Green Monster Epic

Chapter 416: Shisheng's Crisis

"Action!!!"

Outside Green Lake Town, several figures were secretly hidden in the shadows, constantly peering at this prosperous and peaceful town.

Inside and outside the town, in addition to the uneven figures of the goblins, there were also faces of many other races, creating a harmonious scene.

The figures, who had been secretly peeping for a long time, confirmed that they had understood the patrol and handover rules of the town's defensive forces.

With a low hum from the leader, the five figures slowly blurred until they disappeared.

"Ah!!!"

Soon after, a shrill scream rang out from the town, followed by the alarm bell on the mountaintop square and the horns of the two watchtowers in the north and south corners, almost sounding one after another.

The gates of Green Lake Town closed, and the residents who had been acting peacefully quickly returned to their homes, closing their doors.

Countless adult male goblins hurriedly put on armor while carrying weapons, looking for the nearest teammates to join up.

In a short period of time, a sound of clashing metal rose in the town.

"What's the situation??"

Shisheng was no longer naive; the middle-aged goblin's face was slightly stern, and his deep voice revealed a strong leader's aura as he inquired.

"Several assassins appeared in the town. Headman Mali was assassinated and killed, and three other clansmen died."

"We are now asking from house to house to see if any other clansmen are injured."

With the growth and development of the Green Field Tribe, their behavior became more and more standardized.

Although the incident was sudden, the town's professional defense forces reacted quickly and soon grasped the general situation.

"Assassins?"

Shisheng frowned, constantly thinking about how to break the situation.

After a brief silence, when he looked up again, his deep eyes already showed determination.

"Pay attention to protecting the town's public treasury and important strongholds, and take a team to protect the tribe chief's partner!!!"

"Send someone to ask the spellcasters of the Oak Leaf Church for help to investigate the assassins in the town, and also send someone to inform Master Eric and the others."

"Yes!"

Fully armed bear goblin warriors ran out with a team of people.

Shisheng's office room also did not reveal any flaws.

Several shield warriors holding heavy shields vigilantly guarded around Shisheng, protecting his safety.

Before long, a gap slowly appeared in the town's gate, and then a team of Oak Church clergy members wearing priest robes, along with several other humans, entered the grim town and went straight to the mountaintop.

Natural magic condensed in the sky above the town, and wisps of raindrops with magical aura slowly filled the entire town.

On the ground, eel-like protrusions shuttled back and forth, bypassing the goblins in the town and searching for their prey.

"Found them!!!"

A priest who was concentrating on sensing the magical feedback shouted, and at the same time, in a remote place in the northeast corner, several vines suddenly drilled out of the ground, directly wrapping around a dark corner that seemed empty.

Puff, puff!!

Two ghostly lights flashed, and the vines broke in response, but also because of this attack, the assassin hidden in the shadow plane was forced to show his figure.

Just as he tried to leave, a team of goblin warriors closest to him strode forward and chased after him, the sound of clashing metal echoing in the town.

At the top of the mountain, Shisheng, protected by a team of guards, came out and looked down at the occasional sounds of fighting and shouting in the town, his eyes shining with concern but remaining calm.

Beside him, Eric, a human warrior wearing gray-brown chain armor, stood with his hands behind his back, a long sword hanging at his waist, facing Shisheng, also paying attention to the movements below the mountain.

This small scene did not require Eric to intervene.

After all, the strength of the Green Field Tribe was something that no human living in Green Lake Town knew better than Eric.

However, also because he settled in the town and his constantly improving ideas were spreading among the tens of thousands of goblins in the town, after Shisheng sent someone to communicate with him, Eric could not stand idly by and watch the show.

Instead, he brought several human companions into the town, making a gesture of advancing and retreating together with the goblins.

"Hmm??"

Suddenly, in Eric's unfolded domain, it seemed that something more appeared.

Without showing any signs, his right hand was already on the hilt of his sword.

As the invisible thing got closer and closer to their location, until it entered his attack range, Eric's long sword turned into lightning and slashed fiercely into a certain space behind him.

Clang!!

The long sword suddenly stopped in mid-air, and a figure wearing a strange mask appeared less than 4-5 meters away from Shisheng.

At the same time as the other party's figure was revealed, two scrolls had already fallen towards Shisheng's position with the other party's movements.

A strong magical aura rose, and two powerful magics were slowly taking shape.

The shield warriors guarding Shisheng raised their heavy shields one after another, trying to completely protect Shisheng, but the speed of magic formation above their heads far exceeded their movements, and it seemed that it would bring some trouble to Shisheng.

"Hmph!!"

Eric, who had discovered the assassin's trail in advance, was full of fighting spirit.

Seeing this scene, he snorted lightly, and a gray-brown halo rose from under his feet.

As the halo expanded outward, the two magics that were about to fall on Shisheng's head slowly dissipated before everyone's eyes, until two discarded scrolls fell on the ground, and everything seemed as if nothing had happened.

"…Legendary domain?"

The assassin's eyes were solemn, and a voice with a metallic texture sounded, full of surprise.

Wasn't it said that there was only one legend in this Green Field Tribe?

Then what was going on with this human in front of him?

A murderous intent flashed in the assassin's eyes, and his figure directly turned into a bubble in Eric's lightning-fast sweep, and Eric immediately lost track of the other party.

Sensing something was wrong, Eric immediately used his domain perception to the extreme, and soon he sensed the other party's traces of existence.

"Town Chief Shisheng, be careful behind you!!"

Eric was a little far away from the sudden advance.

After sensing the enemy's position, he didn't have time to return to defense, so he could only send out a warning signal to remind the target of the assassin's attack to be careful.

Shisheng had actually been prepared for a long time.

Although he had given up the breakthrough of his war profession many years ago in order to manage Green Lake Town, he was still an outstanding warrior in the tribe in his early years, and now he was also a high-level warrior of the 13th-level Berserker.

At the same time as Eric shouted, Shisheng unhesitatingly activated the Fury skill, and a heavy sword slashed horizontally with his backhand, cooperating with the movements of his shield warrior companions, using offense as defense, and directly collided with the assassin's assassination action.

A gust of wind swept through the square. Under the assassin's pair of curved blades, Shi Sheng and the two shield warriors transformed into rolling stones, constantly tumbling across the open square, stirring up a cloud of dust. As they regained their footing, their opponent's ghostly figure was already less than a foot away from Shi Sheng. Two beams of cold light intersected like scissors, stabbing towards Shi Sheng's neck, displaying a fierce aura that threatened to sever his head.

Thud!

Clang!

Shi Sheng, who had just steadied himself, was sent flying once more. Replacing him was an Earth Goblin warrior who had executed a shield assist technique, raising his shield with both hands to intercept the two curved blades.

Crack!!

Pfft!!

The shield warrior's arms twisted and fell, and he could no longer hold onto his shield, which dropped to the ground. The curved blades flashed past the opening he left behind, bringing with them streaks of blood as they lunged towards Shi Sheng once more.

"Damn it!!"

Eric arrived belatedly, his lithe figure weaving a brilliant sword flower that enveloped the assassin's body.

In the distance, countless warriors from the Green Wilderness Tribe noticed the battle on the mountaintop. Countless heavy footsteps climbed upwards, and several spellcasters held shimmering lights in their hands, as dazzling magic flew through the air.

The assassin slashed with his right hand, blocking Eric's sword attack. Although in the midst of battle, his gaze wasn't solely focused on his opponent. Upon realizing that Shi Sheng was once again surrounded by several shield warriors and berserker warriors, he knew that the assassination had failed. Using the force from Eric's sword, he leaped back out of the square, then shifted and moved, dodging several javelins and arrows, and quickly fled down the mountain.

"Don't chase him!!"

Klee, the current commander of the defense force and a high-level peak berserker, raised his hand to stop the surrounding warriors from pursuing.

In the brief exchange, everyone had already realized that the assassin on the mountaintop possessed strength at least at the Legend level, and they were clearly not a match for him with just one or two squads. Therefore, chasing him would be futile; it was enough to repel him. Of course, there were still several figures chasing behind him. Besides the human Eric, there were also Bush, Shusheng, and several other warriors with high-level peak strength. It was enough to have them give chase.

"Are you alright?"

Klee turned back and asked Shi Sheng, who looked somewhat disheveled, with concern.

Shi Sheng brushed the dust off his body and gave Klee a dry smile. Facing the edge of a Legend assassin's blade was indeed a close call. If it weren't for two companions helping him share most of the force, he would have lost half his life.

"I'm fine. Have the assassins in the town been caught?"

"Don't worry, Gou Sheng and Jay are responsible for capturing and killing them, there won't be any problems."

Klee nodded slightly, then solemnly instructed: "That powerful assassin before, his target was you. In the coming days, I will arrange for more guards to protect you, and you yourself should be careful."

"Try not to leave your office area. If there's really something, send someone to call the person in charge to handle it…"

"Okay, I know."

Although Shi Sheng didn't like being guarded at all times, he knew that now wasn't the time to argue about it. He nodded solemnly, agreeing to Klee's arrangement.

Eric and the others who went to chase the fleeing assassin quickly returned. Judging by their expressions, Klee and Shi Sheng roughly guessed that the powerful assassin had probably escaped. Bush, Shusheng, and the others looked resentful, and at the same time, they looked at Shi Sheng with some worry. Over the years, everyone had long been accustomed to Shi Sheng's leadership and didn't want him to die in front of them like that.

"Should we send someone to report to the clan leader?"

Tom, the clan's strategist, didn't show up during the battle. Instead, he hid in his family's thick and sturdy stone building, carefully guarding against assassination. He understood very well that with his current strength of only a level 12 mid-tier warrior, going out to fight wouldn't be of much use. It would be good enough if he didn't cause trouble for others. Anyway, his strength had never been in combat.

"Judging by the assassin's strength, he's probably the guy who assassinated the clan leader at the quarry a few days ago."

"There's no need, right? Now that the other party's assassination has failed and they've tested our town's strength, they probably won't take action again."

Shi Sheng's gaze turned to the human Legend Eric, who was communicating with several other humans nearby. After pondering for a moment, he replied.

Eric had found his path to Legend thirty years ago and quietly advanced to the Legend level sixteen years ago. However, because the surrounding major forces focused their attention on Allen's tribe, and Eric himself was detached from the Green Wilderness Tribe, except for spreading his beliefs, he rarely interfered in the affairs of Green Lake Town. His low-key life and lack of opportunities to show his strength also made it impossible for others to notice his abilities.

This was also why, after Allen was attacked before, he didn't rush back to the tribe except for sending news to the town through Linus at the quarry. With Eric stationed there, and with the clergy members of the Oak Church assisting, plus the tribe's powerful army and elite warriors, even with Allen's current strength, he wouldn't dare to challenge the Green Wilderness Tribe without him stationed there.

Since Eric resided in the Green Wilderness Tribe and preached among the goblins, then in return, he shouldered the task of protecting the Green Wilderness Tribe from attacks by outsiders. Therefore, when Allen came to him after Eric advanced to Legend and raised this request, Eric agreed without the slightest hesitation.

Not long after the sudden attack, life in Green Lake Town returned to normal. Nowadays, more and more foreigners were coming and going in Green Lake Town. As the reputation of the Green Wilderness Tribe's cuisine spread, countless gluttons who were fond of delicious food came to pilgrimage, which also brought a lot of business opportunities to Green Lake Town.

More than half a month later, in the third-floor space of the Mansha City Assassin's Guild, a figure who came to inquire about the progress of a posted mission was greatly surprised and exclaimed after hearing a few brief reports from the administrator: "What did you say? There's another Legend?"

"That's impossible!!!"

Regardless of whether the other party believed it or not, the administrator closed his mouth after stating the facts, allowing the other party's gaffe to be revealed in the somewhat empty underground space, attracting the peeping gazes of several members.

Seeming to realize his gaffe, the figure immediately closed his mouth, then leaned close to the administrator's ear and said softly: "I want to withdraw the posted mission."

"Okay, the fees will be deducted from the mission reward you gave earlier, or will you pay separately?"

The administrator spread his hands indifferently, picked up a register, and began to handle the mission withdrawal.

"Deduct it from the reward."

The masked man said impatiently, with some anxiety in his eyes.

Half a day later, a figure riding a mount rushed directly out of the north gate of Mansha City and disappeared into the long trade route.

At this time, Allen was still in the Muir Fortress, summarizing the information collected from all directions, with a posture of vowing to find the mastermind behind his assassination.

Then, more than half a month later, a team of halfling goblin merchants entered the Muir Fortress, and late at night, Allen welcomed a stranger.