Chapter Forty-Eight: The Bandit's Move
In the past few days, Mu Chen practiced forging every morning, assembled new combat mechs in the afternoon, and used the rest time to practice in the evening, and every day was very fulfilling.
On this day, Xiao Longchen was concentrating on forging a piece of reddish metal as usual, and suddenly a goblin clan ran over in a hurry, and before he could run in front of the Gru patriarch, he gasped and said, "Patriarch, it's not good...... A team of Terran astrologers came out there, and they wanted our goblin clan to offer a thousand star stones, otherwise they would kill our people, and they would capture several children......"
Xiao Longchen's forging platform was very close to the Gru Patriarch, and the goblin who reported the news was too anxious, so he spoke loudly, so he could hear it clearly.
Patriarch Gru's face, which had always been kind and gentle, instantly turned cold after hearing the news. As soon as he threw away the forging hammer in his hand, he strode outside.
Something so big happened, Xiao Longchen naturally couldn't sit idly by, because considering that there might be a conflict later, he directly put on a new type of battle suit mecha placed on the edge of the forging table, and quickly chased after the Gru patriarch.
The reason why he didn't choose to fly was because Xiao Longchen knew that this kind of thing was not yet revealed in front of outsiders.
Seeing Xiao Longchen coming, a look of worry flashed in the eyes of the Gru patriarch, but he also knew the relationship between this kid and their goblin clan, so he didn't persuade him to go back, but admonished with a serious face: "The astral magicians who came to our goblin valley to rob in the past were at least above the fourth order. So whatever happens later, you must remember not to act rashly. ”
Listening to the words of the Gru Patriarch, it was obviously not the first time that those powerful astral magicians had done such a bandit thing.
Compared to those alien beasts, the threat of these Terran powerhouses is undoubtedly greater. Not only are their strength far more terrifying than those non-rank beasts, but their appetite is not small, and they need a thousand star stones to open their mouths.
Although the fact that the goblins have a large number of star stones has not been leaked, after all, they have been digging for metal underground for many years, and it is impossible for anyone to believe that no star stones have been found for a long time.
Therefore, as this time, it is not uncommon for human astrologers to come to extort money, and although the goblin clan does not care about sending some star stones in exchange for the safety of their clansmen, they do not dare to take them out too quickly, otherwise it will easily arouse their suspicions, thus bringing great disasters to their clan.
Xiao Longchen was originally angry in his heart, and he was equipped with a battle suit mecha just in case, but when he heard Patriarch Gru say that those star magicians who fought the autumn wind also had the strength of the fourth order at the very least, his heart suddenly sank, and he also felt a strong pressure.
Now that he has also become an astral magician, he naturally knows very well the power of an astrology sorcerer. With his current first-order strength, if he fought a fierce bird head-on, he was confident that he would kill it with his own strength alone.
And how strong should a fourth-order star magician who was three levels higher than him be? Xiao Longchen had never seen the power of such a strong person, but he also knew that it was a powerful existence that was far from being able to match him now.
But even with the warning of the Gru patriarch, he must see for himself what a greedy and hateful face the human beings in this world are.
When the three Gru chiefs left the Goblin City, they immediately saw a huge flying boat suspended in the air not far ahead, and on the deck of the flying boat, there were ten human men in standard robes. Nine of them were wearing green robes, and the middle-aged man at the head was wearing a blue robe.
Beside them, several goblin children lay on the ground shivering.
The appearance of several people is not much different from that of earthlings, but because of the practice of astrology, their eyes look extraordinarily bright, and there seems to be a shadow of stars looming inside, and their skin is also shrouded in a layer of holy starlight.
It was obviously not the first time they had come to the goblin clan to fight the autumn wind, and the moment the Gru patriarch came out, the blue-robed man who was the leader recognized him, looked down at the group of goblins below, and said loudly: "Gru patriarch, I haven't seen you for a few months, I didn't expect your body to be so strong! It doesn't take much, a thousand dollars is enough!"
Mu Chen grew up on Earth since he was a child, and although the Five Continents Alliance after the war was not peaceful, he had never seen such a brazen person.
Obviously he came to extort like a robber, but he still put on a high-minded posture without the slightest shame.
When those people saw the battle uniform mecha that Xiao Longchen was wearing, they only thought it was a strangely shaped armor, and they didn't pay attention to it.
When the Gru patriarch heard the words of the man at the head, he first saluted him respectfully, and then said with a sad face: "Lord Saint, the astrologists of your human race have to come over every few months to collect star stones, and because the frequency of these two years is too high, our goblin clan can't take out so much inventory at all!"
Because the goblins also often have to deal with humans, the Gru patriarch also knows the human language.
For Patriarch Gru's respectful attitude, the fifth-order saint on the flying boat was still extremely useful, but when he heard Patriarch Gru's words, his face suddenly became gloomy.
"Patriarch Gru, although I, Li Tian, am only a fifth-order saint, I am not something that you goblin gnomes can provoke. A thousand star stones, if there is one less today, I will kill you a little dwarf clansman!" After Li Tian finished speaking, he gave a look to the subordinate beside him, and the man obviously cooperated with him not once or twice, so seeing this, he hurriedly nodded respectfully, and then grabbed a goblin child from the ground and carried it to the railing of the flying boat.
The goblin child was only two or three years old, and he was already very panicked when he was suddenly caught in the air, but now he was frightened by that person again, and immediately grinned and cried.
"How about it, Patriarch Gru, I'll give you ten breaths to think about it, if you can't make a decision within ten breaths, then this little cub will be killed by you......"
"Ten...... Nine...... Eight...... Seven ......" As soon as Li Tian's words fell, the green-clothed subordinate who was holding the goblin child began to count down.
Seeing this, the Gru patriarch was so angry that his whole body trembled violently.
Although the Terran astronomers also come to them to fight the autumn wind, they all understand the truth of killing chickens and eggs, and they generally don't do things too much.
After the goblins said that they could not meet their demands, most of them also bargained, and both sides just took a step back. It's really not very common for these people in front of me to be so domineering, and the Gru patriarch has no way at all!
Seeing that the man was already counting to "one", the Greug patriarch naturally couldn't let a child of his own clan be killed because of some resources that were completely useless to them, so he hurriedly shouted: "That's it! A thousand star stones for you!"
Seeing the Patriarch of Gru compromise, Li Tian suddenly had a satisfied smile on his face, and glanced at the green-robed subordinate.
The man understood, but instead of lifting the goblin child back to the deck of the flying boat, he pretended not to hold on to it, causing the goblin child to fall from a height of twenty or thirty meters.
Seeing this, all the goblin clansmen were shocked, they didn't expect that the patriarch had already agreed to their conditions, why would these human powerhouses still act like this.
Xiao Longchen, as an astrologist, although his cultivation is not as strong as a few people on the flying boat, his reflexes are not weak, when Li Tian exchanged glances with his two subordinates, he was keenly aware of something, so he had already prepared for the worst, and quietly turned on the anti-gravity device that could only be installed in the mecha.
When the green-robed saint let go, even though Xiao Longchen was also angry in his heart, his body did not hesitate at all, and his right foot suddenly kicked on the ground, and his body rushed towards the flying boat at a rapid speed like a sharp arrow off the string.
Finally, before the child could hit the ground, a leap swooped over and successfully caught the child in his hand.