YM778.TV Chapter 57: Annoying creatures
They had walked for the better part of the day, just moving as silently as they could in the forest. Most of the monsters avoided them, and there hadn\'t been anything major until a few minutes ago when Dile noticed some trails that led here.
\'Here\' was the tribe of goblins that had made camp in the clearing they were now looking at. "We have to kill them." Jael didn\'t like that goblins are one of the monsters of this zone, those annoying bastards!
"If we are to claim that artifact, then yes, but I don\'t see the reason why we should be bothered. This far from the center of the zone we can\'t get anything good anyway." Cele pointed out.
Litha grinned at her. "That\'s because we are also here to make money! And if it\'s not an artifact above Iron then it\'s even better because we own it then!"
"Let\'s not get ahead of ourselves," Temur grunted. "We still have to take care of the monsters first."
"Goblins. These are green goblin tribes, but they seem to belong to a much larger tribe. A very large one." Litha said.
"How do you know that?" Jael asked.
"See those red goblins beside the tribe leader\'s side? They only serve the goblin war chief. They must be here to summon the smaller tribe."
Jael watched and he saw what she was saying. The tribe leader is taller and stronger looking physically than the average goblin, but he\'s even weaker than the red ones who stood beside him.
Jael frowned. "Wait...where are the female goblins and children?"
"Probably with the main tribe, under the war chief protection. This is a hunting tribe that goes around providing food, they move around the forest hunting."
"How do you know so much about them anyway," Jael demanded.
Litha flashed a smug smile. "I read everything I can on common monsters that appear in a zone. But frankly, this is the first time I\'ve seen a red goblin. It means the whole tribe is here, which is strange."
"How?" Everyone has turned to her now, waiting for her explanation.
"You know zones don\'t usually bring a whole horde of a particular monster tribes here, right? It\'s mostly smaller parts like this small tribe here. But for the war chief to be here. It is indeed a High E zone."
They digested that slowly. Jael frowned; so those vermins even have a war chief?
"Alright then. It\'s decided, we will take the artifact. There are thirty-four of them. Jael and I will focus on the leader and the green ones. The rest should take on the remaining goblin warriors."
Temur crouched, his legs tensed and when he was sure everyone was ready, he uncoiled, jumping out into the clearing and into the midst of surprised monsters.
Jael followed closely behind, his hand already transformed and swinging. He charged Hermit with all strength, and the first two goblins that got in the way were torn into by a sword made up of numerous fangs.
"The warriors are B Iron!" Jael called with glee as he dispatched another one and made his way over to the leader. "Easy kill!"
And it was. Even the red goblins who used swords and fought with all the experience they had gained fell from Jael and Temur\'s sword without much difficulty.
The others are finding it easy as well; fireballs and bullets of stones roared in the clearing, mixed with the flashing of white fur and claws.
Jael lifted his sword high, casting the goblin leader in shadow, and was about to cut down when Temur shouted. "Wait!"
He didn\'t bring down his sword from the cowering monster. "What is it?"
"I\'m thinking we should let it live. For now."
Jael was shocked. "Why? We can\'t keep it alive till we leave this place anyway..."
"I\'m not thinking of taking it with us," Temur smiled and raised the artifact, a bracelet. "I\'m thinking if a small tribe like this has this quality Iron rank artifact. What will the main tribe have? How many of this can we get?"
Jael paused, thinking fast. The reason they accepted this job was to make money anyway. He transformed his hand back to normal and faced Temur. "What are you planning big guy."
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"So let me get this straight," Litha pointed a bone at Temur and Jael. "You want us to raid the camp of a goblin war chief and steal all their treasures?"
It was night, and they occupied the camp of the goblins after they tied the leader to a tree when Jael finished beating him unconscious.
Jael shrugged and bit into his food– meat soup and thick butter bread. "You got it straight."
Litha\'s eyes glowed like a blue gem. "I\'ve always known you are smart Jael."
Temur grunted. "We just have to convince that goblin to take us there. Dile said their trail was leading forward anyway, so it\'s not like we have to turn back."
Cele looked at Tim doubtfully. "Isn\'t it too dangerous? I mean, this will be a war band of strong warrior goblins right?"
"If this is the strong warriors then we have nothing to be worried about." Jael gestured to their surrounding that was littered with the bodies of dead goblins, with their chest split open after they collected the cores.
"I don\'t know, I don\'t think we should be intentionally going after monsters. Our aim is the center." Tim said.
Cele nodded along with him.
Jael looked at Dile with his brows raised the beastman closed his eyes and finished chewing before he spoke. "I want to see what this war chief looks like."
All the members of the Gold team grinned.