Chapter Twenty-Four: The Clever Goblin

"My lord, I was wronged!" Sherlock called out and hurriedly explained to Bai Ke, "I have been thin since I was a child, so I have always been bullied by other goblins in the clan...... Fortunately, God has given Sherlock a smart head, and it can rely on its own intelligence to survive in the goblin group. By chance, it came into contact with a human captured by the goblins. With its clever brain, it learned the lingua franca from humans, and as a result, it took on the task of negotiating with humans - goblins would sometimes kidnap humans and extort money from their families. Later, Sherlock grew old and became less and less popular with his people, who repeatedly tried to drive him out of the tribe, and even punched and kicked him. In order to be able to survive, Sherlock has been gritting his teeth and suffering in silence. As a result, after the tribe moved eastward, the resources became less and less, and the tribesmen finally couldn't stand its existence anymore, drove it out, and let it destroy itself. Sherlock resents being treated like this by his people, and is certainly unwilling to pay the price for keeping them a secret.

"I see...... Well, I'll trust you for the time being. But whether you survive depends on whether you are obedient or not. ”

"I must be obedient, I must be obedient." Sherlock nodded busily.

"By the way, what are you doing here?" Bai Ke pointed to a few grass huts.

"Well...... it's a little hesitant, seeing Bai Ke's face change, he hurriedly said: "I know that those beasts in the clan have always looked at me unpleasantly, and sooner or later they will drive me out." So I secretly built these grass huts, so that after being driven out of the group, I would have a place to stay. ”

"......" is the smartest goblin, and thinks quite long-term. Bai Ke inspected the grass hut and found that there were some dried fruits and unknown dried meat inside, one grass hut was full of hay, and the other grass hut had a water urn full of water, which was quite well prepared.

Bai Ke didn't touch Sherlock's reserves—he couldn't look at it, and he continued to interrogate Sherlock: "What are the classes of those three goblin warriors?" What do you usually do? ”

"Kabik is supposed to be a swordsman, he has an iron sword, and he is known as a martial artist within the clan. It is also the leader of the clan's warriors, the centurion, who has led the goblin warriors in many battles. Aden is the son of a former patriarch and a swordsman, but he is far less than Kabik, only a ten-captain. Since the tribe moved eastward, Aden was very obedient, and immediately pledged his allegiance to Kabik, and offered the throne of the new patriarch with both hands, so he was not liquidated by Kabik, and remained in the tribe to continue to be its ten-captain. Mura is a ranged archer, but he can not only shoot arrows, but also throw spears and stones, and is a ranged all-rounder, which is highly regarded by former patriarchs. It was somewhat resentful of Kabik, believing that Kabik had usurped the chieftain of the patriarch's family. However, the patriarch's son, Aden, did not stand up against it, so it was difficult for it to say anything. ”

Bai Ke didn't expect that a small goblin tribe would also have "weird" talents, and these three goblin professionals were obviously not easy to deal with. And the complicated relationship between them is even more breathtaking, and it's not a Qing palace drama, why is it so complicated.

After Bai Ke learned this information from Sherlock, he didn't know what to do with Sherlock for a while. He was still on a mission, and it was clearly not appropriate to take Sherlock with him. Kill it directly?

Sherlock felt Bai Ke's ill intentions, and fell to the ground with a plop, kowtowing like pounding garlic and begging Bai Ke: "My lord, my lord, I have explained everything, please don't kill me!" It hugged Bai Ke's calf again: "My lord, I'm still useful!" I'm familiar with this forest, and I'll be able to help you if you want to deal with Carbik! ”

"Uh..." Bai Ke looked at Sherlock, who was holding his calves, with a handful of snot and tears, and was very disgusted. He shook his legs, but Sherlock held him tightly and didn't shake them away. Bai Ke had no choice but to speak: "Okay, okay, I won't kill you, you stand up for me quickly." As soon as Sherlock heard Bai Ke's words, he stood up and nodded at Bai Ke again and again, which was exactly the same as the translation of the two devils and traitors in the Anti-Japanese War drama (traitor, leading party, translator).

Considering that Sherlock is one of the more well-known NPCs in the game after all, this means that there is a considerable possibility that it will not be good to kill it directly. At this time, he didn't have a chance to destroy the remaining goblins for the time being, Bai Ke thought about it and decided to take Sherlock back to the base and hand it over to Dina to deal with. So he said to Sherlock, "I will take you away, and if you don't want to be killed by me, don't resist." As soon as I think you have a chance to escape, I won't hesitate to kill you, understand? ”

"Understood, understood. I promise not to move, and to listen to you for anything, as long as you don't kill me. After a turn outside the ghost gate, Sherlock, who was desperate to survive, hurriedly agreed. Bai Ke felt a little delicate in his heart at this time. You must know that when the game was first played, Sherlock was a relatively important NPC in the game, but at this time, it nodded to itself, which made Bai Ke always have a subtle sense of unreality.

Bai Ke left the hut with Sherlock and walked towards the secret base. Sherlock was weak and weak, and he had walked a long way before, but at this time he gradually felt physically exhausted, and he couldn't keep up with Bai Ke's footsteps. But it didn't dare to go too far away from Bai Ke, for fear that Bai Ke would think that it was going to run away and kill it directly, so it had to stop and go, and from time to time take small steps and run wildly after Bai Ke. Bai Ke had already discovered this situation, and he felt helpless in his heart. At this time, he was still far from the base, and he grabbed Sherlock by the back of the neck and lifted it up, like a kitten, and strode back to the base.

Seeing that it was not far from the base, Bai Ke suddenly thought that the reason why a secret is a secret is because there are fewer people who know it, and the more people who know, the more risk of exposure. The Sherlock in his hand has not yet gained his trust, and it seems a little bad to expose the base directly to it.

Sherlock noticed that Bai Ke had stopped, and when he raised his eyes, he saw Bai Ke's fierce eyes. It was shocked, didn't it say yes before? Why did you suddenly show such a fierce look at yourself again? Before Sherlock opened his mouth to beg for mercy, Bai Ke slashed at the back of Sherlock's neck with a knife, only to hear a "click", Sherlock rolled his eyes, and his head drooped. What's going on? Bai Ke was a little anxious, he wouldn't use too much force to kill Sherlock, right? He quickly put Sherlock down and sniffed its snort, but fortunately, it was still breathing, and it should not be dead. But just now I clearly heard a "click" sound, did I break Sherlock's neck? This is a serious injury! Bai Ke picked up Sherlock, and didn't care that it was dirty and smelly, and strode towards the secret base. Outside the gate of the base where he arrived, Bai Ke issued an order. The door opened, and Bai Ke was let in.

Dinah received a notice that Bai Ke was back, and rushed to the entrance of the base to greet Bai Ke. Seeing Bai Ke coming in with an old goblin, Dinah was very surprised and said to Bai Ke, "Master, how did you bring back an old goblin." Is there anything special about it? Bai Ke thought about it and told Dinah everything he knew about Sherlock. Dinah was also a little surprised when she heard this: "I didn't expect this old goblin to have such achievements in the future, and he can actually become a big businessman in Huttonmar." ”

"Master, what are you going to do with it?" Dinah became interested and asked Bai Ke. "I don't know what to do, I just think it has a lot of potential, and it's a pity to kill it directly. Do you have any ideas? "Well, I'd like to think—" Dinah thought as she fetched a cart and helped Bai Ke place Sherlock on it. Leave this old goblin to me, and I'll train it and see if it can work a little. "Yes, I'll leave it to you." Bai Ke readily agreed, he remembered one more thing, and said, "By the way, please check its body, I may have used too much force when I stunned it and broke its neck." "Huh? How so? Dinah quickly reached out and pressed Sherlock on the neck to help him check for damage. Alas! After Dina finished checking, she sighed and stared back at Bai Ke, as if she was talking with her eyes—you brute bull, you can only use brute force.