[Orange-Cap Goblin: A goblin known for its farsight. Its eyes are the most developed part of its body. It can easily spot even the slightest movement a thousand meters away. It is known as the sharpshooter of the goblin world and also serves a defensive role.]
[Blue-Cap Goblin: Among goblins, aside from Purple-Cap Goblins and Black-Cap Goblins, they possess the best genes. Therefore, female goblins throughout the underground world take pride in carrying the offspring of a Blue-Cap Goblin.]
[P.S.: Blue-Cap Goblins have the best physical qualities among goblins. Whether in defense or attack power, they far surpass Yellow-Cap Goblins. Some even say that Yellow-Cap Goblins are simply the rejects of Blue-Cap Goblins.]
If divided by military role, then Orange-Cap Goblins were equivalent to archers.
Blue-Cap Goblins, on the other hand, were more like special forces.
Fortunately, these Blue-Cap Goblins were currently focused on passing on their bloodline and had not noticed Ethan sneaking in.
And no matter how good an Orange-Cap Goblin's eyesight was, it couldn't see an invisible person.
Ethan sat on the ground, thinking...
'How can I take out all twelve goblins on the second level in one go, without much difference in timing?'
Otherwise, this kind of abnormal situation would definitely be noticed by the remaining goblins.
At that point, it would be much harder for Ethan to carry out a sneak attack.
There was even a chance that some goblins would enter the underground maze and bring in more goblin troops. If that happened, it would be difficult for Ethan to keep advancing, and he would have to think about retreating.
So this round, he could only succeed. Failure wasn't an option.
"How can I kill so many goblins at the same time?"
Ethan frowned as he calculated in his mind.
"If only I could open a space gate beside every goblin. It wouldn't even need to be large, just about the size of a fist. Then I'd get a machine gun and go rat-tat-tat across the whole line "
"Done!"
The idea was great, but reality was not.
Even if he opened twelve space gates, there wouldn't be only twelve entrances. Every space gate had a matching exit, which meant if Ethan opened one behind each of the twelve goblins, he would also need twelve on his side.
Besides, he didn't even have a machine gun. What was he going to rat-tat-tat with?
'Wait...'
'A machine gun?'
Although Fast Sword Style wasn't as quick as a machine gun, it wasn't much slower than a handgun.
If he opened all twelve space gates, then used Fast Sword Style to stab all twelve goblins in the back at the same time, wouldn't that be...
'Awesome!'
Ethan's eyes lit up, and he immediately felt it was worth trying.
But when he actually began opening twelve Level 2 Space Gates, each one positioned for a guaranteed one-hit kill, he realized that he might have underestimated the difficulty.
Sure enough, this kind of large-scale space gate setup wasn't his strong point.
At first, opening one Level 2 Space Gate felt easy.
But by the time he opened the sixth gate, he was already starting to struggle, though he could still keep going.
When he reached the ninth gate, it wasn't just difficult anymore. He was having trouble controlling the positions. The ninth gate ended up misplaced twice.
By the tenth gate, Ethan felt like an office worker whose mind had been drained after spending an entire day writing work reports.
His head was spinning and his vision was blurry, "I can't do it anymore. I can't keep opening them."
Ethan took a deep breath and glanced at the two Orange-Cap Goblins that still didn't have space gates behind them.
Then he slapped his forehead.
"Damn! I've gone stupid!"
"Why do I have to open gates behind every single one? Don't I still have Ghost Sword Style?"
"It may not be as fast as preparing the gates first..."
"But if it's only for the last two goblins, I can definitely finish them before they react."
Now that he had a solution, Ethan no longer needed to force himself to open more space gates.
He simply took out his God-Slaying Sword and focused on the neat row of closed gates in front of him.
Then his eyes sharpened and he said coldly, "Fast Sword Style!"
Whoosh!
In an instant, Ethan's God-Slaying Sword passed through a space gate in front of him and emerged from behind the neck of an Orange-Cap Goblin.
Pfft!
A few drops of blood appeared along with a light sound, and one Orange-Cap Goblin collapsed to the ground.
After killing the first one, Ethan moved faster and faster.
One strike after another entered through the gates and emerged from the backs of the Orange-Cap Goblins' necks.
Pfft!
Pshh!
The sounds of piercing followed one after another.
Many goblins had not even realized what was happening before they were already clutching their throats and falling down.
Ethan specifically targeted the backs of their necks not only because he wanted a one-hit kill.
More importantly, he wanted to prevent them from making any sound.
With their throats pierced, even if the Orange-Cap Goblins wanted to raise an alarm, they couldn't.
"Huh?"
One of the goblins that hadn't yet been stabbed through the back of the neck noticed the goblins around him falling one after another.
It was so frightened that it immediately tried to raise an alarm.
But before any sound could leave its mouth, a strange sword suddenly appeared right in front of its face and thrust straight into it.
"Urgh..."
Thud!
When the last Orange-Cap Goblin fell, Ethan finally let out a long breath. The lookout goblins were dealt with.
Now all that remained were the heavily armored Blue-Cap Goblins below.
If he could quietly eliminate them one by one without alerting them, that would naturally be the best outcome.
Ethan observed them for a while and discovered that all of these Blue-Cap Goblins shared one trait.
After finishing their "activities", they would lie on top of the female goblins and remain motionless for quite some time.
Perhaps... This was the perfect opportunity.
Ethan's eyes brightened immediately, and he decided to use a goblin at its peak moment as a test.
"Ghost Sword Style!"
A sword thrust out, and a black hole appeared.
The next second.
The Blue-Cap Goblin suddenly stiffened, and its eyes grew wide.
But what appeared in its eyes was not pleasure.
It was overwhelming fear.
Just now, Ethan's sword had pierced out through the female goblin's heart and then driven straight into the Blue-Cap Goblin's throat.
One strike sealed its throat.
The Blue-Cap Goblin died directly on top of the female goblin.
But the other Blue-Cap Goblins nearby thought nothing of it.
Instead, they burst into laughter.
"That's all you've got? Get up and fight another three hundred rounds! Hahaha..."