adventurers in the sewers

At 2:30 p.m., Louis and his party walked through the dense, leafy forest.

The leaves blocked out the sunlight, but the air in the forest was very humid and hot, and small insects would fall on people from all directions from time to time, making it impossible to avoid them. The experience of traveling was definitely not good.

Fortunately, Louis had been tempered in the sewers and had a strong tolerance for all kinds of harsh environments. If he had been thrown into such a place right after transmigrating, he would probably have gone crazy.

The villager leading the way was a young man named Jimmy, with red curly hair and healthy freckles on his face, but he seemed very depressed and walked forward with his head down.

Louis and his two companions could understand this, because they learned from the villagers' conversation that Jimmy and Anne were childhood friends, or as Louis would say in his previous life.

"Adventurer, there are frequent signs of those damned goblins around here."

Reaching an area where they could hear the sound of flowing water, Jimmy stopped and turned back to remind them:

"There might be goblins keeping watch nearby, so be careful not to disturb them."

Nora nodded silently, took out the Bone Rifle from her cloak, and attached an eyeball to the scope area.

Louis took a closer look, and only after realizing it wasn't the hero's eyeball did he look away.

"Let's keep going. I'll detect any monster activity as soon as it appears."

Nora said calmly.

Louis and Dina both nodded and continued forward, having complete confidence in the necromancer's detection abilities.

Less than five minutes later, the eyeball on the skeletal rifle suddenly moved, its pupils contracted, and it turned toward the upper right of the squad.

Nora immediately aligned the muzzle of her gun with the 'scope' and fired without hesitation.

whoosh-

The bullet was fired, piercing through the lush green leaves and disappearing into the branches of the large tree.

bang——

A second later, a heavy object fell from the tree, but fortunately there were many leaves on the ground, so the noise was not too loud.

As for the gunshot? The Bone Rifle is not a traditional firearm, and its sound is even quieter than modern firearms with silencers. You can't hear it at all from a distance unless you listen carefully.

Nora put away her gun, gently blew on the muzzle to remove the heat, silently took out a finger bone, and began loading a bullet.

Jimmy watched this scene in shock.

He couldn't help but look at the pitchfork in his hand, feeling that he and this adventurer seemed to be from different eras.

This made him feel even more respect for her.

The group quickly arrived at the location where the heavy object had fallen and saw a short, green-skinned monster whose neck had been almost pierced.

This monster is about 1.2 meters tall. Its dark green skin is a natural camouflage in the jungle. People with low senses might not be able to spot the goblin even if they are standing under a tree.

This thing has a very large nose, so large that it distorts the shape of its face, causing its lips to become very strange, resembling a pig's snout.

Its eyes were still open, its dark green pupils, which occupied most of its eye sockets, staring at the sky with an eerie light.

It had a bone whistle hanging from its chest, clearly indicating it was a sentry from a goblin tribe.

"The reconnaissance posts have been taken out," said Daina. "Now we can advance unimpeded."

Louis nodded, then casually bent down and touched the goblin's green skin.

[A pickable attribute has been detected. Pick it up?]

Pick it up.

As soon as Louis had a thought, a notification sound rang out indicating that the item had been successfully picked up.

You have collected the "Goblin Scout" corpse and gained the skill "Reproductive Power".

[Reproductive Capacity (Passive): With females...]

Please note that this passive skill will cause certain adverse changes to the body, including but not limited to the smaller head dominating the larger head, significantly increased efficiency, and the ineffectiveness of common contraceptive methods.

[Should I abandon picking it up?]

After reading the explicit skill description, Louis's face darkened, and he abandoned the attempt to pick it up without hesitation.

[Permanently ignore this skill?]

Yes!

What kind of crappy skill is this?!

That perfectly fits people's stereotypes about goblins.

Other skill effects are one thing, but what does "significantly increased efficiency" mean? More than ten seconds at a time?

This is an absolutely unacceptable and malignant change.

The thought of each of the next twenty-odd goblins having the "Reproduction" skill made Louis feel terrible.

It seems unlikely that this commission will yield any useful attribute points.

Louis shook his head helplessly, determined that after this commission, he should avoid getting involved in these goblin-related quests as much as possible, otherwise it would be a real nuisance.

Leaving the goblin's corpse behind, the group continued onward and soon came across a makeshift camp built of trees.

Something was bubbling away in a large pot in the center of the camp. Groups of goblins wandered around the camp, occasionally chattering away with their companions.

At the end of the camp was a natural cave. Louis and his party could only see the dark entrance from a distance and could not see what was inside.

Louis roughly counted about fifteen goblins roaming the camp.

"Let's get started."

Louis first gave Dinah a wink, signaling her to flank the enemy from the other side of the camp, and then spoke to Nora.

The necromancer nodded, took two "grenades" from her hood, and threw them towards the densest area of ​​the goblin horde.

Goblins who have lived in the forest their whole lives have never seen such a novel thing as a hand grenade.

Upon seeing the two severed hands appear before them, their first reaction was not to run away, but to curiously approach and observe them.

Then... bang—

The grenade blasted a crater within a three-meter radius, instantly turning the goblins within its range into a bloody mess.

In the blink of an eye, five of the fifteen goblins in sight had been reduced to one, and the other two had lost an arm and a leg, respectively, and were clearly no longer able to fight.

The two sudden explosions threw the remaining goblins into chaos.

Louis rushed out of his hiding place, reached for his waist, and three jet-black throwing knives appeared in his hand.

With a flick of the wrist, aided by 9 points of dexterity and 8 points of strength, the throwing knife shot out like a sharp arrow, accurately piercing the foreheads or necks of three goblins.

The enemy has lost three more combatants.

At this moment, Louis finally arrived in front of the goblins.

These green-skinned creatures were quite fierce; instead of fleeing, they stabbed Louis with stone spears.

But the opponent's technique was too clumsy. Louis easily dodged by slightly turning his body, and then slashed horizontally with his sword, sending a goblin's head flying into the air.

It has to be said that it is very satisfying to behead an enemy with a single sword strike using the power form.

But after beheading two goblins, Louis discovered a problem.

It's fun to hack and slash like that, but it seems to cause a lot of wear and tear on the weapon!

If he accidentally cuts the neck or spine, his not-so-fine longsword will chip a small nick.

Although this doesn't affect its use—you can polish the sword to make the nick disappear—if you use it too often, the sword will become dull and the blade will chip.

A sword costs nearly ten silver coins; we can't afford to waste it like that.

So Louis learned his lesson and started using technology to slit goblins' throats and pierce their hearts, which was both fast and maintained the durability of his weapons.

Just as Louis was effortlessly dominating the goblin camp, three goblins wielding bows and arrows suddenly leaped out from the earthen slope above the cave, attempting to shoot at him.

But a blue-haired girl appeared behind them like a ghost and ended their lives with a few sword strikes.

With their combined efforts, Louis's team quickly cleared out all the goblins outside the cave.

Nora and Jimmy also emerged from their hiding place, and the group arrived at the cave entrance together.

Despite the fierce fighting outside, strangely, no goblins emerged from the cave.