"Crescent Slash!"
Swish!
At this moment, Ethan naturally had no time to care what the two idiots behind him were thinking.
His top priority right now was harvesting mushrooms like crazy. As for whether someone might attack him from behind, he wasn't worried at all.
After all, the Shadow Guard was right on his back.
If, those two wanted to experience what it felt like to be cut in half at the waist and chopped apart, they were welcome to try a sneak attack.
The moment they made any move to attack, the Shadow Guard would be faster than them, and its actions would be more hidden than anyone else's. It could split a person in two directly, without needing any technique or charge-up time.
But as time passed, quite a few Boom Boom Mushrooms on the outer edge had fully matured.
There was no way Ethan could cut down that many Boom Boom Mushrooms by himself.
As he watched, countless red spores were about to fly out from the Boom Boom Mushrooms.
Ethan didn't dare take the risk. He could only hold the instant-cast wand in his left hand and open space gates beneath the Boom Boom Mushrooms that were about to mature, while his right hand continued swinging the God-Slaying Sword to cut down the mushrooms around him.
Countless Level 3 space gates rapidly opened and closed.
As for where those gates led, Ethan still had no idea.
He only knew that farther away was better.
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Meanwhile...
[Deep inside the Goblin Palace]
The Goblin King, who was sitting in a side hall after narrowly escaping a uremia crisis, was breathing heavily as he said, "Hah! Have you figured it out yet? Why did the main hall suddenly start leaking water?"
"My King, we've already sent people to investigate, but there is no standing water or leakage above," A blue-capped goblin guard knelt on one knee and reported, "That strange poisonous water seemed to appear out of nowhere. We can't find where it came from at all."
"Two elders died, and all you can tell me is that you can't find where it came from?", The Goblin King, small in stature with long arms and legs, angrily swept all the scrolls from the table onto the floor and shouted, "Investigate! Keep investigating! If you really can't find where that stuff came from, I'll have Elder take you to test poison!"
"Yes, Your Majesty... What's that?"
The guard had just accepted the order and was about to leave when he suddenly saw a red mushroom appear on the ceiling of the side hall.
With a swish, the guard drew his sword and shouted, "PROTECT THE KING!"
BOOM!
BOOM! BOOM!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
However, just after he shouted those words, countless Boom Boom Mushrooms suddenly appeared throughout the side hall.
Then a mass of red spores drifted out from the mushrooms and immediately began exploding one after another, rapidly detonating everywhere.
BOOM!
BOOM!
The massive noise shook dust loose throughout the side hall.
Some rocks in the ceiling were not sturdy enough and were shaken loose by the explosions, falling down one after another.
A rain of stones suddenly began falling inside the Goblin King's side hall.
This time, the goblin maids inside the hall were so frightened that they held their heads and cried.
The goblin guards also began shouting, "Protect the King!"
"Someone is trying to assassinate the King!"
"Quick!"
In an instant, the entire side hall descended into chaos.
The red spores didn't care whether someone was king or subject. They simply floated around the hall. Soon, several drifted toward the Goblin King.
This immediately left the Goblin King stunned.
He hurriedly pulled out his wand and pointed it at the red spores floating in the air.
"Time Freeze!"
The next second, everything in the side hall seemed to have been paused.
The goblin maids running around were frozen in place.
The goblin guards preparing to draw their swords and protect the king were frozen as well.
Not only them, but also the falling rocks, the drifting spores, and every unmatured Boom Boom Mushroom.
Everything stopped, as though someone had pressed a pause button on time.
The entire world froze in an instant.
"Hah!"
The Goblin King, who had not fought for a long time, finally let out a deep breath after seeing that his time magic was still working.
However, just as he was about to return to his seat, he accidentally brushed against a spore floating in midair.
Then, the next moment.
BOOM!
The Goblin King's backside exploded.
The powerful recoil even launched him into the air like a rocket.
"AAAAAHHH!"
Although goblins possessed powerful space magic, they did not have strong defensive abilities.
After all, they didn't need them
Normally, a single space spell could freeze an enemy in place.
Then the enemy would be at their mercy.
Besides, as the Goblin King, he didn't usually need to go out and fight.
Naturally, there was no need for powerful defensive skills.
But who could have imagined, that he would be bombed and ambushed inside his own palace.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
As the Goblin King rode the spore rocket into the air, he crashed into countless spores above him.
Then the spores exploded one after another in midair.
The Goblin King became like the fuse of a firework, flying upward while explosions followed him all the way.
If Ethan had been here at this moment, he definitely would have sighed and said... Fireworks are really brilliant.
However, as the Goblin King was blasted into the air, the space magic seemed to fail as well.
The goblin guards and goblin maids all started moving again and scattered in every direction.
When the guards rushed over to protect their king, they discovered that the king was gone.
"My King!"
"Your Majesty!"
Everyone looked up and cried out.
Their king was falling rapidly from the air and was about to be smashed into a bloody mess.
Countless guards rushed forward, trying to catch the Goblin King, but they were all one step too late.
Only a goblin elder known for his speed instantly appeared beneath the Goblin King in the blink of an eye.
BOOM!
The Goblin King crashed heavily onto him.
The impact broke all of the goblin elder's ribs, and blood poured from his mouth.
Even so, he smiled and said, "Good thing... I finally caught Your Majesty."
"Elder Swift!"
The Goblin King roared in anger.
But it was already too late.
The moment Elder Swift rushed over, he had already known he was coming to die.
Under such an impact, if he used a shield that was too powerful, it would injure the king.
So he could only catch the king with his own body.
But... that also meant he was doomed to die.
"Your Majesty, you are our..."
Before the goblin elder could finish speaking, he died.
This time, the Goblin King was truly enraged.
Even more furious than when the spores had blasted him into the sky.
He threw back his head and roared, "Everyone retreat to the rear! Go bring the National Preceptor here! I want him to tell me what kind of rat dares cause trouble inside my palace!"