Chapter 96 Redthorn

The entire ant nest started shaking for a while, it was already in terrible shape after his spell and now it started falling apart.

"There's no time to waste!" Daylen started running, " we have to retrieve it and get the hell out of here!"

Esdras agreed, if this place fell apart, he was not afraid that the relic would be destroyed, but buried under all of this.

It would be much harder to find it if that was the case I need to be even get lost forever.

He did not expect that his spell would be this powerful, perhaps this place was not exactly very stable either.

The shaking stopped, and they continued running at the end of the tunnel. He saw that Daylen stopped in place for some reason.

When they caught up, they finally understood why, at the end of the tunnel made up of sand there was a thin bridge made of brambles, the bridge lead to a huge room that had cracks running through the walls.

In order to reach that room, they had to cross this bridge, and if they failed or made a mistake, they would fall to their deaths.

Only Esdras and Calvin what are equipped to make that trip, the others simply did not have the training or the capabilities to do something like this.

If there was enough time, then he could probably think of a way, but at this rate he would have to go alone.

"You guys stay here as you can see none of you can cross, stay here and fend off any goblins or ants that attempt to get through."

Selena and David both protested, but he was not having it. This is not the time to argue situation does not allow for discussion.

"David and Celine, you two must create a mudslide here. I'm sure that when I retrieve the item that I want to be time to go down that way we came so we will use the mudslide here. Do you understand how to work together, right combining water and earth."

This was a good way to avoid the cliché of barely making it out in the last moment. After who knows if something like that was even possible in real life?

As for why he did not take Calvin with him? He was the only close combatant other than him, and he had to buy time for the others to prepare their spells if they were attacked.

As for him, he probably could take care of himself.

Esdras didn't waste any time and started crossing the bridge, there was cold wind, passing through the holes in the ant nest, which would have disturbed ordinary people for sure.

But he was not a dream man, and he started running casually, he cross the bridge in a minute. There was a gate in front of him which he destroyed with a single punch.

With a thought manifested his mace add, entered the throne room. That is what it could only be called, right?

A throne of twisted vines stance atop a raised dais of greying wood. A hooded figure sits on the throne, its eyes blazing with a fiery light. The floor of the chamber has been etched and stained with an unfamiliar shape.

Esdras looked around and didn't see anyone else beside the hooded figure on the throne.

"Human, you dare to attack my liar? You dare to kill my subordinates? You dare murder my friends? I am a merciful goblin most of the time, but for you, I have no such mercy."

The hooded figure did not move but it spoke with a dignified anger.

" this place will soon fall down. Why don't you make a run for it?" Esdras asked while looking around and narrowed his eyes.

" why would I run? If the place falls down, I can rebuild it or maybe I will just move on somewhere else since you found this place the rest of the disgusting humans will soon hear about it I imagine. But tell me how did you find it in the first place?"

Redthorn couldn't figure out how the adventurers found the layer instead of falling for the trap in Greendepth caverns.

" who knows maybe someone you know told me" Esdras smirked.

He did not attack yet, because all the displays seemed to have only Redthorn, he could not possibly believe that it was unprotected.

The problem was his senses have been disturbed with the shaking of the nest, and the many ants living in the walls of the nest, just made it difficult for his senses to work properly.

However, he was not want to hesitate for too long. He just thought that maybe they could resolve this without any further violence. After all, he was here to retrieve the relic, and if this goblin hid it before his death, it may be difficult for him to find it.

"You know what I'm here for, give me the item you stole from us and I will be on my way. I don't care about your dealings with others or your schemes. Just give me the item, and I will go out of here without hurting another goblin. This I swear."

Esdras was being honest.

" you think you can just resolve this after killing my friends? I will never forgive you!"

Esdras sighed, as he thought it was difficult to solve the problem without violence, this whole thing started with violence anyway. He just thought that he might be able to convince this intelligent goblin.

With a wave of his hand and stone bullet, the size of a head started spinning in the air, creating a whirlwind, and then he fired it a moment later.

His target was the head of the goblin.

Without giving it time to react the bullet shattered Redthorn's head at once.

Esdras blinked, he did not think it was going to be that easy. But then he immediately started running away.

Because what he destroyed was not Redthorn, it was a mannequin, and, after being struck, it exploded in a flash.

Esdras knew that he couldn't make it out of the room that quick, but he was not about to give up that easily. He canceled his earth and water magic and turned the ground underneath him directly into mud and sank in quickly. Then he closed the top on himself.