn't dare to talk back to Tiague, but when Tiague turned her head, he stared at her intently, his gaze sweeping over the girl's fair nape, slender waist and graceful calves, and his eyes revealed obvious resentment.

The goblins were multiplying rapidly.

One small goblin couldn't squeeze in at all. It was so anxious that it kept pacing around, its eyes darting back and forth, before finally settling on the silver-haired girl.

The "mother and daughter" on the stone platform were completely oblivious to what was happening below, focusing solely on cooking.

It carefully went around to the back of the stone platform, climbed up, and slowly approached the girl from behind.

But before it could get close, the female hyena smelled its scent, pounced on it, pinned the goblin to the ground, and bit off its throat.

The silver-haired, red-eyed girl merely glanced up at the situation before expressionlessly lowering her head to continue gnawing on the raw meat.

After killing the goblin that attempted to attack the girl, the mother hyena licked her lips and was about to go back to enjoy her meal when she caught a glimpse of the cage in the distance.

Upon seeing the two extra people in the cage, the female hyena's short tail suddenly began to wag happily, but it quickly stopped wagging, and a wary look appeared in her eyes.

Hua Zhen and the others did not notice the unusual thing about the stone platform.

Their attention was drawn to the goblin's ugly ritual.

Akuri watched the procreation ceremony and asked a crucial question.

"By the way, why didn't the muscle goblins participate in...reproduction?"

Hua Zhen frowned, realizing that something was wrong.

Upon closer examination, the size difference between ordinary goblins and muscular goblins is too great.

The Goblin Queen is now covered in goblins.

If these massive greenskins also want to join this grand breeding ceremony, then the only suitable candidate is... Tia Go?

As soon as he finished speaking, six muscular goblins walked towards them.

Tia's expression changed.

"Ha ha!"

Noticing the change in Tia's expression, Akuri couldn't help but cover his mouth and chuckle sinisterly.

"Looks like someone's going to be in trouble. Who knows who's the pervert now, getting involved with a goblin... If someone exposes this, what man will want you? Pfft!"

Hua Zhen's lips twitched slightly.

Under these circumstances, he had originally planned to let go of past grievances.

But this slut in front of me really deserves a beating.

Once your fists are hardened, you have no choice but to fight.

A slender hand pressed down on Hua Zhen's clenched fist.

It's Tia Song.

She glanced at Akuri expressionlessly, then quietly pulled out the last throwing knife from her inner thigh before looking at Hua Zhen.

"Call me 'Dad' and let me hear it."

"Your mom, I was just about to stand up for you!"

"It has nothing to do with my mom. The opportunity has come. When they open the cage, I'll activate my special skill once, and if we're being chased afterwards, I can activate it again. After that, I won't be able to use it for a while. To be honest," Tia paused, "my physical abilities aren't that great..."

"I can tell," Hua Zhen said, "after all, you want to rest after walking a few steps."

"Then I'm relieved. If it were you, you should be able to escape while I'm being caught. It's not worth wasting your energy now."

"Wow, I didn't expect you to be so noble. You're actually prepared to sacrifice yourself?" Hua Zhen's opinion of Tia changed a lot again.

Under normal circumstances, Tia Go is the one with the best chance of escaping from here.

Five seconds was enough for her to injure Hua Zhen and Akuri's legs.

"It's better than us both dying here, isn't it?" Tia shrugged. "So why don't you hurry up and call me 'Dad'?"

"That's enough," Hua Zhen laughed angrily. "Don't try to find the fatherly love you didn't get here. Besides, there's someone else here to take the fall. You don't need to run very fast, just outrun this brat."

As she spoke, Hua Zhen glanced at Akuri.

Indeed, just as the motto of a certain blond adventurer goes—"I don't need to outrun monsters, I just need to outrun everyone else."

"What...what do you mean? I'm the one you should be saving!" Akuri was dumbfounded. In this situation, it seemed that Hua Zhen and Tia Go had abandoned him. "Aren't you going to save me? Aren't you afraid you won't get your money back?! I won't give you a single penny! If my father finds out, he'll pay someone to kill you all!"

"Idiot," Hua Zhen spat at him, "a moron like you is perfect for goblin food."

Before they could finish speaking, the muscle goblins had already arrived.

They carefully observed the three people inside the cage, then took out a key and opened the cage.

Just then, Akuri lunged at the cage opening and hysterically pointed at Tiague.

"Get her out! Get her out! She's trying to escape!"

Tia's eyebrows twitched.

This guy completely blocked the cage's exit, clinging tightly to the cage's uprights with both hands.

Even if you use Time Stop to cut him down, it will still take at least a second. Dealing with six muscle goblins in the remaining four seconds is still too tight.

This guy... did it on purpose!

"Hehe, if we're going to die, we'll all die together!" Akuri's expression was crazed. "So what if you have a special ability? You really think you can escape from here?!"

Suddenly, a large green hand landed on Akuri's head.

"Eh?"

Akuri was taken aback.

Turning his head, his gaze met the muscular goblin's greedy expression, as if it were looking at an unparalleled beauty.

The next second, the muscle goblin grabbed his hair and dragged Akuri out of the cage like a dead pig, then tightly closed the cage.

"Huh?" Hua Zhen and Tia Ge were both stunned.

Akuri was dragged away by the muscle goblins, crying and howling. Six muscle goblins surrounded him gleefully as they walked into a cave not far away.

Before long, heart-wrenching wails came from inside.