Volume 3 - CH 26.1

Act 3-26.1: The Goblin Queen’s Treasure

Just like any other Goblin nest, Karon Kingdom was located underground in a giant deep hole in the northern part of the Akeron mountain range. However, different from the other Goblin nests, Karon Kingdom was actually a well maintained village, with smooth walls decorated with many ornaments.

Though those ornaments were peculiarly designed compared to ones made by humans, they were still quite luxurious for a Goblin nest.

Goz was currently walking along the underground corridor of Karon Kingdom, heading towards its destination at the end of it. Upon arriving, what awaited him was a giant gate with two goblins stationed in front of it as guards. The thing that he was looking for was behind that gate.

「If it isn’t prince Goz. What’s your business for visiting this place, gob?」

One of the gatekeepers asked Goz.

「Sorry for troubling you during your duty. There’s something that I’m looking for and it’s inside this room. Let me in.」

Hearing his pompous order, the gatekeepers exchanged glances.

「Even if you’re a prince, you’re not allowed to go in without Her Majesty’s permit, gob.」

The gatekeepers stated to Goz.

Goz clicked his tongue upon hearing their remark.

「Permit eh… HERE’S THE PERMIT!!」

Goz unsheathed his sword that was hidden under his overcoat and pushed it into one of the gatekeepers’ neck.

「GOOOOB!!!」

Goz then stabbed his sword into the other goblin’s chest before the other party could scream.

「What are you doing… gob…」

The goblin that got stabbed in the chest muttered so as he stopped moving.

「Humph, foolish goblins. Your life would have been spared if you had let me in without asking any questions.」

Goz muttered as he kicked the gatekeeper’s corpse.

Nevertheless, they would still have been executed if they had let Goz in for going against the queen’s order. Either choice they made would have still ended up with them being dead.

Goz set the corpses on fire with his flame magic. He wouldn’t be found out right away with the corpses missing. He then looked at the gate. The gatekeepers were protecting Karon Kingdom’s treasury. All of the Goblin Queen’s treasures were in that room, that’s why even a prince of the kingdom needed a permit to enter it.

Goz knew that once he was discovered they would hunt him down and kill him for sure. But, he didn’t care as the thing hidden behind that gate could help him fight the Dark Knight. And, of course, once he gains the power to fight against the Dark Knight, his mother wouldn’t be a creature he’d have to worry about; she’ll be easy to handle.

The gate was locked with magic, but it wasn’t a big deal for Goz. He had already investigated and found the spell he needed to open the door. He uttered them without wasting any time and was filled with mirth as he saw the doors opening at his command.

As he walked inside, he could see various treasures lined up from either side of the vault. Gems, ornaments, cosmetics, and dresses. Everything one could ever imagine was thrown in the piles and every single item was beautiful beyond compare. Goz couldn’t help but sneer upon seeing those treasures.

「None of these would ever look good on that mother of mine. No matter how beautiful the gems, they would be degraded into low-grade trash once they’re worn by her.」

Goz walked further inside the treasure vault while muttering those remarks until he finally reached another gate. Behind this second gate the queen kept an extremely important item. It was Goz’s first time ever stepping foot in that place, but he knew that what he was looking for was right behind that gate.

「GEH!!」

Goz unintentionally shrieked a little upon entering the room. The walls of this inner room were covered with portraits of naked handsome men, what was even worse was that it was the only type of portraits found in this room. Pictures of men from various races were hung up like sacred treasures, with the most dominant race among the collection being of humans.

「Maybe this is one of my mother’s hobbies. This kind of bad taste suits her ugly appearance…」

Goz almost lost his cool and wanted to burn those pictures. He thought that these were the pictures of her prey, but after finding the portrait of a male angel and a male daemon, he dismissed that thought. Even the so-called Goblin Queen was nothing more than a slightly more powerful goblin, she could never overpower an angel or a daemon race. Thus, he concluded that the portraits of the naked men were drawn by someone for the Goblin Queen.

Goz then looked at a certain picture. Looking at its condition, the picture seemed to be one of the latest additions.

Goz could never forget the man in that picture. It was a portrait of the Hero of Light, Reiji. The hero in the picture was revealing a daring smile while naked. The picture was drawn so faithfully, without even missing the smallest details, that it felt as if it was about to come alive at any moment.

「Uhm?」

Goz then saw another portrait beside the one with the Hero.

「Isn’t this… my portrait?」

Yes, it was a picture of Goz. However, it wasn’t drawn in his goblin form, rather it was drawn in his fake form as the handsome hero, Parsish

「Why is my picture here…」

Goz started worrying, finding a portrait of him, even if it was of his fake form, here meant that at some point he was his mother’s object of desire. The thought of his mother being attracted to him sexually sent a chill down his spine. It was then that he noticed another thing.

「How did they know about that…」

Parsish was definitely a disguise, but for some reason, a certain part was drawn too accurately. Goz couldn’t help but cover his own cr*tch.

He then glanced at the Hero’s portrait. The thing dangling between the Hero’s legs was twice as big as his.

「Dammit… I lost…」

Goz felt defeated inside.

He then turned his head to the other portrait that was right next to his. Going by order, that picture was most probably the latest addition to the collection. It was a portrait of a black-haired man.

Goz felt that man to be quite familiar, as if he had seen him before.

The man had a well ordered face with a subdued kind of charm. It was the kind of handsomeness you wouldn’t notice unless you took a closer look.

And then, he looked down.

「WHA?!!!!」

Goz was at a loss for words.

That was the most atrocious thing amongst the collection of males in this place.

The black-haired man’s thing was even bigger than the Hero’s.

「IMPOSSIBLE?! WHAT KIND OF MONSTROSITY IS THIS?!」

Goz stopped looking since he realized that he would only feel utter despair if he kept looking at it.

Other things in the room included a whip and strange looking items on a pedestal, but Goz ignored all of those things since knowing his mother’s hobby was the last thing he wanted.

After leaving that weird area filled with his mother’s dirty hobbies, Goz arrived at a spacious location; it was the innermost part of the room. It was a room devoid of any of the previous devious looking devices used by perverts. Instead, there was a pedestal with a jar placed on it.

That was the item Goz had been looking for.

When he was still in this kingdom as a prince, Goz had found out many secrets including that this kingdom had several treasures. The jar was one of them.

The Goddess of Destruction, Nargol, had many subordinates and one of them was sealed in that jar. The Demon King who had betrayed her had also fought her kin.

In the end, the Demon King, who had won the battle, couldn’t bring himself to kill his own brethren and resorted to sealing them.

And one of his kins was sealed in the jar before Goz.

Various sealed kins were entrusted to be guarded in various locations in Nargol and, since the Demon King judged that the one sealed in the jar before Goz was the least dangerous one, he entrusted the jar to Karon kingdom for them to safeguard it.

But then, Goz didn’t care about that. He would use anything and everything to beat the powerful Dark Knight.

「The fella in this jar is going to beat the Dark Knight. He might be the least dangerous God, but he’s still a God. He should be able to beat the Dark Knight and the Hero and his party. Kukuku… With this, Regena will be mine…」

Goz’s face revealed a hideous smile as he took the jar. [TL: I get the feeling that the goblins’ IQ is only 80 at the highest.]

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「Tch, they found out about it eh!!」

The Ogre witch Kujig clicked her tongue. The bug that she planted to observe the movement of the Hero’s little sister and her companions was found and killed just a moment ago. Now, she completely had zero idea about the situation on the hero’s little sister’s side.

「What a useless human… His name was Echigos, right? I guess that’s all he’s capable of.」

Kujig recalled the human to whom she planted the bug in.

「What shall we do now, Mama? They’re not your average Joes.」

The seventh son, Retsug, remarked while munching on the deep fried young children roll.

The rest of Kujig’s sons nodded in agreement upon hearing Retsug’s remark as they continued their meal.