Chapter 33 : Beast Calamity
Chapter 33: Beast Calamity! Division!
That was a Knight’s Squire named Laim. Just now, he had quietly crept behind Leo.
With a single swing, he slashed toward the back of Leo’s head.
But at the very moment he made his move, Leo reacted instantly—grabbing his forearm and flinging him backward.
This time, Leo held nothing back.
It was supposed to be sparring, yet the other party had struck with lethal intent—so he would show no mercy either.
The Level 2 Beastkin Blackwater Lizard meat he had eaten earlier had begun digesting after the exertion.
His current attributes:
【Strength: 1.9 Agility: 1.2 Spirit: 1.4】
After eating the meat, the earlier depletion in Leo’s body had rapidly been replenished. His Strength and Agility had each increased by another 0.1.
With a massive Strength of 1.9 fully unleashed, Laim was sent flying over ten meters.
He crashed heavily onto the ground like a torn sack.
With a loud bang, a wave of intense pain surged through him—his tailbone felt as if it had shattered.
Trying to push himself up, he realized his arm bones were also broken.
He had never imagined that Leo’s strength would be so great, nor his reaction so fast.
“Damn it…” Just as Laim gritted his teeth and cursed,
he suddenly seemed to smell a strong metallic scent nearby.
Instinctively turning his head, his expression changed drastically.
His face turned deathly pale, and he let out a scream, “Ah! Damn it! What is that?!”
Laim’s voice was shrill—the kind of scream only produced at the peak of terror.
Clearly, he had seen something horrifying.
The Knight’s Squires rushed toward the doorway upon hearing the sound.
But when they reached the entrance,
they saw a group of dog-like creatures rushing out from the side, instantly pouncing Laim to the ground.
Struggling and tearing sounds filled the air.
However, upon seeing so many people approaching, the creatures quickly scattered and fled out of the courtyard.
“Damn it!”
“Laim!”
The crowd scattered like startled sheep.
Laim, who had just been surrounded by those monsters, was now covered in wounds, blood gushing from his throat—he was gravely injured and barely clinging to life.
Seeing the monsters retreat, the group quickly gathered around him.
His eyes were vacant as he lay in a pool of blood, his life or death uncertain.
At that moment, another scream rang out—someone noticed something on the other side.
“What is that pile over there?!”
A group of people looked toward the other end of the courtyard, where something seemed to be lying.
Leo’s pupils suddenly shrank to pinpoints.
What lay there was not some object.
It was a person!
The squires approached.
Dozens of them surrounded the figure, yet the scene fell into dead silence, as if even a pin drop could be heard.
No one dared to speak—some even held their breath.
Because what lay before them was a corpse, a body that had been disemboweled!
And this person—everyone present recognized him.
It was Hogg, the Knight’s Squire who often followed behind Leo and Arthur!
“Hogg!”
Arthur, standing at the outer edge, shouted as he pushed through the crowd.
Hogg’s face was ashen, completely drained of color.
He lay motionless on the ground, his abdomen split open.
Inside the blood-red cavity, it was empty—like livestock at a butcher’s stall.
Around him were large pools of blood, along with severed intestines.
Hogg was dead!
Among the surrounding squires, some vomited on the spot at the bloody scene.
Others were so frightened that their legs gave way.
This was the first time they had seen a dead person in the castle—someone they knew, someone they saw every day.
A chilling fear spread instantly.
The squires stood with mouths half open, clearly unprepared for such a scene.
But at this moment, Leo had already calmed down from the initial shock. Though it was also his first time witnessing such gore,
he had already sensed the danger.
Because the small creatures that had just surrounded Laim—he had seen them before.
They were Beastkin.
Creatures recorded in the Beastkin compendium—Goblins!
Leo confirmed his judgment again from the chaotic five-toed footprints on the ground.
Those vile creatures had actually entered the castle.
And they had killed someone—no, two people.
Goblins!
According to the compendium, they were child-sized, savage Beastkin that excelled at group attacks and plundering humans.
What had just happened proved that these little monsters were even more brutal than Leo had imagined.
Leo scanned his surroundings.
It was clear that Hogg’s wounds had been caused by those Goblins.
They had taken his internal organs.
But it was very likely that those Goblins had not gone far.
This was the first time Leo had seen a real dead person since arriving in this world.
And it was someone he knew—perhaps even a friend.
Now he lay dead before him, in such a tragic state.
A cold, tangible fear hung over everyone like a blade above their heads.
Leo tightened his grip on the Iron Sword.
“Everyone, stay alert. Those Goblins might still be outside.”
His words struck like a heavy drumbeat.
“Goblins?!”
Many among the squires had heard of such creatures.
“Those were Goblins just now?!”
“Goblins… those are demons that crawl up from underground.”
They had heard of them, but never seen them.
At this moment, Leo’s gaze shifted farther out.
Near the entrance of the Training Room, the two guards who had been stationed there had vanished without a trace.
The situation seemed even worse than imagined.
This was a beast calamity.
“Damn it! We need to find a way to notify Miss Eve Sova,” someone in the crowd suggested.
Leo estimated that Hogg had just tried to leave the Training Room to report the situation when he was killed by the Goblins.
“That’s right! We need to inform the knight hall as soon as possible. Those Quasi-Knights will figure something out.”
Rog stepped forward, adrenaline surging through him, hot blood rushing to his head. “I’ll go find Miss Eve Sova. She’s the only knight in Blackstone City right now.”
“Right!” Many in the crowd cast admiring looks at the brave Rog.
“You can’t go.” Leo frowned. “I feel like they haven’t gone far.”
“Can’t go? Why the hell should I listen to you?” Rog had already been dissatisfied with Leo.
Now, with his head heated, a sudden urge to prove himself surged within him.
“Since you stepped forward bravely, I’ll remind you—those Goblins retreated just now because we had numbers. If you go alone, you’ll very likely be attacked.”
Leo continued explaining. In this situation, every additional death was disadvantageous to him.
In fact, he sensed that since the Goblins had appeared inside the castle, things were far from simple.
And the guards outside the Training Room—vanished silently within just dozens of meters.
That alone was the clearest proof.