Transcendent Warrior With A Dimensional Shifting Inventory 33
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I thought I would earn a lot of return time if I killed the Goblin Lord.
But it was the same 10 seconds as the minions.
‘What the heck is the standard?’
The return time credit system is truly incomprehensible.
Anyway, with the death of the lord, the goblins became disorganized again.
As the lord’s control disappeared, they were once again drawn to the smoke of the tomari tobacco leaves and crawled out of the underground space.
Watching this phenomenon from outside, General Drake knew that the Goblin Lord was dead.
He ordered his soldiers to open fire.
“Fire!”
Swish-
Thousands of soldiers fired their crossbows at the goblins who were hallucinating and causing trouble.
The corpses of goblins pierced by crossbow bolts piled up in the smoky tobacco smoke.
The special forces led by Minhyuk walked around deep underground, where the smoke of the tomari tobacco leaves couldn’t reach.
Then, they slaughtered all the remaining goblins in sight.
Eventually, they discovered the place where the female elves were imprisoned.
Hundreds of naked elves huddled in a corner of the underground space, shivering.
Half of them had swollen bellies.
Gasp-
There was an elf in labor, giving birth to a goblin pup.
Kee-aaak-
Goblin pups that had just crawled into the world bared their teeth and wailed at the soldiers.
“Die, you vermin!”
Swish, swish-
The soldiers stabbed them to death with their spears.
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.
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The special forces finally escaped through the west exit.
They had wiped out all the remaining goblins while passing through the underground space from the east exit to the west exit.
Those who came up to the ground, lured by the smell of cigarettes, had already been completely annihilated by the main force.
They had succeeded in retaking Tamirn Fortress.
Wow!
The soldiers’ cheers echoed through the sky above the fortress.
After the operation was completely over, the eastern sky began to turn gray.
Minhyuk’s return time had almost accumulated to two days.
Since it was noon on Sunday, he could now stay in the real world until Tuesday noon, past Monday.
Tomorrow, he would first go to the real estate office.
He would sign a contract for a house to move into.
Somewhere he could move into as soon as possible.
If possible, it would be nice if it was clean and spacious.
There should also be a place nearby to park his truck.
‘I’m finally escaping the Gosiwon.’
He felt happy, but also a bit regretful.
It was a large-scale operation where 4,000 troops were deployed to eliminate 10,000 goblins.
However, the reward for the success was only a little over a day’s worth of return time.
‘Isn’t that too stingy?’
Human nature was truly greedy.
When he was accumulating tens of minutes of return time, he felt like he could breathe easier if he just got a few more hours.
But now, even though he had accumulated two days, it felt insufficient.
He wanted to live lavishly, accumulating weeks, months, years.
The more he had, the more he wanted, just like greed for money.
‘Anyway, let’s just focus on the heart of Teiden for now.’
The princess ascended to the highest point of the fortress.
There, she planted a flag that she had prepared herself.
Flutter, flutter-
The sun rose beyond the flag of Asdel.
The princess turned her head and looked west.
Asdel’s citadel was far beyond her sight, but it was there.
‘I wish I could deliver this joyful news to Father!’
***
The king’s eyes widened, and he asked him.
“What are you doing?”
“I quit being a general!”
“What did you say!”
The king was furious and shouted to the soldiers nearby.
“What are you all doing? Hurry up and arrest that man! No, just kill him!”
The guards attacked Tarman with spears.
Tarman dodged their attacks with quick movements and snatched a spear from a guard.
Thud-
Thud, thud-
All of the guards collapsed at Tarman’s spear.
However, none of them had lost their lives, they had only suffered injuries to their arms and legs.
The king gritted his teeth, realizing that he could not defeat the general with force.
“That damn bastard...”
Tarman spoke to the king.
“When I come for you again, it will be to take your life!”
“What, what did you say! I’ll rip him to shreds! Listen here! Kill that bastard right now!”
The guards rushed in at the king’s cry.
Tarman broke through their encirclement and escaped the palace.
And he swore to himself.
‘I will definitely find evidence that you poisoned the late king!’
***
Since they were stationed at the fortress, it was very easy to deal with the attacks of the beasts.
Minhyuk gave his soldiers time to rest in shifts.
He had recaptured the fortress a day earlier than expected, so he gave them a reward.
After resting for about half a day, they would start collecting the Pookari fruit in earnest.
“Commander!”
An officer guarding the west entrance came running towards Minhyuk.
“What’s the matter?”
“There are elves outside!”
Minhyuk nodded.
The reason why the elves had come was obvious.
They must have come to take back their kin who had been kidnapped by the goblins.
Minhyuk went up to the castle wall.
He looked down and saw the elves.
There were about 50 of them.
They were all wearing clothes made of plant leaf fibers.
And they all had bows on their shoulders.
The elf woman standing at the front looked up at Minhyuk and shouted.
“I am Jeria, the representative of the elves living in the Konoe Forest! I have something to say to your representative!”
The elves called the forest east of Asdel
More than 30,000 elves lived in the Konoe Forest.
The elf named Jeria was dazzlingly beautiful.
Her features were like a sculpture, her skin was like silk,
Her neckline, shoulders, waist, and hips made men lose their minds.
The soldiers looking at her gulped without realizing it.
One of the dwarf soldiers muttered in a small voice.
“Elf women are beautiful on the outside, but cold as ice on the inside.”
“What is your purpose here?” Minhyuk asked her. “I am the commander.”
“First of all, I sincerely congratulate you on your successful defense of the fortress against the goblins! And I have a favor to ask.”
“What is it?”
“I would like to take our kin, who were captured by the goblins, back to their original homes.”
Minhyuk spoke to her in a cold tone. “Even though you knew your kin were being held captive by the goblins and suffering terribly, what have you all been doing up until now? What were you doing, that you’ve only just now shown up to take them back?”
“...”
Jeria couldn’t speak.
She just blushed in shame.
A moment passed in silence.
Then Minhyuk spoke again.
“Take all of your kin.”
Jeria’s eyes widened, and she asked Minhyuk, “Yes? Really?”
“But there is a condition. In order to take them, you must first bring me something of equal value.”
“We live in poverty in the forest! We have nothing to give someone like you!”
Minhyuk told her the condition for taking her kin.
“Bring me 100,000 Pukari Berries.”