Can you withstand the power of this sword strike, which has been used twice in the game?

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At this moment, everyone suddenly realized that the other three members of the "Saintess Squad" were not present; only An Yi had come.

After a long and tiring journey, An Yi told them all to go and rest, and then came to hold the meeting herself.

"Okay." Eddie suddenly realized that the Saintess Squad needed to rest for a while.

Even if you're in a hurry, you can't rush it.

Not getting enough rest will only make things worse.

but……

"Perhaps the prisoner is already dead..."

This wasn't a negative thought, but rather because she was too familiar with goblins.

When rescuers arrive at the scene, in 99% of cases they will find a gruesome corpse.

In one percent of cases, the victim is still clinging to life, but even if taken back, they won't survive.

In the past, Eddie would only make one decision—

I'm not going to save him.

Rushing over there might only lead to an ambush by goblins. It's better to wait until the goblins leave and they get bored before collecting their corpses.

But this time is different.

5 This time, the opponent is a "talking goblin".

So what if?

Are 61,000 victims still alive?

If I go myself, is there a chance to save the other person's life?

Because it was the first time San had encountered this situation, she thought about it a lot.

However... if An Yi knew what she was thinking, she would definitely deny it calmly.

Captured prisoners must die.

There is no chance of survival.

Because rescuers can't get there, keeping the living people is useless to them.

It's best if they arrive; if they don't, so be it. Whether someone is dead or alive has no direct causal relationship with whether the other party will come.

Whether or not rescuers go depends on whether they know whether the prisoners are dead or not.

Once captured by a goblin, their life or death is entirely in the goblin's hands. Those who come to rescue them have no way of knowing the goblin's situation, so they will most likely attempt to rescue them.

There is also a high probability that the body will be "saved".

They even risked their own lives.

Therefore... An Yi's actions this time are completely illogical according to his common sense.

In his opinion, there's no need to go at all; leveling up is the priority.

However, he had another purpose in proposing the "rescue" this time.

The one who can talk isn't a goblin centurion; that's just a brute stronger than a goblin centurion.

At the Goblin Champion level, goblins undergo further evolution and gain the ability to speak human language.

The Goblin Champion is a level 6 demon.

This is also the type of demon that the Saintess Squad can reliably defeat at present.

In short, he went to kill the Goblin Champion.

Killing the Goblin Champion is a powerful deterrent to the Goblin Empire, giving the heroes more time.

Whether it's getting used to each other or waiting for other heroes to come and support us, we'll have more time.

Of course, it would be best if the enemy was scared off and dared not send troops.

Because there are only 32 Goblin Champions in the entire Goblin Empire.

Each Goblin Champion is the strongest evolved Goblin Centurion, having experienced countless fierce battles within their tribe, and is a precious powerhouse in the Goblin Empire.

If there were a stronger enemy in the human cities, they really couldn't afford to lose.

After all the heroes had left, An Yi was about to go back to her room to rest.

As he walked down the street, he saw Eddie in the hallway, leaning against the windowsill, staring blankly outside.

As An Yi passed by her, she spoke softly:

"It's not time to die yet."

"...!"

Eddie was startled, but quickly calmed himself down and turned to look at Annie.

"what are you saying?"

“The goblins are far from being killed; it’s not time for them to die yet.” An Yi stopped walking, without turning around to look at her.

Eddie fell silent and turned his gaze to the window.

What a perceptive man.

Even though they had just met, he sensed her suicidal intent.

Yes, she was thinking;

If this is a trick by the goblins, then I might as well die at their hands.

Because... she discovered it.

I found myself becoming numb to the idea of ​​goblin extermination.

No longer so grief-stricken, no longer so hateful, acting almost instinctively.

She still remembers the indescribable joy she felt when she killed her first goblin.

That was the beginning of her search for revenge; she finally had the ability to avenge her family.

Ten, twenty, fifty, one hundred goblins—she gained the skill to kill goblins proficiently, but her hatred did not diminish in the slightest.

Every time she kills a goblin, she carves a mark on the wall and then thinks about how to kill more goblins.

Five hundred, a thousand, and more and more marks appeared on the wall. Eddie even killed the big goblin with the help of other witchers.

She still remembers the feeling of exhaustion yet excitement she experienced at that time.

but……

She didn't know when it started, but her hatred and anger gradually faded away.

Goblin extermination became her specialty, and she continued to exterminate goblins in various places.

Gradually, it seemed as if he had lost everything, and was only acting to fight goblins.

All the fear, the grief, the excitement and madness of avenging a great enemy vanished.

She became numb.

This is an undeniable fact.

Eddie continued his relentless goblin-hunting campaign despite this numbness; it wasn't that he was tired of it, nor that he didn't want to do it anymore.

She just didn't know what else she wanted to do besides killing goblins day after day.

Goblins? Let's go then.

She will fight back.

No matter how much.

It would be nice to spend a lifetime minimizing the harm caused by goblins.

Can……

Everything changed after I acquired the Hero System.

Those goblins that once required risking one's life to deal with are now as fragile as ants, easily killed by oneself.

She stopped considering any extra tactics and simply smashed her axe into the goblin's head. Her speed and strength became incredible, and the goblin's attacks were as harmless as tickling her.

She changed; she became incredibly strong!

She can kill in a day what used to take a month to hunt goblins!

However, her numbness remained unchanged.

Kill goblins? Then let's kill them.

The same things I did before.

Why can't I feel happy?

Mom, sister, look! I've become so strong! I can now kill a thousand or ten thousand of those monsters that killed you every day!

I……

Shouldn't I be happy?

Yes, this numb woman is not her.

She should be even happier about her own strength.

Eddie began to find himself unable to accept who he was now.

She should be the way she "should" be, not this numb and indifferent machine she is now.

Eddie discovered that he was no longer himself at all.

and so……

She wanted to die.

Let this numb self burn out its last breath, to die like a hero in the battle to save others.

If she were to die like this, she could hold her head high in heaven and proudly tell her mother and sister;

I've avenged you!