Chapter 35: The Dragon and the Gnoll, the Man and the Evil
"Old Jill! You say that Pallaya never came back? ”
Terrence hurried back to the Ancient Tree Camp and was speechless when he heard the news that Palaya hadn't returned.
"How so? Could it be that you are angry and find a place to hide? ”
With this speculation, Terrence had no choice but to wait.
After this, Terrence inspected the construction progress of the camp.
The outside of the anti-thorn stake has almost half been completed, and the remaining part has been piled up with waste materials and residual wood branches, etc., temporarily plugging the gap, which can be regarded as completing the work on the periphery.
However, such a rudimentary camp is still too poor in the eyes of Terrence, and the defense of the camp still needs to be strengthened to defend this place.
After arranging for Old Jill to continue to build with the Goblins, Terrence also told Old Jill to do so:
"When Pallaya comes back to the camp, tell her not to wander around, just wait for me to come back in the camp, and I will come back in the evening, don't let her go out again."
Then, Terrence took the Two Fishmen back to the Great Rift first.
Seeing Bill sleeping underneath, Terrence went down to talk, and after telling Bill that he would come to pick him up around dark, he flew all the way to the underground dragon's lair with the Two Fishmen.
Time was quick, and in the afternoon Terrence and the two-fishman returned to the cave by the lake.
There was no sign of the cave opening ever opened, and it seemed that the black fat had entered and exited through another small passage for the exclusive use of their dependents.
But dragons like Terrence are so large that they can only get in and out from here.
Uncamouflaged by the cave, Terrence returns to the long-lost underground dragon's lair.
The huge movement and the deliberate dragon roar of Terrence woke up the black fat and other remaining dependents in the cave.
"Thai...... Lord Terrence! You're back! ”
Listening to the unusual tone of the black fat speech, Terrence sensed that something was wrong.
Could it be that they are being bullied?
Are they those gnolls?
It shouldn't be!
"What's going on?"
Terrence's majestic voice made Black Fat calm down instantly.
"That's right!"
"Those sand crocodiles! When they see you're gone, we can't get into the water at all! ”
"So naturally we can't catch fish, and we've been gnawing on tree bark and eating wild vegetables lately!"
"If you don't come back, we'll starve to death!"
glanced at the black and fat still full figure.
Terrence: "... ”
Bai Lang: ". . . ”
Zilan: ". . . ”
The dragon and the two fishmen were silent for a while, and then turned around silently.
"Is there anything else you would like to report besides the reoccupation of food and territory by the sand crocodiles?"
Terrence asked.
"Yes! Lord Terrence, when we went out to pick mushrooms and tree fruits, we stumbled upon some gnoll hair and footprints, which should have been left not long ago. ”
Terrence was slightly startled.
It suddenly occurred to him that there seemed to be a few kobolds in the forest.
"Black fat, is there a kobold coming to you?"
"Report to Lord Terrence! I've never seen any kobold come to us. ”
“? It shouldn't be! ”
Terrence wondered.
The kobolds said they had come back to the dragon's lair.
At present, there are a few less laborers, and they are still kobolds of the mining expert race! Moreover, kobolds live in groups, and with their intelligence and clues, you may be able to find a whole group of kobolds!
For now, that's bad news!
Terrence pondered for a few seconds.
"When do you usually go out?"
"Well, early in the morning or late in the evening!"
"Because you said that these two points of time are the safest times for the land, but they are the opposite of the dangerous times of our seas."
Black Fat swore an oath, and at the same time moved out that Terrence was afraid that the Three Fish people would not be familiar with land, so he deliberately taught them some knowledge and common sense about land.
"I'm glad you remembered me, but I'm starting to suspect now that you didn't have time to drink, so the kobolds didn't find you, and they might have returned to their makeshift den."
Terrence thinks it's probably possible.
Because they looked like they had been kicked out of the tribe, it was true that they were lonely kobolds in the wild anyway.
"I wish they were still waiting for me over there!"
"I hope that the words of the dragon can make them insist on trusting me to find them."
With one last plan, Terrence planned to go over there and see it himself.
"Bai Lang, Zilan, clean up the dragon's nest, food or something, the strength of the two of you should be about the same now, right?"
Terrence grinned and smiled at the two fishmen.
"Of course!"
"Lord Terrence! You can rest assured that we will leave it to us! ”
The two fish people are not pretentious, and they swear to promise.
These two have absorbed a lot of life energy, and now they are in dire need of some fighting!
When fishing, the sand crocodile who came to harass is a good target, and the water advantages of the two are equal, especially the white waves that have initially grown dragon scales, and ordinary sand crocodiles are estimated to be helpless against him.
Send him to help watch the fishing, and I'll have more time for myself.
Sure enough, the family members developed, and their own time began to increase accordingly.
It's just that this is only some of the interest that I began to spit out slowly after investing a lot of time and energy in the early stage.
Let's hope their growth can help them more!
Terrence left the dragon's lair with a wave of his wings and headed for the forest where the kobolds lived near the hillside.
On the way, Terrence thought for a moment that the gnolls should have also discovered the retreat of the abyssal demonic energy, so their current behavior can be regarded as detection and investigation?
The first spy they sent had already been captured by Terrence, so he knew pretty much everything he needed to know.
This group of gnolls originally belonged to a small mercenary group, and in order to save their mother, Terrence understood that it should be a leader similar to a female leader.
I came here because I heard rumors that there were elves here, so I came, but I didn't find it after looking for a long time.
This also made this mercenary group gradually lose patience and plan to thoroughly investigate this forest.
However, the sudden demonic aura blocked their exploration, and in desperation, they planned to settle down and wait for the demonic qi that might be solved by the "elves".
Now that the demonic energy has disappeared, coupled with the rumors of the appearance of the elves, the possibility of combining the two is speculated, which makes them naturally want to continue their own exploration.
It's just that they are extremely uncomfortable after sleeping in the wind and eating here, and they urgently need some goblins and other indigenous slaves to build some suitable and comfortable buildings.
In fact, if you look at it this way, these gnolls who came to seek elves for a cure should have been deceived by those so-called black market news merchants.
Elves must not exist in this forest, because he Terrence has been here for so long! I didn't see any elves at all! Not even a goblin has ever been seen!
"What's that!"
Terrence was feeling that the group of gnolls had been deceived by inaccurate news, and in the blink of an eye, he saw several dark shadows jumping in the grass below.
"Could it be true that there are elves in this forest?"
It's been a long time!
Terrence was confused.