My exclusive card pool

Chapter 12: Cowardly Goblin

Wang Xi looked at the guards lying unconscious on the ground and let out a long sigh.

He had spent a lot of time and effort to get Sera to agree to his request to go out of the castle to hunt, all for this opportunity to escape.

Perhaps in the eyes of Serra and even the Count, this was just his way of being unwilling to accept and trying to prove himself, so they just let him go.

Just in case, eight guards were sent to accompany him.

But Master Bato would never have imagined that all these guards would be knocked down in less than a minute.

"Target defeated!"

"Should we capture Richie's abilities?"

Caius's hint emerged in Wang Xi's mind.

He said yes in his heart.

Soon, a white light flashed on the body of the unconscious middle-aged guard, and three white balls flew into Wang Xi's eyebrows.

"Richie" card has been added to the independent card pool"

"Insufficient energy, unable to extract"

'Is there three like Wendy?'

Wang Xi was quite surprised and couldn't help but speculate:
"Could it be that defeating a card is more rewarding than killing it? The former captures three cards, while the latter only one?"

But this speculation remains to be confirmed.

Except for Richie, there was nothing unusual about the other guards, and they obviously did not meet the criteria for capture.

Wang Xi was slightly disappointed.

Then he groped around several people.

He took away a long sword, a dagger, and the hunting crossbow that Scarface carried on his back. He also hung a quiver of twelve bloodletting crossbow arrows on his belt, next to the dagger.

In addition, Wang Xi also stole the money bags of the eight guards. After counting, he found a total of six gold coins and twenty to thirty silver coins.

These coins are surprisingly small, only the size of a fingernail, with a deer head printed on the front and patterns and characters on the back.

Wang Xi didn't study it too much, but just put all the money into a bag, tightened the rope, and hung it around his waist.

"time to go."

Wang Xi looked around, then ran in the direction Scarface had pointed.

After a while, the figure disappeared into the woods.

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The woods are dense and deserted.

From time to time, you can see the figures of wild deer or wild boars flashing by behind the bushes.

Quack——

The unknown strange bird is called Yuandang.

Wang Xi had been traveling through the forest for some time. He estimated that at his current speed, he should be able to reach the small town of Buchanan mentioned by Scarface before sunset.

He didn't intend to take the main road, as that would easily expose his whereabouts. The forest was muddy and the terrain was complicated, so his journey would naturally be hindered.

But correspondingly, it will be safer.

Wang Xi walked and stopped, and when he was tired he would find a rock to sit on and rest, drink some water, and then continue on his way.

He was wearing a set of leather armor, which weighed more than ten pounds in total. Fortunately, he had a strong physique and was not under much pressure to carry the weight.

Some time passed like this.

Wang Xi walked through a dense bush and suddenly came to a path.

Just as he was wondering whether to follow the path or continue through the woods, he suddenly caught a glimpse of something out of the corner of his eye.

Whoosh.

Wang Xi immediately squatted down and hid behind a tree with his waist hunched.

Twenty meters away on the path, a wooden carriage overturned, and the apples and cabbages it was carrying fell to the ground.

The bald middle-aged driver fell in a pool of blood, and the poor horse pulling the cart was covered in mud and had been dead for a long time.

Four thin green figures were squatting on the ground with their backs to Wang Xi, picking up the scattered fruits and vegetables. As they picked them up, they chewed them vigorously, making crunching sounds.

Wang Xi's eyes narrowed.

'What the hell is that?'

He noticed that the four green figures were hairless and naked. They were only the size of half-grown children, but they were holding a wooden stick as thick as an adult's thigh.

Pointed ears and long nose.

At first glance, he's not a human.

"Target Found: "Cowardly Goblin""

"Cowardly Goblin (Light Red/1 Star)"

Goblin?!

Wang Xi was stunned.

Clearly, this was a monster from a fairytale world. The cart driver, transporting fruits and vegetables, had met with misfortune here, attacked and killed by a group of goblins.

"Avoid it by taking a detour, or attack by surprise?"

At this time, he was thinking in his heart.

It would probably be easy to escape while the monsters didn't notice him, but if they attacked by surprise, Wang Xi wasn't sure if he could pull it off.

After all, this was the first time he encountered such a monster.

"Fuck!"

Wang Xi took a look at the equipment on his body, and considering the many cards he had on him, his eyes became fierce.

The villain Wang Xi in my heart seemed to be urging me:

"If you just run away like this, won't you become a cowardly goblin? Besides, these monsters are only one star, why are you afraid? You need to capture more supernatural powers to live a good life in the dangerous main world!"

'Done!'

Wang Xi silently took out the hunting crossbow, placed an arrow on the crossbow slot, pulled the capstan, and pulled the string to its full length.

Then he raised the hunting crossbow with both hands and aimed it at the back of a goblin's head.

Take a deep breath and pull the trigger.

bass--

The crossbow arm stretched out and the arrow flew out.

There was a dull thud, and the green-skinned monster twenty meters away suddenly lunged forward and fell into a mud pit, motionless.

"Wow! Ahhhhhh!"

The other three goblins were so frightened at this that they stood up, screaming and dancing. They quickly dropped the fruits and vegetables in their hands, picked up their wooden sticks and turned around and ran away.

But a bloated yellow figure attacked from the side.

Wang Xi, who had changed into protective clothing in advance, held the sword in both hands and stabbed hard following inertia.

puff-

Before a green goblin could react, his throat was pierced by a long sword!
Dark green blood gushed out and splashed on the glass mask.

Wang Xi wiped his face and fiercely kicked the short monster, no taller than his chest, in the face, sending it several meters away. The goblin tumbled to the ground, its yellow eyes glaring, clutching its neck as it convulsed a few times before dying. The remaining two goblins showed no intention of avenging their companion; instead, they ran even faster.

"Wow!!"

They screamed in panic.

Wang Xi chased after him with a sword in hand.

Faced with an enemy who did not resist and simply ran away, he felt a lot more relieved.

He took two steps at a time and rushed behind a goblin, then stabbed it through the monster's back and chest.

Ignoring the screams, Wang Xi drew his sword and chased after him.

Although he lacked method, his powerful strike ripped the last goblin's stomach ripped open with it.

After a few sword strikes, the monster fell to the ground.

"call……"

Wang Xi let out a long breath and looked around. On the path of more than ten meters, there were three green-skinned corpses lying along the way.

Hmm? Three?

Where did the other one go?!
He realized something was wrong and ran to check.

The goblin that had been shot and died in the mud pit where the carriage had overturned was nowhere to be seen.

"Ran?!"

Wang Xi was stunned.

He noticed that a long trail of green plasma was left on the ground, spreading all the way to the woods next to it.

Wang Xi chased after him without saying a word.

Sure enough, after following the blood trail for forty or fifty meters, he found the goblin that was shot by an arrow.

The monster had a crossbow arrow stuck in its back and was lying on the ground gasping for breath. It seemed that it was too seriously injured to run.

"He'll even pretend to be dead and take the opportunity to escape..."

Wang Xi looked at the goblin in surprise.

At the same time, he also lamented that his shooting skills were terrible. At a distance of 20 meters, he aimed at the head but missed.

He raised his sword and pierced the monster's throat.

After it was completely silent, he pulled out the crossbow arrow, wiped it briefly with the dead leaves on the ground, and put it back into the quiver.

"The target has been killed!"

"Should we capture the ability of the 'Cowardly Goblin'?"

Wang Xi naturally agreed.

A ball of white light emerged from the corpse at his feet and sank into the center of his eyebrows.

At the same time, the goblin's body turned black at a speed visible to the naked eye, as if a plant had withered and died, shrinking into a ball.

Wang Xi looked at this scene in surprise.

Soon, a green mushroom as big as a fist grew out of the shriveled and blackened corpse with a gurgling sound.

Wang Xi thought about it, then bent down and picked the mushrooms.

"Goblin Mushroom: A mushroom that contains magical energy. Through photosynthesis, it absorbs the magical energy in the air and grows into a new goblin."

"Uh……"

Wang Xi held the green mushroom with a look of astonishment.

It turns out that goblins are not born from mothers, nor are they animal friends, but are transformed from mushrooms?

If we ignore this corpse, will more goblins grow when the mushrooms release spores?

What a strange fairy tale world this is!
Wang Xi couldn't help but complain.

"But since it contains energy, it should be absorbed by Caius, right?"

He thought about it and then issued an instruction in his mind.

next second.

The green mushroom in my hand disappeared!
Energy: 150

many!

Wang Xi's eyes lit up.

He didn't expect that a Goblin Mushroom actually had 150 energy points, which was equivalent to a 150g magic stone.

Wang Xi immediately turned around and ran back to the trail.

The three goblin corpses on the road had long since withered and shriveled up, shrinking into a pile of black debris, with a green mushroom growing on each of them.

"Should we capture the ability of the 'Cowardly Goblin'?"

Two reminders came again.

"I'm missing a hint. It seems not every monster can drop cards..."

Wang Xi frowned and replied:

'Yes. '

Two balls of light emerged and were captured by him.

Wang Xi picked all the green mushrooms and gave them to Caius in exchange for energy.

Energy: 600

「Can be drawn twice」

"I have three cards in each of the two card pools in my mind, so I can draw them all at once!"

Wang Xi was secretly delighted.

He changed out of his "Cupid Protective Suit" and turned it back into a card before putting it away.

Then the card drawing began!

Wang Xi first chose the "Cowardly Goblin" card pool.

The first extraction starts with 100 energy consumption.

Three balls of white light intertwined and swirled in his mind, like a spinning wheel. Soon, one of them flew out, radiating a brilliant light.

"Wow! Hehehehe!"

A goblin's obscene laughter sounded.

Wang Xi suddenly had a bad feeling.

He reached out and took it.

"Knock Your Horse (Skill Card)"

"Quality: White 1-star (cannot be upgraded)"

"The cowardly goblins approached the carriage cautiously, then mustered up the courage to strike the horses on the head. They're skilled at sneak attacks, and this time was no exception."

"After using this card, you can strike the target with all your might using a blunt weapon. This is more effective against horses. Each use of this card consumes a certain amount of stamina."

Wang Xi held the card and his face turned dark.

He muttered again:
"Knock your horse!"

(End of this chapter)