【The moonlight shone on the pale skin of her chest, making her as beautiful as the Moon Goddess herself】
“Should I let her go, or use her…”
Lai En had finally managed to integrate into goblin society over this period.
If he truly wanted to develop, he needed to have a family of his own.
But the problem was, if he started a family, Zagu would definitely disagree.
That would require an insane amount of scheming.
And secondly, could he really bring himself to do it?
Lai En looked at her gently rising and falling delicate body.
The thin nightgown had rolled up, revealing her stomach with not an ounce of excess flesh.
Using her as a breeding bed, as a mere tool for his own leveling… Lai En couldn’t bring himself to do that yet.
‘You’re quite the gentleman.’
Lai En wanted to argue back at the System, but the truth was exactly that.
Just as Lai En was lost in thought, the saintess suddenly woke up.
She looked up and saw Lai En, her eyes immediately widening, then she shrank back into the corner in fear.
“It makes sense, after all, I’m a goblin now.”
“What’s your name?”
Lai En asked, but she didn’t react at all.
It was then that Lai En realized their languages weren’t compatible.
He made a few gestures, and only then did the saintess understand what he meant.
“Xilika… My name is Xilika.”
As Xilika spoke, she suddenly noticed the thick wooden stick in Lai En’s hand.
A flood of unpleasant associations instantly rushed into her mind.
Goblins were a terrifying race known for their debauchery and complete lack of limits.
The priests and nuns who had been captured alongside her into this place had already proven that.
The priests had died horrific deaths, and the nuns had been far less fortunate.
Xilika had once witnessed a nun’s womb giving birth to four or five goblins. The scene…
And goblins especially loved to toy with their prey, torturing them in every possible way.
The more Xilika thought, the more panicked she became.
Fine beads of sweat covered her forehead, and her abdomen began to contract continuously.
“That stick… is it to beat me with… or does it have an even more perverse use…”
Just thinking about it was enough to make Xilika faint.
Lai En, on the other hand, found it rather baffling.
‘Is she cold?’
Lai En set the stick down on the ground with a sharp crack, and Xilika’s whole body trembled as if she’d been electrocuted.
Her toes, neatly arranged like seashells, curled tightly together.
Lai En went back and brought a fur blanket, then poured her a cup of hot milk.
“Huh?”
Xilika, who had been ready to bite off her own tongue, was thrown into confusion by Lai En’s actions.
If giving her food and the right to bathe during the day was just to make her “taste” better and more convenient to use, then what was this now…
Lai En didn’t have time to think about that. He had to leave early tomorrow morning for Zagu’s camp, so he locked the door and left.
Xilika hugged the soft, light blanket, at a loss.
With the click of the lock, the fear from before transformed into a calm warmth that spread through her entire body.
—Another night to live.
That was what she had thought before, but today was actually a bit different.
Today’s environment was as different from that filthy prison as heaven from earth.
Apart from having no freedom, she felt like she was staying in a noble’s home.
After calming down, she gulped down the milk.
“This taste…”
She sniffed the blanket Lai En had given her. It had a pleasant fragrance of spices.
This goblin was so strange—almost like a human.
Yet the uneasy feeling still lingered in her heart. She knew that sooner or later, she would be subjected to that kind of thing.
This anxiety had been with her ever since she was captured by the goblins.
Just as Xilika had prepared herself to fall asleep, she suddenly sensed something off.
Although she was the Saintess, she was still a teenage girl.
Deep down, she found herself curiously wondering:
What would this goblin ultimately do to her?
Like this, or like that…
A flood of indecent scenes kept playing in her mind.
“You are the Saintess of the Silent Moon Church! How could you…?”
“How could you be so shameless in a goblin’s home?”
Xilika forced herself not to think about such things, but the more she refused, the more her mind refused to obey, hurtling headlong into even more improper thoughts.
Finally, sleepiness arrived along with the warmth of the hot milk, and Xilika drifted off in her embarrassment.
…
[In the morning, you took a day’s worth of food to the saintess, then headed for Zagu’s camp.]
[Zagu’s soldiers were far more numerous than you had imagined. You could only rank in the upper-middle.]
[For the first battle, you were assigned as a squad leader in a team.]
[The goblins in your squad had long heard of your reputation and were all quite admiring of you.]
[The clash between humans and goblins happened quickly. You weren’t on the front lines; you were responsible for cleanup.]
[You and your squad of goblins were mainly tasked with collecting spoils and checking for any humans who had survived.]
[Among them were some cowardly deserters, as well as fools who had betrayed their companions and wanted to surrender.]
[Giving these humans a quick death was actually an act of mercy.]
[The torture of goblins was something fragile humans could never withstand.]
[The pain and humiliation involved were beyond the human mind’s ability to imagine.]
[Occasionally, a powerful enemy would appear. Your squad was one of the best among the rear lines, so dealing with these stragglers was no problem.]
[Your Slash skill’s proficiency increased faster and faster in battle.]
[Finally, one day after you had slain another lone human general, your Slash skill’s proficiency reached full.]
[You opened your status window.]
[Goblin Warrior (Lai En)]
[Level: LV.11]
[Life: 8 months]
[Talents: Assimilation (Blue), Forest Hunter (Green), High Endurance Physique (Green), Limb Regeneration (Blue), Hate Immunity (Blue), Cold-blooded Lethality (Purple)]
[Battle Technique: Slash (Blue): Proficiency 0/1000]
“It actually evolved into a blue skill!”
[You were overjoyed and immediately tested the blue Slash on the air.]
[Sure enough, the power of the blue Slash had increased dramatically.]
Originally, Slash could only cut through iron armor, but now, Lai En estimated it could break through the defense of fine steel armor!
[Congratulations, host, on obtaining your first blue battle technique: Slash (Blue).]
[Slash (Blue) has two evolution paths available.]
“There are evolution directions to choose?!”
Lai En thought to himself that all the effort he’d put into raising this skill’s proficiency hadn’t been wasted.
[Double Slash (Blue): Can unleash two rapid slashes in succession. Damage reduced to 80% of the original.]
[Heavy Slash (Blue): Concentrate all your strength into a single powerful slash. Damage increased to 200%.]