Reincarnated as the Baron's son: My Infinite Card Upgrade System-Chapter 76: Truth Goblin

"Hello, my name is Alaric Montclair, may I speak to your leader?"

To any other person, it would seem like he was speaking nonsense, but to the goblins, he spoke fluent monster.

This took them by surprise for a while—

’He speaks our language?’

"He’s a human..."

"Impossible."

Their words fit the confused expressions on their faces.

"You understand the goblins, human?" the Goblin King spoke, eyes focused on the intruder.

"Why, of course," Alaric replied excitedly.

He spread one of his hands to the side, the other calmly pressed against his chest as he slightly bowed his head.

"I am a monster expert. I spend my years studying the ways of monsters, despite being a human. Does that strike you as odd, your Goblinship?"

"Monster expert?"

"I’ve never heard of that."

"He lies."

"Filthy human."

The murmurs continued until the Goblin King raised his hand, hinting at them to halt their discussions.

"Are you saying you are knowledgeable about the arts of goblins?" the Goblin King asked.

Keeping a calm smile on his face, Alaric responded, "I am confident in my skills."

A slight growl escaped the Goblin King’s mouth as he contemplated his next words to the man standing before him.

And though the other goblins couldn’t say a word, their hard, hateful gazes were enough to convey their thoughts to Alaric.

Yet, the young man didn’t feel the least bit worried.

Before him was a template.

[Name: Goblin King.

Occupation: Leader of the Goblin Clan.

Special Skill: Death Strike.

Relationship: Null.]

’Lady Luck must have finally remembered me because this shit just got so much easier.’

Alaric whispered to himself.

’It’s not really a secret that most monsters hate the human race. Hell, even right now, I can tell these goblins want nothing more than to rip me apart.’

[Relationship: Null.]

’I can’t say the same for the Goblin King though. If the character profile says his relationship stat is null, that means he neither hates nor likes me. In other words... I can tip it in my favor.’

He took a quick glance to the side, beyond the bushes.

’Hina is currently battling with the goblins there; no doubt she’ll take them all out. Ava, on the other hand, should be able to free herself anytime soon. My goal here is to acquire the crystals, even if I have to murder every single goblin in this spot.’

"Human..."

The Goblin King called out.

Alaric raised his head in his direction.

"If you say you know about goblins, then you shall agree to a test of three."

Alaric tilted his head to the side. "A test?"

"My people claim you and your female friend once murdered my goblins in their campsite and took all of their treasures."

"Me?! Oh no, they must have me confused for someone else. I would never dream of killing a monster, not unless I was attacked first." Alaric had his mouth open in shock.

"Liar!"

A goblin suddenly yelled.

Not even a single second later—

Bam!

His head went flying off from his shoulder as a blade flew past him and stabbed a random tree.

Alaric’s eyes almost sank into his eye sockets, startled at what had just happened.

"I don’t remember giving you the permission to speak. Don’t make me mad," the Goblin King said after tossing a blade toward his subordinate and slicing off his head.

’He killed him for speaking?!’ Alaric could barely maintain his calm facade.

"Pardon him. As I was saying," the Goblin King continued, "you claim to not have anything to do with the death of my people?"

"Y-yes," Alaric replied.

"Then you shall perform three tests."

’Hina, hurry up...’

"Sure, what are they?"

"Firstly, you will swear upon the Truth Book that you did not kill my goblins."

As the Goblin King spoke, a goblin walked toward Alaric, in its hand a blue heavy book.

Alaric stared at it.

’What is this?’ he wondered.

It was the first time he was hearing of a Truth Book.

Raising his head a little, Alaric noticed the little smirk on a goblin’s face.

{Mind Reading.}

(Yes, that’s right. Place your hand on the book and swear. I can’t wait to see the book kill this bastard for lying.)

’So the Truth Book is just a lie detector that kills? Makes me wonder how these goblins get such rare materials; this would probably fetch a good price if I sell it.’

"You seem scared. Are you afraid to swear? If you say you didn’t do it, then I want you to swear on the book."

Alaric placed his hand on the book and adopted a serious face.

"I swear I did not kill your goblins with my hands. I was in no way directly an influence on their deaths," he replied.

Everyone waited, and to their surprise, the book did not kill Alaric.

"No way!"

"How is this possible?"

"Why didn’t he die?"

The goblins murmured once again.

Their confusion brought nothing but joy to Alaric.

’Bunch of fools. Of course, I didn’t kill your people with my own hands; I had Ava do that! They actually bought it, and here I thought I would have to buy a revival card or something if it didn’t work.’

Alaric turned his gaze to the Goblin King, and that was when he noticed it.

[Relationship: 70%]

’It increased?!’ Alaric was speechless.

"You are still alive, which means you did not kill my goblins. For that, I apologize."

"It’s...erh... no problem."

The Goblin King smiled. While the sudden change in atmosphere made Alaric a bit uncomfortable, he was quick to play it off with a quick smile of his own.

"Shall we proceed to the next test?"

Alaric nodded.

"For the second, I have a question for you. When do goblins mate, and how is it done?"

’He is actually giving me a quiz? Good thing I was prepared for it; I bought a Knowledge Card beforehand.’

Placing his hand on his chest, Alaric responded, "Goblins mating, that’s my favorite topic."