277 Chapter 276 (1/2)
Despite their caution, Leon and Darya didn't see a single goblin inside the dungeon. However, they found one hundred goblin shamans around the purple crystal... as if they were waiting for something. They observed the situation for a few hours, but nothing happened.
”What do you think they are doing?” Darya asked.
”Considering that they are living in this world... those goblin shamans are probably guarding the crystal in case something comes from their world to this one.” Leon answered. ”They fled from their world because of something, and they are afraid of that something.”
Possibly, it was a predator of their world, or perhaps an invader like the harvesters. Since Leon could use the purple crystals of that world, then, invaders could also travel between worlds using the crystal of other worlds…
”Shouldn't we make some preparations?” Darya asked. ” I don't think the entire population of a world could fit in a small area around a dungeon. Most likely, the goblins almost went extinct of their world, and that is why they fled to this one.”
”… I think Mana Armor will be enough to keep us alive,” Leon answered. ”If anything happens, we just have to touch the crystal as soon as we appear on the other side.”
Before heading to the other side, Leon and Darya cleared the path. The power of mithril weapons was absolute... in ten seconds Leon and Darya killed all the goblin shamans. That only made Leon more sure that those creatures only had those skills because they received them. Otherwise, they should have at least one skill like Mana Armor.
”Come to think of it... that shadowy figure said that he granted skills to Donan... is he a spirit too?”
Leon shook those thoughts out of his head, that probably wasn't the case. That creature has similar powers... but then again, the only information Leon could see when used Appraisal was that that thing had the property 'Shadow'. It was weird to use his game knowledge, but it was clear that shadow was one of the elements...
”So many questions and so few answers...”
In the end, Leon concluded that the shadowy figure wasn't a spirit. Even though spirits could make pacts with sentient beings, the goblins were different from the liches. The goblins weren't slaves of anything, and they were living in that world without some shady goals, after all.
After picking the magic items of the goblin shamans, Leon and Darya touched the purple crystal. Half a second later, they saw themselves in a wasteland. The place made Leon recall of the slimes' world… soon, Leon understood was also a world that was being plagued by creatures that devoured anything that has mana. However, unlike slimes, those creatures were far more grotesques.
Devourer
Health: 10000/10000
Mana: 10000/10000