Chapter 483: Unable to find the right door

"The handover of equipment and supplies will be settled by you through negotiation. I will not show up." Gavin directly handed over the remaining matters to Zalanda and Blood Claw.

"Okay." The two responded.

After sending the two out of Misnoel one after the other, Gavin did not return directly, but shouted: "Come down!"

This voice was transmitted very far through the special soul vibration, and only very few beings could hear it.

Roar!

Accompanied by a dragon roar, a red figure fell from the sky.

This is a red dragon as big as a four-wheeled carriage.

The legendary arrogant, greedy, and extremely tyrannical red dragon, in front of Gavin, is like a puppy wagging its tail and begging for mercy. The dragon has a flattering smile on its face and said: "Rodrick has seen the lord."

"You did a good job. This is the reward for this mission. From now on, you don't need to follow the Blood Claw Legion. You have a new mission to do next." Gavin picked up a box of gold coins and threw it to the young red dragon.

The person in front of him is the insurance that Gavin arranged for the Blood Claw Legion.

If the Blood Claws come to the appointment, it will naturally not start.

Once they find another place and take root in other places, Gavin can rely on the soul connection between the Dragon Oak Mother Tree and the young red dragon to find their location.

This insurance can now be removed.

"Thank you for the reward, Lord, and I will be at your command at any time." The smile on the face of the young red dragon became more flattering. He took the gold coin box and held it tightly, refusing to let go.

He knew that the gold coin treasure boxes given by Gavin were all standard boxes of 10,000, not one more, not one less, and they were all heavy enough.

Even when he was free, 10,000 gold coins were not a small amount, not to mention as a slave, this was an absolute reward.

Especially when he felt the powerful dragon breath left on these gold coins, he couldn't help but be more careful.

It seems that the legend is true. The lord in front of him just killed a red dragon that was two years older than him not long ago. This is part of the other party's treasure.

Gavin didn't care about the little thoughts of the young red dragon, but took him directly to Anfei Village.

Bringing him here is naturally for the kobolds in the surrounding hills and wilderness.

A dragon, even an underage dragon, is the most convenient way to subdue the kobolds. If there is a kobold with a role model, it will be more efficient.

And this role model kobold is none other than Goss.

After receiving Gavin's new task, Goss, who always felt that his dog life was a bit dim recently, suddenly became energetic and felt that he had found the direction of his dog life.

His talent and ability are indeed not good, and his brain is not smart enough. The Lord's development pace is too fast, and he can't keep up.

But he was loyal and enthusiastic enough to help the Lord to persuade those uncivilized dog-headed people who had not yet felt the Lord's sacred glory to devote themselves to the construction of Dragon Oak Territory and the Lord's embrace.

He was familiar with this and captured it with his hands.

With his innate ability and sensitive nose, Goss quickly found the first nest of dog-headed people in Stone Bridge Hill.

Goss said to the young red dragon with a flattering face: "Lord Roderick, please roar at the entrance of the cave, and then send a dragon breath to the open space. It is best to hit it not far from the entrance of the cave, not to sweep into the cave..."

"Nonsense!" The young red dragon roared impatiently, swooped down directly, and sent a flame dragon breath to the cave of the dog-headed people who were hiding in the cave and refused to come out to kneel to greet him.

Although he didn't take Goss seriously, he was the assistant that man had arranged for him after all. His actions would be heard by this shameless lackey.

So he didn't dare to go too far. The flame dragon breath swept past the entrance of the dog-headed man's den.

Even so, it startled a bunch of dogs inside.

At this time, Goss let go of his hand, landed gracefully, and then walked to a place not far from the cave, saying loudly: "My left hand is friendship and food, and my right hand is swords and magic. Which one are you going to choose..."

Before Goss finished speaking, a barking sound came from the cave: "We choose the left hand barking."

Then no more than twenty dog-headed men rushed out, each of them was thin and short.

Goss, who was originally somewhat dissatisfied, exclaimed in surprise: "How did you get into this state? When was the last time you had a full stomach?"

"Full stomach?" The leading dog-headed man looked at Goss in shock and said, "Sir, do you know what it feels like to be full?"

This invincible question made Goss's brain freeze, and he didn't know how to answer for a long time.

I have seen dog-headed men in a miserable state, but I have never seen dog-headed men in such a miserable state.

Goss couldn't help but say in the tone of an experienced person: "There is food everywhere in the wilderness. As long as you are diligent, you won't be hungry in the hot summer, right?"

"There are so many people during the day and so many monsters at night. I dare not go far." The dog-headed man leader responded with a bark.

"Then pack up and follow me. I promise that you will feel full in a while." Goss said in a tempting tone.

Seeing that there was still a trace of hesitation on the faces of the kobolds, Goss said with disdain: "You are all miserable like this, what is there for us to do? Even if it is used to eat, you don't have a few ounces of meat on your body. Don’t worry, this person outside is just a puppet. We are following a greater and more benevolent lord. He can not only make you full, but also give you stronger power, the power of the dragon.”

Goss didn't waste any time and directly used his dragon vein ability on himself. His body grew in size at a speed visible to the naked eye. In the blink of an eye, he turned into a huge kobold with a height of more than two meters.

Giant transformation.

A relatively useless dragon vein ability. After all, kobolds are small creatures. After becoming giant, they are only medium-sized. It is better to reduce the size to strengthen their own advantages.

But it is really useful for bluffing these ignorant and poor kobolds.

All the kobolds couldn't help but breathe quickly and their eyes shone.

This is the power of the dragon, the power from the kobold blood, they can feel it.

"We are willing to follow you, sir." The kobolds said one after another.

The combination of coercion and inducement directly made these kobolds succumb, and followed Goss in a hurry.

"Let's go, take me to the nearest kobold den. We must bring more tribesmen to see the Lord." Goss waved his hand vigorously and said energetically.

The kobold following Goss was timid at first, ready to turn around and run back to his den when he saw that his posture was not good.

But soon they discovered the advantage of following a red dragon above their heads. The hunters who originally used them as snacks all fled with their tails between their legs.

Especially when their number continued to increase like a snowball, each of them couldn't help but puff up their thin chests.

Empowering people with numbers is not just a characteristic of goblins, it is the same for most small monster races, and kobolds are no exception.

By the time they arrived at their destination, it was already slightly dark. In the open space of the abandoned stone factory, more than a dozen hanging pots had been set up, and they were steaming.

To deal with these monster races, Gavin still uses the tried-and-true old trick of carrots and sticks.

Now that the heavy stick has been smashed, we have to give them a little sweet taste and a full meal. This is the biggest temptation for these hungry monsters.

He was also shocked when he saw Goss leading the group of kobolds.

Although they were not too thin to look good, there were only a few of them with two ounces of meat, and the number of them made Gavin frown. There were so many of them, barely over a hundred.

This is the harvest on the first day with the full cooperation of a giant dragon. The harvest will be less every day in the future. It will take less than ten days to collect them all. Based on today's reference, can it exceed a thousand by then? It’s hard to say.

Before Gavin could speak, the kobold Gos made a sound, knelt down in front of Gavin, and cried: "Please punish me, Lord. I have embarrassed the Lord. After working all day, I only got enough." There are more than this number of kobolds in the nest. If they were in a rocky area, I could just find a hilltop and howl at them..."

"Get out of here, who did you learn this from?" Gavin kicked him away and scolded him with a smile, "You also know that it is in the rocky land. Although the terrain here is somewhat similar to the rocky land, it is surrounded by Human territory is expanding day by day. Looking at their appearance, you will know how narrow their living space is squeezed. It would be good if they are not completely extinct. Mosquitoes, no matter how small they are, are still meat. If they can be squeezed in a little, they can have Thousands are enough for this mining farm.”

Goss climbed up from the ground with a grunt and promised loudly: "Yes, Lord, I will work harder tomorrow."

"These kobolds will be organized by you. Do you know what to do?" Gavin asked.

"I know." Goss replied eloquently, "First, classify them professionally and divide their work according to their abilities. They are divided into cook teams, mining teams, guard teams, and collection teams."

This is completely based on the professional division of labor in Dragon Oak, and it is still a relatively early template.

Goss's original involvement was only to this extent. No matter how professional it was, he couldn't participate in it, but it was just right for the current situation.

This is also the reason why Gavin transferred him here. There is currently no need for professionalism here. It would be a pure waste. Goss's half-baked job is just right.

"We don't need a gathering team or a guard team. We can just divide it into a cook team and a mining team. The security aspect will be left to Roderick. I will send people to deliver the food directly." Gavin directly rejected two of the teams.

The efficiency of kobold collection is not as high as that of human cultivation.

Not to mention that there is a large granary called Golden Fields nearby. Amphiel Village's own production alone is enough to support thousands of kobolds.

As for the guards, what can they do with their small arms and legs? It's not enough to fill the monster's teeth.

"Understood, our mission is to mine stone ores with all our strength." Little Goss still has some cleverness.

"Before that, you first find all the cave entrances in this quarry for me, leaving only that one, and blow them all up and seal them. I want to see if they can hide there. When." Gavin sneered as he looked at the dark underground quarry cave deep in the abandoned quarry.

This quarry is not purely open-air, but half open-air and half deep into the mountain.

After Gavin arrived here, he did not see the deformed monster Gowther's mother said.

But it is 100% certain that there are indeed creatures living here.

Not only from the sense of voyeurism inside the cave, but also because of the animal remains and traces of life piled up in the quarry.

This trace of life is not from wild beasts, but from intelligent creatures.

If it were an ordinary adventurer, he would have started to count his luggage, prepared his sword and magic, and rushed into the cave to see what was hidden inside.

But Gavin is not an ordinary adventurer, so he naturally does not take the usual path.

Let the kobolds use a door-sealing tactic directly.

He wanted to see how long they could last without water and food.

Of course, these caves may be directly connected to the Underdark. This possibility is not impossible, but it is very small.

It is not that a cave can connect to the Underdark. If it is really connected to the Underdark, the traces of those creatures' activities on the ground will not be so frequent.

After Goss really gathered the kobolds in the Stone Bridge Hills, Gavin soon discovered a new problem-it was not convenient to use.

Not to mention that they can't compare with the carefully selected dragon blood kobolds, they are even far behind the ordinary kobolds in the Dragon Oak Territory.

Not just their physique, but also their professional ability.

It is definitely not worth sending them all the way back to the Dragon Oak Territory for training.

If it were so easy, he wouldn't have thought of recruiting them locally.

They can only make do with it first. After all, it's not a technical job to use them for quarrying. At that time, they will mainly rely on tremor bombs - of course, the kobold alchemists must be transferred from the territory.

After a long time of tossing, the situation here has become a little awkward, far from meeting Gavin's initial expectations. The rest depends on the Swift Peng. Is the kobold it has collected unique and can it bring some surprises?

The kobolds in the Stone Bridge Hills are not powerful, but the Stone Stallion Inn, which has been silent for several nights, has moved again.

Only this time, the Weeping Witch stopped crying and turned into a silent phantom that ordinary people could see. She was wearing a black robe, bare feet, and her long hair completely covered her face. She floated around the hotel like a ghost.

As soon as she saw her shadow, Anna ordered all the maintenance personnel to withdraw and notified Gavin.

After seeing Gavin, a line of misty words appeared above her head at the first time, "Take your people and leave here, otherwise I will have to kill you and all of you next time we meet."

These words were not only big, but also bold, showing the owner's anger.

Gavin did not directly answer the Weeping Witch's question, but walked around the hotel inside and outside to observe the progress of the repair here.

This anger of the other party only shows one problem-they are close to the goal.

As expected.

The rubble on the first floor has been cleared up, revealing the staircase leading to the bottom, but this place has also collapsed and is blocked by several large stones.

The female phantom followed Gavin step by step. When they reached the entrance of the basement, the mist phantom fluctuated uncontrollably. Although it was very slight, it could not hide from Gavin's perception.

Obviously, her secret was down there.

Gavin sensed that there were not many layers of rubble that had not been cleaned up, and it could not stop him at all. He could flash in with a fairy step.

But he did not do so, since any basement or dungeon would inevitably involve traps.

If he went in rashly, he was afraid of being hit on the head.

Anyway, success was imminent, and it would not take a day or two.

Gavin focused his main energy on the mist phantom, trying to get more useful information from her.

Unfortunately, after finding that she could not scare Gavin and the others away, the mist phantom refused to communicate.

But she was just an illusion. Apart from using visual scares, she could not cause any substantial harm to Gavin. When the sun rose, she disappeared.

This is very similar to a ghost. No wonder others mistake it for a ghost.

As soon as the mist phantom disappeared, Gavin recruited all the construction workers to come in, and with full efforts, it took only two hours to clear the entrance to the basement.

The exploration process was also very smooth.

It was precisely because of the smoothness that Gavin frowned, as if this was just the basement of an ordinary hotel. There were no traps set up, and it was used completely as a utility room and storage room, filled with all kinds of messy sundries and vegetable grains.

Except for a small amount of long-lasting food that was still well preserved, vegetables and the like had already completely rotted, leaving only dry rotten things like mud stains.

The sundries were mostly damaged tables, chairs, beds and other furniture. Because they were underground, the fire did not invade here. When the time comes, they can be repaired and most of them can still be used.

"Clear this place." Anna waved her hand and prepared to let the dog-headed men move all the sundries out.

"Wait, I'll clean it up, and you move it." Gavin was ready to personally check everything here.

He had the Eye of Truth open, and the magic disguise was invisible in front of him.

A broken chair.

A broken table, no secret compartment, no books or other miscellaneous items.

A broken bed, no secret compartment.

A broken locker, with a secret compartment and several silver coins and copper plates.

A broken bed, with a secret compartment and a low-quality silver necklace.

…

Gavin checked very carefully, even the old furniture was not spared. Many of them were directly dismantled and chopped into firewood, and he also made sure that there were no secret compartments or places where things could be hidden.

Compared with repairing and saving the little money, what he had to do was more important.

But unfortunately, they were just a bunch of old furniture that was exchanged from the previous hotel. All he found were a bunch of small things, without even magic auras, all ordinary items, and not even a hundred gold coins in total.

There was no trace of the so-called treasure of the previous hotel owner.