“Gagu!”
Faced with the incoming monster reinforcements, the goblin high priest had no time to hide and stepped forward to direct the forces.
But the instant it let out its voice, it felt a numbing sensation wash over its entire body.
Turning its head to look, although that purple slime had no eyes, it could clearly sense it.
The other party was staring intently at it.
The goblin high priest was a goblin variant with a level cap as high as Level 30, a caster that ranked above goblin priests, and a Mid-tier Monster.
Yet at this moment, looking at Zoe who was also a Mid-tier Monster, it felt this kind of primal fear.
“Puji!”
Zoe patted Vera, who understood instantly, turning her draconic head and charging in the direction Zoe pointed.
“Stop that slime, gagu!”
The goblin high priest roared, and several goblin warriors acting as bodyguards charged forward, leading a horde of goblins.
A portion of the goblin archer squad pivoted and aimed at Zoe.
“Awoo!”
Vera let out an excited cry.
With Zoe around, she was invincible. It was time for them to taste their hot-blooded combination technique!
Vera swung her dragon claws, shredding the goblins.
Zoe aimed at the other side, spitting out an Acid Severing Wave to cleanly slice the goblins in two.
Vera charged with her head lowered and flapped her wings, while Zoe covered her relatively fragile wing membranes with mucus, deflecting the incoming arrows.
The goblin warriors pounced, their sharp iron swords clashing with Vera's dragon claws in a shower of blinding sparks.
Seizing the opportunity, another goblin warrior thrust a spear toward Vera's exposed chest and belly.
Before the spear could touch her dragon scales, a massive slime mouth snapped down from the white dragon's back, devouring the goblin warrior whole and corroding and digesting him at a visible rate.
It was the Level 4 [Devour] + [Digest].
Vera opened her mouth and bit at a goblin warrior's head, while her tail lashed out to send several goblins behind her flying.
The goblin warrior quickly retreated, raising his sword horizontally to block her dragon mouth. A red light flashed on the blade, indicating that he had activated some sword technique.
Under Zoe's high-quality tutelage, Vera was no longer foolish.
Seeing the goblin warrior's blade glowing, she hastily withdrew her mouth and blasted a wave of frost breath right onto the goblin warrior's head.
She then accelerated and charged forward, slamming into the goblin and running him over like a speed bump.
Zoe didn't forget to follow up with an Acid: Heart-Piercing Bullet from behind, ensuring the opponent could never get back up.
“Too strong!”
The goblin high priest stared in disbelief at the white dragon and slime combination charging forward with unstoppable momentum.
How could a slime and a white dragon be this powerful together? Why had it never seen a slime dragon rider before?
Was the imagination of its predecessors really so barren?
Facing such a combination now, it couldn't think of any way to counter it.
The goblin high priest waved its bone staff, conjuring as many thorny vines as possible in an attempt to stop the slime dragon rider.
It desperately tried to muster its concentration to gain control of the overall battle, but the tide of the clash was already beyond control.
Before this sudden power, its forces collapsed endlessly like an avalanche.
'I have to retreat. If this keeps up, we'll be completely wiped out!'
The goblin high priest no longer had any intention to fight.
Right at that moment, Zoe and Vera, who had been slowed down by the thorny vines, locked their sights onto the goblin high priest.
“Puji.”
「Vera, use that move.」
“Understood!”
Vera batted away the surrounding thorny vines and goblins, turned her head, and spat her frost breath toward Zoe.
Zoe opened his mouth and swallowed the frost breath whole.
Taste this!
Acid: Frozen Heart-Piercing Bullet!
The Acid: Frozen Heart-Piercing Bullet combined with frost breath to freeze a hard ice shell on the surface of an Acid: Heart-Piercing Bullet, filling the interior with high-pressure corrosive acid gas.
The instant it was fired, the high-pressure corrosive gas inside the ice shell would burst from the rear, achieving extreme propulsion and acceleration, working in tandem with the skill [Precision] to deliver an ultra-long-range attack.
This was an advanced technique that Zoe could only perform after his [Spray] reached Level 5!
Swoosh!
Accompanied by a sharp sound of breaking air, the Frozen Heart-Piercing Bullet drew an afterimage in the sky, tearing through the air as it shot toward the goblin high priest!
“What, gagu?!”
It was too fast, too fast for the naked eye to track.
That was—an attack!
By the time it realized this, the attack had already landed on the goblin high priest's chest.
Its skin was instantly pierced, its bones shattered, and the Frozen Heart-Piercing Bullet penetrated deep into its chest cavity.
Frost and acid erupted simultaneously.
The acid desperately corroded from the inside out, while the frost froze it from the inside out.
This was the Acid: Frozen Heart-Piercing Bullet!
“Gagu, gagu, gagu!!!”
Seeing the goblin high priest get hit, countless goblins let out panicked shrieks.
Meanwhile, the goblin high priest desperately clutched the hole in its chest.
But the fading of its life could not be stopped.
It was going to die, it was going to die, it was going to die!
“Puji!”
Vera flapped her wings, brandishing her claws as she charged at the goblin high priest with all her might.
Zoe gathered Dragon Flame, aimed at the goblins, and spat out a Dragon Flame Bullet from afar.
The scorching Dragon Flame Bullet zipped through the air, carrying a terrifying heat as it slammed into the goblin high priest's direction and exploded violently.
The moment that terrible heat brushed against the goblins, it reduced them to charred corpses.
A goblin priest watched in terror as the exploding Dragon Flame engulfed him.
[Killed goblin high priest Lv 25. Experience +50]
[Experience points are full. Level up to Lv 23]
[Intelligence +2, Free Stat Points +2]
[Max Mana +20]
With the death of the goblin high priest, the entire goblin army descended into panic.
But Zoe had no intention of letting even a single one of them go.
Vera seemed possessed by a dragon god, joyfully striking down a goblin with every swipe of her claw.
The monster alliance fought with equal desperation; after all, these were all rations for the winter, and not a single one could be spared.
One more goblin meant one more ray of hope for the winter.
Driven by hatred and anger, the shadow wolves completely scattered, hunting down goblin after goblin.
The goblins cast aside their armor and fled in all directions, their army utterly collapsing.
Soon, quiet descended upon the battlefield, leaving behind only corpses strewn everywhere.
And two opposing sides.
The shadow wolves and gnolls led by the Shadow Wolf King.
And the monster alliance led by Zoe and Vera.
“High Slime, thank you for your rescue.”
“Puji.”
「You should know that everything comes with a price.」
Though covered in wounds, the Shadow Wolf King still stood tall, his jet-black fur matted with blood.
“I appreciate your generosity. So, defeat me head-on! In this forest, only those with power are the true kings!”
“Puji.”
「You are heavily wounded right now. This is not a fair duel.」
“I can fight under any circumstances. This is an opportunity you have earned.”
“Besides, your mana isn't exactly full after that battle either, is it?”
The Shadow Wolf King lowered his body, taking a combat stance.
“Puji.”
「In that case, I accept your duel.」
Zoe hopped down from Vera's back and bounced toward the center of the battlefield.
Behind the Shadow Wolf King were his remaining followers.
Behind Zoe was the arrived monster alliance. Now, under the emotionally charged gazes of both sides, the battle was about to begin, requiring only a single flicker of sunlight through the clouds.
Swoosh!
A sharp dark-energy slash ripped through the air!
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