Goblin Dependency
Chapter 138 - 93 Mutation_3

Chapter 138: Chapter 93 Mutation_3

Even when facing the green skins that raised them from a young age, they would bite through their throats and turn them into dinner at the slightest dissatisfaction, driven by hunting instincts.

Their temperaments are fickle, truly "ungrateful".

Only those Druids who revere nature and live alongside beasts can harmoniously coexist with them through their professional skills.

If Xia Nan were to keep these two Mount Wolves by his side, he might not be able to sleep ever again.

After all, no one knows if one of these beasts might hold a grudge just because there was one less bone in their dinner than the day before, and then bite him to death while he’s resting.

With a shrug, Xia Nan no longer paid attention.

He turned to collect the spoils of the cave.

The barbarian behind him stood still as usual, summoning the Wolf Spirit, probing for something.

Previously, he was puzzled as to why, despite Mist Forest being so vast and filled with countless suitable demons for real combat, he picked out the green skins like he had a grudge against them.

Over the past few days, he had managed to somewhat figure out the reason.

——What the other was pursuing should be related to the goblins.

Simply because he had temporarily accepted the commission to teach Battle Skills, he had Xia Nan work out his skills on various goblins in the nests.

After the battle ended, he even left him half an hour to collect the spoils.

When encountering Elite Individuals like the Bear Goblins, he would even help freeze the parts for bounty redemption.

"He’s a pretty decent person."

Xia Nan praised in his heart.

He also guessed that the other might have been in this line of work when young and knew how difficult it was for low level adventurers like him to earn money.

Although he lived fairly well and could sustain a certain quality of life with his savings even if he didn’t earn a penny for ten or fifteen days while focusing entirely on learning Battle Skills.

But since the other party extended goodwill, there was no reason for him to refuse.

Twenty minutes later.

Standing in the center of the cave, Xia Nan crossed his arms over his chest, frowning.

"How strange."

The left ear of the Earth Goblin had been shattered in the battle and could no longer be used for bounty redemption.

After all, in intense combat, when there’s a chance to kill, one naturally can’t be too careful.

Missing out on a few gold in income was acceptable.

But what made Xia Nan feel strange was that throughout the entire cave search, he hadn’t found even a single copper coin.

This was uncommon.

Even in the simplest nests with only a few green skins, you could at least find some small stones that could fetch a price.

Given the size of the cave, one should have gained more.

Meanwhile, the semi-transparent Wolf Spirit, usually returning to the barbarian’s side after a brief round, did not stop moving.

It acted as if it had discovered the trace of something, slowing down its pace, and carefully searching.

Xia Nan’s gaze followed the circling Wolf Spirit, scanning the cave repeatedly.

Suddenly, he paused.

He saw a semi-human high debris stone blocking a corner of the cave.

Compared to the surroundings, the surface of the debris stone had less dust, and many friction marks could be clearly seen on the ground around it, indicating frequent movement.

Quickly stepping forward, Xia Nan used his strength to push the stone aside.

Immediately, he saw a small pitch-black wooden box embedded in the rock wall.

Suppressing his excitement, he remained cautious and stepped back a few paces to the side and behind.

Then he drew his longsword and used the tip to open the box.

Gently opening.

"Buzz..."

Silvery white brilliance, intermixed with not insignificant golden glows, entered his view along the dim light.

"Wow!"

Seeing no mechanisms triggered, Xia Nan quickly walked in to take a closer look.

He reached into the small box and grabbed a handful, feeling the coins fall through his fingers.

Estimating the value in his heart.

At least thirty gold!

This was without counting those dozen shiny little stones in the money box, purely the income from coins.

Hugging the wooden box to his chest.

Xia Nan had just turned around.

Whoosh—

A different kind of bone-chilling cold wind, mingled with an indescribable eerie aura, suddenly swept from the cave.

In the pure ice-blue eyes, cracks like blood-red streaks appeared; in the throat, a muffled and suffocating dangerous growl churned.

Frogon still stood in place, the beast fur cloak with interwoven Wolf Mouths appeared like a certain pale cold flame emerging from beneath the ice, burning his body.

The Wolf Spirit, grounded on all fours, with its body taut, its icicle-like fangs flashed in the vigilant wolf howl.

In front of him was the corpse of the Earth Goblin with only half its head left.

At some point, its fur-covered finger had merged with a patch of damp fungal moss on the ground.

Delicate mycelium spread and grew.

Forming a light green fungus mushroom swaying with the wind.

"Plans have changed."

"Return to the city."