The secret cellar dug by the dwarves stored a lot of food, most of which were vegetables and fruits, but also a small amount of jerky and fruit wine, this was the first time Stern had seen so much food since he came to the island, it was said that this was only a small part of the food reserves of the dwarven tribe, and there were several cellars near the dwarven hills that hid more food, but I don't know if they were found by those greedy goblins.

Stern brought a few gelling candles with him, lit them on the ground, and lit the small cellar to light it up, and then Stern began dinner time, drinking plenty of fruit wine and eating some barbecue jerky, while the dwarves present preferred some vegetables and fruits.

"Uncle Higg, you should know something about the goblin situation after walking around the hill for a few days, so tell me briefly, and let's make a plan to retreat from the enemy together. After dinner, Stern said to the dwarven patriarch Higg, who was sitting on the side resting.

Higg turned to face Stern, took a sip of the wine in his hands, and began to speak slowly:

"Goblins are an intelligent species, they have a strict hierarchy, the Goblin King has been mutated into a low-level demonic beast for more than fifty years, its strength is the strongest, and none of our four high-level warriors can defeat it. The second is two low-level goblins that mutated twenty years ago, in addition to these three, there are about fifty goblins that can fight, of which there are eight or nine equivalent to high-level warriors, they are all likely to mutate into low-level demonic beasts, about ten or so have the strength of intermediate warriors, and the other thirty or so are low-level warriors and ordinary goblins, their strength has far surpassed our dwarf clan, and now with the help of Brother Andy and your forest demon wolf, as long as we go to gather other dwarves, we can gather eight high-level warriors, and the chances of defeating the goblin tribe are still very good。 After listening to Higg's story, Stern touched his chin and pondered for a while, shook his head, sighed, and said:

"Hey, we are no longer allowed to do this in terms of time, the snow is very deep now, it will take at least half a month to go back and call people back and forth, and the dwarves on the other side of the cave are estimated to have less than five days of food supply, we must rely on ourselves to solve the battle in the shortest possible time. ”

"Just a few of us? This shouldn't be likely, we only have two low-level demonic beasts and three high-level warriors. Higg said in surprise.

"As long as we investigate clearly, plan well enough, and have a clear division of labor, it is still possible to succeed. Stern said calmly, in the past, he often fought alone to infiltrate the enemy and crack various criminal organizations, looking at a goblin like Dumb in front of him, it should not be more difficult than a terrorist organization with piles of guns.

"Uncle Higg tomorrow you will take me to the field to investigate, and then make a detailed plan. ”

"Well, let's rest in this cellar for the night, and we'll be out tomorrow at dawn," Higg responded.

Stern blew out the gelatinous candle and slept with Thea and the rest of the group half-lying on his back against the stone wall, and after two or three days of climbing and wading through the snow, he took Thea to find his father and the other two surviving dwarven warriors, which made him feel very gratified.

The promise of the dwarven patriarch Higg that he would do anything to help him get out of the island rekindled his hope, so he must help the dwarvens retake the dwarven hills.

He will play a vital role in the battle that will take place tomorrow, and there is no room for sloppiness, this is his first skirmish since he came to this other world, and it is also a test for him, as long as he repels the goblins, he will have a chance to leave the island and return to the human empire.

"It's about three hours from the hills, and we leave here early in the morning and come back in the afternoon. Now that there is snow, it is estimated that it will take about five hours to arrive. The hills are where we have lived for generations, and we never thought that one day they would be occupied by others, and I did not expect such a thing to happen to me, I did not protect my territory and my people, I am really a dwarven sinner. Higg took the goblin Dumb and led the way in front of him with a foot deep and a shallow foot in the snow, while chatting with Stern without saying a word.

Stern and Ash followed closely behind Higg, followed by Harley and Sia, a total of three high-level warriors, one mid-level warrior, and two low-level demonic beasts, slowly advancing towards the hill full of goblins.

The snowy mountain road was very difficult to walk, and Stern sunken it with one foot, and the snow covered his knees even more, and it was even more difficult for the dwarves, and the group hurried without stopping, and they climbed a mountain to the summit.

"Look at the things moving in the snow in front of you?" The sharp-eyed Xia noticed some small black dots moving about two kilometers at the foot of the mountain ahead.

With Thea's prompt, the group also found the moving black dots in front of them,

"That's a goblin army, coming from the other side of the hill, we left footprints on the road when we came back yesterday, and they probably found them, so they came to us today with a lot of goblins along these footprints. Harley looked at the blurry black dots in the distance and affirmed.

Stern looked at the black dot in front of him and estimated that there were about thirty goblins, which was a large number, he touched the back of his head and thought for a while, then turned back to the others and said:

"I'm afraid it's hard to deal with so many goblins, do you see that slope down the mountain?" the crowd nodded

"We took advantage of the trees on the hill to sneak down the hill and set up an ambush behind the rocky pile on that slope, taking advantage of the vantage point and taking him by surprise when they came. Everyone agreed with Stern's opinion, and carefully went down the hill with his hands on the trees, especially Stern bent down and touched the mountain little by little, he was the largest and most easily exposed, so he had to be more cautious.

In fact, goblins are very intelligent animals, their intelligence is no worse than dwarves, but they are very lazy to create life like dwarves, the arrival of dwarves has brought them a chance to survive and develop, and they can be seen from occupying dwarf hills.

Stern and his party came to the designated hillside, and everyone, including Ash and Dumb, quietly hid behind the pile of rubbles as originally planned.

To be on the safe side, Stern cut off a twig and handed it to Thea, and said to him:

"You're smaller, take this branch and cover up all the traces we've left around here, be careful not to be discovered. ”

"Okay, Uncle Andy. Thea replied, and when he had taken the twig and began to carefully wipe the footprints from the snow, he went to Stern and hid.

After a few moments, they heard the grunts of goblins coming from not far away, and everyone held their breath and prepared for battle.