Chapter 44: Suspicion! Hunter? Prey?

The number of wild beasts active at night during this period seems to be quite a lot.

As long as they didn't provoke him, Tang Zheng was too lazy to care,

Gained a lot of EXP, and he was in a good mood today. In addition, there should be a goblin settlement in this area.

Tang Zheng planned to search carefully tomorrow.

Don't know why.

Tang Zheng felt in his heart that he had ignored something, but after thinking about it carefully, he found that it seemed there was nothing ignored.

The only thing that made him care a bit was the incident of being surrounded by ogres some time ago, but since getting rid of that group of ogres, no similar situation had happened again.

Night wind blew.

The cool breeze made the emerald green, numerous leaves in the jungle sway slightly.

Tang Zheng's nose twitched, and along with the breeze came a faint, familiar smell.

At first, Tang Zheng didn't care much, and just as he was about to continue sleeping, he opened his eyes suddenly.

This smell——

Goblin!

That's right, it's the smell of a goblin, that rotting smell like smelly socks that haven't been washed for decades.

Tang Zheng's originally confused eyes suddenly became clear.

He had always felt that he had ignored something during this period, and only reacted when he smelled this smell in the air.

It was the smell emitted from the goblins!

In the friendly exchanges with goblins during this half month, Tang Zheng had long been used to smelling it, so he had subconsciously ignored this matter all along!

And the places where he stayed overnight during this period, this smell came faintly every night!

In the dark night.

Tang Zheng didn't know what his expression was like at this moment, but it must not be good.

The things that passed under his tree every night during this period were not wild beasts at all, but goblins!

Although the goblin race possesses the ability of night vision, in fact, they have the same daily routine as humans, sleeping at night and going out during the day.

If there is no necessity, in an environment like the jungle, even goblins will not hunt at night.

He has been targeted!

Damn it!

Actually reacted only now.

Tang Zheng couldn't help but curse in a low voice, and the feeling that something was wrong all along during this period became completely clear at this moment.

After raising "Sword Saint" to max level, perhaps because there were no magical beasts that could pose a threat to Tang Zheng in this outer area.

Even ogres, without a certain number, could not pose any danger to Tang Zheng.

This made Tang Zheng lose his initial caution, and he didn't even discover the goblins secretly watching him throughout the process.

Wrong!

Under the black cloak, Tang Zheng's eyes flashed.

With the intelligence of ordinary goblins, they couldn't do such detailed stalking work.

"I wouldn't be so lucky to have really encountered some kind of goblin mutation, right?" Tang Zheng's mind flashed this thought, and he couldn't help but lick the corner of his mouth.

Even if he relaxed his vigilance again,

He wouldn't be unable to discover a goblin secretly following him.

Mobile Corps Commander? Forest Priest? Druid? Thief? Tracker?

These professions are all good at tracking, especially in complex environments, such as forests. If there is no detection-type magic, they will not be easily detected by people.

Tang Zheng calmed down again. That goblin that targeted him is very likely to possess such a profession.

Then what is the other side's purpose?

Tang Zheng frowned. That goblin is not just following him, but also confirming his position every night, which clearly has some purpose.

The reason why he determined that the other side is very likely a mutated goblin individual, rather than an ogre's.

That is naturally because the ogre's body size is too huge, and the movement caused is not small, so it is not suitable for doing things like tracking at all.

"Is it a trap?"

Tang Zheng recalled what happened in the past few days, and he already had a guess in his heart.

The number of goblins he encountered during this period was pitifully small, and it was only today that the number of goblins suddenly increased.

If it weren't for the sudden discovery of the mutated goblin individual hidden in the dark, he would have really doubted that his luck had become worse. Now thinking about it, it was clearly the other side's doing!

Thinking this through.

Tang Zheng continued to pretend that he didn't notice anything, and like usual, leaned against the large tree to sleep.

Since he discovered the other side, the identities of "hunter" and "prey" between the two sides are about to change!

The moonlight and stars gradually receded.

The morning bird chirps accompanied the light sprinkled through the gaps in the leaves, ringing out in the jungle.

Tang Zheng stretched, jumped down from the tree, and looked like he was full of spirit.

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Not only did he not sleep restlessly last night, but his sleep became much better.

Since that mutated goblin individual hadn't made a move on him until now, it meant that the other side's strength was far inferior to his, otherwise, it wouldn't have been just tracking and monitoring until now.

Tang Zheng continued to eat black rye bread with cooked pork in big mouthfuls as usual, and continued to move forward with the iron sword on his shoulder.

At the same time, he observed the movement around him with his peripheral vision, and as expected, he found nothing.

Seeing this.

Tang Zheng determined at least one thing: the other side's distance from him would definitely not be too close.

This also made Tang Zheng give up the thought of finding the other side immediately. If the other side really had any of the professions he guessed before, it would be really difficult to drag the other side out in the jungle without detection-type magic.

"Then let me see the trap prepared for me, and just drag you out." Tang Zheng's eyes flashed, and he secretly said in his heart.

About ten minutes after leaving this place.

A figure with green sharp ears, looking like a goblin, but with a body size twice that of a normal goblin, appeared at the position where Tang Zheng stood just now.

Not only the difference in body size, but the eyes are also clearly a bit different.

Goblin's eyes are long and narrow, like wild beasts, while this figure's eyes are about the same size as human eye sockets, with a large area of pure white, and only tiny black pupils in the center.

The eyes are filled with caution and care.

This figure sniffed the smell in the air with a slightly collapsed green nose, and looked at the broken branches and small broken tree branches in front.

That is the trace left after Tang Zheng walked.

Paused for a short time.

This figure followed the traces again.

What makes people feel incredible is that wherever this figure passes, the blocking grass, shrubs, and even the dense intertwined branches and leaves automatically separate to make way for it.

And throughout the process, it didn't make a sound!

Unknowingly.

Time has reached noon.

Tang Zheng took out the water bag and poured a few mouthfuls of water, and through the gaps in the branches and leaves, the vertical column of sunlight sprinkled down, and his eyes narrowed slightly.

He didn't just have one water bag in his hand. In the prepared materials, he purchased a full 60+ water bags with a capacity of about 5 kg.

An average of two per day, a full month's usage!

Just drinking water, there is no need to worry about water usage.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 45 =====