Chapter 132: Suspicion of a Black Hand
In the neat olive grove, Shado rode a horse after Hank, looking at the evergreen olive trees.
Perhaps due to the early snowstorm last year, many olive trees had their branches crushed, and some of the branches that had not had time to be cleaned even had blackened olive fruits.
Thinking that last year's harvest should not be satisfactory, and now it has encountered Lin Jing's inexplicable attack, and he has not given up after repelling many times, which inevitably makes Xia Duo think of conspiracy theories.
How can it be so coincidental that the goblins didn't come last year, but they came this year, and it happened to be just in time when the lord couldn't be contacted, and then spread it out, and the news that the lord couldn't be contacted should be in the range.
If it weren't for the fact that Xia Duo happened to be about to elevate the privileges of the Mage Tower, then he wouldn't know anything about it at all. If there is really a conspiracy in this, it may also be related to the mage, and it is also a mage with no low authority.
With this in mind, Xia Duo entered a state of concentration on spell casting, and he thought that perhaps these goblins were so ignorant of life and death that they wanted to attack the olive groves, perhaps because of the influence of magic.
The people who came before were all apprentices and might not be able to find out, but Xia Duo was already a full-fledged mage, so he might not be able to discover something from it.
Thinking like this, Xia Duo was not in a hurry to go to the north to see the goblins, he stopped Hank, who was leading the way in front, and said,
"You go to the village chief, I'll check in the woods first."
"My lordβ" Hank was about to speak, but Xia Duo had already driven his mount to run back, but Hank had no choice but to follow.
After Xia Duo rushed out of the olive grove, he saw the village chief who was a little confused, and he did not explain, but rushed along the woods, from east to west, line by line.
Due to the limited duration of the mount, Shado could only make use of it as much as he could, hoping to spot the clues without having to activate a scroll again.
β¦β¦ Sitting on horseback, flying past the olive trees, Xia Duo had no mind to spare his views at all, and concentrated all his attention.
"Observe" the anomalies of the net. If these goblins are really affected by magic, if there is such a magic, then they will inevitably leave traces in the background of the magic web.
Soon, the first line was checked, and then Xia Duo skipped the second line, starting directly from the third line, in order to be able to detect the anomaly of the magic net more accurately, Xia Duo put the main perception range within 5 meters.
This distance is almost the best range he can perceive, beyond this range, it may not be accurate.
On the 1st, 3rd, and 5th, Xia Duo and his party quickly patrolled from line to line, this olive grove covers an extremely large area, at least a thousand meters from east to west, and Xia Duo rode a horse, which took almost 1 minute.
In this way, I don't know how many times it was repeated, Xia Duo felt that someone was calling his name, but at this time he put almost all his mind on observing the state of the magic net, and only subconsciously felt that the voice was not hostile to him.
So he ignored it. Until Xia Duo felt the magic aura of the mount under him flicker inexplicably, and his speed was slightly lower than at the beginning, he immediately knew that the duration of the mount was almost up.
Not wanting to fall off his horse, he immediately instructed his mount to slow down, and when he got off his horse, before he could move his hands and feet, the forest horse suddenly disappeared in a misty light.
It was as sudden as it was.
"Master Shado!" It's uk! Shado looked back, and sure enough, Uke was running towards him,
"Captain Uk, you're here!"
"Master Shado, what were you just doing? I've called you several times! β
"I have a situation in mind that may have something to do with this goblin movement." Shado did not hide it, and speculated that there might be mysterious magic in the olive grove.
Of course, he did not disclose the news that the lord could not be contacted.
"Before, did anyone suspect that goblins were attracted to magic?"
"Of course there is, but if we put a few goblins in and find that they only destroy the olive trees nearby, they don't look for anything, and if it's magic, isn't it the whole olive grove that is magical?" Uk also apparently had some knowledge of magic, and he didn't think anyone could cast a spell on such a large olive grove.
In this regard, Xia Duo did not refute it, Uke speculated from the existing results, but Xia Duo directly assumed that there was a mastermind behind the scenes, and if there was really a mastermind behind the scenes, there would definitely be other ways.
Magic is so magical, how can you be sure that there is no such magic? Xia Duo is still more inclined to his own speculation, that is, there may really be a mastermind behind it.
Thinking about this, Xia Duo also became suspicious of the people in the village, although the lord ordered them to take care of the olive grove, if someone threatened them or lured them with money, it was difficult to guarantee that they would not commit betrayal.
And the most likely betrayal is of course the village chief, for a while, Xia Duo's brain opened up and doubted everyone, but in the end it was only a doubt in his mind.
Seeing that Xia Duo was suddenly silent, Wu Ke reminded softly: "Master Xia Duo, now that the goblins are almost gathered, if they are not cleaned up as soon as possible, it will be more and more difficult to clean up later, and it will also impact the olive grove, and we are short of manpower to completely protect it." β
"Oh, yes, let's go get rid of the goblins first." Xia Duo put away his suspicions for the time being, and prepared to take a good look at the villagers who came over later, and he was full of malice towards the goblin Xia Duo, who had just crossed over and was almost frightened by the goblin.
Later, during the orc war, although he led the team to clean up a lot of goblin nests, he did not cut them with his own hands, and now due to the awakening of the bloodline, his strength has increased greatly, and his desire to fight has been greatly enhanced.
β¦β¦ On the north side of the olive grove, there was originally a shrub, and in the process of cleaning up the goblins before, it had all been cut down, but the goblins seemed to have identified that piece of land, and even if there was no shelter, they were still piled up there.
Xia Duo looked at the past from a distance, and he couldn't count how many there were, and there were dozens of them, and he really didn't know where these goblins came from.
"Captain Uk, there are a lot of goblins, just ten of you-"
"Master Xia Duo, don't worry, those goblins don't belong to the same tribe, sometimes they fight, they even fight themselves, don't they still have them", Uke pointed to the villagers who followed behind, and at the mention of the villagers, Xia Duo felt a little funny, these villagers are still neatly dressed, all of them are linen clothes.
But there are all kinds of weapons, such as pitchforks, sickles, sticks, hoes, machetes, and almost anything they catch, and Xia Duo seriously doubts their combat effectiveness.
However, since Uke was confident, and had cleaned up a few times before, Xia Duo reluctantly believed them.