"Dear! Don't stop me." Lavada muttered with a hateful tone, "If we didn't make any deal with him now, I knew he wouldn't let us go. You also thought the same, right? sis Zita?"

"I hate to admit this, but Brink, it seems we don't have any other choice other than to reveal that news to him if we want to escape from here alive," Zita said while suppressing her voice.

"Do you think that necromancer will let us go after knowing we kidnapped that girl he protected all this time?" Brink retorted with a helpless sigh.

'We shouldn't have come after this guy.' Finally, he realized his mistake, but Brink knew it was too late now.

"Don't say that we are the ones kidnapped her. In the first place, it was all Keith's plan." Lavada whispered towards Zita's ears with a malice tone.

"What are you all mumbling about? Say what do you mean by that I won't be able to save that girl from being ravaged by trusted bandits?" Murius walked towards them with slow steps. But they felt an invisible crushing pressure for his every footstep.

At the same time, inside Murius's heart, unsettling feelings emerged! He didn't want to hear those bandits had kidnapped that girl, Aliza.

"Your so-called trusted bandits didn't go to aid some mission to kill the baron," Lavada said with a hint of mockery. "That Keith already told us about the girl, and all of us knew about her background. We planned to give her to to the light church to get the bounty- pfft" By the time Lavada finished her speaking, she almost coughed up some blood due to the sudden increase of that invisible power.

"Talk." A cold mutter came from Murius as that tone made everyone's body to tremble in fear. Anyone could tell from the chilling tone that he was really pissed!

"B-But we didn't expect you to be much more powerful than what Keith had told us before." Lavada wiped those blood using her hand and stopped her talking, making that area to become silent. Only blood gushing out and groaning mutters from those gravely injured pirates could be heard. Meanwhile, Murius stood there, digesting that shocking information and felt deep anger rushed towards his head.

"Now, I have another question. Then why did you come here to dig your own grave? If you just took that girl and gave it to the light church, I think all of you could be able to live your whole life without any worry." That was something; he couldn't be able to understand. He knew these pirates were not fools and thought something was still not right.

"It's a request from that newly titled baron. He told us he would give us 1000 white golds if we kill you." Lavada stopped her speech while observing the pale-faced hooded necromancer. Meanwhile, Murius startled inside.

'That baron knew about me? How?' He was confused. But soon, that thought disappeared from Murius's mind as his aim now was to find that Keith and save Aliza. He closed his eyes for a few seconds and once again opened.

"Scram! Don't even dare to come in front of me once again." Murius's black lips trembled a little as he spoke then, next instant, he sprints into those woods.

"Let's get the hell out of here before he comes back." Lavada breathed out a sigh of relief and muttered in a weary tone.

'Thank god he didn't kill us now. But I will make him regret this choice not killing us here for the rest of his life.' Her pink lips curved upwards and turned into a cruel smile.

Soon, Brink and other pirates quickly dashed towards the remaining gravely wounded soldiers and promptly dragged them towards their ships. Out of 300 pirates, only around 60 managed to survive this mission that made atmosphere gloomy.

"Be glad that we are standing alive morons. Set sail." Soon when other pirates heard the reply from Lavada, they nodded helplessly, even including Brink. At first, they had thought killing this necromancer was an easy task, but the group never predicted him to be a formidable foe.

"To the pirate town at full speed," Lavada ordered with a stern expression. Within a few minutes, two large ships moved from that shorelines towards the deep devil sea while leaving those other ships on the coastline.

..

At the summit of the frozen mountain range,

Abium's group arrived in front of a large circular rock attached to a mountain.

'Finally!' He moved near to that rock and imbued his mana into that short sword and slashed that rock.

Crack!

Slowly, that round rock split into two and rolled on the ground while revealing a pathway.

This tunnel was made long before. If Abium didn't come here to this territory, duke Adhemar would send his soldiers here to search for this tunnel later. In the past, Abium heard a piece of news that fifty elite soldiers were got entirely annihilated by the monsters inside this tunnel.

Once Abium slowly moved that rock to the other side, a large 3-meter diameter tunnel appeared on his vision. He quickly gestured others to stop here and started treating the bruises from the previous fight.

'I should treat this quickly.'

After he put some medicine around that wounded area, he covered it with bandages.

'It should be enough.' Abium closed his eyes and waited. While others gave a puzzled expression to him, he started to meditate. After an hour, he opened his eyes once he completely replenished his mana and spoke.

"Helena, Kuran, Uncle Claude, Sara, and Lily. You all come with me." Abium said with a calm tone and shifted his gaze towards Viper. "Sir Viper, Please take care of others while we are clearing this tunnel." His words made others confuse, but Viper understood and simply nodded. He could sense the smell of monsters from inside the tunnel and frowned a little.

'There are a lot of them!' Viper knitted eyebrows.

Abium, on the other hand, walked into that tunnel in the dark, while Helena and others followed after him.

"What the hell is this stink?!" But soon, Helena cursed while covering her mouth because a mixture of urine and rotten animals smell assaulted them.

"Gigigi." "gigigi----Gigi" "Gigi."

Suddenly, everyone halted their footsteps as they heard many noises up ahead.

"Kid, Is that goblins' voice?" Claude asked with slight nervousness. He started to remember want had happened during the goblins' ambush but soon snapped out out it.

'I have already become stronger to face these creatures.' Claude gripped his scabbed tighter and steeled himself. The reason, Abium had brought them here ahead of that remaining group was not only to kill these monsters but also to train them to fight against large monster hordes.

In the past, this goblin's nest had almost annihilated most of the knight squad sent by duke Adhemar. Although these monsters would not pose any danger for Abium but for Helena and others, these creatures would become a nightmare.

"Polish your skills here. Only constant fighting can improve your survival rate in future battles." Everyone nodded their heads and instantly unsheathed their weapons.

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"Miss Lily, these creatures are proficient at stealthy skills. You can't act recklessly." Abium said in advance.

Lily nodded her head as she was walking forward, and soon encounters three goblins. One goblin quickly sensed something was wrong and shouted.

"gigigi-"

Lily didn't wait for that goblin to notice her presence and stealthily moved behind that goblin.

She gashed her curved dagger towards a goblin's neck then decapitated its head in a swift movement.

Splash!

But her dagger didn't stop there. That sharp dagger directly went towards the other goblins that stood with a puzzled expression and slit its neck neatly. A layer of red mark appeared on both of those goblins necks, and soon, their heads started to slide from their bodies.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

Three lifeless bodies fell on the ground, leaving only a slight noise. Lily swung her dagger to remove that bloodstain and advanced. Within a few seconds, she met another group of goblins. Without hesitation, others soon followed her and massacred every one of those monsters and also attracted other goblins' attention from the other side.

"gigigi." "gigigi." "Gigi Gigi.."

Soon, the noise of those goblins itself made everyone's headache. Nearly a hundred of those goblins appeared on his map like a flock of sheep.

"Red orb" Abium didn't wait for them to arrive near to them and cast a fire spell and threw it towards those goblins. He knew they wouldn't be able to handle this much.

The sudden fire made all of the goblins moved in the front to halt their movements. But the one who came behind them didn't notice that and collided with each other. The flock fell in front of the group, leaving an opening for Abium to attack.

Soon, the Red orb moved towards the flock and exploded. Abium didn't stop with a single spell and cast another two times.

After a few seconds, only the roaring sound of goblins could be heard inside that tunnel. But he knew this was just the beginning and prepared for another battle.

"Now kill every goblin." He spoke, and Helena dashed forward while others followed her from behind. Like Lily, her dagger also ruthlessly cut down every goblin while leaving a sunshine aura.

Soon, Abium noticed something unusual; he saw Helena now using intermediate aura without any mana exhaustion and scanned her body.

'What?! Her mana and spirit went up!' He astounded inside. Soon darkness and green like light surrounded her body, and soon, elemental energy started to assimilate into her body.

'She is going to break through into the 4th tier warrior!' Everyone stopped their fighting except Helena and watched her with stunned eyes. She was dancing inside the tunnel, like a butterfly, and every one her moves met goblins' vital spots.

Inside that tunnel, she sliced every single goblin for nearly an hour but soon exhausted herself. By the time she snapped out of it, she had noticed the changes happening inside her body and started to grin widely.

"Haha, I didn't expect that!" She chuckled and walked forward without minding those corpses. Soon, they met with another group that has a shaman leading them and frowned a little.

Goblin shaman. Troublesome indeed.

These shamans were intelligent creatures, unlike those normal goblins and capable of casting one or two spells. After Abium encountered that Grold in the academy, he felt these seem to be more secrets to these goblins.

His top priority now was to kill that shaman at all costs; otherwise, it would harm others.

Abium teleported inside that tunnel this time and cast Red orb spell towards that shaman. At the same time, that goblin shaman recited a short chant then a small ball of fire flew from its wand.

It's a short version of fireball spell, and soon both collided against each other, devouring nearby goblins. Abium didn't stay idle at that time, as he once again cast a blink spell and appeared in front of that goblin shaman. His eyes were cold as ice that made that shaman and other nearby Hobgoblin flinch.

Whizz!

His sword made a whizzing sound, then next instant, the sword's sharp tip stabbed directly into that shaman's heart.

"Gaah." It yelled out a pitiful cry and fell on the ground. At the same moment, another two large clubs swung towards his direction as he saw those two hobgoblins attack.

With a slight movement, he evaded both of the attacks and backed away.

"Now, it's all yours." Everyone nodded their heads and soon killed those two hobgoblins in a few seconds. Following that, another massacre began inside that tunnel.

Blood splattered everywhere, and soon, stretch assaulted everyone's nose. Helena killed the last goblin from that group using her sword and stood there, panting heavily.

Clatter! Clatter.

"Fuck! Are there still more goblins?"

At they heard walking noise from the inside, Helena took a few steps back and shouted in nervousness. Soon, everyone saw a Hobgoblin walked alone towards them.

In an instant, Helena dashed towards that monster and slit that Hobgoblin's left shoulder. The intensity of the stroke was strong enough that it left a long trail of blood spurting out from the opened wounds. That Hobgoblin grunted in pain and released its massive wooden club in its hand. With quick footwork, Helena made her way to the side of that Hobgoblin and knocked that hobgoblin off its feet.

Urgh!

Before that, Hobgoblin could react; her left arm was pressed against its neck. Just when that hobgoblin could move its right arm, a powerful force pressed against its chest and neck, struggling to prevent that Hobgoblin from taking the air.

That Hobgoblin struggled all its might. Panic and fear took over its former self as its desire to breathe was overwhelming and clouding its judgment.

Next thing it knew, everything went dark. That Hobgoblin stopped struggling. There was no more noise, and only walking footsteps echoed from the inside.

Helena pulled out her dagger and knelt beside her kill, leaving everyone dumbfounded. Soon, multiple goblins cries echoed from the inside as everyone readied their sword. Soon red marks started to appear on Abium's map as he gave a cruel smile.

The narrow tunnel made his every Red orb spell to hit those goblins accurately. He moved like a reaper. Wherever he steps, multiple heads started to roll on that tunnel while others followed him breathing heavily.

Soon, another lone enemy appeared from inside made Abium to frown.

'Heh, An intelligent being? Is it goblin king?' His eyebrows arched upward.

Huff! Huff!

"Abi isn't this goblin seem different than others?" Helena made a puzzled look while Abium observed that short goblin.

"Humans!. EAT!" A small goblin wore a rusty silver crown while leisurely walked towards their direction. It covered its private parts with a small dirty cloth and grinned towards them.

'Scan.'

A slight spiritual wave came out from Abium's body as information about that goblin popped out in front of his eyes.

[Name: Unknown

Age: Unknown

Race: Goblin

Class: Goblin King

Attributes

Strength: 8.4

Agility: 9.2

Vitality: 8.3

Spirit: 9.0

Skills: ******, *******, ******

Spells: *****,******,]

'Is this really an intermediate tier monster? It's agility almost reached like a sixth tier warrior. But what's scarier is, it can able to use spells. We have to be careful.' Abium squinted his eyes sharper.