23 Den For Den (2/2)
Leo then took out the torch from the handle, and the trio went out of the room. They continued walking on the main path of the cave.
”Hey, what do you think that room was?” Leo asked suddenly.
”Hmm, maybe it was a sleeping room or something? Either way, I don't think that there are that many goblins left in this dungeon. I don't know how many we killed there, but it gotta be more than a couple of dozen. I got to level 7 and more than halfway to 8 just from them,” Ryan answered.
”Lucky you guys, I just got to level 6 from the hob,” Leo pouted.
Hearing him depressed, Shesmu couldn't help but intervene, ”Don't worry Leo. On the road to the tower, I'll let you have the last hits until you reach our level. We can't leave you trailing behind for too long.”
When Leo listened to Shesmu's suggestion, he couldn't help but look and feel guilty, ”you don't need to do that, man. I don't want to drag you guys down.”
”You won't drag us down, don't worry. But you will drag us down if you don't get to our level by the time we reach the tower and there is some challenge there or something. It's better this way,” Shesmu argued.
”If you say so. Well, I'll be in your care,” Leo concluded.
The party then continued its journey until, suddenly, they saw a source of light deep into the cave. As the trio kept moving, the light grew closer and more apparent. In this part of the cave, there were torches on both sides of the cave illuminating the road.
No longer needing another source of light, Leo turned off the torch and put it in his inventory. Moments after, Shesmu heard step sounds. Thinking it might be his own steps, he stopped and so did his teammates.
”What's going on, is there something in front of us?” asked Leo.
”I think I heard stepping sounds,” Shesmu answered.
”I heard them too, three monsters are ahead of us,” added Ryan.
Hearing Ryan's guess, Shesmu couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. That's… an accurate judgment. Too accurate.
Shesmu didn't have the time to be lost on his thoughts, as the stepping sounds grew closer. The noise became clearer and louder until finally, the perpetrators showed themselves.
Three monsters appeared, and when the party inspected them, both Ryan and Leo were shocked.
Hobgoblin(Elite) Lv 7
Hp: 1000/1000
Hobgoblin(Elite) Lv 8
Hp: 1200/1200
Hobgoblin(Elite) Lv 7
Hp: 1100/1100