activa-t Chapter 79 Was her father deceiving her?
Chapter 79 Was her father deceiving her?
After searching the soul, Lin Er kept his promise and killed Rui Mu, then carried the corpse back.
"Senior brother, are we being targeted by the lizardmen?"
Talia appeared very nervous.
Lin Er shook his head and replied, "I just used 'Talk to the Dead' to ask them, and they just happened to be passing by."
Upon hearing this, Talia and Keller finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Senior brother, why don't we retreat quickly?"
"No need." Lin Er waved his hand, telling Shui Yue to freeze the lizard-human's corpse and bloodstains to prevent the smell of blood from attracting monsters.
He yawned and said, "Let's rest first, we have things to do tomorrow."
After saying that, Lin Er returned to his tent. He needed to conserve his energy for the goblin hunt tomorrow.
Flora didn't say much and followed her into the tent.
Talia and Keller looked at each other in bewilderment.
……
The latter half of the night passed quickly, and the morning light shone in, making the woods quiet.
When Lin Er woke up, he saw Flora hugging her arm, sleeping soundly.
He noticed that Flora had been getting closer to him lately.
Lin Er carefully pulled his hand out of Flora's arms.
Although he moved very gently, Flora was still awakened. With her eyelids half-closed, she got up from the carpet.
Lin Er immediately spoke:
"I uncovered three goblin strongholds yesterday, so let's hurry up and wipe them out today."
"Okay." Flora perked up a bit upon hearing this. She paused, then added:
"Yesterday I saw you lead that water elemental lord to the goblin cave, and I guess you wanted to use it."
After you left, the goblins in the burrow all came out, and Talia and I surrounded them and successfully killed them all—more than thirty in total.
"Well done, it was worth the risk."
Lin Er felt that Flora truly understood him.
The two then went outside the tent, where Talia and Keller were cooking, their eyes dark, as if they had stayed up all night.
"Thank you for your hard work."
Lin Er also felt that they had done their best, and although their combat ability might not be outstanding, they had done a good job in other aspects.
"Senior brother, shall we go back to the base today?"
"No, keep killing goblins."
Lin Er's gaze was extremely sharp.
After having breakfast, the four of them packed their bags and continued their journey.
Although the three goblin strongholds were nearby, the environment of the Misty Forest was complex, making them very difficult to find.
Lin Er walked ahead and, based on the information from the Soul Search, quickly found the first goblin stronghold, located in a cave, with about sixty or seventy goblins.
The cave was very well hidden, surrounded by overgrown weeds, giving it a lifeless appearance.
At first glance, you would never guess that so many goblins are hidden here.
"Flora, you guys go and block the goblins' retreat, leave the rest to me."
"it is good."
After Flora finished speaking, she led Talia and the others to the side.
Lin Er stood still and immediately released his flying sword. The sword light danced, and in a dozen breaths, all the goblins present were slaughtered.
Because of the roadblocks that Flora and her companions had set up in advance, not a single goblin managed to escape.
The second stronghold, the third stronghold.
Lin Er used flying swords to wipe them all out, and the efficiency was astonishing.
Talia walked up, her face showing a mixture of surprise and astonishment.
"Senior brother, your flying sword is simply too powerful. 200 goblins are like 200 pigs. If they scatter and run away, Keller and I wouldn't be able to catch them even after a month."
Lin Er smiled and said, "You guys have been a great help. I couldn't have wiped them all out by myself."
These goblin lairs are located in areas shrouded in thick fog, and there are so many goblins inside that if they were to scatter and flee, they would disappear in the blink of an eye.
No matter how fast his flying sword was, due to the fog obscuring the view, he could only kill about a hundred at most, and at least half of them would escape.
Lin Er said in a deep voice, "The agreed time is almost up, let's go back now."
Talia nodded quickly, her back and legs no longer aching, and she carried the sack full of goblin ears, her smile spreading across her face.
"We've struck it rich this time."
She's right, the spirit stones are going to be overflowing this time.
Lin Er was also very happy.
The four returned along the trade route and finally made it back to the Linwu Village outpost before nightfall.
Lin Er looked up and saw that the members of the Crow Brigade and the Firestone Mercenaries had returned to their stronghold. When they saw Lin Er and his group return, they all came over to greet them.
The leader of the Crow Brigade, Crow-Eye Kayla, came up to him with a big smile.
"Lord Lin'er, you've finally returned."
Lin Er was somewhat surprised and asked:
"You're waiting for me here?"
Crow-Eye Kaela waved her hand and replied, "We just got back too, and we're handing over some goblin ears. Not many, just over 300."
The captain of the Firestone Mercenaries, Ironflin Kobas, looked annoyed. Their squad hadn't accomplished much on this trip, killing only about 60 goblins.
Iron-flint Kobas couldn't help but say:
"Alright, alright, everyone knows your squad killed 150 goblins."
"Haha, we were lucky, it's just a pity the fog was too thick, we only managed to get half of our way through."
Although Crow-Eye Kayla said that, she couldn't hide her smugness on her face.
Lin Er nodded, his face full of agreement.
"These goblin lairs are all hidden in the mist, making them difficult to wipe out completely. Did you encounter any lizard-like beings along the way?"
Crow-Eye Kayla replied, "We encountered a few. They were quite fast runners, but unfortunately, we didn't catch any alive."
Lin Er seemed to be thinking about something, then turned to Talia and said, "Talia, let's go hand it in."
"Okay, senior brother."
Talia deliberately carried the sack past Crow-Eye Kaela.
At first, Crow-Eye Kaela didn't take it seriously, until Talia took out two large sacks of goblin ears from her magic storage bag.
At this moment, even Ms. Phoebe, who was in charge of handing over the bounty, changed her expression.
Talia immediately opened the sack, which was filled with goblin ears.
"Did you guys wipe out the entire goblin stronghold?"
Phoebe looked incredulous.
Talia snorted and looked up, saying, "Not much. My senior brother only took down four goblin lairs and killed more than three hundred goblins. He also fought a fierce battle with the Deer-Headed Demon and the Water Elemental Lord without suffering any losses."
"What?! You also killed the Deer-Headed Demon and the Water Elemental Lord?!"
Phoebe stood up abruptly.
Lin Er's face darkened, and he quickly explained, "Don't listen to her nonsense, we only killed about 300 goblins."
Phoebe finally snapped out of her daze. Looking at the three large sacks of goblin ears in front of her, and remembering her earlier doubts, her cheeks flushed red.
"I'm sorry, you are indeed genuine Tier 2. I shouldn't have questioned you before."
As Phoebe spoke, she bowed again to Lin Er:
"Thank you. With so many goblins dead now, this time many fewer people will die."
"Actually, there's no need for such thanks. We're just doing this for the reward. Please count the items as soon as possible."
Phoebe sighed and called over a few more staff members to start counting the number of goblin ears.
Beside her, Crow-Eyed Kayla's smile froze. She turned to look at Luna, her expression full of doubt, as if asking, "Didn't you say he couldn't possibly break through to the second tier?"
Luna was also quite bewildered at this moment.
Although Phoebe hadn't finished counting, it was clear that there were definitely more than 600 goblin ears.
They can kill 300 goblins in a short period of time, and they must have encountered at least 600, since goblins can run away.
Even if Flora reaches the second tier, she cannot do it.
Luna recalled Lin Er's flying sword. If his strength broke through to the second tier and the power of the flying sword increased again, then it wouldn't be impossible.
But how could he possibly break through to the second tier?
Was her father deceiving her?
Luna suddenly felt extremely helpless and confused.