Chapter 35: This is the power of seduction

The Goblins tribe leader was utterly baffled.

The reason was simple: the Goblins gathered outside the Tribe were precisely those who had 'disappeared' over the past two days.

Nearly two hundred elite Goblins.

The ones missing were the hundred-plus ordinary Goblins.

Together, they exactly matched the numbers.

Besides the numbers adding up, they also recognized many familiar faces among the Goblins' ranks.

Some of these Goblins, they could even name.

"The Goblins we lost these past few days aren't dead," they realized. "They're all still alive."

The Goblins' leaders were wide-eyed with disbelief.

At the same time, they couldn't understand why these elite Goblins from their Tribe were now appearing in the enemy camp, poised to attack their own Tribe.

This was no minor betrayal but a large-scale defection.

"Damn it," the tribe leader cursed. "I've been duped."

The 'foolish Goblin' he furiously denounced was none other than Goblins·Lenn, the weak Goblin warrior he had expelled from the Tribe's council hall.

He had fallen for Goblins·Lenn's trick.

From the beginning, there was no 'cave dwelling food storage,' nor had there been any attack by the gray dwarves Tribe during food transport.

In fact, the gray dwarves Tribe had nothing to do with these events at all.

It was all a conspiracy—a conspiracy from the 'winged ones.'

The Goblins tribe leader's gaze fiercely fixed on the Angels hovering in the sky in the distance.

These 'winged ones' were plotting against his Tribe.

He had to admit—they were a group of exceptionally beautiful creatures.

Even by the Goblins' aesthetic standards, these beings were very attractive.

Moreover, the Goblins tribe leader sensed an intense divine and luminous power emanating from them, radiating an unparalleled sanctity.

As he looked up at these beautiful beings, he even felt an impulse to bow down in worship.

They were like divine messengers walking in the mortal world.

"No," he corrected himself. "This is the power of seduction."

The Goblins tribe leader suddenly came to his senses, exclaiming in shock and anger: "Beauty is just their facade; at their core, they are a group of incredibly evil creatures, and it must be their dark magic that has seduced so many of our Tribe's elite Goblins."

This was the only reasonable explanation he could think of.

Apart from that soul-seducing dark magic, he couldn't understand how so many of the Tribe's elite Goblins could have betrayed them in such a short time.

"And that foolish Goblin," he continued, "along with the thirty-some Goblin warriors who returned to the Tribe with him, they must have been seduced by these evil beings too. Otherwise, they would have surely informed me of the true nature of the events."

"Bad news," he realized with a start. "They are now inside the Tribe."

The Goblins tribe leader shivered, feeling a chill down his spine.

He was late in realizing that the enemy had already infiltrated their Tribe.

The Goblins tribe leader dared not hesitate and urgently commanded a strong Goblin by his side, "Hurry, go capture Lenn and all those Goblin warriors who returned to the Tribe with him."

"What?" The strong Goblin was confused.

He didn't understand why the tribe leader would suddenly issue such an order.

Enemy forces were already approaching the Tribe, and a battle to defend the Tribe could break out at any moment.

Capturing their own Goblin warriors at this time seemed like undermining their own defenses.

If it caused chaos within the Tribe, it might give the enemy an opportunity to exploit.

"Chief, why do we need to capture them?"

The Goblins tribe leader grimly responded, "The Goblin warriors who returned with Lenn yesterday have been controlled by an evil force."

"What?"

The stronger Goblins were startled.

Could it be that spies sent by the enemy were hiding within their Tribe?

"Stop talking and go now."

"Yes, Chief, I'll go and deal with those traitors right away…"

However, before the Goblin could finish speaking, the war horns sounded outside the Tribe.

The cries of battle startled countless birds in the jungle.

This was a way for the Goblins to boost their morale.

Upon receiving orders from the Holy Emissaries, the Goblin believers immediately launched an attack, with nearly two hundred elite Goblins swarming towards the Goblin Tribe.

They charged and shouted as they advanced.

Just like the suicide squads in the movies, they didn't care about the dangers ahead.

"They've gone mad."

"All these Goblins have gone mad."

A level seven Goblin warrior muttered, "They were never this crazy when we fought against the gray dwarves Tribe."

"This is the terrifying aspect of bewitching evil magic."

The Goblins tribe leader became even more convinced of his belief.

"Remember, later we'll gather all our forces to attack those winged beings flying high in the sky, let's call them winged beings for now… They are the evil spellcasters, kill them, and the evil magic will break itself."

"Understood, Chief."

The stronger Goblins nodded in agreement.

At that moment, a Goblin asked, "Chief, what about those Goblins outside the Tribe?"

The Goblins tribe leader coldly said, "Ignore them, they can't breach the Tribe's walls in a short time. If necessary, we can kill a small part of them."

"All for the Tribe."

"For the Tribe."

The Goblins roared in unison, ready for battle.

...

"Here they come!" The Goblin chieftain suddenly bellowed.

At the same time, he swung his elemental staff, conjuring a massive fireball and hurling it towards a group of beautiful figures in the distant sky.

At that moment, dozens of two-winged Angels, wielding holy swords, were diving down from a height of about 328 feet.

Each Angel's sword blazed with dazzling golden flames, and the wings on their backs radiated a holy and stunning brilliance.

It was an extraordinarily beautiful scene.

With a loud boom, the fireball, nearly 3 feet in diameter, was forcibly split in mid-air by a cross-shaped sword light.

The intense flames instantly enveloped an area of about 30 feet in diameter.

It looked spectacular, but it was not much of a threat.

The fire elemental magic within it had been disrupted, turning it into ordinary flames.

Led by Virginia and Janet, dozens of two-winged Angels didn't hesitate to charge through the sea of fire and storm into the Goblin Tribe below.

"This makes no sense," the Goblin chieftain screamed.

He was a level nine Elementalist.

The fireball spell he cast was powerful enough to kill a level eight professional.

Yet these winged beings, whose highest level was only mid-level seven, were able to shatter his fireball spell with a single sword strike, even destroying the magical runes he had embedded in the fireball.

How could such mere level seven beings be so powerful?

He couldn't understand it at all.

However, before he could think further, the Angels' attack had already arrived.

Dozens of dazzling sword lights simultaneously sliced through the air, heading straight for the position where the Goblin chieftain and others were.

"Dodge!" the Goblin chieftain sensed a threatening aura among these sword lights.

After a loud roar, he jumped down from the wooden wall.

Other powerful Goblins were also scared and immediately dodged.

However, a few slower Goblin warriors were instantly slashed into pieces by these sword lights.

The sword lights continued unabated.

In the blink of an eye, they struck the wooden wall.

Amid a flurry of wood chips, the wooden wall suddenly had a gap several feet wide.

"Charge..."

"Break in and save those ignorant Goblins."

"Hail to the great Lord of Holy Light."

"Praise the Holy Light..."

Nearly two hundred elite Goblins surged into the Goblin Tribe through the gap.

As if on cue, inside the Tribe, led by Goblin Lenn, more than thirty Goblin warriors instantly 'rebelled.'

They shouted praises to the Holy Light and eternal faith;

While swinging their weapons, they attacked the nearby Tribe Goblins.

Enemies were both inside and outside.

For a moment, the Goblin Tribe was plunged into great chaos.