Chapter 4: Goblin Camp
Tang Ruiyi, who had just gotten up, was not in a hurry to go out, just sat quietly in front of the battlements for a while, thinking about how to get more money, and to clear out the surrounding goblinsββββ if you don't advance or retreat, not to mention that in this seemingly quiet and beautiful world, there is cruelty that cannot be repeated.
Looking at the sun, it was almost eight o'clock, and the difficult swamp life had already forced Tang Ruiyi to sum up a set of methods to distinguish time.
Walking down the old stone staircase, two militiamen stood at the entrance of the castle early, they straightened their backs and tried to make a look of good spirits, but the dew on their buttocks betrayed them deeply.
Strangely, Tang Ruiyi looked around and didn't see Martin's figure, and after questioning, several militiamen also embarrassedly said that they didn't see Martin's figure in the morning.
This made Tang Ruiyi wonder if this guy was going to be a deserter, and he didn't dispel this idea until the wet Martin came out of the jungle.
"Why did you go?" asked Tang Ruiyi with some curiosity.
Martin scratched his head and smiled, he told Tang Ruiyi that he and a group of equally astute militiamen were specially selected by the army to be trained as scouts, but in the fierce war, the scholars accidentally lost the most important part of the information about training scouts, so the training plan undoubtedly failed, but some of the scout's habits were still retained, just like the morning patrol he had just done.
"In fact, our army has many powerful special armies, future warriors who can manipulate thunder, swordsmen with dual swords, and master assassins who silently take people's lives, but unfortunately most of the elite armies and the top powerhouses of the kingdom were destroyed in that protracted Armageddon," Martin smashed his mouth, as if he was regretting and sighing, but then he changed his words and became passionate; "But we have found the king! With your leadership, I believe that one day we will be able to enrich our glory!"
Looking at the infinite fanaticism in his eyes, Tang Ruiyi had no doubt that if this was to send him to death, he would not hesitate to carry it out, he really couldn't imagine how prosperous and powerful the kingdom was in its heyday!
Seeing the shock and longing in Tang Ruiyi's eyes, Martin sighed again: "If my scout master comes, let alone such a swamp, even if it is a vertical cliff, he can walk on the ground." β
As the so-called word wakes up the person in the dream, Tang Ruiyi heard the word scout on the side, his heart suddenly moved, and suddenly remembered the parchment that was looted on the human corpse before.
Could it be that it is just the missing part, it won't be so coincidental, right? Tang Ruiyi was also frightened by his own thoughts.
He quickly took out the parchment from his bosom, and a line of pale green square words appeared on the retina:
[Dossier: Scout; Poor quality, which contains the knowledge of training scouts, can be converted into scouts for 5 gold, must be used in a non-combat state, cannot be carried.] γ
He said the parchment and handed it to Martin: "Hey, this thing is so familiar...... Martin looked at it carefully, and exclaimed: "This is the same material as the book I saw before!"
The more Martin looked at it, the more excited he became, and his body trembled, "Oh my God! Oh my God! This is a miracle! Master, do you see it? I have fulfilled your last wish!"
As he spoke, this resolute and resolute young man actually shed two lines of hot tears.
Seeing Martin's excited appearance, Tang Ruiyi also felt sincerely happy, he looked at the inventory of only 10 gold coins, and couldn't help frowning, but in order to meet the wishes of his subordinates, and also to have a stable source of information, Tang Ruiyi gritted his teeth and chose to spend the money, and the number of gold coins changed from 10 to 5 in an instant.
In Martin's stunned gaze, a burst of white light flashed, and then quickly dissipated, Martin, who was originally dressed as a militiaman, had completely changed his appearance, only to see him kneeling on one knee, wearing lacquered blue leather armor, two short daggers and quenched blow arrows pinned to his waist, holding up parchment with both hands, as if he was treating a holy relic, and after five minutes, he got up, looked at Tang Ruiyi, and the respect in his eyes completely turned into worship.
"May your mercy shine on all things. He choked up and said that the gratitude in his heart could no longer be expressed in words, and he could only secretly make up his mind to be loyal to the king and never regret it.
Tang Ruiyi clicked on the Kingdom Book and found that Martin's original militia attribute had been transformed into thisββββ
[Martin, level 2, a militiaman with some scout training, agile and good at stealth. Attributes: Life 28, Attack 1-6, Fast Speed, Skills: Primary Counterattack, Primary Scouting. Special None]
In addition to increasing speed, reducing health, and increasing the upper and lower limits of attack, the scout actually added a skill called counterattack and the ability to detect, and the information obtained from this reconnaissance is very fragmented, and generally only vaguely feel the amount of blood and attack power of the monster, and the rest can not be helped.
The effect of the primary counterattack is that when receiving any attack, it has a 10% chance to dodge and deal 5 damage, and there is a small reddish-brown line underneath----- The enemy does not move, I do not move.
Tang Ruiyi remembered that this seemed to be a skill only for the assassins in "Kingdom Defense: Frontline", but the dodge chance was weakened from 50% to 10%, and it seems that this system includes different versions of various troops.
This made Tang Ruiyi can't help but be overjoyed, this is a new thing, after being converted into a scout, he actually added special skills, and after asking about it, he learned that the original skills can be improved through exercise, and the level of skills has seven levels: primary, intermediate, advanced, special, master, grandmaster, and god.
And scouts can detect the surrounding specialties, maps, etc., which is really useful, and at the same time, the level and distribution of each monster on the map are clear at a glance, so it can be said that it saves too much trouble.
For example, after some exploration, Martin found that there were four large and small goblin camps just south of the depression, ranging from the smallest camp of seven to the largest tribe of thirty.
In addition, there are two abandoned mines in the valley to the west, where Martin said he saw a lot of scattered iron ore and copper ore, these two low-end ores are perfect for crafting weapons, but unfortunately he has not unlocked the blacksmith shop yet, so he has to collect them first.
To the west is an endless field of silt, the kind of mud that will sink into it if you step on it.
The north side is completely covered by a river that crosses the swamp, and there are two old wooden bridges on the river, which seem to have been unrepaired for a long time, and it has been abandoned, so Tang Ruiyi unceremoniously named it "Twin River Banks".
By the time the results of the investigation were reported, Tang Ruiyi had already made up his mind, how could such an evil creature like goblins exist in such a heavenly territory?
And the ferocious beasts that often haunt the neighborhood, what if one day wanders around the castle without opening its eyes? These beasts are not wild ornaments in the zoo, and it is no exaggeration to describe them as battle-hardened and natural selection.
These are all issues that need to be addressed once and for all.
Since the five gold coins were spent, he was not stingy with the gold coin he bought the equipment, after purchasing the equipment and putting on the calfskin armor and the sharp iron sword, Tang Rui looked at the two heavily armed militiamen and a scout behind him, and suddenly felt high-spirited and scolded Fang Xuan.
"Go, crush them, my valiant army!"
"Your Majesty, I respectfully follow your wishes. The three of them shouted in unison, and their fighting spirit was soaring.
Although the fighting spirit is high, it has to be said that there is still a gap between reality and ideals, and this gap is not ordinarily large.
The four of them struggled through the vine-strewn bushes, and after pinching to death six leeches that tried to suck blood, they finally came to a lush forest.
Something even more desperate happened, the only way to cross the forest sea was actually a large puddle of slippery and sticky moss skirts.
Many people wonder, what's so terrible about the moss skirt? Tang Ruiyi also thought so at first, but since he saw a white rabbit bite a big mushroom with bright and attractive colors, he immediately became delirious, danced wildly in place, and then died of exhaustion, and since then he has regarded the mushroom as a tiger and scorpion, and he dare not touch it.
There are also banyan trees with human faces that can talk, goblins hiding in mushroom houses and guessing riddles, and huge praying mantis that can still move when cut in two, and the strange things encountered during this period are simply countless, which made Tang Ruiyi a little unacceptable for a while, and his whole head was dizzy.
Finally, after a lot of hardship, the group arrived at a small Goblin Shadow camp.
On the periphery of the camp were rows of broken logs inserted into the ground, mostly rotten and covered with a thick layer of moss, and in some places there were various fungus grows, and many green vines were entwined, and many unknown small wildflowers bloomed in them, and it was more appropriate to call it a defense than some kind of decoration.
The camp was foul-smelling, with brown excrement mixed with some food scraps, and these goblins in a primitive society had no concept of hygiene at all.
They don't farm for a living, and they don't know how to use manure, so almost no one knows how to clean up the manure, and if the experienced farmer sees it, he will beat his chest and waste a good piece of land.
To make matters worse, the droppings attract flies and maggots, and Tang swears that if a fly exhibit is held here, he will be able to break the Guinness Book of Records.
In addition, some low stone houses and wooden houses can be seen faintly among the trees.
Of course, these houses are very simple, and the so-called stone houses are just places to be made of large stones made of simple patchwork.
But at the moment, the house was empty, and all the goblins were concentrated in the square to vent their excess desires.
Carrying the iron sword on his back and looking at the shameless and promiscuous goblins in the distance, Tang Ruiyi's face showed a look of deep hatred. Thinking of being cornered by a small goblin, he felt his anger rise.
Fortunately, with good weapons and equipment, and with the help of the militia, it can be easy to defeat them, but the difficulty is how to kill them all the time, and if you miss one during the battle, it will not be good to alert the goblins in other camps.
Tang Ruiyi thought to himself, and soon had a countermeasure.
After ordering the militia to look around for some materials, Tang Ruiyi wrapped the broken leaves and vines and hung them on top of the branches, and then asked the scout Martin to squat on the tree to disguise himself as if he were in harmony with nature, and finally covered it with some dirt.
In this way, if you don't look closely, you won't be able to find out that there is a big living person hidden on it.
Seeing his masterpiece, Tang Ruiyi nodded with satisfaction, and then he asked the militia to find some green algae to drape on his body, and the militia who received this order was stunned for a moment, and then complied with a strange face.
He still wondered why the militia hesitated, and it wasn't until he came into contact with the algae that he realized that the pungent stench almost made him vomit all of yesterday's food.
It turns out that there is a lot of biogas under the swamp, and the biogas itself is a toxic gas, and it is not surprising that algae has been growing in such an environment.
This made Tang Ruiyi feel like he was cocooned and self-bound, but he had to endure his death with tears!
If you can't earn back this time, you'll lose a lot of money!
A group of goblins, who had just finished a strenuous exercise, were chatting and farting around the campfire, when they saw a green figure approaching them, they first sniffed with their noses, and when they smelled the familiar stench, they immediately welcomed their new companions with joy.
This frightened Tang Ruiyi into a cold sweat, he didn't expect that the IQ of this group of goblins was so high, and they actually knew that they could distinguish between us and the enemy by smell, but fortunately, the smell of this algae was too strong to be able to distinguish it for a while.
What he didn't know was that there was a monster called a shapeshifter living in the swamp, which often fed on weak goblins, and the goblins, who had suffered heavy losses for a long time, also figured out a way to deal with it, which was to rely on the smell to confirm every time they saw their companions.
"Wow wow!" A goblin patted Tang Ruiyi's shoulder enthusiastically, motioning for him to eat something to replenish his strength and continue to build a great cause.
The corners of Tang Ruiyi's mouth twitched, looking at the flowers in the pot, he didn't know what was made of thick soup, he wisely chose to keep silent.
But this goblin actually had to move in an inch, only to see it scoop a spoonful of thick soup in front of Tang Ruiyi, and a bloodshot eyeball floated in the soup from time to time.
For a moment, Tang Ruiyi wanted to pull out the iron sword and cut this guy's throat at once! But for the sake of the overall situation, he still held back, he reluctantly smiled, picked up the soup and drank it all.
In this situation, the smiling goblin had no idea that he had walked around the ghost gate, and he still had no heart and lungs and shouted a song that no one could understand.
Holding back the tumbling of the river and the sea in his stomach, Tang Ruiyi stared at the two militiamen in the woods behind him with sharp eyes, and the latter was telling him the progress of the mission in sign language.
It turned out that the scout hidden in the tree was constantly using blow arrows to sneak attack the lone goblin, and the crackling sound made by Tang Ruiyi throwing firewood into the fire well concealed the sound of blowing arrows breaking through the air.
The damage of blowing arrows is not high, only about 0.1, but the subsequent toxic damage is very terrifying, don't you see that the first few goblins who were hit are lying on the ground with blue lips and foaming at the mouth, in Tang Ruiyi's field of vision, their blood volume has dropped to a dangerous point in just ten seconds.
Soon, the goblins in this camp noticed that something was wrong, and several of their acquaintances were gone.
Just when they were scratching their heads, a deafening "kill!" sound came into their ears from behind.
Tang Ruiyi, who was struggling to endure, no longer pretended, and stood up with a sword against the goblin next to him.
A big -20 red math appeared on his retina.
Directly seal the throat and obliterate it!
Sure enough, in front of the weaving troops, the loosely disciplined goblins were nothing more than a rabble, and I saw that the two militiamen firmly held the direction of the woods, and the group of goblins who had lost their backbone could only swing wooden sticks in place, but they didn't know that the blowing arrows in the air were like the scythe of death and constantly harvesting their lives.