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Chapter 78 Courage
After roughly estimating when the giant kobold would emerge from the passage, Zellir raised the ash wood again, and the familiar blue light began to condense.

A furious roar erupted!
The giant kobold suddenly charged out, its eyes bloodshot, and two streams of scorching air even spewed from its large nostrils.

Despicable humans! How dare they invade my home!

The anger became even more terrifying after witnessing his people being killed one by one!
The giant dog-headed humanoid beast's size was showing signs of expansion, and its strength was also increasing rapidly.

However, before it could fully enter its enraged state, a dazzling blue light came rushing towards it.

Zellir's second Arcane Missile, pre-charged!
The rhomboid missile struck the giant kobold's head directly.

With a loud "bang," its entire upper body was blasted to pieces by the violent magical energy, and it died instantly!

"Beautiful!" Zellier clenched his fist excitedly.

Before the two [Difficult] rated monsters could pose any threat to the team, they were both killed by their own hands.

However, at the same time, Marcus and Gray, who were in the main battlefield of the cave, were surrounded.

After all, there were more than twenty kobolds, far outnumbering them. Even with Vales sniping from behind, they would inevitably be held back by the sheer number of enemies.

Marcus was just about to raise his shield and break through a path when he suddenly noticed that the surrounding air had become humid, and a thick white fog quickly spread out, obscuring his vision.

fog??

Where did the fog come from in the cave?

Gray was also completely bewildered, and he couldn't help but shout, "What the hell is this?!"

"What are you doing?" Zellier stared in disbelief at Lant beside him.

The thick fog that suddenly appeared was the Cloud Mist spell released by Lant.

"I...I saw that the captain and the others were in trouble, so I thought I'd cover for them..." Lant seemed to realize he had messed up and explained somewhat flusteredly.

“You’re making them lose their bearings, and the battle will only become more chaotic,” Zellier sighed.

Sure enough, the kobolds rushed into the thick fog as soon as they saw it.

As more and more enemies appeared in the thick fog, and since no one could see anyone else, they simply swung their stone knives and axes wildly, hacking away indiscriminately until the enemy was defeated.

Vales, who was in the distance, was also in a dilemma. He dared not shoot any more arrows into the smoke, for fear of hurting Marcus and Gray.

“Marcus! Gray! Charge toward my voice!” Zellier shouted.

Marcus and Gray heard the location from which Zellir's voice came, immediately identified the direction, and smashed through several kobolds to escape the encirclement.

Just then, Zellir's third spell was also fully charged.

Flame Breath Technique!
"boom!!!"

A thick torrent of flames erupted from the tip of the ash wood staff, pouring directly into the still churning thick fog!
"Chirp chirp chirp chirp!!!"

A series of shrill screams immediately rang out from the thick fog!
The mist evaporated under the intense heat, revealing the scene beneath: a massive fireball, imbued with magical energy, dealt a devastating blow to the kobolds.

More than a dozen kobolds rolled and struggled frantically in the flames, their fur ignited and their bodies sizzling as they were roasted, and they soon succumbed to their demise.

A peculiar aroma of roasted meat wafted through the entire main hall cave.

"Next time... next time if you want to team up, tell your teammates in advance." Gray put his hands on his knees and gasped for breath.

"I understand," Lant said, feeling deeply guilty.

The fireball slowly dissipated; Zellir's Flame Breath spell had actually burned more than a dozen kobolds to death.

Although Lant's Cloud Mist spell almost put Marcus and Gray in danger, it inadvertently had a positive effect, gathering monsters together.

Under the baptism of this inflammatory breath spell, the remaining kobolds were completely routed, with only a few still desperately putting up a fight, but they were all picked off one by one by Vales.

Taking advantage of the chaos, a cunning kobold rushed into an inconspicuous, narrow cave, hoping to escape.

However, a cold glint appeared before Hill could strike. A chain blade suddenly shot out from Hill's side, the metal blade piercing straight through the kobold's abdomen, the barbs on the blade clamping tightly onto its flesh.

"Gah?!"

The kobold let out a short, mournful cry, its body instantly stiffening.

Hill flicked his wrist, and the chain blade retracted rapidly, dragging the kobold's body along with it.

It struggled desperately, but to no avail, and could only watch helplessly as it crashed into the dagger that Hill held in his hand.

"Pfft..."

The body and head are in different places.

At this point, only one kobold remained in the main hall.

Vales drew back the bowstring, aimed at its head, and prepared to end its life cleanly and decisively, bringing this battle to a close.

However, a hand was placed on his shoulder.

It's Zellier.

He shook his head slightly at Vales, then shifted his gaze to Lant at the back of the group.

"Lant, now it's your turn. Use Ice Spike to take down that kobold."

Upon hearing Zellier's words, Lant was clearly at a loss for words.

"Me... me?"

"Of course it's you. This is your first adventure, but if you don't even have the courage to take action, it will be your last adventure."

Zellir emphasized, saying each word clearly, "Use Ice Spike to take it down!"

The last remaining kobold also realized the current situation.

If you try to escape, you'll be instantly killed by that elusive woman.

He wanted to attack, but none of the four men in front of him, who were like killing gods, were people he could handle.

But there is one... there is one person I can defeat.

The kobold could smell that the person was filled with fear!

It grabbed the stone axe, let out a fierce roar, and launched a final charge at Lant!

"what!!!"

Seeing the kobold charging straight at him, Lant screamed in fright and took two or three steps back, his face filled with terror.

"Don't be afraid, kill it!" Zellier shouted.

Startled awake by the shout, Lant watched the kobolds getting closer and closer. His survival instinct made him raise his wand and aim it forward with trembling hands.

Kill...kill him...

for what?
Oh, right, Ice Spike!

Ice Spike... How do you cast Ice Spike again?

The magic was drawn from the Fountain Seed, and then along... along the first circuit...

Lant's mind was in complete chaos. The structure of the technique that he was once familiar with now seemed like a tangled mess of yarn, and he couldn't make sense of it at all.

Calm down... calm down!
All you need to do is outline the original spell structure, Lant!

Everyone is watching me. Zellier gave me this opportunity, and I absolutely cannot let him down!

(End of this chapter)