"Huh?" Job, who was laying down on her back, gasping for air, heard her name being called, So, she raised her neck and looked for the source of that voice.
"What?" Bob who was currently sitting beside Caesar felt like he had heard something wrong.
'Huh?' Ben was now extremely close to the goblin queen, but was forced to stop in his tracks out of shock.
All the other creatures present there also uttered 'Huh?' from their mouths. Everyone was dumbfounded. They had just heard something ridiculous in this serious atmosphere.
"Aha!..Hahaha!"
Amidst the silence, the goblin queen started laughing at this silly situation.
"Heh~ so you love that girl...hm...well I must say she is indeed very beautiful...nice nice. So, out of respect for your love, why don't I kill you? I will spread the tales of your love in the future. Sounds nice right?"
After making fun of Genji, the goblin queen came closer to him before grabbing his neck like how she was grabbing Job before.
Genji started suffocating.
"Out of respect, I will kill you by suffocation. No need to thank me boy."
As her words finished, a playful smile appeared on her face.
"No need for that, my lady."
"Huh? Who!?"
Just as the Goblin queen was about to kill Genji, she heard a voice coming from behind. She quickly turned her body like a surprised cat, but she was a bit late as Ben had already appeared very close to her.
Coming out of his invisibility, Ben rapidly hugged the goblin queen's stomach with both of his paws! And then! Nothing happened…
The goblin queen's face looked confused, she was afraid for real just now thinking that this weird looking beast had done something to her and she was about to get seriously injured...but nothing happened, at least till now.
"Hm?...and? Why are you hugging my stomach like that?"
Hearing her question, Ben did not say anything.
"Ha..ha..hahaha..What a jo..Ughhhh!"
Just as she was about to use her wave attack, her body suddenly went out of control! The circulation of mana inside her was disturbed by some external force!
Bhooooom!
Just like before, a tremendous wave force was generated! This force easily knocked away Ben like some rocket. His body flew out before hitting against a small sized tree.
The others including Bob, Job, Caesar, Bolzark, Elkrad and everyone else were thrown far away as well.
The only exception was Genji, who was still held in the hands of the goblin queen. The goblin queen was currently trying to stabilise her body's mana circulation. This time she was able to handle this much better than before when she was weaker, but even then her innards were damaged pretty badly. Blood flowed out through her mouth and nose.
Genji was coughing and breathing heavily on her left side. In order to stabilise her condition, the goblin queen had released Genji, so he did not die yet.
Far away, beside a broken small tree where Ben had landed, you could see him waking up slowly. After clearing away the dust particles, Ben stabilised his body.
He found that this time he was injured quite heavily. He would not be able to move properly in a short time.
"It is a pity...my guess was incorrect. I thought that her wave attack would not be able to affect someone who is in physical contact with her. It seems like it only works when she is the one initiating the contact."
In order to kill the goblin queen, Ben had decided to take a risk, where he would use his unnamed skill against her in order to disturb the inner workings of her body, and then by touching her he would be able to avoid that dangerous wave attack.
In the end, while she would be trying to stabilise her body, he would swiftly kill her before absorbing Urja from her body. Hence, strengthening himself.
It would have been a happy ending if not for his guess being wrong. Just touching is not enough to avoid her wave attack. The goblin queen herself has to touch you, otherwise you cannot avoid her attack, unless you were far away.
…..
While Ben was feeling some regret back there, the goblin queen who was trying to stabilise her mana circulation made an error and suffered a setback.
"Cough!"
She coughed and spurted out blood on the ground. She opened her eyes and noticed that she was still in her same standing position.
"I need a peaceful atmosphere...damn it! so it was that weird looking beast's work!? He was the one who had interfered with my escape back then, otherwise I would not be here right now….wait!"
She realised something!
'Before and now, he only touched me to make me injured. Is it some kind of unique technique of his?...did my current power also awaken due to that?'
Thinking of this, she turned her view towards Ben's direction. There was a serious expression on her face.
"We will meet again!"
Right after saying this, the goblin queen escaped from the battlefield, though not before taking away Genji with her.
"You are coming with me."
She had escaped because her body's condition was not good. She had to go somewhere safe and recuperate for a while.
…..
Seeing that the goblin queen had escaped, everyone heaved sighs of relief. Bob let go of his usual caution and laid down on his back with his eyes closed.
Job, who was thrown away after that powerful wave attack, came before Bob and laid down on the ground on his left side.
Caesar, who had not done anything till now, was also heavily injured because of Bob's help.
From the start, Bob had paid close attention to him so he was not able to escape till now.
Some random subordinate of Ben, who could not take the exhaustion anymore shouted out of frustration.
"Can we take a rest Now!?"
His shout was too loud, even Ben could hear it. Hearing his words, everyone who understood that creature's words turned their heads towards Ben.
Seeing all the pitiful looks from his subordinates, Ben smiled. He wanted to tease them a little, but since he was exhausted he decided not to.
"Sure! You all can rest now! For only three days though!"
…..
After this long battle, Ben and his remaining army returned together with Guro and the two tribal leaders. Most of their subordinates had either died or ran away so these three leaders were alone.
Ben could have subdued them, but he decided to leave this matter alone for now. He did not want to fall out with these three yet.
For now, he had something else to do, and that was to increase his strength even more! At least before that Goblin queen came back for revenge, Ben had to be strong enough to take down third evolutionary creatures.
Ben still remembered how pressured he felt after seeing the Goblin queen's current power level through his system interface.
[Goblin queen]
[Urja level: 10000]
[Power level: 20000]
Guro had mosfly recovered unlike the other two leaders, so he was walking together with Ben.
The other creatures like Bob and Job were either at the front or behind them.
"What should we do now?" Asked Guro, he was worried about the goblin queen's revenge.
Hearing his question, Ben turned to look at him. There was a relaxed expression on his face.
"What else? We will go outside this area and find some more allies to fight against the Ogres and that Goblin queen. I don't think that the rulers from other areas would want anyone to rule over them."
"This...seems like a good idea." Guro had actually always wanted to explore more places outside of this area, but his responsibilities as a tribe leader and ambition to rule over this area had prevented him from going outside.
In the previous fight, he had seen what Ben was capable of doing, so Guro started respecting him as a powerful creature. After thinking over it carefully, Guro even felt that he was not Ben's match. Due to this thinking, he unknowingly started placing more importance on Ben's words.
The thing that made him fear Ben the most was his disappearing ability. Realising that Ben could somehow disappear completely made Guro feel a bit afraid of him. It was a terrifying ability!