Volume 1 Chapter 50 (1/2)

Chapter 50 — A Chaotic Battle

Translator: SaltyTank

Editor: AyaSnow

The surroundings became dimmer as Soran ventured deeper into the forest, and the sounds of various wild ani around alertly while rass When it noticed the abnormal shadow at Soran's location, it immediately fled out of the forest Due to the lack of humans in the area, there were plenty of wild anie part in supporting such a large population of wild animals There were so many wild rabbits around that they often appeared in the fields in villages

Soran stopped in front of a puddle He knelt down to grab a handful of soil and smelled it

It reeked of blood; the place where the kobolds were staying should be close

Kobolds were timid yet brutal hu from dark rusty brown to black, and a few of them had scales of other colors The scales provided them with soranted theht vision and stubby tails Most of the kobolds wore tattered clothing froe as those were their favorite colors They were about three feet tall and weighed around fifty pounds Kobolds conversed in Draconic Language, but they sounded like puppies barking when doing so Sis—a nestful of them every tis here and there in the wilderness

Even though they were short and small, it would be a er than typical coile beings which had up to 15 Dexterity They also had the special abilities Miner and Trap them the ability to create simple traps such as pitfalls and tripwires With 20 points in Trap from birth, their traps were on par with those made by human hunters Due to their timid nature, they rarely acted alone and usually roamed in packs of three to five They would attack when they outnumbered the enemy by two or three tiive up when their nuoblins in the sense that they would flee when things went awry

One : they ate humans

Soran followed the footprints further into the forest while taking out his enhanced crossbow This time, he opted not to use the poisonous bolts he purchased from the shady shop; the loot would not be able to cover the cost of the bolts if he did Instead, he brought along some normal bolts He also had half a vial of wyvern poison left Just to be safe, he smeared the poison on three bolts and kept them in the quiver; he would only use the allkobolds the most Despite kobolds' low profession level, the rate of the was not low at all Kobolds were faithful believers of the theory that deeons This was because kobolds had soon blood in thee

Better safe than sorry, Soran thought After all, spellcasters were forardless of their levels

There were round Soran stopped in front of a patch of grass which had obviously been tampered with He poked around the area with his sword and quickly found a rope It er for other trap devices, such as rock dropping devices, or it ered it dangling in the air

Back when the gaht it was just like every other game where kobolds were easy prey Plenty of players learned otherwise the hard way

So loud noises ahead, most likely kobolds At least, Soran could hear what sounded like dogs barking Holding his weapon tightly, he slowly and sneakily approached the origin of the noises Kobolds had a greater sense of sood as that of real dogs

Soon, a group of kobolds nu around thirty could be seen Half of them were commoners, while the other half were ar a staff while standing near a large pot; Soran could not be sure if it was a sorcerer or not It was difficult to tell if the eneed and hid it A priest could be fighting in close quarters combat with a staff, then all of a sudden release a divine spell There was no way to tell them apart unless they were dressed and equipped with ite and analyzing the opponentthe pot ooden rods, while others tossed firewood into the fire beneath it Soran could not see clearly what they were cooking, but it was probably a stew of sooblins, beasts, mushrooms, and weeds Kobolds were o They usually hunted beasts and wild animals for food, but they would also eat mushrooms and weed stehen they failed to catch any prey When food was scarce to the point that even mushroootiate with the nearby goblins for a fight; both sides would aim for a draw, and the two parties would each end up with a few corpses from the other side as food The corpses could support the at the pot atering s in anticipation of the food Soran could see chunks of what seeoblinelse after noticing the corpse of a human woman His expression darkened in a split second

Kobolds never attacked villages head on; they only dared to sneak inside and aiht retaliate and kill them They would locate women and children ere alone, then quickly kill the their bodies back to their settleainst thirty kobolds

Soran hid and observed the kobolds froerous they were There were ten kobold warriors, each equipped with either short swords, short spears, or clubs Some wore leather armor as well; as humanoid monsters, kobolds kne to produce leather products On the sides were five kobold archers, each equipped with a shortbow and dagger The shortboere roughly h the shortboere lackluster in terms of power, it would still hurt if a shot landed The commoners had weapons as well, but most of them were either poorly made clubs or thick branches; it would not be a probleed to hit Soran