Chapter 11: The Goblins

The dwarf's face was even more shocked, and the gossip became more and more intense, and even the older dwarf's face became solemn.

He crouched down and tapped on the mech, only stopping his movements when he was sure it was indeed a dead thing.

After a lot of deliberation among the gnomes, it was finally decided to bring the big guy back to their territory and then slowly study it.

Xiao Longchen hadn't come to his senses for the time being, so he didn't know what was happening at the moment. Only Xiaoxing paid close attention to the group of dwarfs outside, and didn't know what he was thinking.

Xiaoxing, who has a comprehensive understanding of this world, recognized the identity of these gnomes from the very beginning, knowing that this is a magical race called goblins.

Their diminutive bodies contain brute strength, and each goblin is a natural warrior, able to fight small beasts like the Impreza without losing the upper hand.

However, there are too many powerful creatures in this world, whether it is a preza or a goblin, they can only be regarded as weak creatures in the lower layers of the food chain. Every time they faced the aggression of those powerful beasts, they had to pay a terrible price.

They are called magical creatures because the goblins have mastered the most cutting-edge forging technology in the world.

Whether it was the cold weapon they wore around their waists or the metal detector in the goblin elder's hand, they were all the crystallization of the wisdom of the goblin clan.

In the primitive period tens of thousands of years ago, the goblin race and the humans in this world had a very difficult existence, and their relatively weak bodies determined that they could only be reduced to the fate of food, and they could only seek a way to protect themselves in the difficult life.

Later, because the goblins lived in the underground, they accidentally discovered metal ores, and through long-term study, they mastered the art of smelting metals with the help of earth fire.

It was also from that time that the goblin clan began to use their weapons to fight against the alien beasts, so as to survive in this world of the jungle.

Humans, as allies of the goblins, are naturally taken care of by them. For a long time, humans have regarded goblins as their best friends.

Perhaps because the human brain is more likely to evolve, the humans of this world have gradually learned to smelt and manufacture metals, and their dependence on the goblin clan has begun to become weaker and weaker.

Later, after some of the human ancestors discovered the method of cultivating astral arts, they rose rapidly in just a hundred years, and officially had the strength to compete head-on with those powerful beasts.

Because the number of human races is increasing day by day, the demand for cold weapons is also increasing, so even in the early stage after the rise of humans, they still maintain a friendly relationship with the goblins.

Under the care of humans, the goblin population has also begun to flourish.

But later, humans forged cold weapons and combined them with the powerful power controlled by the cultivation of astrology to develop a more powerful star weapon, and the relationship with the goblin clan began to become estranged.

Later, human beings also mastered the method of metal detection, and since then, the role of the goblin clan on them is not only dispensable, but also in the competition for metal mineral resources, officially standing on the opposite side of the goblin clan.

Because of the hostility derived from interests, the small and ugly-looking creatures of the goblins began to be rejected by humans, and racial discrimination became an irreconcilable contradiction for a time.

The goblins were slaughtered by humans, and finally nearly wiped out this friendly race that had been watching over and helping humans.

The remnants of the goblin retreated into the wilderness, once again living a miserable life of hard struggle against those alien beasts. This once powerful race second only to humans has finally fallen into the realm of being forgotten by history.

Today's goblins, in addition to relying on hunting and gathering to survive, spend most of their time searching for metal deposits in the barren lands that humans do not want to set foot in, thus building them into backward weapons for survival.

Because the goblins' habitat is not too far from this primeval forest, they found the battle mecha during this metal survey.

The older goblin with the metal detector is the current head of the goblin clan, Gru.

Because of the treachery of humanity, the goblins have always been deeply hostile to the human race. So when they saw the humanoid battle mech, they all showed angry expressions, shouting and screaming to destroy this iron lump that was obviously human civilization.

The goblin patriarch Gru is a wise elder who sees the difference in this mech, and although it is not clear what this thing is for, he still decides to transport it back and study it slowly.

In fact, the Gru patriarch has a deeper consideration, even if he can't study anything in this human-shaped iron lump, he can smelt it and forge several good weapons.

With his rich experience in forging, Patriarch Gru could easily judge that the metal used in this item was of high purity, and it was probably more advanced than the smelting technology they had mastered, which was the main reason why he decided to transport the battle-suited mecha back to his clan.

The goblins have never lacked creativity, and they have a strong desire to learn about new things, so in the thousands of years since they broke with the Terrans, their forging skills have become more and more mature, which is the main reason why they have been able to survive in this world full of crises.

The two diminutive goblins easily lifted the battle suit mecha of more than 200 catties, because of the unexpected gain of the battle suit mecha this time, so even if they did not find a large ore vein, the purpose of their trip was barely achieved.

There were dozens of goblins in this group, so there was no need to stop and rest in the middle of the process while they were rotating to carry the battle mechs.

By the time the sun set in the west for the third time, the Gru patriarch had already led his people back to the habitat of the race.

It was a huge canyon surrounded by mountains, and there was no passage into the canyon on the surface, because they had discovered a large metal deposit here, so they accidentally dug a tunnel leading to the canyon.

Through long-term exploration and excavation, the goblin clan also found a very suitable earth fire resource suitable for smelting metals in the depths of the canyon, so from that day on, this weak race migrated all the existing tribes here.

With the help of the natural barrier of the special terrain, their survival has been greatly guaranteed, so even if the metal deposits here have long been exhausted, they are still reluctant to leave this paradise.

A group of diminutive goblins, slightly comically carrying the behemoth of the battle-suited mecha, passed through a slender corridor more than three meters in diameter and came to a heavy metal gate at the end.

The goblin patriarch said something to the small hole that had been carved out of the stone wall to the right of the metal gate, and then the heavy metal gate quickly opened slowly with a blushing sound.

The Gru patriarch led a group of clansmen behind him to enter, and the metal gate slammed shut again, completely blocking the threat of foreign beasts from the outside world.

This huge valley is about twenty or thirty meters wide, stretching more than 100 kilometers inward, with steep mountain walls up to thousands of meters on the left, right and behind, and at the end of the canyon in front of it, there is a silver-white waterfall falling from the sky, which adds a bit of dusty charm to the whole valley.

The valley is full of exotic flowers and plants, and although there are many caves left by the mining of ores in many places, it does not detract from the beauty of the place.

Rather than wasting the underground caverns, the creative goblins re-excavated and renovated them into their dwellings.

As a result, near the entrances to many caves, goblin children are playing, and women are mostly hammering ores that look metallic.

It seems that the ore is hammered into small pieces to make it easier to smelt later.

The goblin tribesmen along the way, whether men, women, old or young, saw the safe return of the patriarch and his party, all stopped their movements, stood solemnly, caressed their right hands on their chests, and bowed their heads to express their respect.

For these goblins, it is a very dangerous job for them to go out hunting and find new metal deposits.

Therefore, the kind goblin clan has a deep respect for the people who are responsible for these tasks.

It is with such a group of warriors that their race can flourish, and it is with such a grateful heart that the kind goblin clan is more harmonious and united.