The Max Level Hero Strikes Back!

the Decepticon Fleet, which absorbed natural mana, Davey had put in his mana to activate Annabelle so that she would be able to use a special type of mana.
Even he did not expect that slight difference to yield such results.

“The combat characteristic won’t go wild, right?”

Annabelle’s output of power was at the level of around 5th or 6th Circle.
That was good enough to cause a catastrophe, so Davey really hoped that she would not go crazy.

“We’re going to test your combat ability right now.
Do you need anything?” Davey asked Annabelle the unnecessary question in order to activate her artificial intelligence even further.

He was puzzled by what Annabelle proceeded to ask of him.

“Why do you need this?”

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There was a large forest located pretty far away from the Heins Territory.
It was originally the elves’ territory, but there were now dangerous beasts camping out right in front as the perimeter of the Elves’ Forest fell short of the barrier.

The beasts could be found even just a few steps into the forest.
After all, there were too many of them to take out one by one.

That day, the air felt cooler than usual.

-Kyekk!!!

[Gurk Gurk], the goblin that was part of the small village in the great forest, smiled horrendously.
He stared at the carcass of the long-eared animal in his hand.
This was food to feed his babies.

‘How dare this beast make the village’s best warrior work so hard?’

[Gurk Gurk] had worked hard for days and nights to catch this little creature!

[Gurk Gurk]’s babies would be waiting for him if he returned to the village right now; his babies were born from the human females he had captured from the town that he had attacked before coming to this forest.

Thinking about his babies, who would devour the entire creature, [Gurk Gurk] quickly headed back to the village with light footsteps.

[Gurk Gurk]’s village was a small one with about a hundred goblins.
His village was really nothing, considering that a large village would have about two to three hundred goblins.

However, things were alright.
They had settled here, a place that was considered hell by the brave and prominent leader goblins who were protecting the others and the courageous warriors.
They had survived for a few weeks without any problems.

Were they truly weak to have settled and survived in a forest that other goblins, especially the leaders of large villages, feared? Absolutely not; they were beings with potential.
Although they were a small village right now, they would grow bigger with time, and [Gurk Gurk] did not doubt for a second that they would become a village that the goblins would not be able to overlook.

‘We will hunt more and raid more! Then, we will crush the humans who made this forest into hell!’

With that thought in mind, [Gurk Gurk], who returned to his village with brisk footsteps, couldn’t help but feel like the cave his village was in was a little quiet.

-Kek? Kyek!

[Gurk Gurk] thought that he was one of the smart ones among the goblins; as such, he believed that he could sense the incongruity right now.

Puzzled by the cave’s strange atmosphere, [Gurk Gurk] looked around with its ugly yellow eyes and slowed down.
He tightened his grip on the long-eared corpse.
He soon realized that there was a strange odor that overwhelmed the normal smell of urine that came from the village.
Then, he swatted the twigs that blocked his view and walked into the cave.

[Gurk Gurk] froze.

-Kyeh!!!!!!

[Gurk Gurk] was greeted by the sight of true hell.
His babies, who should be squeaking and waiting for him to return, his other fellow brave goblins, and the strong leader goblin were all silent.
He could also smell the odor that injured and dead goblins would give off.

Although he instinctively sensed danger, [Gurk Gurk] was blinded by anger.
He was furious that someone had killed his young babies.

Splosh!! Splosh!!

[Gurk Gurk], who had frantically run into the cave, got a feeling that the cave was brighter than normal.

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Creak… Creak…

Then, he heard the strange creaking of wood with his sensitive hearing.
There, he saw the illuminating stones that his brave fellow goblins had gathered lying all over the floor.
They had planted these in the walls of the cave, but they were now scattered all over the floor for some reason.
And between the shining stones were the familiar bodies of his fellow goblins; it was a horrendous sight.

[Gurk Gurk] growled, then threateningly swung the wooden bat in his hand.
He found the demon who had made his village into this disaster standing among the bodies.
The culprit was definitely a human woman with long hair.
She had long ears, but [Gurk Gurk] did not care.
To him, the only thing that had that skin and physique were humans!

[Gurk Gurk] knew that this damn female human had killed all of his fellow goblins.

‘I am going to kill you.
I will kill you and then violate you! I will make screams come out of that mouth of yours!’

As a terrifying killing aura flowed out, [Gurk Gurk], who was called the best warrior of his village, released his battle aura.

Creak…

However, the woman sitting on the rocking chair just rocked back and forth.
She kept looking at the empty wall like she did not even care to look at [Gurk Gurk].

Then, something bloody fell in front of [Gurk Gurk].

-Keh… Kyeh! Kyek!!

[Gurk Gurk] picked up the piece of paper with an aggravated roar and frowned even more at the strange picture drawn on it.
He didn’t know what this was, but this female human had killed his village.

‘I will kill you!’

With that in mind, [Gurk Gurk] charged at the human woman with a roar.

Crack!!

Something dark quickly flew towards [Gurk Gurk], who soon realized that he had been captured.
However, he wondered…

‘Have I always been this tall?’

Then, he found a huge black figure in the cave.
It was larger than the scary yellow Ogres of the forest, but its smoke-like body was very odd.
The black figure had him in one hand, and his head was far from his body and dangling from something.

Only then did [Gurk Gurk] see the woman slowly approaching him with a smile.
Her expression was terrifying and strange, no longer looking like the humans that he knew of.

[Gurk Gurk] hadn’t been able to read the earlier note before dying.
On the note was a simple sentence that had…

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