Why can't humans do it too?

He cursed inwardly, not even having the energy to argue or do anything pointless, and Suer quickly jogged with Xinke on his back.

This is trouble.

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He took a small bite, tentatively, not daring to use too much force. Just as Su'er was getting excited and wanted to cheer for finally collecting edible food, the food, which had been scorching hot from the flames, quickly cooled down and even began to deform until it turned into a dark gray stone.

"...Damn it," Su Er said, having lost count of how many times he had done it. He hurled the stone in his hand and pressed his hands firmly into his hair.

"It might be true?" Xin Ke said casually, her eyes following the boulder.

It's possible that it really is edible food, but that the vampire used illusion magic to disguise it as stone.

There was no answer, nor did he rush over to pick up the stone with great joy. Suer simply remained in that position, clutching his hair between his fingers.

It's awful. Ever since that wretched vampire hid and followed Suer and Xinke, the two of them have been subjected to such pranks from time to time. No, it's gone beyond pranks; it's pure torture.

The food they found, which had cost them precious time and energy during their escape, turned into useless twigs and stones in the blink of an eye. It only took a few seconds for their expectations to turn into disappointment and anger. The vampire was torturing Suer and Xinke in this way, hastening the time when the two of them would collapse because they could no longer hold on.

To avoid being discovered by the stalking goblins, he cleverly used only a small number of elves to cast these spells, wandering around Sul like a persistent ghost. Whenever Sul thought he had disappeared, he would prove his existence in this way.

Taking a deep breath, letting the cold air sting his nostrils, Suer raised his head and took out the last piece of jerky he had kept in his pocket. It was the only thing he could be sure was real food.

"Eat it," he said calmly. "Those goblins are getting closer."

That vampire was like a puppeteer hidden behind the scenes, growing quietly and rapidly, controlling the distance between the goblin, Sul, and Xinke. Every close call and lucky escape was within his grasp, while he toyed with everyone.

Suer had a premonition that as he and Xinke approached their limits, the vampire was probably eager for the story to come to an end—he would kill everyone except him with a great sense of accomplishment and enjoy the prize as the victor.

Silently, Su Er divided the jerky in his hand into two equal portions. He placed one half in front of Xin Ke, his empty eyes staring blankly at the flickering flames in front of him. He mechanically chewed the jerky he stuffed into his mouth, his saliva becoming dry and sticky.

In this daze, a slender hand suddenly appeared in his field of vision, swaying slightly up and down. On the outstretched palm was a piece of jerky that had shrunk again.

Even his thought process slowed down; Su Er hesitated and turned his head to look at Xin Ke.

“Unlike weak monkeys, forest elves need very little food to have enough energy to move around for a long time, which can be considered an advantage of being a divinely created weapon.” Even now, while maintaining an elegant demeanor and chewing on the jerky, Xin Ke did not look at Su Er. She simply placed the torn piece of jerky in Su Er’s hand and then withdrew her hand.

"...Eat."

After leaving just two words, Xin Ke returned to silence once more.

Without saying thank you, Suer slowly withdrew his questioning gaze and stuffed the piece of jerky that had been torn off again into his mouth.

Chew, then swallow.

Chapter 103 Incompetence

The injury from falling from a height is far greater than that from falling from a low place. The same is true of hope. The more you expect and the more you crave, the more painful it is when hope turns into despair. This cycle repeats itself... whether it is physical or mental, and the mental pain often comes even earlier.

It resembles a wire that has been repeatedly bent and twisted, with the twisted parts already turning white.

When Suer came to his senses, he suddenly realized that he had been staring blankly at the ring on Xin Ke's ankle. For a moment, he seemed to see Xin Ke following his gaze, casually removing the ring that bound her, and smiling evilly as she told him that it was time to get rid of that vampire... However, upon closer inspection, he realized that it was just his imagination.

An indescribable anxiety urged him to pick Xinke up again and continue onward. If only he could find a second Forest Elf… if only he could find one…

The further west you go, the higher the chance of this happening. With this expectation in mind, enduring the muscle soreness, fatigue, and the boring yet effective torment of the vampire that was always lurking nearby, Suer saw the furry ball standing on the high place.

As if to let the dead know who killed him, this goblin had shaved all the hair from the top of his head to his neck. Although he wasn't very tall, he looked like a giant when he looked down at Sull.

"...and there's a vampire next to him," Sull said, looking up at him in the goblin language.

“I know,” the goblin nodded steadily, his words filled with unwavering determination. His eyes were fixed on Xinke, who was clinging to Suer’s back. “I’m here to avenge Barney. No matter what, as long as I can kill this long-eared monkey… Monkey, if you put it down and run away now, I can pretend you’re not here.”

However, his pity was met with a slight shake of his head from Suer.

Almost the instant Suer shook his head, the goblin suddenly pulled out the spirit armor stuck beside him and slashed it fiercely at Suer, flashing with elven radiance. This huge slash was enough to cut Suer and Xinke on his back in two, and even vaporize the flesh in the middle.

However, Sull stood motionless, neither dodging nor shouting. When he opened his eyes again, he saw a wide ravine stretching from his left side into the distant land behind him, the aftershocks of the goblin attack.

It wasn't intentional torture, nor was it an outpouring of kindness; the goblin was simply launching an attack earnestly—aiming at the target within its line of sight, only to strangely miss its mark.

"Look, that vampire will protect us," Suer said, raising his head and curling the corners of his mouth. He suddenly wanted to burst out laughing; the urge was so strong that he couldn't resist it.

He made the right bet.

Unaware of the reason for its own fear, it simply followed the emotional guidance it received from the goblin. Over a long period of time, the vampire patiently waited for the moment when Suer and Xinke would collapse and be unable to resist. It even confidently toyed with the goblin that followed, treating the goblin as a tool to deplete Xinke's hidden trump cards.

Even now, the vampire has not given up on the idea of ​​feasting on Xin Ke's powerful soul and blood, which means one thing—the goblin he sees as a way to put pressure on Xin Ke must not kill her here.

To prevent the unfortunate incident of a delicious meal already on a plate being suddenly spilled on the ground, he even had to take the initiative to protect Suer and Xinke.

This was his greed, and what he believed he deserved, he could not accept as a loss.

"Hahaha, hahahahahaha!"

With Xinke on his back, Su'er's laughter gradually grew louder. His muscles trembled as he bent over laughing, and as if it were contagious, even Xinke chuckled along.

Having never intended to return alive, this goblin, driven by revenge, violently exploited the spirit within its body. Amplified by the True Spirit Silver on its surface, it emitted a moonlit glow that swept across the land.

Even if it's an illusion, so what? All we need to do is wipe this whole land clean, where can that long ear go?

As if strolling through a hail of bullets, Suer even leisurely turned around on the rocks, deliberately leaning towards the flashes of light that pierced the air—and disappeared.

"hateful!!!"

The light vanished before it could touch Suer and Xinke, followed by the vampire's disgusting curses.

Such incompetent cursing would not frighten Suer, but would only make him happier. He thought... Xin Ke must be enjoying it at this moment, right?

Without prior communication, when the local elites attacked, and when Su Er chose to stand still, Xin Ke remained quietly on his back, her arms wrapped around his neck without exerting any force.

She saw through that too, didn't she?

Suer wanted to know, but he wasn't really that curious.

Dancing on the edge of a knife, fishing on the edge of death, Su Er strode leisurely westward, the constantly exploding lights around him like lamps lit for him, even illuminating many of the potholes in the road ahead.

"Damn it, damn it, damn it!!!"

Ah, and the vampire's constant roaring rage... The anger from being constantly toyed with by real and fake food during this period was effectively relieved, and Suer even got endless pleasure from it, especially when he saw the vampire cursing him and blocking his attack when he deliberately took risks.

"Damn it!!!"

Even the insults were so simple. This vampire was still too immature. Even though it had grown by using the blood of the goblin, it was still incredibly naive in some aspects.

The anger in his heart was burning to an uncontrollable degree. Another figure appeared in the transparent air. This vampire, which had grown taller, floated in the air in a twisted manner. However, before he could vent his anger, a lead-gray steel creation appeared out of thin air beside him.

It's a spirit garment, another spirit garment.

It expanded outward from the inside, and the gray surface was quickly stained with golden-red patterns. In the blink of an eye, this steel artifact exploded out of thin air next to the vampire.

boom! ! !

Goblin species are all a lie.

Besides this goblin who exposed his fearless attitude, there is at least one other goblin hiding here.

Chapter 104 Trump Card

It was near this battlefield.

In this endless war, the goblins, who had also accumulated countless experiences dealing with other races, had long since confirmed one fact—they had to kill this vampire before they would have a chance to kill that long-eared creature with their own hands.

The desire of vampires for superior blood is instinctive, and this instinct is especially irresistible to vampires who are not very old.

"Rubbish!!!"

The smoke from the explosion had not yet dissipated. Covered in sparks of crimson fire, the severely wounded vampire roared as it leaped out of the smoke. Half of its body was gone, and it emitted a pungent, fishy smell. It transformed into a blood-red storm that enveloped Sull and Xinke.

"Chris!!" The first goblin to appear had foreseen this and had already charged toward Sull before the vampires pounced, shouting his companion's name.

Like a blazing white comet, but not a comet falling from the sky, it shot up from below and crashed hard into the crimson storm formed by vampires.

The storm was dissipating, howling, and weeping. Using its own spiritual armor as a strike to destroy the obstacles, this goblin species, which had been hiding for a long time, finally revealed its form after breaking through the storm formed by the vampire species. It had brown skin, a pair of huge and curved horns on its forehead, and its silvery-white eyes had dimmed. Even its exposed skin looked as if it had lost moisture and withered like firewood.

Vampires, who grew to adulthood by absorbing the blood and souls of their fellow humans, are also targets of their revenge.

His soul was pounding within him, and a premonition was flashing incessantly. Inexplicably, Suer knew a fact—it was now, right at this moment!

Elves, powerful enough to suffocate mortals, were gathering on his back!

Light!

A torrent of dark green water engulfed everything in sight!

Sul struggled to keep himself from collapsing to his knees due to the instinctive pressure. To be honest, after facing these massive, clustered elves at close range many times, Sul had become somewhat used to it.

The world forged by light engulfed everything in front of it, the storm formed from the body of a vampire, the goblin who had stormed into the battlefield...

"...This can't be some kind of triple magic, can it?" Finally, half-kneeling and supporting himself on the ground, Suer turned around and muttered helplessly. Above his head, the magic circle with five rings was gradually fading and disappearing into the air.

"Sigh~, how can I easily tell others about my ace?"

Lying on Suer's back, Xin Ke's cheerful voice reached her ears. The green tattoos that had spread from her forearm to her upper body had finally disappeared. Just now, with the same judgment and premonition as Suer, this woman decisively used the maximum power she could muster to pierce through the vampire and the goblin.

It's not the triple magic mentioned before, but the fivefold magic.

The combined power is not a simple one plus one effect, but rather an increase similar to multiplication, aiming to be powerful enough to wipe out the guys who threaten their lives in one go.

Unfortunately, what was submerged was only within Suer's field of vision.

The female goblin directly exposed to the torrent of light had completely lost her life; her entire body had been wiped away, leaving only half a head, its edges vaporized and smoking, except for her still-erect, enormous horns.

As the head tilted to the side due to its final momentum, Suer could even see that the remaining single eye trembled as it spotted Xin Ke in its field of vision. It was a light of hatred. The silver eye, which had been dim, suddenly shone brightly, but then lost its last sparkle.