Sequence adventurers roaming between two worlds

Inside the cave, the flames of the campfire flickered, reflecting the slightly worried looks in the eyes of Captain Gomez and his companions.

All eyes fell on Leo, who was standing not far away.

Getting a job is not guaranteed to be 100% successful.

Even if all the conditions are met, if the compatibility is too poor, the job application will still fail.

If they fail, the etheric particles will wreak havoc within their bodies, potentially causing serious injury or even death to the adventurer.

For ordinary people without a professional background, etheric seeds, once fused with flesh and blood, are considered "highly toxic".

Suddenly, Captain Goku, Guts, and Cykta's eyes flickered as they sensed something, and a look of relief appeared on their faces.

Just now, they sensed the stable convergence of etheric particles in Leo.

This means that Leo's inauguration was a success!

However, before the relaxed expressions on their faces could last long, they were soon stunned.

Because the etheric particles that were originally converging towards Leo's body suddenly dispersed.

"this……"

Gus scratched his head and looked at Sekoda.

Lord Shadow Hand turned to look at Captain Goblin Slayer.

Captain Gokumi, after a moment of silence, shook his head: "I've never heard of or seen anything like this before..."

The behavior and conversation of the three made Hassen and Cecilia, who were standing to the side, feel uneasy, and their eyes became increasingly worried as they looked at Leo.

then.

When Leo opened his eyes, before he could even check the panel, he was surrounded by five people who stared intently at him.

"Um... everyone, why the expressions?"

Leo leaned back slightly.

"Leo, are you alright?" Captain Goblin spoke first, his voice filled with worry. "I just sensed the etheric particles steadily gathering within you, but suddenly, they disappeared..."

"You failed to get the job? Are you alright?"

So that's why.

Leo breathed a sigh of relief.

He thought something had happened again during the short time he had been in office.

"I'm not entirely sure either." Leo shook his head, but didn't elaborate further. "But I am definitely stronger than before."

This situation left Captain Gomez and the others looking at each other in bewilderment, except for Cykta, who wore a thoughtful expression.

He had heard that those legendary heroes all possessed special talents.

Perhaps Leo is one of them?

Considering Leo's unreasonable rate of growth, he became even more certain of his idea.

Leo smiled, then looked at his own control panel.

Two new skills have appeared in the skill bar.

[Shield Guard Mark] and [Black Iron Body]

After a brief consideration, Leo incorporated both skills into the [Slide Step].

When facing high-level challenging monsters, agility is more effective than other attributes.

The integration of two experience points comparable to mastery caused the experience bar for [Slide Step] to skyrocket, breaking through the "Expert Level" of lv.6 in the blink of an eye and directly entering lv.7, which symbolizes "Master".

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[Slide Step Lv.7]: In muddy, rugged battlefields or forests, avoid fatal damage with minimal cost. You have become a master of this skill, capable of turning the impossible into the possible.

Skill effect: When using the slide step, Agility bonus +2, Perception bonus +2

Mastery Bonus: Agility +1, Wisdom +1

Expert Bonus: Agility +1, Stamina +1

Master Bonus: True Agility +1, giving you a 10% chance to dodge any attack.

Current experience: 0/6400 (You can only continue leveling up after reaching the Bronze rank and mastering the power of the Aether element)

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Powerful, needs no further explanation!

After distributing the remaining primordial power, Leo's panel became:

【属性】：力量10、体质10、敏捷11、精神10、感知10

Regarding skills, everything else remains the same, except for the "Slide Step," which is now the only permanent level 7 master-level skill.

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Leo stretched his body, feeling as if he could fly away with a simple push of his feet.

Meeting their gazes, he thought for a moment and said, "Well, I've made some improvements in speed and evasion."

The group of people were moved to tears upon hearing this.

For ordinary people, once they reach their limit, every additional improvement becomes incredibly valuable.

Although I don't know much about Leo's situation, it's a good thing that he can become stronger.

An hour later.

After a short rest, Leo and the others got up and, led by Captain Gomez, headed toward the only entrance leading deeper into the mine.

Captain Gomez raised his portable kerosene lamp and led the way.

He walked very carefully, always on guard against goblins that might jump out from the corner.

To everyone's surprise, not a single goblin appeared until they entered a large cave covered with dark blue moss and crystalline objects.

It was as if, with the defeat of the leader goblin, the goblin vassals here had given up the struggle.

Captain Goku stopped in front of the Azure Cave.

Leo's gaze moved upwards, sweeping over the moss and crystalline objects that emitted a faint blue light, and landed on a nest-like spot deep inside.

In the center of the nest, which had a radius of about two meters, huddled a small goblin.

Centered on the nest, a network of fleshy tubes spreads out, almost covering the entire cave.

They absorb the energy inside the crystal, forming a viscous, dark blue-purple liquid that clings to the goblin's body and gathers on its head, solidifying into something resembling a crown.

As if sensing the arrival of Leo and the others, the quasi-goblin lord, which had advanced to a critical stage, began to tremble violently.

It seems they are preparing to forcibly terminate the promotion process.

"Let's do it!"

Captain Ge Mie decisively shouted, and took the lead, being the first to charge out.

Leo and Sekoda followed closely behind.

The two charged forward at the same time, but Leo quickly overtook Sekoda by a body length.

Sekoda, noticing this, was astonished.

Leo previously stated that he had made some improvements in "speed and dodging".

But he never expected that this "slight" improvement would directly allow Leo's straight-line speed to surpass his own.

"Pfft!"

Suddenly, the sound of flesh tearing echoed from the ground, and more than a dozen sticky, eerie blue tentacles emerged from beneath the goblin quasi-lord's lair, viciously stabbing towards Leo and his companions!

"Thump!"

One of the tentacles, which Captain Goblin had blocked, sank deep into the ground. Its astonishing destructive power caused Hassen and Cecilia, who were watching from behind, to gasp in surprise.

The two were merely reserve professionals and were completely incapable of participating in combat at this level.

Rather than becoming a burden, it's better to stay in the rear and wait for an opportunity to act.

Faced with the approaching sharp tentacles, Leo's eyes narrowed, and he activated [Slide Step].

In an instant, the tentacles, which had been moving swiftly, became strange in his eyes.

Its movement trajectory resembles lines drawn to the naked eye; Leo only needs to avoid these lines to evade the tentacles' attacks.

"Is this the origin of the true evasion rate?"

Leo was amazed, but his foot speed was not slow but fast.

Under the astonished gaze of Cykta, who was struggling to deal with the tentacles from behind, Leo was like a petrel in a storm, seemingly in danger, but always managing to pass through the dense tentacle attacks.

In just a few breaths, he broke through to within five meters of the nest.

Captain Gomez noticed this.

He knew that in the current battle, Leo had become the core of the operation.

Seeing that the tentacles that were entangled with him were about to return to help, Captain Goblin did not hesitate to take out a piece of alchemical explosive and slam it into the ground in front of him.

"boom!"

The impact of the explosion caused the tentacles that were trying to return to help to pause in their movements.

Then, Captain Goblin Slayer took a deep breath, his body enveloped in blood mist, and entered a breathing technique state. He gathered his strength, took a step forward, and hurled the iron sword in his hand with all his might towards the goblin quasi-lord.

The iron sword, stained with blood mist, transformed into a streak of crimson light. As it approached the nest, it was blocked by several more thick tentacles that sprang from the ground.

The moment the two made contact, the alchemical explosives sticking to the iron sword were detonated.

"boom!"

With a loud bang, the thick tentacles guarding the nest stiffened instantly.

At the same time, with exquisite footwork, Leo broke through the barrier of numerous tentacles and officially invaded the nest.

The goblin quasi-lord in the center of the lair trembled even more violently, as if he were about to wake up at any moment.

Leo decisively swung his sharp longsword.

Kill it while it's sick!

The longsword traced a graceful arc in mid-air before landing on the goblin quasi-lord's slender neck.

The initial feel was one of toughness; this was the toughest neck Leo had ever cut.

However, with the "Sharpness +1" bonus from the Sharp Longsword, as well as the various damage bonuses from [Decapitation Master], [Goblin Slayer], and [Hunter's Intuition], it becomes a formidable weapon.

After a slight pause, the sharp longsword, with a slow but unwavering speed, severed the goblin quasi-lord's head.

"Pfft!"

Dark blue blood splattered.

But Leo's eyes narrowed sharply at that moment.

Because, from inside that decapitated corpse, a goblin no bigger than the palm of his hand crawled out and gave him a ferocious grin with its wrinkled, blood-stained face.

not good!

That wasn't the goblin quasi-lord's true form just now; this tiny thing, no bigger than the palm of your hand, is!

It has already completed its transformation; its previous disguise was merely a show of weakness to the enemy!

A fine, dark blue needle, as thin as a hair, was spat out from the mouth of the true goblin quasi-lord and shot towards Leo's brow with lightning speed.