[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-black-online":3,"chapter-black-online-black-online-chapter-264":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Black Online",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1462537,1913,"Chapter 264: Ice Goblin Wizards","black-online-chapter-264",264,"\u003Cp>A small village. Built right inside the cave. It was smaller than the Winter Village but still an impressive creation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It shouldn’t be possible to build something of this size in just a few days. It was creation that should take years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What in the world...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Players whispered in shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that moment, they saw the goblins. So many of them. Moving about in the streets of the village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blacksmith’s houses were blowing smoke. Weapons after weapons were shipped out. It was like they were preparing for something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’This feels like they’re preparing for a war.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Raon thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How long have they actually been here?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A player asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the same question as Raon had.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I might know what this is.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, a girl said, and the players glanced at her briefly, as they were wondering what she meant by that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Raon raised an eyebrow, curious about what she might know.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This might be the place where the locals of the floor were living before the Winter Village. I am not sure if some of you know, but they weren’t originally from the Winter Village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Before the Age of Players, hundreds of years ago, the second floor wasn’t actually covered in the snow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It was a vibrant forest floor with monstrous beasts roaming the floor, and because of that, the locals had to stay inside the mountains for their own safety.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If they went outside, they would certainly be eaten by those monstrous beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"However, a few hundred years ago, a long winter came that brought deadly snowstorms that wiped out all the monstrous beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Once the long winter was over, the whole floor was covered in the snow, and the average temperature had dropped drastically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The locals then moved out of the mountains and created the Winter Village, since they didn’t need to worry about the monstrous beasts anymore.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How do you know all of this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Raon asked angrily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am interested in the history of the tower. Every floor has its long history and lore. It is really interesting stuff.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back in the real world, she was also kind of an history nerd, and she brought that obsession with her here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That does make sense. It wouldn’t be possible for the size of this village to be built in a short time, and honestly, I don’t think the Ice Goblins have the capabilities of creating this place.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Raon said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Then, what are we going to do now? There are a lot of Ice Goblins down there.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A player asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was indeed a lot of Ice Goblins. Everywhere they looked. It was now their turn to be heavily undermanned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Raon looked inside the spacious village-inside-the-mountain and saw that there were four exits out of the place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it was only one, he already knew what they would be doing, but since there were other exits, it made things more complicated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We’ll split into teams of four. Each team goes to a different exit. In all teams, there should be Helpers, Tanks, and Warriors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We, the Mages, are going to cause a fire. We’ll shoot Fireballs from where we are, lighting up those wooden structures, and we’ll burn the Ice Goblins to a crisp.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Raon said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What are we going to do?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rangers asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You guys will kill the Ice Goblin Wizards. They will use their magic to kill off the flames, and your job is to stop them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Raon said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What about us?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Assassins asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ice Goblins will attack all four exits, and they might be doing the strategy of focusing all their attacking effort into one exit specifically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If they do that, you guys will go support them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If that doesn’t happen, attack wherever you want. Cause some chaos. Be careful, and do not get surrounded by the Ice Goblins.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Raon said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Assassins nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Once we’ve caused the fire, we Mages will keep attacking from afar, focusing on large-area damage.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Raon said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mages nodded their heads, and they summoned their grimoires, staffs, and wands from wherever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Split into four teams.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Raon said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the tunnel, the players slowly went into four different teams—evenly distributed—with each team having an equal number of Helpers, Tanks, and Warriors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of the low amount of Helpers, there was basically only one Helper in each team, but there was one extra, so she stayed with Raon’s team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Go.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Raon said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three teams ran out of the tunnel, ran around the outskirts, avoided the village like the plague, and ran for the exits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A short while later, the teams had taken their posts, and the Ice Goblins still haven’t discovered them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let’s do this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Raon said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that moment, he and the other Mages cast a Fireballs, and then hurled them across the air as if they were flaming balls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ice Goblins couldn’t avoid the sight of the Fireballs, even by accident, and they just stared as those Fireballs flew, and crashed into their buildings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM~! The wooden structures caught fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Gurakah! Cerek!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ice Goblins roared, and ran for the well to get some water buckets and water, but then, arrows flew through their brains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the Ice Goblins dying one by one, the other goblins noticed it and looked where the arrows came from.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that moment, they noticed the players—not just a few of them, but a lot over at the entrances.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"ROAR!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ice Goblins roared, picked up their weapons, and, using their short legs, started running towards the players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was loud with hundreds of feet slapping against the ground, causing the ground to shake as if a giant were stomping a distance away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"THEY ARE COMING!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"PREPARE YOURSELVES!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The players screamed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over at the village, a strange hooded Ice Goblin stepped out of the shack with a twirling-top staff in hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It looked at the burning houses, and then, the twirling top of the staff started glowing with bluish light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Erek Oko Run!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ice Goblin Wizard pointed the staff towards the burning house, and water gushed out of the staff—as if it were a water hose!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The water was very effective. It was killing the fire quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ice Goblin Wizard...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Ranger whispered, and he then pulled on his bowstring and fired an arrow that shot forward at amazing speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was coming straight for the Wizard’s head, but then, the Ice Goblin Wizard suddenly swung the staff and smashed the arrow into pieces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah, it destroyed my arrow!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ranger was shocked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing that, Fang Raon looked over with a frown and then saw two more hooded Ice Goblin Wizards walking over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now there were three of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They all started casting water magic to kill off the fire, and the Rangers tried stopping them, but they defended against all the arrows!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’They are better than I imagined.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Raon thought, and then he put his hand on the Rangers’ shoulders to make them stop wasting their arrows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Enough of that. Go help other players with the Ice Goblins. I’ll go handle those Wizards by myself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Rangers nodded and noticed that the Ice Goblin army was coming for every player over a thousand of them!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They gulped in fear, but they were Rangers, so they could stay at the back, just shooting arrows, so that made them slightly more relieved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you need help?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blue-haired Mage asked of Raon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No... I’ll handle this alone.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Raon said and started walking towards the village, which was pretty much abandoned by now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He entered a street, and at the end of the street, the Ice Goblin Wizards were blasting water from their staffs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Flame Breath Blast!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Fang Raon breathed out flame from his mouth—like an dragon—and he caused the buildings to start burning again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ice Goblin Wizards looked at him with frowns on their faces. They looked very unfriendly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can’t let the three of you go in the way of our plan, now can I? I’ll be your opponent.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Raon said with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ice Goblin Wizards didn’t understand him, but they had an idea what he was talking about, and they accepted the challenge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They tightly grabbed on to their staffs, and at the same time, they raised them and cast another spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Aruk Ku Kara!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In front of them, they created a snow avalanche, and it started moving through the street like a destructive force of nature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Heat Gaze.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Raon’s eyes started burning with flames, and he then shot fire from his eyes and burned through the avalanche.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The avalanche came crashing on him, but the Heat Gaze bore a hole through it, and thus, Fang Raon just walked through it like it was nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that, the Ice Goblin Wizards were genuinely surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Never seen something like this? I don’t blame you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Raon smirked, and then his eyes burned again, and a flaming beam shot out of his eyes, and it pierced through one of the Ice Goblin Wizards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The burning fire started destroying the Ice Goblin Wizard’s insides, and it screeched with a horrifying scream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a short while, it collapsed to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CLASH~! CLATTER~! CLING~!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Loud screams, the sound of weapons clashing, and player shouting came from behind him, and as he turned around, he saw the players clashing with the goblins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were so many Ice Goblins that he could barely see the players, and they were instantly being pushed inside the tunnels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’There are so many of them... Can we really kill all of them?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A doubt started rising inside Fang Raon.\u003C\u002Fp>",1622,"2026-06-06T02:35:08.438Z",1,"novelbin.me","532590010a48c0bec389c31033c3d6e042b299d6830ae96fabd01f2ebd389ab5","black-online-chapter-265","black-online-chapter-263",270,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fblack-online-cover.jpg"]