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A golden rain fell from the sky and struck her tombstone, turning it to ashes and leaving a deep crater in the ground.
Lycorina appeared before everyone, her face filled with grief and indignation.
"The villains who killed Annie and Mr. Layton! Destroy them!!"
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"Boom!"
Milu suddenly knelt down in the car and bowed deeply to An Yi.
"I have realized my mistake and I am extremely sorry. I understand that I am an unforgivable person. Please punish me."
An Yi: "?"
Did I say anything?
"Speaking of which, what is a Goblin Centurion?" Layton asked.
An Yi shook her head: "I'm not quite sure either."
But when I asked the succubus, she said that a goblin centurion would lead ten goblin shamans and one hundred big goblins, and a big goblin would lead about 20 ordinary goblins.
If judged according to the levels of slimes, goblins, and big goblins.
It is known that slimes and goblins are both level 1 demons, while big goblins are level 2 demons and the slime king is a level 3 demon.
In other words, the Goblin Shaman, who is one level above the Big Goblin, is very likely to be a level three demon, just like the Slime King.
The goblin centurion who commands the goblin shamans is likely a fourth-level demon, a higher rank.
Hearing this, all three of them were taken aback.
A level four... level four demon?!
You should know that defeating a level 3 Slime King almost cost them all their lives.
Even if they were to fight the Slime King again from now on, they wouldn't be absolutely certain of defeating him.
Perhaps it would be easy to defeat them if An-i were there, but the three of them have truly felt the oppressive feeling that the Slime King brought them when An-i was not there.
And despair.
Then, the fourth-level demons above the third level are absolutely a nightmare!
"Should we retreat?"
The idea popped into Lycorina's mind.
To put it bluntly, she was scared.
Reason made her realize that it was an opponent she absolutely could not defeat at this stage.
She didn't understand anything, but she knew she couldn't let the other three go to their deaths!
"And according to the succubus, there is more than one goblin centurion in the forest."
"It has three heads," Annie said.
Om-!
A sudden sound rang in the ears of all three of them.
Three heads? Three-headed level four demons?
What's terrifying isn't just the three level-four demons, but also the thirty level-three demon goblin shamans they lead, three hundred giant goblins, and six thousand goblins!
Suddenly, they found themselves facing an invincible army of goblins!
Chapter 68 Quarrel
"From my perspective, that's not an opponent we can defeat at this stage."
"So what are your opinions?" An Yi glanced at each of the three.
If he were alone, he could certainly kill the three-headed goblin centurion.
Although the process is a bit troublesome, if he calculates it carefully, he should only have a 95% chance of defeating the opponent.
They also slaughtered all their lower-ranking goblins.
Overall, it's still not very stable.
However, what he thinks is not important. In this life, he is not fighting alone. What is more important is what others think.
"I think...we should wait a little longer."
Layton's expression was unusually serious.
"We shouldn't ignore the disaster in this region, but as Brother An Yilin said, we can't deal with this matter right now."
Then we should wait.
"Let the believers gather other heroes, and we'll attack the goblins once we have enough people."
He desperately wanted to resolve the matter, but he had already used up all his special abilities.
During the cooldown period of his special ability, he couldn't say for sure that he could protect his other teammates.
Each hero's special ability is enough to change the course of a battle; the more heroes there are, the more special abilities can be used.
Even if you are much weaker than your opponent in terms of attributes, you can still forcefully kill them by using different special abilities.
"Mr. Layton's idea is excellent, but I'm thinking..."
There are currently no signs of goblins attacking human cities.
Lycorina spoke, her golden eyes filled with seriousness.
"Before we defeat the Goblin Centurion, let's leave here temporarily and go to other nearby areas to level up."
We'll come back and fight these goblins when we're stronger.
This way we can be safer, and our chances of a successful raid will be higher.
Unlike Layton, who was waiting for reinforcements, Lycorina preferred to temporarily shift her target.
She had already shared similar thoughts with Anita when she was in the Slime Forest.
"But what if the city is attacked along the way and we're not there?"
"And with such a large number of goblins, we can still become stronger when we officially goblin hunt them down, right?" Layton countered.
“We already know there are three goblin centurions in the forest outside, so we can warn the residents to take refuge in advance,” Lycorina said, having come up with a solution.
"That's true, but how far in advance do we need to go?"
When should we begin notifying people?
Do you know when the goblins will arrive? Tomorrow? The day after? Or have they already arrived tonight?
Is it too late to notify them now?
You've issued an evacuation notice, but do you know how long it takes to evacuate the entire town?
"What if we don't stay here, and the goblins attack before everyone in town is evacuated?"
Layton was like a firecracker that had been lit, asking a series of questions. Lycorina's words immediately hit his sore spot.
He was constantly being told to seek refuge; he spent almost his entire life in refuge.
They hide for a short time every three days and for a long time every five days.
Pre-evacuation? How far in advance? Is it possible to issue evacuation notices without knowing anything about the other party's whereabouts, and then leave these people to go to other areas?
That's obviously wrong!
"Mr. Layton, have you forgotten our endless battles in the Slime Forest?"
Even if we level up during battle, the fatigue from the battle cannot be eliminated.
Leveling up before engaging in battle means we'll be able to face the goblin army with greater strength.
Instead of leveling up in battle and then facing stronger enemies while still exhausted from fighting.
Even if, as you say, organizing people to take refuge is a very difficult task, we don't know when the goblins will arrive.
Even if the goblins attack the town tonight, I will still have all the residents evacuated from here, and then temporarily go to other areas to level up.”
Licorina refused to budge, and she had her own principles to uphold.
In her view, what she needs to do is not to be here preparing for battle all the time.
Even if the goblins attack tonight, the residents will still have time to escape.
She can hold out here for a while, but she won't stay here to wait for other heroes to arrive.
To level up, you need to race against time.
Miluko: "..."
Seeing how intense the argument was between the two, she couldn't bring herself to say anything like "I want to quit the team and go back to my hometown."
Fighting a level 3 demon is already a huge hassle, so what's the point of fighting a level 4 demon?
She didn't want to die!
Milu realized that both Layton and Lycorina's statements had flaws.
First, Layton's idea of gathering all the other heroes together to concentrate their strength was correct.
But... how could he know that if other heroes came, they would definitely be able to deal with the three-headed goblin centurion?
His core idea was to minimize disruption to all residents before an attack, thus ensuring social stability. Therefore, he strongly disliked issuing evacuation notices.
This means that he opposes giving advance notice before a disaster is actually expected.
Lycorina's idea was even simpler.
They just needed to cut the fluff, get the residents to take refuge without a second thought, and then the four of them would go level up. Once they were done, they would be done.
Leveling up, leveling up, and more leveling up.
Then… she seemed to completely ignore the impact of the mass evacuation on people.
A town shutting down for a day or two won't have a big impact, but what if the town is deserted during that time, and goblins take advantage of the situation to seize it?
Wouldn't that be an immediate, direct pleasure?