Chapter 183 Goblin Lair
Even after leaving the equipment shop, the Time Machine was still muttering to itself.
"This is a rip-off! It's a total rip-off!"
Thirty-three gold coins would be enough to feed the four of them for several months if they were used for food.
Faced with the rambling talk about the time machine, the other three chose to ignore it.
Returning to the Adventurers' Guild, the four went to the quest acceptance window.
The wall outside the window is covered with task lists. To accept a task, you only need to tear down the notice and sign it at the window.
So many tasks!
Six-Wa opened his mouth in surprise. There were at least hundreds of notices posted on the wall, with all sorts of tasks on them.
Helping the city's residents deliver messages, collect ore, harvest food, and drive away slimes...
The bounty varies depending on the task. For some simple tasks, the bounty generally fluctuates between 1 and 10 silver coins.
The most expensive are the top-tier tasks.
Drive away the earth dragon, 100 gold coins.
Kill the pterosaur and bring back its carcass for 1800 gold coins.
Kill one of the twelve generals of the Demon King's army, the Faceless One, for a reward of 10,000 gold coins.
The mission with the highest bounty is also the most difficult. Hao Yun only glanced at it and chose to ignore it. At present, their four-person team is not strong enough.
The task was too difficult and impossible to complete. Thinking of this, Hao Yun couldn't help but glance at the time machine and Six-Wa.
With these two troublemakers around, let's choose a task that's easier.
"Let's take this mission. The reward is 100 gold coins."
Standing in front of the quest wall, Sun Wukong reached out to tear down the quest notice for expelling the earth dragon.
"etc!"
Hao Yun hurriedly stopped him. At lunch, he had heard people say that the Earth Dragon was a level 20 monster. How could a few weaklings like them possibly defeat it?
You're not the Monkey King who wreaked havoc in Heaven anymore, so please don't try to trick me.
Hao Yun breathed a sigh of relief as he held down Sun Wukong's hand.
"Let's take this mission."
After tearing down a notice about a mission to exterminate goblins, Hao Yun quickly went to the window to sign and put his fingerprint on it, fearing that these three troublemakers might cause some trouble.
"cut!"
Sun Wukong, with his unruly and rebellious nature, was clearly somewhat dissatisfied.
"Goblins again!"
The time machine gasped in surprise, its body trembling uncontrollably.
Don't be fooled by the fact that goblins are generally only a little over a meter tall; they're still several times larger than a time machine.
"How about we switch to a different mission? This mail delivery mission is pretty good. Delivering mail is great; it can help others, and I love helping others!"
"Hmph, I think you're just scared. If you're scared, you can hide behind me."
Sun Wukong swung his iron rod a few times. He was quite satisfied with the task Hao Yun had given him, because he had almost been stabbed to death by a goblin earlier that day.
Now that there's a chance for revenge, Sun Wukong naturally supports it.
"Afraid? Who's afraid!"
Sun Wukong chuckled and pointed to the time machine's trembling legs.
"If you're not afraid, why are your legs shaking?"
"I'm not shaking at all. I'm just warming up to avoid muscle strain if we fight later!"
"You're stubborn as a mule!"
"Who's the duck? I'm the chicken! Time machine!"
Seeing that the two were arguing endlessly, Hao Yun decisively called a halt.
"Let's hurry up and get going, it'll be dark soon."
The four left the town and, following the instructions on the mission map, headed west until they reached a wide, open plain. According to the map, the goblins were stationed there.
Hao Yun put his hand on his forehead and looked out over the flat, boundless plain.
There are no goblins here, just grass and more grass, with maybe a few rabbits running around.
Hao Yun took out the map and examined it carefully. He hadn't gone the wrong way. But where were the goblins? He couldn't see them.
"Huh! What's this?"
Following behind the group, Sun Wukong, carrying an iron rod, seemed to have discovered something and was squatting on the ground poking at it with the rod.
Upon hearing Sun Wukong's words, Liuwa and the Time Machine turned their attention to his feet.
"Look, it's moving and it's soft."
Curiosity is in a monkey's nature, and even Sun Wukong could not escape this rule.
"It moved, it moved... Ah!"
With a loud crash, the ground where Sun Wukong had just been squatting suddenly collapsed.
"Holy crap!"
The time machine exclaimed in surprise and rushed over to check.
"Don't go over there!"
Six-Wa reached out to stop it, but it was too late; the time machine had already run past.
Click!
A crack appeared in the ground, which quickly spread outwards, followed by a large-scale collapse of the ground.
Before the time machine and the sixth child could react, they had already disappeared on the plain.
Hao Yun, who was looking at a map in the distance, stared at the large hole not far away and didn't know what to say for a moment.
The hole in the ground was at least ten meters wide. Looking down into the hole, it was pitch black and you couldn't see anything.
Hao Yun cautiously approached the large hole, stomping his foot on the ground several times. The ground did not collapse, so Hao Yun then walked over.
"Time machine! Sixth Brother! Sun Wukong! Can you hear me?"
Hao Yun leaned over the cave entrance and shouted loudly while listening intently.
The cave was quiet, with Hao Yun's shouts echoing inside.
About half a minute later, a sharp cry came from below from the Time Machine.
"What is that! Help..."
The cries for help abruptly stopped. Hao Yun was startled. Something was wrong! There was something on the ground. He guessed that the three people who had fallen had been attacked.
Of the three who fell, only Sun Wukong had any fighting ability; the other two were just a burden.
Just as Hao Yun was about to jump down, he noticed traces of human digging on the cave wall, indicating that the ground collapse was premeditated.
At this moment, cries for help came from below again. Without hesitation, Hao Yun took out the Yin-Yang Twin Swords and slid down the wall.
At this moment, below the cave, Sun Wukong threw away the iron rod that he couldn't wield and was fighting hand-to-hand with a goblin.
Beneath the collapsed ground lay a goblin's lair, and what Sun Wukong discovered was actually a goblin carrying soil.
Goblins are a race with an extremely high reproductive rate, so they need to constantly expand their underground lairs.
"Go to hell!"
Sun Wukong grabbed the goblin by the neck, twisted it forcefully, and broke his neck.
The sixth brother and the time machine, who fell down with Sun Wukong, are now guarding a cave entrance, constantly filling it with soil to prevent the goblins inside from coming out.
The goblin lair was a maze of interconnected passages, but the collapsed ground buried most of the entrances, leaving only two.
"Help!"
With tears in its eyes, the time machine flapped its wings rapidly, sending handfuls of soil swiftly into the opening in front of it.
As Hao Yun slid down the wall, he was not quite used to the darkness in the cave and could only squint to make out the details.
"You've finally arrived! Let's get out of here quickly, this is the goblin's lair! It's full of goblins."
The time machine quickly got up and hid behind Hao Yun.
"Why are you hiding! Kill them!"
Sun Wukong, guarding the entrance to a cave, is beating a lone goblin with a wooden stick, a standard goblin weapon.
Chapter 184 Searching for Sun Wukong
"Goblin!"
The time machine exclaimed in surprise as a goblin was dug out from the collapsed mud.
"Stay behind me and don't run around!"
Hao Yun didn't have time to say anything. He rushed forward and blocked the entrance to the hole dug by the goblin, killing the goblin that rushed out with a single slash.
When facing small goblins, Hao Yunping's slash is aimed precisely at their necks; a single strike is enough to kill a goblin.
The Yin-Yang Twin Swords, with their sharp blades, cut down goblins as easily as chopping vegetables. Even if a goblin raised its wooden stick to defend itself, it would still be cut in two with a single strike.
Six-man, who was guarding the other cave entrance, could no longer hold out and had to retreat and raise his heavy crossbow to fight back.
In this cave, which was two meters long and wide and more than one meter high, Liuwa had nowhere to retreat. He fired the bolt from his heavy crossbow, without even having a chance to reload.