The Grill-Wielding Saintess of the Dead

Chapter 5 Goblin Head Soup 5

“Wow, their civilization level is higher than I thought.”

Aside from what I had destroyed, I was quite surprised at the goblins’ masonry and architectural techniques.

There were even buildings that appeared to function like mechanical structures, although without steam.

Even the paved roads and the cultural style of the buildings were quite impressive.

Without the mention of a goblin empire, it might have felt like I was traveling to some exotic foreign country.

However, I couldn’t just whistle along like I was out for a casual stroll.

Whack!

“There are still a lot of bugs around.”

Was this a [Goblin Knight]?

I heard each one is around B-rank, and if they group together, they can be quite a threat even to A-rank hunters.

[Goblin Shamans] are also generally B-rank, but some are rated at A-rank when alone.

[Goblin Archers] weren’t much of a threat. After all, their crossbows, arrows, and even stolen firearms couldn’t pierce my skin.

I thought I had wiped them all out at the entrance to the underground empire, but as soon as I entered the city, a large number of knights ambushed me from above, wielding longswords.

Their speed wasn’t impressive.

Moreover, their swords couldn’t pierce my skin, so I let them think they had landed a hit, then countered by striking them.

Their fragile bodies inside the armor burst apart.

– It’s like a wrecking tank…

– Hahaha, aren’t goblin knights supposed to be strong? LOL.

– What’s strong? LOL! The host doesn’t even get a scratch from their swords.

– That’s because the host is abnormal, haha.

One, two, three.

Three on each side, six in total.

To avoid getting dirt or dust in my eyes, I dodged slightly, allowing their attacks to hit my torso instead.

Their swords bounced off my skin, unable to penetrate, and I immediately counterattacked.

Clang!

“Kirrk?!”

“Kuek?!”

As their longswords bounced off my body, I rushed forward, grabbed their heads, and slammed them into the ground.

The helmets on the knights’ heads crumpled like tin cans, and I heard the sound of a tuna can bursting open inside.

Sigh, they smelled pretty good too.

Since they were B-rank, they would definitely taste better than regular goblins.

But today, these guys weren’t what I was craving.

If I hadn’t heard about the Emperor Goblin, I might have been satisfied with cooking and eating a couple of goblin knights and ending the broadcast for today.

However, after learning about the Emperor Goblin, how could I settle for these lowly creatures when a true delicacy awaited me?

The Hobgoblin is a rare variant among regular goblins, but the Emperor Goblin is a singular origin creature.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to eat it, so how could I possibly let it slip by?

Moreover…

Grumble…

“Sss. I’m getting hungry again…”

This is bad… I’m hungry again.

While I can draw divine energy almost endlessly from the starlight, using it doesn’t prevent me from expending physical energy.

Simply put, the more powerful miracles I use, the faster my hunger cycle accelerates.

The scrawny goblin corpses my tentacles devoured earlier didn’t satisfy me, and my hunger quickly returned.

– Wow, just one punch and the goblins go down.

– I noticed it earlier, but isn’t the host ridiculously strong?

– Heueung… Noona… I’m dying…

– Isn’t the host super strong?

– Looks like an S-rank, right?

‘Huh?’

Just as I was glancing at the chat window, my vision suddenly blurred, and I sensed a strange fluctuation of magic.

This wasn’t just temporary blurriness.

Everything, including the chat window and my surroundings, was completely obscured.

It was quite unsettling to suddenly lose my sight without any warning.

Fortunately, the divine barrier I had placed on the drone camera was working properly, so it seemed the broadcast was still being transmitted.

However, the fact that I couldn’t check the chat window was annoying as a streamer.

‘Is this an illusion spell from a goblin shaman…?’

Though it’s a different power system than divine energy, I could still sense it.

The divine energy I wield is, after all, the higher-tier equivalent of magic.

I expected them to shoot physical spells like fireballs, but I hadn’t anticipated an illusion that would steal my sight.

‘Maybe they realized physical attacks are useless against me and decided to rob me of my sight instead?’

If that’s the case, then these goblins have far more advanced abilities and civilization than I thought.

Typically, goblins rely on ambushes or reckless charges, so the fact that they can strategize like this is surprising.

‘If I try to resist… hmm, it’s hard to push back since it’s my first time encountering this spell.’

If I had time, I could probably dispel it, but there were goblin knights right in front of me with swords drawn.

“Kekeke!”

“Kerrr!”

I could hear the goblin knights laughing nearby.

It seemed they realized I had stopped moving and guessed that my sight had been stolen.

The goblins, who had been terrified of me just moments ago, now laughed wickedly, feeling confident in their victory.

‘What’s that smell…’

They were even drooling and leaking strange fluids.

Did I look like a tasty meal to them?

Or did I appear like a desirable female, making them lustful?

Well, this body is undeniably beautiful.

I don’t know if goblins appreciate human beauty, but there have been cases of goblins abducting human women to use as breeders.

…It’s fine.

Crunch!

“Khugh, Brrp!!!!”

“Kerrk!?”

“Kyaooot!?”

Even though my sight was stolen, my other senses were intact.

The flesh tentacles growing from my back could seek out and tear apart enemies without needing my command.

“It’s better for me if they come closer.”

Bam!

“Keubuk!?”

I swung my fist toward the sound, and something burst apart.

I could sense the goblins trying to run away and feel the airflow around them.

I didn’t know where the goblin shaman who cast the illusion was hiding, but in this situation, I had no choice but to attack indiscriminately.

With that decision made, I sensed every presence, every movement, every sound, and every smell, and I threw myself toward them.

Even in the old world, I had fought while blind before.

These goblins were fools to approach me thinking they had won just because they had stolen my sight.

If they truly wanted to win, they should have taken away all of my senses, not just my sight.

Crunch!

Whack!

Wham!!

I grabbed and crushed the heads of the goblins trying to flee, then chased after the next.

Of course, not all of them were running.

“Kerrrk!”

Whoosh!

I felt the sensation of a goblin’s sword slicing through the air, aiming to cut me down.

Bold move, but what could they hope to achieve with a sword that couldn’t even pierce my skin?

Pow!

I slapped the sword away with my hand, then yanked the arm holding it, tearing it off like a toy.

By now, my body was probably drenched in so much blood that I must have looked quite grotesque to the viewers.

“Kirrk! Kerrrrr!”

“Kauk, Haguuh!”

“Heek, Hieeek!”

The goblins, who had been mocking me moments ago, screamed in terror, and their cries made my ears ring.

I extended my hand toward the source of the light footsteps, which were lighter than a human’s, and crushed whatever I grabbed.

The flesh tentacles took care of the rear, covering me from any attacks.

In fact, the tentacles seemed to see this as an opportunity to slaughter goblins while I was blinded, secretly devouring their corpses.

Normally, I would have commanded them to stop, but in a dungeon as dangerous as this S-rank one, I couldn’t afford to hold back.

If the Emperor Goblin launched an attack while my vision was impaired, I couldn’t be sure I would win.

So, eat as much as you want and kill as many as you can.

Whack!

Wham!

Crush!

Crunch!

I thought I had killed a lot of goblins, but my vision still hadn’t returned.

The shaman casting the spell was likely far from here, as goblins kept crawling out from somewhere, attempting to ambush me.

I considered using another [Holy Body Annihilation], but in my current blind state, it would be dangerous if I accidentally fell into a pit or off a cliff.

In the chaos of battle, I wasn’t even sure if I was on solid ground, a tall spire, or a building.

Since this is a gigantic underground city, there were many places I could fall, so I had to refrain from using miracles that could cause widespread destruction.

I needed to regain my sight first.

Even though I could still sense things, not being able to see was irritating.

‘Well then, I’ll just keep killing.’

[Miracle – Holy Body Descent]

Crack, crack!

Snap, snap!

I felt my spine break and then regenerate.

The cells within my spinal cord bubbled, forming muscles and bones, which then became tentacles.

“Haaa…..”

Using [Holy Body Descent] once more, I let out a soft sigh.

The number of flesh tentacles sprouting from my back had doubled, wrapping around my body.

The hunger transmitted by the tentacles had intensified, making me even hungrier, but since the miracles I could use while blind were limited, I had no choice.

“Faster…”

The tentacles spread out.

I strengthened them with divine power, making the already tough tentacles even more destructive as they began smashing the goblins.

Since the shaman wasn’t nearby, I just killed every moving figure I could sense.

Crack!

Wham!

Thud!

Crunch!

By this point, the numerous goblin knights had given up attacking me and were only trying to flee.

However, the flower-like flesh tentacles moved faster than I did, grabbing and crushing the goblins.

They deflected arrows and long-range spells fired by the archers with savage force, tearing the enemies apart.

And how long had I been slaughtering goblins?

I finally sensed a connection to the owner of that strange mana.

‘It’s him.’

I charged directly toward the shaman who had stolen my sight, and the nearby goblins, who had been fleeing, surrounded me in a last-ditch effort to defend the shaman.

“Kerrrr!”

“Kyaroot!”

“Khuoooot!”

It seemed the goblins knew they had no chance if their shaman died.

But too bad for them—by the time they formed their defensive line, I had already reached the shaman.

I could clearly feel the twisted mana connecting me to the shaman, so I knew the exact direction.

“Kuek?!”

As I got closer, I swung a tentacle, smashing the shaman’s body.

Crunch!!!

“Ah, I can see.”

As soon as the shaman died, the darkness obscuring my vision vanished.

The other goblins stared at the shaman’s shattered corpse and me, dumbfounded, clearly not expecting me to reach the shaman so quickly.

I blinked a few times, and my vision returned completely.

The chat window… ah, it’s working fine.

It seemed the broadcast was still streaming properly, much to my relief.

– Noonaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!

– No, Noona, I was so scared!

– Can you see now???

– Noona, are you okay?

– Host, what happened????

– Could you really not see???

“Sorry, guys. The shaman had cast a spell to block my vision.”

Crunch!

I grabbed a goblin knight who was approaching from the side and glanced at the chat window.

“For now, I’ll finish wiping out these guys. It’s a massacre broadcast, after all.”

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– ?

– ??

– What’s she doing?

– ??

– ? Why did the host stop?

The viewers watching the broadcast threw hooks of confusion, wondering why the host had suddenly stopped fighting after freezing in place.

Normally, if the host had been collecting hooks, it would have been to express curiosity about her bizarre actions or antics.

But now, the host was inside a high-risk dungeon—the Goblin Empire—and facing a horde of goblin knights alone, with no backup.

For the viewers, it was baffling to see the host stop in such a dangerous situation where she could easily die.

– What’s happening?

– What’s the host doing?

– Goblins are coming. Host, run!

– What is she doing????

– ?????

– Dodge!!!

[‘SpoiledHerb’ has donated 10,000 won!]

– Dodge quickly!

Someone hurriedly donated, but the host’s eyes remained unfocused.

– Oh my God, she’s under the ‘vision theft’ spell.

– What’s that??

– It’s a status effect cast by the Goblin Empire’s shaman leader. Even an S-rank is helpless under this spell.

– ???

– Does that even exist?

– That’s why the Goblin Empire’s danger level is so high.

– If your vision is stolen while fighting multiple knights, you’re as good as dead.

– Wow, this is really bad for the host, isn’t it?

– I knew this would happen the moment she insisted on going there.

– Tsk tsk.

– Looks like we’ll need an extra spot in the morgue.

Some viewers quickly realized that the host had fallen victim to a goblin shaman’s trick.

In a previous expedition to the Goblin Empire with S-rank hunters, this very spell had caused massive casualties.

No matter how skilled a hunter was, suddenly losing their vision made it nearly impossible to respond.

Because of this, the viewers imagined the host, who had confidently declared a Goblin Empire massacre broadcast, either ending up as a bloody corpse or being captured and turned into the goblins’ plaything.

Since her sight had been stolen with no support nearby, her defeat seemed inevitable.

However, there were two things the viewers hadn’t anticipated.

“It’s better for me if they come closer.”

Wham!

– ? Wait, can the host still not see?

– What’s going on?

The first thing was that the host was much stronger than they thought.

Crunch!

The second thing was that the host was far more ruthless and relentless than they realized.

Whack! Wham!

Crunch!

– Wait, is she really blind right now??

– Her eyes are unfocused, so she’s definitely blind, right?

– Then how is she still fighting?

– What kind of lunatic is she?

– Is she seriously fighting just by using sound and smell? LOL.

– Wow, what is happening?

[Miracle – Holy Body Descent]

While still blind, the host used another miracle.

Previously, there had been about five tentacles assisting her in battle, but now they bloomed like a flower, spreading wide.

The viewers were left speechless.

The flesh tentacles sprouting from the host’s back were undoubtedly grotesque, horrific, and monstrous.

However, the host had always referred to herself as a saint.

Despite her wild antics, her pure, beautiful appearance was undeniable, and the contrast between her divine beauty and the terrifying tentacles struck a strange balance that seemed to stir something deep within the viewers.

– Wow, what is that…

– The host is definitely S-rank, right?

– Wow…

– She’s so pretty.

– It’s disgusting, but she’s beautiful.

– I agree. It’s disgusting, but she’s pretty.

– From today on, she’s not just the crazy saint; she’s the tentacle saint.

– Tentacle saint LOL. She looks like the protagonist of some adult game, LOL.

The host, seemingly unaware of the viewers’ reactions, swung her tentacles freely, crushing the goblin knights without hesitation.

By now, it was no longer surprising that the goblin knights, ranked as B-grade creatures, were being crushed like insects under her fists.

The viewers marveled at the sight of the host using her tentacles to scale walls, crush approaching goblins without mercy, and finally track down and kill the hiding goblin shaman.

– Wow, she actually found it?

– Is there really a hunter who can solo the Goblin Empire? Boom boom pow.

– This is insane…

– Just spam LOL.

– Just spam LOL.

– LOL, she’s insanely strong, hahaha.

– Is this the class of the returning saint?

– Now that I think about it, she did say she was a saint, right?

– How is this a saint? She’s a berserker, hahaha.

– She’s definitely a saint, though. She’s solving all the problems at the root.

After slaughtering the goblin shaman, the host’s eyes regained focus, as seen through the camera.

– Noonaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!

– No, Noona, my heart was pounding!

– Can you see now???

– Noona, are you okay?

– Host, what happened????

– Could you really not see???

“Sorry, guys. The shaman had cast a spell to block my vision.”

Even though the host was covered in blood as she grabbed the neck of a nearby goblin knight, she still looked beautiful.

In fact, the sight of the blood-covered saint seemed to stir the darker desires of the viewers.

“For now, I’ll finish wiping these guys out. This is a massacre broadcast, after all.”

At that moment, the viewers realized something.

‘Ah, the host is really going to make goblin head soup out of the Emperor Goblin today.’