Monster Girl Contract Manual

Chapter 63 Summary

"This...this..."

Shocked by the bizarre scene before him, Luther couldn't help but stammer as he opened his mouth.

But then it immediately closed tightly again.

Although the group was hidden more than a hundred meters away, even the slightest movement would be easily detected by skilled professionals.

Fortunately, the cries of the goblin cubs as they suddenly transformed perfectly masked the slight commotion that Luther had just revealed.

"Gagaga..."

The goblin cubs, who had grown strangely after drinking the mysterious broth, suddenly became agitated. They not only cried out incessantly but also writhed wildly on the ground like disgusting maggots.

It seems that he hasn't yet mastered how to use his hands and feet.

Upon seeing this, the goblin chef scooped the sheep carcass out of the pot and threw it on the ground.

The transformed goblin cubs then wriggled their bodies, opened their large mouths, and crawled toward the sheep carcass, frantically biting at it.

However, because the sheep carcass was small and thin, while there were nearly thirty young animals, most of them couldn't even squeeze in front of it.

They could only writhe anxiously at the edge, desperately trying to squeeze and snatch from the gaps between their companions.

Go and take a bite of the delicious and juicy lamb.

This crowded, chaotic, and savage scene resembled a swarm of slimy green maggots frantically fighting over a piece of rotten meat that looked normal on the outside but was full of blood clots inside and was half-cooked.

It looks like the scalp is numb.

House watched the entire nauseating scene with a furrowed brow and gritted teeth.

He only let out a slow, silent breath after the goblins finished their strange activity and began to walk and crawl back into their lair.

"House, shall we continue?"

At that moment, Zem, who was next to House, spoke in a low voice.

The meaning was clear: they were asking House whether he wanted to continue the cleanup mission.

The subtext is also clear: Zem does not want to continue the extermination efforts.

Looking at Zem in front of him, House shook his head slightly, indicating his agreement.

The scene before him was so bizarre that House didn't even need intuition to be absolutely certain that something was wrong with what had just happened.

Moreover, there is a goblin warrior inside the lair.

Continuing the clearing operation is far too risky.

It would be better to turn back immediately and report what happened here to the guild as soon as possible.

But before reporting to the guild...

House looked in the direction the goblin group had come from.

That place definitely holds the root cause and all the answers to this goblin mutation.

It might also be related to the goblin warriors that have recently proliferated in the forest.

To be honest, House was very interested in the thing the goblin warrior had pulled out.

However, considering the strangeness and unknown danger of this matter, and that as the captain, his primary responsibility was to protect the safety of his companions, he could not lead everyone into danger rashly.

After much deliberation, House finally suppressed his curiosity and decided to lead his team to evacuate first and report to the guild immediately.

"Should we take some evidence back with us?"

Before leaving, House looked at the pot on the fire in the distance, and the sheep carcass that had been gnawed down to almost nothing but bone fragments.

There might still be a little broth left in the pot, and a few intact bones remained from the sheep carcass beside it.

If we bring these things back to the guild and hand them over to the experienced high-level professionals in the guild for research, it will not only corroborate our intelligence, but also make the guild take it seriously.

Perhaps, you might even get some extra rewards.

"......never mind."

House eventually abandoned the idea.

Outside the current lair, not only are there goblin sentries guarding the entrance, but also two goblin archers on guard.

Even if Sylvia and I could kill all three goblins at the same time, the commotion would definitely attract the goblin warriors inside the lair.

Just like during the first adventure.

Professional-level hearing is far superior to that of ordinary people.

As for resorting to forceful killing?

Although the five-person team had prepared themselves mentally at the beginning of the adventure, anticipating the possibility of encountering sudden battles with goblin warriors during the clearing process.

If it's just dealing with about twenty goblin imps and one goblin warrior, then there shouldn't be any problem.

With House and Zem holding off the goblin warrior, the other three can easily and quickly eliminate the twenty-odd goblin minions, then turn around to help House and Zem, and the five of them together take down the last goblin warrior.

So it's not a big problem.

But all of this is based on the premise that it was an "ordinary goblin warrior".

And now, the goblin warrior in front of me exudes an eerie aura.

Who knows what other strange things it might pull out of its loincloth?

Without further hesitation, the group got up and left.

Can......

Fate and accidents are sometimes like that.

The more you try to grasp it, the more likely it is to disappear.

The more you try to avoid it, the more it will come knocking on your door.

A dead branch, a pile of broken leaves, a wild bird temporarily perched on a treetop, and a burly teammate who is two meters and three meters tall.

"Snap!"

"squeak--"

House was startled when the sound of a branch breaking mingled with the chirping of birds.

Oh no, the locations we chose are too close together!

The thicket where they were hiding was indeed dense, with layers of intertwined and lush foliage that could completely conceal even Zem, a man who was two and a half meters tall.

But what's that saying again?

Success and failure both depend on Xiao He.

The chosen location was too dense. Although it could effectively conceal his figure, it also meant that when Zem got up during the retreat, there was a high probability that he would bump into the branches above if he wasn't careful.

As a veteran adventurer, Zem's stealth skills are quite good.

Normally, before leaving, he would pay attention to details around him that might make noise and avoid them.

However, after witnessing that extremely impactful scene firsthand, Zem just wanted to leave as quickly as possible.

In this way, in a moment of impatience, one might unconsciously bump into the branches above.

It was autumn, and the branches had begun to dry out and become fragile; they could be easily broken with a gentle touch.

But coincidentally, on one of these few withered branches, a bird that had just flown in was perched.

"Snap!"

"squeak--"

The moment the sound of a branch breaking mingled with the chirping of birds, House didn't hesitate to pull Happy from his pocket and toss him up.

thump!

The rapid flapping of wings, the birds' terrified cries, and Habina's peculiar "Ha—" sounds mingled together.

Not far away, the goblin archers who were keeping watch over the surroundings immediately turned their heads to look in the direction of the bushes upon hearing the sound.

A small, seemingly juvenile falcon is hunting in the bushes.

Everything is as usual.

What puzzled it a little was why the call of this wind-swept falcon was so peculiar!

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