It was getting dark when I finally found traces of a group of gobus. The trees were marked crudely. The gobus are definitely armed with weaponry.
Footprints similar to Gobutaro are also visible on the ground.
Judging by the number of footprints, they are numbered around 6.
"They must've split up to search for me" I assumed confidently.
A search party will need to gather up and report to their commander. The goblins, albeit stupid, functions better as a group with a commander leading them.
I checked the time remaining on the main menu.
<43 hours: 19 minutes: 03 seconds>
I followed their tracks, and after few hours of tracking, I guessed where they are headed.
After I climbed up a tall tree and sure enough, about a few hundred meters away, I found multiple campfires close to each other.
That's definitely the army camp of the gobus sent after me.
Ironically, I'm now the one hunting them, not the other way around.
After formulating a strategy to confront them, I reluctantly wore the . Although it does not stink, as the bearer of this item, being labeled as 'Perverted Young Master' doesn't sound pleasing at all.
But It's better to hide my scent and presence against the enemy. The key to this quest will be my stealthiness to assassinate them.
I approached their encampment silently. Slowly and sneakily... Alerting them will lead to my death.
A safe distance away from their encampment, I hid behind the plants and calmly observed their surroundings.
The surrounding trees around their encampment have been cut down. Poorly made barricades made out of wood barely surrounded them.
As expected... They have a very bad disposition towards defense.
Well, since I never encountered or found traces of another living being within the trial grounds other than the Gobus, I'd feel the same way.
They must have thought that my little existence is of no threat.
After a series of observation, I concluded that they have around 10 gobus at around 3 feet patrolling the perimeter at a certain interval.
Then, I started my plan to eliminate them!
I memorized the places they would eventually patrol. The condition of this assault must be swift and deadly!
I must kill them one by one without alerting the other gobus.
I readied my tree vines, readied my bow and arrow, and sneakily aimed at the gobu's head.
As if walking in its backyard, the gobu was not on its guard as expected.
This gobu definitely don't know why he's patrolling.
I let go of the string and the nock, and the arrow flew swiftly.
Fwiw!
The arrow traveled through the air is nice and quiet. The sound created by the bowstring is considered to be minuscule. This is the weapon to assassinate targets from afar!
As soon as the arrow left the bow, I didn't wait for it to land on the gobu. I immediately used dashed towards the gobu's position.
My arrow landed on its left eye, and without giving it time to utter noise, I tied up its mouth with tree vines, slit its throat, and snatched him away from the patrol area.
It will take a little bit of time to kill one gobu, hence killing them away from the encampment is the safest.
Within the woods, the sight of me stabbing the gobu's vital areas mercilessly created a scene of a murder.
The number of goblins as the system mentioned shocked me.
They actually sent this much after me! And for some reason, their number was reduced this much. Did they encounter another monster?
I shrugged and threw the topic at the back of my head.
Their numbers are huge, however, great risk comes great rewards. I could only imagine myself getting stronger if I slay all gobus.
I repositioned to kill another gobu. This time, I hid in a certain spot. I waited for the next gobu to come, and tied up its mouth and snatched him away from the place.
Following my strategy, I killed the next target swiftly.
After doing it a few more times, the killing speed grew faster.
Eventually, I killed all 10 patrols without any problem.
I also gained a level making me Level 8.
Allocating my stats now would be a waste. I have not yet decided which stat I should focus. But since my attack power is decent for now, I'll save the stats for the future.
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Hence, I relied on my current stats to overwhelm the gobus.
The second phase of my plan must commence. Since the gobu patrollers are dead, I approached the nearest gobu tent and created a peep-hole using my dagger to take a look.
There are 6 gobu within.
And sure enough, the gobus are taking a nap!
'These lazy gobus! Do they think they're on vacation or something?'
Even though they don't need to sleep inside the Trial Grounds, they're peacefully taking a nap.
Provoked by their actions, I held my dagger tightly and approached to kill.
I approached the weakest looking gobu first.
I only need 3 critical hits to kill this thing. I covered its mouth with my left hand and fiercely stabbed its heart three times.
Stab! Stab!! Stab!!!
3 successive critical strikes! The sleeping gobu didn't even have the chance to make noise as it died silently.
I proceeded to the next, and killed it as planned.
After killing the gobus within this tent, I leveled up once, I'm now level 9.
Sure enough, the gobu security within their territory is much worse. I only saw about 2 or 3 gobus patrolling.
Without any problem, I managed to kill my way from tent to tent.
Some tents have gobus awake, but they were mercilessly killed by me. I'm level 9, and they were below lv 10.
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I leveled up once more after clearing more tents. After I scanned the surroundings to find more, I saw a bigger, and fancier tent.
It must be the Hobgobu's tent. Around its entrance, there at 4 gobus asleep.
The lax security truly made this quest too easy! I smiled coldly as I proceeded to the other gobu tent.
