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However, things will work themselves out; let's take it one step at a time.
"So even you couldn't solve it..." Hilo sighed with a wry smile.
Annie: "What do you take me for? Someone who can create a million super soldiers out of thin air?"
Hilo: "No, it's just that I always feel like you, Lu, might have some kind of trick up your sleeve?"
An Yi: "You overestimate me."
Shiloh: "Who told you to act like you're invincible all the time?!"
An Yi: "...?"
What do you mean by being omnipotent? He has always only done what he can.
There was nothing worth searching in the city. Perhaps there were some jewelry or luxury items left behind by the dead, but they were of no use to them.
As darkness fell, the two prepared to return home.
"Are you coming again tomorrow?"
Walking through the forest, Hilo asked Annie.
“Come on,” Annie said.
“But we’ve been looking around for ages and haven’t found anything useful, have we? We haven’t even found a goblin,” Hilo said.
The biggest discovery is that in the areas where these cities are located, there is virtually no trace of goblin life.
Goblins live in the mountains because there is food there, and these abandoned cities are of no value to them.
Humans need houses to shelter them from the wind and rain, goblins don't.
"The absence of goblin activity in these cities suggests that they ceased to care about these cities after slaughtering humans."
in case……
"There are survivors from that time, and they left their descendants here," Annie said.
“That…makes sense!” Shiloh’s previously cloudy eyes suddenly cleared.
No! They're not wandering around aimlessly; they're looking for the descendants of survivors!
If only we could find them and bring them back to human territory!
I originally thought that taking over this place would be pointless, but finding survivors gave it meaning!
Shiloh suddenly became very motivated.
"what……?"
Suddenly, she stopped and stared blankly ahead.
An Yi also looked ahead: "So you've finally discovered something?"
The two slowed down and walked forward, then stopped.
Around them were goblin skeletons everywhere, which looked like they had been dead for a long time, and a lot of trees that had obviously been destroyed by goblins, as if they had cleared a path.
“There are many signs of battle.” Hilo walked toward a large, fallen tree with many strange marks on it.
The tree trunk was covered with marks made by sharp instruments, and most of them were combinations of several marks arranged in the same direction.
It's just like……
Claw marks of wild beasts.
Those are not traces left by goblins.
Goblins do use weapons; at least in the battle just now, I didn't see any goblins other than regular goblins using claws.
Something here fought with goblins!
And it caused heavy casualties among the goblins!
"Is it an internal conflict among the demons?" Hilo asked An Yi.
An Yi shook her head: "I can't be sure."
because……
There are other races in this world that are fighting against the demons.
They only know of the Elf race; perhaps there are other undiscovered races in the Demon race's territory?
As they ventured deeper, they found more and more goblin skeletons, as if they had survived a fierce battle.
Finally, the two arrived at an open space, where everything suddenly became clear and bright.
S also contains countless goblin skeletons, but among these skeletons... are the ruins of numerous buildings!
U. This place was once inhabited by a highly intelligent race!
“This… this shouldn’t be something a human could do, right?” Hilo stood on the ruins, staring blankly at the ubiquitous skeletons in the dim light.
An Yi took a few steps forward, squatted down and picked up half a skull, then turned out a piece of mandible.
Hilo also leaned closer, frowning.
Judging from the skull above the nose, it is no different from a human.
However, his teeth below the nose are unusually long and pointed canines.
"This...is not human!" Shiloh exclaimed.
Annie: "I know it's not human."
They are orcs.
In the game's setting, there are two types of orcs.
One type is the orc of the demon race, an orc whose beast form outweighs their human form.
One type is the orcs on the human side, who fight alongside humans against the demons; these orcs are more humanoid than beast-like.
That is, only some of the wild animal characteristics are retained...
Animal-eared race.
They are born with attributes far superior to humans, making them easy prey for goblins, and they can further enhance their attributes through training.
He didn't have much contact with them in his previous life, but in the game, the beast-eared race is considered a very strong help in the early stages.
The battle situation here also shows that a single village-sized beast-eared tribe can kill such a large number of goblins.
If there are enough of them, and there are strong members of the tribe to lead them, conquering the Goblin Empire would not be difficult.
"Are there other races fighting against the demons here?! Like the elves?!" Hilo suddenly realized.
“Yes, it should be.” An Yi nodded.
"So what should we do now? Go back and tell the other heroes? Or should we try to find these people?" Hilo asked excitedly.
This is a major discovery!
Besides humans and a very small number of elves (only one), there are other forces in this world that help in the fight against the demons!
Now that we've killed so many goblins, it's the perfect time to make contact with them!
"We won't go back tonight," Annie said. "Let's find a way to lure them out."
……
We just talked about the issue of conquering the forest, and coincidentally, the beast-eared tribe is an expert in the forest.
These goblins have taken over their territory and are even hunting them down and slaughtering their people.
I suppose the beast-eared tribes also want to find a way to take revenge?
However, due to their gradually weakening overall strength, they were no match for the large number of goblins and could only live in seclusion in the forest.
q But what if... a group of heroes happened to conquer the Goblin Empire and kill all the powerful goblins?
They will be able to quickly occupy this territory and, to some extent, deter the threat posed by other goblin empires.
Humans can't handle the goblins' counterattack, but the beastmen can!
An Yi firmly believes that the beast-eared race she will see is not limited to the skeletons on the ground.
Qi and his people must have many more members hiding in these deep mountains!
At night, An Yi cleared a space in the ruins, gathered wood, lit it on the ground, and then threw some bones into it.
Soon, the strong smell spread throughout the forest.
"What a strange smell..." Shiloh pinched her nose and frowned.
“That’s strange,” An Yi said. “This is their former hometown. Whether they saw the firelight or smelled the odor, they should have come to take a look.”
Hilo: "What if we attract goblins?"
An Yi: "Kill him."
Hilo: "Okay!"
I like it!
Another reason why we hardly saw any goblins along the way was that they all smelled like goblins.
There are a lot of goblins, but not so many that you can see one every few meters.
This is considered a very safe area within goblin territory. The goblins would definitely eat their fill and then sleep, so even if two of their own kind passed by, they wouldn't need to show themselves.
However, even if they see the two, they most likely won't show themselves.
They would definitely be confused at first.
Why do two humans sometimes smell of the same race?
Since the flavors are from the same family, then they should also be from the same family, right?
An Yi and Shilo are both larger than ordinary goblins; among low-level demons, the larger the size, the stronger they are.
Even if they were stupid, they wouldn't go out with a stick and hit two of their kind who were larger than themselves; that would obviously be suicide.
The big goblin was even lazier, spending all its time in the cave, relying on ordinary goblins to bring it food. The two of them didn't even see each other along the way.
Sitting in front of the campfire, watching the flickering flames and feeling the warmth from the fire, Xiluo, who was squatting on the ground, suddenly swayed.