Chapter 17: Recruitment of Failed Alternative Contractors
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Gollum is a dirty, little adult goblin!
Well, of course, as a goblin, Gollum himself definitely doesn't think that the dirty smell that can act as poison (crab) gas on his body will be a big deal, and definitely won't attract Gollum's attention more than the food that can satisfy his stomach.
However, as a race that is much worse than the average of normal humans in terms of individual strength, there are definitely not many times when ordinary goblins such as Gollum can eat their bellies. And even if you can grab and catch some food, the leaders of the tribe and the strong goblins will eat it first, and there will be basically nothing good when it is Gollum's turn.
Hungry and invulnerable to goblins, grass roots, plant tubers, mushrooms, berries, and even insects and fruits containing slight toxins have become a rare delicacy in Gollum's eyes.
At night, when Gollum, who was asleep in a cave occupied by the tribe, was munching on delicious berries, bugs, plant tubers and purring in his sleep, and reminiscing about the taste of a small piece of human black bread that he had secretly eaten, suddenly the Gollum dream that seemed to normal people to be a green-skinned goblin version of Bei Ye tasting a feast of strange plants and bugs changed!
A fist-sized, unusually bright light appeared in front of Gollum, who was stunned as he watched the sudden appearance of the light, and then a mental fluctuation that any intelligent creature could understand the meaning of it entered Gollum's consciousness.
"Want to be full? Want something delicious?"
With the seductive tone of the light group like a human (crab) trafficker, pieces of white bread that exude a fragrant smell, bowls of broth that exude an attractive aroma, and a plate of fruit phantoms that look like an appetite appear in Gollum's dream, making a very powerful guarantee for the words of this light group just now.
"Gollum wants to eat"
Looking at the food apparitions in front of him, even in his own dreams, Goblin Gollum still drooled and tried to come forward to eat, and shouted in a muffled goblin voice.
As Gollum responded, a tiny gray phantom flew out of the light and merged into Gollum's body as it tried to grab food. Then, Gollum's dream shattered, and only the small but dazzling ball of light flickered and disappeared.
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In the town of the main god space, a green goblin figure suddenly appeared in the town.
"Where's this Gollum?"
Gollum, who didn't know that he had signed a contract of sale with the main god space, hadn't woken up from his dream for a while, and after a while, Gollum looked at the surrounding situation with his eyes in confusion, and retreated to a position that seemed to be able to escape quickly before considering his current situation.
"Welcome to the Game of Gods! Do you want to hear about the game of the gods?"
As Gollum was confused, a voice that sounded unusually gentle but not at all human sounded directly from its head, causing the goblin, who was originally timid and unclear about his current situation, to panic.
"Run"
Gollum didn't understand what she was in, but after being startled by the voice in her head, the goblin named Gollum made the idea that she could survive until now - to run away as fast as possible in case of danger!
So next, a little green-skinned goblin fled frantically in the main god space, and even Rhodes, who was hiding and watching, tried to shout at it several times but could not stop the goblin's escape. Even when the goblin named Gollum heard the voice that suddenly came out of his head, he ran even faster!
"I rub"
In the main god space, no, it should be above the game space that someone has just changed to the gods, and in another place that has just been divided into a place similar to where the space command room is located, Rhodes looks at the situation of the goblin contractor who was recruited by himself, and can only express his current feeling of powerlessness.
Although I successfully used the Food Illusion to easily recruit this test goblin as a contractor, but now depending on the situation, I basically want to communicate with it so that it knows the existence and meaning of the gods' game space, which is very problematic
After a few more tests, Rhodes had to admit that the goblin, whose intelligence level was above the average for a ten-year-old child, didn't seem to be suitable for becoming a covenanter of the gods' game space.
Not to mention the timid temperament, just the extremely laborious communication made Rod helpless, saying that he was too careful to change the name of the main god space to the gods game space in order to keep it secret and let the other race contractors not guess anything from the name? Looking at the goblin contractor who is now running out of the town and carefully watching the direction of the town on a certain hill, he doesn't care at all what the so-called gods game space is!
"It seems that the goblins are not very suitable as contractors"
Looking at the appearance of the goblin contractor, Rhodes soon did not have the idea of competing with the goblin, and after a few more tests, he simply ignored it and crossed the idea of recruiting the goblin as a contractor.
The main god space of the Gods Game Space (Note 1), which has now been renamed, can directly inject space-related information and some common sense into the goblin's mind at a cost, just like traveling through the previous main god space. However, if this behavior is compared, it feels a little uneconomical for Rode.
If Goblin Gollum can show a little bit of competitiveness, Rhodes will probably think about this approach a little. But now that he had read the goblin grunt's sludge that didn't make it up to the wall, Rhodes didn't have that kind of mind - to think about turning the goblin into a contractor? Doesn't look like a good deal at all, right?
"Let's try other alien sapient beings"
After sending Goblin Gollum's spiritual consciousness back, Rhodes rubbed his temples before targeting the other intelligent races that the Lord God Space had searched.
Now that Rhodes had understood, it seemed that there was something wrong with his idea of an alien contractor. However, as Rod had thought before, how would he know that the idea of a heterogeneous contractor would not work without trying it? Anyway, Rhodes doesn't lack this time and try now, and it should be the actual experience before the big recruitment contractor.
With this in mind, Rhodes began to work hard to toss the lucky ones of the Barony of Ernst and the surrounding intelligent life races who were coerced and lured by Rhodes to become contractors - or unlucky people.
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A little more than an hour later, the gods game space on top of the town.
"Roar!! %#@@¥¥”
An unusually strong gnoll man who appeared to be nearly two meters tall roamed the town, occasionally hissing or attempting to force its way into a house.
It's a pity that although the buildings in the town of the gods game space of the spirit world may be destroyed, the one who can destroy these buildings will definitely not be a gnoll tribal leader who has reached the peak rank of gray iron!
Just a minute later, the leader of the Gnoll tribe, who had received the information but didn't believe where he was, and destroyed the surrounding buildings, was sent directly out of the Gods Game Space. The consequence of waiting for this "lucky" leader to become a contractor but not knowing much about the gnoll tribe is to be ignored by Rod. Maybe you don't have to wait for the gods to grow up, and the leader of the gnolls who has been closed off the contractor's access will die due to an accident!
"Failed again! It seems that these intelligent monsters are really not very suitable to be contractors."
After looking at the one he had carefully selected should be the best gnoll leader in the gnoll tribe in terms of intelligence and force, Rod covered his forehead and muttered to himself with a painful face.
After more than an hour in practice, Rhodes himself was completely desperate for those goblins, kobolds, jackals, and other monsters to become contractors!
Even if the information about the game space of the gods is passed to the minds of those monsters that were deliberately selected later, those monsters who have no learning or related knowledge at all still make people feel painful and tight. Hiding or running out of town is the most common, and a grumpy like the gnoll leader will even want to ransack the town or simply try to find some human food in the town's room.
As for the gods play space? What is that? Can you eat it?
Faced with this speechless situation, Rod, who proposed the idea of a heterogeneous contractor, certainly did not look very good.
As a person who came up with the idea of recruiting a different contractor, and put it into action, it was found that it was completely unrealistic, and of course Rhodes himself did not feel very good. Although as the supreme authority of the main god space, he didn't say that he would be punished or anything like that, but Rhodes himself was a little disappointed in his heart.
However, Rod quickly stabilized his mentality, and then looked at the light screen in front of him. Basically, the larger monster races that can be found within the coverage of the main god space have been patronized by Rhodes once, and the remaining small tribes composed of a few or a dozen have basically not been taken into account by Rhodes.
"It seems that the goal now can only be placed on humans"
Rhodes, who had been hit by the first attempt at the alien contractors, simply gave up his plan to successfully recruit alien contractors on the Barony of Ernst, and began to target humans.
(Note 1: It's just a reminder of the game space of the gods in my first infinitely streaming novel that I didn't have a contract with.) )