The First Lesson

Once he was done dealing with the goblins’ corpses and getting rid of any evidence that would lead to the mithril ore, Arias began heading into the dense forest near the mine to inspect the path that the goblins used. As expected, the goblins were moving without a pattern and they had also left a lot of footprints on the ground.

At first glance, the goblins’ footprints looked kind of like they belonged to a group of children who were out playing in the forest. But at a closer look, it became clear that they did not belong to humans at all. Among more than ten sets of footprints he found, one seemed to belong to a goblin that was heavier than the rest and was always walking behind the others, probably the demon-rank goblin that Arias just sliced in half a moment ago. It was quite normal for a goblin leader to send their underlings out to do things in their place. It would not want to put itself at risk.

“Just come out already.”