God-Tier Extraction Talent: Reincarnated in a Game-like World! Chapter 644: The Goblin’s Lair

Release him? Why?

Erin abruptly turned around, glaring at Gabriel.

"What?"

Several nearby elves showed equally stunned expressions.

Even the goblin lying on the ground froze.

However, Gabriel ignored them and turned toward Aelira.

"Keep the other two. Let this one go."

The frown on Erin’s face deepened, and she couldn’t help but voice her objection. "It knows something about the children!"

"That’s why we’re letting it go."

"But..."

"Do you think it’ll tell you anything if you keep questioning it?" Gabriel continued, "They lost an attacking force of more than three thousand today, and even the commander responsible for directing the battle died here. The goblins who escaped alive won’t continue wandering around outside. They’ll have to report what happened on the front line. And someone who knows about those eleven children will probably have access to more than an ordinary soldier."

Edgar’s eyes flickered slightly as he understood what the crimson haired youth was trying to do.

The corners of Edgar’s mouth slowly rose.

"Hahaha, kid, why didn’t you say so from the beginning?"

Aelira’s eyes flashed as well. She felt like hitting her head against the wall for failing to understand earlier.

"Release it," she gave the final order moments later.

The vines restraining the goblin slowly withdrew.

The goblin remained sprawled on the ground, seemingly unable to believe that these elves were truly going to let it leave. Only when Aelira gave it a cold look did it suddenly scramble to its feet and flee deeper into the forest, dragging its injured leg behind it.

Not a single elf pursued. At least, not within the goblin’s field of vision.

Only after its figure had completely disappeared did Gabriel turn around.

"Erin."

Erin paused. "What?"

"You’re coming with me."

"Why me?"

"You know the forest."

Gabriel paused briefly.

"And your speed is decent."

Erin stared at him.

"Just decent?"

Gabriel had already turned away.

"If you get any slower, it’ll be gone."

"..."

Erin gritted her teeth. In the end, she quickly followed him.

Edgar watched the two disappear into the forest and suddenly found the situation somewhat amusing.

Aelira glanced at him. "What are you laughing at?"

"Nothing." Edgar folded his arms across his chest. "I just suddenly feel a little sorry for those goblins."

...

Half an hour later...

Southwestern forest.

The goblin was running desperately.

Its injured left leg made it considerably slower than usual, and every time its foot struck the ground, tearing pain shot through the wound. Yet it had no intention of stopping, because there was only one thought in its mind.

Get back. It had to get back to the lair.

The front line had fallen.

The commander was dead.

And a human with red hair and a massive crimson sword had appeared.

That monster had torn through the entire frontline formation by himself. If this information was not delivered immediately, the next goblin army might suffer exactly the same fate.

It continued weaving between the trees.

Completely unaware that several hundred meters away, two figures were maintaining the exact same distance behind it.

Erin’s toes landed lightly upon a branch, her body not even causing the leaves around it to noticeably tremble before she shot forward once again. But when she could not resist glancing backward, she discovered Gabriel was still following behind her.

He was not using that explosive charging skill. Just pure controlled speed.

"Have you learned elven movement techniques?" Erin asked, shattering the silence.

"A little," Gabriel answered.

Erin immediately thought of Edgar.

But now was obviously not the time to continue questioning him.

The two continued following the goblin.

Time gradually passed.

The surrounding environment also began to change.

The enormous ancient trees that had once been everywhere gradually became fewer, while exposed rocks became increasingly common. Even the dense natural energy in the air slowly weakened, and the complicated network of roots beneath the ground became noticeably thinner.

Erin’s expression gradually turned serious.

"We’re entering goblin territory."

Gabriel nodded. The two increased their distance once again.

Another dozen minutes passed.

The goblin ahead suddenly changed direction. After passing through a patch of extremely dense bushes, it slipped directly between two rocky cliffs.

From outside, there appeared to be almost nothing there.

It was only after Gabriel and Erin reached an ancient tree some distance away that they finally saw the narrow fissure hidden within the shadows of the rocks.

The opening was only three or four meters wide. But if one looked closer, a faint firelight could be seen within.

Two goblin guards soon appeared.

The goblin that had escaped from the battlefield immediately approached them.

After the two sides exchanged a few hurried words, one of the guards visibly changed expression before turning and running deeper into the fissure.

"We are here," Erin said as she came to a halt.

Gabriel did not answer. His gaze simply swept across the opening. He was sensing the presences beneath the ground.

As expected, he sensed dozens inside.

This fissure indeed connected to a sizable underground region.

But just as the two prepared to continue observing, footsteps once again came from inside.

This time, Gabriel’s eyes changed.

Because the figure who emerged was not a goblin.

It was a human.

The man wore a black cloak, with a short sword hanging at his waist. There was nothing particularly distinctive about his face, but when he stepped beyond the area illuminated by the firelight, the silver emblem on his chest was exposed.

It was a chain with an open eye at the center of that chain.

The Chain of Veylor.

Erin’s breathing noticeably deepened for an instant.

Gabriel, however, showed no surprise.

Since this trade route still existed, seeing their people near goblin territory was only natural.

What truly mattered was something else.

Why was this man here?

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