Temur set a fast punishing pace with the goblin at the front while Dile put a short rope around its neck like a walking dog. After witnessing the way they killed the whole tribe without issue, the goblin made no fuss and led us obediently.
"Aren't we there yet?" Litha demanded again for the twelfth time that day. She wiped sweat and blood from her face and grimaced. "I don't like this. What if the main goblin tribe is closer to the castle?"
I nodded along with her. She has a point. For the last three days, we have been walking in the zone, and I knew we were getting closer to the center. That itself wasn't a bad thing, but it meant the monsters we were encountering were getting more and more powerful and dangerous.
Temur grunted as he tore the exoskeleton of an insect monster that looked like a cross between a cricket and a dog. He fished in and brought out a dull brown monster core. "Then we finish off the goblin and head towards the castle."
