Luck is a Charm

Krista Dragoon proceeded to scold Leila Dragoon for the next few minutes until Leila Dragoon pleaded for mercy over and over again.

Leila Dragoon has tried to sneak a glance and asked Zen to intervene to help her out but was ignored harshly.

Since she ignored him during his pleas, Zen was kindly returning the favor to her as he pretended to see and hear nothing.

"Hmph, the next time I see you overuse your mystic eyes and your eyes start to bleed, I will twist your ear so hard that it will turn into an elf ear." Krista Dragoon shouted one last time.

"Yes, sister Krista, little Leila understands her mistakes," Leila Dragoon said pitifully as she lowered her head.

Zen tried to laugh at this situation but Krista Dragoon was too sharp with her senses. Before Zen can even try to giggle a bit, Krista Dragoon was already staring daggers at him, causing him to shiver in fear.

'Damn, women are so scary when angry.' Zen cursed inwardly as he tried to communicate with the scouting slimes group.

It has been a while since they dispersed to explore this 2nd floor which is at least 5 times larger than the 1st floor, it would take some time to encounter any enemies here.

As Zen managed to connect with the scouting group, the worker slimes instantly brightened their mood up as they informed a bad situation for him.

'Master, our scouting group encountered a large number of goblins on sight. Their number is extremely vast and they are equipped with armors and weapons.' 

The scouting group reported their founding to Zen and it shocked him deeply to hear this news.

Zen turned solemn when he heard about a goblin horde that has weapons and armor equipped. Although the worker slimes are strong in their acid shot, it was impossible to defeat a large number of goblins if they decided to pursue them recklessly with their sheer number.

"Did something happen with the scouting group? Your expression is not good." Krista Dragoon asked softly when Zen held a dreadful expression.

Zen faced her slowly before taking a deep breath. "Mhmm, it seems like this labyrinth is far more difficult than I thought. The scouting group encountered a large number of goblins with weapons and armor equipped in them."

Krista Dragoon raised her eyebrow in shock when she heard this information. 'A goblin hordes. How did they even manage to appear in this labyrinth?'

A goblin horde usually appears in the forest and they are always eradicated by mages before they can gather a large number that could pose a threat.

There was a time when a town became negligent in its duty and caused a large number of goblins to gather and raid the town completely. It was a huge disaster where multiple kingdoms needed to ally together with their mage to eliminate them completely.

Although they won in the end, the number of mages lost in the battle against the goblins was immense.

Thus, Krista Dragoon held a solemn and frightful expression while Zen was just worrying about being overwhelmed by the goblins.

"So what do you think we should do now?" Zen asked Krista Dragoon since her expression clearly showed her experience with the goblin horde before.

Taking a few moments to calm her emotion and compose herself. Krista Dragoon said, "To win against a goblin horde, we can not just face them directly. We must set up numerous traps and ambush them before swiftly finishing them."

Zen calmly nodded his head since this decision seems to be the most reasonable solution for this situation. 

"Also, have the scouting group continue their duty as we start meeting them up. At the same time, we must guarantee we have enough firepower to deal with the goblin hordes." Krista Dragoon continued her strategy with Zen whereas the rest of the worker slimes started to advance forward.

The worker's slimes need to get ahead in their position before they can confront the goblin hordes. Thus, they will start mimicking the wall to disguise themselves while approaching the goblin hordes.

Meanwhile, Krista Dragoon started casting some spells around the worker slimes where a little orb appeared next to them.

"This is just an attachment spell where I can cast my magic through the little orb despite not being there personally." Krista Dragoon explained the function to the confused Zen since it was his first time seeing that kind of magic.

It was similar to the time he attached a tiny bit of mana back in the Forest of Trove but the method was different.

He had to seep out tiny mana from his core before attaching it to his enemy while Krista Dragoon used her wand to cast some unknown spell to the worker slimes.

"Well, looks like you'll be the commander in chief for this fight," Zen said as he did a salute to Krista Dragoon.

Krista Dragoon twitched her mouth slightly and wondered if he was into role-playing that much.

He acted as an arrogant young master and now he's acting like someone in the army where he's a lowly soldier waiting for his superior's order.

However, Krista Dragoon decided to follow along as she gave a salute as well and commanded him with an authoritative tone.

"Good, you will follow the worker slimes and keep yourself hidden until the fight begins. Your mission is to assist the slimes and not go in the front line. Do you understand?"

"Yes madam, this lowly soldier understands his mission and will complete it without fail," Zen said with his eyes brimmed in determination, almost like a soldier preparing himself for war.

"Pfft," Leila Dragoon couldn't stand the role-playing that her sister and Zen are doing as she starts laughing aloud.

As soon as Leila Dragoon started laughing, even Krista Dragoon and Zen couldn't help but laugh as well.

"Ahh, this kind of role-playing game is fun Krista Dragoon. Don't you agree?" Zen wiped off some tears in his eye from laughing too much as he asked her.

"Hmph, childish," Krista Dragoon spouted but her lips were curving upward as she couldn't hide her expression and emotion well that she was having fun as well.

Afterward, Krista Dragoon went ahead to gather everyone together before she started explaining her strategy. 

Meanwhile, Zen was rendered speechless by the shameless attitude of women. 'Can women ever make up their mind?'

With a helpless sigh, Zen also walked forward a bit to listen to Krista Dragoon's plan since he has no counter-plan against a goblin horde.

It was the first time he ever faced one so given his zero experience in this, Krista Dragoon was able to take full command of what to do.

"We will first send a group of worker slimes to provoke and taunt the goblins into chasing them. Afterward, the worker slimes will start running away toward a designated position where we will ambush them all in one go." Krista Dragoon said loud and clear for everyone.

Although it was still confusing for the worker slimes to comprehend such things in an instant, Krista Dragoon decided to draw on the ground as well to give them a clear image.

'Her drawing is really perfect,' Zen praised her inwardly when he saw the image being drawn.

In the image, there were Romu and the rest of the worker's slimes attacking the goblin horde territory and baiting them into a dead end. Afterward, it would be his turn to do his task and that is to pour oil into the ground everywhere to prevent them from being able to retreat.

'Such details and clear planning in this short amount of time is insane.' Zen couldn't help but raise his eyebrow slightly in disbelief. 

Krista Dragoon's ability to command people at crucial times indicates her capability in becoming a ruler. A ruler that oversees many people.

"Romu, do you understand your duty for this mission?" Krista Dragoon exclaimed as she glanced at Romu.

Romu hurriedly bounced up and down before replying, "Yes, Romu has understood his duty for the current mission."

"Good, then hurry up and bring a group of worker slimes with you to the goblin horde territory. Remember, be as shameless as possible and provoke the goblins to the point where they would want to skin you alive." Krista Dragoon said solemnly as this was the crucial part of the plan.

Romu gladly complied with her orders as he prepared to head off but not before Krista Dragoon said one last thing to Romu. "Wait around for our signal before beginning your task since we'll need some time to set up our preparation."

Afterward, Krista Dragoon glances at Zen secretly and signals him to go over to a secretive area. Zen didn't know what she was planning and simply followed her behind.

"What do you want me to do?" Zen asked softly.

Krista Dragoon stayed silent for a moment before taking a deep breath. Leaning closer to Zen's eye, Krista Dragoon whispers something to him, causing Zen to widen his eyes in surprise at the content.

"Utilize it well and don't disappoint me," Krista Dragoon said and started heading back to the group, leaving a dazed Zen behind.