71 The Goblin Queen In The Goblin Trap (1/2)

”You made out!?!” Natalia screamed, almost breaking her poker face.

”Heavens no! I said we made up!” Haley immediately retorted, her face even redder than before.

”Oh, sorry, I misheard…” Natalia said in an apologetic tone, scratching her right cheek.

”Oh! Natalia! I have something to tell you! Moby here got an ability randomly from a cave in the forest! He is now the second strongest person on the team! The teams were supposed to be balanced but now ours clearly has an edge over the competition! Even though we are missing a member! That weak slut was useless anyways! To be honest I even forgot her name!” Haley said with a loud laugh.

”First of all! Neia was a very important part of the team! And second, Moby has an ability!?! Please explain!!” Natalia said in an extremely surprised tone that seemed completely out of character.

At that moment, Moby had a lot to say. But, he fought the urge and calmly held everything inside.

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10 minutes later…

”I see… I think I have a better grasp of the situation… sure everything turned out fine by the end but, I can't say I agree with your methods!”

”Why did you let Moby keep watch all night!? You should have switched every few hours! Even if this all ended well and Moby luckily got the ability and survived. What he did was a 1 in a million thing. Without it, he would have easily died! I don't know what I would do if I lost him!” Natalia said with clear passion and concern in her voice.

”Uh, I mean another teammate! Not ”him” ” Natalia added, immediately and nervously correcting herself.

”Yes… I understand… I'm so sorry… It was my idea for him to keep watch as he was the weakest and would be useless in a fight. If our useful fighters are tired, then we would have a worse chance of survival.” Haley nervously explained.

”I understand your point of view. But, you need to realize that we are all people with feelings. Don't just go around treating everyone like they are worthless and as a bother!” Natalia explained.

'You should probably take your own advice.' Moby thought, scoffing at her comment.

”Moby, I am really happy that you now have an ability! But don't get reckless just because you are now a lot stronger! You are still much weaker than I am! You can count on me to lead and keep you safe!” Natalia said with a smile.

”Yes! Of course team leader! I will take those words to heart!” Moby replied.

'Am I going crazy!? Or is Moby even hotter now than before!? Is it because I haven't seen him in a long time? Am I just imagining things and he always looked like this!?' Is what Natalia was thinking about during her entire conversation with Moby. That and how she plans to get rid of Haley.

None of his other teammates noticed anything different about Moby as they did not pay much if not any attention to him or his appearance before. This also included Haley.

”This bear monster also looks pretty impressive! I think I saw that it was a C rank when I was looking at the bestiary! Nice catch! That's an easy 125 points!” Natalia said, pulling out her magic rod and teleporting the beast away.

”Anyways, I want to see all this evidence you've been talking about, including that strong Lycan, it might be worth a lot of points!”

”I'm going to go exploring the forest to see if I can find the battlefield and scout around for any monster in the area. It shouldn't take too long! In the meantime, you guys call Travis and Jay and tell them to get ready and wait with you guys until my arrival!” Natalia said, jumping into the dark forest.

”Hey! Natalia! Don't you need a flashlight! It's still really dark outside! I'm scared that you would get lost!” Haley asked with evident concern in her voice.

”It's fine! My armour gives me night vision! It won't be a problem at all!” Natalia replied before completely disappearing into the forest.

”While you go wake up the guys, I'm going to do my daily exercise. Sorry, at this point it's a habit I can't get rid of,” Moby casually said before running into the forest.

”Sure thing! You can count on me!” Haley cheerfully replied.

'Such a hard worker!' She thought, looking at the sprinting Moby in the distance.