Goblin Breeding Ground

[Elijah's POV]

<<January 16, 2023>>

<<Pampanga, Philippines>>

Steel cages were scattered across the large circular cavern, some on the ground while some hang on the ceiling. And in them are human beings, being kept like cage animals. All of them, stripped off of their humanity and dignity.

Some have big bulging stomachs, while others are being dragged into the very center of the cavern, where a line of human-sized goblins await them. There, both male and female human beings are being used as breeding vessels, violated over and over again. It was a sight truly horrific. Seeing your kind, still alive but not an ounce of life could be seen in their eyes. It's like they've quite literally and figuratively given up on living.

There in the center of it all, are six goblin warriors, which are evolved from the normal lesser goblins. They are human-sized and are stronger than normal goblins, in all aspects. They are more muscular, and are now, somewhat intelligent.

Those six goblin warriors copulated with one human after another, savagely and tirelessly forcing their way into the humans' bodies with unrelenting gusto. And behind them lay a shrine, where a Goblin Shaman continuously chants. I've read that the Goblin Shamans are a step higher into the Goblin hierarchy than the Goblin warriors. Although their numbers are very limited, they are very powerful and intelligent. They are also tightly protected by their goblin kind since they are the ones who oversee their kind's reproduction. They can cast powerful buffs and debuffs, to strengthen their comrades and weakened their foes. Cast powerful heals to keep their comrades alive, and could also dish out some major chaos with their powerful spells. This is why they are considered mini-bosses.

I don't need to even look are my comrades to know how they are all feeling, as I could feel each and every one of their killing intents oozing out. I mean, I am also currently, mad as heck. To be witnessing your kind be dehumanized to such an extent, it's gonna for real, lit a blazing inferno inside of you. And I was afraid to admit it, but what's written in the diary turned out to be all true.

It also explains why the gate is on the verge of breaking. It's currently the goblin's breeding season, where goblins, other than lesser goblins and goblin shamans, enter a state of unquenchable heat. Which as was all described in the diary, in horrific detail.

It might all be disgusting and repulsive, but we couldn't have chosen a better time to enter the gate. Since in this season, all goblin kind is significantly weakened. Which was also advised in the diary. That if one would want to exterminate goblins, then their breeding season would be the most perfect time to do so.

I know all of my comrades are itching to head into battle, but we have to wait for the perfect window of opportunity to do so. So that we could maximize the advantage that we currently have. Because once everything starts, this entire cavern will enter a state of pandemonium.

As we patiently waited for the right opportunity, a tall dark-skinned man with short white hair and a lean physique caught sight of me, as he was being dragged to the center of the cavern. I can't even imagine the shock it brought him to see human beings not being enslaved by goblins, which immediately caused his eyes to widen in disbelief. Knowing that I was spotted, I swiftly put a finger on my mouth, signaling him to be quiet, before mouthing the words: "Hang in there, we will save you."

It seemed like the man understood me since he immediately calmed his face, devoiding it all of emotions, and continued to let himself be dragged as if nothing happened. When It was the man's turn to be violated, he took a deep breath, filling his belly full of air, before releasing it into a loud roar.

I was stunned for a split second, knowing that what I just heard was a <<Taunting Roar>> from the rare class Luchador. As the name implies, it is a wide-ranged taunting skill, where the caster takes all the aggro of monsters, affected inside the skill's range.

Realizing that the window of opportunity that we have been waiting for has finally opened, I immediately signaled the first legion to attack.

"Keep that Luchador alive!" I commanded, as the first legion charged into battle. From the moment we gathered at the association, everyone in the first legion has already been affected by my passive skill Commanding Presence, which has greatly increased everyone's stats.

Roderick turned into a Wraith and swiftly weaved himself into the battlefield, arriving at the location of where the Luchador is. He then plunged his double daggers into the goblin warrior's temples, who was the one about to violate the Luchador. And the first legion's surprise assault didn't stop there.

Chen then blended into the shadows and started assassinating every goblin in his way. As chaos ensued, the goblin shaman managed to get every goblin's brain right, when it cast a cleansing spell on its allies. Now that its allies are free from the taunting debuff, it began commanding the entire goblin force in that cavern. Truly, lesser monsters will always be stupid through and through, but when somebody is taking command, they become a splitting headache to deal with.

Roderick managed to rescue the Luchador, but the other slaves weren't as fortunate as him. The moment, the three girls started blasting magic at the goblins, the goblins used their human slaves as meat shields. Which really sent every one of us a terrible shock.

My emotions are raging inside of me, but I'm not allowed to let them burst out if I want to keep everyone alive. Somebody needs to keep a leveled head in this kind of situation.

The goblin shaman then cast a buffing spell to its allies, giving every goblin affected a boost in strength and agility.

Just like what's written in the diary, taking care of the goblin shaman should be our top priority.

"William, Everett, and Louie, just like the gate break, you guys take care of the goblin shaman!" I instructed, to which they complied immediately. With William as the main damage dealer, while Everett, and Louie, acting as both supports and tanks, those three are more than enough to deal with the pesky goblin shaman.

The reason why killing the goblin shaman as early as possible is so important is because its presence alone is a huge obstacle. With its healing and buffing skills alone, it would make the battle with the goblins more tiring and difficult. So if William and his two boys hoard its attention, then dealing with the rest of the goblins would be much easier.

As William charged forward using <<War Stampede>> with his two boys following closely behind him, together, the three of them forced their way into the goblin's army. As the Goblin shaman was about to cast a protective spell, I instructed Sahara to cast <<Void Well>>, sending out a wide-ranged AOE silencing spell, that halted the goblin shaman from casting. Void Princesses/Princes are known for being masters of crowd control and debuffs, which I will have to agree 100%. They are definitely tricky to deal with. Their array of crowd control and debuffing skills makes up for their mid to low damage output.

When the goblin shaman noticed that its spell didn't work, it immediately commanded the goblins to protect him. But as the goblins were about to do so, the space around the goblins distorted, before collapsing, shredding the goblins' bodies into fine pieces, while others exploded entirely.

<<Dimension Distortion>> is an AOE skill that has two parts. First is the "Space Distortion" where all enemies who are under the skill's range will be affected by the "Disoriented" status effect. The status effect is as the name implies, making an opponent confused and unable to think clearly while having lost one's sense of direction. While affected by the status effect, a dimension seal will then surround the area affected by the skill's range, trapping any and every opponent in a pocket dimension after 3 seconds. After 3 seconds, the second part of the spell activates. "Collapse" is as the name implies. It collapses and completely destroys the pocket dimension, dealing lethal damage to any and every opponent trapped inside. It's a very powerful spell, but it costs 50% of the caster's current mana and has a 1-day cooldown. Although the skill sounds very OP on paper, there is a big catch. Any enemy that has a higher level than the caster, is not affected by the "Disoriented" status effect, while "Collapse" only deals half of its original damage if the opponent still happens to be in the skill's AOE.

"You filthy things are not touching a single hair from William," Zehira said with a cold and menacing voice. I mean, if a girl can manipulate time and space to her will, you better be careful. Never cross a Dimension Witch if you don't want to be sent into an infinite space, full of nothingness.

When the goblins realized that they couldn't help their goblin shaman, they immediately turned their attention to us, which was actually perfect. Now that no flies will be buzzing around William to distract him, he can put all his focus on handling the Goblin shaman. As the goblin warriors lead the charge, it was time for Alana to step up.

"Alana you're up," I told Alana with an encouraging voice. "Be careful not to hurt the humans."

"I've got this," Alana replied as she steps forward while adjusting her glasses, making her look very cool.

She looked so calm and composed until a wicked grin appeared on her face, letting out her "ara ara" laugh and voice.

"Come to me, my son!" And with that, a magical circle appeared from the ground, and a human-like entity came out from it. I say human-like because what came out might look like a human at first glance, but it's definitely not human.

Creators, a unique ranked awakening path for the magician base class. As the name implies, their bread and butter are "creating". And what do they create you might ask? Well, homunculus and chimeras. And according to my research, Alana used to work in the field of biology, before the catastrophe occurred. Making her the absolute perfect person to be a creator. Just like Warlords, the number of Creators around the world could be counted in two hands.

And Alana being able to create a human homunculus, just goes to show how capable and powerful she is. Although, a little more than eccentric, her intelligence has always been a great asset.

The homunculus looked like a very handsome young man, with a well-toned and lean body. It has white hair and two mismatched eyes, with the right being crimson red, while the left is royal blue. It only wore black skin-tight short shorts and nothing else.

Alana then walked towards the homunculus and embraced it very suggestively and seductively, before putting her mouth near the homunculus' ear.

"Now my son, make those filthy things kneel before mommy," She whispered in command.

Without a second delay the homunculus, vanished into thin air, before appearing in front of a goblin warrior in a split second. The homunculus grabbed the goblin warrior's head, before smashing it into the ground, making it burst like a watermelon.

A goblin warrior attempted to grab the homunculus, but it couldn't keep up with the homunculus speed. The homunculus slightly leaped into the air, before doing a 720 kick, kicking the goblin warrior's head off. After taking care of another goblin warrior, the homunculus dropped to a deep crouching position, like a predator hunting its prey. As the predator that it is, the homunculus charged forwards, plunging its fist into another goblin warrior's lower torso, grabbing its spinal cord before viciously ripping it out.

Seeing a real, live homunculus before me, I was left in utter amazement. Truly, the wonders of what Creators can make are so magnificent. But as the homunculus was about to take care of the last two remaining goblin warriors, the goblin warriors' bodies suddenly burst into many finely sliced pieces. It was then that I noticed that it was Jonathan's doing. After taking care of the two remaining goblin warriors, he sent the homunculus a death glare.

"Wait, is he jealous of the homunculus?" I thought in my brain, in utter disbelief. "But he has no reason to." I thought, reasoning with myself. But when I saw Jonathan send the homunculus another death glare, I became certain that Jonathan is indeed jealous. The idea of Jonathan being jealous of something that's artificially made is quite hilarious. But not wanting Jonathan to ever feel insecure about himself, I went ahead and sincerely cheered him on.

"You're doing great Tan! Keep it up! You're amazing!" I cheered with a loud voice, which made my comrades snigger at me smugly. But who cares, if the warmest and most adorable smile from Jonathan is what I got in return.