Episode 477 Devil’s Land, Underground (3)
If you killed your compatriots…
Could it be that goblins grew up by dying and killing each other?
No matter how many goblins there are, wouldn’t it be a problem to live like that?
“I’m fine with going downstairs as a condition, but stop killing your own people to grow.”
“Why?”
The woman blinked her eyes in genuine curiosity.
Eyes like an innocent child.
If you’re looking at it, you’re going to laugh out loud, as if you’ve been hit by a goblin.
“It may be fast now, but one day it will be catastrophic.”
At his words, the goblin woman pondered something for a while, then nodded.
“It’s a catastrophe. Let’s make a promise until we safely land underground.”
“Are you ready to go down?”
“I was born with a body. You don’t need to bring a lot.”
I tried to pretend to be proud with a slurred tone, but it didn’t look cool at all.
The Goblin Queen continued.
“I will start as soon as you are ready. I’m telling you in advance, it’s better not to think of running away or betraying now. It may be sudden to you, but we have been preparing for it for a long time. Why didn’t I say that the greater the disappointment, the greater the anger?”
Ray let out a sigh.
How did he end up being threatened even by the goblins?
If it had been like before, I would have thrown away the occasional dungeon and came out a long time ago.
‘But the more I grow, the more I feel like my strength returns.’
Although the atmospheric mana was still moving along the flow of the Demonic Realm, it seemed possible to change the flow if the body grew to some extent.
If that happened, leaving the dungeon would be a piece of cake.
Apparently accepting the silence, the goblin queen beckoned him.
“Follow me.”
* * *
Ray arrived in the hallway next to his shelter.
In other words, it was the den of goblins.
“Kigigiggeek.”
“Kiyi? Key profit.”
The goblins looked at Ray and whispered.
Wearing a black cloth and comparable white hair, even among goblins, it looks strange.
Ray expected it in his heart, but he didn’t know that he would actually drag him to the goblin lair.
I couldn’t fully trust them yet, so I strained my body so that I could pull out the dagger from my waist at any time.
The Goblin Queen looked at him and said reassuringly.
“The entrance to the underworld changes from cycle to cycle. This is the entrance for a week from today.”
She heads inside without hesitation.
Carefully following behind it, unlike the exterior that looked like an anthill, the interior was quite atmospheric.
The light green vines and moss that bloomed between the old stones gave it an antique feel.
A faint scent of moss leaks from all over the lair.
“It’s quite a large place.”
As I muttered to myself, the goblin queen looked around and nodded.
“What the eyes see is not everything.”
The goblin lair boasted an enormous size, to the extent that there was a small forest inside the lair.
There was a tall building that was drawn like a boundary line there.
Perhaps that place is an underground staircase that changes at regular intervals.
Was there such a thing inside the goblin lair?
If this was the case, he would have been lost for a while looking for an underground passage to go downstairs.
“You have plenty of time. There is a passage inside the lair, so it’s even safe. Come find me as soon as you are ready. In the meantime, we will stop hunting and welcome the day of breeding.”
In short, it must mean that he would not waste his energy and would conserve it.
I can’t believe it’s called a breeding day right away. From a listener’s point of view, it hurts my stomach a little.
Ray looked around for a moment, then turned his back.
It was an unexpected descent to the fifth floor, but it was necessary sooner or later.
‘Even when I first came down to the 4th floor, I was in trouble because of the unexpected monsters.’
A monster with great intelligence.
A monster whose body is much more evolved than before.
Monsters with special abilities.
I met a lot of monsters and my ability to improvise increased a lot.
In addition, preparation was also thorough.
If you don’t prepare for it, your life will be in danger, so if it’s natural, you can say it’s natural.
Receiving the gaze of the goblins, Ray left the lair.
* * *
Upon returning to the shelter, several goblins stood guard.
It seems that the goblin queen ordered personal protection.
“Great. I can do it anyway.”
Rather, it stands out more when standing guard.
Besides, the unique scent that comes from the bodies of goblins seemed to attract certain monsters, so it was just annoying from Ray’s point of view.
“Higgigigg!”
“Kiyi! Kigem!”
The goblins have been pretending to know, but their situation is strangely funny.
He greeted them with a lightly raised hand.
Sitting down, Ray skillfully lit a bonfire.
Is it the first time I see fire?
The goblins’ eyes widened.
“Keeeh!”
“Kee kiiik!”
Among the monsters, goblins have poor night vision.
Still, it was better than humans, but it was a huge factor for monsters who had to be active at night.
To them, the existence of ‘fire’ that brightly illuminates the surroundings was a revolution.
Ray took out the meat of the monster from the leather pouch this time, which was nothing like a backpack.
After stringing the meat on a wooden skewer, he gently brought it over the fire, and soon the savory aroma spread.
Meat obtained by catching and dismantling a deer-like monster.
As rare as it is hard to see even on the 4th floor, the taste is savory and does not stink.
Originally, I had saved it for a toast when I went down to the 5th floor, but my conscience was stabbed if I didn’t serve it when a guest came, even though it was a goblin.
When I handed the well-roasted deer meat to the goblins who were guarding it, they jumped up and loved it.
“To the key!”
“Kiii!”
I thought it wouldn’t be bad to see a goblin with a happy expression as he grabbed a skewer and ate it as if closing his eyes to Maparam.
Not to be outdone by that, Ray also grabbed a skewer and ate the meat.
Even if you eat a small amount of deer monster meat, your stomach will be quite full.
It was only three pieces of meat the size of a fist, but both the goblins and himself were able to eat their fill.
The goblins huddled around the bonfire seemed to be exhausted and fell asleep after the meal, probably forgetting to stand guard.
“I don’t know who is protecting whom.”
With a sigh, Ray covered them with a blanket made from the skin of a wolf monster.
Is it because of the soft and fluffy feel?
Coo-Coo-
I snored and fell into a deep sleep.
Are you naive or have no sense of crisis?
If he made up his mind and turned his back, how could he treat him without any boundaries?
I was worried about the future after the 5th floor, but anyway, it’s an alliance that passes by for a while.
From then on, the goblins will take care of themselves.
A night when all the goblins fell asleep.
When Ray descended just once, he thought of the first monster he encountered.
A giant mouse that exudes acid from its mouth like a slime.
Contrary to its large size, it was quite fast, so it was not difficult to deal with.
At that time, I was lucky enough to escape, but I am worried that I will be able to catch them on the 5th floor and grow up.
‘I’m sure it wouldn’t be possible at this point.’
Even if you succeed in catching it, great sacrifices will follow.
The Goblin Queen is all the more worried because she doesn’t seem to think much of the deaths of her people.
Ray, who had been thinking for a while, made a sick sound.
She seemed to have made up her mind, so she jumped up from her seat.
“I guess I need to train him.”
* * *
The next day, Ray immediately took the goblins and found the lair.
I told you to come when you are ready.
Seeing him come as soon as the day dawned, the Goblin Queen was delighted.
“Are you ready?”
Her wish was shattered by Ray’s words.
“no. There are more things to prepare than I thought. I’ve only been down to the 5th floor once. If I compare the monsters I met there with you goblins…”
“If I compare them?”
“If you fight ten times, you lose all ten times.”
The monster on the 5th floor looked like a mouse, but it was twice the size of an orc.
One attack with sharp claws would kill two or three weak goblins.
The Goblin Queen shook her head.
“Does not matter. If you die, you can do it again.”
What kind of goblin logic is this!
while being cognate.
He was angry with her for treating the lives of the people he led as rolling stones.
Ray, who was about to say something, thought of something and calmed down his voice.
She was smarter than the other goblins, but lacked experience and knowledge.
In other words, it is a child who has only grown up.
Even if you get angry, you won’t understand why you’re angry.
Among the goblins, that’s a way to survive, and it’s natural.
said Rey, looking at the Goblin Queen.
“Not only you, but also the goblins are a precious life. I have intelligence, I think, I feel happy when I eat delicious food, and I am surprised when I see something strange. Of course, when death approaches, you will be afraid. Why do you care less about the lives of your people? You can do anything with them.”
“I can do anything?”
“You said These are all goblin powers.”
“…”
The Goblin Queen didn’t say anything, so Ray straightened her back.
He forcibly created a sword aura in his hand while he had not yet absorbed the mana of the monsters and had not grown properly.
A feeling of something uneasy and a feeling that the heart is constricted.
I don’t think I can keep it for long.
He approached a huge rock lying around and cut it down with one hand.
Slow-!
The clean sound of rocks being cut.
A rock ten times the size of the goblin was cut in two.
The goblins who were watching couldn’t keep their mouths shut.
In fact, the move just now was a trump secret that Ray had hidden.
The ability to manage mana.
Each and every knowledge they know from the outside is a shock to them that is close to a natural disaster.
Ray glanced at the goblins and said.
“It’s good to give birth to a lot of goblins and increase their strength, but if you train, you can do this.”
All the goblins’ eyes were on him and the boulder he had cut.
