The Mythical Path of a Princess from a Destroyed Kingdom

Ajak instructed the group to shut up and remain silent, as they were about to talk. They then quietly made their way to the top of the hill. To prevent the wolves kept by the goblins from finding them by scent, they sprayed themselves with a special potion to mask their presence.

The faint sound of footsteps appeared in the relatively quiet forest, where only the chirping of insects and the calls of birds could be heard. A light appeared on the hillside ahead, and a commotion came from the unseen other side.

He could hear more by twitching his ears slightly, raised his hand to warn everyone to stop, and went ahead alone.

They tiptoed and climbed the trees, leaping and moving. A barely visible blue glow appeared where their fingers and palms covered, and soon they could see the patrolling gray wolves and the goblins dozing on their backs.

There was only one goblin in sight, surrounded by many simple traps, and seemingly some kind of concentrated toxin extracted from a juice was applied to the simple arrows.

After surveying the surroundings, Miss Cat remained motionless on the branch, the branch supporting her weight slightly bent but not breaking.

As the goblin and the gray wolf approached, the wary wolf seemed to sense something and tried to look up. But Neke leaped down, wielding two curved blades, one aimed at the goblin's short, thick neck, and the other at the gray wolf's head.

The blade pierced through flesh and bone with ease, and the smell of blood was absorbed by Maginos before it could dissipate. He then tossed the scimitar to deal with the traps before returning to the group, gesturing for everyone to continue.

Chapter 380 Dragon Meat

Having successfully reached the summit, Maginos saw the view on the other side of the hillside.

A group of kobolds and goblins gathered together, dancing their respective dances. Beside them were the loot they had plundered, and all sorts of meats, from rats to humanoid creatures, were roasting over a fire.

Brian clenched his fists, wishing he could kill them immediately, but Kercia grabbed his hand, warning him not to act rashly, and turned to look at Maginus.

The girl indicated that she was in charge of the entire operation, but in reality, her life force had already been spread out to ensure safety.

Maginus explored the small tribe and found the leader who unified the goblins and kobolds.

It was a bear goblin with black scales all over its face, chest, arms and other parts. It sat arrogantly on a throne made of bones and waved to its servants to bring meat and wine.

Looking at the goblin bear, Maginus noticed that his pupils were vertical.

No wonder it was able to suppress the kobolds; it must be because it has black dragon blood in its veins. I don't know if it's due to a primal regression or contact with dragon blood or residual dragon magic.

Judging from this, he should have several spell-like abilities. I wonder if the team can take him down.

Maginus gestured for himself to stand guard there while they began clearing the camp. Ajax immediately wore a complicated expression, and when the other three had no objections, his heart was filled with even more turmoil.

No, even the captain should participate in the battle, right?

Miss Ilsis is an intermediate-level rank; she's just giving us a chance to hone our skills.

When Kshia began to explain, Ajak's eyes widened even more; he had never heard of such a young intermediate-level cultivator before.

His heart quickly warmed up. If that's the case, his boss's future is limitless, and joining the team might be the right choice.

After deciding on the battle plan, the three inside can go first to deal with the surrounding guards, and then sneak into the tribe's interior as needed, killing as many as they can to arouse the monsters' vigilance and continue their sneak attacks. The remaining three can occupy high ground to shoot arrows or cast spells.

Kershia can use a crossbow, while Ajak and Brian can use shortbows.

The cat crouched low and weaved through the overgrown weeds to get to the nearby area. Maginus watched as she cleaned up the mess, but Neko still kept the key point in mind, symbolically applying a medicine to the wounds of each cat she killed to prevent the smell of blood from spreading.

Habits are formed gradually. If Maginus wasn't there and no one helped her clean up the corpses, the smell of blood might have exposed Neko sooner.

Assassination and assassination take much longer than direct combat. It takes about 30 to 40 minutes to eliminate all the sentries and spies, clear out many traps along the way, and even quietly kill a number of kobolds and goblins inside the stronghold.

After dealing with the fifteenth monster, the goblin finally discovered the dead body.

"Yaaaa!! There's an enemy!"

The drunken goblin hunter saw the corpse and cried out in alarm. He reached for his weapon, but his dazed mind had forgotten where he had put it.

The exclamation interrupted the noisy banquet. The bear goblin sitting on the bone throne immediately dropped his wine jar and stood up. Several arrows fell from the hillside protrusion and flew directly into the monster horde.

Using the acceleration from the projectile and the density of the monsters, the three arrows easily pierced through the three arrows, killing two instantly, and the one that was hit in the leg kept howling in pain.

"There! Charge up and kill them! Bring me their skulls! Whoever brings me the skulls, I'll give him a piece of dragon meat!"

The bear goblin was initially panicked, but when he realized that only three arrows were falling at the same time, he immediately understood that it was not a national army coming to annihilate them. He regained his confidence and began to command his men by waving his ironwood club.

"Ohhhh, dragon meat!" "Dragon meat! Dragon meat! Dragon meat!"

The goblins were alright; they were only slightly excited when they heard about dragon meat. The kobolds, however, went completely berserk, charging towards the exit of the stronghold's fence or directly rushing towards the group along the steep, nearly 90-degree slope.

"That goblin just mentioned dragon meat, right?"

Ajac gasped, a surge of excitement coursing through him. If it were true, dragon meat was said to enhance magical energy fluctuations.

"I see……"

Maginus nodded to herself. No wonder she felt that the goblin's magical and life force fluctuations were a bit off; they seemed to have increased significantly recently, which was probably due to the dragon.

So it ate the black dragon's flesh and gained dragon blood, right? The question is, how did it get the dragon flesh? The only possibility is that it accidentally found the black dragon's corpse. Anyway, Maginus doesn't believe that a low-level bear goblin could kill a black dragon.

Only by capturing it alive can we find out the truth. Maginos still didn't move much. Brian picked up his shield and longsword, intending to first block the kobolds and goblins coming up the steep slope. Kersha looked at the large number of monsters crowding at the fence exit and raised his hand, ready to cast a spell.

"Okay, start the music!"

As for his new teammate, the bard Ajac, he put his shortbow back on his back, took out his lute which was also on his back, strummed it a few times, and began to sing.

As the stirring music began, magic enveloped her teammates, invigorating Kercia's spirits. Maginus, however, seemed largely unaffected, as she appeared to be resistant to direct mental interference.

A morale-boosting and inspiring song!

With morale boosted, the half-elf princess increased the speed of her incantation, and her magic became more concentrated. A fireball spun in her hand and flew out, and a violent burst of flames appeared at the gate of the fence.

"A wizard, a wizard!"

Flames covered the exit, and the once menacing monsters cowered, their fear of the spellcaster ingrained in their blood preventing them from continuing the fight.

"I told you, kill them, and you too will have a chance to become wizards!"

The bear goblin, who had initially thought it was just a small group and therefore hadn't taken it seriously, became tense due to the magic. He got up from his chair, grabbed a wooden stick, and surprisingly, his body emanated a powerful aura.

Boost morale!

Is it from absorbing dragon blood?

Upon seeing it unleash a spell-like ability, a look of inquiry flashed in Maginos's eyes.

Of course, she wasn't just watching. The girl closed her eyes and drew upon the life force of the dead goblin, expanding her senses to a greater extent in an attempt to find traces related to the dragon meat. She found nothing unusual within her maximum range of perception.

We still have to press the goblin for answers.

Seeing the bear goblin personally taking action, Maginus tapped his fingers, ready to strike at any moment.

Brian would pierce the heads or bodies of the climbing monsters with a single sword strike before they could reach him; without armor, they were no match for his attacks.

Once monsters gather in a narrow area, Kxia will unleash a fireball, and will also use a spell to target the monsters in between.

Ajax provides energizer for Brian and Kercia, so they only feel tired when the music stops.

In the monster horde, any monsters that are left out are secretly killed by Neko; in the chaos, no one notices her actions.

They worked together very well, but the only problem was that there were too many monsters. Without the goblin bear and Maginus, the four of them could have cleared them out, but they would have been seriously injured, and there might have been casualties.

Chapter 381 Follow them to find

Goblins and kobolds surged toward the four on the hillside like a tide. Brian cleared away the monsters that tried to climb up and turned his gaze toward the gentle slope, where several monsters riding on wolves were already approaching.

“Brian, Ajax, let’s move closer to each other to avoid being ambushed.”

Having experienced several battles, Kxia calmly took command, knowing that Maginus would ultimately cover for them.

Once the two were close, he chanted an incantation and cast an earthen wall spell, raising a protective barrier in front of him. A towering earthen wall surrounded the area completely, with only one entrance for entry and exit.

Brian raised his large shield to his chest, took deep breaths, and tried to recover his strength as quickly as possible during the break.

Ajak stopped singing, took out the water bottle from his waist and took a sip. About three or four minutes later, the goblin riding the gray wolf howled and charged toward the entrance. Brian, who was blocking the entrance, tensed his muscles, steadied his lower body, and used his shield to push forward!

The gray wolf was charging forward and showed no signs of stopping. The goblin intended to knock Brian down, but the boy didn't budge. Instead, the wolf's neck snapped.

The goblin was thus thrown off the wolf's back, its head slamming straight into the shield with a dull thud. After landing, it wobbled and fell into disarray.

Brian raised his sword and pierced its chest, tossing the corpse aside and continuing to stare at the entrance, slightly adjusting his grip on the sword.

"Kill them!" "Kill them!" "Yahoo!!"

The noise grew closer, and Brian felt tense. Fortunately, Ajax behind him started singing a war song again, which boosted morale and calmed his nerves.

A large number of monsters rushed over. A kobold hid its body in the weeds, trying to avoid Brian's sight. It slightly moved its shield and slashed vertically with its sword.

As he killed the kobolds, blowguns and improvised arrows poured into the only opening. Brian quickly raised his hand to defend himself, and a large number of arrows hit his shield, forcing him to retreat continuously. Fortunately, he managed to deflect all the arrows that were aimed at him.

Once the monsters were confirmed to have gathered, Kershah came up behind Brian and threw a fireball from under his armpit. The exploding flames engulfed the surrounding trees, and if the monsters wanted to continue, they would have to walk through the flames.

Black smoke billowed around them, and the people encased in the earthen wall were also feeling unwell. Despite the top of the wall being open, Kshia was still coughing from the black smoke, which prevented her from casting spells.

A small fire couldn't stop the monsters. They used their thick skin to break into the flames, shouting and rushing towards the entrance. The earthen walls were also being pounded from other directions, as they desperately wanted to create another exit.

“Miss Ilsis,” Ajac stopped singing, wiping the sweat from his brow, and looked at Maginus with some concern, “can you handle so many monsters?”

Although Ilsis claimed to be a mid-level professional, with so many monsters, even a mid-level professional would find it difficult to handle. Killing them one by one would definitely take a lot of time.

Just as the girl watching was about to speak, a corner of the earthen wall suddenly cracked open, and the peculiar bear goblin grinned as it stared at the few short humans in front of it.

"Kshia, protect yourselves. It's my turn to make my move."

Knowing that the three had reached their limit, Maginus signaled Xercia to switch to defense, and she retreated from the smoke area in response:

"it is good!"

With practiced ease, they cast a spell, and three bouncy orbs enveloped the three of them, leaving only Maginos outside.

With a light clap of her hands, the girl lifted the greatsword with one hand and turned her gaze to the motionless goblin. The leader of the goblins and kobolds stared directly at Maginus, as if he had seen a being of a higher status, and was therefore filled with fear.

The reason it stood still without attacking was mainly because its heightened intuition after consuming the black dragon's flesh made it realize that this human woman was something it could never defeat.

We can deal with it last; first, we need to deal with the surrounding enemies.

The missing corner of the earthen wall was completely destroyed, and the monsters excitedly rushed towards the four. The three protected by the bouncy orb were unharmed, while the rest rushed towards Maginus.

It was at this moment that the bear goblin, dominated by fear, turned and ran. It trusted its intuition completely and dared not engage Maginus in a direct battle.

Using her hunting vision to lock onto the fleeing bear goblin, the girl swung her greatsword without even looking, and the four goblins and kobolds approaching from the right were cut in half before they could react.

"laugh"

Take a deep breath. If it weren't for the need to conceal her identity, Maginus could have killed them simply by drawing upon their spiritual energy. With Ajak, an outsider, present, she couldn't do that; she could only slowly whittle them down herself.

It's said to be a slow cut, but in reality, it's done very quickly.

Vanishing into the night, Maginus transformed into a white shadow, clearing away the monsters around her. They couldn't even see the girl's figure; they could only see someone fall as soon as the white shadow flashed by.

The disparity in strength brought the fanatical goblins and kobolds to their senses. They stared in terror at the figure strangling them, and cried out as they turned to flee.

Maginus sensed their emotions precisely and didn't give them a chance to escape. If goblins and kobolds weren't all killed, they could quickly multiply into a whole new litter.

While it's difficult to form a tribe without a leader like the goblin bear, it's probably best to clean it up completely.

Not a single one was spared; the air was thick with the stench of blood, and the forest was littered with corpses. Maginus shook off the bloodstains from his greatsword and looked in the direction the goblin had fled.

When the bouncy sphere's timer expired, the three fell out. Ajak stared in disbelief at the blood-stained ground. Kersia was still not used to Maginus's ferocious and wild fighting style, and the organs left outside the corpse made her feel nauseous.

"Phew, looks like we've taken care of everything. Master, what do we do now? Hunt down the bear goblins?"

Neko leaped out from the dark bushes and clung to Maginos's blood-free body.

"Go, and while you're at it, find out where that black dragon meat came from."

Waving to Kexia and the others, the five-person team chased after the fleeing bear goblin.

With the tracking vision activated, and having previously locked onto the goblin, the only thing in the girl's vision was its trail.

Following the trail, she wasn't in a hurry to kill or capture the bear goblin. Judging from its route, it didn't seem like a headless fly flying around aimlessly, but rather like a prepared escape. The bear goblin should be heading to the place where it ate the black dragon meat.

Maginos was quite looking forward to it, after all, she had been traveling for so long and had never seen a dragon.

After chasing for about four hours, the sky gradually brightened, and everyone looked tired. Suddenly, Maginus narrowed his eyes, his life senses detecting an unusual vitality.

The life force was exceptionally large, but it was constantly dissipating, indicating that the life form that emitted the power had been dead for a long time.

Chapter 382 Black Dragon Corpse

The fleeing bear goblin stumbled into a cave hidden among the vines of the forest. The cave was very damp, with water droplets constantly dripping from the ceiling, and for some reason, a foul stench emanated from inside.

It was this stench that kept the animals away, allowing the secret to be discovered only by the bear goblin.

Thinking it had shaken off its pursuers, it lay panting in the cave, raising its hand to angrily pound the stone wall: "Finally escaped, damn humans!"

"Once I eat more dragon meat and become stronger, I will destroy all the surrounding villages and cities!"

Muttering in Common, the goblin got up and headed deeper into the cave. The thought of dragon meat made him forget the tribe he had abandoned and he wiped the drool from his mouth.

Unfortunately, it could no longer enjoy the delicious food. Maginus had already rushed into the cave ahead of the others. The bear goblin, sensing something, turned around and tried to defend itself with its ironwood club, but the greatsword easily cleaved it in two, leaving it no chance to resist.

To Maginus, the goblin was no different from any other weak monster. She dealt with it cleanly and efficiently, then looked up at the gloomy, dark cave.

Most black dragons prefer filthy and smelly damp areas, and are mostly found in swamps or mud pits, with a small number settling in caves.