[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-my-goblin-system-levelling-up-with-my-sss-class-":3,"chapter-my-goblin-system-levelling-up-with-my-sss-class--my-goblin-system-levelling-up-with-my-sss-class--chapter-401":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","My Goblin System : Levelling up with my SSS Class Devouring skill",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1089888,1423,"Chapter 401","my-goblin-system-levelling-up-with-my-sss-class--chapter-401",401,"\u003Cp>Another specialist named Vex’shira cast Corruption Nova—an area-effect spell that normally would fill the room with flesh-decaying energy. At one-tenth power, it manifested as a weak purple mist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seraphelle countered with Purification Circle. Golden light spread across the floor, burning away the corruption mist effortlessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vex’shira tried to run, but Mikazelle’s dimensional barrier blocked the exit. She turned, desperate, trying to find another escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rindelle’s second arrow caught her in the chest. Even without amplification, the shot was lethal at this range. Vex’shira fell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The battle was a slaughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The corruption specialists were mages designed for coordinated large-scale spells, not close-quarters combat against heroes specifically trained to counter demonic forces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At full power, fifty-three corruption specialists might have challenged the heroes. At one-tenth power under Gattychan’s suppression,they were dying in seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they fought anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because every second they kept the heroes here was a second the heroes weren’t killing settlement defenders at Third Line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A specialist named Dreth’kor knew he was about to die. Gattychan’s blessed sword was coming for his throat. He had perhaps two seconds of life remaining.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He used those two seconds to cast one final spell through Seraphina’s network, broadcasting to all two hundred corruption specialists across all twenty positions:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"HEROES ARE HERE! POSITIONS ONE THROUGH THREE COMPROMISED! ALL OTHER POSITIONS, SCATTER AND DELAY! MAKE THEM HUNT US! BUY TIME FOR THE SETTLEMENT!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Gattychan’s blade took his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First Three location - Two Minutes Total:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>53 corruption specialists eliminatedHero casualties: 0 (minor magical damage absorbed by divine protection)Tactical result: Heroes confirmed location and began systematic elimination\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now the other one hundred forty-seven corruption specialists across seventeen remaining positions knew the heroes were coming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And they made a tactical decision that would define the next few minutes of battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They didn’t run away from the settlement. They didn’t abandon their positions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, they scattered into different location and position, forcing the heroes to hunt them position by position, building by building, tunnel by tunnel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every minute the heroes spent hunting corruption specialists was a minute they weren’t deployed against settlement defenders at Third Line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Position Four\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mikazelle’s spatial perception tracked the fleeing corruption specialists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have them. Seventeen positions scattered across the settlement. Approximately eight to twelve specialists per position. They’re spreading out deliberately—forcing us to hunt them individually rather than eliminating them en masse.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then we hunt them,\" Gattychan said simply. His blessed sword was still glowing with holy light, dripping with demonic blood. \"We kill every corruption specialist in this settlement. Systematically. Completely.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That could take an hour or more,\" Seraphelle pointed out. \"While we’re hunting mages, the main battle continues without our support.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The main battle is already won,\" Gattychan replied with absolute certainty. \"Commander Elric has twenty-one hundred soldiers against four hundred settlement defenders. The mathematics favor him overwhelmingly. Our mission is to eliminate the supernatural threat—the corruption specialists who can kill hundreds with single spells.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn’t wrong strategically. The corruption specialists’ mass attack had killed two hundred forty-three soldiers in seconds. Left unchecked, they could cast similar spells repeatedly, inflicting catastrophic casualties.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Next position,\" Gattychan commanded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mikazelle teleported them to Position Four, where eleven corruption specialists had taken refuge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The battle repeated with brutal efficiency.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gattychan’s Villain’s Bane suppressed their magic. Seraphelle’s Divine Smite killed several immediately. Mikazelle’s dimensional barriers prevented escape. Rindelle’s amplified arrows collapsed structures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eleven corruption specialists died in ninety seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They fought. They tried every curse, every corruption spell, every desperate tactic they knew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But fighting heroes at one-tenth power in close quarters was suicide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A specialist named Vorth’mel managed to wound Seraphelle slightly—a corruption bolt that grazed her arm, burning through her divine protection momentarily. The wound sizzled with demonic energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seraphelle healed it in three seconds with her 300% effectiveness healing magic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vorth’mel died to Gattychan’s sword before he could celebrate his small victory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Position Four Results:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>11 corruption specialists eliminatedHero casualties: 1 minor wound (immediately healed)Time elapsed: 90 seconds\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Next position,\" Gattychan ordered again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Position Five. Position Six. Position Seven.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The heroes moved through the area like divine judgment incarnate, teleporting from position to position, killing corruption specialists with methodical efficiency.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each position was similar:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>8-12 corruption specialists fighting at one-tenth power60-120 seconds of combatAll specialists killed, heroes taking minimal damage\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the corruption specialists were buying time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not for themselves—they knew they were dead the moment the heroes arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were buying time for the settlement defenders. Every minute the heroes spent hunting corruption specialists was a minute they weren’t supporting the main assault at Third Line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At Position Eight—a cave where fourteen specialists had fortified themselves—the defenders tried a different tactic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They didn’t attack the heroes directly. Instead, they collapsed the cave on top of themselves, triggering a prepared structural collapse that brought tons of stone and timber down on heroes and specialists alike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The specialists died instantly, crushed under falling debris.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The heroes survived—Mikazelle created a dimensional barrier that deflected the worst of the collapse, Seraphelle’s divine protection shielded them from impact damage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it cost them four minutes to dig themselves out of the rubble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Four minutes the corruption specialists had bought with their lives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Position Eight Results:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>14 corruption specialists killed (suicide collapse)Hero casualties: 0Time cost: 4 minutes (heroes delayed by rubble)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They’re stalling us,\" Mikazelle observed as they emerged from the collapsed bunker. \"Each position delays us a few minutes. Cumulatively, we’ve been hunting corruption specialists for eighteen minutes now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then we move faster,\" Gattychan replied. \"No more cautious approaches. We teleport in, kill everything, teleport out immediately. Maximum efficiency.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They accelerated their elimination pattern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Position Nine: 9 specialists, 45 seconds to eliminate. Position Ten: 11 specialists, 60 seconds. Position Eleven: 8 specialists, 40 seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The heroes were learning, adapting, becoming more efficient at the grim work of hunting and killing mages who couldn’t effectively fight back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But so were the corruption specialists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At Position Twelve—a series of three connected buildings—the specialists tried coordinated suicide attacks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the heroes teleported in, twelve specialists immediately cast self-detonation spells simultaneously. They converted their own life force into explosive corruption energy, turning themselves into living bombs.\u003C\u002Fp>",1018,"2026-06-03T11:01:34.716Z","2026-06-03T11:01:41.604Z",1,"novelbin.me","178345c719e01dec63bad74c2ae1f500954e85394457c66429474cbc28cd74d2","my-goblin-system-levelling-up-with-my-sss-class--chapter-402","my-goblin-system-levelling-up-with-my-sss-class--chapter-50",474,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmy-goblin-system-levelling-up-with-my-sss-class--cover.jpg"]