Chapter 10: Roasted Goblin

Before nightfall, Wang Chong returned; for safety, he avoided staying out overnight whenever possible. When he arrived, he saw Sona and the others acting furtively; upon spotting him, they scattered in a rush and vanished.

"So suspicious," Wang Chong said, his brows furrowing slightly, finding it strange.

Yet the next moment, he saw that several pieces of meat were missing from his rack.

Although the missing amount was only a small fraction compared to all the meat, he had cut and hung every piece himself, so he knew each one clearly and could tell at a glance that meat was gone.

"Damn it, no wonder they were acting so weird; they actually stole my meat while I was away. These little bastards need a good beating." Wang Chong's forehead veins bulged.

He was not the type to swallow his anger; he always repaid a grudge.

The goblins were just behind the small hill; they had taken no protective measures at all, merely gathering some tall grass and sleeping inside the grass pile at night.

Wang Chong did not go straight to them; he calmed his emotions, ate a little something, then sat cross-legged in the courtyard to meditate.

"See? I told you he wouldn't find out," Sona said proudly, peeking out from outside the courtyard.

"Big Brother is still the strongest," the other goblins quickly flattered him.

"That guy is just an idiot; tomorrow, when he goes out, we'll come back." Sona puffed out his belly, looking like a victor returning from battle, and led the other goblins away.

Wang Chong discovered that through cultivation, one could not only increase strength but also recover energy rapidly.

However, Wang Chong was not in a hurry to enter deep meditation now; he sat cross-legged and began to review the day's battle.

In his mind, the scene of his fight with the cat demon appeared; every move was dissected by him and then repeated endlessly until he found the flaw.

"So that's how it is." After an unknown length of time, Wang Chong suddenly smiled; he seemed to have figured out a way to deal with the cat demon.

He stood up and checked the sky.

"It's about time."

He leaped over the fence wall, his figure darting through the darkness; in no time, he reached the hill where the goblins slept.

As he approached, Wang Chong slowed his steps; the goblins did not notice his arrival.

"So lazy!" Wang Chong pouted.

They had at least settled here; even if it was a temporary shelter, they should have tidied it up.

Instead, the goblins truly ate in their nest and defecated in their nest, leaving the place a mess, foul and stinking.

Wang Chong did not want to linger here; he walked over, grabbed Sona by the ankle, and carried him upside down as he walked away.

"Who! What are you doing!" Sona was suddenly awakened.

Wang Chong said nothing and just kept walking forward.

Sona struggled frantically, but his strength was too small; it was useless.

"Let me go! Let me go!" Sona screamed at the top of his lungs in fear.

The other goblins were also awakened; they got up, saw their big brother had been captured, and hurried to follow.

But when they saw that Wang Chong was the one holding Sona, they immediately felt guilty and dared not approach.

Wang Chong found a small tree as thick as an arm, tied Sona's feet, and hung him from the treetop.

The small tree bent down immediately; as Sona struggled, he swung up and down.

"Not bad." Wang Chong was quite satisfied.

Sona finally realized what was happening; he was not stupid and guessed that his theft of the meat had been exposed, but he rolled his eyes and decided to deny it to the death.

"My lord, what are you doing?" Sona played dumb.

"What do you think?" Wang Chong did not spell it out, looking at him with a half-smile.

"I don't know!" Sona insisted stubbornly.

"Are you sure?" Wang Chong sneered.

"I really don't know, my lord; it hurts so much; please let me go." Sona made a tearful face.

"Alright." Wang Chong nodded slightly. "Since you don't know, I won't ask you."

Having said that, Wang Chong stepped away.

"My lord, let me go, my lord..." Sona howled a few times; seeing that Wang Chong completely ignored him, he turned his gaze to the other goblins nearby.

"You bastards! Watching a monkey show? Hurry over and let me down."

"Ah, ah, ah..." The goblins finally realized and hurried up to untie the rope.

"Swish!"

Just then, a great sword fell from the sky and stabbed into the ground before them.

"Oh my! Run!"

Terrified, the goblins bolted; by the time Sona realized what was happening, the other goblins had long since vanished.

"How about it? Still haven't remembered?"

At that moment, Wang Chong walked back carrying a bundle of dry firewood.

"My lord, I really don't know... or maybe you could remind me?" Sona still insisted stubbornly.

"Alright, I'll remind you."

"The meat in my courtyard is missing; who do you say took it?" Wang Chong asked.

"My lord, your meat is missing? I know; it must be those bastards who stole it. My lord, let me go, and I'll go catch those bastards for you." Sona spoke with righteous indignation.

"No need for such trouble; whoever eats it is the same..."

"What a good person! My lord, you are truly the best; you are the most generous goblin I have ever seen; my admiration for you cannot be exhausted in three days and three nights; come, let me down; I want to show my worship..."

"I'm not finished yet." Wang Chong looked at him mockingly.

"Uh... My lord, please continue." Sona shut his mouth.

"Since they ate my meat, then I will eat you."

"What? Eat me?" Sona's eyes widened instantly.

Wang Chong did not delay; he quickly placed the firewood under Sona's head and lit it.

"Ah! Mother!..." Sonar, terrified, jerked upright and grabbed his own legs.

This move was extremely difficult for a goblin with short limbs, yet Sonar managed it.

His body instantly bent like a shrimp, ending up with his rear facing downward, fortunately still at some distance from the fire.

"Hmm, not bad. This way the heating surface is even," Wang Chong said as he walked over and stomped on the tree trunk.

The small tree began to bounce up and down again.

"Mother!" Sonar let out a shriek.

As the small tree bent downward, the flames burned Sonar's rear.

Sonar screamed in agony; the small tree immediately bounced up, but before Sonar could catch his breath, it bent down again, scorching his rear once more.

Back and forth like this, Sonar truly felt as if he were dying and ascending to immortality.

"So fragrant!" Several goblins, who had returned at some point, suddenly spoke up; one goblin swallowed his saliva.

All gazes turned toward him.

"Ah! I won't dare again, I won't dare again..." Sonar urinated.

Wang Chong did not truly intend to kill Sonar; killing someone over a few pieces of meat was hardly necessary; he simply wanted to teach them a lesson.