Slime Immortal

This Arno is definitely a devil!

He cursed madly in his heart.

Seeing Arno's hand about to grab him, Moriarty was scared out of his wits.

"I'll tell you everything. I know the secret of the Rusty Key, Hades! That damned guild master! He's been doing human trafficking with the Goblin Legion in the West Swamp. He's a fucking human trafficker."

"He appears to be a decent person on the surface, but secretly he specializes in kidnapping and selling women from the kingdom to the goblin nests. He and those green dwarfs are in cahoots."

"Now that he's been cornered by you, he'll definitely send out the Goblin Legion to retaliate against you. Sir Knight, believe me, you'd better leave here immediately! And don't forget to take me with you. I'm familiar with their route."

"Goblin Army?"

Chen Yu shook his body in confusion.

Arno explained through the small slime on his chest.

Goblin Legion.

A greenskin force roaming the vast swamps, formed by the union of many tribes.

They inherited the cunning, greed and cruelty of the goblin race, and at the same time have the discipline and cold-bloodedness of the legion.

After every winter, the strongest bear goblins in each tribe will fight in bloody gladiatorial contests to eventually determine the most ferocious and cunning one, who will wear the rough bone crown symbolizing power and become the legion commander who rules over all tribes.

This is to maintain the continuation of the legion.

They usually live in burrows on relatively dry mounds deep in the swamps, or build crude, foul-smelling fortresses with stolen wood and stones.

By enslaving other races, such as gnolls, dwarves, and humans... to carry out mining and gathering, and then conducting dirty deals with the gray forces on the edge of the swamp.

In exchange for weapons, equipment, magical organs, and... living people.

Every summer when the demonic tide surges, it is the "peak season" when they become restless, invade villages on the borders of the kingdom, and create panic and looting.

They are so numerous, like maggots in a swamp, that they cannot be killed at all. They are a nightmare for the people of the kingdom living on the border.

Goblins can even form legions...that's troublesome.

If what the thief said was true, then these green-skinned guys as his neighbors would definitely not be very peaceful.

But... he looked at the trembling Moriarty and always felt that this guy was not very honest and must have other secrets hidden.

"Yano, scare him and see what else he can squeeze out."

Arno was cheered up after receiving the instructions.

Playing the bully?

That was his specialty.

He tried again to look menacing, but he grabbed Moriarty by the collar and lifted him off his toes.

"You said you weren't in cahoots with Rusty Key? You're kidding! A lying rat like you should be locked up in a dark room and have a good time reflecting on your actions."

He pretended to drag Moriarty to the door of the small dark room.

"Whoa-!"

Moriarty was so frightened that his soul flew away and he kicked his feet in the air.

This Arno is not a miracle at all, he is clearly a demon in human skin.

He seemed to see his own miserable end. He no longer cared about anything and screamed with tears streaming down his face.

"I'll tell you! I'll tell you everything! Don't lock me up!"

"It was Hades! Hades forced me to do it. He made me kidnap women within the kingdom and forced me to send them across the border and sell them to the goblins."

"Now that the truth has been revealed and the Kingdom Knights are chasing us, he wants to make me a scapegoat and pin all the blame on me."

"If I go back to the guild, he will definitely kill me! Sir Knight, you must believe me! I was forced to do this."

"Knight of the Kingdom?" Arno was a little confused.

Are there knights from the kingdom in this dungeon?

"It's that Silver Blade Knight, Alice Arevalo. She's a very scary woman. Don't let me fall into her hands. If you take me away, I'll tell you everything. I'll tell you all the secrets of the Rusty Key!"

"Alice Arevalo?"

When Arno heard the name, his hands trembled, and the forced ferocity on his face instantly collapsed, replaced by obvious guilt.

"Do you know her?" Chen Yu asked curiously.

"Boss, Knight Alice is the instructor from Iron Boot Town I mentioned to you before. If she were here, wouldn't she... ahem... know everything I've done?"

He couldn't help but feel his face burning when he thought that the news of his "feat" of stripping and robbing would be reported back to the border garrison.

"What should I do, boss? Should I believe what he said?"

Chen Yu jumped away leisurely.

"Anyway, we've wiped out all the key members of the Rusty Key gang and taught them a lesson. Now, of course, they're on the run."

"A bunch of goblins without any magical organs, and with pockets cleaner than adventurers. Even if we win, there's no loot."

Arno agreed very much and secretly praised his boss's wisdom.

Only a fool would wait for the goblin army to arrive.

"Then, boss, what should we do with these rats with rusty keys? We can't just put them back like this."

"Stupid! With so many wanted criminals, of course we should pack them up and send them to Ms. Alice in exchange for the reward."

"Bounty?!"

Yes.

Arno's eyes instantly shone brighter than gold coins.

He looked at Moriarty, who was still sobbing in his hands. His fiery eyes, as if he was looking at a pile of walking gold coins, made Moriarty shudder all over and aroused an ominous premonition in his heart.

Chapter 90: A Full Treasury and Future Outlook

Half a day later, outside the underground city.

Adjutant Cullen gave a vent to the "mole" Moriarty who was tied up like a dumpling.

"Run! You're quite a runner, Mr. Mole! Why don't you continue to burrow?"

Moriarty twisted on the ground like a worm, shrinking his neck in fear and begging for mercy in a crying voice.

"It's unfair. This is all Hades' fault. It has nothing to do with me. Please, my two knights, please let me go."

Alice's face was calm.

"Your sin will be judged by the laws and courts of the kingdom."

She waved her hand, and the soldiers who arrived immediately stuffed Moriarty and a dozen whimpering Rusty Key thieves who were dragged out of the fortress into the prison van.

Karen walked over to Alice and looked at the packed prison van in amazement.

"I never thought that Arno would actually take down the Shadowfang team and dig out this 'mole' in the process."

"What a pity! This kind of talent should have been in the Border Guard Corps. Now he's probably enjoying his role as an adventurer."

"Perhaps, as you said, there may be a mysterious force behind him."

Then, as if he remembered something, he took out a crumpled piece of paper from his pocket.

"By the way, sir, the boy also left a letter in Moriarty's pocket."

"What?" Alice took the note.

"Uh, he said... Respected Instructor, please deal with this garbage. Don't forget his bounty. Just send it directly to the Adventurer's Guild. Thank you."

"So you're worried about the bounty?"

"You're right. This guy might be more suitable to be an adventurer."

Alice smiled faintly, climbed neatly into the driver's seat of the carriage, and prepared to leave the dungeon.

Karen also sat in the passenger seat. Looking at Alice's calm profile, he hesitated for a moment before asking, "Captain, aren't you still looking for 'that person'?"

Alice's eyes fluctuated slightly, and she said calmly:

"Karen, fate doesn't cater to people's expectations. Maybe I already know his ending, but I just don't want to accept it."

"Let's go. We've already wasted a lot of time here. The summer demonic tide won't wait for anyone. We need to go back and prepare as soon as possible."

After saying that, she shook the reins lightly and said, "Go!"

The carriage wheels rolled over the wet ground, carrying a full load of "trophies" and the unexplained melancholy in Alice's heart, along the shore of the gray foggy lake, slowly driving away from this chaotic place.

……

Shortly after the carriage left, in the underground fog area.

The thick white fog was stirred by an invisible force like a curtain, and short, hunched green figures were looming in it.

Their skin was covered with wrinkles and warts, their pointed ears turned vigilantly, and they held crude bone spears and rusty knives in their hands.

These guys are the goblins from the West Swamp.

Among them, stood an extremely conspicuous figure——

It was an unusually tall bugbear.

When it stood up, it was as tall as two ordinary humans. Its body was covered with muscles as gnarled as rocks, and its coarse hair was like steel needles covered in mud.

His sturdy arms were almost as thick as an adult man's waist, and he easily lifted a mace covered with spikes and dark red blood scabs in one hand.

Just standing there exudes a suffocating sense of brutal oppression.

The bear goblin stretched out his big hand, picked up a stinger that had fallen from a poisonous bee from the mud, put it to his huge nostrils and sniffed it, and a dull buzzing sound like thunder came from his throat.

"Stinger Bee."

“…They…left…in a hurry.”

"It's too late to clean up."

Hades, the leader of the Rusty Key, walked out of the collapsed fortress, his sanity instantly collapsed.

"It must be Moriarty, the traitor. He betrayed us and the entire guild. Otherwise, how could 'Miracle' Arno have received the news in advance?"