Goblin Mage

In the center of the crudely drawn circle with mysterious markings, a skinny and weak-looking Goblin was kneeling with his eyes closed.

Compared to the Goblin Soldiers, this Goblin's build was much shorter and weaker.

Even though his entire body was covered with a robe, Aeon could notice the markings on the hands and face which Aeon was sure that the Goblin's entire body was covered with those markings.

He was none other than a Goblin Captain who was two whole realms more powerful than the Goblin Soldiers.

In a general case, Aeon won't have the courage to be near such a monster; however, things are different now.

[Communication Page]

[The temporary owner has killed a Goblin Soldier]

[Trial Progress has been updated]

[Overall Kill Count: 10 / 1000]

[1) Goblins: 10 /100]

Aeon's trial progress updated after killing all the Goblin Soldiers; however, he didn't have the time to check it as he rushed to kill the Goblin Captain, only to get pushed back by a protective barrier around the Goblin Captain sitting inside the ritual circle.

'Damn it…if he was being protected by a barrier, then how am I going to kill him?'

As far as he knew, there should not be a protective barrier around the Goblin Captain; however, Aeon knew it was not the time to complain.

Because, once the Goblin Captain finishes his ritual and recovers from his injuries, no matter how much Aeon has, he won't be escaping from the Goblin Captain.

'Even if he doesn't finish the ritual to recover from his injuries, I would be dead if he decided to end the ritual halfway.'

It was just that the Goblin Captain was much more powerful than Aeon even if he was severely injured, the Goblin Captain wouldn't be having any problem killing a Life Blood Soldier like Aeon.

Hence, Aeon was racking his brains to come up with a solution to quickly kill the Goblin Captain.

'Swoosh'

'Boom'

Aeon used his full strength to throw a wooden club at the Goblin Captain; however, it was also blocked by the barrier.

'Let's calm down…calm down. If I can't find a way to kill him, I will just run away from here.'

Despite not having enough time, Aeon knew that rushing things wouldn't help him. So, he took a deep breath and started thinking in a new direction.

'Before that, let's check the information about this Goblin Captain.'

After calming himself, Aeon thought of the [Assessment Page] and decided to check the information.

…

[Assessment Page]

[Monster Name: Goblin Mage]

[Monster Status: Severely Injured, In the middle of a Ritual]

[Monster Strength: Goblin Captain]

[Skills: Captain's Cry, Bite]

[Spells: Goblinfire Bolt, Goblin Ritual]

…

Soon, one of the three uses of the [Assessment Page] for the day has been used as the information about the Goblin Captain.

'The information from yesterday's Goblin Soldier was entirely true. So, he became a Goblin Captain very recently.'

Aeon already knew that the Goblin Captain was a mage and that's the only reason why he was able to hold the ritual for his recovery.

Seeing that the Goblin Captain only learned two spells, Aeon was even more sure that the Goblin Captain had ascended recently and thus, he was severely injured by the Hornless Orc.

'So, the thing is, Where did this protective barrier come from?'

Suddenly, Aeon thought of something as he looked at the weak-looking Goblin Captain intently.

From what the Goblin Soldier told him yesterday, the Goblin Captain barely had the energy for the ritual and creating a protective barrier amidst the ritual was not something the current Goblin Captain could do.

'Wait a second!'

As the saying goes, with a calm mind, you can see what you couldn't see with a tense mind, Aeon recalled something from when he was blasted away by the protective barrier and while he threw a wooden club.

So, to test it, Aeon once again threw the wooden club and carefully observed the skinny-robed Goblin.

'Swiish'

'There it is…the pendant across his neck is shining whenever the protective barrier materializes.'

Soon, Aeon saw a shining pendant and in the next second, Aeon knew what he had to do.

'Assess'

With a single thought, the full information about the pendant appeared on the [Assessment Page] of the Grimoire of Life and Death.

…

[Artifact Name: Pendant of Protection]

[Grade: Blue (Rank 3)]

[Effect: Makes the wearer fully immersed into the things they want to focus on and makes them completely undisturbed about the outside world]

[Note: By increasing the focus, the cultivation speed of the wearer will be increased by three times]

[Special Skill: Invisible Barrier (Passive)]

[Skill Effect: The wearer will be protected by an invisible but protective barrier from any attacks from a Captain Realm or below realm beings for five times per day]

[Number of uses: 2 / 5]

[Note: When the Skill is fully used for the day, the normal effect of the [Pendant of Protection] will disappear for that particular day]

…

'A blue-grade artifact with a special skill?'

For a moment, Aeon was shocked at the information about the pendant and as he completely, the shocked expression on his face eventually turned into an excited one.

'It looks like I was worried for nothing.'

With a slight smile on his face, Aeon threw the wooden club at the Goblin Captain two more times and wasted the remaining two uses of the special skill, the [Invisible Barrier].

'Now, it is finally time to kill the Goblin Captain.'

With the disappearance of the protective barrier, Aeon knew that he had already completed his mission of taking over the Goblin Cave.

'Cough'

Once the protective barrier was gone, the Goblin Captain was disturbed from his ritual and as a backlash, he coughed a mouthful of green blood.

At the same time, his already severe injuries became even more severe; however, because of his anger, the Goblin Captain gritted his teeth and wanted to find the one who disturbed him.

"Who dares to disturb me in the middle of my….?"

'Puchi'

'Puchi'

'Puchi'

However, before the Goblin Captain could finish his words, Aeon used the Goblinbone Dagger to pierce through the Goblin Captain's heart multiple times in a row and successfully killed the Goblin Captain.

'Finally…this cave is mine.'

With a face covered in blood, Aeon revealed a cold smile as he muttered with an excited look, 'It is time to collect my spoils of the battle.'