Chapter 358 - 199: Banquet, Golden Egg 4
Chapter 358: Chapter 199: Banquet, Golden Egg 4
CRASH—!
The sound of a shattering cup rang out. Caroline, her face contorted with fury, glared at the Guard delivering the message. "Those filthy little green-skins, how dare they?!"
"Those Goblins, are they really coming for us? Lady Caroline, what... what should we do?"
"Yes, that’s hundreds of thousands of Goblins. If they all attack at once, I’m afraid..."
"What are you all so afraid of? We have Lady Caroline with us. So what if those Goblins actually dare to come?"
"Exactly. It’s just some Goblins. They’re no threat..."
Caroline slammed her hand on the table. "All of you, shut up!"
Although she was furious, she wasn’t an idiot. She forced her emotions down and began to think calmly.
’Logically speaking, those Goblins wouldn’t have dared to turn against me so easily.’
’After all, I held the one thing that was most important to them. Unless...’
"Where is Cres?"
"Well..."
After a long silence, someone finally stepped forward and answered, "Ever since the Blood Sea Gang was attacked two days ago, Lord Cres... he hasn’t been seen."
CRACK—!
The table in front of Caroline split right in two.
Without another word, she turned and left, leaving the officials of Lania City to stare at each other in bewilderment.
Caroline hurried back to her room. She lifted her hand, moved the bed aside, and poured her Magic Power into the floor in front of her.
The next moment, an Array slowly materialized on the floor. After the light faded, a hidden tunnel appeared before her.
Caroline charged directly into the tunnel, rushing through the long passage to the room at the very end.
Here, the once-intact seal had been broken at some unknown time. Caroline pushed open the heavy doors and walked into the secret chamber.
Just as she feared, the "thing" that had been placed inside was gone.
"Damn it! Damn that Undead Mage!"
Caroline raised her hand and unleashed a spell, blasting the secret chamber before her to smithereens.
’When did he break the seal and steal the "Golden Egg"?!’
After the anger came fear.
’If the higher-ups were to find out that the "Golden Egg"—the one they’d gone through so much trouble and waited so long to finally nurture—was missing...’
The usually arrogant and domineering Caroline actually shuddered.
’No, I have to get that thing back. Otherwise, even dying would become an impossible luxury!’
...
「Back to last night.」
After the repeated failures in the city assault, which even cost it a Silver Level companion, the Silver Goblin Caster was already considering a retreat.
As it clashed with the human, it was also thinking.
’Silver Stream City’s strength is greater than we expected. Even that mysterious City Lord has yet to make a move personally...’
’Taking this city seems unrealistic now.’
’But I can’t just retreat, because this is part of the "deal".’
Just as it was caught in this dilemma, the sudden retreat of the Undead Creatures made it completely abandon any thought of continuing the attack.
’No matter what, I can’t keep fighting tonight, at least.’
’Otherwise, if those two Adventurer Groups join the main battle, I could be in grave danger myself!’
So in the end, it chose to retreat for the time being. But it had no intention of giving up on the attack on Silver Stream City; it would just rest and prepare to fight again tomorrow.
That was, until the Undead Mage suddenly appeared before it...
"Even with my help now, taking Silver Stream City is practically impossible. Since that’s the case, why not try switching targets?"
"What do you mean?"
"Lania City also has things you want... supplies, territory, women. With these, your people can continue to grow, and you might even have the chance to establish a Goblin Kingdom."
"My cooperation with Lawrence is over. So now... perhaps we can reach an understanding."
"How can I trust you?"
"Cooperation doesn’t always require trust. It’s like how you help me move corpses, and I help you siege the city. All that’s needed is for our mutual interests to be met. As for the specifics, I think you should ask that other one who’s still hiding in the shadows..."
The Silver Goblin Caster’s pupils contracted. "You... how did you know?!"
"Hahaha—"
Cres didn’t explain. He just laughed heartily and turned to leave.
The Silver Goblin watched his back, its expression flickering with uncertainty.
"Oh, right..."
Finally, he turned his head and looked at the goblin. "It might not be as important as Lawrence thought, but that thing that was ’taken’ from you before... it’s in my hands now."
Those words struck the Silver Goblin’s heart like another heavy hammer blow.
"I understand. I will relay the message to it."
"I hope we can have a pleasant cooperation."
Cres waved his hand, and his figure gradually vanished from sight.