Silvester is waiting for the adventurer to ask what he was looking for but contrary to his expectation, they didn't ask.

He likes it. The less the adventurer knows, the easier it is for them he thought.

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He glanced at Adam who still had his fierce face, and his eyes darted to Adelyn's back beside Adam.

She looks like she was in a stroll while nonchalantly using her magic to avoid the thick black mist in front of them. They stand as a vanguard while his knight, a sword master is at the back as support for the rear.

While he was looking at Adelyn, she shouted.

"Down!"

They were confused and he saw his knight grabbing him and docking his head and at the same time he heard a loud collision.

"F*ck! Adelyn!"

Silvester heard Adam shouting and he looked up while he was still crouching down.

"Your highness is alright?" Sir Izzy, the mage asks. He casted a barrier when he heard Adelyn's warned voice.

Silvester has a blank face, and his heart was beating fast. He didn't know why but hearing Adam calling Adelyn's name with desperation made him feel iffy inside.

"Your highness?" Sir Louise, the healer was also beside him, they are worried as their Prince seems to be in a state of shock that they never saw before.

Silvester who has a blank face and is looking in a direction where he hears a female voice cough and is covered in smoke.

"Damnit!"

"Miss Adelyn, you alright?"

"Yeah! No one get hurt right?"

Adam and Adelyn were checking on each other, while Adelyn was walking in their way. She flew quite a distance.

She dusted her clothes and saw Silvester coming her way.

"Miss Adelyn, are you really alright?"

"Of course,"

"What happened? Where did the attack come from?"

Silvester is now back to normal as he saw that Adelyn was okay. He doesn't know why but he feels that he needs to watch her closely and never let her be at harm's way.

Adelyn didn't answer his question but instead asked Sir George to watch Sir Sil.

"What? I can fight!"

"That's not it. You're the client, and besides, if we can't even solve this then what did we come here for?" Adam said and Adelyn smirk.

"Well said buddy." She replied.

Adelyn rushed to the front. It was a monster with invisibility, but Adelyn doesn't have a problem with that as she can see the black mana that is surrounding the monster.

*slash!*

A black liquid and a smoke came from the wound and the rest heard a loud pitch screech and watched Adelyn fight with the air.

"What is she doing?"

They can only see black liquid that spurts from the air and nothing more.

One of the knights, the sword master, Sir George was the one to reply to Silvester.

"She's fighting a monster your highness."

"Huh?"

The knight who has the highest achievement in sword fighting explained the situation.

"A powerful individual can sense a person's mana or the monsters. That's why they can locate their enemy."

"Can you do that?"

"Yes…"

"So, how strong is she?"

"She's strong, she responded quicker than us who are sword masters and an S-rank, but I can't tell about her mana. She's great at hiding it."

"How did you know that she's hiding it?"

Silvester was more intrigued, the only woman at the party is much stronger than his knight and the S-rank in front of them.

"She's only portraying a normal mana, but when I try to feel it, I feel nothing."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

The two were still discussing things while they were watching Adelyn fighting, slashing, and dodging the enemy that they couldn't see.

"It means that she's stronger than me, your highness"

Silvester was shocked, he knew that Adelyn was strong when she released her aura during their meeting in the Monterio Guild.

"Battle stance!"

They heard Adam shout and immediately SIlvester knights surrounded him.

"They're coming!"

Screaaachhhh!

They heard loud noises coming from every direction.

"This is bad!"

"What is?" Asked Sir Louise the healer to Sir George.

"We will be surrounded at this rate."

At that time, Adelyn killed the unknown monster that was invisible. After the monster died, the magic surrounding the monster's body was gone and became visible.

"It's a goblin mage!"

"Tsk! How can a goblin be invisible?"

One of the knights asked as he clicked his tongue.

"They mutated. They're stronger than an average goblin mage." Adelyn replied.

"This is bad!" Sir Louise the healer said as he trembled.

Seeing this Adelyn also clicked her tongue.

'This is much dangerous than I thought'

If the monsters are stronger and some have a strange magic with them it would be difficult for the rest who don't know how to respond to this situation.

And if there's more goblin mage that can hide its presence and use invisibility then her cover would definitely blow.

'Let's think about that when it happens, right now we should run, or we will be surrounded.' She thought.

In that moment, she heard Adam. "Inside the castle, we can make it our defense."

She bit her lips, she doesn't like the idea in case that monster's also reside inside and they are cornered but the walls would definitely be of use as a barrier.

She smirks, it's true they can have advantage when they're in higher ground.

'If there's monster's inside, let's use Adam as shield.' She thought.

Adelyn smiles. Why would she need to think this when she has Adam, an S-rank adventurer with her? There are also the knights of Sil.

If anything happens, she can just step in.

'Let's see Silvester's knights' strength.' She thought.

"Fine, let's go there first."

Without further ado, they went and ran to the stairs as they heard the screeching sound getting nearer.

The grand stairs look exactly like what to be expected to have in a castle. It's wide but it has too many steps estimated to be 150. The castle was actually sitting at a high podium.

"This is why I hate palaces" Adelyn blurted out.

She truly hates palaces. One of the reason was her bad memory when the King suddenly announced her engagement with crown Prince Edickart, second is Cassandra's foresight, and third the palaces that she's been before when she was a child not only is unnecessary grand and luxurious, but they also have unnecessary high stairs and long hallways.

Silvester didn't miss what she said but eventually let it go as they have more things to settle on their plate right now.

"Edrich and Izzy get in the back, support us with your magic. The knights will surround the mages and our healer. And Miss Adelyn and Sir Adam will be the vanguard. And…"

Silevester said as he quickly planned everyone's role.

"And…?" Adelyn asked.

"Kill them all."

Adelyn felt chills when Silvester said to kill everything. 'I knew that he's not the Crown Prince for nothing.'

"Sounds like a good plan." Adelyn smiled and everyone prepared their sword.

The goblins that have black skin instead of the normal green color is what they saw.

"They all have poison in their body." Sir Edrich said, the one who has a black affinity.

"Don't let the blood touch your skin." He continued.

Adam, Adelyn, George, and Silvester who heard what Edrich said became serious.

The sound of screeching, slashing, blood gushing and plopped down bodies resounded the area in front of the castle to its inside. The fight went one as they decided to go in to corner the monster's inside.

In half an hour, the dirty floor of the castle became sea of blood, though the color is black.

Everyone tried their best to avoid the blood from spilling and decided to strike their heart in one go.

The knights, Adelyn, Adam and Silvester were fine even though the fight went on for another half an hour. The goblins were too many and stronger than they thought.

Adelyn also needed to kill the goblin archers that pop up in the middle of the fight when they were at the stairs.

"Everyone is fine?" Silvester asked as he observed and turned his head around.

As he saw that everyone was still standing, he heaved a sigh of relief.

He expected the monster's to be stronger than the normal ones that resided in normal forests. He just didn't expect that some of the goblins they encountered have intelligence and dictated what the other goblins should do.

It's the reason why it drags out for another half an hour when they are inside the castle. Adam was the one who volunteered to kill the supposed commander of the goblin that was at the back of the rest.

He was large but Adam didn't sweat too much and killed the commander.

After the battle they decided to leave the lobby of the castle where the bodies of the goblins are. And decided to enter one of the rooms that is not damaged.

The room still looks eerie but luxurious if not for the spider webs, dust and the room that was dark.

Adelyn lit one of the candles that she saw lying in the ground.

"What?" she asked as she saw Adam looking at her.