Chapter 37: The Goblin Village
In the afternoon, the sun warmed up the forest, and Ji Yijun and his party walked along an intermittent forest path to the depths of the forest.
Ji Yijun took a deep breath, the refreshing breath in the air lifted his spirits, if it was just a traveler who went into the mountains to play, how good it would be. However, he quickly put such thoughts behind him, as the goblin shaman stopped and gestured to a piece of high ground in the distance.
Ji Yijun fixed his eyes and saw that the high ground was backed by mountains, and there were many thatched houses hidden among the trees.
"We're almost there, everybody be careful. Don't startle the snake. Ji Yijun lowered his voice and said. He glanced at the rest of the people, the two mercenaries looked calm, and Ye Zi frowned slightly for some reason. And Zhang Hong looked around and looked a little uneasy. This man joined in inexplicably, but along the way, he changed his normal behavior and appeared very low-key.
Ji Yijun came to Ye Zi's side, saw her looking at the mountains in the distance in a daze, and asked, "Hey, what's going on?"
"Ahh Ye Zi replied with some confusion.
"What does it feel?"
Ye Zi thought for a while and said, "I can't say it, it seems to be a sense of familiarity, as if it ...... Something in that mountain was calling to me. ”
"Sounds so mysterious. Ji Yijun scratched his head, it was difficult to understand what Ye Zi said, he waved his hand and said, "Hey, whatever, you may understand if you go over and take a look." ”
Ye Zi nodded, but when she withdrew her gaze from the distant mountain range, she suddenly said, "Ji Yijun, look at the pendant on your chest." ”
Ji Yijun looked down and saw that the tracking crystal that Morey gave himself had turned a light orange at some point. He ripped the crystal off his neck and looked left and right, ignoring the fact that a red mark had been pulled out of the rope around his neck.
"Really, it's true, we're finally catching up with that. I guessed right, it was the bastards who attacked the goblin tribe. He clenched the crystal tightly in his hand, his handsome face slowly contorted, and he paced from side to side, leaving a mess of footprints on the dirt floor.
"Ji Yijun, are you okay?" Ye Zi asked.
"No, I'm fine. Very good. Ji Yijun stopped in front of the goblin shaman, squatted down suddenly, and said, "Quick, hurry up and take us up the mountain, help me find those horse thieves, and let me slaughter them!"
At this time, Zhang Hong came over and said: "Ji Yijun, I see that so many of us have come over, and we may not be discovered, so it is better to let Cole go over and take a look, a half-elf like him is much more familiar with the forest than us." ”
"I must go on my own, we have bitten the thief, and I will not allow him to run away. Ji Yijun flatly refused.
"Don't be reckless at a critical moment. I kindly remind you, I don't want you to spoil everyone's business because of a moment of carelessness! Cole is good at concealment, and his bow and arrow are not missing, no matter how you look at it, he is ...... than you," Zhang Hongxu babbled a lot of reasons.
Ji Yijun flashed in front of Zhang Hong in one step, pointed at his nose and said: "Today is where I want to take revenge, I have the final say on how to take revenge! Whoever dares to cause trouble for me, I won't give him good fruits to eat, you, it's better to remember it for me!"
"You, you, are so kind as a donkey's liver and lungs!"
"Okay! Shut up!" Ye Zi couldn't stand it, "Tell me that it's most appropriate to let the goblins scout!" Ji Yijun, Zhang Hong, if any of you don't worry about going again, wait for them to come back. That's it!"
After Ye Zi finished speaking, he glanced at the goblin shaman. The latter nodded, and after a few words, the two slightly stronger goblins snuck up the hill.
It didn't take long for the two goblins to turn back, bringing with them a goblin with a blue nose and swollen face. When the goblin saw the appearance of Ji Yijun's group of humans, he immediately screamed in fright, and the goblin shaman scolded a few times before he stopped screaming, hid behind another goblin, and peeked at Ji Yijun.
The goblin shaman grabbed him and interrogated him for a while, and then said to Ji Yijun: "This guy survived after the horse thieves broke through the village, and the horse thieves used them as slaves. He said that the horse thieves left the village early in the morning with a lot of food and went into the mountains. ”
Ji Yijun said anxiously: "How many horse thieves are there, why do you want to enter the mountain?"
"About a dozen people went into the mountains to look for treasure. The goblin shaman said after a slight groan.
"Treasure?!"
"Further up the hill from our village, over two hills, there is a gorge where an earthquake struck a few months ago that shook half of the mountain and revealed the entrance to a ruin. Last month, some warriors of our tribe passed by and noticed that at night the hole in the ruins often shone through, and we guessed that there must be some great treasure inside. Yesterday a shaman apprentice told them the secret in order to lure away the horse thief, and this morning the horse thief decided to go in search of the treasure and see if he could make a fortune. The shaman explained.
"Treasure?" Zhang Honghu wondered, "This relic can't just come out." What kind of treasure is there, why don't you goblins take it, and get these horse thieves who haven't been here for a few days?"
"We sent some warriors to explore the place, but whoever went in never came out, and I sent three groups of warriors, and when all of them failed, I gave up on the place. In my early years, I traveled with human adventurers. There are often a lot of dangerous creatures and traps in those ruins, if the strength is not enough, every expedition is filled with life, and this ruin is not something that our tribe can have. So I made a rule that no goblins were allowed to go there again. The shaman replied.
"So your people lured the horse thieves over, just hoping to let them all die inside?" Ye Zi asked.
The shaman nodded, not denying it, but he said, "Although my apprentice thinks so, it may not succeed, because our goblins are very weak in combat and can kill our creatures, not necessarily those horse thieves. That's why they dared to give it a try. ”
"Hmph, do you want us to try our luck there, too?" and die inside?" Zhang Hong said dissatisfied.
"I'm just telling you where the enemy is. As for what you do, where can I interfere. ”
The goblin shaman made his words clear, but he saw Ji Yijun's thoughts of revenge. Even if there are thousands of dangers, how can you scare off a man who is determined to take revenge?
"Then there's not much to say. We chase them and kill them. "Ji Yijun's plan has always been simple and straightforward.
"It's too reckless to chase after you like this, isn't it?" Zhang Hong hesitated a little at this time. He originally thought that a group of masters on his side would hunt down two wounded horse thieves. Just look at the opportunity and kill them before they can speak. But now these horse thieves have clearly gathered more of their subordinates, not only destroying a goblin village, but also running into some dangerous ruins. In this way, the danger factor has obviously increased greatly, there is no need to fight with them anymore, he opened his hand to stop Ji Yijun and said, "Battalion Commander Wang sent a whole platoon to follow, why don't we wait for them, and have a better grasp." We've marked it along the way, and they'll be there in an hour at most. That exploration of what ruins can't be done in a moment, right?"
"You have to wait, wait here by yourself, Ye Zi, let's go!" he beckoned to the goblin shaman, "You lead the way, as long as you bring us to the gate of the ruins, we will be cleared." ”
"Wait, wait. Ji Yijun, you reckless ghost! It doesn't matter if you kill yourself, Ye Zi will also be killed by you!" Zhang Hong didn't dare to let them go like this, in case Ji Yijun asked him the secret of killing Hong Lifeng, he would be finished.
"I'm sorry for you. I was able to take care of myself. Ye Zi said, she didn't hesitate to keep up with Ji Yijun's footsteps.
"You're all crazy. The situation is unknown, so I rushed over. Zhang Hong patted his head, and suddenly remembered the common persuasive jokes in romance dramas, and he shouted: "Ji Yijun, don't you want to think that your father is willing for you to take such an adventure? If you have three long and two short, your father will not be at ease in heaven!"
When Ji Yijun heard this, he turned around and smiled coldly: "Don't pull the tiger skin for me." Don't look at my old man as a good man, he has never been a coward, and if he flinched when he saw that I was in danger, he would jump out of the cemetery in anger! Besides, it doesn't matter who you carry out. I'm a man, I don't obey!"
Ji Yijun's words made Zhang Hong's face red with anger. Just when he was in a dilemma and was in a hurry, Cole came up and said, "Boss, why don't I protect you and follow him." Let Gameiro go back and bring reinforcements over quickly. With him leading the way, the people behind him can at least twice as fast. ”
"This ...... Can the four of us deal with that, those ten or so horse thieves?"
"Ji Yijun and Ye Zi are both fighting warriors, I am a magic archer, you are still a magic apprentice, even if the horse thief is stronger, it is always okay for us to block the entrance to the ruins and wait for reinforcements. Orville lowered his voice, "Don't you just want to kill those two horse thieves? ”
Zhang Hong pondered carefully, this is really the truth, besides, isn't the ruins dangerous? If you are lucky, maybe the horse thieves will simply die in the ruins and will not be able to get out.
Hong Lifeng, Hong Lifeng, how much trouble you have caused Lao Tzu, you really deserve to die. After Lao Tzu got this done, he didn't run out anymore, preferring to be in school. Zhang Hong thought through gritted teeth.
"Ji Yijun, wait for me! I'll go with you with Cole. ”