Even goblins are dangerous in this other world!

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For example, the mushroom trees illuminated by the black light emanating from the mask with the terrified face began to tremble, bending their stems and shrinking their caps into wrinkled clumps.

The domain formed by the four-colored light unfolded and spread towards Luo Xiu, about to engulf him, but countless thorns surged over, forming an impenetrable high wall that blocked the light.

"Shek!!! You're asking for it!!!"

Hermes roared in fury. Seeing that Luo Xiu was about to leave, he was extremely angry. He took off his glove, and spider web-like patterns appeared on it as if it was about to shatter.

Shek's eyes narrowed.

Hermes, as the president of the merchant guild, controls countless riches, and the gloves on his hands are also a fifth-tier piece of equipment. At this moment, he is preparing to detonate them, forcibly breaking through the high wall of thorns, and leaving Luo Xiu behind at all costs.

He also took the cloak from Shek's body. If Hermes insisted on detonating the gloves, he would have to use the fifth-tier cloak to stop him and cover Luo Xiu's escape.

Hermes saw through his thoughts and roared furiously with a ferocious expression:

"Shake, are you really going to fight me to the death???"

A dazzling gem appeared in his hand; this was his last piece of Tier 5 equipment.

Even he only had seven pieces of Tier 5 equipment.

Each piece of Tier 5 equipment requires an unimaginable amount of manpower, effort, cost, and time; it is extremely rare and hard to come by. Over the years, he has only collected these few.

At this moment, he was determined to risk everything to capture Luo Xiu.

Just as he was about to detonate the gloves and gems together, Luo Xiu suddenly leaped over the thorn wall and appeared in his field of vision.

Before he could even feel happy, he saw Luo Xiu standing on the thorn wall, pointing at him from afar, unleashing a torrent of magic.

He was shocked.

He had always regarded Luo Xiu as a strength-based profession.

On the dueling stage, Luo Xiu's power and speed clearly demonstrated that he was undoubtedly a power-based class.

Even when he occasionally saw the illusions and smoke from some skills, he simply regarded them as effects brought about by Luo Xiu's tools and equipment.

After all, that wasn't Luo Xiu's main offensive tactic; anyone would think that.

But when the magic that Luo Xiu unleashed penetrated his body and the icy, bone-chilling power flowed into his blood, he realized that it wasn't what it seemed at all.

This is……

A weakness spell?!

He suddenly felt incredibly tired all over, and even his thoughts slowed down, and the flow of magic became sluggish.

This... is... a... weakening... technique?

He couldn't understand it, not only because his thinking had slowed down, but also because he had never seen such a powerful weakening skill before.

Before he could react, Luo Xiu, standing calmly on the thorn wall, pointed at the enormous manor lord again, with the same remarkable effect.

Seeing Xie Ke's somewhat bewildered expression, Luo Xiu smiled and said:

"Lord Shek, aren't you going to make a move?"

Sheke seemed to awaken to find the thorns in the magic circle intertwined, transforming the vast forest into a city of towering buildings in the blink of an eye, and it was still expanding.

Tier 5 Skill: [Thorn Kingdom]

Hermes and the great manor lord, whose strength had been reduced by 40 to 50%, were powerless against this thorn-covered kingdom and were utterly crushed!

puff!

A gash appeared on the large manor lord's enormous belly, from which rotten, foul-smelling liquid gushed out, crashing to the ground and creating deep craters.

Click!

Hermes' arm was broken off, the break turning purplish-red, blood gushing beneath his skin, and the mask behind him trembled, showing signs of cracking.

Two minutes later, as the miserable Hermes and the manor lord gradually felt their original power return to their bodies, they looked up and saw Luo Xiu smiling at them.

Amidst the tingling sensation on his scalp, another weakening spell entered his body, and he was beaten again.

The screams of the two fifth-tier beings echoed through the Forest of Illusions. Sheke took action, watching the increasingly miserable state of the human and the monster. Although the speed at which he swung the thorns did not slow down, his thoughts trembled slightly.

The blond young man's methods were somewhat ruthless, reminding him of his youngest student who had died that night. He wondered if his elementary school student had also died in such a painful way.

After a soft sigh, he intensified his attack. Thorns whistled through the air as he swung them, and a torrent of elemental energy surged, striking Hermes directly in the chest and revealing the stark white bones within his ribcage.

"Ahhhh!!!"

Finally, Hermes could no longer hold back, and roared as veins bulged on his forehead.

He clenched his fist tightly, and the gloves and gems in front of him, the two masks behind him—all four pieces of equipment—exploded simultaneously.

Meanwhile, the remaining two masks that had been covering his body were destroyed in the explosion of the four Tier 5 equipment pieces.

"boom!!"

A deafening roar erupted.

Vast swathes of thorns rapidly carbonized, turning to ash, followed by the mushroom forest, then the forest floor. Everything seemed to vanish in the deafening roar. It was hard to imagine that even Kanriel in the distance seemed to tremble.

The people in the city were extremely surprised. Their ears, which had been deafened by the two mushroom monsters not long ago, were now suffering even greater torment. For a time, the entire city's residents were temporarily deaf, and their eardrums were in excruciating pain.

If it weren't for the magic arrays on the city wall lighting up, some children and infants might have lost their hearing altogether.

Neither Luo Xiu nor Sheke expected Hermes to be so resolute. Even though they ran far away, they were both seriously injured by the huge impact.

When the smoke cleared, Hermes was nowhere to be seen, leaving only the lonely manor lord standing there.

"He ran away, heading towards the Demon Bat Cave."

Shek spoke up. He was closer to Hermes and felt the effects most clearly, but he was also the most seriously injured.

His noble attire had turned to charcoal, leaving only the cloak behind him and the tassels on his shoulders gleaming. These were two pieces of Tier 5 equipment that had helped him absorb a lot of the damage.

His mustache was burnt and curled up, making him look a bit comical.

Luo Xiu was alright, firstly because he was far away, and secondly because he had used a healing spell to recover. As for his clothes...

He has always had the habit of changing clothes quickly, which has become a skilled life skill.

There's nothing we can do about being poor.

"He also has connections with the Demon Bat."

Luo Xiu gazed in the direction Hermes had left and slowly spoke:

"We're not far from the Demon Bat here, so we probably can't catch up."

Xie Ke remained silent, agreeing with Luo Xiu's words.

He controlled the thorn wall and swept it toward the Grand Manor Chairman.

The Grand Manor Owner was a creation of their family, and he knew this guy's weaknesses very well. He had called Hermes to the Forest of Illusions with the mindset of fighting two against one.

Unexpectedly, Hermes had prepared a full seven pieces of Tier 5 equipment.

Now that Hermes is gone, he is one hundred percent certain of winning against the heavily wounded manor lord.

"Could you let me have it?"

Suddenly, Luo Xiu's voice rang out from not far away.

Shek looked at Luo Xiu, who was standing on the thorns with an expectant expression, with some doubt, but finally nodded.

"Thank you."

Luo Xiu smiled and walked step by step toward the manor lord, whose body was covered with cracks and scars.

This was the first time he had so easily reaped such a large number of points, and at level five no less.

He suddenly felt that maybe being a support player wasn't so bad.

……

Inside the Demon Bat Cave.

Hermes' figure swept in like a gust of wind.

"Shuashuashua——"

Almost instantly, it was as if hundreds of large red lanterns were lit throughout the cave, and countless pairs of scarlet eyes, each as large as a wheel hub, were piled up and looked at Hermes who had broken into the cave.

"The time has come."

Hermes stopped, trying his best to steady his breathing as he spoke.

"Squeaky-"

A rustling sound echoed from the depths of the cave. Hermes smiled, took a handkerchief from his chest, and wiped the sweat from his brow.

“I just saw one of your kind die in front of the cave. Now the time has finally come to avenge it.”

"Don't worry, two of Kanriel's fifth-tier warriors have already been tied up by the mushroom monsters. With the addition of our two humans, there won't be more than two fifth-tier warriors in Kanriel. You're already in a winning situation. You should have been able to sense the fluctuations just now and the appearance of the mushroom monsters."

He patiently manipulated them, trying to trick these foolish demon bats into working for him.

He knew these cowardly beasts well; they were the scum of the demonic world, even more timid than a stray dog ​​on the roadside. He had to give them huge guarantees before he could get them to act.

As long as these demon bats are eventually incited, he will still have a chance to turn the tables.

Finally, the creaking sounds from the cave stopped.

Several black, pupa-like objects strolled out and moved in front of him.

“Very good, let’s go together to complete the task assigned by the great Demon Lord.”

Hermes smiled.

He seemed to see a bright future.

Suddenly, a foul wind swept up from behind him. Its terrifying speed gave him no time to react and almost instantly carried him into the depths of the cave.

"You will be... a hostage."

A woman's voice rang out in the cave, speaking in broken Gran Continent language.

Hermes looked ashen-faced.

Clearly, these demon bats were much more cautious than he had imagined.

Chapter 201 Decisive Battle 1