CHAPTER XXI

Now that the lord and commander have decided, the entire barracks is busy. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 The auxiliaries in charge of logistics prepared dry rations and checked and maintained the soldiers' equipment, while the soldiers who were going to go on the expedition tomorrow stopped training and concentrated on recuperating.

Knowing that tomorrow they were going up the mountain to exterminate the gray goblins, the soldiers were a little uneasy. Although after this period of training, their physique has increased a lot, and their strength has also improved, and they generally have a first- to second-level "soldier" profession. But when they have to face real monsters, they are still very unconfident.

As a famous monster, goblins cause a lot of damage, although they are not strong individually. In particular, their intelligence is not low, not only know how to use weapons, but can even set traps, and it is common for them to use various tactics when fighting. According to the statistics of the Adventure Guild, the most dangerous enemy for fledgling adventurers is the goblins, and there is no one.

There are horror stories about goblins everywhere among the people, as small as a certain merchant who went out with a donkey and a horse, was attacked by a group of goblins, although he ran away but the livestock and goods were lost, to the big point that a certain village was broken by a large number of goblins, except for a few strong guards who broke through and fled, the rest of the men, women, children and livestock were killed and eaten...... There is even a famous legend that the goblins also founded a country, a barbaric and ferocious country. The country even has its own patron deity, whose unique "goblin language" was created.

Of course, there are many false rumors in these stories, and although the goblins are vicious, they reproduce relatively quickly. But they don't like to fight tough battles, and their favorite thing is to pick and pinch persimmons. Even in a year of famine with a lack of food. They would rather kill their own kind for food than run away to attack human villages.

The so-called "villages destroyed by goblins". It's usually a scourge of bandits, in the name of goblins - maybe this is not a frame-up, after all, in the eyes of many people, bandits and goblins are actually no different.

As for the Goblin Kingdom and the Goblin God, Viye had inquired very curiously back then, but even the Elemental Gods, who had lived from the time of the Old Gods, did not remember the existence of any Goblin Kingdom. The history of the goblin clan is not very long, and it is not even as long as that of humans. They are one of the by-products of the creation of living beings by the gods, and they were born roughly after the appearance of humans and orcs, about 800 years ago.

"However, the world is very large, and it can only be said that there is no goblin kingdom in the main plane and those common planes, and it can only be said that there are no goblin gods in the gods of the pantheon. When Sui Xiong asked curiously, Weiye finally said, "The world is big, bigger than we can understand. It's even bigger than we think. Maybe there are goblin nations in a world we don't know, or maybe they do have patron saints, but they don't officially accept the priesthood and don't set foot in the pantheon......"

"The world is so big. Anything is possible. ”

Of course, the soldiers under Crick's command could not have the romantic style of a literary youth like Weier, they only knew that they were about to set foot on the battlefield and fight dangerous monsters.

It's horrible!

Although, according to Sean Knight. They trained for two months and were heavily armed. If you can't even beat a group of goblins, you might as well hang yourself on the gallows. At the very least, it can be used to scare and scare thieves. But they themselves have no confidence in themselves.

After all, just two months ago, they were just a bunch of ordinary farmers or laborers.

Who has ever seen a farmer or a laborer fight a monster? I've never heard of such a thing!

However, it is not possible not to fight. Military orders are like mountains.

The military discipline of Barony Keane is also very severe, although at Crick's request, some overly strict military discipline has been abolished, and those punishments that will bring maiming to the soldiers have been abolished, but for these honest soldiers, reprimands, starvation, confinement, and some light corporal punishment that is not worth mentioning in Sean's opinion are enough to make them afraid.

Compared to the danger of fighting monsters, the punishment for violating military discipline seems to be even more terrifying!

So even though the soldiers were frightened, they had to try to cheer themselves up and comfort themselves.

Seeing this, Crick frowned and sent someone to find "Three Arrows" Red, who was patrolling with several soldiers.

Red is a very veteran adventurer, and he once ventured with the knight of Divol Os, and made a name for himself. Also on the expedition were the vice-priest of the Church of the Lord of Light in Barony Keane, the priest "Firehammer" Morton, and Mr. Ravel, who is currently in charge of intelligence in Barony Keane, a gentlemanly official who is said to have had a terrible nickname back then, called "Backstab".

Sean's strength is undoubted, although he is young, he is already a knight with a total level of six, and he can be called young and promising. But compared with Red, a predecessor in the rivers and lakes, he is still tender in terms of strength and adventure experience.

Not to mention anything else, Red's current level is fifteen - he was originally a fourteenth-level adventurer, and since joining the Barony of Keane, he has actually been promoted to another level of "officer", which has steadily stepped into the high-level realm.

In contrast, Sean James's father, Howard James, is currently only level nine, and there are two levels of "lord", which is honestly not a combat profession.

If it really starts, the James family, father and son, will not be able to fight Rhett alone.

When Red learns that Creek is going to let the soldiers go into the mountains tomorrow to exterminate the gray goblins, he immediately understands why the atmosphere in the barracks is so heavy, so he laughs and says that he can give the soldiers an impromptu lesson about the gray goblins and the main points of fighting them.

Crick didn't rush to agree, but turned to look at Sean first.

Although he is the lord, Sean is the commander of this army, and before he makes a decision, he should respect Sean's attitude and at least ask Sean's opinion.

Sean was stunned, not expecting the Baron to ask for his opinion first. This respect immediately warmed his heart and couldn't help but smile. Nod vigorously.

"No problem!" he said, "Mr. Red is my elder. What he wants to say is that these are the valuable experiences summed up by the adventurers of the previous generations with their blood and even their lives, and it is an honor for me and my subordinates to have the honor to listen to them!"

Crick also smiled, Sean, this kid is much smarter than him, and he is worthy of that eleven points of intelligence.

There is a way that everyone carries a sedan chair, and Sean's compliments and respect make Red very useful. He smiled, touched his beautifully trimmed beard, nodded, and began his lecture.

"Let's start with a question. Who has seen goblins here?"

Soldiers, you look at me, I look at you, and they all shake their heads. Only Sean raised his hand, indicating that he had seen it.

Of course, he'd seen goblins, and he'd killed a lot, but his sixth-level knight level didn't fall from the sky.

Seeing this, Red shook his head with a smile and took out a projection crystal.

Projection crystals are expensive magic items that can project images from the user's memory. However, it is very demanding for the user. If you are a caster, you need to be at an intermediate level, and if you are not a caster, you are required to be at a high level.

Rhett has also recently improved his strength. to be able to use it well. But even so, the picture he projected was a little blurry, like an old-fashioned television video playing on a computer screen.

But at the level of basic popular science. Such a picture can also make do, at least it can give the soldiers a rough idea of what the so-called "gray goblin" is.

"The 'ash' of gray goblins refers to their skin color. Red projected. While explaining, "The skin of the average goblin is green or gray-green. However, the skin of gray goblins is grayish-black or light gray. They are taller and more powerful than normal goblins, but correspondingly not as agile as regular goblins. ”

"It's important to remember that this means you don't have to worry about them running away because they don't run very fast. ”

"However, this also means that their melee combat capabilities are stronger than the average goblin. The image projected by Red changed slightly, and the gray goblin in the picture, who had been naked, was dressed in armor made of bark, vines, and wood, and held a sharpened wooden spear in his hand, and suddenly looked a little more dangerous.

"They can use spears, which are much shorter and not too sharp than yours, but if they are stabbed in an unprotected area, they can still hurt, even severely. "But don't be too afraid, your armor is good enough to withstand this weapon, so just protect the parts that lack armor protection." ”

The soldiers turned their heads to look at the armor being maintained, and their hearts suddenly felt a little more confident.

"But the most dangerous thing in a fight with goblins is not their spears, but their bows and arrows. ”

Red said, changing the projection again, this time it was an unusually tall goblin, holding a wooden bow, and posing as an archer: "Goblins are very good at homemade wooden bows, although their arrows are not far, but at close range, those arrows that are shot from wooden bows with bones or teeth as the tip of the arrows are also very dangerous. ”

"But I have good news for you, the grey goblins, unlike their distant relatives, are not good at archery. You don't have to worry about encountering the so-called 'bird shooter' in ordinary goblins, such a thin but extremely sharp guy can't grow up in the gray goblin. ”

"Of course, you can't underestimate the gray goblin shooter because of that. They may not be accurate in their shots, but their bows are stronger than the bows of the average goblins, and if you are shot in the head...... Hehe, I guess I don't need to say more. ”

The soldiers shrank their heads one after another, and one by one they made up their minds to put their helmets firmly on and never take them off!

"Finally, you have to worry about the goblin shaman. Honestly, I don't think there would be a shaman in this group of twenty or thirty goblins, just as they were unlikely to have chiefs. But if you do, then the only thing you have to do is avoid it, and get as far away as possible - one of the characteristics of shamanic spells is their short range, so as long as you don't get close to some goblin with a bone necklace in your bare hands, or a bone wand, you don't have to worry about that. ”

The projected image changed twice, first a goblin shaman, then an unusually majestic goblin with eyes that shone with a wisdom that was completely different from other goblins.

"Just remember these two, goblin shaman, goblin chief. If you do encounter it, leave it to your commander to deal with, and you alone ...... At least not yet. ”

After reading this, Red turned to look at Sean, "Do you have the right weapon?"

"Yes, I have a refined set of armor and two nice swords. ”

Red nodded, thought for a moment, took a gray bracer from his left wrist, and handed it to him.

"One of the trophies I got from my adventure, the ogre bracers. "It's one of my most important pieces of equipment, so I'll lend it to you for a while." ”

Sean was stunned for a moment, looked at the famous magic equipment carefully, hesitated for a moment, and then took it with both hands.

"I won't let you down!" he said solemnly.

He carefully put on the bracers, and suddenly felt a surge of power gushing out of his heart, and casually picked up a wooden stick next to him, and broke it with a single force.

And in Crick's eyes, there is already one more "special equipment, strength plus two" in his attributes.

Seeing this scene, Crick's heart moved and he had some inspiration.

Maybe...... It's time to investigate the equipment of your subordinates and help them prepare some magic equipment.

I can't afford mid-level magic equipment such as the Ogre Bracers for the time being, but I can still buy some low-level magic equipment such as the "Brute Bull Bracers".

If you buy in a group, you may be able to get a discount, and by the way, you can get a package or something...... (To be continued.) )