Chapter 607 All Parties Perform a Show
One hundred goblins were divided into four teams, roughly distributed in a flat diamond shape to advance forward and backward for the purpose of coordinating front and rear and covering left and right. Among them are sword and shield warriors, rangers holding crossbows, soul shamans holding staffs to provide spell buffs, and goblin alchemists who take out balls from their backpacks, light them and throw them out.
boom! Every time this big firecracker makes a loud noise, the beasts hiding in the swamp will scatter in all directions. The goblins laughed, "Shoot, don't let dinner escape!"
The crossbow bolt flew out and hit a jumping deer and a white ibis. The goblins cheered, then released the rope in their hands, and the three goblin dogs immediately ran out. They would be responsible for picking up the prey.
Zhao Mai stood next to the goblin dog, lowering his head and looking at the creature carefully. He is in the space of the green dream and is not afraid of being discovered by the goblin troops. This is a kind of hybrid rodent that has been "improved" by goblins. Its slender limbs bring a flexible body, its nose is particularly flat, its eyes are bulging, and some of them protrude from the eye sockets. It has an ugly large horn that looks very much like a mouse. Teeth bared outward. The goblins feed them all kinds of garbage and tame them like dogs.
The surface of the goblin dog's body is covered with wrinkled skin, with almost no hair, but there is a mechanism that continuously sheds dander. Except for the goblins, most other races are allergic to this kind of dander. This is great news for goblins. Watching other races embarrassed by itching has become a popular entertainment activity.
The goblin dog ran back with its prey in its mouth, leaving the deer and bird behind to accept the goblin's reward. Generally speaking, the reward is a head or neck with no nibbling. However, the goblins were obviously not generous today and only threw down three shriveled wheat cakes, the kind of black food with dried meat powder added during fermentation. The goblin dog didn't mind it at all, and ran away with the wheat cake in its mouth.
"If it was a food reserve, it would definitely not be so easy to spend." Zhao Mai followed the goblin in the green dream.
Goblins are greedy for life but love to plunder. Those who can rob, steal or deceive will never bother to make most things themselves - even though they have the intelligence and ability to make most things. They are very cunning, but they are not as qualified as humans as warriors or bandits. Many times when they obtain something, the cost of war is much higher than that of making it themselves. If it weren't for their ability to reproduce far beyond humans, there would be basically no place for them in this world.
"These grenades are really easy to use. The sound is so loud, it's much better than beating gongs and drums!" The short goblin smiled wildly, opened his big mouth full of missing teeth, and erupted with terrifying breaths. "But this is self-made. Our second boss has a more powerful grenade, made by dwarves! After we have accumulated it for a while, we will go grab it. We will definitely gain a lot!"
"Bah, you bastard, how did you know that dwarf could accumulate a bunch of grenades for you to grab?"
"Hey, as long as you place an order and grab it when the delivery is agreed upon, you will definitely gain a lot! How can you develop and progress if you don't have any brains like this?" The toothless goblin shook his head and said proudly: "But don't worry , I will take good care of you after I am promoted to captain."
Zhao Mai found it a bit funny. If these people were not goblins but humans, such a conversation would not be inappropriate. If we simply use elegance, change, cunning, enthusiasm, honesty and arrogance to summarize a race, we will definitely be misled by these subjective impressions and make the mistake of arrogance. Aren't these goblins cooperating with each other and moving forward in a very reasonable exploration formation? Even Z-worms have not yet mastered tactics of this level.
Z-worms have a lot to learn, and it is impossible to transform from a race into a civilization without sufficient accumulation. Fortunately, the starting point of the Z worm is relatively high. After it has the ability to burrow, it digs a hole to hide itself, and lurks in the direction of the goblin's advance. It cannot be seen with the naked eye.
There are still two miles to reach Wadsworth's original territory. When Wadsworth was managing the mangroves, animal carcasses—mainly those of goblins—were inserted into wooden stakes as border markers, and one could be seen every few dozen meters. Whenever you enter this area, you must put away your weapons, and the number of goblins cannot exceed twenty, otherwise they will be attacked.
These are never legal provisions, but rules that have been established for a long time. Zhao Mai asked the Z bugs to lurk according to the stake marks. After any one sees the goblin, the others will gather towards it. Although Zhao Mai has been following the goblins, in order to practice the Z-worms' own abilities, he did not pass on information to the Z-worms. And in order to avoid the reconnaissance falcon from being in danger, all actions must be completed by the Z-worm independently.
Zhao Mai followed the goblins, expecting to see them cross the border so that he could order the Z bugs to attack. But the goblin looked at the sky and stopped outside the border. He began to set up a simple camp, lit a fire and set up pots to cook food eagerly. The four teams divided into four camps, lit four fires, and soon started fighting over how to distribute the spoils along the way.
First there were all kinds of insults and provocations, and then there was a war of spitting at each other. Zhao Mai crossed his arms and was expecting them to decide the outcome with their fists, but they suddenly stopped. The goblins formed a circle and sent out their goblin dogs to determine the ranking in a dog fight.
The melee of teeth, wrinkled skin, blood and claws provides the goblins with rare pre-meal entertainment. The goblin dogs don't know why they are fighting. They may be rewarded after winning, but looking at the number of prey today, it is estimated that they can only get one or two bones at most. The goblins' laughter could not travel far in the swamp, but it could clearly reach Zhao Mai's heart.
He suddenly lost his patience and didn't want to watch the scene continue. He was about to summon Z-worms to surround and attack, but he heard someone calling in the distance. Zhao Mai pricked up his ears to distinguish carefully and found that it was in the direction of the mangrove forest.
"Is there something going on with the main body?" Zhao Mai withdrew from the green dream with a thought and returned to his body.
Five knights in silver armor rode their horses and stopped by the lake. They were stopped by Z bugs and beasts, and they were in a stalemate. One of the leaders was Zhao Mai's acquaintance Hazel. She held up Iomedae's Holy Emblem and used the holy light that she constantly emitted to stop Zhao Mai's men. However, the Z-worm is a farming creature and has no innate killing power. Waving its pliers is just a bluff to scare people, so the situation is still under control.
"Why didn't you wake me up, Chu..." Zhao Mai was about to scold his dog, but found that it was not with him. I don’t know when the food reserves were teleported to the lake. He was standing on the head of a Z-worm, pretending to be a tiger, and barking commands from time to time. But the way it stuck out its tongue looked like it was just trying to please.