Chapter 40：Let's escape

Goburo almost killed these crocodiles in a crushing manner, and then looked up at the four of them and said, "Are you all okay?" Goburo spoke in a somewhat awkward human language.

Upon hearing the low voice from above, the four looked up and saw this huge green beast staring at them without making any sudden moves.

"We... we're fine," said the brave female warrior.

"If you're fine, do me a favor. Consider it repayment for saving your lives," Goburo said impolitely.

The expressions of the four became strange upon hearing Goburo's request. It was clear that they didn't want to help him. Eventually, the brave female warrior spoke with courage, "Sorry, sir, but we are weak. We might not be able to help you."

"Whether you can help or not is not for you to decide, but for me. Follow me," Goburo said firmly.

They knew they had no choice but to follow Goburo, as angering the terrifying monster in front of them would likely result in their deaths. "Yes," they replied.

Then, with each other's support, the four followed behind Goburo, who held the corpses of the crocodiles, and he led them to a valley.

The four followed Goburo to the campsite in the valley. Upon seeing the several small wooden houses that had been built not far away, they were surprised. They hadn't expected that monsters would build houses.

"Sir, is this where you're taking us?" the female warrior asked.

Upon hearing the female warrior's words, Goburo suddenly realized a problem. Goblins like him spoke the language of monsters, while humans spoke human language. Their languages were not mutually intelligible. It seemed impractical for humans to teach goblins various skills. With this in mind, Goburo paused.

Seeing Goburo lost in thought, the others didn't dare to say anything and quietly waited for him.

"The task I have for you is simple: I want you to help me train these goblins to learn magic and warrior skills," Goburo said.

The four were surprised by Goburo's request. They hadn't expected that he would ask them to help with such a task. It was unheard of for monsters to employ humans to train monsters in their skills.

Seeing the hesitation of the four, Goburo's tone became colder, and he said in a low voice, "What's wrong? Don't you want to?"

The four's faces changed drastically after hearing the change in Goburo's tone. The female warrior quickly said, "No, sir, we don't mind. We're just curious. How long will we need to teach?"

Escape was not an option now. Their skills were barely sufficient to deal with a few crocodiles, let alone someone as powerful as Goburo.

"The duration of the teaching will depend on the quality of your instruction. When you have taught them all your expertise, you can leave whenever you want. By the way, my fellow goblins do not speak human language. During this time, I will teach them some human language, which may affect the speed of your teaching. I assume you don't mind," Goburo said.

"We don't mind, we don't mind."

Of course, they wouldn't mind now.

"As long as you don't mind. It would be difficult to proceed if you did." Goburo's clenched fist relaxed as he spoke, and the four of them breathed a sigh of relief.

"You still have injuries. Rest inside the houses for now. I can assign two houses to you. Two boys will share one, and two girls will share another," Goburo said, pointing to several small wooden houses not far away.

Upon hearing that Goburo didn't immediately ask them to start working, the four breathed a sigh of relief. Then Goburo called two goblins over and said, "(Goblin language) Take them to the rooms and prepare some food for them, Goburi."

"Yes, (Goblin language)."

Although they didn't understand what Goburo was saying, they felt his gaze on them from time to time, which made them nervous. Then two goblins came over and led them towards the direction of the small wooden houses.

Despite feeling extremely uneasy, they followed the goblins.

After being taken into the small wooden house, the two goblins left. At this moment, Vivi and Rosetta looked towards the entrance with great unease.

Vivi: "What should we do? Are we going to teach those goblins magic and combat skills here, as that goblin said?"

Rosetta: "What else can we do? We can only teach the other goblins magic and combat skills as the big goblin said. Besides, he did save us. Let's consider it repaying him for saving our lives. We won't lose out."

Vivi: "That's true."

The two girls remained relatively calm, but it was different for the two boys. Perhaps due to their injuries, the warrior's current emotions were very unstable. He was constantly suspicious and would occasionally scream out in fear.

"Kroie, what should we do? We're going to die here. That monster is going to kill us!"

"Alright, stop screaming and shouting. He still needs us for now; he won't kill us."

"How do you know he won't kill us? He doesn't look like a good person!"

"If he wanted to kill us, he could have done it already. Can you stop screaming? Just focus on recovering from your injuries."

"No, they are monsters, and you shouldn't think of them as good. Even if he doesn't kill us now, what about when we are no longer useful? He will kill us then!"

Upon hearing Rudian's words, Croie fell silent for a moment and didn't argue. His own heart started to become uneasy.

"You're not saying anything now. Do you also think I'm right, Croie? Let's escape, Croie!"

"How do we escape? You're seriously injured, and Vivi and the others are in another room. How do we inform them?"

"The fewer people, the better. Vivi and the others are smart; they will probably find a way to escape on their own. It's enough for just the two of us to escape."

"Are you giving up on them?" Croie said disbelievingly.

Upon hearing Croie's words, Rudian turned his head aside and said, "Right now, it's already good enough if we can take care of ourselves. Don't burden yourself with unnecessary thoughts; they will only drag us down."

After Rudian finished speaking, Croie fell silent for a while, then said, "Give me some time to think. I'll think about it carefully."

"Fine, but you better decide before tomorrow. We don't have much time."

"I understand."

Unaware of the eavesdropping goblin outside the wooden house, standing at a height of nearly three meters, its green eyes were filled with a hint of killing intent.