Chapter-55: Martina's thug like behavior
The level 4 goblins have sharp curved swords and clubs in their hands. Visva saw them and stopped at this place. This is the boss room and Visva has to fight them. But he cannot fight them all alone.
Even though he can do that he should not rush in stupidly. He has other plans and looked at the people behind him. He directly stated the situation. "There are too many for me to fight alone. If you did not come in to support then I cannot do anything. It is your choice.
Also we have to first kill that goblin archer if you want to survive. That is the biggest threat. I don't want to keep things for long. Just cover me for a little while and I am good at throwing javelin.
As long as I am at the right distance I can kill the goblin archer with my metal spear. But when I through the spear I need you to cover me. If not you can die on your own and I will retreat to find the other team to see if they are willing to cover me.
At that time on the other side the man dressed as woman has already beaten the three shifty looking eyed thugs into submission. They all ran away from there. Martina did not chase after them after beating them.
She found that the path she chose led to a dead end and came back. She found that the big group that went to the third entrance has not come out. So she decided to go to this place to check.
When she came over she saw that the place is messy and cleared. Knowing that there would be good things to see she walked with her group. Along the way they came to the room where the dead boar that was burnt to ashes with only bones remaining made them frightened.
They had a misconception that one of the adventurers has a strong firepower and they have killed this wild boar like this. They did not know the truth of this matter. But that did not make them less frightened.
This is when Visva is telling his group on how to solve the situation with the goblins. Right then Martina arrived with her group. Seeing that Visva is trying to convince his group to work, she also checked the situation and looked at the group of cowards.
She walked forward and said to Visva in a coquettish tone like a palace sister as they say in novel slang. Visva sensed her presence and her voice made him suddenly tremble. It is not excitement but fear.
Visva doesn't want to get noticed by her because he did not swing in that direction. He then heard her say. "Our team will help you with covering your back and you can go kill the archer. Just join our group and fight along with us."
Then she turned towards the group of cowards and said. "If you want to pass this floor without doing anything then you have to pay the price. If you participate in the battle you don't have to pay if not each of you pay 50 dungeon coins for safe trip."
Her words naturally caused them to become angry. In a way they were tempted. After all 50 dungeon coins is not much to them as they got them for free and they did not find any way to spend them.
But some of them are reluctant as their intuition told them that these dungeon coins have special value and use in the future. One of them that have the most say in the group directly took the 50 dungeon coins and gave them to Martina.
Martina counted them and nodded her head. With one person starting others naturally gave up. Nearly 15 people gave up but there are still 5 people left. They are fence sitters that would want to take advantage of the situation later to escape.
Any way they have plenty of time and they can easily escape after the group cleared the goblins and left this floor. Their thoughts are as clear as day and Martina would not let them go. She directly turned from business mode to thug mode.
She held the collar of one of the men and punched him in the face without saying a word before speaking. "Pay up or die. Do you think that I cannot see your little thoughts? I know you want to sneak away after we cleared the path for you.
Do you think I will let you do as you please? Those that paid can go easily, if you did not pay you have to fight in the front. If you did not two either of them then I will directly cop your legs and let you bleed to die.
Any way there are no rules and law here. Even if someone accuses me outside they need to have evidence to convict me. It is chaotic in the outside world and no one cares about your life. Now pay or die…"
Her thug like behavior has actually managed to shake these people and they paid up. Visva is the only one left and he directly held his spear and said. "I will fight but I will not share my loot of killing the goblin.
As for the iron treasure chest, we will see about that after we cleared the stage. I can pick the lock which saves you lot of time but I will get to choose first. Don't worry I will not take valuable things. After all it is me that discovered this place first and came here singlehandedly."
Visva has a point and Martina nodded her head. After coming to an agreement they suddenly noticed that two more people have skipped their radar. They are actually Robert and Aisha. Naturally Robert and Aisha don't want to pay dungeon coins.
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