"Really?"
Alden imdiately looked at him with a surprised expression.
Carson replied with a serious face: "You know , Captain, I never joke."
Especially in such a dangerous situation.
Alden stopped his steps preparing to retreat, turned back around, and while cutting down goblins, looked into the distance.
Indeed, gradually, the goblin army seed less orderly than before.
To be honest, the fact that low-intelligence creatures like goblins could form such neat formations was already quite absurd. After all, even human armies need extensive practice and coordination to arrange battle formations properly.
It could only be said that the goblin spellcaster's command ability over its kin, almost like "ntal control," was truly sowhat exaggerated.
Ellie also showed a surprised expression. If the goblins were starting to fall into chaos, did that an...
Alden thought of the sa thing, a bitter smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.
Indeed, he didn't just go for simple reconnaissance—he went to solve the problem.
"Raging Bull Team, continue fighting!"
He took a deep breath, rallying himself again, "Drive back all these damn green-skinned shorties!"
The other adventurer teams were mostly the sa. Except for a few severely injured mbers, even those with nearly exhausted stamina gritted their teeth and continued joining the battle.
After all, they finally saw the dawn of victory.
This was the most difficult yet most motivated mont since the battle began. The villagers of Falling Leaves Village also heard the news from the adventurers. Those injured young people who could still move, disregarding the village healer's dissuasion, picked up their weapons and rejoined the battlefield.
Ellie swung her sore arms, constantly charging forward as if hoping to see sothing.
The more severely injured Carson was responsible for observing the battle situation. Standing on village buildings, he looked into the distance.
The goblin formations grew increasingly chaotic, starting to show crowding and trampling on different scales. Many goblins began retreating in the opposite direction, colliding with clueless kin who continued charging forward headlong...
As long as they could hold on a bit longer—not too long, about ten minutes—the chaotic goblins would be unable to organize effective attacks again.
Large numbers aren't always an advantage. With command, they can form massive combat power, but without command, they beco an even bigger, ssier pot of porridge.
Amid this tangled ss, one spot seed particularly conspicuous.
Ellie looked into the distance, constantly twitching her nose. Finally, a familiar, sowhat warm scent entered her nostrils.
He's back!
The little wolf girl excitedly wagged her tail and ran toward that direction.
"Ellie?"
Alden was montarily stunned, then seed to realize sothing, a smile appearing on his face.
Ellie, whose stamina had been nearly exhausted, suddenly seed filled with energy again. She dashed hundreds of ters in one breath and finally saw that familiar figure.
—It was Lin Mo, looking quite frustrated.
He originally thought with so many goblins, he could grind his skills to his heart's content.
But after trying, he discovered that skills that had reached Excellent grade no longer gained proficiency points with every goblin kill like before.
He used Vanish to kill goblins, taking out four in a row before his proficiency finally increased by 1 point.
This wasn't cost-effective at all... After all, Excellent grade skills consud significant Qi and Blood, and Lin Mo didn't have much stamina left anyway, making it impossible to practice effectively.
Fortitude was even worse—fighting those Mutated Goblins earlier only earned him 5 proficiency points, so these ordinary goblins were completely useless.
Cross Slash also consud too much stamina. After much consideration, he finally took out the small round shield he'd casually bought from Edgar's place and started practicing [Shield Bash].
This skill, at least, reached level 3.
"Skill [Shield Bash] Lv2 (20/20) leveled up!"
"Current skill [Shield Bash] Lv3 (15/40)"
Gained attribute point Constitution 1
Lin Mo's base attributes reached 16 points.
"Lin Mo—!"
While continuing to practice his skill, Lin Mo suddenly heard a shout coming from far to near. Turning his face, he saw a human-shaped "helicopter" crashing toward him.
With a "thump," Ellie directly crashed into Lin Mo's embrace, tightly hugging his waist.
Lin Mo's attention was completely captured by the tail wagging so fast it almost spun around. He couldn't resist reaching out to touch it.
The fur was unexpectedly soft, smooth like silk, very much like a high-quality blanket.
"Huh?"
Ellie seed to sense his movent. Her excited expression imdiately froze as she raised her head and t Lin Mo's gaze. Her pretty face visibly reddened at rapid speed.
She released Lin Mo as if electrocuted, hiding her hands behind her back, awkwardly looking at her toes.
"Sorry... sorry..."
Lin Mo casually punched away a nearby goblin. He originally wanted to say he should be the one apologizing, but the words reached his mouth before he swallowed them back.
"It's fine, I don't mind."
Sure enough, Ellie's eyes lit up, her tense expression imdiately relaxing considerably.
For the little wolf girl before him, natural, intimate behavior was what she desired, while politeness and courtesy were almost equivalent to distance to her.
Ellie approached him again, carefully sniffing him up and down. Apart from his original scent, she only slled the dirty, stinky blood odor of goblins.
Hmm, not injured...
Lin Mo really wasn't accustod to such proximity, especially when she crouched down, tilting her face up close to his thigh—he almost stood at attention.
So he quickly diverted his attention by dealing with passing goblins.
"Alright... Ellie, don't worry, I'm not injured..."
Lin Mo hurriedly helped her up. The little wolf girl looked at him with confusion, her nose still twitching as if not satisfied.
What exactly are you sniffing for!
Lin Mo facepald ntally. Girl, do you have absolutely no sense of personal space?
The goblins had completely shown signs of rout. With little stamina remaining, Lin Mo had no intention of pursuing further and returned to his teammates with Ellie.
Alden hadn't witnessed the hard-to-describe scene earlier, but he still clearly sensed the ambiguous atmosphere, so he teased: "Finally back. You have no idea—when there was no news from you earlier, Ellie was almost crying from anxiety..."
Lin Mo glanced at the girl following behind him. Ellie blinked, her face slightly red.
So she can feel shy now—seems more normal.
"How's the situation?"
Carson jumped down from the building, aggravating his wound and grimacing in pain. But to maintain his cool deanor, he stubbornly didn't make a sound.
After all, he wore a face covering—if he didn't make noise, no one could tell.
"There was indeed a goblin spellcaster, accompanied by several Mutated Goblins... Halek was seriously injured by them, but he had life potions, so his injuries have stabilized. He should be back soon."
"And that goblin spellcaster..."
Alden couldn't help asking.
"I took care of it. It's just those Mutated Goblins—most of them managed to escape."
"Gasp—!"
Lin Mo's casual reply caused surprised gasps all around.
Everyone were veteran adventurers. Even if they hadn't seen one, they'd at least heard about the power of goblin spellcasters, not to ntion all those bodyguards accompanying it.
If they encountered such a situation, they probably couldn't even escape. Several teams working together might barely contend.
But this guy?
Single-handedly went in and cut down their leader, yet still wasn't satisfied, complaining he didn't kill enough.
Is this even human language?
Alden solemnly patted his shoulder. Indeed, his intuition was right—Lin Mo had grown stronger again...
During those training days, he'd noticed Lin Mo's changes, especially since he was the final training partner.
And when they set out this morning, Lin Mo's aura was clearly completely different from when they finished training yesterday.
As a professional, Alden recognized this kind of change, knowing Lin Mo had achieved so breakthrough.
The most terrifying thing was that compared to this morning, Lin Mo seed to have...
Alden didn't ponder further, just let his gaze wander between Ellie and Lin Mo as if contemplating sothing.
With the goblins completely retreated, the villagers had no ti to celebrate, quickly moving and caring for the injured under the healer's direction.
Those who unfortunately died needed their bodies properly collected and returned to relatives for burial.
After directing all this, the village chief ca before everyone and deeply bowed.
"Thank you, brave adventurers!"
The elderly village chief, tears in his eyes, lanted: "We repeatedly sought help from the lord in town, but rescue never ca. If not for you..."
Alden helped the old man up: "The association issued the mission, we accepted it—this is what we should do."
"No, not like this..."
The old village chief repeatedly shook his head. Though montarily speechless and unable to continue, the expression on his face said everything.
Ordinary adventurers indeed wouldn't likely take such great risks and persist until now.
"Rest properly first, old chief. We can discuss matters tomorrow."
Parn said while rubbing his temples: "We should rest too."
"Alright, I'll arrange resting places for you right away..."
Although many village buildings were destroyed by goblins, fortunately they arrived in ti and the villagers organized resistance quickly, so about half the area remained intact.
The adventurers were arranged to rest in the village's best houses. The previously injured Halek also returned safely with those girls.
A crisis, thus ca to an end... or did it?
Lying on the relatively soft bed, even though they successfully defended Falling Leaves Village, the mission was accomplished, and his strength had improved significantly, sohow Lin Mo still had a bad premonition.
Was it just his imagination...
The day's exhaustion quickly made Lin Mo's eyelids heavy, his consciousness growing hazy. Unconsciously, he closed his eyes and fell into peaceful sleep.
Due to extre fatigue, and being in a village house rather than wilderness, he slept very deeply.
So deeply that he didn't notice during the night, a dazed figure rubbing sleepy eyes, sniffing with its nose, ca in and plopped down beside him with a soft thud.
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