Chapter Twenty-Three: The Goblins Who Occupy the Hills
According to Uncle Shiva, Stern learned what had happened, and it turned out that there was still a group of filthy and greedy goblins living on this deserted island, who had been fighting with the dwarves for food for more than two hundred years.
The appearance of the goblin is very ugly, short and thin and hunched over, less than one meter two tall, with green skin, pointed nose, long ears, very thick skin, relatively hardy.
When Uncle Shiva's elders first saw the goblins, they saw that the goblins were thin and weak, and they felt pity for them, and took some food for the goblins to eat, who knew that the next day the goblins brought five or six companions to beg for food, and the kind dwarves still brought food for them to eat, but they underestimated the greed of the goblins, and they came almost every day, and finally the dwarves couldn't bear this group of greedy goblins anymore, so they joined forces and took weapons to drive them away.
But the goblins still refused to leave, not only did they run to the dwarves' orchards to steal the fruit to eat, but they also ran to the enclosure where the blue rabbits were kept at night to catch the rabbits, and let the blue rabbits escape, so the dwarves had to organize patrols to take turns guarding the orchard and the sheepfold.
Later, the dwarven patrol encountered a premeditated ambush by the goblins while patrolling, and the two dwarves were seriously injured and died, and the good dwarves and the goblins became a blood feud, and they vowed to destroy the goblins without mercy if they encountered them.
This was the beginning of a centuries-old war between dwarves and goblins. The goblins are thinking of various ways to take advantage of the dwarves' territory every day, and the dwarves hate the goblins so much that they kill them mercilessly every time they catch them, and even nail the goblins' corpses to the outside of the orchard with a stake to warn them, but it is still useless.
When the dwarves first encountered the goblins, there were less than 15 goblins, and it was difficult to survive because they could not find food, but with orchards and food grown by industrious dwarves, the number of goblins increased from 15 to 30 in just ten years, and the number of dwarves was only about 40.
However, although the number of goblins has been increasing, they are unarmed and do not pose a threat to the dwarven tribe with many high-level warriors, but more and more goblins compete for the food of the dwarves, making the dwarves less and less food.
It took them a long time to find the goblins' lair, and they launched a raid in the middle of the night to wipe out more than half of them.
Since then, the goblins have moved much less, and for a long time the dwarves have returned to their former peace.
In this way, in the next hundred years, the dwarves continued to look for the nest of the goblins, and constantly encircled and suppressed the goblins, the quality of life of the dwarves was improved, and the population gradually increased, and the number of goblins has always been around 30.
Although the number of goblins has not increased again, but because the food is becoming more and more abundant, their combat effectiveness is getting stronger and stronger, just 50 years ago, suddenly two goblins mutated, taller than the dwarves, the skin changed from the previous light green to dark green, they generated magic crystals in their bodies, and became low-level demonic beasts, since then the strength of the goblins has been qualitatively improved, two low-level goblins led a group of little brothers to the territory of the dwarves to show off their might, fortunately, there were eight high-level warriors in the dwarf tribe at that time, and they united to repel the attack of the goblin group。
Since then, the dwarves have begun to worry about the future of the dwarves, and perhaps the goblins they have suppressed for more than 150 years will become more and more powerful.
By 20 years ago, the number of goblins has increased to more than 80, and one of them has mutated into a low-level demonic beast, since then the strength of the goblins has been on par with the dwarves, and the food of the dwarf tribe has gradually decreased, and the population has not increased but decreased in the past 50 years, until now the fourth low-level demonic beast has appeared in the goblin tribe, and the goblins are facing a food crisis when winter comes, and they have gathered all the goblins in hundreds, and launched an attack on the dwarf hills, the dwarves can't parry, and after hiding the food in the cellar, they brought some seeds, and several dwarven warriors covered all the members of the dwarf tribe and left the hillsThe entire tribe fled to the south of the island, where the hills they had lived for more than two hundred years were overrun by goblins.
From Goldbeard's mouth, I learned that the goblins mutated into low-level demonic beasts need their two high-level dwarf warriors and two middle-level dwarf warriors to join forces to repel them, and now there are four low-level demonic beasts in the goblin tribe, and there are only six high-level warriors in their dwarf tribe, in order to cover the retreat of the entire tribe, there are two high-level dwarf warriors, five middle-level dwarf warriors and eight low-level dwarf warriors are missing, and the patriarch of the golden-bearded brother Hig dwarf clan is one of the senior warriorsThe dwarves stopped many times on the road and did not wait for any of them to catch up with the group, and it is estimated that there is more luck than luck.
"Thea, come here!" the goldenbeard shouted at a young dwarf outside the canvas.
"Yes, uncle. A young dwarf answered simply, and then ran quickly towards the canvas canopy, dressed in goatskin, with reddish-brown hair on his head, and a young face with no beard at all.
"Thea's name is Uncle Andy, he's the benefactor who saved our whole clan. Uncle Shiva said to the young dwarf.
"Hello Uncle Andy, my name is Thea Andrew, thank you for helping us. Thea said to Stern sincerely.
"Andy, this is my nephew, the son of Hig Andrew, who has just passed the bar mitzvah at the age of 16, and is already a mid-level fighter at a young age, and he will definitely become a good leader in the future like his father. Shia was very worried when he heard Shiva mention his father, who had not been heard from so far.
"You're welcome, Xia, you're a good boy, don't worry about your father, I'll take you to them tomorrow, they'll be fine. Stern said firmly to Thea, after two days of observation, he had discovered the kindness and simplicity of the dwarves, and after listening to Uncle Thea's narration, he had a general understanding of their history, and their plight aroused his sympathy, which made him determined to help the lost dwarves regain their homeland.
"Really? That's great, thank you Uncle Andy!" Hearing that Stern was going to help him find his father, Thea instantly burst into tears of emotion and knelt down towards Stern.
Shiva, the golden-bearded man on the side, also looked at Stern gratefully, thinking that the timberwolves who could mutate with low-level demonic beasts must not be ordinary people.
Stern hurriedly picked up Shiva and said to him:
"Don't worry, I'll go find them with you tomorrow, and go back to dinner. Looking at the gaffe uncle and nephew, Stern was deeply touched that he could contribute to them and add a little fun to his boring island life.