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Now that the lord and commander had decided, the entire military camp became busy. The auxiliary soldiers in charge of logistics prepared dry food and inspected and maintained the soldiers' equipment, while the soldiers who were going to go on an expedition tomorrow stopped training and concentrated on recharging their energy.

The soldiers were a little uneasy when they learned that they would go up the mountain to slay the gray goblins tomorrow. Although after this period of training, their bodies have strengthened a lot, their strength has also improved, and they generally have a first to second level "soldier" profession. But when they have to face real monsters, they still have no confidence.

As a well-known monster, although goblins are not powerful individually, they cause a lot of damage. In particular, their intelligence is not low. Not only do they know how to use weapons, they can even lay traps. It is common for them to use various tactics during battles. According to statistics from the Adventure Guild, for fledgling adventurers, the most dangerous enemy is the goblin.

Horror stories about goblins are circulating among the people. They range from a certain businessman going out with his donkeys and horses and being attacked by a group of goblins. Although he ran away, his livestock and goods were lost. They range from a certain village being attacked by a large number of goblins. Except for a few strong guards who broke through and escaped, the rest of the men, women, children, and livestock were killed and eaten... There is even a famous legend that the goblins also established a country back then, a barbaric and fierce country. country. The country even has its own patron saint, and their unique "goblin language" was created by this god.

Of course, there are many rumors in these stories. Although goblins are ferocious and reproduce quickly, they do not like to fight tough battles. What they like most is to pick the weak ones. Even in famine years when food is scarce, they would rather kill their own kind for food than attack human villages.

Those so-called "villages destroyed by goblins" were usually caused by bandits, using the name of goblins - perhaps this is not considered a frame-up. After all, in the eyes of many people, there is actually no difference between bandits and goblins.

As for the Goblin Kingdom and the Goblin God, Weyer had curiously inquired about it back then. However, even the elemental gods who had lived from the age of the ancient gods to the present could not remember the existence of any Goblin Kingdom. The history of the goblins is actually not that long, not even as long as humans. They are one of the by-products when the gods created creatures. The era of their birth was roughly after the emergence of humans and orcs, about eight hundred years ago. .

"However, the world is very big. It can only be said that there is no goblin kingdom in the main plane and the common planes, and it can only be said that there is no goblin god among the gods in the pantheon." When Sui Xiong asked curiously, Wei Jesus finally said this, "The world is very big, bigger than we can understand, even bigger than we imagine. Maybe in some world we don't know, there is a country of goblins; and Maybe they really do have a patron saint, but they just haven't officially accepted the priesthood or entered the Pantheon..."

"The world is so big, anything is possible."

Of course, the soldiers under Creek's command could not have the romantic style of a literary young man like Weyer. They only knew that they were about to step onto the battlefield and fight against dangerous monsters.

This is terrible!

Although according to Sean Knight, they have been training for two months and are fully armed. If they can't defeat a group of goblins, they might as well hang them on the gallows. This can at least scare the thieves. But they themselves have no confidence in themselves at all.

After all, just two months ago, they were just a group of ordinary farmers or laborers.

Who has seen farmers and laborers fighting monsters? I have never even heard of such a thing!

However, it is impossible not to fight. Military orders are like mountains.

The military discipline of Baron Keene is also very strict. Although at the request of Creek, some overly strict military disciplines were abolished, as well as those punishment methods that would cause disability to soldiers, but for these honest people For the soldiers, reprimands, starvation, confinement, plus some mild corporal punishments that were simply not worth mentioning in Sean's opinion were enough to scare them.

Compared with the danger of fighting monsters, being punished for violating military discipline seems more terrifying!

So even though the soldiers were frightened, they had no choice but to encourage themselves and comfort themselves.

Seeing this situation, Creek frowned and sent someone to find "Three Arrows" Red, who was patrolling with a few soldiers.

Red is a very experienced adventurer. He once went on adventures with the knight Divol Os and gained quite a reputation. Also on the adventure team are the deacon of the Church of the Lord of Glory in Baron Keen, Pastor "Firehammer" Morton, and Mr. Lafleur, who is currently in charge of intelligence in Baron Keen - this official who is now as gentle and gentle as a gentleman. , it is said that there was a very scary nickname back then called "Backstab".

There is no doubt about Sean's strength. Although he is young, he is already a knight with a total level of sixth level, so he can be called young and promising. But compared with Rhett, a senior in the world, he is still young in terms of strength and adventure experience.

Apart from anything else, Red's current level is level 15 - he was originally a level 14 adventurer. Since joining Baron Keen, he has actually been promoted to one level of "officer", which puts him firmly on the right track. Entered the high-level field.

In comparison, Sean James's father, Howard James, is currently only at level nine, including two levels of "Lord", which is honestly not considered a combat profession.

If there was a fight, the James family, father and son, would probably not be able to fight alone.

When Rhett learned that Creek wanted the soldiers to go into the mountains to kill the gray goblins tomorrow, he immediately understood why the atmosphere in the military camp was so heavy. He laughed and said that he could give an impromptu class to explain to the soldiers about the gray goblins. Knowledge about goblins and the essentials of fighting them.

Creek did not agree rashly, but turned to look at Sean first.

Although he is the lord, Sean is the commander of this force. Before he makes a decision, he should respect Sean's attitude and at least ask Sean for his opinion.

Sean was stunned. He didn't expect that the Baron would ask for his opinion first. This respect immediately warmed his heart. He couldn't help but smile and nodded vigorously.

"No problem!" he said, "Mr. Reid is my elder. What he is going to say are valuable experiences summed up by the previous adventurers with their blood and even their lives. It is an honor for me and my subordinates to be able to listen. !”

Creek also laughed. Sean was much smarter than him, and he was worthy of his eleven points of intelligence.

Youdao was carried in a sedan chair, and Red was greatly benefited from Sean's compliments and respect. He smiled and touched his beautifully trimmed beard, nodded, and began to lecture.

"Let me ask you a question first, has anyone here seen a goblin?"

Soldiers, you look at me, I look at you, and they all shake their heads. Only Sean raised his hand and said he had seen it.

Of course he has seen goblins and killed many of them. His level 6 knight level did not fall from the sky.

Seeing this situation, Red shook his head with a smile and took out a projection crystal.

The projection crystal is a relatively expensive magic prop that can project the images in the user's memory. However, it has high requirements for the user. If it is a spell caster, it requires an intermediate level, and if it is not a spell caster, it requires a high level level.

Red has also recently improved his strength to be able to use it well. But even so, the picture he projected was a bit blurry, like an old-fashioned TV video being played on a computer screen.

However, at the level of basic science popularization, such a picture is acceptable. It can at least give the soldiers a general understanding of what the so-called "grey goblins" are.

"The 'grey' of gray goblins refers to their skin color." Reid explained while projecting, "Generally, the skin of goblins is green or gray-green, but the skin of gray goblins is gray-black or light gray. It is different from ordinary goblins. Compared with goblins, they are taller and stronger, but correspondingly, they are not as agile as ordinary goblins."

"This is important to remember because it means you don't have to worry about them losing the fight and running away because they don't run very fast."

"However, this also means that their melee capabilities are stronger than ordinary goblins." The picture projected by Red changed. The originally naked gray goblins in the picture were put on armor made of bark, vines and wood. , holding a sharpened wooden spear in his hand, it suddenly looked a little more dangerous.

"They can use spears. Although they are much shorter than your spears and not too sharp, if they are stabbed in an unprotected part, they will still be injured, even seriously." Rhett emphasized, "But don't Too scared, your armor is enough to withstand this kind of weapon, so just protect those parts that lack armor protection."

The soldiers turned to look at the armors that were undergoing maintenance, and felt a little more confident.

"But in the battle with goblins, the most dangerous thing is not their spears, but their bows and arrows."

As Red spoke, he changed the projected image again. This time it was an unusually tall goblin, holding a wooden bow and posing in an archery pose: "Goblins are very good at making their own wooden bows. Although their arrows can't shoot far, At close range, arrows tipped with bones or teeth from wooden bows are also dangerous."

"But I want to tell you another good news. Gray goblins are different from their distant relatives. They are not good at archery. You don't have to worry about meeting the so-called 'bird shooters' among ordinary goblins. Such thin but extremely sharp guys can You can’t grow inside a gray goblin.”

"Of course, you can't underestimate the gray goblin archers because of this. They may not be accurate enough, but their bows are stronger than ordinary goblin bows. If they are shot in the head... Haha, I don't think I need to say more. Bar."

The soldiers shrank their heads one after another, and each of them made up his mind to wear his helmet firmly and never take it off!

"Finally, what you have to worry about is the goblin shaman. To be honest, I don't think there will be a shaman among these twenty or thirty goblins, just as it is unlikely that they will have a chief. But if there is, then the only thing you have to worry about is the shaman. All you have to do is avoid it, and stay as far away as possible - one of the characteristics of shaman spells is their short range. As long as you don't try to get close to a goblin who is wearing a bone necklace with an empty hand, or holding a bone wand, you don't have to worry. this."

The projected image changed twice more, first it was a goblin shaman, and then it was an unusually majestic goblin whose eyes shone with a light of wisdom that was completely different from other goblins.

"Just remember these two, goblin shaman and goblin chief. If you encounter them, leave it to your commander to deal with them. You alone...at least can't deal with them yet."

After Red finished speaking, he turned to look at Sean: "Do you have a suitable weapon?"

"Yes, I have a set of fine armor and two good swords."

Red nodded, thought for a while, took off a gray wristband from his left wrist and handed it to him.

"One of the spoils I got in my adventure, the ogre wristband." He said, "It can enhance your strength. It is one of my most important equipment. I will lend it to you for a while."

Sean was stunned, looked at the famous magic equipment carefully, hesitated for a while, and took it with both hands.

"I won't let you down!" He said seriously.

He put on the wristband carefully, and suddenly felt a force surging from the bottom of his heart. He picked up a wooden stick next to him and broke it with force.

In Creek's eyes, his attributes have added "special equipment, strength plus two".

Seeing this scene, Creek's heart moved and had some inspiration.

Maybe...I should investigate the equipment of my subordinates and help them prepare some magic equipment.

I can't afford mid-level magic equipment like the Ogre Wristguards for now, but I can still buy some low-level magic equipment like the "Bull Wristguards".

If I buy in a group, I might get a discount, and free shipping or something...