Chapter Twenty-Three: A Captive Captured
Unlike in the game, where the corpse disappears quickly after destroying monsters, the two goblin corpses in front of you never disappear. Their corpses were twisted and covered in blood, which made Bai Ke look a little disgusted with pantothenic acid. Although he had already done psychological construction before he came, actually killing monsters (Bai Ke didn't think of the green-skinned goblins as human in his heart) still made him feel a little palpitating. Fortunately, he started by killing monsters first, if Bai Ke was allowed to kill people directly, he might not be able to stand it. In fact, on the continent of Arad, many adventurers' first adventures (and often their first actual battles) are often completed by fighting these little monsters.
Goblins are low in culture, have strong fecundity, and like to rob humans, elves, and other intelligent beings, so they are often attacked by adventurers. Officials of various clans have also issued various bounties for killing goblins, and many junior adventurers rely on destroying goblins for a living. At this time, after killing the two goblin sentries, Bai Ke rested for a while, stabilized his mind, and continued to follow the instructions on the map. After all, there are only two goblin sentinels, and a tribe, usually composed of dozens or hundreds of goblins, is still very early to complete the task.
After taking a turn in the forest, and after eliminating two more patrolling goblins, Bai Ke did not find a lone goblin again. A small village appeared directly in front of it, and that was the village of the goblins. Bai Ke was a little depressed, because the goblins actually lived in groups, and they lived in dense clusters. He couldn't have rushed into the goblin village in front of him and slaughtered him alone, he wasn't that stupid. But what should be done with the current mission to expel and destroy the goblins? Look at the village in front, there are about 100 or 200 goblins in it. The village is surrounded by a low wooden wall, and there are even two small guard towers behind the wooden wall, which is quite well defended. Bai Ke circled around the village twice and found no flaws. As a last resort, he had already planned to retreat today, and then destroy these goblins when he had the opportunity or when he was more prepared. But at this moment, Bai Ke found that the gate of the village was opened, and a goblin was kicked out.
The goblin looked to be very old, with a long white beard. You must know that goblins are not a good group, many goblins who are old and weak, and have lost their labor force and combat effectiveness will be driven out of the tribe by them and left to fend for themselves in the forest. Could it be that this old goblin was also kicked out? Bai Ke decided to capture the goblin, either kill or expel it. In fact, he wanted to capture this old goblin at first and torture it, and learn some information about the goblin village, but he remembered that he didn't know the goblin language at all, so he had to give up. None of the four goblin sentries he had killed before could speak lingua franca, and they all only croaked.
The old goblin who was driven out of the village did not leave immediately, but stood outside the village with a sad and angry expression (Bai Ke's eyes are excellent now, even the goblin's expression can be seen) and shouted loudly for a while, chirping, Bai Ke couldn't understand, thinking that he was cursing those who wanted to drive it away. A bone arrow shot down from a watchtower and landed at the feet of the old goblin, who was startled and retreated. Bai Ke raised his eyes and saw that in the sentry tower, a prime-aged goblin archer was stretching his bow and arrows, aiming at the old goblin, ready to shoot. The old goblin didn't dare to bet on whether the other party would actually release the arrow, so he stepped out of the archer's range, cursed a few more words, and then left with a sad face.
Bai Ke quietly followed the old goblin and found that it had many injuries on its body, as if it had been abused by other goblins. The goblin cursed all the way, as if to vent all his frustration and fear. It seems to have a good purpose, and has been walking along a small path for maybe two hours, and it is probably out of the sphere of influence of the goblin village, and there are a few grass huts in front of it, and I don't know what it is for. This goblin was obviously going over, and Bai Ke looked at the grass shed, and there didn't seem to be any other goblins inside. He stepped out of the bushes, walked straight behind the goblin, and briskly chased after it. The old goblin noticed that there was someone behind him, and when he looked back, he found Bai Ke and was surprised. Seeing that Bai Ke's eyes were not good, the old goblin's heart moved, and he actually shouted out the common language: "Don't... Don't come here! Bai Ke was stunned, this old goblin actually knows the lingua franca, isn't this a good candidate for torture? So he sped up and rushed towards the old goblin. Seeing this, the old goblin was in a hurry, and he didn't care about speaking the lingua franca, so he shouted at Bai Ke in goblin native language, and rushed towards the grass shed at the same time.
The old goblin has old arms and legs, and the speed can compare to Bai Ke, who is tall and long-legged, and it was grabbed and lifted up by Bai Ke before it ran a few steps. Bai Ke originally wanted to knock it out and take it away, but this goblin seemed to have a lot of vision, and immediately after being captured, he shouted at Bai Ke in lingua franca: "Surrender, I surrender!" Don't kill me! When Bai Ke saw this, he said, "Don't shout and scream, follow me." If you don't mess with me, I won't kill you. The old goblin quickly closed his mouth, clasped his hands together and waved at Bai Ke. Bai Ke saw that it was very well-behaved, so he didn't stun it, and directly carried it into the grass shed.
Bai Ke put the old goblin down, and before he could open his mouth to ask, the old goblin knelt directly on the ground, lying on the ground and said in a humble tone: "My lord, I am willing to be your slave." You can do whatever you want, as long as you don't kill me. Bai Ke was a little surprised, this old goblin is so afraid of death, and he can speak a common language, what kind of monster is it? Bai Ke deliberately put on a straight face, put on a serious and fierce expression and asked, "Who are you?" What's going on with your tribe? Why did you come here? The old goblin introduced himself, "My name is Sherlock..." Just hearing its name, Bai Ke was surprised, because he remembered that there was an old goblin in the DNF game also named Sherlock, and he didn't know if it was the one in front of him. "My tribe is called Golind, and we used to live further west of the Gran Forest, but a great goblin powerhouse has recently appeared over there, and it's called Kaino. Kaino is said to have inherited the lineage of the ancient goblin royal family, and is able to manipulate thunder and lightning, which is very powerful. ”
"This Kaino has been annexing other goblin tribes in the Gran Forest, and anyone who disagrees has been struck to death by lightning bolts. Our tribe migrated east to prevent the Kaino conquest. "Kaino, could it be Luo Lei Kainuo?" "My lord, do you actually know that Luo Lei Kaino, is it also so famous in the human world?" Sherlock asked, somewhat surprised. Bai Ke was silent for a while, the DNF game Luo Lei Kaino is a small boss in the Gran Forest, but its strength is quite strong. When Bai Ke first played "Dungeons and Warriors", he also handed over a few resurrection coins when he swiped down the copy of Rekaino. And how powerful should Kaino be in reality now? Bai Ke couldn't help but ask Sherlock.
"How good is Kaino? This one... This ......" Sherlock glanced at Bai Ke's face, and seeing that he didn't mean to be angry, he boldly said, "Actually, I don't know. Since I was a child, I was relatively thin and weak, and I was not good at using force. When Kaino attacked, I hid behind the group and didn't meet Kaino, so I survived. I only heard from my companions that Kaino beckoned and caused lightning to kill the patriarch. When everyone saw that the patriarch was dead, they scattered and fled. So I didn't see Kaino in person. ”
"That's right..."Bai Ke felt a little pity, but he immediately began to ask about the situation of Sherlock's tribe: "How many people are in your tribe?" How many of them are fighters? How powerful are they? "Bai Ke thought that Sherlock would be perfunctory and even mislead himself, but he didn't know that he knew everything and said everything." There are a total of 178 goblins in our tribe (including yourself), of which 42 goblins can fight, and the strongest of them is the centurion - Carbik. Kabik's strength is about the same as that of a human mid-level warrior. The other Goblin Warriors are all weaker, and there are only two of them that are equivalent to junior warriors, so they should not pose a threat to you. "Is the strongest only equivalent to a mid-level warrior?" Bai Ke touched his chin, and he was a little skeptical of Sherlock's words. Bai Ke's eyes narrowed, stared at Sherlock and asked, "Why did you betray your people so simply, is there some conspiracy?" ”