Chapter 172: Leading The Goblin Army

'Huh?'

'So there really are goblins here!', Shin spotted a lot of goblins nearby.

Yes, there were many of them that were standing just out of the caves. Also, many of them just walked out of the caves and were talking with each other.

'Is this the village that I was supposed to reach?', he had no idea about that.

The system did lead him here, but he knew not if this was the right place. Of course, that could be confirmed in just one way - by checking the mission.

'System, display mission related to Aella.'

'Ding'

[ -> Search for the clues left by Aella (3/3) ] [ completed ]

[ -> Visit the goblins after collecting the Clues ] [ completed ]

[ -> Find Aella ]

After seeing the 'completed' status in the mission, Shin was sure that he had arrived at the right place. Of course, he had yet to meet and talk with any of them.

Well, he wasn't sure about appearing right in front of them because that could end up causing a commotion.

Shin thought that it would be wise enough to wait for some more time until he finds a goblin alone and talks with it. However, that would again waste a lot of time.

Though, it was the safest way - at least he believed it to be so.

But Shin had a change in his plan the moment he recognized a goblin out of the many.

Yes, there was a goblin that was holding a staff with a crystal ball on top of it. Not only was the weapon familiar, but the goblin resembled the one which Shin had seen long back, just when Aella was attacked by humans.

Shin thought about confirming if it was indeed the same goblin or if they just looked alike.

'System, display that goblin's profile.'

[ Profile ]

Name: ???

Sex: male

Age: 12 years

Weight: 21 Kg

Race: Goblin

[ Mage ]

Rank: D || Max. rank: A

Level: 29 || Max. level: 30

HP: 110/110 || Max. HP: 112

MP: 210/330 || Max. MP: 340

Exp: 980 || Max. Exp: 999

Atk: 85 || Max. Atk: 88

Def: 36 || Max. Def: 40

Speed: 51 || Max. Speed: 55

Int: 64 || Max. Int: 70

[ Skills ]

[ Active ]

1] Illusions Lv.3

-> Able to confuse the target by showing fake objects.

-> Decreases foes stats by 20%

-> Speed decreased by additional 50%

2] Fire Blast Lv.3

-> A large sphere of fire forms and is fired.

-> Ranged attack

-> Radius: 50 meters

-> Inflicts 10% extra damage to the foes within a radius of 20 meter

3] Clone Formation Lv.2

-> Forms clones of itself.

-> Drains 30% of MP.

[ Passive ]

-< none >-

'Yes! It's definitely the same goblin!', the stats looked the same as they did earlier after all.

Not that Shin could recall each and every stat, but he had a rough idea about the stats of the only goblin that he had ever met.

Of course, he could only recall after seeing them again.

'But, will it be alright for me to go there?'

The goblin that Shin recognized was standing outside the cave so in order to meet it, Shin had to walk there. This could end up in a disarray again since the goblins might panic and start attacking him even before he could say anything!

But he did not have any other choice at the moment so he thought that it would work out somehow.

*tap tap*

He moved towards his right and moved away from the rock. Now he was completely visible to every goblin that was standing near the caves.

"Intruder!", the moment the goblins spotted Shin, they ended up shouting that.

Yes, they could speak which didn't seem abnormal since Shin had found many creatures speaking in the past months!

He didn't even care about that, all he wanted was for the goblin mage to recognize him.

Just as he walked a few steps towards the goblins, a notification popped up.

'Ding'

[ You have entered the Goblin Village, Goblon ]

While most of the goblins took a defensive stance while holding run-down weapons made up of stone, the mage that Shin had an eye on didn't raise the staff.

Instead, he seemed a bit shocked. Yes, he had recognized who Shin was almost instantly because of which he didn't do anything.

He started running all of a sudden and approached Shin which not only surprised other goblins, but also confused them.

"This is ridiculous!"

"What are you doing with them!?", asked another mage who just happened to come out of the cave.

"Yes yes!"

"Ridiculous!"

"Ridiculous!"

Other goblins just repeated the same thing like a chant. This symbolized how low intelligence they had. While mages needed to have high intelligence for magic, that didn't seem to be the case for the goblins that weren't mages.

In any case, Shin wasn't that scary. The goblins had a normal expression on their face except for the fact that they were surprised.

There were three reasons for that, one - Shin was quite small in size.

He seemed huntable because of which they weren't worried since they had a ridiculous advantage in terms of numbers.

Secondly, there was no aura from his body. This essentially meant that they were just surprised and not intimidated at all.

Last, they had already met a white wolf that seemed a bit larger than Shin. Yes, they had met Aella already because of which Shin did neither intimidate them nor could he inflict fear in them.

Other goblins still continued the chant when suddenly the mage that had approached Shin turned back and shouted, "Shut your mouth!"

Right after that, the chant stopped and all the goblins literally shut their mouths. Even the other goblin mage stopped saying anything.

"Please, forgive me for not introducing him to you..."

After seeing that the conversation was going to occur now without any problem, Shin smiled. He thought that the goblin mage would take care of everything and then he could ask about Aella, however, he had misunderstood!

"He is the one that will lead the Goblin Army from now!" - the goblin mage shouted.

'Yes yes, I am going to...', Shin was just nodding his head instinctively when suddenly he realized what the goblin mage said.

"Nani!?"

"..."

To be continued...