On the other side, Henry realized that Lynn was simply standing at the entrance of the goblin nest. Surprisingly, not a single goblin was rushing out.
Lynn blocked the cave entrance, the strangely shaped gun-staff in his hand firing spells almost continuously.
For nearly half a minute, Henry didn't see Lynn's spellcasting stop even once!
Wait, is this really the kind of firepower a mage apprentice should have?
And what puzzled Henry the most was how Lynn managed to stand perfectly still at the entrance while precisely hitting the enemies deep inside the cave.
Even with the night vision provided by his Stealth, Henry couldn't clearly make out what was inside the dark cave.
Could it be that Lynn had wallhacks?
Inside the cave, the goblins' miserable shrieks gradually faded.
Is it over?
Henry poked his head out of the bushes and saw that Lynn was still standing at the cave entrance. However, the frequency of his spells was gradually decreasing, and he looked a bit sluggish, seemingly having depleted his mana.
Fortunately, there was barely any movement left inside the cave.
He must have wiped them all out.
But just as Henry was about to step out of the bushes, several projectiles of light shot out at a speed almost invisible to the naked eye.
Henry didn't even see what happened; he only saw several bright flashes suddenly light up the dark cave.
Inside the cave, the three goblin spellcasters noticed that the damned human Mage blocking the exit had finally slowed down his casting frequency. His mana had to be depleted.
Taking advantage of the fact that the goblins on the front line weren't completely wiped out yet, the three goblin spellcasters poked their heads out from behind the rocky walls simultaneously and launched a counterattack at Lynn.
Three globes of light accurately targeted Lynn's position—unfortunately, it was where Lynn had been a quarter of a second ago.
The moment he detected the mana fluctuations inside the cave, Lynn had already activated 【Burst Step】, sprinting several meters away in the blink of an eye.
The three globes of light crashed into the ground together, kicking up gravel and dust.
Seeing that the continuous beam of magical energy had finally stopped, the goblin spellcasters poked their heads out to look outside the cave.
Did it work?
The swirling dust blocked their view of the outside. The goblin spellcasters exchanged glances, unsure of the outcome.
However, in the next second, a projectile of light pierced through the dust, flying straight toward the three goblin spellcasters.
Boom!
The projectile of light struck the one in the middle—a goblin spellcaster with feathers sticking out of its head—instantly blasting a deep hole into its chest, and the explosion also swept over the other two goblins nearby.
“Defeated one Goblin Priest. Obtained Bloodline Points (Goblin) x100 (Over-level kill multiplier x200%).”
“Defeated two Goblin Apprentices. Obtained Bloodline Points (Goblin) x20.”
“「Feast」 stacks +5. Current stacks: 38.”
Oh?
Lynn was also slightly surprised.
He had thought these three spellcasters, whom he had easily eliminated, were just half-level Goblin Apprentices, but he hadn't expected one of them to actually be a ranked monster—a Goblin Priest.
The ranked monsters that Lynn had yearned for when he first arrived in town couldn't even last a single round against him a month later.
But there was nothing to be done about that.
Even the Goblin Priest would have cried foul.
In a normal spellcaster duel, shouldn't both sides hide their positions, wait for the opponent to expose themselves, and then use their strongest firepower to deliver a fatal blow?
They had hidden their positions perfectly, waiting until their kin were almost completely wiped out and the opponent's mana was depleted before making their move.
And when they attacked, they had locked onto the opponent's position as well.
How could this damned human remain completely unscathed even when three spellcasters attacked at the same time?
And putting aside how he had mysteriously restored his mana, this damned human Mage could actually lock onto their positions through the thick smoke!
If this wasn't wallhacking, what was it?!
The three goblin spellcasters died with deep resentment.
Outside the cave, Lynn, who had just used 【Mage's Juice Box】, felt a sweet and sour taste in his throat.
Tastes pretty good.
Immediately after, a surge of mana erupted from his spiritual sea.
His depleted mana was instantly fully restored, and his body felt a burst of vitality.
「Echolocation」 showed that only one monster remained in the cave.
Lynn paced into the cave.
Inside, the only remaining goblin—a Tier 1 "Goblin Leader"—watched all of its subordinates die. Even the three goblin spellcasters it had painstakingly nurtured were now dead.
The Goblin Leader was nearly driven mad with rage.
However, its slightly more developed brain compared to other goblins told it that its top priority right now was to flee immediately.
Just as it had done countless times before near human territories, as long as it escaped and captured a few females of other races, it would have a chance to make a comeback!
With heavy breaths, the Goblin Leader bolted toward the depths of the cave.
That path led underground with numerous branching paths. Once it slipped inside, no one would ever find it.
However, it was already too late.
A flash of lightning flickered, and Lynn, shortsword in hand, appeared right in front of the monster.
Yet, the moment it saw Lynn, a spark of hope flared within the Goblin Leader's heart.
This human didn't even have a rank?
“Roar—”
The Goblin Leader, who had been somewhat wary, felt its destructive urges take over again upon seeing that the intruder was an unranked human.
It swung a longsword—which looked slightly small in its hands, likely looted from some unfortunate adventurer—slashing at Lynn.
Unfortunately, its speed was far too slow.
Clang!
Lynn, whose physical attributes completely outclassed the Goblin Leader's, blocked the attack with his shortsword effortlessly.
In the next second, the Goblin Leader found its vision spinning wildly.
「Booming Blade」—a single strike decapitated it.
“Defeated one Goblin Leader. Obtained Bloodline Points (Goblin) x100 (Over-level kill multiplier x200%).”
“「Feast」 stacks +3.”
A medium-sized goblin nest had been completely eradicated in under five minutes.
Only now did Lynn realize that after his battle with the Psionic Corpses in the Graveyard, his strength seemed to be significantly greater than he had anticipated.
Two Tier 1 monsters and dozens of ordinary monsters had barely caused him any trouble.
With his average attributes reaching twelve points, Lynn was simply too overpowered for these Tier 1 creatures.
...
Outside the cave, Henry saw Lynn walk out.
Lynn spoke up first, “It's cleared out. Come inside with me and let's clean up the loot.”
Henry: ?
Are you telling me that you, a mage apprentice, blocked the entrance of a goblin nest for five minutes and wiped out dozens of goblins all by yourself?
Henry felt his worldview shifting.
Is the Mage class really this powerful? An apprentice can clean out an entire goblin tribe single-handedly?
But when Henry followed Lynn inside, the scene that unfolded before him pushed his shock to its absolute peak.
Dozens of green-skinned runts' corpses were piled together.
And among them, weren't there two rather strange-looking creatures?
Henry, who yearned for adventure, remembered the monster information recorded in the Guild perfectly.
The two corpses right at the top of the pile were clearly Tier 1 monsters: a "Goblin Priest" and a "Goblin Leader"!
In other words, in just five minutes, Lynn hadn't just cleared out an ordinary goblin tribe, but a medium-sized one containing two ranked monsters!
Is this the true strength of a Mage?
To be precise, he's not even a full Mage yet, just a mage apprentice!
Clearly, Lynn's performance had given Henry a highly distorted idea of what a mage apprentice was capable of.
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【Goblin Leader and Goblin Priest】: In a goblin tribe built from scratch, the first to emerge is often a Goblin Leader, which evolves from a Goblin Warrior. While their strength isn't particularly formidable among Tier 1 monsters, it is enough for them to establish a foothold.
Following that, the Goblin Leader relies on its reproductive capabilities to conduct countless "lottery draws." The resulting Goblin Warriors are driven out of the tribe, while the apprentice goblins are kept and nurtured until they master their bloodline magic and become Goblin Priests.
Once there are enough priests in the tribe, the Goblin Leader gains the opportunity to evolve further...
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