Chapter 144: Goblins Horde (III)

The goblin horde was in a complete disorder as they never expected a mere slime could be so meticulous in their plan to trap them.

"Damn it, these slimes are abnormal" Kragas shouted in fury as he tried to regroup his members.

However, he didn't have much effect in calming down the goblins as more than a hundred of them had fallen down at a rapid pace.

Most of the goblins were dead by the corrosiveness of the acid shot from the worker slimes. Their morale was also down without any will to continue this farce.

"Boss, we lost a lot of our members already. We need to get out of here quickly before coming up with a counter plan." A goblin could no longer stay silent as it asked Kragas to retreat.

Kragas clenched his fist in anger as he continued to block the acid shot before shouting, "Retreat everyone, we will definitely get our revenge for our fallen comrades."

Afterward, Kragas tried to lead his group to safety but not for long as he realized something.

While walking away in retreat, he felt his feet touching something liquid on the floor. Glancing closely, Kragas turned pale when he found out what it was.

"Everyone run, there's oil on the ground," Kragas warned the group as they all stopped their movement.

"You are one very smart goblin. Unfortunately, you were consumed by rage and underestimated the slime's ability. Just because they belong to the weakest monster category, your guard becomes lower." Zen revealed himself from behind and continued.

"Alas, it's a shame that your command has cost the demise of your comrades. In the next life, remember to be more cautious of your opponent no matter how weak they look."

Zen smiled kindly as he snapped his finger, revealing his BloodJade Flame as it approached the oil.

Kragas and the rest of the goblins opened their eyes wide in fear as the flame made contact with the oil.

Within a moment, the flame starts to ignite and spread all over the goblins and with the slimes continuing their acid shot to block their path, the goblins could only stay in their position as the flame erupts on them.

"AHHHHHHHH"

Screams of agony and pain came from the goblins as they were burned alive while the rest who managed to escape quickly were intervened by Krista Dragoon.

Although the plan was a success, their sheer number of goblins still took Zen more than 2 hours to completely massacre every goblin.

"Sigh, this kind of fight is easy but tedious and tiring. The amount of oil wasted for these goblins is going to be regretful." Zen was depressed to waste so many resources to deal with the goblins on the 2nd floor.

"You are really unbelievable. Do you know how many people would be willing to waste these little resources to clear out a goblin horde?" 

While Zen was busy lamenting, Krista Dragoon arrived in time to hear his nonsense again and snorted at him.

The goblin horde fight seems easy but in reality, it took a lot of calculative thinking and psychology as they needed to provoke the goblins into chasing after the enemies.

If Romu had failed his taunting and the goblins remained in their territory then it would have been impossible to defeat them. Just their overwhelming number was enough to stampede them.

"Ok, I'm wrong and thanks to Romu's skills in bringing them to this narrow place that we could burn them all alive." Zen raised his hand up to indicate his surrendering.

There was no point in arguing on a topic that is over already. Krista Dragoon was irritated by the carefree attitude of Zen as he doesn't understand the severe consequences of a goblin horde.

"Whatever, you are someone who will never learn," Krista Dragoon snorted and started to walk forward to check if there are any goblins alive.

"You really need to learn to get into sister Krista's good side or else you will never be able to obtain her heart. Sister Krista is very independent and smart," Leila Dragoon exclaimed softly from behind.

Zen gave a quick glance at Leila Dragoon before heaving a sigh.

"It would be better if you're really to help me out here," Zen said cheekily in response after a while.

Leila Dragoon only shook her head lightly before catching up with Krista Dragoon.

Zen viewed her back as she ran forward to Krista Dragoon in silence. 'Guess I'm really an annoyance to them.'

Scratching the back of his head lightly, Zen decided to explore the goblin's territory to investigate anything special in there.

Romu quickly followed behind and asked, "Master, are we not going to the stairs leading to the 3rd floor?"

"We are going to the 3rd floor but not until I investigate their territory first. Right now, we are not lacking manpower or firepower but information." Zen replied to Romu as he continued.

"Information is a crucial factor and if we blindly advance forward without knowing anything then sooner or later, we will be defeated. To win against any enemies, we must always find out every detail regarding them so we can have a strategy."

Zen was determined to solve this mystery about the labyrinth and why they would suddenly appear in this tiny world. He believed that this was not a coincidence since every other true qi cultivator descending to this world shows there is something more valuable here.

'The treasure that we found in the town where I got Silence, who was known to be a companion for that supreme cultivator, seems to be a smokescreen now.' Zen sighed inwardly when he found out how naive he was.

During the Town of Ash, the magical beast riot has clouded his thinking that the true qi cultivator is really eager to get the celestial sword for their benefits but upon thinking further, it was illogical.

A celestial sword where all empyreans strive and want for their own would never send a measly group of people to grab for them. 

'Just what is so valuable hidden in this tiny world?' 

Zen exclaimed inwardly as he finally arrived at the goblin territory.