However, Bruno didn’t dare to underestimate this Goblin Lord since this one seemed quite strong, especially after seeing how he caused the ground to crack with just his spear.
But at the same time, he and his group weren’t highly respected by the other adventurers for nothing.
They truly completed every mission they had set out for as a group, and surely this time, they had no plans to break that streak.
Brono simply glanced at Verona, who immediately understood what Brono wanted.
She clicked her tongue in frustration as she took out a silver crystal ball and attached it to her staff while the twins and Bruno began to face off with the Goblin Lord, who was swinging his spear around to keep the twins away while trying to kill Brono.
However, even if the Goblin Lord was intelligent, he lacked the coordination and experience Brono, and his group had.
Because of that, he was unable to land even one strike properly since the arrows from the twins were distracting him, while Brono would use his martial skills to deflect the distracted attacks of the Goblin Lord.
”Stop running around, human!” The Goblin Lord was feeling even more frustrated seeing these three making him dance around like a fool.
The Goblin Lord indeed possessed higher brute strength than these three, but what was the use of that strength if he was unable to land even one strike?
He was already having a bad feeling staying here and fighting this experienced group of adventurers who were not like most amateur adventurer groups he attacked. Even his instincts were telling him to flee, but if he went back empty-handed, he might end up in a worse state.
Even if he had to escape, he needs some convincing excuse to show as proof.
Viktor saw that Bruno and the twins were simply buying time for Verona, who seemed to be preparing a powerful spell.
All of this was happening in just a few seconds, and the next moment Verona smirked as she shouted, “Eat this, you ugly toad!”
Following her shout, a powerful fiery beam shot out of the silver crystal ball, heading right towards the Goblin Lord.
The Goblin Lord suddenly felt a chill on his scalp as he quickly jumped back, but alas, the fiery beam didn’t miss but instead changed direction mid-way to strike him.
”Tsk!” The Goblin Lord’s eyes widened, but he still had no plans of dying and somehow twisted his body in mid-air.
But even after such efforts, the beam sliced through his arm, cutting it off like paper.
”Aaargh!!” The Goblin Lord howled in pain, feeling shocked at losing his entire arm to a bunch of humans.
”Kill it before it runs away!” Brono shouted as he charged forward to take advantage of the goblin’s injured state.
But Verona had an exhausted look as she said languidly, “I am spent. You guys kill it.”
However, before Bruno and the twins could do anything, the Goblin Lord somehow pulled himself up and jumped into the bushes before running for his life.
”That fucker is running! Let’s get him, brother!” Pubo shouted wildly as he ran forward with his bow, but Brono suddenly stopped him and said, “Leave it! It’s too late, and that thing has the stamina of a bull. We can’t catch up to it, and we need to conserve our strength for the mission.”
”Brono, you now owe me a Silver Tier Odic Crystal. I can’t believe I wasted it on that toad,” Verona said in a vexed tone as she threw away the shattered ball of silver crystal.
Viktor, who had no idea about what the crystal ball was, looked at Seraphina, who understood his curiosity, and whispered, “Some mages don’t have enough power to use certain powerful spells. So they buy crystals like these that are infused with dense Odic energy. But the one she used only lasted for a single-use due to all Odic energy inside getting used up by the spell she cast.”
”Oh…seems like those things are quite handy but expensive as well,” Viktor missed after seeing how angry Verona was at losing that ball.
”Ah, did you two get scared, haha?” Brono asked with a boorish laugh as he saw Azu and Sera slowly walking out from behind a tree.
”We had never got attacked by goblins, and I had to protect my wife,” Viktor said calmly while Seraphina only lowered her head even more.
Brono was surprised to see him still having a hold over his wits since he expected these two to collapse from fear since the rabbitmen were quite faint-hearted.
But then again, he knew Azu was a different breed and laughed, “That’s admirable. But you two had nothing to worry about. See, didn’t we protect you just like we said. Now come on. We still got a long way to go before we reach the river.”
The group of six continued their journey, and Viktor saw these four drinking some potions that made their face lose most of the exhausted look.
’Must be the Redbull for these guys…’ Viktor thought.
As they walked, the forest became even darker, and the smell of wet leaves and mud wafted through their nostrils.
Even if it was barely evening, the place they were standing in was so dark it was easy to mistake that the sun had already set.
”Alright, you two are up. We have to pinpoint the place where a bunch of people died somewhere around here just yesterday. Can you two track the blood trail even if it got washed away?” Brono asked while Viktor subtly activated his vampire bloodline as he crouched down and took some mud into his hand to smell.
’They weren’t kidding about needing our tracking skills, huh…Must be because we were cheap labor…or free…’
Even if he activated his vampire bloodline, his eyes would still appear normal to others since the illusion Seraphina cast on him would only break the moment he uses his powers beyond the limit of what the spell can contain.
Viktor raised one of his brows since he indeed picked up the scent of blood…of multiple people even though it was faint. But that was enough for him to smell the direction of the trail, which was in the direction of a river whose damp smell he picked up as well.
”Laaaa~Laaaa~ A stream of red, beneath the blue~ Calls me from the depth and towards you~” A coquettish voice that had the charm to even draw the attention of even ghosts suddenly began to sing, their voice echoing in the region, making Viktor pull his brows together..