In the huge tent, Dan Ba was going crazy.
In just one night, he crushed the skulls of seven or eight human slaves and goblins.
“How dare he defy me!!!”
Dan Ba’s fury terrified all the goblins. He had always been an extremely bloodthirsty goblin; if anyone dared to defy his orders, even his own kin, he wouldn’t show any mercy.
‘What the hell? A goblin under Zagu’s command can’t be caught, and he even escaped with the Saintess!’
No goblin dared to step forward and say anything at that moment. That would be suicide.
“Seal the border! The border must be sealed!”
If it were Zagu, letting Lai En escape wouldn’t have been a big deal. Zagu would have just sent a few goblin elites to track him down and solved the problem.
But this was Dan Ba.
Dan Ba was not Zagu. He couldn’t afford to suffer any loss. Now his own subordinates had been killed by another goblin. It had been a long time since he was this angry.
Those two goblins under his command were quite strong. He usually found them very useful, yet today they had been killed together.
This was an immense humiliation. Dan Ba, who had always established his authority through dominance and indiscriminate killing, would not allow this to happen.
He had to find the goblin who killed his subordinates, tear him limb from limb, and feed him to the giant lizards.
“If the border is sealed, there’s absolutely no way he can escape!”
A powerful magic array was set up at the border of the Goblin Kingdom, inscribed by many ancient human mages and now controlled by the goblin High Priests.
Even Dan Ba had to spend a great deal of favors and resources to activate this magic array.
It showed how angry he was—he would stop at nothing to catch this goblin who had defied him.
Once the border was sealed, no goblin could escape.
All that remained was to surround and hunt him down.
Despite his anger, Dan Ba immediately ordered all his clansmen and subordinates to search for the goblin who had escaped with the Saintess.
“Anyone who brings him back—even a corpse—I’ll reward them with three hundred gold coins!”
“And I’ll also reward his villa to the goblin who finds him.”
To all the goblins in the camp, including Lai En’s former colleagues, they thought he was doomed.
But that night, Lai En had already traveled very far.
At least in the short term, Dan Ba couldn’t possibly find him.
……
The bed was very narrow; Xilika and Lai En could only sleep pressed together.
“Do you really not need that lubricant?”
“Stay put, or I’ll throw you into a pile of goblins.”
Xilika liked to move around while sleeping, which made Lai En’s heart itch.
Although Xilika wanted to be bullied by Lai En, she was genuinely scared right now.
“I only want to be bullied by you. Don’t abandon me, okay?”
Lai En’s face grew hot. This little Saintess actually knew how to flirt.
“What do you mean by ‘bully you’?”
Hearing this question, Xilika just then realized that Lai En had never really done anything excessive.
He had only touched her head that one time, that was all.
Moonlight spilled thinly from above the pit, turning the window lattice as white as snow.
“Can you touch my head?”
“It makes me feel safe…”
Before Lai En could say anything, Xilika grabbed his hand and put it on her head.
“You know, I’ve never actually relied on… um, a person this much before.”
She probably meant to say a goblin.
“I haven’t asked you yet—why are you different from other goblins?”
Lai En heard the rustling sound coming from his jaw area from Xilika and found it novel.
Before his eyes were the back of Xilika’s neck and her flaxen hair.
“Is that even a question? Aren’t there bad humans too, even more evil than goblins?”
Xilika didn’t say anything else. It seemed she was thinking of some people and events.
“Hurry up and sleep. Even though we’ve already traveled far enough, it’s still uncertain whether we can get out through the border.”
Lai En estimated that they had traveled this far in just one day by constantly switching giant lizards.
It would take Dan Ba at least three or four days to catch up.
“Do you really think we can escape? And after we escape, where am I supposed to go?”
“Well…”
Lai En wanted to give a definite answer, but he only knew that staying here meant certain death.
Going out had no direction, but at least they could live for now.
“I’m so scared…”
[Under the moonlight, Xilika turned her head to look at you]
[Her eyes were filled with complex emotions]
[“Hold me tight, okay? I don’t know what’s wrong. My whole body feels so cold, like I’m about to die.”]
[You hugged her with concern, only to find her body burning hot as if on fire]
[What you didn’t know was that after yesterday’s events, Xilika’s dependence on you had grown even stronger]
[Coupled with the fact that you were now fleeing for your lives, the Suspension Bridge Effect had also taken hold]
[So now, Xilika had made some kind of decision]
[“I know that as the Saintess, many people want to marry me…”]
[“I understand I have that value. You must be longing for my body deep down too.”]
[Her gaze gradually became hazy]
[“You might not believe this, but the days I spent with you in that house were the happiest moments of my life.”]
[“So, to thank you and to give myself peace of mind, just take me…”]
[You didn’t refuse. No one could refuse at that moment.]
[Her body was very thin, like a flake of ice that would shatter at a touch.]
[Her skin was warm and smooth, as if about to exude misty fragrant sweat.]
[After much struggle, you both finally grew tired.]
[“Today… I’m really tired.”]
[Xilika’s fair little face was full of lingering happiness]
[“But at least I won’t have nightmares anymore, because I’ll be sleeping next to a knight.”]
[Congratulations, Host, on successfully conquering the Saintess, Xilika.]
[You have awakened a new magic: Endymion’s Slumber (Gold)]
Seeing the quality of this magic, Lai En immediately became alert.
“Gold?!”
[Endymion’s Slumber (Gold)]
[Endymion was loved by the Moon Goddess, and that love turned into a curse, causing him to sleep eternally.]
[Endymion’s Slumber, eighth-rank magic, cooldown of three months. It can put all living creatures within 1,000 meters into a deep sleep for one day. Even if pierced by a sharp blade, they won’t wake up.]
[You looked at this line of magic description and were overjoyed.]
[This is practically the strongest control skill. As long as the enemy can be killed, this skill is a guaranteed kill.]
‘With this skill, wouldn’t I no longer have to fear Dan Ba?!’
[You happily rubbed Xilika’s head. She looked so cute no matter how you looked at her now.]
[What you didn’t know was that Xilika had also unsealed her magical seal.]
[But her magical power hadn’t fully manifested yet, so you didn’t sense it.]