After the slave owners went bankrupt, they all wanted to keep me as a mistress.

The minotaur laughed loudly, forcing the strongest goblin to watch the scene: "Look! Open your eyes and see clearly! You incompetent goblin! Your childhood sweetheart is being utterly humiliated by a lowly and vile human!"

Seeing this, Fiona felt her eyes had been defiled. She first sheathed her greatsword, and then, unable to bear it any longer, she ripped off her hood, revealing her fiery red hair and heroic face.

"Damn minotaurs! Die!"

With a sharp cry, she didn't even wait for the dragon to come to a complete stop before she pressed one hand on the saddle and leaped nimbly into the air.

The moment she landed, she pulled the two-handed greatsword from her storage ring.

"drink!"

Fiona didn't deal with the minotaurs first, but instead headed straight for the group of goblin monsters.

With her peak Golden level strength, dealing with these low-level goblins was like a tiger entering a flock of sheep; it was a complete crushing victory!

Without using the power of the red dragon bloodline, relying solely on pure martial arts skills and physical prowess, the greatsword in her hand transformed into streaks of silver light, each swing precisely taking the lives of several goblins.

In just a few breaths, she wiped out the entire goblin horde with a single sword strike. The strongest goblin, upon seeing Fiona's arrival, showed a look of relief in its eyes and offered no resistance, allowing Fiona to kill them all.

The battle ended in the blink of an eye.

"Hmph, how utterly pathetic!"

Fiona didn't even catch her breath before turning around to look at the minotaur not far away.

"And you, you wicked monster, go obediently to the abyss!"

The minotaur stomped his foot angrily, shaking the ground twice.

"Damn it! Damn it! You ruined Old Niu's good deed!"

The minotaur roared, and just as it was about to charge, a dense rustling sound and a deep roar suddenly came from the depths of the previously silent forest!

"Gawoo—!!!"

Even stronger auras surged forth from all directions!

More monsters emerged from the shadows of the forest, each one a high-level goblin!

Larger, more muscular Silver-tier goblins.

A swift, silver-tier goblin assassin wielding a poisoned dagger.

There were even a few Silver-rank goblin wolf riders riding wolves and wielding javelins.

Their numbers far exceeded the previous wave, numbering over fifty, but they didn't even glance in Fiona's direction. Instead, they slowly gathered around the minotaurs.

The leading goblin revealed a cold expression, his voice hoarse: "Bruce! We can no longer return to the dungeon. Before the humans can react, now is the time for us to seize the outer lair!"

"But you, a lowly demon with a human soul! You're still toying with my own kind!"

"What happened?"

The minotaur stretched out its enormous finger, picked its nose, and gave a disdainful look: "If we can't see this kind of good show, what's the point of our existence?"

In the woods, Mu Qiu raised an eyebrow and looked at Vera beside him.

"Vera, can the monsters in the dungeon also possess intelligence?"

Vera shook her head slightly, then nodded: "Some monsters don't have it, and some monsters do. I don't know the specifics."

Then, she added with a hint of curiosity, "But I've heard that intelligent monsters don't exist in dungeons that are frequently raided. I wonder why there are so many intelligent monsters in this dungeon..."

At this moment, the three adventurers noticed that the monsters seemed to be fighting amongst themselves. They whispered among themselves and prepared to quietly run towards the woods.

Fiona witnessed this scene.

"Hey! It's dangerous there!"

Fiona shouted loudly, her face full of worry: "There might be other monsters in the forest! You all better stay right behind me! As the future legendary knight, I will protect you!"

Dangerous!

The three adventurers cursed under their breath as they instantly felt cold gazes directed at them.

Originally, those monsters didn't take them seriously anymore, but after Fiona shouted, the silver-level monsters started to notice them, and now they couldn't run away even if they wanted to.

"So there are still humans?"

The big goblin spoke in a deep voice, then pointed to the two goblin wolf riders beside him and said, "You two, go and take care of those humans."

"Damn it! Don't look down on people like that!"

Fiona was so angry when she saw that the goblins had only sent two of them that her chest trembled under her cloak.

However… Hmph, this is also her chance to show her master what she's made of! To demonstrate her strength!

She's not some nagging, sweet-talking knight!

She wanted to show her master that she was a dragon knight with legendary potential!

Thinking this, Fiona took a deep breath, straightened her back abruptly, raised her heavy greatsword again, and stood in front of the three adventurers who were looking for a chance to escape, completely ignoring their disgusted expressions.

"Don't worry! No matter how many small fry come, they're still just small fry! As long as you stay here, you'll be safe!"

Her voice was loud, trying to dispel the fear emanating from the adventurers behind her.

Sunlight filtered through the leaves, dappling her fiery red hair. Fiona grinned, revealing her pearly white teeth, her ahoge (cowlick) standing tall on her head. She felt as cool as an invincible hero from a story!

"Stop posing, Fiona."

Mu Qiu's lazy voice came from the woods.

"What you're wearing right now isn't armor, it's a cloak. Even if you flip your hair and make a perfect dodge, no one will think you're cool."

"If Vera and I get involved, you'd better follow my orders tonight, okay?"

"Tch—if you can't look cool, then there's no reason to become a female knight, right?"

Fiona muttered a few words, then let out a battle cry and charged towards the surging tide of monsters.

"Ugh, so cloying!"

A tremendous battle roar resounded, and she felt her power instantly increase by more than 50%, and she became completely immune to damage and control from the Bronze level, and exempt from 80% of Silver level damage and 50% of Gold level damage!

This is her signature skill – Half-Dragon Roar!

After unleashing her battle cry, she charged straight into the group of goblins. Her greatsword swung with tremendous force, unleashing the full power of her peak Golden Age. Each attack was powerful and heavy, sending the goblins and wolf riders at the forefront flying, along with their mounts!

In less than three minutes, she chopped more than fifty silver-level goblins into mincemeat, leaving only the largest goblin and the minotaur.

“Master… I remember now, there is actually another situation that can awaken the intelligence of monsters!”

Vera suddenly seemed to remember something, her expression changed slightly, and she spoke in a low voice.

"what?"

Before Mu Qiu could ask any further questions, a sudden change occurred the instant Vera finished speaking!

Fiona had just unleashed a powerful sweeping attack, sending the last few goblin wolf riders who were putting up a stubborn fight flying and clearing a large area in front of her.

"Hmph... So these are the monsters that caused the dungeon riot? They're not all that impressive."

She stood with her sword in hand, looking around. Only the largest goblin and the minotaur remained, but they were also close together, their faces showing fear.

The three adventurers who had intended to escape showed immense joy and disbelief at having escaped from a desperate situation.

The male adventurer who was the first to rush out and pin the goblin down took the opportunity to secretly start picking up monster materials from the ground.

"See? I told you, a small fry is just a small fry..."

Fiona turned around, ready to receive their grateful and admiring gazes as they celebrated their survival, and she even slightly relaxed her tense nerves.

At this moment——

"Pfft!"

A sickeningly loud thud, like flesh being pierced by a hard object, reached everyone's ears with crystal clarity!

The male adventurer who had left the spot suddenly froze!

He looked down in disbelief at a rough, sharp wooden spike, stained with dark red blood, piercing right through the center of his chest!

The source of the thorns was actually the seemingly ordinary tree next to him!

"This is……?!"

Mu Qiu's gaze sharpened.

Suddenly, a pair of murky, cruel eyes, gleaming with a yellow light, opened on the trunk of that tree!

The branches twisted and writhed wildly, transforming into deadly tentacles and thorns!

Gold-tier monster—Twisted Treant!

"Uh... ah..."

The male adventurer only had time to let out a short, mournful cry before the life in his eyes vanished. His body was lifted high by the spike, swung around like a rag doll, and then crashed heavily to the ground, raising a cloud of dust, and he was gone.

This sudden accident stunned everyone.

"Third child!!!"

The two adventurers let out a heart-wrenching scream, their voices filled with terror.

But this is just the beginning!

"Swish—"

"Creak - creak -"

A chilling sound emanated from every tree around the clearing!

The trees that had been motionless all around suddenly seemed to come alive, their thick trunks splitting open with hideous eyes and mouths, and their branches flailing wildly.

The aura emanating from these twisted tree spirits was clearly silver and gold level!

They had already completely surrounded the open space, disguised as ordinary trees, and coldly observed everything that had just happened, only now revealing their deadly fangs!

"one two Three……"

Mu Qiu glanced at them and quickly counted the number of tree spirits.

Thirty-five twisted tree spirits in total!

Among them, there are twelve gold-level tree spirits!

Fiona didn't chase after the goblin and the minotaur, nor did she pay attention to the two adventurers. Instead, she immediately retreated dozens of steps and returned to Mu Qiu's side.

"Didn't you say you could take care of the rioting monsters here all by yourself?"

Mu Qiu raised an eyebrow and looked at Fiona, who had suddenly made a tactical retreat.

"Master, don't you enjoy listening to my jokes?"

Fiona's eyes darted around, and she coughed lightly: "I was just joking with you. Miss Vera, you've been itching to make a move, haven't you? I'd like to leave this opportunity for Miss Vera to show herself."

Chapter 87 So they were adventurers? I thought they were speed bumps!

"Are you scared?"

Mu Qiu raised an eyebrow, looked at Vera beside him, and patted her shoulder forcefully.

"Come on, Vera, show her what you've got! Let her see the power of an elven mage!"

However, beneath the cloak, Vera stared at the restless tree spirits and the monsters further away, scanning them back and forth. Suddenly, she gasped, her pretty face tense, and her tone became urgent.

"Master, we'd better leave here quickly!"

"Ok?"

Mu Qiu's expression hardened; he sensed something was amiss in Vera's tone.

Without hesitation, he tightened the reins of the earth dragon, steer the somewhat uneasy beast backward, and concealed the three of them once again in the shadows of the forest. At the same time, he asked in a low voice, "What's going on?"

Twisted Tree Spirits are wood-type monsters and are afraid of fire magic.

A mage of the Orichalcum level like Vera could wipe out this group of tree spirits with just one fifth-tier fire spell, right?

"Master, do you remember what I just said?"

Vera spoke softly but very quickly, pointing in the direction of the giant goblin and the minotaur, saying, "Dungeons that are frequently raided usually have little chance of giving rise to monsters with high intelligence."