Goblin Kingdom (Part 1)

Goblin Kingdom - Volume 1 Chapter 79: The Return of the King

StatusRaceGoblinLevel72ClassLord; Horde ChiefPossessed SkillsRuler of the Horde; Defiant Soul; Overpowering Howl; Swordsmanship B+; Insatiable Desire; King's Soul; Ruler's Wisdom I; One-Eyed Snake's Evil Eye; Dance at Death's Border; Magic Manipulation; Soul of a Crazed Warrior; Third Impact (The Third Chant); Instinct; Ruler's Wisdom II;Divine ProtectionGoddess of the UnderworldAttributesDarkness; DeathSubordinate BeastsHigh Kobold Hasu; (Lv1) Gastra (Lv20) Cynthia (Lv20) Orc King Bui; (Lv40)

A giant door towered before us.

Not one of us was uninjured, but fortunately, we all made it here alive.

Kuzan kneeled before the door.

"Lord of DecayDiskorado, please hear our plea."

As she began to pray on her knees, a feeling of holiness seemed to emanate from her.

Who knew how much time passed before the door creaked open.

Then Kuzan turned to me. Her eyes were blank, but they gleamed brightly. "...Please enter, my king."

Just as I was about to enter the door, Gi Za asked, "Will you be fine by yourself?"

"I'll be fine," I said as I stepped through the giant door where a darkness even my eyes could not surmise greeted me. I felt the touch of warm wind upon my skin.

"...A nostalgic smell." That trembling voice seemed to shake everything within the darkness.

"So you are the Lord of Decay?" I said toward the voice that could belong to no one else but the Lord of Decay himself.

"Are you there, Verid?" He said.

Strange, it's as if he wasn't trying to talk to me but to someone else.

"Have you forgotten how to talk? Or is there a reason you can't speak?"

As the voice spoke once again, I moved toward its direction.

"...!"

When I reached that figure obscured by the darkness, I stopped in my tracks. Reshia once spoke of a myth wherein four snakes fought alongside the Goddess of the Underworld for the world.

One of those snakes, a twin-headed snake, was right here before my very eyes.

It was colossal. So big that the ogre lord I'd fought would look like an ant next to it. The door I'd entered was probably 15 meters high, so to an extent this room must be as well. And yet the snake was big enough to make that room feel small. Its two heads lay on the ground, eyes closed, as they breathed faintly.

The pressure it exuded wasn't something to scoff at, but while it certainly felt like the pressure of something that once fought the world, it's not as heavy as I expected it to be. Maybe it's because I've gotten used to the underworld goddess' charm, as for some reason the ogre lord's pressure felt stronger to me.

"Are you getting weaker?" I asked. This time, my words reached him.

"Verid's host," he said. "Hmph. Quite the arrogant one, aren't we."

His words echoed directly within my mind.

"Did you come here under Kuzan's guidance?"

"Yes."

The twin-headed snake remained unmoving as it spoke. "So you are the king of the demon children of chaosGoblins, but you know... There's an odd smell about you."

The direction of the wind changed. It started blowing from behind.

No, that's just the giant snake inhaling. That's a big snake alright.