The Weakest Kobold In The Dungeon Gets A Level [Book 1 Complete] Chapter 31: Chapter 28: With A Loud Boom

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Chapter 28 With A Loud Boom Blazing light twisted through the air, the blood-soaked ground glistening briefly with the reflection of spinning flames. The thrown torches bounced off of half-broken chitin, vines, and stone as they each came to rest. Scattered ahead of the two groups of warriors, the burning stakes spread their light down the tunnel ahead of them. “Worik, set the cart down and get the party supplied with an extra spear each. I'll take the remaining ones, and try to give us a headstart,” Nik called out to his party member, as he worked out what strategies they could use against what sounded like a massive enemy. With his inventory stocked with a small cache of spears and a few other goblin-smithed weapons he'd never used, he ran ahead. Being careful of the plant spikes and the still dangerous stingers of fallen beasts that littered the area, he planted the poles through slots in the vines and corpses to point toward the matron. In the moments since their conversation had been interrupted by the sounds of the matron forcing her way down the tunnel, the echoes of her movements had only grown louder. Just after Nik had returned from laying his traps, he wrinkled his snout. The scent hit them before they could even get a glimpse of her. It was a noxious odor, like that of a crushed ant, intense and overwhelming. Fits of coughing broke through each of them as the smell reached their nostrils. Sir BlackDagger’s party seemed more affected than Nik’s goblins, but Pearl was most affected. She fell, tumbling, through the air, fighting against waves of nausea. Nik caught his former teacher before she could strike the ground and placed her gently on his shoulder. “Before we go into battle for our lives against some strange and massive beast, thank you for saving me, but what in the world is that stench? It's burning my nose,” said the dwarf female who traveled with Beatrice. Specks of light that glinted off of shapes moving in the darkness of the tunnel were the first glimpses of the monstrosity they were about to face. “Don't thank me just yet, I get the feeling that smell is only going to get stronger,” Nik replied, only remembering that she couldn't understand his response when she gave him a blank stare and an awkward smile. With no other way to directly communicate, he smiled and gave her a nod. Nik, ahead of the others, faced the direction of the matron once more. He had needed to make another hard choice when deciding on which positions the two groups would take for the fight ahead. Kindness and strength, huh? That feels so oversimplified right now , he thought. It had been a strange day, but it could always get worse, so Nik said, “Our two groups don't really trust each other, so we’re going to fight in a staggered formation. Every other position will be taken up by one of my Lowerguards. One side will have an extra from your group, but we'll have our eyes on you. I can see my party members’ HP now, so I’ll know if they’re wounded by anything unexpected.” He looked over his shoulder at the line of his warriors and the adventurers, ten fighters in total counting Doggy, and eleven counting himself. As Nik looked lastly at Beatrice and Doggy, he said, “I only trust my people and maybe you two. Mine have sworn an oath to follow me, but can yours follow my orders until you’re back up to the surface?” She looked past him at the looming threat that slowly dragged itself in their direction and replied, “I’ll make sure they do. We need to work with you, not against you, for my party to survive. I’m trusting you with our lives, Nik. Besides, I still owe you for freeing me from that cage. I don’t want to know where I’d be if I were still with them when we figured out that we can’t leave the game or respawn anymore.” “Good, now let’s do this so we can get you all out of here,” he said. Pearl took up a spot overhead to keep an eye on things, while Kath, Worik, and Stics each reluctantly moved into position, ready to guard the adve