By placing my Spirits inside of my own Shadows, I quickly made my way into the Rock Goblin's Nest. We didn't had any time to waste after all, and I would rather finish everything today as quickly as possible. Because I needed stealth to open the way and kill those around the entrance, I utilized Saphira's special Skills, while bringing her with me.
The Skills I utilized were pretty much every single Skill that I acquired from her through [Spirit Link], which were [Stealth: Lv6], [Camouflage: Lv5], [Invisibility: Lv3], and [Spectral Body: Lv5]. With all of these effects combined together, I became completely undetectable for most monsters, D Rank monsters included.
They had to have very sharp eyes or senses of smell to find something, but because they're dumb Rock Goblins, which seem slow and only rely on their Earth Magic and defenses to fight, they didn't detected me at all.
We infiltrated the entrance with ease, as I quickly used the [Abyssal Blood Sucking Vines] Skill to capture the several goblins at the entrance, and incapacitate them silencing them in the process and leaving them half-dead for everyone else to take down for easy EXP.
As I made my way inside the cave, I looked around. There were over twelve Goblins in here, and all of them were wandering around, talking, eating, or simply staying still and doing nothing. This entire cave structure seemed quite refined though, not roughly made at all, most likely due to their Earth Magic.
"Master should we kill them all?" Wondered Hendrick.
"No, weaken them and incapacitate them using your Poison Skills. Saphira, you also do the same using your Phantom Magic." I told the two.
"Very well." Said Hendrick.
"Okay papa!" Saphira agreed quickly.
"Well then, let's begin!" I said with a smile.
Hendrick and Saphira combined their skills, as they conjured a combined Spirit Technique by fusing poisonous gases with phantasmal energy.
"[Spirit Technique]: {Poisonous Hallucination Ghost Parade}!"
Purple-colored poisonous gases merged with phantasmal essence, as they created a temporary legion of ghost which quickly began wandering around. because they were semi-transparent, the Rock Goblins were unable to detect them at first hand, which allowed us to quickly infilter deeper and deeper into the cave.
"Gryakhu… Cough… Agh…?"
"Gakkuh! Gykyeeehh…!"
Of course, relying on the two of them wasn't going to be everything. I quickly brought out two Familiar Cards from my Grimoire and summoned two Colorful Walking Mushrooms. The poison they made is strong and all, but it will be strengthened and complemented even more with these guys.
[Name]: [Spore (Awakened)]
[Type]: [Plant] [Illusion]
[Race]: [Dark Trickster Mushroom]
[Health Points]: [60/60] (+450)
[Strength]: [50] (+250)
[Agility]: [100] (+600)
[Vitality]: [60] (+250)
[Intelligence]: [130] (+600)
[Dexterity]: [80] (+450)
[Buff]: [+40 Intelligence] [+50 Agility]
[Skill]: [Poisonous Spore++] [Poison Fog++] [Mind-scrambling Smoke++]
And of course, it was my old friend, Spore. I am sure he would had worked even without the boosts, but the boosts were there for his Skills as well, and now they're so fast that even by not making them invisible, the slow Rock Goblins will never be able to catch them.
"Now, use all your Skills and spread them everywhere! Make sure they don't affect my allies." I told them.
The two quickly began wandering everywhere. So fast and speedy the Rock Goblins were incapable of catching them, their spores quickly began making them paralyzed, poisoned, and their minds were going insane as well.
The Rock Goblins started groaning in agony, some started falling into the ground, others ordered a few of them to follow the mushrooms around, but everything was total chaos after a few seconds.
"Hello your majesty."
I arrived at the Rock Goblin King's room in less than five minutes, with Eleanora, Hendrick, and Saphira's assistance, any goblin that got in the way was swiftly taken down. They might have been D Rank but quite honestly, our blows were so potent that a good attack in their neck or unprotected areas was lethal to them.
However, the King was probably stronger, right? I mean, it was a Boss-type Monster with D+++ Rank. So I hope it can bring a good challenge.
The King was bigger than I imagined, and burlier as well. It resembled more like an Orc, and it had a natural armor of rocks all around his body. He immediately responded to my words furiously.
His five guards panicked after seeing me, though after smelling the enormous mix of poisonous fogs spread everywhere, including poisonous fog ghosts made by Hendrick and Saphira, they quickly fell into their knees, hallucinating and poisoned at the same time.
"GRAKKH…?!" The green skinned giant, of around four meters of height quickly stood up. His entire body beginning to emanate a powerful Aura of Mana.
"Oh You think we'll be fighting alone? Actually, I am in a hurry." I said with a smile, quickly bringing out Eleanora, Hendrick, and Saphira out of my shadow. "Let's end this quickly."
All three of them jumped at incredibly fast speeds. The Rock Goblin King was unable to detect their presences at all, but he reinforced his rock armor around his body, while shielding himself from their magical spells and weapon techniques.
"[Ninjutsu]: {Shadow Clone Jutsu}!"
FLASH! FLASH! FLASH! FLASH!
Eleanora divided herself into several Shadow Clones and then unleashed a barrage of attacks with Shadow Shuriken and Sharp Blood Spears summoned from her hands.
CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLAAASH!
"Not enough, huh? You're quite the resilient man."
Eleanora smiled evilly, summoning her Spear, Envy, which had received a similar evolution and improvement than my Gluttony, as she imbued it with her Spiritual Powers, Darkness and Blood Auras overflowed from within it.
"[Vampiric Blood Spear Arts]: {Crimson Rose Garden}!"
The Rock Goblin King's surroundings changed, as everything suddenly turned into a beautiful, yet dangerous garden of red roses. Eleanora's blows reached his back and head, unleashing a piercing barrage of attacks that unleashed rose petals everywhere.
CLASH! CLASH! CLAAASH!