Can you withstand the power of this sword strike, which has been used twice in the game?

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Come on! Convince me!

“If there were another powerful goblin here, where would it be?” Annie asked.

Hilo paused, then abruptly looked around at the higher ground: "They'll definitely be hiding nearby watching, right?!"

Even she could understand that if the opposing side truly had other powerful goblin warriors, they would inevitably come to watch the battle.

Even if the enemy is waiting for news of victory in the forest, they will arrive as soon as the goblin's high-level fighter dies.

The Goblin Centurion is dead, the Goblin Champion is dead, won't it come to check on the situation?

That's clearly unlikely.

Once the other side arrives at the scene, they will find that even the Goblin King's servant has died at the hands of humans.

Rather than staying to continue observing... there's a greater chance of escaping back to the kingdom to report, right?

Unless the opponent is stronger than the Goblin Centurion and wants to challenge the heroes, they probably won't choose to die.

This is a truth that all humans understand, let alone goblins who are afraid of death.

They didn't show it on the battlefield simply because they didn't feel the threat of certain death.

If a goblin of a higher rank truly believed it was going to die, it would definitely run away without looking back.

Just like the goblin centurion who begged An Yi for mercy before, and the goblin centurion who turned and ran away after seeing Elsa's strength.

"Sigh...! Okay, okay! I know!" Hilo thought for a moment, "I'll go with you!"

In fact, Hilo knew that there couldn't possibly be any stronger goblins in the forest.

Because at the very beginning of the battle, the heroes did not search for or dispose of the bodies, but instead sent other surviving reconnaissance heroes to patrol and search the surrounding area.

If there were stronger goblins, they wouldn't be able to escape the senses of these reconnaissance heroes.

Unlike when the Goblin King appeared, there were a large number of goblins interfering with the perception of the reconnaissance heroes.

Now that all the goblins are dead, the reconnaissance heroes each take a different direction to perceive a wide area, and no goblin, big or small, can hide from them.

The reconnaissance revealed that only a few scattered goblins remained within a few miles; the rest had likely perished in the battle.

When the two went to inform the other Qi people about this, Yi Anyi saw a familiar figure on the road.

Noel was carrying a large basket on her back, and her body was covered in goblin blood.

The other person also noticed him and waved to him: "Hey, Sword Hero!"

She wasn't as lively and excited as usual; instead, she had a faint smile on her face.

Many heroes died in this war. Although she may not have been close to those heroes, it's impossible for her to still be as carefree and jovial as usual.

She's just cheerful, not heartless.

"What are you doing here?" Annie glanced at the basket behind Noel, which was a head taller than her. "Is it goblin meat in there?"

"Hmm, because I was wondering if goblin meat could be made into any kind of dish...?" Noel smiled.

"Goblin meat?! I want to try some too!" Hilo seemed quite interested.

Others might find it hard to believe, but when Hiro was fighting in the Sword Demon City, he relied on eating demons alive to restore his strength!

Because of the [Gluttony] skill, all you need to do is cut flesh off the demon and swallow it.

“Oh, right.” An’i suddenly remembered something, “Noel, your level should have increased a lot, right?”

"Mm." Noel nodded.

Because many heroes have eaten her meatballs, she has helped a large number of heroes and gained experience points that others could not imagine.

Due to the nature of her abilities, she actually experiences a certain amount of experience reduction in large-scale dungeons, so her current level is just over 50.

However, what Annie wanted to ask about wasn't her level, but rather... her skills.

"Next, we're going to go deep into the forest to find out what's there."

"Can you think of any foods that would be helpful for us?" Annie asked.

Noel paused, then nodded: "Yes, there are those that increase strength, increase agility, restore stamina and mana, restore health..."

Oh, I've got a new skill: I can change my scent, making it smell like food.

Shiloh: "It smells like vegetables?"

Noel shook her head: "No, it's that eating slime will make you smell like slime."

Then, eating a goblin will make you smell like a goblin.

She suddenly remembered that she had actually come to collect ingredients because she wanted to try out the skill as soon as possible and also wanted to taste the goblin.

Hilo's eyes widened slightly.

This skill... will definitely be very useful when infiltrating the demon realm!

The scent-altering powder would definitely have flaws, but if one exudes the scent of another demon and uses the language of the demon race, then one can perfectly disguise oneself as a demon!

We need to find a way to abduct this child to the fortress!

“Perfect,” Annie said. “Human scent is too strong in the forest. It would be much more convenient if we could change our scent.”

How long does the altered scent last?

Noel closed her eyes and frowned, as if she was thinking about something, before speaking after a while;

"About 30 magic power will last for an hour."

2. You were probably asking the system a question just now, right?

Uncle: "Then, prepare two portions of food for each of us that can change the smell for 12 hours."

4. Also, can the smell be eliminated? There might be creatures in the forest that are hostile to goblins. "Anyi continued.

Noel thought for a while, then nodded: "Okay!"

There's a skill that can remove negative status effects!

Sanxiluo: "Negative status?"

……

Negative status: foul odor

You're emitting the stench of goblins!

Shiloh: “…”

So changing the smell actually adds a negative effect?!

"The Sword Hero and the Blade Hero smell awful! It's the stench of goblins!" Noel said, pinching her nose.

Hilo raised her arm and sniffed: "Does it stink?! I can't smell anything at all!"

Annie replied, "Me too."

“Smell yours.” Shiloh moved closer to An Yi and sniffed his clothes, then circled him, sniffing around him before standing up straight. “I can’t smell anything!”

“If I could smell it myself, I’d be overwhelmed by the stench,” Annie said.

“Oh! That makes sense!” Hilo understood.

"By the way, cooking with goblin meat seems to provide an additional boost."

"We just used the meat of the Goblin King's Servant, which seems to increase strength by 5 points, agility by 2 points, and resilience by 2 points," Noel suddenly said.

“Not bad.” An Yi nodded.

Strength is the highest attribute for goblins, so it provides a significant bonus.

Five points of Strength is enough to match the effect of [Inspire].

If you activate another [Encourage] skill, you will gain 10 points of Strength attribute.

You could say it's a degraded version of "Double Inspiration"?

Seeing that Noel's magic power was almost depleted, Annie and Shiloh each left with a backpack full of "Goblin Meatballs".

Since it's already noon, they won't explore for long. The third-year students will probably be back before evening, so they don't actually need that much food.

But Noel said it was for insurance purposes that they were allowed to bring more.

After giving instructions to the other heroes, the two entered the forest.

Compared to the towns outside, where corpses littered the ground, the forest was much cleaner.

The problem is that the carnivorous creatures in the forest, who used to feast on meat, now have nothing to eat.

The good thing is that for a while, there shouldn't be any goblins hunting them.

The first place we arrived at was the goblin camp in the forest in front of the town. After searching for a while, we found only three hero heads stuck in the ground and a blanket.

Perhaps it was the scent of the Goblin King's servants in the camp that kept the carnivorous creatures away, and the three heroes' heads were not taken away or eaten.

Hilo removed the head, wrapped it carefully in the blanket, and continued on his way.

It's inconvenient to carry it while traveling; let's bring it back to town later.

The reconnaissance heroes didn't come here; their mission was simply to find living goblins, and since there were no living creatures in their senses, they skipped it.

The two maintained a speed of 10 agility and moved for about an hour and a half, but they still didn't see a single living goblin in the forest.

To Hilo's surprise, he could see many traces of what appeared to be a primitive tribe in the forest.

Although goblins do not eat cooked food, they do create simple houses and craft stone weapons.

Continuing deeper into the goblin territory, Hilo discovered that there were actually cities within the goblin lands.

but……

That's not a goblin building.

Rather, they are human-made structures.

Many dilapidated houses remain undestroyed; they only enjoy killing and have little interest in destroying houses.

Rather, destroying houses is simply a way to drive the people hiding inside into despair.

In the city, you can see human skeletons every few steps, either on the ground or half-buried with a section sticking out.

How long have they been lying here?