Starting With an SSS-Rank Swordsmanship Talent

Elder Sunset nodded with a grim look.

She sensed that the goblin monarch was quite strange. The mana in its body was like a volatile volcano that was about to explode.

Its aura is similar to that of beast soul warriors. Aegris should have felt it too.

She thought to herself.

Suddenly, the goblin monarch made a move. It turned into a blur and lunged at Aegris with swift, ghost-like movements.

When it swung its bone sword, a chilling aura exploded.

Whoosh!

A purplish wind blade covered in black smoke shot toward the high elf in a flash!

Sensing its attack, Aegris snorted. He furiously stomped his foot, summoning multiple thick vines covered in sharp thorns from the ground!

The vines slithered like serpents and formed a defensive wall in front of Aegris.

Bang!

The purplish wind blade struck the vines and sliced through a couple of them before it disintegrated into a gooey mess that corroded the remaining vines.

Hiss! Hiss! Hiss!

Aegris was stunned when he saw how his vines were corroded.

The vines I summon can even trap an Elite Knight, but that monster actually corroded it with a single wind blade!

He couldn’t believe his eyes.

Just then another wind blade sliced through the air.

Shit! I was careless!

Aegris was horrified. He quickly cast his integrated trait, but before he could summon his vines, the wind blade was neutralized by an arrow!

“Stay focused you idiot!” Scolded Elder Sunset as she glared at him.

Aegris’ face turned dark, but he didn’t retort. He only nodded his head and quickly adjusted his position.

He then summoned more vines around him and manipulated them to attack the goblin monarch.

Meanwhile, Elder Sunset also released a series of thunder arrows toward the monster.

Facing their attacks, the goblin monarch didn’t seem to be flustered. It nimbly evaded the thorny vines while deflecting the thunder arrows with its bone sword.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

What?!

Aegris was stunned when he saw this.

Feeling anxious about the approaching monster, Aegris summoned more vines that surrounded him like a defensive wall.

The goblin monarch grinned at his futile attempt to protect himself. It then moved in a flash and appeared above Aegris, but before it could swing its sword, it felt a powerful force coming toward it.

The goblin monarch immediately twisted its body.

Whoosh!

A bigger thunder arrow zoomed past it before it struck a towering tree.

Bang!

The goblin monarch searched for the culprit that released the arrow, but it failed to find its target.

Just then, another thunder arrow came flying from another direction.

Whoosh!

“Found you…” Uttered the goblin monarch as it casually deflected the thunder arrow with a wave of its bone sword.

It looked in a certain direction, but weirdly enough, there was no one there.

The goblin monarch released two purplish wind blades simultaneously.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

It saw me?!

Sunset who was in a camouflaged state was dumbfounded when she saw the two wind blades coming in her direction.

She was forced to reveal herself to avoid the corrosive wind blades.

Bang! Bang!

The ground where the wind blades struck turned into a patch of black as the grass and plants were corroded.

Hiss! Hiss! Hiss!

Elder Sunset frowned when she saw the destructive power of the corrosive wind blades. Even a Transcendent wouldn’t be unscathed if struck by that attack!

The two high elves fought with all their might, but the goblin monarch remained unharmed.

Soon, the two were feeling drained after repeatedly using their integrated monster traits. If this battle continued, they would soon run out of mana and they would be left defenseless against the goblin monarch.

Both high elves already realized this earlier, but there was nothing they could do. The monster was just too fast and nimble. They couldn’t even catch its shadow.

Just as they were about to get exhausted, they sensed two familiar auras approaching them.

Garandel and Dahon are here!

For the first time, Aegris felt happy to see these two.

The goblin monarch also sensed their arrival. It revealed an annoyed expression and it chose to abandon its targets.

“You two are lucky.” The goblin monarch glared at them before it turned around and left with unmatched speed.

Garandel and Dahon appeared next to Sunset.

“Are you alright, Elder Sunset?” The elven king asked as he checked the state of her body.

The mana in her body was unstable, but other than that, she was completely fine.

This made Garandel relieved.

“I am alright, Your Majesty. I just exhausted my mana.” Elder Sunset replied.

Garandel nodded and turned his head to Aegris. “What monster was that?”

He didn’t see its appearance clearly and it left before they could come close. He only knew that its power was at the Disaster-grade!

Aegris took a deep breath to calm his nerves before he replied to the king. “It was a goblin monarch, my lord. A powerful one at that.”

Garandel observed the destruction around them and agreed with his words.

A goblin monarch… That is indeed a fearsome foe.

Thinking about this, his face darkened.

“Let us talk later. The battle is not over yet.” Garandel said while sending Elder Dahon a knowing look.

Elder Dahon understood his intentions and nodded without saying a word. He then left to help the elven warriors in cleaning up the remaining goblins.

Most goblins managed to retreat because of the goblin monarch, but there were also over a thousand of them who failed to escape.

In just less than thirty minutes, the goblins that weren’t able to escape were killed. Their corpses littered the forest floor, dyeing the greenery with red.

“Collect the beast soul crystals and treat the wounded soldiers!” Elder Dahon shouted to the troops.

After giving a few more instructions to the elven warriors, he went to find the king and reported the situation to him.

“Your Majesty, more than half of those monsters managed to escape, but the rest were killed.” He reported with a serious voice.