Goblin Dependency
Chapter 56 - 56 41 Snake Two in One _2

56: Chapter 41 Snake (Two in One) _2 56: Chapter 41 Snake (Two in One) _2 There seems to be a church in River Valley Town as well, providing healing services for adventurers after their quests.

After this return trip, I should take a look.

Speaking of which, during the battle with the Rusted Monster, Xia Nan saved the Half Elf’s life, causing him to owe Xia Nan a favor and agreed to help contact a Battle Skill Master as repayment.

And just now, during the chase, the Half Elf also returned the favor by stalling the Petrified Lizard, giving Xia Nan precious time to escape.

In this back and forth, Xia Nan unexpectedly owes him again.

So if Hai’an needs help in the future and Xia Nan can be of assistance, he doesn’t mind lending a hand.

Of course, the premise is that he needs to get out of this damned place first.

Xia Nan shook his head, casting away thoughts irrelevant to the current situation.

After treating his wounds, it was time to check the condition of his equipment.

Beheading Longsword—barely unsheathed during the escape, remained intact;

[Dead Line] ring—”Deflection Field” has entered its 24-hour cooldown, temporarily leaving one less trump card;

Healing Potion—half a bottle remains;

Leather armor—ruined.

With a pained expression, Xia Nan touched the custom-made leather armor he had bought at Barn’s Store, spending a substantial 10 gold.

Although from the front it seemed alright, only stained with a bit of blood and grass.

But under the impact of the Petrified Lizard, the back had been completely shattered, full of dents and cracks, clearly unusable.

When I return to the city, this will be another hefty expense.

“Sigh.”

With a sigh, Xia Nan put the tattered leather armor back on.

He stood up, gazing into the depths of the cave.

Now that he was teleported here, though he escaped the Petrified Lizard’s pursuit, it didn’t mean he was safe.

Without the support of his teammates, he could only rely on himself.

His chest rose and fell, his breathing gradually becoming steady and firm.

With his body slightly pressed to the wall, holding a gray long sword, he cautiously advanced step by step towards the cave’s only path.

…

“Creak.”

Thick leather shoes stomped down, crushing two thumb-sized black scorpions beneath them.

A pale skull, devoid of any flesh, picked up by a hand stained with dirt and blood, from the ground.

The place Xia Nan was now located was a long, deep passageway.

How it was excavated was unknown; the stone walls on both sides were rough and uneven, devoid of any man-made traces.

But compared to the previously open cave, the tunnel now contained many more pale bones on both sides.

Approaching the wall, relying on the faint blue light emitted by the fungus on it, he carefully identified the skull in his hand.

Before coming here, Xia Nan, who had no medical training, could never have so casually held a human skull to examine like this.

But now, having experienced so many life-and-death crises, simple bones could no longer stir his emotions.

“Human…

another human.”

He thought to himself.

All the bones Xia Nan had been able to examine and identify along the way came from humans.

In other worlds, this might not be such a surprising finding.

But now he was in a fantasy world filled with Dwarves, Elves, and other unique races.

Not to mention numerous mixed-race individuals.

If there really was a place filled with the corpses of intelligent beings, unless it was a massacre targeting a specific race, it couldn’t just be humans appearing as a sole species.

Combining the cave’s surreal and unique atmosphere with the countless peculiar structures encountered on the way.

Xia Nan had a vague guess—

Perhaps he had been teleported to an area also from the Otherworld?

Placing the skull back, he continued forward with caution, guided by the faint light.

And then, he found a dead end.

A cold, dark wall stood directly in front, blocking all paths.

Xia Nan appeared calm and composed, yet a slight fluctuation was visible in his dark eyes.

This was the only path in the entire cave!

If the passage couldn’t lead outside, it meant that after narrowly escaping the pursuit, he would truly die here.

“Phew…”

Xia Nan took a deep breath, trying not to indulge in countless negative thoughts.

He stepped forward, hands probing the wall, attempting to find a potential door mechanism.

The wall was completely black, not made of stone, felt colder than stone walls, as if it was metal, with a smooth surface covered in countless intricate patterns, arranged in sheets, scraping upwards even felt a bit sharp.