Watching the blood flow towards the crystal at the center, Kyson's face turned unsightly.

"I have a feeling that another round of trouble is about to appear." He muttered.

As a youth of the modern times, Kyson has watched countless movies of various genres.

And he can confidently say that a scene like this is one of the most common for action and thriller movies.

As for what happens next?

Of course, the final boss comes out!

As if on cue, an earth shattering roar suddenly came from deep within the cave.

Growl–ROAR!!!

Fierce wind from the roar blew Kyson's hair back, accompanied by a fishy smell.

Kyson's nose twitched and he frowned.

Suddenly, the madness from before once again surfaced and Kyson provocatively said,

"What the hell did you eat?! Your breath smells so f*cking disgusting!"

However, the being who just roared didn't react to his words.

"Tsk!"

Kyson clicked his tongue in dissatisfaction.

Just then, the madness in his eyes subsided and Kyson paused.

Suddenly, deep fear arose in his heart.

"This… what the hell is happening with me?"

Kyson can feel it.

His emotions are being suppressed by something, only giving rise to the madness, amplifying it.

Gazing at the particles of the miasma floating in the air, his heart tightened.

"I should hurry up and leave this place."

Since his purpose of coming here is the [Goblin Subjugation] mission, Kyson can't leave empty-handed.

So in a cave filled with miasma, and piles of goblin corpses littering the ground, Kyson worked alone.

He cut-offed the ears and dug the chest of the goblins, pulling out the magic stones hidden in their bodies.

Still under the effects of [All Might], Kyson worked fast. It took him less than a minute to do all the work to a total number of 52 goblins.

He placed all the ears and magic stones in a bag that was stored at Chicky's beast space, turned around, and started running.

"I gotta to hurry up. I don't have much time."

Feeling the martial qi in his body, it dropped to only a dozen points at this time.

This means he can only keep up the Qi Protection for around 12 seconds or less.

With that amount of time, he needs to leave this cave and escape from the coverage of the miasma.

Because if not…

The madness that overtook him earlier flashed in Kyson's mind.

Without saying another word, he sped up his steps and ran at full speed.

With his naturally high attributes and the doubling effect of [All Might], Kyson successfully managed to get outside of the cave in just a short 10 seconds.

As soon as he left the miasma, Kyson felt his body ease up.

The next moment, he dropped to the ground and just felt relieved.

Lying prone on the ground, Kyson looks defenseless.

So he waved his hand, summoning Chicky from his beast space to guard him.

Since the front of the cave is an open space, Kyson didn't have to worry about Chicky accidentally contacting stuff contaminated with demonic energy.

Just like that, Kyson remained still on the ground, not even wanting to move an inch.

He is not physically exhausted, only his martial qi was consumed.

The reason why he doesn't want to move is simple. It's his mind that is exhausted and confused.

Even though he did well inside the cave, he actually felt really nervous.

After all, it's been a few days only since he started being an adventurer.

Then out of nowhere, he faced this kind of dangerous situation that posed a great threat to his own life.

This is not like the beast tide before. Even though the beast tide looks dangerous for others, Kyson didn't need to feel worried as he had Chicky to defend him.

But here, he was alone when he entered the cave. His time is limited as his martial qi is being consumed by the second.

What's worse is that, despite being protected by the martial qi, his mind still got affected by the demonic energy there somehow.

Thinking back to the madness he felt before, Kyson can't help but feel afraid.

It felt like a situation where he got no control of.

And at any second, his life could be taken by something he is not even fully aware of.

After a while, Kyson finally managed to recover and sat up.

Looking back at the entrance of the cave full of flowing miasma, he felt creepy and shivered.

"Aish, this godd*mn demonic energy. Where the hell did it even come from?"

Cursing quietly, he looked away from the cave and stood up.

He hasn't forgotten that inside that cave, there's probably a more terrifying existence.

The roar from before wasn't a joke at all. Just from it, Kyson could feel the dominating feeling and the evil power from that being.

"That bastard must have a lot of demonic power…"

Whispering under his breath, he walked away to the side.

He let Chicky go back to his space while he hid himself in a bush.

Just as he got himself in place, he detected movements from nearby.

The bush not far away swayed, as if moved by someone.

However, he wasn't startled and didn't show any expression.

A few seconds later, from the same direction, a small figure emerged.

"Cluck cluck!"

It was Cocky.

His wings are outstretched, forming a small bowl in front of him.

Inside it, roughly torn ears of goblins and some magic stones could be seen.

Obviously, this was from the goblins that Kyson ordered him to hunt down.

"Come over here!"

Kyson called him over with a low voice.

Obediently, Cocky moved to his side using his small chicken feets.

Despite being small, Cocky moves pretty fast thanks to his high stat.

So one man and one chicken sat hidden in a bush together.

"Come, pour it all to the ground."

At Kyson's order, Cocky opened up his wings and dumped everything.

Immediately, Kyson started counting.

"1, 2, 3, 4…16, 17. Okay, there's 17 in total. Plus the ones I got, we killed a total of 69 goblins this time!"

The face that was full of tension from before now bloomed into a smile.

"Hahaha, with these, I can finally raise my rank to E!"

Feeling happy, even the fear that Kyson felt before disappeared.

Because raising his rank means he can now leave Porac City and enter other cities!

In other words, he can now meet his family!

For a moment, Kyson could only feel the excitement.

He didn't notice that the miasma at the entrance of the cave actually started spreading outside.

When Kyson finally snapped back into reality, the miasma was already 7 meters away from the entrance of the cave.

"This…? What the hell is going on?!"

The black miasma is very noticeable, letting Kyson notice it immediately as his focus comes back.

"Why is the miasma spreading? What is happening here?!"

Questions after questions popped up inside Kyson's head.

He watched as the miasma spread outward, contaminating even the soil on the ground.

After being stunned for a moment, Kyson's face immediately became serious.

"This can't go on like this. If this is left like this, the situation will surely turn for the worst."

After a quick rumination, Kyson came to a decision.

"I should report this to the Adventurer Agency. Maybe they have their own way to resolve this."

After all, this is already outside the scope of what he can handle on his own.

Even the high defense that he has always been proud of is useless in this situation.

Because no matter how good your defense is, it still won't be able to block the demonic energy.

And long exposure to that kind of energy has dangerous consequences.

With his choice of action already determined, Kyson decisively left the place with Cocky.

Carrying the goblin ears and magic stones, Kyson and Cocky swiftly moved around the forest.

Soon, they left the deep part of the forest and arrived at the outer layer.

Since he's in a hurry, Kyson placed Cocky back in his space and brought out the motorcycle.

Then without hesitation, he pulled the throttle to the max, launching the motorcycle forward at a fast speed.

Despite the speed, Kyson didn't crash.

In no time, he exited the forest and passed through the settlement.

He didn't care about anything, all he got in his mind was to get back to the city and report the situation at the Adventurer Agency.

Because of that, he didn't notice the Ironheart party at the settlement.

When he passed by, the Ironheart group looked at him with curiosity.

"What's up with him? He's in such a hurry."

Arthur asked, watching the motorcycle disappear in the distance.

"Who knows."

The mage said, also looking in the same direction.

All of the members watched until Kyson vanished from their sight.

On the other hand, Mirai actually looked at Kyson with narrowed eyes.

Then suddenly, it lit up with interest.

"Hmm, how intriguing…"

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