Chapter 35: Exploration Battle

The lone goblin was easy to deal with. It wanted to resist with a short spear, but Ye Zi knocked it down with a light knock. Shi Hao and Li Tianrui pounced on it, and tied it up with a safety rope. Zongzi.

"What kind of monster is this? It really stinks." Ye Zi pinched her nose and took a few steps back. After just two confrontations, the rancid smell of the goblin made her choke. She covered her mouth. He asked in a muffled voice, "I caught something smelly, what should I do?"

Zhang Sicheng and Shi Hao looked at each other and couldn't make up their minds for a moment.

"There is such a new species." Professor Lin Youping came over and took a closer look. He was amazed. He took out the camera he carried with him, and there was a click, which made the goblin scream. He sighed: "What if this is the case?" On Earth, with this little thing, I can kill the pages of Nature magazine. Why don’t I take it back and study it?”

"Teacher, our major is botany. Besides, this thing is so dirty, it won't spread any diseases, right?" Zhao Rui reminded from the side.

Lin Youping said: "Young people, don't be so cautious. When you are my age, you will know that there are some things. You can't count on being careful, it depends on your life. Besides, only by studying the body structure of goblins can we better communicate with them. Fight."

At this time, Ye Zi raised his hand and whispered: "Teacher Lin, I don't think you need to study it. Just use this gun and poke it in the head... and pop, it will be solved for sure."

"Ahem." Xiao Chen held back his laughter, pulled Awad and asked, "Tell us what happened to the goblin?"

Awad was very angry. He kept staring at the goblins and cursed in a low voice: "The damned goblins are here again. They are all thieves, robbers, and devils! They are more hateful than locusts and more disgusting than maggots. Damn it, they are all damned things. . God will punish them, God will destroy them!"

Xiao Chen patted him before he woke up: "Master, master, I... I hate these bastards so much. In the early years when I was young, four members of my family died in their hands. The goblins have no interest in this place. For the old people nearby, they are more hateful than the Imperial people.”

Xiao Chen asked him carefully and found out that more than 30 years ago, there were several goblin tribes living around the mountains and forests here, and they often looted the surrounding villages and towns. These goblins looked very weak, but they were numerous in number. Villages and towns simply cannot resist it. They caused a lot of damage to the local people. At that time, the king and nobles were busy fighting the war with their neighbor to the north, the Purple Eagle Empire, which had lasted for hundreds of years, and no one cared about these troublemakers. It wasn't until the war with the empire came to an end that the Kingdom of Iberia had the energy to encircle and suppress the goblins. At that time, hundreds of thousands of armies entered the forest and killed the goblins almost to extinction. For nearly twenty years, no one had seen a single goblin again. Unexpectedly, another one appears here now, which means that there is likely to be a migrating goblin tribe nearby.

"In my opinion, we have to return to the camp quickly and report this matter to the committee as soon as possible." Zhang Sicheng said immediately after listening to Xiao Chen's translation.

"But we don't know anything about the specific situation. We don't even know where the goblin tribe is or how many goblins there are. Even if we warn the school about such a situation, what's the use?" Ye Zi asked.

"Then what do you think we should do?" Shi Hao asked.

"We should at least get a feel for the situation first, and at least know the basic situation of this tribe. Otherwise, the school will still have to send people, and it may be too late by then. Besides, our expedition team is originally a well-equipped army, and it is easy to detect the enemy's situation. You don’t need a few people, you and I are enough,” Ye Zi said confidently.

"This is a bit risky. We are unprepared after all." Zhang Sicheng still doesn't agree with this idea.

But at this time, Xiao Chen agreed: "I think what Xiaoye said is still necessary. If we can know ourselves and the enemy beforehand, even if there is a conflict, we have a better chance of winning. We also happened to bump into the goblins today, and they probably don't know about us either. If we wait until they are on guard, it will be difficult for us to investigate. But if we go, we have to count me. "Others don't know that Xiao Chen's confidence comes from the scroll in his pocket.

Zhang Sicheng thought about Xiao Chen's words and felt that they made sense. He finally decided: "If I really want to go, I should lead the team. Ye Zi and Xiao Chen will escort the goblin with me. Shi Hao and Li Tianrui will protect Professor Lin and Xiao Chen." Zhao, be led by the guide and go back the same way. We will meet on the hillside where you can see the school. If we are not back by four o'clock in the afternoon, you can go back to the school directly. "

Shi Hao obviously disagreed with this arrangement, but Zhang Sicheng persuaded him: "We are all in good physical condition. Even if there is danger, we can always escape. Professor Lin has a heavier burden, so they will be left to your protection." "

"Xiao Zhang, remember, no matter what situation you encounter, don't be tough. If you have to retreat, retreat, and leave when you have to. After all, the school is still behind you." Professor Lin instructed when they parted.

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"Take us to your tribe, or we will die." Xiao Chen said with a fierce look on his face, taking Zhang Sicheng's dog-leg knife and gesturing at the goblin's neck. Awad told him that although the goblins were stupid, they could still have a simple conversation.

The goblin seemed to be frightened and did not dare to move. He looked at the knife with crooked eyes and trembled. Xiao Chen put the knife against its neck again and said sternly: "If you understand, just nod, otherwise, you will die!"

This time the goblin felt pain from the knife and nodded his head tremblingly.

"It seems it worked." Zhang Sicheng picked up the goblin from the ground, tied it with a rope, picked up its original wooden short spear, poked it in the back a few times, and shouted in the local dialect, "Go!"

This time, Xiao Chen and his friends were much more careful than before. Everyone looked around carefully while walking, guarding against other goblins suddenly rushing out. However, after walking for nearly half an hour, there was no sign of other goblins. The goblin who led the way was also honest. Without Xiao Chen's urging, he worked hard to move forward. The three of them and the goblin walked deep into the forest.

After walking for a while, Ye Zi also relaxed a little. She followed Xiao Chen and asked in a low voice: "Senior, I didn't know you were so fierce when you were angry. You looked like a villain in the movie just now, but... hehe."

"What?" Xiao Chen felt that his face was still tense. He was not used to the posture just now. He always felt something was wrong, but because of the language barrier, other people couldn't do this job.

"It's just that you have thin arms and legs. At most, you look like a dog-headed military advisor. You can't act like a gangster boss." Ye Zi said with a smile.

"Ha." Xiao Chen was also amused. He looked at this girl with some appreciation and found that she was really strong. She could still laugh even when there was danger everywhere and the atmosphere was tense.

"Shh! Be serious, do you think this is a street walk?" Zhang Sicheng, who was walking in front, looked at them with some annoyance and made a gesture for them to shut up.

Ye Zi stuck out his tongue and asked Xiao Chen in a slightly lower voice, "If it hadn't reacted just now, would you have really killed it?"

Xiao Chen hesitated, shook his head and said, "No, they look like intelligent creatures, and killing them feels no different from killing people. I'm not an executioner, so it's not that easy for me to do it."

"That's true, but Awad said they are all demons and can't be treated as human beings."

"Our understanding of goblins comes from Awad, not from our own eyes, so we can't believe it completely."

"You don't trust Awad?" Ye Zi asked curiously, "When you recommended him, you said he was honest and reliable."

"His story may be true, but people are always prejudiced, especially since he has a deep hatred for goblins. If other goblins can be as obedient and cooperative as this one, why do we have to fight and kill?"

Xiao Chen and his companions walked deeper and deeper, higher and higher, and gradually the sun began to move westward, and the sky slowly darkened. Zhang Sicheng looked at his watch several times and finally stopped. "We can't go any deeper. We have walked about four kilometers to the north. If we go any further, we will not be able to meet up with Shi Hao and the others."

Xiao Chen walked up to the goblin and asked it coldly, "How far is the tribe?"

It looked very scared and docile. After talking with gestures, Xiao Chen thought for a while and said, "It said that the tribe's camp is on the other side of this mountain. We are almost there."

After discussing, the three of them were unwilling to give up halfway, and they decided to walk up again. They should be able to see the other side of the mountain after crossing the top of the mountain. Even if they couldn't figure out the situation from close up, they could at least observe the goblin's camp from a distance.

They sped up and walked for nearly half an hour before finally climbing the ridge of this mountain range. Xiao Chen walked in front. He faced the mountain wind and pushed aside the dense grass to look at the valley below the mountain. At this time, the valley was no longer illuminated by the sun, showing a blue-gray coldness. The whole valley was nothing but dense forests and mountains in the distance.

There was no camp or bonfire.

"Damn it, we were fooled. There is no tribe of them in the valley." Xiao Chen said angrily. He was about to grab the goblin to settle the score, but he saw that the goblin had already run to the edge of the mountaintop while the others were looking at the valley. The goblin saw Xiao Chen rushing towards him in anger, grinned at him with an ugly mouth, and said in a strange tone: "Idiot." Then he rolled forward and fell down the hillside. Zhang Sicheng didn't react for a while, and the rope holding the goblin slipped out of his hand. The goblin was small, and after rolling a few times, he was hidden by the trees and disappeared. Seeing this, Ye Zi wanted to chase down the hillside, but was stopped by Xiao Chen. "It's too steep, don't go down, forget it."

Zhang Sicheng took off his bow, but he had no target, and said in a rough voice: "Awad also said that goblins are stupid. The three of us were fooled by it for an afternoon."

"I said that goblins are also intelligent creatures. Look at this guy, smart and brave, dare to mock me as a fool, and dare to lead us astray." Xiao Chen patted his forehead and sighed, "He is simply the Wang Erxiao among goblins!"

Several people had to hurry back along the original route and try to meet up with Shi Hao and others at the scheduled time. However, when there was about one kilometer left at the meeting point, several gunshots suddenly came from the forest.

"Oh no, Shi Hao and his men must be in trouble." Xiao Chen ran, and the other two followed closely. But the gunshots did not last long. After more than a dozen shots, there was no sound...