Several women, lifeless, tied up by a rope running through the ceiling. They lined up to receive their whip.

*Splash*

*Splash *Splash

The force that is behind the swing by those little goblins is enough to make the women squirmed in pain, but their eyes, nothing much can be seen in this level of light.

[Misty Fang]: …

[Piercer]: This is just… despicable.

[Siola]: Uhuh, but that’s not supposed to be the thing that requires your main attention right now. Look over there.

Sitting on a heightened ground is a several meters tall goblin, humongous in its width and fat, and it’s chewing on a human leg that belongs to that woman beside it.

[Piercer]: G-Goblin King?! There’s no way we can fight that thing.

[Misty Fang]: Looks like things have finally turned for the worst.

[Siola]: Hey hey, come on now, that too is a problem, but what I want you to look at is the woman beside it. Not sure if she’s alive, but if she is, there’s not much time to play around with that thing. We might still be able to save her, but we gotta hurry up and do it.

[Piercer]: You got a plan?

[Siola]: A hit and run. I got just the thing to keep that fatass occupied. You can leave the girl to me while you and the others swiftly handle those goblins and get out of here as quickly as possible.

[Misty Fang]: There might still be another group besides them.

[Siola]: Alright, then you and miss Six will go around and search for them, but remember, time is limited so you will have to search for those people fast and rescue them. Captain will head straight to those little goblins with mine and sir Horgan’s support, but you will have to stay with Kian just in case things go sideways.

[Siola]: What do you think?

[Piercer]: Not a foolproof one, but solid. Are you sure we can pull it off like we were last time?

[Siola]: If things going well.

[Piercer]: …

Misty Fang grabbed Six Sense's shoulder and nodded at her, leaning onward, the former muttered, “We’ll go ahead.”

*Woosh*

Having a grin on her face, Siola’s expression turns sinister, “Looks like it’s decided.” Leaving her hiding place, she stealthily whips out an item from her Inventory.

{Bleak Summoning Flute / Rare / Able to attract any monster in the area / Uses: Unlimited / Requirement: 50 Dexterity}

She’s going to use it, but not before sending the ultimate “Hello” to the huge goblin, “Wall of Stone!”

Its eyes opened as the seat he's sitting on started to shake.

*BOOOOOOOOOM*

The goblin king managed to slip up after receiving an intense damage to one of its legs, “Graaaaaaaaaaaaaghh! Who… Who dare to—”

*Pweeeeeeeeeeeet*

The small shockwave generated by the flute rings the ears of the goblin king like a trumpet hitting his eardrums.

“Graaaaaaagh!! Human… You… How did you get here?!!”

Not only him but other goblins were affected by the flute and all their attentions are fixated on Siola and her alone. Piercer took this chance to passed her and deliver a significant blow to the goblin's number as he yelled, “Piercing Strike!”

*Bwoooooooooosh*

Swirling air that was cut using the tip of his spear, he struck through the many goblins and slice them widely, “Power Strike!”

*SLASH*

Horgan did not waste a second and summoned multiple green vines to help transport the large pile of bodies. Piercer quickly freed everyone and make haste with his rescue efforts while the Goblin King witnesses it all happening.

“NO! You puny humans. Weaklings! You dare to barge into my home and stole all of my women. I WON’T LET—”

*Boom*

A splash of flame struck his face, it came from Horgan. An irritated expression full of disgust and hatred, “They are not yours, you vile creature.”

The flame only managed to scratch him.

“You,,,” taking out a gigantic feathered club, “YOU WILL PAY FOR THAT!” When it was about to take a step.

“Wall of Stone!”

*BOOOOOOOOOM*

His path was blocked entirely. With the right side already blocked, the only way that the Goblin King can get out is to make a hole in that wall.

*BOOM*

And he did just that.

“Haha, I expected that it would take you at least a minute or two, but…”

With veins popped all over its head, “I’ve decided… You will be the first one I eat, Sorcerer!”

*BOOM*

Breaking out of the wall, it swung its giant club down, “Graaaaaaah!”

*BOOOOOOOM*

A meter away from contact, a wall was raised and blocked the hit from the giant club and absorbed all of its impacts.

Horgan, even though, most of his attention is on escorting the captive. He noticed the fight between the Goblin King and Siola, the way she blocked such a massive attack effortlessly.

“Sorcerer?” embers on her hands, “Man, that needs to be corrected for sure.”

Puffing her cheeks full with a widened eye, she blew them all hard.

*BWOOOOOOOOSH*

A powerful burst of flame hit his entire upper body.

“Gwaaaaaaaaagh! My EYES! MY EYEEEEEES!!” it all scorched black, “How… How dare you!!!” he grabbed his weapon back and quickly swings it down to the location where he last saw Siola was.

*BOOM*

But she was no longer there.

“Hraaaaaaaagrh! Where are you, you little—”

*Pweeeeeeeeeeeet*

He quickly turned in the direction of the flute and charged towards it, but another wall was raised and block its path.

*BOOOOOOOM*

“YOU,,, YOU!!! Graaaaaaaaagh!”

No matter how much it flails around, he couldn’t escape the fully condensed [Wall of Stone] that Siola has made with the utilization of her new staff.

“Sir Horgan, think you can bring one more with your vines?”

The man is still speechless by what he has witnessed.

“Sir Horgan?!”

“Eh, ahh yes. What are you going to do now?”

Laying the girl down to the moving vines that are heading towards the outside, “I’m gonna look for Fang and miss Six.”

“No need to.”

“Fang!”

He and Six Sense have brought a woman each. Piercer too has returned with multiple women on his back, “Let’s go!”

“Alright then,” Siola aimed her staff at the entrance/exit and raised a highly condensed [Wall of Stone] to block the inside from the outside.

*Brrrrmmmm*

Upon leaving, Siola made sure to completely make a couple of [Wall of Stone] barriers with the reason being “Just to make sure” and completely block the entrance while the party is piling up all the dead goblins outside.

Thanks to Horgan’s convenient ability with his vines, the injured captives have been lined up properly with the most severe one being healed by Kian’s magic.

“Concentrated Heal!”

The body of the injured woman is lighting up in warm color, and it’s regenerating the torn skin that was done by the whip. The one that has lost her leg has been saved, but Kian’s healing ability is still not enough to recover her leg.

28 persons in total, and they’re all women. The last two women that Misty Fang and Six Sense have brought were not the same as the others. They have an adventurer's tag.

[Siola]: Phew, it’s finally done. How’re you guys doing over there?

[Six Sense]: We’re done here also.

[Siola]: Let’s rest up here for a while, none of you are injured right? I swear that fat goblin really did a number on me for sure, I mean, my shoulders. Like, agh…

[Six Sense]: …

[Misty Fang]: Thanks to you, we managed to keep ourselves in one piece.

[Siola]: Heheh, what’re you talking about now.

[Horgan]: He’s right.

Glanced.

With a stern expression on his face. Horgan looked at her with a mixed feeling in his heart as if something is weighing him down.

[Horgan]: Without you, we wouldn’t be able to save these people. And if we hadn’t been there, you might even be able to safely kill the—

[Siola]: Oh yeah, you’re doing okay there, Kian? Be sure not to exhaust yourself. Just heal them until they get out of death’s door, that way you can heal the rest as well.

[Kian]: O-Okay.

[Horgan]: …

Misty Fang grabbed Horgan’s shoulder. Upon looking at him eye to eye, he shakes his head to a sigh before stepping forward and asked Siola, “If I remember it correctly, you said you can do healing magic too right? Can you help her with the rest?”

“Sure.”

With her palm, she creates a tiny ball of light, but not just one. Upon finishing creating it, she tossed it away while making more as the balls floating in the background.

Kian took interest, “Wait, is that… the [Heal Array]?”

{Heal Array / Tier 2 Spell / Create a tiny sphere of light that can be connected to another created sphere to form a healing area once fully connected / Mana Consumption: 30 / Cooldown: None / Requirement: 50 Faith}

“Oh, you know about it?”

“Well yeah. Most apprentices of the church are being taught about that spell firsthand so, in case of emergency, the one who knows and has mastered it is usually being summoned so that they can perform a full array. It consumes a lot of mana just to create one.”

“Huuuh? It's not really that much, and you can still do it with one person, why even bother.”

Scratching her cheek, “Only the Seniors can do that.”

Her hands stopped.

“An intermediate level spells can only be done by Tier 3 Spell Caster. Considering you can also use [Wall of Stone] which is an Advanced level Spell. W-without a doubt, you’re already um… a Tier 4 Spell Caster…” mumbling, “… and might be higher…”

Silence filled the atmosphere.

What Kian was saying and pointing out was actually the Level, Siola’s level.

In her perspective, by the use of “Intermediate” level spells, she meant that it can only be used by the “Tier 3 Spell Caster” which is actually in line with Adept Rank – meaning, at least Level 50.

That means by Tier 4 Spell Caster, she assumed that Siola is actually an Expert Rank Mage who is level at least—

“Level 90…”

All eyes widened.

“I’m close to being Master Rank.”