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In the blink of an eye, half a year passed.
The third year of preparatory school ended, Hulim entered the academic holiday, and also ushered in her tenth birthday.
Someday shortly after my birthday.
Hulim went to the forest outside the town as usual.
"Semilis...what are you looking at?"
Next to the lake where the two met for the first time, Semiris was staring at the lake in a daze, and didn't even notice Hulim's arrival.
"...Ah, it's Hulim. You're here."
Semiris turned around with a smile that wasn't quite a smile on her face.
"Well, I'm here. How should I train you today... Um, Semiris? What's wrong with you? You don't seem to be in a good mood today."
Hulim noticed that Semiris's expression was a little strange and couldn't help asking.
"Eh? Me? I'm not in a good mood... Haha, no way, Hulim, you must have seen it wrong. Compared to that... training... That's right, training."
Semiris denied that she was acting strangely, but Hulim felt that she seemed to be worried.
"Hey, Hulim."
At this moment, Semiris's expression suddenly became serious, and her tone also became a little more serious.
"Today's training will be a little special, you have to be mentally prepared."
Hulim was a little confused, but nodded.
Then, as usual, Semiris took Hulim and flew towards the interior of the Monster Forest.
However, the difference was that Semiris was too quiet this time.
His expression didn't change at all and he didn't say a word throughout the whole process.
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"arrive."
Soon, Semiris brought Hulim down to a mountain in the forest.
Hulim looked around and couldn't help asking, "Semilis, this shouldn't be the depths of the Monster Forest, right?"
Because she flew back and forth every day, Hulim was able to grasp the time accurately, and this time the flight time was obviously much shorter than before.
Semiris replied calmly:
"That's right, this isn't the deep area, but the middle area near the periphery."
"What are we doing here?"
"Look there—"
Semiris didn't explain, but pointed to a place at the foot of the mountain.
Hulim looked in the direction of Semiris's finger and saw wisps of smoke floating in the sky. Below the smoke, an open area without trees appeared in the forest, or rather, where there were trees, they were now replaced by simple houses.
Inside and outside those houses, green-skinned humanoid creatures were coming in and out.
"This is—a goblin tribe!?"
Hulim immediately recognized these creatures as the Goblins, one of the most famous and weakest monsters.
Of course, Goblins are famous not only for being one of the weakest monsters, but more importantly for their notoriety.
As the most numerous miscellaneous soldiers in the Demon King's army throughout history, Goblins not only symbolize the Demon King's minions, but have also long become the embodiment of people's fear of the Demon King.
This creature always appears in all books that describe or record the horror of the devil.
All of them are greedy and treacherous, with a mouth full of sharp teeth that can easily crush bones, hands with long and pointed fingertips, and a pair of cold pupils that seem to hate all life in the world.
More importantly, goblins are not always the lowest level monsters. They are one of the few monsters that can evolve and possess extremely high intelligence even when they are very weak.
The most common E-level goblin will evolve into a D-level big goblin, or a goblin wizard, and further evolve into a goblin lord, then a goblin general, a goblin king...
Some scholars have boldly speculated that goblins may not be monsters at all, but rather an inferior demon race. Because they are looked down upon by other powerful demon races, they are degraded to monsters.
The evidence is that when goblins evolve to a very high level, they are no weaker than ordinary demons.
"Semilis, you want to..."
Hulim looked at the tribe of goblins at the foot of the mountain, which was estimated to be hundreds in size, and couldn't help asking.
"That's right, this is your goal today!"
Semiris answered in the affirmative, then looked into Hulim's eyes and said calmly:
"Hulim, listen carefully. What you have to do today is to eliminate this group of demon king's minions! You can use any means, any tactics, but I won't be standing by and watching. I've already left a mark on the goblin leader. Only when he dies will I get the news and return."
"That is to say, today, even if you die, no one will come to save you. And before that mark is activated, I will definitely not appear. This also means that as long as these goblins are not eliminated, I will not appear, and you will be trapped in this dangerous forest for a day."
"So, your only option is to completely eliminate them!"
Hulim looked at Semiris.
After a while, she replied calmly:
"I understand, Semiris."
Then, he took off the wand from his back and walked down the mountain in the direction of the goblin settlement.
"I will completely destroy them--!"
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“Gah!”
"Gah!"
"Garoo!"
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