[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-am-not-a-goblin-slayer":3,"chapter-i-am-not-a-goblin-slayer-i-am-not-a-goblin-slayer-chapter-488":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","I Am Not A Goblin Slayer",{"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},1310890,1741,"Chapter 488 - 279: When the Sun Rises (Part 3)","i-am-not-a-goblin-slayer-chapter-488",488,"\u003Cp>The kobold warrior breathed a sigh of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Safe?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He glanced down inadvertently, in the warm yellow glow emitted by the candle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The patch of bright red on the ground was so glaring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oh no!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn’t the only one who saw this streak of red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the kobolds present looked up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the darkness before them, a tall figure swiftly swooped like a ghost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The kobold instinctively wanted to lift his weapon to resist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Swish, swish, swish!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the blood-soaked soil, the vines that absorbed the blood burst forth, instantly binding their limbs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the next moment, that shadowy figure quickly enlarged before their eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Slash!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A crisp sound of flesh being pierced echoed in their ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The kobolds lost their consciousness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gauss stood firm, flicking the blood off his hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An elite kobold warrior, roughly level 2 challenge rating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A kobold shaman, with a challenge rating around level 1.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The remaining six were ordinary kobolds but were also among the best of the lower-tier monsters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In such terrain as the mine tunnel, this kobold unit would be a formidable enemy for many low-level teams, but now facing them, they were almost defeated without a fight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Too weak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like an appetizer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aaliyah and the others began searching and scavenging valuable trophies and organs from them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the bodies, Gauss and the others were too lazy to clean up, intending to leave them in the mine tunnel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyway, their tracks should be impossible to hide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He believed that the \"wise one\" in the kobold’s lair didn’t expect such a kobold squad to defeat them either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, this squad was originally just sacrificial pieces, its only purpose to use their lives to verify whether there was any anomaly in this passage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To confirm that he, the enemy, hadn’t left yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure enough, after this kobold squad was taken out, no new units appeared at the end of the mine tunnel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without further intelligence, the kobolds evidently won’t dispatch forces to serve themselves up one by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the lair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several kobold mages dressed in exquisite robes were gathered together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking towards one of the passages leading to the outside world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As one kobold lightly pointed its magic staff to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The once ordinary ground began to show footprints.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two illusory figures began to materialize in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Gauss were here, he would notice that the physiques of these two matched him and Ying’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Human mage, released a fireball.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then retreated from here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They are hunting our kin in the tunnel!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The eyes of the kobold mages turned dark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the King’s protection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The kobold tribe quickly grew, continuously producing new elite individuals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With this, they swiftly cleared the once complex mining area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those adversarial monsters either turned into their vassals or died under their conquest, becoming trophies for the King.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even human teams occasionally exploring were deceived by illusions they created.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, if things continued developing like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tribe could grow larger like a snowball.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once the King further grasped power, they could set foot on the ground, sweep through Gold and Silver Town, and then flee to the vast wilderness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But, where did these two humans come from?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, despite having only a few numbers, boldly hunt their lair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking about the tribe dispatched in the passage who never returned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bad thoughts rose in their hearts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the end of the passage, it seemed like a cold serpent was slowly coiling around the entire lair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The King cannot enter the mine tunnel.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An elderly kobold mage said hoarsely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The recent fireball technique seemed still vivid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though its power was still deemed inferior to the King’s dragon breath in their minds, it posed an insurmountable threat to ordinary kobolds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, they knew the King feared no fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This considerably reduced the enemy’s threat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the most challenging problem was, the enemy turtled within the tunnel, and the King, restricted by size, couldn’t enter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they kept sending kobolds, it evidently wouldn’t trouble the opponent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several kobold mages quickly discussed and made a decision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Send some pups out from other passages first to assess the situation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Also, awaken the red dog.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This enemy is very dangerous.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The red dog? Really going to unleash that guy?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this kobold lair, a strong entity was born.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It possessed the strongest talent among them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Successfully received the King’s baptism, becoming a noble dragon-descendant kobold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the King’s bloodline also swallowed its sanity, turning it into a madman consumed by a desire for slaughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After it devoured the blood and flesh of many of its kin, the kobold mages had to jointly put it to sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The kobold mages’ faces turned ashen but eventually made the decision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They called an elite squad, the kobolds transported a coffin from the deep cellar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, walked along another wider passage outward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gauss led Aaliyah and others back from the mining area to the surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing sunlight again felt very good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Raven Aik ascended to the skies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Unable to find our tracks, those kobolds surely won’t give up. They will definitely come out to search for us.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gauss said confidently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They are in the light; we are in the dark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He planned to replicate the pattern of clearing the goblin lair, continuing to harass this kobold lair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Attempting to exhaust the enemy’s living strength as much as possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aside from that red dragon beast, this kobold lair shouldn’t have any individuals capable of threatening them, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No matter what, first prepare for combat.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gauss didn’t really want to fight kobolds underground either; it was too dangerous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gauss’s team began setting up around the surrounding grounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ka! Ka!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, a shriveled voice rang overhead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Enemies have appeared.\" Aaliyah first captured Raven Aik’s intelligence and, acting as the translator, conveyed it to the others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gauss’s gaze followed the direction where Aik was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the vast yellow sands, the figures of an elite kobold squad began appearing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So fast?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gauss slightly narrowed his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And... what kind of peculiar combination is this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kobolds carrying a coffin?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His forehead furrowed slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several tall and sturdy kobolds were carrying a huge black coffin towards him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the back of the team, several kobold mages followed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What are they doing? Some ritual?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t comprehend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he silently gauged the distance in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He planned to cast a fireball without hesitation once the enemy entered the casting range.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps the kobolds collected enough intelligence from the previous explosion in the lair; they stopped far away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Creak, creak!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black coffin was placed upright, and the other kobolds spread out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kobold mages waved their magic wands, chanting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boom—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The coffin lid fell, revealing a colossal kobold within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its height was nearly two and a half meters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With crimson scales flowing like flames.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Muscles dense and robust perfectly fit around its body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most striking was the head; it seemed like a miniature version of the dragon beast Gauss saw before, fierce, wicked, beautiful, with sharp little horns on top.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dragon descendant?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gauss realized something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment, the sleeping kobold in the black coffin opened its eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A strange red glow flashed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Across a vast distance, Gauss locked eyes with it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately, they both fixed on each other.\u003C\u002Fp>",1212,"2026-06-05T18:36:35.128Z",1,"novelbin.me","254746b9454502d3905b2556341d0c9d65f950d4c031de028b872e72f7957df9","i-am-not-a-goblin-slayer-chapter-489","i-am-not-a-goblin-slayer-chapter-487",640,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-am-not-a-goblin-slayer-cover.jpg"]