Chapter 17: Goblin Civilization

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

The two of them walked down the spiral staircase. The deeper they went into the underground, the darker their surroundings became. The surroundings were silent, and only their footsteps echoed in the empty cave.

Vanessa was a little at home in the dark.

Lind noticed that her eyes were now emitting a faint blue glow, especially in the dark.

Lind guessed that this might be some kind of night vision ability.

The evidence was that Vanessa was still able to move forward like a fish in water in the dark, unaffected by the environment.

At the same time, Vanessa was even more certain that apart from fire magic, Lind also had mastered a certain amount of wind magic.

Because Vanessa noticed that Lind, in the darkness, was also not blinded but moving freely.

According to her understanding, there was a type of wind magic called “Wind Weasel”, which was used to sense the surrounding environment. A wind Alchemy Mage who Vanessa had worked with before told her about this.

“Although wind magic is not as powerful as fire magic, it can be surprisingly useful sometimes.”

Vanessa blinked slyly in the darkness and suddenly spoke to Lind.

Lind, of course, didn’t use any Wind Weasel. He just replaced his eyes with blood bats.

However, he could guess what Vanessa was thinking. It was obvious that Vanessa had misunderstood, but Lind did not clarify. He only replied indifferently, “There are no obvious advantages or disadvantages between elements. The power of wind magic might not be weaker than fire.”

Lind neither refuted nor agreed. Instead, he used this ambiguous sentence.

However, sometimes, if one did not refute, it would become tacit agreement in the eyes of others.

“He’s indeed a Wind and Fire Mage.” Vanessa had only been suspicious at first, but Lind’s words confirmed her suspicions.

Meanwhile, Lind had a new idea after hearing Vanessa’s words.

“Should I learn some other types of magic?”

Lind’s body could sense all four elements. From a certain point of view, Lind could learn all the basic elemental magic at the same time. When the time came, he could create a few more fake identities as backup.

For example, the Wind Mage Rinker, the Water Mage Robert, and so on. It would be more convenient for him to take action.

There was even a high-level spell called “Blood Demon Incarnation” in Blood Magic.

He could create a clone of himself.

This clone was much stronger than the Blood Bat Incarnation. Apart from mimicking, the Blood Bat Incarnation had no other use.

As for the “Blood Demon Incarnation”, it could change its appearance at will. The clone it created could even use a portion of the main body’s power.

Of course, the clone’s strength was only one-tenth of the main body, but it was definitely enough to disguise his identity.

While he was thinking, the two of them had already entered the third level of the underground cave. When they reached the third level, they could already see traces of Goblins.

A few murals appeared on the wall.

There were a few Goblins kneeling on the ground. They raised their hands and looked up at the sky. There was a huge ball of light in the sky. They seemed to be kneeling on the ground to the ball.

This seemed to verify Vanessa’s previous statement that even Goblins had their own gods.

And this ball of light was very likely the God that the Goblins believed in.

This made Lind subconsciously think of the pillar of light above the church he had seen in Blackwater Town.

Could the Church of Light in Blackwater Town be inextricably linked to the faith of these Goblins?

While Lind was thinking, he felt a hand in the darkness take his palm. A warm, soft feeling came over.

Lind looked down. It was Vanessa who had grabbed his hand and pulled him to one side.

He was about to ask something when he felt something warm cover his mouth.

It was Vanessa’s hand that sealed his mouth.

Lind looked at the veiled woman in front of him. Her blue eyes were cold and serious at the same time. She put a finger to her lips and shushed him. Then she lowered her voice and said to Lind, “Someone’s coming.”

Lind looked ahead. A burst of fire had suddenly appeared in the dark tunnel.

The sound of steel colliding echoed in the empty corridor. Lind was surprised to see a group of Goblins in silver-white armor walking over with torches.

This group of Goblins looked different from the Goblins that Lind had seen on the ground.

These Goblins were clearly much taller than the Goblins on the ground. Moreover, from the style of their armor, they were actually wearing uniform.

The uniform armor style meant that either the Goblins had defeated a regular army and seized their spoils, or this group of Goblins had the ability to forge equipment, and these uniform armors were created by them.

Either way, it proved that these Goblins had advanced technology and extraordinary combat strength.

Lind had mixed feelings.

He did not expect such a powerful army to exist near his territory.

Lind had long known from the memories of the original host that there were Goblins near his territory.

However, his preconception had always led Lind to think that the Goblins were just a group of simple-minded low-level monsters that were as big as gnomes.

It was obvious now that the situation was different from what he had imagined.

This group of Goblins actually had such a regular army. It was clearly beyond Lind’s expectations.

When he thought about how there was such a powerful force near his territory that he knew nothing about, cold sweat broke out on his back.

How could he tolerate others sleeping soundly beside him?

When Lind saw the Goblins in standard armor, killing intent rose in his heart.

Vanessa covered Lind’s mouth and watched the Goblins walk away before letting go of her hand.

Seeing that Lind was still looking at the backs of the Goblins, she thought that Lind was shocked by the excellent equipment on the Goblins. She sneered.

“Why? Has the knowledgeable mage never seen such a Goblin before?”

Lind narrowed his eyes and said, “Indeed, I’ve never seen anything like this before.”

Fortunately, he had seen it today. If he had not come, perhaps until the Goblins attacked his castle, he wouldn’t understand that the Goblins in this world were like this.

At that time, it would really be an eye-opener for him.