Blood tax

Chapter 56 The Unexpected Demon Hunter
Immediately following Brownie's words, ten goblins also crawled out of the grass.Two of them were in leather armour with swords and hatchets, while others were haphazardly carrying crude bows and daggers.

Both before and now, Griffith can easily eliminate them.

"Good evening, Mr. Goslar," Griffith slowly stepped forward, looking at Brownie, who could kill with one movement, and said, "One minute, give me a reason not to kill you."

Each of the goblins glared fiercely, staring at the apprentice knight.

"I know how to get out of this forest, please come with me," Gothra smiled. "Anything else you want to know?"

"How did you know?" Griffith tapped Brownie's throat with a sharp wooden gun. "What about the other goblins?"

"Before planning tonight's action, the goblins have already conducted a detailed exploration of the edge of the Whispering Forest," Gothra calmly walked past the apprentice knight, "My plan is not to Capturing or killing Homon Watts students has no interest in exchanging hostages for wealth or status."

"Well," Griffith retracted the wooden gun and followed behind it at a distance from Gothra, "what's that?"

Gothra waved his hand and let the goblins who were protecting him spread out around him, as if he was chatting with a friend, he said casually: "This decaying and corrupt forest contains many secret treasures, far better than Hormon's. Watts' Secret.

"But there are dangerous mutant creatures all over the place, and it is impossible to explore with goblins as assistants.

"For this reason, I thought of using your strength. Of course, it is impossible to ask you directly, I will be treated as a lunatic by Homonwarts.

"However, after introducing human warriors and mages into the forest through the previous method, coupled with the blood shed by the battle, mutant creatures in a large area nearby will be attracted, and they will kill each other for blood food. Then came the great professors, and I think you must have seen their terrifying thunderbolts and karmic fires. After this repeated cleaning, I was able to explore in relative safety."

"Even if the monsters in this forest have been weakened, it is impossible to explore with your power. Any mutant creature will kill you," Griffith said.

"Indeed. I have a squad of escorts, and these are the only ones left. The other companions were all killed not long ago," Gothra stopped, turned to look at the tall apprentice knight, "do Make a deal, Mr. Apprentice Knight, I think you have sufficient reason and a sound brain. If you can protect me for a while, I will tell you how to get out."

Griffith stared into Brownie's big eyes: "How can I make sure you're not lying to me? I can wring your guard's neck and ask you where to go."

"Don't be like this. It's not far away. It won't hurt to take a look," Gosra pointed to a small hill ahead, "the lost secret treasure is there. Even without my guidance, you still have to go up to it." Go up to that mountain to observe the direction and find the way.”

Griffith thought for a while, and felt that he really had no other choice, so he followed Brownie to the mountain not far away.

They hadn't gone far before a strong rancid smell appeared in the air.

Before Griffith could understand what it was, a small figure staggered in the darkness ahead.

"This is?" Gothra narrowed his eyes and tried to look forward.

A dead goblin appeared in the moonlight.Its body was wrinkled and twisted, half the size of a normal goblin, like a shriveled orange.

There was no usual greed, cruelty, and cunning in its eyes, but a cloud of turbidity instead.

"This was one of the guards I killed," Gothra said to Griffith. "There was some kind of monster hiding in the darkness that turned them into what they are. They're walking dead."

Griffith looked at Gothra, and then at the shriveled goblin walking corpse, without any intention of making a move.

Without Gothra's order, the guards jumped out two of the surrounding goblins and rushed towards them.They held daggers and stabbed at the walking corpse from left to right.

Just as the dagger stabbed the walking corpse, the monster suddenly became manic.It opened its thin arms and embraced a rushing goblin like a welcome old friend.

"Jie Jie Jie!"

The captured goblin immediately screamed.Their originally thin bodies became as dry as walking corpses, turning into a pile of skeletons in the blink of an eye.

Griffith and Gosla, who saw this scene, took a step back in unison.Evil magical energy roamed the air, making every living creature present shudder.

"What? Aren't you two distorted and chaotic monsters like this walking corpse? Since you are the same kind, what's there to be afraid of?" A voice like dry ice sounded from the darkness.Six humans in black robes slowly emerged from the darkness.

Professor Lordes!

Griffey immediately saw the face of the visitor.Why is the head of winter camping here, shouldn't he be supporting the others?Is everyone out of danger?Great, finally safe.

"Ouch!" The remaining goblins shouted in unison, rushing towards the humans appearing from all directions.

"Stop!" Gothra and Lordes shouted at the same time.But the professor added after that: "Don't kill them, I'm useful."

A black-robed man following Professor Lordus came out of the crowd. He lifted his cloak like lightning, and a few snake-like shadows rushed towards the attacking Goblins, knocking them down to the ground in the blink of an eye. .

Centipede-like shadows crawled along the goblins' hands and feet, binding them firmly.There seemed to be tiny threads spreading out from the shadow that easily pierced through the skin of the goblins, wriggling in their flesh.

A terrifying blood vessel immediately bulged near the flesh where the thread was pierced.After struggling for a while, the goblins gave up their resistance one by one, stood up like puppets under the control of the shadow, and looked at Griffith and Gothra silently.

"Witcher, you're here so fast, have you been waiting nearby?" Gosla sighed feebly, and took off his hat to Professor Lordus and saluted, "I didn't expect you to be in trouble."

The high-level wizard of Homon Watts waved his wand contemptuously, and a black magic pattern immediately attached to Gothra: "Lead the way ahead, lowly creature, take me to the treasury where your master hides secrets."

Gothra turned around obediently, without any resistance, and headed towards the pitch-black peak.

"Professor," Griffith, who had chills down his spine, looked at the icy Professor Lordes, "thank you for your help, please tell me how to leave this forest, I need to get back to Miss Larmor as soon as possible."

Lordes ignored the apprentice knight, but nodded to the witcher beside him: "Watch him, I suspect that he has been contaminated by mutant creatures. During my exploration of the ruins, he must stay by my side at all times."

The five witchers who followed Lordus hesitated for a moment, and the man who had just controlled the goblins raised his hand to signal to the other two:

"Pella, Hank, check the apprentice knight's equipment."

Two young witchers, a man and a woman, were immediately ordered to surround them.The girl looked Griffith up and down, and the male witcher named Hank beside her confiscated all his weapons and handed them over to their leader: "Captain Karius, these are all his weapons."

"Short spears shaved from wood, daggers," Demon Hunter Captain Karius identified the weapons in his hand one by one, and suddenly exclaimed, "Corrupted holy artifacts? Where did they come from?"

Professor Lordus glanced at Griffith with a razor-sharp gaze, his eyes as if to say - "Give me an explanation."

"This is the trophy I got in the battle to protect Miss Larmor, from a fallen vampire baron," Griffith said steadily, "Miss Larmor can prove it to me."

"The special effect of the shadow attribute is solidified on this weapon. It is a very powerful weapon, far better than the enchanted equipment," Karius repeatedly checked the feather fencing, "Corruption imprisoned its original ability. Purification will be a rare weapon. Pella, examine him with a discerning eye."

After saying this, the witcher Karius put the Feather Fence in his waist, without any intention of returning it to Griffith.

The girl named Pera closed her eyes immediately, and when she opened it again, a blue light appeared in her left eye.

Several witchers present made a gesture of vigilance together. Once Griffith was abnormal, they would take immediate action.Hank, Pera, and LaVine make up a combination of shield-wielding vanguard, charioteer, and long-range marksman, and Karius and Hakan's gear seems to favor spellcasters over melee combat.

This is a well-organized team of witchers that can handle many complex situations nimbly.They were following Lordes, and they must have a mission.

To be sure, this mission was not a search and rescue of Griffith.

Griffith felt the blue light penetrated himself, and even his soul was re-examining.He couldn't help but worry about the retention of the blood race Beyonder characteristics he had just acquired in his body, and whether Minos, the bone ring, would be detected.

"No abnormality, Captain," Pera's strange eyes didn't find anything, "His spirit is a little confused, like he just advanced from Sequence 9 to Sequence 8."

The majestic Lordes swung his cloak, walked quickly towards the dark mountain alone without looking at the people around him.

"Let's go, Hank, and return the dagger to him. This corrupted weapon is in my custody," Karius hurriedly followed Lordes' footsteps. "We must hurry."

(End of this chapter)