Chapter 31: Look, it's human
Abu is a goblin gunner, and all he has to do every day is wipe down the cannon and listen to the artillery captain tell the same story every day.
The story of the artillery captain is not well told, and likewise unattractive. The daily story is nothing more than the glorious history of the goblin clan, and it is also the story of the goblin clan when they ruled the surface world ten thousand years ago.
"At that time, we goblin clan were overlords in the surface world. Our worst enemies are the wyverns that roam the land. At that time, no matter what race it was, when they saw us, they would call us goblin masters. The tributes that our king receives every year will make the goblins eat and drink! ”
The same story day after day, Abu wiped the cannon and said without raising his head: "Captain, I heard that the Third Legion was beaten out by the dwarves again yesterday, do you think we can really fight back to the surface world again?" ”
The artillery captain snorted coldly after hearing Abu's words, stepped forward two steps and patted Abu's head, and reprimanded: "We have been lurking in the underground world for ten thousand years, how can we not even defeat the little dwarf clan!" ”
Abu was beaten and shrunk at the back of his neck, though he was a little afraid of the captain's might. But he still couldn't help but retort, and muttered in a low voice: "I heard from the people of the Third Legion that there is a hero in the dwarf clan. One person can contend with the soldiers of a corps, and even our artillery cannot kill him! ”
Abu's muttering was small, but it was clear in the silence of the underworld.
The captain sighed after listening to Abu's words, but he didn't blame Abu for having no bottom in his heart. But in the 10,000-year-long life of the underground world, the goblin clan has too much pride and is forced to give up, and it is no longer the domineering surface overlord.
10,000 years ago, as the overlord, the goblins were in full swing with the major races. In the face of the coalition forces of the whole world, the goblin clan was defeated again and again in the war.
In the end, a huge underground world was built as a last resort, and all but a few goblin survivors were killed outside. While the vitality of the goblin clan was greatly damaged, countless technologies were also destroyed.
Now that 10,000 years have passed, the cruel living conditions in the underground world have not made the goblin clan give up the day when they will return to the upper world. Because all goblins have the ambition to build an even larger legion than before, and then counterattack the surface world to reclaim everything that has been lost.
The world war 10,000 years ago gave the goblin clan too much pain. In the past 10,000 years, although the goblin clan has tried their best, the lack of resources has always restricted the development of the goblins, and it cannot be compared with the power of the overlord period in any way. And the lack of resources also made the goblin clan more than willing to do it, making the counterattack on the ground a slogan, and no longer had real value.
Until one day, a dwarf opened a passage between the pit and the underworld. Let the goblin race, who have been hiding from the surface world, have to go to battle, and see the weak side of the outside race in the battle.
In this way, the war began, and each of the three major legions of goblins was armed, and the first of them to go out of the underworld was the Third Legion.
The third legion of the goblins was one-sided in the battle with the dwarves. The rout of the dwarves stretched from the bottom of the pit to the Third Hall, which served as a gathering place. And just when the goblins felt that victory was in sight, a man who could turn the tide of the battle appeared.
Mario, the hero Mario!
Like the heroic heroes of mythology, Mario made the goblins see what the power of another system is.
A continuous fireball like a cannonball, with no cooling or pause, no restrictions on operation. The Third Legion, which was in charge of the attack, was devastated by Mario's hard work, and compared to the casualties of the Third Legion, what scared the goblins more was gossip.
The news of the defeat of the Third Legion is like a locust transiting, and the goblins who have been living in the underground world for 10,000 years will not know how many heroes like Mario are in the surface world.
What's even more terrifying is that the captured dwarven captives also claim that the dwarves are only the weakest race in the surface world.
One of the weakest dwarves can defeat one of the only three legions of goblins in 10,000 years. This sudden news frightened the goblins, and the mouse-like hiding life for thousands of years also made the goblins even more afraid of the surface world.
Could it be that in 10,000 years, the power of the surface world has become so huge!
Just like the dwarves' fear of goblins, goblins are also confused.
After all, too many things have changed over the years, and the goblins have adapted to the cruel life of the underground world, and there is no longer the pride and ambition of 10,000 years ago, when they just retreated from the surface world.
"The king has a leader, the second legion sets off, and the target is the surface world!" In Abu's war-weariness, the goblin king's order was given.
Countless soldiers of the Second Legion began to prepare for their battles, and although they were terrified by the heavy casualties of the Third Legion, the king's orders still needed to be carried out.
Abu was preoccupied when he received the order to attack, and he wrote a letter that scribbled on: "Dear Mom and Dad, this time I am going to go to the battlefield. Actually, I'm not afraid of fighting, but I still can't help but think about you, and I want to live with you."
With tears in his eyes, Abu wrote his last letter. Like many goblins busy writing letters, the heavy casualties of the Third Legion have nightmares for many young goblins, because no one knows if they will be the next to go to war, and whether they will return home alive.
"Let's go!" The commander gave an order, and the 20,000 goblin warriors in the Third Legion began to set off towards the surface world.
Abu walked in the center of the line, and Abu, who belonged to the artillery, did not need to charge forward. However, this does not mean that the person can be safe, and it is said that in the battle between the Third Legion and the dwarves, they have always had the highest proportion of casualties. Because the dwarven hero named Mario likes to blow up the cannon barrel with the fireball in his hand, and then watch the flying cannon barrel fall into the crowd and cause secondary damage.
"Kill!"
Goblin warriors armed with cold weapons are in front, and behind them are warriors with goblin arquebuses.
Abu and his companions pushed the heavy cannons as the goblin warriors rushed into the pit before moving forward with the cannons.
"Huh! How come no one! ”
"Where have the dwarves gone, shouldn't the dwarves run out and fight us fiercely at this time!"
This time the entry into the pit was even smoother than expected, and many goblin warriors were stunned to find that the dwarves who had always been clamoring for a counter-charge had disappeared without a trace. There was peace throughout the Moria Pits, as if welcoming their new owners.
"It's too quiet, the dwarves are ambushing us!"
"Everyone stand back, this must be a dwarven conspiracy, let's not be fooled!"
The goblins were puzzled by the unusual scene, and the commanders of the Second Legion gathered together to discuss in whispers, and came to the conclusion that they would not move.
Zhuge Liang's empty city plan to scare Sima Yi away is vividly unfolded again here. The goblins were terrified of the frenzied battle of the dwarven heroes, fearing that this was a trick of the dwarven clan and did not dare to step forward.
The more than 20,000 people of the Second Legion all scanned the surroundings with wide eyes. The entire black pit seemed to have ambushed millions of divine soldiers in the eyes of the goblins, and no one dared to rush forward, so it was deadlocked.
This stalemate lasted for a long, long time, until a goblin candidate who had gone to explore the path with the belief that he would die returned, bringing back the fact that the dwarves had gone to the entrance of the building.
"The dwarves must have tried to ambush us, but they were afraid to run away when they saw us so cautious!"
Several commanders kept repeating their opinions, not wanting to be told that they were frightened and frightened by the dwarven clan's empty city plan.
No matter how many goblin commanders argued, it was an indisputable fact that the dwarves had retreated from Moria.
The shouts of victory resounded in the Second Legion, and many of the soldiers of the Second Legion wanted to say one thing, that is: "Third Legion, what you did not do, we of the Second Legion did it, and we did it without a single soldier!" ”
Knowing that the dwarves had retreated, the second legion of goblins began to advance in a frenzy.
Goblin warriors are now transformed into tigers, and goblins appear in every tunnel, and the first and second halls are heavily guarded.
"Hurry up, this is the third hall of the dwarves, and we're going to plant the flag on the statue of the dwarven king!"
In the midst of such a call, a squad quickly rushed to the third hall. At the same time, Abu also dropped his heavy artillery and became the first goblin to break through the Third Hall.
"Crunch"
The door of the third hall was directly slammed open by the goblins, and Abu rushed up with excitement, and then his face froze.
The third hall was empty, and there were two tall creatures sitting and standing in the place that originally belonged to the dwarven king Balin.
"What a monster this is! How can it be so tall! Abu watched as the two tall creatures struggled to remember, finally remembering what race they were as the others rushed in.
"Human! God, they're human. The most evil race! ”