Chapter 113: Unsatisfactory

"What do you plan to do then? Let them all die?"

"I don't know, Emily. The one controlling the goblins now isn't me but Petricia. We need to believe in her for now. Don't forget, the place we will go next is a war zone."

Emily turned silent with Alex's reminder.

If not, because of Mingyue's suggestion. Alex would have the same thought as Emily; he could not stay still and let the goblins be killed.

However, if he did that, the goblins wouldn't grow. Only with real experience, forged by blood, could Petricia become a real commander quickly.

In the battleground, all the worms gathered in one place.

The goblin squad wants to throw grenades at them, but it's a little bit too late. The worm's body starts to tense up, and a small sharp needle starts protruding out from its skin.

With a roar, the needle shoots at high speed.

Velgore and the rest of the goblins try their best to protect their vital part, like eyes, but the needle still finds a way to their flesh. With how small and sharp the needle is, it easily pierces through part of its suit that is not covered by the plate.

Stab! Stab! Pain starts spreading from the wound, followed by a sense of numbness. But Velgore, with his cultivation at the late stage of the Foundation realm, was less affected by the poison.

He leaped upwards with all his strength and threw four incendiary grenades to the ground.

BOOM! BOOM! Fire exploded, spreading around the area. Smoke and dust billowed up; they succeeded in dealing huge damage to the worms, but at the same time, the goblin army was hit by poison and paralyzed.

Usually, the paralysis would last for a long time, but since every single goblin is also a cultivator, they could move their qi to flush it out, but it still took them at least thirty seconds to do this.

This short moment, in a real fight, is fatal.

The surviving worms, wanting to avoid the flames, forcefully made their way through the surrounding goblins.

Faced with the choice of big flames in front or behind, they decided to move forward.

Velgore, who had just landed, leaped forward, cleaving towards the worms that wanted to escape. He tries his best, but there are still too many worms; they attack the Goblin warrior, who is still numbed by the poison.

Many got wounded in the process, and some almost died, but thankfully, no worm now stays at their real size, so they cannot gulp the goblin whole.

Time passed, and the goblin started recovering. Ignoring their wounded body, they attack the worm.

With the goblin's recovery, the worms start panicking even more, and their movements become more predictable under Petricia's view.

She started giving out orders in detail, moving the goblins as if they were one entity.

Since the worms were now in a state of chaos and panic, the goblins started throwing blast grenades.

This made the worms become confused.

The worms didn't have eyes or ears; the only way they could feel their enemy was by following the vibrations on the ground. Although the blast grenade damage wasn't too big, the vibration was enough to confuse them.

Petricia then opened her eyes.

At this stage, she didn't need to give out more orders. With a big blade in her hand, she started going into the melee, followed by Zargath.

Even though the snakes could keep regenerating, each time they split, their size became smaller.

Vexgore used this opportunity to catch the smaller one. Some he caught into the awecube, but most were thrown into the fire.

The battle then started turning one-sided, but the result was not satisfactory for Alex.

Other than Zargath and Petricia, the rest of the goblin army was out of commission; 2 warriors and 2 archers died, and the rest were wounded all over their bodies, bitten by the worms.

Each bite contained paralytic venom, which would make their recovery even slower.

Emily looked at the fight that already had a guaranteed result with sad eyes. She was saddened by the goblins that died since she knew they had their own families, but more than that, she faced reality.

She thought everything was guaranteed for the journey as long as they had enough force, but she underestimated the difficulty. Even facing these worms, they already had a hard time and were almost lost.

This made her realize every monster her brother caught needed time and resources to be put into it before they became a worthy army that could cut open their enemies with ease. seaʀᴄh thё ηovёlFire .net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

It didn't take long for the battle to finish.

At this point, the goblin army couldn't even move; they all lay on the ground, trying to use their qi to suppress the poison.

Petricia, with Zargath and Vexgore, walked toward Alex and knelt. While walking, Vexgore got help from Zargath and Petricia since he also started feeling the burn of the poison.

Even though they all wore combat armor of decent quality, it still wasn't good enough to survive multiple attacks by the worms.

"King, I am sorry the result is unsatisfactory," Petricia said while the other two high goblins cast down their gaze.

"It's good that you realize this. Reflect on the battle and make a report to me about what you can do to make this fight better. And Petricia, why did you turn the goblins into suicide bombers?"

"I am wrong, King. Punish me."

"I am asking you why you made that decision, not whether you are wrong or right," Alex replied.

He still felt confused about why she did that. If Alex were in the same position, he would order the rest of the goblins to attack the worms, freeing the others, as he himself joined the fray.

Petricia hesitated for a moment but then answered, "Because their fate was sealed, King. I could order the rest to protect them, but it could change the situation for the worse since that would mean they would put their backs on the enemy.

If I canceled my ability and joined the fray at that time, it would become even more dangerous since no one would be there to give commands. Zargath also needed to stay by my side to ensure my safety."