novelzi Chapter 112: King of Goblins
Chapter 112: King of Goblins
Chapter 112: King of Goblins
Thud!
Il-Ho landed on the ground that was drenched by the blood of the Goblins. Then, he raised his hands reverently to the skies.
“O’ almighty and merciful God Yu Il-Shin! I dedicate this victory to you! God Yu Il-Shin, puck puck!”
The baby fairy’s eyes shone, as if touched by the situation. She mimicked Il-Ho and raised her hands, exclaiming, “Pu...ck!”
Hearing that, Il-Ho’s eyes widened. Then, he brought the baby to his front. “Are you praying to God Yu Il-Shin too?!”
“Aboo!”
“Kekeke! I’m so proud of you! You recognized God Yu Il-Shin’s mightiness! I’m sure you’ll make a great queen!”
Il-Ho spun her round and round.
“Hihihi~”
The baby fairy’s giggles echoed through the bloody area.
“Hmm, but something’s off...”
Suddenly, a question occurred to Il-Ho. He’d eliminated the Goblin Army attacking the fairies, so why hadn’t the trial completed yet?
Flutter flutter—
Just then, the surviving fairies flew toward Il-Ho and the baby fairy.
“W-who are you? Why are you with the queen...”
Their eyes were filled with awe and fear as they looked at Il-Ho.
“I am Il-Ho, a warrior who serves the great and merciful God Yu Il-Shin! On my way, I saved this baby from an attack!”
“Aboo!” The baby fairy cried out in affirmation.
Huge droplets of tears trickled down the fairies’ cheeks.
“Oh, a warrior that serves a benevolent god has appeared! Apparently, the Spirit God hasn’t forsaken us fairies yet...”
Il-Ho listened to their story from start to end.
The fairies dwelled in the Spirit Tree of Fairia, protected by the Fairy Queen’s barrier. Once every one thousand years, the Fairy Queen, an incarnation of the Spirit God, would be born. Despite the joyous occasion, it was also a period when their barrier was at the weakest. The vicious goblins who served a malevolent god took that as an opportunity to invade.
“So, the Goblin King and his main force are still around?”
“Indeed.”
“I see now!”
Il-Ho finally understood the entire situation. There were still threats against the baby—no, the Fairy Queen! No wonder the trial was still ongoing. He had to defeat the rest!
“Very well! Lead me to the goblins’ main camp!”
The fairies became grim.
“B-but that place is guarded by a Goblin Rider and a dragon. Even if you’re a warrior...”
“Don’t worry! I’ve slain a dragon before, albeit it’s only a skeleton! Now, Child, you should stay here. I’ll smash them to bits and return in a jiffy!” Il-Ho chuckled.
While the other fairies cowered in fear, a certain fairy stepped forward. She was a head taller than the rest.
“I’m Elisa, the governess of the newborn Fairy Queen. I shall escort you to their lairs, but can you return Her Majesty to me?”
“Of course.”
She had a point. How could he afford to bring a baby to such a dangerous place?
Thus, Il-Ho handed the baby fairy to the fairies, but...
“Waaaaaah!”
The baby fairy wailed, clinging tightly to his antennae.
“Child, don’t cry. Please stay here.”
“Your Majesty! I’m your governess! Please let go of the warrior!”
“Waaah! Waaah!”
However, the baby fairy didn’t budge. The hand that held onto his antennae was unusually strong. Where did all this strength come from?
“Hm. Do you want to come with me that much, Child?”
“Aboo!” the baby nodded while crying profusely.
After some hesitation, Il-Ho clenched his fist.
“Fine, then. Child, you can come with me!”
“What?! B-but Warrior! That place is far too perilous!”
Il-Ho pumped his rock-hard, muscly fist.
“Worry not! I, Il-Ho, is a disgrace of a warrior if I can’t even protect a baby! I will lay down my life for her! She may be young, but she’s still the Fairy Queen! I shall respect her determination to face the enemy as the head of the nation!”
“Aboo...”
As if touched by Il-Ho’s words, the Fairy Queen’s eyes gleamed brightly. She rubbed her chubby cheeks against Il-Ho’s shiny head.
Truthfully, upon hearing there was a dragon among the Goblin Army, Il-Ho looked forward to the battle. Yet, all he met was an ugly lizard!
Enraged, Il-Ho slammed the monster’s tongue into the ground.
Bam bam bam!
“Kieeek!” the monster writhed in pain, but its tongue remained stuck in the ground.
“Nice! Now we have a road!” Il-Ho leaped onto the monster’s tongue, sprinting.
“Huh?!”
Seeing how fast Il-Ho ran, the Goblin Rider whipped the monster even harder. But Il-Ho was faster. He pulled out the dumbbell sword strapped to his waist.
“Muscle Sword Strike!”
Il-Ho raised his dumbbell high, before swinging it down at the Goblin Rider like a meteorite.
“Aaaaargh!”
“Kyaaaak!”
The heads of the Goblin Rider and the huge lizard were smashed at the same time. Blood splattered in all directions. Then, the headless monsters collapsed into the pool of their own blood.
Il-Ho grumbled as he wiped the blood off his dumbbell sword. “Hmph! I got covered in the blood of weaklings!”
“Aboo! Aboo!” the baby fairy cheered, gleefully clapping her hands.
Meanwhile, Elise was still in disbelief. Il-Ho had taken down that fearsome dragon in a single blow...
“All troops, attack! Slay the intruder who killed our gatekeeper!”
“Kyaaak!”
“Grrr!”
Ruuuumble!
Just then, a tremendous explosion boomed, as if the lair had been hit by an earthquake. Within the darkness, a massive army of Goblins charged at them. The number was much bigger than the force attacking the castle earlier.
“Hm.” Il-Ho pondered for a while.
He wasn’t the slightest bit threatened by their sheer amount, but what about Elise and the baby fairy?
“Oh, right. I can just do this.”
He’d come up with a good idea.
Pointing his dumbbell sword at the tidal wave of Goblins, Il-Ho shouted in a low voice, “Weight Increase.”
***
Meanwhile, in the innermost part of the Goblin’s Lair, a certain Goblin sat arrogantly on a throne made out of bones. His build was larger than a Goblin Warrior’s. His eyes, full of conspiracy and schemes, were much sinister than a Goblin Mage. He sat at the pinnacle of evolution, as evidenced by the black crown on his head. The Goblin King.
“Hmph, an intruder?” he wasn’t the slightest bit concerned.
In this world ruled by flying fairies, no one dared to stand against him. After all, not only was he the strongest of the Goblins, he was also an apostle of god.
“Arise, my soldiers.”
He raised his rod, oozing with black aura that soon fused into Goblins.
“Kieeek!”
“Kirrrrk!”
No matter how many of his troops had fallen, as long as he was alive, he could always create more. Such was the power bestowed by his god.
“Kekeke.”
Any intruder who dared to enter his lair would face endless battles and eventually die of exhaustion.
Ruuumble!
“What’s that noise?”
Ruuumble!
The rumbling sound was getting louder, grating on his nerves!
“Find out what’s going on.” The Goblin King commanded.
Thus, one of the newborn goblins went to investigate, but it never returned.
Ruuuumble! Thud thud thud!
The sound grew increasingly louder, shaking the throne in its wake. Debris rained down from the ceiling onto him. The Goblin King leaped to his feet.
“W-what’s that? What exactly is going on?!”
Ruuumble!
From the opposite end of the cave, something was running toward him at breakneck speed!
“Muuuscles! Chaaaarge!”
“Aboo, aboo!”
Something huge was coming...!