God Card: My White Card Is Very Unusual

Chap 6: The Sacrificial Ritual

Most continued moving deeper into the forest. Based on the habits of Goblins, he believed their sheltering nest would not be built too far from here. A D rank space gate would not contain monsters stronger than Green Color rank. Therefore, in order to earn as many points as possible, Most needed to eliminate a large number of Goblins.

A single Goblin nest could house at least hundreds of adult Goblins, not to mention the enormous number of young ones. Goblins were a race with extremely high reproductive capability. They could breed with various different species, and during that process there was sometimes a chance that extremely powerful mutated individuals would be born.

After traveling for a long time, Most once again encountered a group of Goblins dragging prey back. This time he did not attack and only followed them quietly. He wanted to use this opportunity to track them and determine the location of their nest.

"Here it is."

Not long after, Most discovered a large village ahead, surrounded by a sturdy wooden fence. Every few dozen meters along the fence stood a watchtower, with a Goblin archer standing guard on top. Groups of fully armed Goblins constantly patrolled the surrounding area. At the entrance gate, two large Goblins holding spears stood guard, their appearance imposing.

The hunting Goblins dragged their prey into the village and piled the corpses into a mountain. Judging by the number of carcasses, they were not hunting merely for food. It seemed they had another purpose.

"Built according to a village model. The Goblin chief is quite intelligent. With this level of intelligence it cannot possibly be only Green Color rank."

Most silently calculated. With the scale of this village, the number of Goblins could reach tens of thousands. The leader must definitely be Blue rank. This meant the gate must originally have been Rank C. The first exploration team must have killed the previous chief.

Most then stared at the mountain of animal corpses, and a flash of understanding appeared in his eyes.

Just as Most was planning his strategy, on the opposite side of the hill where he was hiding, a group of students had also gathered to observe the village. Sitting at the center of that group was none other than Voga.

"They are preparing to perform a sacrificial ritual. Captain Voga, we should launch a full assault and stop them before they succeed."

A female student wearing glasses proposed her opinion. She considered herself the smartest person present, and Voga would certainly accept her suggestion. After all, among everyone here, she was the only one who had noticed the strange behavior of the Goblins.

Voga said nothing. He simply observed in silence. A Goblin capable of performing sacrifices was indeed strange. If it were an Orc he would not be so surprised. The Goblin chief must be a mutated individual. Why had this mutation occurred? The reason could only be the first exploration team.

"I heard that the first exploration team lost quite a few members in order to conquer this spatial gate. But it seems not all of them died."

Voga laughed coldly. He felt no sympathy for those who had sacrificed themselves. Their fate was simply the result of their weakness. The Maxwell family was a merchant family. The very first thing his parents taught him as a child was how to optimize benefits.

"Stop them? Why should we stop them?"

This sacrificial ritual was a rare opportunity. If he chose the safe approach, the most Voga could obtain would be a top quality Green Color card. But if he allowed the ritual to succeed, there was a chance he could obtain a Blue card.

Voga was currently level 10 and already possessed two powerful Blue cards. He was confident he could easily defeat a Rank C monster. The only thing left was to wait for fortune to favor him.

…

Outside in the real world, a young male teacher hurried anxiously toward the principal's office.

Knock knock knock.

"Come in."

"Principal Melor, please take a look at this dossier about the Rolan exploration team. There is something very wrong with them."

"Terax. Calm down. What is so urgent that you have to rush in like this."

Truly lacking in composure. That was exactly why Melor disliked having a male assistant. He felt a bit nostalgic for his former assistant. The old man shook his head and slowly poured himself a cup of hot tea before taking a gentle sip.

"What could possibly be so serious about them? They are only a D rank exploration team."

"Please read this dossier."

Melor curiously opened the file. At first he saw nothing unusual. But the more he read, the more suspicious he became. Soon his expression turned cold, filled with killing intent.

"D rank exploration team Rolan, founded by D rank Card Master Ed Rolan. In ten years of activity the team has an extremely high member death rate, most of them female. The spatial gates they accept contracts for are mostly related to Goblins. Accused of cooperating with the Dark Society and wanted by the Alliance one month ago."

"Damn it. Why am I only receiving this information now. Who approved cooperation with this exploration team?"

"It was Roxana, sir. Your former assistant."

"What!"

Melor was shocked. His silver beard trembled. He then remembered Roxana's strange behavior after returning from visiting Grandmaster Renes. She had indeed seemed suspicious.

"Mobilize all supervising teachers and evacuate every student from that spatial gate immediately. The moment everyone exits, disable the spatial transfer device."

"Sir…"

"What is it now Terax?"

"All supervising teachers have lost contact."

Melor inhaled sharply and sighed. The situation was far worse than he had imagined.

"Immediately report this to the Alliance and request that they send Enforcers. Also notify the head of the Maxwell family about this matter. Tell him that his son is currently in extreme danger. The one behind this may very well be the Dark Society."