Essence of the Strait’s dispatch team slowly entered the building that became a goblin settlement. Cough, cough. The acrid fog inside the abandoned building stung Rachel’s throat whenever she breathed, so she covered her face with magic power.

“How long has this building been abandoned to be in such a poor state?”

Yohei asked as he cut apart the fog with his katana. His archaic manner of speech sounded a bit annoying, but Rachel wondered the same. They were still in Incheon, even if only on the outskirts. Residential and shopping districts existed only 2 km away. How could goblins have settled in this building?

“The settlement was reported 2 weeks ago. By the looks of it, someone’s been doing goblin business here. It must’ve been easy for the culprit to avoid any eyes since the military is concentrated around the coastal area.

Im Joongjin murmured with a sigh. He didn’t seem happy with how things looked.

“Goblin business?”

“Yeah. Goblins specialize in crafting. They can be used to obtain all sorts of items and materials if properly managed, but by the looks of it…”

Im Joongjin brushed his hair back and kicked a human corpse on the ground. Mushrooms and spores already infested the body.

“They must not have thought the goblins would trick them instead. What a bunch of fools.”

Rachel finally understood what happened. The human corpses inside the building must’ve belonged to those who reared the goblins, but ended up being killed by them instead. Cube’s textbooks recorded many such...