Up ahead, they saw Chris and Bobby also running, and Luke called out, "Chris. Bobby."
The duo looked behind them without stopping. Once they saw who it was, Bobby said, "Luke, Kayla, did you see the message?"
"Yeah, do you know what happened?" Luke asked.
"Your guess is as good as mine," Bobby said.
Chris added, "We were just looking for more demons to kill."
"Have you seen anyone else since we got here?" Luke asked as they turned down another path.
Bobby shook his head as he said, "Not since we split up."
So far, they had yet to encounter anyone else. No demons. No other competitors. There were only empty tunnels. They couldn't even hear any fighting in the distance. That could mean several things. One of them was
Luke's first thought was to launch into battle and kill the giant goblin, but he held himself back. Even though he wanted to rush in to save Grace, this was a delicate situation. Plunging headfirst into battle without thinking could get her killed. The giant goblin was smart enough to use her as a shield, and they had been fortunate that no one had accidentally killed her. For some strange reason, the system hadn't sent her back even though it should have sensed her life was in danger. The system chose now, out of all the times it could have failed to do its job.His eyes scanned the battlefield, surveying the scene. There were currently five others besides Theodore fighting the giant goblin. If he included his party, that would mean that there were ten people in one location. This left twenty-one people unaccounted for. He also had to consider the other goblins that hadn't been killed yet. They could only hope that they
Quickly relaying the plan to him, Luke split away from Elijah to inform another person while staying out of the giant goblin's sight as Elijah did the same. The next person he encountered was an older woman by the name of Yolanda Ford. He had to double check her information to make sure he wasn't mistaken. She was pretty scruffed up too from all the fighting, and her clothes were even singed. He wondered how long they had been fighting before they showed up. "Kid, are you here to save your girlfriend?" the woman asked as she rolled her shoulders. "I suggest you stay out of it and let the grownups handle it." Ignoring her words, he said, "We have a plan to save her." The woman raised an eyebrow and said, "Tell me." Luke immediately told her what he had told Elijah earlier. It was a good thing she wasn't picking a fight with him despite her words earlier, and that the others were doing a good job drawing the giant goblin's attention and firepower away f
[Emergency Quest][Fight the Enraged Giant Goblin][You have successfully defeated the giant goblin.][Quest Rewards][You may select one of the following Uncommon items and obtain one skill.]Everyone was going over the list of items and skills to see what their options were. A few felt cheated that they were only given Uncommon items to pick from. However, it made sense since everyone should only have Uncommon stats and their enemy hadn't actually been that powerful. They were given items suited to their current level, and the fact they got to choose at all was a big deal.Luke remembered how the system cheated him out of his rewards in previous ques
Theodore looked away from the screen in front of him to face Luke the moment he heard him coming. He had known this would happen sooner or later after seeing how Luke reacted earlier. No, this confrontation was inevitable, even if Luke hadn't found out. Grace would have told him once she woke up. If she hadn't, Theodore wouldn't have kept quiet about it.Thinking of the girl who had gotten hurt because of his mistake made him clench his fists. If it weren't for her quick actions, he might have been the one in her place. He couldn't believe he had made such a blunder, and he had been thinking she would hold him back when he found her hiding behind some rocks alone. Of course he couldn't leave her alone in such a dangerous place, especially when she was covered in blood.He never thought she and the kid would ever separate. They were practically connected at the hip. It was strange that sh
Luke froze. Did he say the giant goblin ate a stone? A simple stone wouldn't have done anything to the giant goblin. A giant goblin didn't gain abilities by eating rocks like some demons did. It also didn't make sense for it to randomly swallow a stone despite being considered one of the dumber demons. Theodore had to be mistaken about what he saw, but what if he hadn't?What if the giant goblin ate the stone since it knew it wasn't a normal stone? What if it was the item that the emergency quest was referring to that made the giant goblin stronger? Even with its pea brain, it should be able to tell the difference between a regular stone and an item. If that was the case, the question was what kind of stone was it that made the giant goblin stronger and gave it the ability to breathe fire.There was only one stone he could think of on the top of his head that could have made it possible:
Princess Lera smiled as she said, "Congratulations to our heroes for their victory over the demons."The crowd cheered as the princess inwardly fumed over what happened. Nothing had gone as she had expected. Of course, it was expected that some people would be eliminated from the running. It was impossible for it not to happen, but she hadn't expected someone to be taken out within minutes of being sent to fight the demons. She was embarrassed to see him return.It didn't matter that the hero was only 12 years old. They had already gone through extensive training, and it irked her to see how she made her lose face in front of her people. The only good thing was that this information was contained within the kingdom. She wouldn't be able to bear it if other countries caught wind of how horrible the heroes in country did in comparision to their heroes.Sh
"Are you really okay?" asked 'Kayla' as she watched Grace stand up and stretch."I'm perfectly fine," she insisted. "It just feels like I crashed after staying up too late to study for a test."Luke had to admit that she had made an odd comparison. While he did think she might be awake when he made the decision to visit her, he hadn't expected her to be up and ready after what happened in the cave. It was completely unreal how fast she recovered, no matter how amazing magic was. Magic wasn't a perfect cure all for everything, despite what some people believed.Even the healers that had been treating her were staring at her like she was some kind of monster. He couldn't bring himself to blame them. If he didn't know her so well, he would be afraid to go near her. He considered asking the demon king for answers on why she recovered so quickly, but the dem
The princess calmly stared at Luke over the rim of her teacup. She had wanted to speak with him earlier, but there had been many other things she needed to deal with, and their talk wasn't essential. However, even though this talk wasn't as important as the other matters she was dealing with, she had wanted to demand answers from him right away about certain matters, like how he failed to get into the top five. She had been ready to praise him and make a show of how she was supporting him in front of the masses.Those plans were ruined when she couldn't find his name in the top five. What was worse was that the man who had undermined her authority before had managed to get a tie for first place. She had never been so insulted before. If she didn't have an image to maintain, she would have thrown a fit and ordered something to be done about the results. Unfortunately, it was already too late since everyone had seen it.Keeping her mask on, she chose to redirect her focu