The Goblin's Leveling System!

Chapter 52: Saving Axel From Danger

Damn! My neck hurts!

I opened my eyes and saw the red-haired woman who had beaten me up and knocked me unconscious.

I tried to move but my body was being bounded by something. I looked downwards and saw several chains being locked unto me.

I released some fire magic to increase the temperature of my surroundings so that I could melt the iron chains but my magic wouldn't activate.

It seems that the iron chains was not an ordinary chain but a chain that could block the usage of mana.

I will try if I can break it using brute force. I used all of my force to remove the iron chains and even used my head to bump them towards the iron chain.

My efforts were rendered useless since I couldn't break the iron chains even if I used my millions of stats in the attack.

{This chain seems familiar to me. Ah, now I know what it is! It's a mythical rank artifact known as [Dragon Binding Chain]. It can only be destroyed if the being who was bounded by it had 300 million attacks stat.}

Damn it! I only had at least 200 million stats in my attack stat.

{There's only one way to get out of it.}

What is it?

{Ask the person who bounded you with it to remove it herself.}

Are you taking me as a fool? I already knew that after I woke up. After all, It would not make sense if the chain couldn't be removed by the one who used it.

{I can't help you in your current predicament but I'm warning you not to kill her if you got out from the dragon binding chain. After all, she's my daughter.}

Wait, what!? Then tell her to let me out of this iron chain!

{The reason why she locked you up is maybe that she will interrogate you and asked you about my whereabouts. You were the last one who met up with me so she might ask you about it.}

Then why not show up? Wait, if you show up and she saw you that you were now my pet... wouldn't she kill me?

{Don't worry! My daughter is kind so she won't kill you! I can't guarantee that she would not torture you though.}

You should take responsibility, dragon king since you were the one who told me to visit your daughter in the first place.

{I already told you what I knew about so it's up to you to handle the situation and comply with her demands. Bye, Axel. I'm going to take a nap.}

You irresponsible old man!

"Who were you talking to?"

A voice that was not filled with any emotions resounded in my ears. The voice felt that the speaker was devoid of any emotions and her tone felt cold and distant.

I looked up and knew that the voice came from the red-haired woman.

"This is the last time I will ask and don't waste my patience. Who were you talking to?"

"What are you talking about, miss? I was tied up beside this boulder while being wrapped around by some iron chains. I was silent when I woke up since I only observed my surroundings and tested my luck if I could break the chains or not."

"Don't try to fool me. Even if I don't know who you were talking to, I still knew that you were talking to someone via telepathy. It must be someone who is your servant or your ally but I believe it's the former."

This woman was damn smart! She almost knew about what I did but luckily she didn't know who I was talking to.

"Which part of your body do you want me to break?"

I'm okay if it's any part of my body but please don't break the dragon that was between my legs or I would not have any pride to call myself a man!

"I'll start with the 'thing' between your legs since you aren't offering me any answer."

"Looks like I don't have to be kind to you anymore."

I cast [Mana Stack] to release all of my mana and then cast [Black Hole] which almost devoured the iron chains but my skills were instantly blocked by the red-haired woman.

She's strong! I didn't know that the dragon princess would be able to overpower me!

{Of course, she is powerful! After all, she is my daughter!}

I thought you were sleeping, dragon king?

{I will sleep now or you wouldn't be able to focus on battling my daughter and she might find out about me being your slave. Bye!}

"You were talking with someone again. Tell me who it is or you wouldn't see tomorrow!"

Well, I can. You are only able to kill my physical body, not my soul.

"I have the right to remain silent! Everything that I said will be used against me and I would not be able to know if you are planning to leave me is after I told you everything that I know!"

"If you don't believe me then how about we make an oath?"

"What's an oath? Wait, I'll read it in a book. You don't have to tell me."

I took out several books from the system inventory and searched for this fantasy world's dictionary.

After I found it, I flipped the pages at high speed and tried to read it. My reading speed was 250 words per 0.1 second and even though I read it fast, I still had my high-speed stat so it was like I had read it in slow motion.

I found out in the dictionary that an oath was a promise that a person will say and will never break that promise or the gods who witnessed the oath will punish the person who broke the oath.

"What do you want to know?"

"Where is my father?"

"Miss, you don't answer a question with another question. It's common sense. Make an oath first that you won't harm me if I will answer your question."

I should buy time since my teammates might have known that I was in danger. My mana had already run out including the mana that I had stored in the [Mana Stack] skill so I was recovering my mana as fast as I could while buying some time.

"I Aileen Von Dracoignis, swear that I will not harm this goblin if he answers all of my questions truthfully!"

After Aileen made an oath, her body was being shone upon by a bright yellow light. I had read that it was the proof that the gods had witnessed the oath.

"Now it's your turn to make an oath."

"Why should I?"

I'm not that dumb to agree. She was the one who wanted to ask something from me so why should I be the one who listens to her?

Shouldn't she be the one who needs to adjust to my conditions since she needs me to answer her questions?

"Didn't you promise to make an oath after I had done it?"

"I had not promised that I will make an oath. I had promised that I will answer your question after you make an oath."

"What a sly goblin!"

"So what's your question?"

"The same as before."

I went silent for a while. I can't lie since if I did lie, the oath would be invalid. Aileen mentioned in her oath that she wouldn't harm me as long as I answered truthfully.

Even though I wouldn't be punished for lying since I didn't make an oath but I should be careful about what I answer to her or she would kill me after the oath is expired.

Well, screw it! I'll be straightforward and honest. Maybe I could beat her if I fight her seriously.

"Your father, the dragon king is currently in my storage and he is my contracted pet."

The cave went silent for a few seconds. No further sounds were made except for our breathing noises.

Aileen tried to be calm but she suddenly lost her composure and activated her [Dragon's Breath] skill.

I couldn't dodge since I was still bounded by the chains nor I could block it.

Just as I was about to lose hope in evading the attack, a shout from someone familiar to me made me feel hope again.

"Great wall of Chi- I mean earth!"

A ginormous and durable wall made out of earth erected from the ground and protected me from the [Dragon's Breath].

Zale appeared beside me after he cast his earth magic.

Aerin, who was still at the entrance, cast [Rapid Fire] using her bow which shot multiple arrows in a second.

Sophie appeared in the shadow of Aileen and used her shadow manipulation skill to conjure two daggers while wielding them in both hands and slash them towards Aileen.

Aileen escaped in an instant to avoid Sophie's attack but she was then met by Pedonar who cast [Short Distance Teleportation] and slammed her towards the ground.

Mathew came running and cast [Universal Steal] to steal me out of the dragon binding chain.

Huh? I didn't know Mathew could use [Universal Steal] to steal a person.

My teammates appeared beside me and shouted:

"We are Axel's comrade! If you have a problem with him then you have a problem with us!"

That's... Cliche.