Another: Memory of Another World

Ch. 37 Return to Goblin Cave

I'm still hunting the beasts that are easy to find. Starting from rabbits, wild cats, deer, buffalo, to wolves and tigers, also large snakes that appear occasionally every year. Speaking of snakes, the ancient forest of Astera may be a safe place for them. How not, abundant food and life energy are many, besides they only need to eat once every few months. Every slacker will weep at the prosperity of the serpents.

For myself, a hunt in a day is enough to last for several years. So yeah, I can laze around at home for a long time without worrying about anything, drowning in sin and desire. If you know what I mean.

It didn't take long, I got to a familiar place. I immediately jumped off a tree branch, right in front of the door of the cave filled with the smell of dirt. Right, Goblins once again mushroomed in this cave. The transparent blue book immediately floated on top of my raised hand, giving off a series of information that flowed directly into my head. After confirming it from several different angles, I decided to enter the cave.

My eyes immediately scanned the cave passage almost instantly, making me able to see the contents inside very clearly without the aid of the slightest light. Hard rocks that make up the sides of the dining, as well as stalagmites that look sharp on the ceiling. There are a group of fruit bats that live there, coloring the ceiling of the cave with black. This glance reminded me of the story of monsters that live from human blood. I don't know if they're in the world, because I've never heard from them. I'm not really interested in them either, because they'll remind me of Ren.

"Man?!"

"Human? what'sthat?"

"Are they good to eat?"

Oh? it seems that I passed by a goblin who was about to go out looking for food. They are made up of 10 individuals that are identical to each other. From head to toe, bald, green skin, 130-135 cm, and like being exposed to a hungry bush. Honestly, they look like they're going to die at any moment.

"Food!"

"I'm hungry!"

And their IQ is low. I pointed my index finger at them then activated one of the skills I had. My fingertips shone along with the orange dot that swirled around it like a tornado. Then an attack was unleashed as I whispered, [Firestrom].

A round of hot clouds streaked within the cave like the roar of a storm that would burn anything that came into contact with it. Meanwhile, the eye of the storm is filled with high-temperature plasma that is able to turn stones into diamonds and destroy them under pressure. Right, it was an attack that was too excessive to deal with ordinary goblins. The bats on the ceiling of the cave immediately flew away as they felt disturbed by the hot radiance [Firestrom]. As a result, the goblin vanished without a sound. Only leaves the reddish cave floor that gives off hot temperatures.

The announcement immediately rang in my ear as the HUD screens popped up one by one. I ignored him and went back on my way.

The hot temperature on the floor did not bother me much, due to the resistance skill I had. Even if it does not work, the heat will only cause a little discomfort.

Goblins are a species known to be destructive and fast-growing. If one goblin is found in an area, it can be ascertained if there are other goblins. They are like parasites that can be born from any mother, be it a wild animal, monster, or human. Therefore they rarely kill women to be a mother. With the Goblin's low intelligence, it was clear that the mothers would not receive the services of a noble princess. Maybe 11-12 is the same slave. Therefore, many of them have experienced mental trauma and become disabled.

I had no idea what was going on with the women from Astera village, and considering the Crimson Vortex group coming home empty-handed, I saw two possibilities. They either die, or secondly, they are alive but choose to die.

Normal goblin pregnancy usually lasts for 28-30 days. They will enter adolescence in 3 days. Then become an adult after 7 days. Their highest age is approximately 20 years. Right, very fast process. In the area around the village of Astera, the process becomes much faster. One night for pregnancy, 1 day for maturity, and 20 years of life. Not to mention the rapid wound regeneration process. Leave them for a month, and the goblin population will rival that of the neighboring country.

That's why I'm here today.

"Infoiler!"

"Man!"

"Little intruder!"

"... food!"

I'm at least a 150s Goblin in that room less than level 5. Shrimp when compared to me. I immediately raised my hand, then unleashed the spell [Antares Magic Arrow].

<< Goblin successfully defeated, get 3000 exp. 300 points have been earned. >>

Everything fell down in an instant, then I just left the body there. After all Goblin meat is not very tasty, and the amount is small. It just wasn't worth the effort.

Speaking of encryption, I found an interesting item in the shop. His name was Staff of Star, and one of his abilities was [Fusion and Separation]. That's interesting isn't it. Ah, soon the points accumulated seemed to be enough to buy the staff.

Of course, if we talk about goblin treasures, then it is almost impossible to find something truly valuable. Goblin is a type of scavenger and picker. And in monster-infested Astera, goblins are at the very bottom of the food chain.

If it was any other place, then taking out the corpses piling up just like that was more than enough of a reason for the appearance of the undead. But here, leave a few moments and the cleaners will come.

So I can just leave it alone without wasting any time cleaning up. I'm focused on clearing the goblins within the area. Unfortunately, I haven't bought that World Map yet, so I don't really know the situation in the cave. While my sense of perception gives a general picture of the goblins and some other species down there.

Hm, interestingly, I felt a familiar unique aura from here. Someone I know. The mana waves he emitted were somewhat different, but his soul waves were very identical. While he was hiding completely from [Detect Presence].

I wonder who he is. Is he able to break through the [Presence Concealment] I activated? Hehehe, I feel excited for a reason.

Checking once again the equipment I have and the effects of any skills that are active, I immediately continued the exploration. The first room I was going to visit was of course, that's all, an altar filled with corpses and blood.

Heh..

(connecting.).

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