A Goblin's Leveling System

Demon Prince (1)

"I don't see anyone in here. Are you mistaken? Wait, no it can't be. Since you are the best when it comes to assassination techniques then let me guess. He used [stealth] right now to conceal his presence, right?"

"Good thing you weren't a dumbass or I would have to trouble explaining about the situation, unlike a certain goblin dumbass who decided on a whim to train somewhere and leave us behind including Aerin."

"He must have his reasons to do that. After all, considering that guy's personality, he wouldn't be irresponsible even if he was arrogant. He must have done this to test us and let us know that we shouldn't always rely on him."

"Yeah, you are right. So what will we do about the invader?"

As Sophie said that, she glanced at me before returning her gaze towards Zale.

"How would I know? I can't even see him or her."

"Wait a second."

As she said that, she cast [Stealth Dispel] towards me which dispelled the [Stealth] that I had applied into myself.

My presence was then released and even my demonic mana.

I used my black hooded cloak as a medium to cast [Substitute] and then activated [Conceal Presence] and [Stealth]. I cast [Short Distant Teleport] to let me teleport on top of the tree near the small house.

With my spell cast, I am sure that my presence will no longer be exposed.

As I was about to take a glance towards Sophie and Zale, they weren't there and I knew that something was wrong.

Sophie and Zale were now near the tree but 3 meters away from it.

Huh? That's weird. If they already knew that I was here, they would have bombarded me with magic skills or beaten me up.

Wait, don't tell me this tree was a trap!

I found out that there was an array that was placed in this tree and it was the [Tree Binding Array] but it was too late since I already triggered the array when I teleported on top of this tree.

Several branches of the tree started to move towards me like a slithering snake. They were acting like some sort of vines and those vines had wrapped my left foot.

I struggled to get the vine off me but it was useless after I took another glance at the array and another array was activated. It was [Improved Defense Array]. Isn't the array master behind this too cautious and prepared?

I formed a demonic fire sword using my demonic mana and slashed it towards the vines but I suddenly lost hope after seeing another array being triggered. It was [Magic Proof Array].

I struggled using my strength since magic was useless against this tree and I don't believe that the defense array that was cast into this tree was stronger than my attack stat.

***

15 minutes had passed and I still haven't got out of the array but was instead trapped while my body except my head was being wrapped.

"Is it cozy up there? I know what you are thinking. That Axel was so well prepared that even if you broke free, the [Grow Array] would be activated and we only need to water the tree and use sunlight to make the tree more durable and stronger than before."

Zale looked at me while speaking.

"I think it's time that we remove your cloak? After all, we need to know about your identity and report this to Axel so that he would decide on what to do with you. If you are a threat to us then we wouldn't hesitate to kill you."

Sophie said while appearing towards me. She used the daggers on both of her hands to perform a flashy move that had torn my cloak and left a dent on the vines that were wrapped around and bound me.

"Tch! Looks like Axel wasn't playing with his arrays! I even used [Multiple Quick Slash] and used 0.1% of my attack stat but it only left a dent!"

My face was revealed. My scarlet-colored hair, two horns protruding from my head, my pale skin, and my dark demonic armor set were revealed.

"Your looks aren't bad but your skills in the assassination were worst. I guess it wasn't your forte. I don't want to waste using 2% of my strength to destroy the vines that had bound you so wait for Axel to arrive."

"When will that guy is known as 'Axel' arrive?"

"Well... Judging by his personality I guess maybe several hours later? After all, you activated 'his' array so maybe he will postpone his training and head to here. He is overprotective of Aerin but he doesn't know that we knew about it. He might also speculate that you had harm Aerin so take all the blame and be his punching bag so he can vent all of his anger since you destroyed his arrays."

"Was he the one who made the array?"

"Well, yes. None of us would have the time to understand how to set an array and it is boring to learn about it."

The one who replied to me this time was Zale. He suddenly appeared beside Sophie before he replied to my question.

"How did he teach you suitable skills to use?"

"I'm sorry but that is confidential. Why are you still asking considering you are already our prisoner? You need to sleep."

As Zale said that, he suddenly disappeared and a strong force was struck on my nape.

I passed out.