852 Follow the trail


    I had to look twice to make sure that this was indeed the demon energy that I felt before, but I was sure that this was the demon energy that I had felt from the duo.


    It seemed that this was the trail that they had left behind when they hade to this forest before.


    As for why they hade to this forest before…well there was only one reason.


    It was to put the dark crystal that was currently causing the increased monster activity.


    That meant that as long as I followed the trail of demon energy that was left behind, I should be able to find the dark crystal.


    The only thing was I could see that the demon energy trail was leading deep into the forest.


    I didn''t know what the range of the dark crystal was, but it definitely wouldn''t be small. That meant that if we were to follow this trail into the forest, there was no doubt that we would be heading deep into the forest.


    If we headed deep into the forest, it was very likely that we would be surrounded by the monsters that were wandering around.


    In that case, all I would be doing is putting us in danger…


    Still, there was no other way than this.


    If we wanted to take care of the monsters that were wandering around, this was the only way to take care of them.


    Taking a deep breath, I said, "Follow me."


    The others were all surprised when they heard me say this, but they quickly reacted when they saw me walking towards the forest. They didn''t waste any time in pulling out their weapons as we approached the monsters that were there.


    The monsters that were wandering around the edge of the forest were goblins.


    These were the lowest tier of monsters that there could be, but that didn''t mean that they should be looked down on. After all, goblins were monsters that were stronger than normal humans.


    They were even stronger than normal soldiers in the army.


    So these were monsters that needed several soldiers working together to take down.


    However, these elite guards that came with me quickly showed why they were known as elite guards of the kingdom.


    The goblins were surprised to see humans approaching them, but they didn''t panic as they pulled out their weapons. They didn''t think that they would lose in a fight against the humans after all. That was the confidence, or rather theck of intelligence that these goblins had that made them feel that they would win. Even though it was clear by the aura that these elite guards released that they weren''t to be looked down on.


    It only took a single moment for the fight to be over.


    The goblins didn''t stand a chance against these elite guards.


    The goblins had been prepared to sh with these elite guards, but then the elite guards suddenly disappeared. When they reappeared, they were in front of the various goblins with their weaponsing down.


    The goblins just weren''t able to react at all as the weapons cut through their necks.


    Their throats were slit before they realized what even happened.


    As for how these weapons slit the throats of these goblins, that was because all of them were special rune infused weapons made of mithril. As for where they came from…naturally it was the dwarves from my territory who forged them.


    Even before I became the king, I had already been cooperating with the prime minister to provide weapons to the royal family. Those weapons that had been forged and sent went to these royal guards, as well as Shadow Garden.


    Those were the weapons that were currently in the hands of the ones that came with me.


    That was how they easily cut through the thick hides of the goblins.


    Once all of the goblins were taken care of, we were able to easily make our way through the forest.


    I was the only one that was able to see the demonic energy in the first ce, so the only thing that the people around me could do was clear the area around us. Though when it came to the monsters, they at least had some awareness when it came to life and death.


    They could smell the blood of theirrades and could see the corpses that were around them, so they eventually stoppeding at us.


    While the guards were fighting, I had been looking around carefully for the traces of demonic energy attached to the trees around us. Luckily, it didn''t seem like the distance between the demonic energy trail left on the tree was that far. So I was able to see each of the trees marked by the demonic energy in the distance.


    Like this, we headed deeper and deeper into the forest.


    Luckily for us, it didn''t seem like there were any stronger monsters that appeared.


    The entire time, the only thing that we seemed to encounter were goblins.


    These weren''t evolved goblins, but rather the lowest of low goblins that could have been found anywhere.


    It was as if there weren''t any high level goblins in this forest at all.


    This should have been good news, but I couldn''t help feeling that there was something wrong with this…


    After all, just a wave of goblins alone wouldn''t be that threatening…


    Well, they would be threatening to a normal kingdom, but it wasn''t as threatening to a kingdom that had wyverns. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om


    It felt like there was something missing here.


    But there was no time to think too much about it.


    Right now, the most important thing was to find the dark crystal and destroy it before anything else happened. As long as the dark crystal was destroyed, the monsters should stop gathering and slowly disperse on their own.


    So I followed the trail until we reached what seemed to be a clearing, but looking carefully…I could see that this clearing was made from trees being cut down.


    This was the ce.


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