This is rather common, a typical operation for earth goblins, whose intelligence is quite high for demons. Xia Nan has seen it many times over the past year.
He handles it with ease.
Without making any additional noise, he severs the trap's cord before it activates and chops off the goblin guard's head before it can scream, quick and clean.
Speaking of which, cases like the current "Cuckoo occupying the nest", where newly arriving goblins take over caves left by previous goblins, are not uncommon; they might even be ubiquitous.
Xia Nan used to be puzzled when he first discovered this kind of situation.
Why does the association never encourage or issue missions for adventurers to completely destroy the goblin nests they cleared, eliminating future threats?
Even merely collapsing the entrance could significantly reduce the chances of other goblins discovering this vacant nest.
