Chapter 12: Racial Beliefs
Instructed the two clansmen to carry the battle suit mechs to the forge workshop, and the Gru patriarch dismissed the clansmen who had gone out to find metal veins this time.
In this valley inhabited by the goblins, although the number of caves on the surface seems to be large, in fact, each cave is just the entrance to the underground goblin city.
Even though the special terrain here can block most of the attacks of alien beasts, there is still a threat from the sky.
Therefore, when the goblin clan developed and built the habitat of the group, they still followed the traditional habit of burrowing underground.
Two goblin people carrying mechs in battle suits followed the patriarch Gru into a cave, and then walked for a long time until they came to the goblin city hidden deep underground.
Although they named it after the city, it was just a huge underground space.
In the center of this huge space is a huge crater with a diameter of several kilometers, and when you look down from the railing built with earth and rock, you can see the boiling and churning magma.
It is precisely the existence of this magma lake that allows the goblins to see clearly in this otherwise dark and damp underground space.
Around the lake, there are tunnels that have been excavated into a spiral and dense cave houses.
Among these multi-storey buildings, the upper floors are the dwellings of goblins with a combined number of only twenty or thirty thousand, and the lower space near the lava lake is their smelting and forging metal workshop.
As the patriarch of the goblin clan, Goblin Gru is not only the oldest goblin, but also the grandmaster with the strongest forging skills in the clan.
Because Patriarch Gru spends most of his time in forging and researching, his residence is also in the lower level near the forge workshop.
After walking along the spiral downward passage for more than an hour, Gru and the others came to the semi-open workshop at the bottom of the Elven City.
Gru first asked the two of his clansmen to place the battlesuit mech on the largest forging table, and then waved them to reunite with their families.
"Grandpa Gru, things in this human world seem dangerous, so let's stay here and keep you safe!" The two good-looking-looking goblin men looked at each other, and one of the clansmen spoke out about their concerns.
When the Patriarch of Gru heard this, he immediately stopped what he was doing, then turned his head and shook his head with a smile at the two clansmen, and said, "Dear child, I think you are too worried, we have not reacted to this thing all the way back, I think it is just a dead thing, so you don't have to worry, it is better to go back and reunite with your family as soon as possible!"
Patriarch Gru had a very kind and gentle personality, and he knew that these young people would definitely not want to stay in this boring place, so he comforted them with words.
His smile seemed to have some kind of special magic, which made the two goblin people feel very convinced, and the two of them looked at each other, hesitated for a long time before nodding in agreement: "Okay then! Grandpa Gru, let's go back and see the family first, and come back to study this big guy with you later." ”
The Gru patriarch raised his hand towards them, and only after the two of them were gone did he set his eyes on the strange big creature again.
He first picked up a small forging hammer and knocked it on the battle mecha, and after hearing the crisp sound coming from it, a kind old face showed a bit of strangeness.
Before we figure out what this thing does, the battle suit mech is undoubtedly only a piece of metal for the goblin clan, and if this iron lump is solid, its value will definitely be higher.
However, after confirming that this thing is hollow inside, the first thing that Patriarch Gru thinks about is whether there will be people inside it?
As a Forge Grandmaster, Patriarch Gru knew very well that the materials and craftsmanship of this thing were quite extraordinary, and since humans had spent so much effort to create it, the original intention of making this thing would definitely not be a simple ornament.
What's more, this iron lump was found on the edge of the Devil's Forest, and humans would not normally set foot in that dangerous area.
Combining the above two points, the Patriarch Gru was even more determined in his guess.
So he carefully examined the mech, hoping to find a way to open it.
Patriarch Gru has a strong premonition in his heart, as long as he can crack the secret of this thing, maybe there will be a great harvest.
But no matter how he fiddled with it, the battle suit mecha couldn't find a single crack as if it were a whole body, and after studying for more than half an hour, he couldn't find a way to open this thing.
However, when he discovered that the limbs of this humanoid thing could be bent, not only did he not overturn his previous judgment, but he made further bold guesses.
If the inside of such a large thing were hollow, it was entirely possible to fit people into it.
Thinking of this, Patriarch Gru's eyes suddenly lit up.
In addition to crafting weapons, the goblin clan is also an indispensable protector for hunting, and the ancestors of the goblin clan had the idea of creating a full-coverage armor for a long time, but because the problems of self-weight and flexibility could not be overcome, they had to give up this plan in the end.
The Patriarch of Gru, who has been immersed in forging all his life, also studied this design for several years when he was young and vigorous, and although he also made a set of full-coverage armor that could be worn and walked around, in the end, it could only be regarded as a craft, used as an ornament.
However, when he saw the battle-suit mecha for the first time today, he remembered the failed research that had been sealed in his distant memory.
It seemed that a voice from the dark told him that if he unlocked the secret of this thing, he would be able to create a very practical full-coverage armor.
Being able to forge this kind of practical thing in his lifetime is not only the end of his only regret in this life, but also a very practical forging process for the descendants of the goblin clan.
In fact, after tens of thousands of years of research and exploration, the forging process of the goblin clan has stagnated thousands of years ago, and they can forge sharp long knives that divide gold and split stones, and can also create strong armor that those powerful beasts can't bite.
But when compared to the legendary star artifacts in the human world, these achievements are not worth mentioning at all.
The painful memories of humanity's abandonment of the goblins, which almost wiped them out, are still remembered by them for generations, even though thousands of years have passed now.
Although the goblins with good natures also hate humans, they still have more of a belief in their hearts that they are unwilling to admit defeat.
They have always believed that although the star weapons created by humans are extremely powerful, they are still not the most powerful weapons in the world.
For thousands of years, they have been willing to risk their lives and persevere in searching for all kinds of metal ores, and have taken development and forging as the eternal and persistent pursuit of this race, that is, through their efforts, they want to forge powerful weapons that surpass human star weapons, so that human beings can repent of their stupid behavior.
This is a very terrible racial belief, and at the same time, it is also the eternal soul of the goblin race.
They love forging and are willing to defend the craft of forging with their lives, which they were once proud of.
In fact, the goblins' hatred for humans has always been limited to making them regret their betrayal.
Their greatest desire is not to take revenge on humanity by killing, but to one day be able to regain their vaunted forging skills on an equal footing with the human race.
After thousands of years of recuperation, the goblin clan has developed into only a few tens of thousands of people. For the goblins to truly prosper, they must leave this dangerous wilderness.
The goblin patriarch Gru has lived for hundreds of years, and has witnessed his people being devoured by foreign beasts in front of his eyes countless times, and has experienced several great crises that almost wiped out his clan.
As the goblin patriarch, he has always sought an opportunity for the rise of the race, but in the face of the cruel reality, his fighting spirit has been worn out by the ruthless years.
Now, he felt as if he saw hope, so the old goblin elder's eyes burst into a brighter light than ever.