The next day, Ji Chen took all the troops and rushed to the location where he had last encountered the kobold hunting team.

He plans to follow the river to the mountains in search of kobolds' lair.

As the terrain gets higher, so does the view.

Stand on a rock and look around.

Beneath your feet is a vast expanse of lush jungle with the ocean in the background.

At this height, you can also see merchant ships parked on the east side of the main island.

Ji Chen looked at the rocky and wooded mountains on the north side, wondering where those kobolds' nests would be?

First, we need to analyze a wave.

First of all, most living things need water to sustain life, and kobolds are no exception.

In order to maintain such a large population, its nest must not be far from the water source, which means that it is likely to be close to places such as rivers and waterholes.

Second, such a large population also needs enough food, which means that the nest is located not far from the place where the food is obtained.

In this way, analyze and list the conditions one by one, then the result is clear -

I don't know.

There are too many places in the entire mountainous region to meet these conditions.

When it comes to water sources, there are so many water systems in the entire mountain that it is impossible to judge at all.

The food is even more ambiguous, the main island is not very large, and it is even more difficult to judge that you can quickly reach any part of the island from the mountains.

Since it can't be analyzed, there is only one way now.

Ji Chen turned his head, looked at the natives who were following him, and said lightly.

"You show me the way."

This native is one of the few people in their tribe who have found a cave inhabited by kobolds, and knows the location of the entrance to a cave.

Just let him lead the way.

The native didn't say anything, silently leading the way in front.

They soon made their way through a grove of trees to an unremarkable cliff.

The native pointed to the vines on the cliff face, "There is an entrance to a cave inside. ”

Ji Chen nodded and motioned for the fishman to step forward.

The fish-man iron fork struck wildly, and soon the vines were broken and shattered, revealing a swarthy hole.

The cave is roughly inclined downwards and is so dark that you can't see the bottom.

With a wave of his arm, the fishmen began to lead into the hole.

Then there are the pirates and sea elves with torches.

Finally, he is surrounded by the Naga warriors, Alice, and the natives.

As soon as I entered the cave, I instantly felt a burst of coolness, completely isolating the outside temperature.

The cave was very damp, and the rock walls were constantly seeping water droplets, which flowed to the ground and became stagnant, causing the ground to be muddy.

They soon made discoveries.

On the muddy ground about ten meters away from the entrance of the cave, a series of dog footprints appeared, which looked quite new, and stretched all the way to the depths.

This made Ji Chen happy.

Since there are relatively new dog footprints here, it means that this entrance has recently been entered and exited by kobolds, which means that this hole is likely to lead to kobold dens deep in the cavern.

With this discovery, without delay, they immediately went deeper.

Ji Chen also paid attention to the changes in the all-seeing map.

The horizontal detection range of the all-sighted map is 1 kilometer, but the vertical detection range is much smaller, about 10 meters up and down.

Therefore, it may be that in a certain place with complex terrain, it may not be possible to detect approaching kobolds.

After walking down for a few dozen meters, the fishman walking in front suddenly stopped and issued an early warning.

"Quack!"

Meaning:

"There are traps."

Ji Chen was not surprised, the kobold was not outstanding in combat effectiveness, but he was very good at using traps to kill and capture prey.

So it's not surprising that they're outside their lair and set up some traps to defend themselves against enemies.

After letting the nimble pirate destroy the trap, the group moved on.

In the next ten minutes, they also encountered several traps one after another, but they were all noticed by the fishmen with good night vision, and they destroyed them one by one.

So far, although there have been no casualties, no trace of kobolds has been found.

After advancing for about two or three hundred meters, they came to a fork in the road.

One on the left and one on the left.

Men are left and women are right, so choose left.

The team moved again.

When I had advanced another two or three hundred meters, I saw a red dot on the edge of the map.

Ji Chen knew that he had chosen the right one just now.

simply didn't hesitate anymore and led the army to kill directly.

When the kobolds heard the movement here, they also became vigilant and summoned a wave of kobolds to rush over

The two sides soon met in a cave six or seven meters wide.

When the so-called enemies meet, they are very red-eyed.

Neither side had the idea of keeping their hands, and the battle began instantly.

The kobolds rushed at each other with weapons made of various obsidian, barking and rage.

But the first thing that greeted them was a wave of spell attacks.

The sea elves who had newly joined the team waved their staffs and shot water arrows, which smashed on the kobolds.

First, it pierced through the scale armor like a normal arrow and pierced into the flesh.

Then the water arrows exploded like explosives, splashing blood and flesh in all directions, adding a touch of blood to the damp cavern.

Just the first wave of fourteen explosive water arrows killed and injured nearly twenty kobolds, and they all wailed.

Taking advantage of the chaos caused by the water arrows, the fishmen and pirates in front of the queue also rushed into the enemy group.

This wave of kobolds was small in number and was soon overwhelmed by fishmen and pirates.

"Ding~ The battle is over.. You've gained 200 XP..."

Looking at the corpses everywhere, Ji Chen did not hesitate for a moment, and waved his hand to let the team move on.

Since there are indeed kobolds in this direction, as long as you keep going deeper and kill all the way, you will be able to find their lair hiding sooner or later.

Through the echo of the shouting in the cave, many kobolds sensed that there was an intruder and rushed to the cave in groups.

but collided head-on with the murderous Ji Chen and them, and they all fell under their hands without exception.

The corpse spread from the hole to the depths.

Seeing that the kobold teams were like meat buns beating dogs, the other kobolds also realized that something was wrong, and they didn't rush up again, and gathered together.

By this time, how did they not realize that the invading enemy was very powerful.

If this continues, I'm afraid the kobolds will be wiped out.

Seeing that there were fewer and fewer kobolds attacking, Ji Chen was also vaguely aware of this.

But that's exactly what he wants.

Let the kobolds gather on their own first, so that he can just solve it in one go.

You must know that the strength of his current class is overwhelming for kobolds.

I'm not afraid to fight them head-on, I'm afraid they'll scatter and flee.

Then he had to exert more effort to look for them like a mosquito.

Now it has gone deep into the ground for an unknown number of meters, and the surrounding caves are very dense and complex, and traces of kobold life can be seen everywhere.

These caves had different functions, some were used to store food, some were stuffed with thatch for dwelling, some were dedicated to sacrifices, and some were storehouses.

The kobolds took advantage of the natural caves here, coupled with later excavations and expansions, to build a rather magnificent underground kingdom.

Inside the various caves, I don't know how many resources are buried.

But what surprised him the most was that.

This underground cave is connected to a small ore vein!