Chapter 125: Undercurrent (Grayscale picture of Ke’er included~)

“This little punk has quite the cocky personality.” Spat the bearded man.

“Since that’s the case, this humble self will cut to the chase.” Ji Bai sized up the medium-statured man for a few moments before continuing.

“I presume it has already come to your ears that there are goblins within the underground sewer.”

“We’ve heard someone mention it before, but were unable to ascertain it.” Seeing that Ji Bai was planning to give a recount of the incident, the attitude of the medium-statured man instantly turned abnormally strict and serious as he shot a glance at the bearded man spectating them with crossed arms.

“Ugh, seriously… There isn’t any stool around here, what a pain in the ass.” Despite how the bearded man grumbled, he still took out a notebook together with a coal pen and meticulously began to write down Ji Bai’s words.

“So, is sire saying that the presence of goblins in the Border Town’s sewers is a fact?” The medium-statured man slightly knitted his brows.

“Yes, there’s even a considerable number of them.”

“Can you go further in detail?”

“Have you ever seen an ant’s nest before, sire?”

“…” The man fell silent.

As creatures that lived off plundering others, goblins could be found in a wide range of habitats, with caves in the wilderness and abandoned buildings being the most common.

As beings that inhabit the cities, humans had no impression or concept towards such cruel and cunning creatures. That was because goblins were a species that lived too far away from them, making it virtually impossible to encounter them in the wild.

For goblins to appear in the cities’ sewers, and even more so in disastrous numbers, was something extremely extraordinary.

“…Was that what caused the sacrifice of a fellow comrade?” Despite harboring numerous doubts about this incident that seemed like a tale from the Arabian Nights, the man restrained his curiosity and continued to carry out the job he was assigned to.

“No.” Ji Bai shook his head.

“Then what was it?”

“Not just goblins, there were trolls too.”

“Holy sh*t!” The bearded man uncontrollably cussed, as he looked at Ji Bai with a gaze full of disbelief.

“You three were able to return even when you had to face all this!? How did you even survive?”

“Watch your words, Ol’ Gan. These crude words of yours are not only rude but also disrespectful to the dead.” An irrefutable sense of authority radiated from the man’s words.

“Oh…”

“I must apologize. He’s a straightforward person and has always been pretty blunt with his words. I ask for your forgiveness.” Apologized the medium-statured man to Ji Bai.

“Don’t worry.”

“However, even my humble self is pretty curious. How did all of you manage to escape unscathed?”

“With all things considered, it wasn’t a flawless escape. We merely escaped quicker than they could catch us, that’s all.”

“Hey! Say, punk. You couldn’t have possibly used your comrade as bait for you to slip away, did you??” The bearded man, who was responsible for listening and writing down his statements, suddenly raised his head and said in a rough voice.

“Just focus on recording his statements. There’s no need for you to say anything.” Saying which, the medium-statured man silently shot him a glance, leaving the bearded man no choice but to resentfully lower his head and briefly jot down the scenario Ji Bai had described earlier.

“Well then, Mister. May I ask if there’s still any important information or items that you wish to bring to our attention?”

“No.” Ji Bai expressionlessly shrugged.

He didn’t plan to reveal the strange magic formation that had been carved on the stone bridge.

“Why do I feel so perplexed after hearing that? Not only are goblins in there, but trolls as well… Where on earth did those things come from?? Don’t tell me that the sewers have some sort of magical feature to automatically spawn monsters in there?” The bearded guy stroked his chin with a doubtful face.

“…Sounds like we have an extremely troublesome situation on our hands that requires immediate action. Sorry for interrupting you, sire. We should return now to make our report.” The man gestured with a nod of his head and was just about to leave before Ji Bai called out to him.

“Don’t waste your time trying to dispatch forces of the Chivalric Order for this. You’d just go on a wild goose chase.”

“? What do you mean, sire?” The medium-statured man came back to his senses and looked at Ji Bai in astonishment.

“The trolls and the goblins have already been eliminated.”

“What??!”

“D-Did the three of you do this?”

“Do you really think we’d be able to do something like this?” Ji Bai tilted his head.

“…So, what exactly happened?” Solemness covered the medium-statured man’s face.

“A human, no, a being that bore a very close resemblance to a human did it.” Stated Ji Bai indifferently.

“…Can you describe their appearance to us?”

“Mhm… He’s the type that looks pretty handsome. Also, his hair is of a light-blue color.”

“Did you ask him for his name?” Asked the bearded man in puzzlement.

“No.”

“…Is that so? Alright, we’ll report everything as it is to the top. Sorry for the disturbance.”

“Mhm.” Ji Bai didn’t have any intention to urge them to stay and closed the door at once.

Author’s note: (A lot of readers have said that Ji Bai’s character has collapsed…(>﹏<) I recalled mentioning a lot of times in the story that Ji Bai had been incessantly and imperceptibly influenced by the vampire powers. His estrogen secretion has caused him to be a lot more talkable. In truth, he (being silent) was the character he’s had before he was turned into a vampire. Ever since he’d lost his sole source of affection, his temperament had become more reclusive and reserved. Even though his personality has changed a lot now, he would recover the personality he had before when he encountered any battle. This was also the reason why Ji Yue (Ji Bai’s sister) didn’t suspect him that much; It was because his personality was totally different from before.

…Also, I didn’t exactly run out of things to write so that I was forced to add the goblin slayer part into the novel. That sewer transition plot was necessary (>﹏<), and was something I’ve thought about since the beginning. It’s used to expose the foundations that a certain religion had taken the opportunity to establish. As for the goblins… I believe that I’ve borrowed the personality to some extent, but it is only just that (>﹏<) There won’t be any remotely similar plot like those in the future~)