𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟑𝟎: 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝

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𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 [𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐊𝐧𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞] 𝐃𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝟏𝟖𝟎𝟎𝟎

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𝐄𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭: 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐬 𝐱𝟐

𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐄𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 [𝐅𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡]

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𝐀 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭.

𝐈𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫.

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𝐅𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡

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𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞’𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐬𝐭.

𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬.

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𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 [𝐕𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐝] 𝐃𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝟏𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎

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𝐄𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭: 𝐌𝐏 𝐱𝟑, 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐱𝟑

𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐄𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 [𝐈𝐜𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐝]

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𝐀 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭.

𝐈𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫.

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🔸🔸🔸

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𝐈𝐜𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐝

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𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜.

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🔹𝔸𝕨𝕖𝕓𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕤.𝕔𝕠m ― 𝕀𝕟𝕕𝕦𝕝𝕘𝕖 𝕚𝕟 𝕒 𝕔𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 o𝕗 𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕟𝕤𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕟𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕝𝕤 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 “𝕕𝕒𝕚𝕝𝕪 𝕦𝕡𝕕𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕤” 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕖𝕩𝕔𝕝𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕧𝕖 𝕒𝕔𝕔𝕖𝕤𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕒𝕕𝕧𝕒𝕟𝕔𝕖𝕕 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕤🔹

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These are the abilities of the true equipment of those two, as revealed by successful appraisal.

Although they may seem inferior to Achilles or Barbarian based on the description alone, that’s not the case.

There’s a saying that “simple is best”.

The abilities of these two are just like that, simple but with high pure firepower.

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The Heat Knuckle, for example, has an attack power that can melt the hand of a Goblin Lord who casually catches the fist of the user shouting “Hot-blooded Punch!”.

Even without the exclusive effect, Vanargand simply enhances the user’s status, and the old man’s magic power exceeds 25000.

The enhanced ice magic released in that state is nothing short of a disaster.

Even the current Living Armor-senpai could die if hit directly.

Scary.

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Against such monsters, the Goblin Lord was having a hard time.

He’s already using his true equipment, but still.

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Probably, the Goblin Lord’s winning strategy would be to approach the old man, the strongest member of the extermination squad, and kill him first.

But the hot-blooded character is filling the status gap with technique and guts, playing a fine role as a wall, so he can’t get close.

Then the old man’s supporting fire explodes, piercing the Goblin Lord’s magic resistance and dealing damage.

Even though the Goblin Lord’s magic resistance exceeds 10000 due to the status enhancement by the true equipment, the old man who easily overpowers it is a bit incomprehensible.

Is that old man perhaps the strongest human or something?

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And then, the goblin followers enhanced by [Barbarian Feast] are being toyed with by another true equipment user, the fast guy, and are being hunted down one by one by the rest of the extermination squad.

Of course, the extermination squad is not unscathed.

They have been damaged to the brink of death many times by the violent numbers that combine quality and quantity.

Each time, they recover with someone’s healing magic or potion and barely hold the line.

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Especially, the hot-blooded character who is fighting the Goblin Lord head-on is the most exhausted.

The old man’s MP, which is constantly healing him, has also decreased considerably.

The others are also tired.

It would be easier if the old man could freeze all the followers at once with his wide-range attack magic, but it’s impossible because the Goblin Lord thaws them with his fire magic, and more reinforcements are coming than the number of followers frozen.

They can only whittle them down steadily.

But at this rate, it seems the Goblin Lord will reach his limit first.

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In any case, the time for the conclusion is not far off.

I prepared a strategy assuming the worst-case scenario for that time.

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“《Hot Blood Rush》!”

“《Ice Lancer》!”

“Guh. . .?!”

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The fist of the fire user and the ice magic of the wizard attack me.

I used the barbarian as a shield against both, but I could tell that I was still taking damage from above.

Damn humans!

Don’t think you can die easily after injuring me!

I’ll tear off your limbs while you’re alive, and show you how I violate and kill that little girl!

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“《Powered Axe》!”

“Kiai dodge!”

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The fire user dodged the axe I swung with murderous intent, with a movement that was neither an art nor anything else.

Every time he moves, he lets out a hot and bothersome shout, which is really annoying.

It’s noisy!

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“《Hot Blood Punch》!”

“Guh?!”

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Then, the counterattack punch pierced my stomach.

The fist wrapped in flames melted my armor, and even burned the inside.

I retreated in a flash and healed with recovery magic like the wound on my left hand I received at first, but I was attacked with magic while I was retreating.

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“《Frost Gaia》!”

“Nuh?!”

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That magic froze the ground under my feet, not directly targeting me.

Of course, my legs are frozen and fixed to the ground.

It’s easy to tear off, but it definitely stopped my movement for a moment.

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And these humans didn’t miss that moment.

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“Carpaccio! Now!”

“Whoa! 《Super Hot Blood Rush》!”

“Gwooooo?!”

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The barbarian I used as a shield shattered.

The flurry of flaming fists pierced me directly and blew me away.

This is bad!

True equipment can be redeployed even if it is shattered, but it takes time.

In the meantime, it’s impossible to deal with these humans without true equipment.

Moreover,

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“! They’re suddenly weakened!”

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My subordinates lose the power of [Barbarian Feast] and become weakened.

If that happens, they are just a bunch of small fries.

Even the women and the Lv1 newborns that the little girl gave birth to are mixed in.

There’s no way they can win.

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“You!”

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So, I swallowed my anger at them and started to run away.

As long as I’m alive, I can manage somehow.

It’s always been like that.

Even when the humans destroyed the nest I was born in.

Even when I was defeated by the Demon Lord and begged for my life to join his subordinates.

I’ve always survived.

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As long as I’m alive, there will be a chance for revenge.

On them, on the Demon Lord, and on the other executives who look down on me and call me the weakest executive.

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Oh, that’s right, I’ll take that little girl with me when I run away!

If I vent my anger on that little girl and make her give birth to enough children to rebuild the group, then kill her, my anger will be somewhat appeased.

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“I won’t let you escape! 《Absolute Zero》!”

“Huh?! 《Firewall》!”

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I blocked the mass of cold air released from behind with a wall of fire.

Still, I couldn’t completely block it, and my left arm, which I extended to use magic, froze.

At that moment, I caught a glimpse of my subordinates, all of whom were frozen.

Tch!

They’re not even good for a wall, those useless guys!

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“《Speed Slash》!”

“Guh?!”

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At that moment, a human who approached at high speed shattered my frozen left arm with a sword.

You bastard?!

You’re just a small fry who ran away from me before, how dare you!

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“You’re in the way!”

“Ugh. . .!”

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When I hit him with my remaining right arm in retaliation, he was blown away, spitting out blood.

Normally, I would drag him in front of that little girl and show her how she gives birth to a child, but I don’t have time for that now.

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I ran away with all my might.

However, I was surrounded.

In order to avoid them, I took a large detour to the exit of the cave, but the path was blocked by a wall of ice.

Even if I tried to melt it with fire, I could still hear the sound of them chasing me from behind.

I didn’t have time for that.

Reluctantly, I gave up on escaping from the cave and decided to go down to the lower level.

It’s a gamble because I know there’s something down there that killed my subordinates who went to explore.

But if it goes well, I might be able to stall them by pitting them against that something.

Besides, if it’s a place without an ice wall, I should be able to shake them off normally.

I have the stealth skills I gained from running away in my weaker days.

That attempt should be quite possible.

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In the meantime, I can heal my wounds with automatic recovery and healing magic, and recover my lost MP and true equipment.

If I have time, I should be able to break the ice wall and escape outside.

However, my shattered left arm probably won’t heal for a few days.

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With that decided, I immediately headed for the lower level of the cave.

As I ran down the slope and kept running for a while, I could no longer hear the footsteps of those chasing me.

It seems I managed to shake them off.

All that’s left is to wait for my recovery and return to the upper level. . .

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“Ga. . .Goh!”

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The moment I thought that, I suddenly felt pain from inside my body.

I coughed and coughed, and vomited blood.

This sensation. . .poison?

Looking around, I saw a thin purple mist floating in the place where I was.

Poisonous mist.

I didn’t notice it because I was so desperate to escape.

I see.

The poison killed my subordinates.

But I’m not the kind of person who would die from this level of poison.

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The moment I thought that, an arrow suddenly flew towards me.

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“Huh?!”

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I knocked it down in a flash, and then I heard footsteps.

Did they catch up with me?!

I thought that for a moment, but when I listened carefully, the quality of the footsteps was different.

These are not human footsteps.

They are bigger, heavier footsteps.

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Another monster?

Damn.

If I had known this, I should have checked inside the cave without being so lazy.

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Anyway, I moved away from the spot, but I could hear footsteps from another direction.

Before long, I could hear footsteps from all directions, and I realized that I was surrounded.

But I’m not in a hurry.

No matter how weak I am.

No matter how poisoned I am.

I’m not so weak as to lose to a mere monster.

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And soon, the owner of the footsteps appeared in front of me.

It was a group of black golems.

About ten of them.

That’s not surprising.

Golems are just small fry after all.

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However, three humans stood at the front, leading the golems.

When I saw the face of one of them, I was shocked.

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“What?! You are?!”

“Stand up――[Achilles].”

“Dance――[Francesca].”

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Ignoring my shock, two of the three humans deployed their true equipment.

And as if on cue, the golems all attacked me at once.

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