Chapter 204: A slime’s life (7)
There was a reason why I had transformed my upper half like this.
Narrowing my eyes to look at the kobold village, I locked onto the goblins that were there.
I had even swapped to special eyes that would allow me to lock onto these goblins from this far away.
After locking onto them, I suddenly pursed my lips and released a shot of liquid that flew through the air at incredible speeds.
In an instant, one of the goblins that had been standing in the middle of the village suddenly dropped.
At first it didn’t even seem like anyone noticed that this goblin had fallen down.
But after a while, the other goblins noticed.
It was hard to notice when there was a large hole that had been created in the head of this goblin.
Even now, it seemed to be smoking as if it had been burnt by something.
Though in reality, it was acid that had melted the head of this goblin and caused it to fall to the ground like this.
When the goblins started noticing that something was off, there were more shots that were suddenly fired at them. None of them were able to resist at all as these shots of acid pierced right through their heads and they dropped to the ground.
"Kree! Skree!"
The goblins seemed to panic when they saw this as if they knew that something was happening, but it didn’t seem like they knew exactly what was happening with the way that they were looking around for the culprit.
"Thud, thud, thud."
A few more of these goblins fell down on the ground all of a sudden.
It was at this moment that the goblins realized something.
It was all of the goblins that were nearest the captive kobolds that had suddenly gone down like this.
Did this mean that whoever it was that was shooting them was here to save the kobolds?
The moment that the goblins realized that the kobolds were the ones that the shooter cared about, they made the decision to go catch the kobolds again.
But the moment that they tried to approach the kobold, there was this shot that came from the sky that landed in front of them.
This shot would have been more than enough to finish off a goblin if it hit them, but this shot landed on the ground in front of the goblin. Even the goblins with their decreased intelligence were able to tell what this was.
This was a warning shot for them to stay away from the kobolds.
The goblins just didn’t know what to do when they saw this warning shot land on the ground in front of them.
After a moment of silence, the goblins turned to run.
With their primal intelligence, they were able to tell that they weren’t a match for the thing that was shooting at them and they would all die if they were to remain here.
So instead of remaining in this place, it was better for them to leave as soon as possible.
"Skree!"
Before they could get far, there was a cry of pain from one of the goblins before a goblin head flew through the air.
But this time, it wasn’t a hole that was created in the head of a goblin.
This time, it was a head that was completely severed from the body of the goblin.
This head spun several times in the air before falling to the ground.
All of the goblins froze when they saw this and they couldn’t help unconsciously tremble in fear.
That was because the one that had cut off the head of the goblin was a creature that instinctively drove fear into the hearts of the goblins.
After a goblin grew enough, they would have a chance to evolve into a hobgoblin. From there, they would be able to become a goblin shaman, a goblin lord, or even a goblin general.
But this thing was beyond just a normal higher evolution goblin.
This creature was a goblin that was at the very head of the goblin evolution chain.
This was a Goblin King.
"Where do you all think you’re going?"
The Goblin King possessed intelligence that the normal goblin didn’t have. It was said that the Goblin King was even more intelligent than normal humans.
As soon as it said this, all of the goblins couldn’t help looking down as if they didn’t dare look at the Goblin King. It was as if they were afraid of attracting the Goblin King’s attention for even a second.
But the Goblin King wouldn’t just let them get away with this so easily.
"Skree!"
There was another goblin head that was cut off and fell to the ground.
The Goblin King didn’t rule through respect, the Goblin King ruled through fear.
With what it had done, it was clear that the goblins were filled with fear towards the Goblin King.
Seeing that they had calmed down, the Goblin King looked up into the air and said, "Stop hiding and come out already! I know that you’re shooting from above!"
But the only thing that happened was another shot came down at the Goblin King.
It was just that the Goblin King wasn’t that easy to take care of unlike the normal goblins.
Instead of being hit with that shot, the Goblin King swung his sword to cut through the shot of acid that came at him without it hitting him.
"Do you really think that you can do anything to me?"
"Tss!"
When the Goblin King heard this sound, it was already too late.
"What is this? How is it melting my sword?!"
There were several more acid shots that suddenly fell down on the Goblin King before he could react. Even with his strong body, he just wasn’t able to resist the powerful acid that melted him.
From the very beginning, there was no need for me to fear this Goblin King.
It was even the reason why I had let the goblins run in the first place.
To slay the pawns, one had to go for the king first.