Shadow Covenant

Chapter 164 "Bait"

Waiting for death is definitely not Woody's idea. What's more, the goblin team is famous for playing tricks on the wind. If they can't be wiped out in one fell swoop, they will choose to escape, such as giving up their lives, so as to cover the commander's escape. As long as they enter the forest, The chances of catching it again are slim to none.

And his target just took a fancy to the goblin commander's tactical eyepiece, so naturally he couldn't let them have a chance to escape.

Therefore, when Woody arranged with Grimm, Sengu and other merchant group guards, he almost handed over the frontal battlefield to them, while he, as a hunter who adapts to the situation, wandered in this battlefield shrouded in cold fog, waiting for opportunities Waiting for the right opportunity.

His plan is very simple, simply to divert the tiger away from the mountain.

As an acquired species, the green goblins have a unique love for the creations of the mechanical empire, so it is very simple to lure them. You only need to come up with an exquisite engineering or mechanical creation to make them They can't walk, and deconstruction and learning are their biggest desires after birth.

But when it came to this, everyone looked confused, looking at the weapons in their hands, wondering why.

"But we don't have such creations. Those are all played by nobles, and they are not useful."

"Yes! But His Highness Cecil may have it, we now..."

……

They obviously agreed with Woody's plan, but they were more entangled with the bait, but Woody smiled, rubbed his finger on the dimensional ring, and with a light touch, a mechanical snake with a whole body of brass color appeared on his body On the hand, the snake body made of rivets, metal, and gemstones reflected a dazzling luster under the firelight.

"I have this, the Iron King Snake produced by St. Lawrence."

"Although it is only the first level, it can be considered unique among mechanical creations of the same level."

Woody took out the construct creature that Verando gave him, which was originally just a toy, but he didn't expect it to come in handy at this time.

The others were naturally overjoyed, and they no longer had any doubts about Woody's plan. Looking at the ruins of the building that had just suffered an explosion filled with gunpowder smoke, they gritted their teeth at the group of goblins from the bottom of their hearts.

"Cut off their ears!"

"For Fury Winter!"

……

To the north of Green Creek Town, there was a conspicuous gap in the high wooden wall made of logs.

The ground was full of blood and the broken battlefield that had not been cleaned up after the town guards and monsters were killed. At this moment, a group of small creatures were busy in the center of the battlefield, and under the command of a voice, they worked harder and harder.

"Come on, little ones! Speed ​​up!"

Kaz Ian is loudly urging his subordinates to build fortifications.

Although they blasted the wall with alchemy bombs just now, it would be superfluous to repair it now, but Kaz Ian didn't think it was a waste.

After all, he brought a team of 50 goblins this time, adding the extra number to this hodgepodge town would also add casualties.

What's more, the main task they received as goblin mercenaries this time was to stop humans so that they would not be allowed to escape in this direction.

The secondary task is to help the Man-Eating Ape Tribe wipe out the rebels.

It is enough to have man-eating apes and flying apes on the main battlefield, as well as the gnolls they enslave.

But having said that, Kaz Ian doesn't like working with these big guys, which is why he took the initiative to apply as a backup to stay with Commander Jean to build the fortifications near the city wall.

The cold fog covered up the thick smell of blood, leaving only the fragrance of soil in the air. Soon, a burst of thin footsteps and a unique voice made Kaz Ian look up with excitement. looking in the direction of the town.

Because that voice is unique to its good brother Jamie, its task is to harass the town's defense forces with other green goblins, to make a feint attack on the man-eating apes, to contain the vitality, and to test it by the way They are a new type of alchemy bomb that the Greenskin Research Institute has just researched.

"Jamie, is that you?"

Kaz Ian chose to put down what he was doing, and decided to take a few steps forward to meet his brother who had just come down from the battlefield.

"Oh, Kaz, it's me! Your best friend, Jamie!"

The unique tone combined with Jamie's cynical tone gave people an indescribably bohemian feeling.

"Hey, how's it going this time!"

"Not bad, the effect of the bomb is being debugged, maybe I should add a few grams of blue silver ore powder."

Accompanied by the sound, in the mist, a group of green camouflage skins, less than 1 meter tall, but full of bottles and cans hanging all over their bodies, and even an alchemy team with a long trumpet-shaped blunderbuss on their backs appeared on the edge of the wall.

One of the goblins, who wore two nuts as earrings in one of its pointed long ears, stepped forward and bumped fists with Kaz Ian.

The face is full of crazy artistic temperament.

"Ham, Jamie, don't talk about it, last time I added a little black opal powder, and it almost blew up Lord Kezan's research institute."

Some goblins joked.

Jamie was not at all embarrassed, but said seriously.

"I'm going to make it this time! I feel it! The latest version of the bomb will do it soon!"

"Hahaha, that's what you said last time!"

Goblin-specific laughter quickly spread around the wall like a plague, but Katz Ian didn't laugh, but stepped forward, looked at Jamie who was also serious, and said seriously.

"I trust you, Jamie!"

He untied one of the drapes on his body and hung it on Jamie.

"This is the feat I have collected, enough for you to replace the materials, ready to make!"

"Do it with confidence! I will always support you behind your back!"

"Caz..."

Just then there was a tapping, tapping, the muffled sound of boots on the dirt.

Among the green leather goblin team, the only one with this kind of boots is naturally only one, the commander-in-chief of this operation, Gene Cammy.

Although its height is not much taller than other green leather goblins, even slightly shorter, but the clothes on its body and the sergeant hat, goggles, gloves, and boots are all available. If Katz and others are compared with ordinary goblins Language is a world of difference, the difference between aborigines and primitive people, and Jean is the aristocrat among the aborigines.

Basically, the equipment is armed from head to toe, and there are several round black ball-shaped items and a modified steam pistol pinned to the waist.

"What are you talking about? You are smiling so happily."

Goblin Jean’s expression is very relaxed. Under Kezan’s acquired transformation, all potential goblins have been developed with cunning and wisdom that are not ordinary goblins. Their facial expressions can even be very human-like, happy and angry Sorrow and joy, everything is available.

Therefore, looking at the ridicule of many other green-skinned companions, Gene also understood that this time the target was aimed at the "troublemaker" Jamie. Many green skins see it as having an unstable factor.

But Gene didn't think so, so he came here to smooth things over, preparing them to rest and prepare for the next round of attacks.

After all, today's night is still very long, and the humans in this small town are unexpectedly tenacious. They are considering whether to sell their premium packages to their employers. After all, the small 1000 gold coins have been paid out, and they don't care about a few hundred more. Thousands, not to mention the current tense situation, they can't help but refuse to agree, and if it is impossible to use other things to pay off the debt, it is okay.

Goblins are currently starved of resources of all kinds, but when plans to research and develop new products unfold, they are doomed to be permanently short of money.

Only gold coins can be used to buy food that allows goblins to go into production and work, as well as materials for research and development of goblin technology.

While thinking about it, Gene casually asked Jamie and others about the status of their attack on the town, and whether they had figured out the specific strength of the north side of the town.

"There are not many people, but it is very fast."

"The reaction is fast, even a bomb can be kicked back. Fortunately, Kamo runs fast, otherwise it will be killed by its own bomb, haha."

"Short the lead again, it will definitely not happen next time!"

……

The goblins chattered like a post-battle discussion group, starting to analyze the mistakes they made in the battle just now and how to avoid them next time.

Genn watched their discussion contentedly. As a commander, I only need to give my own opinions on differences. As for most personal thoughts, it feels that it should be like the leader it admires, Kezan.

"I don't need stereotyped obedience, I need a mind that can flourish, because every goblin is unique."

In its speech, this sentence was always engraved in Gene's mind, and it has been followed and never violated.

So, when it heard a goblin's scream, it subconsciously stood up.

The other green-skinned goblins also noticed something strange.

"what happened?"

"what's the situation!"

……

"My lord, Gulu...Gulu was captured! By a big snake! A steel snake"

Soon, after reporting the reason for the goblin's screams, everyone frowned at the confused answer.

This is why they feel that they are different from ordinary goblins. From the moment when amazing wisdom and ideas are born in their minds, they don't think that they are compatriots with the previous ignorant and low-intelligence creatures.

Just as humans never recognize apes as their own kind.

Thought determines the realm.

"Let me take a look!"

The goblin commander Gene subconsciously raised his right hand and opened the tactical eyepiece.

The other green-skinned goblins also understood that this was a detection device specially configured by the commander, and looked envious. After all, this device seemed to be able to clearly judge the strength of each goblin. Winning or losing, every time they learn to wrestle their arms like an ogre, the commander's judgment has never made a mistake, which is enough to show the high level of technology of their eyepieces.

However, if someone carefully uses the magic detection aura to look at the fluctuations of Jean's eyepiece at this time, they will find that the essence of this strange thing is still driven by elemental power to complete a series of detection scans.

But in Jin's eyes, following the ticking of the eyepiece and the sound of activation, where its eyes focus, a translucent horizontal bar will appear on the top of the living creature's head, which is simple and never cumbersome.

——"Scan Analysis Type: Goblin."

——"Combat analysis value: 2-3."

——"Analysis of the winning rate of both sides: 98%."

——“…”

For Gene, and every day after turning on the tactical eyepiece, he doesn't feel powerful, because he understands that the so-called analysis value is only limited to the state at that time. If it explodes with all its strength, the combat value will increase. The winning rate will also decrease synchronously.

In this regard, he has always kept in mind the teachings of his leader Kezan.

"The reason why goblins are great is because they understand their own insignificance!"

It quickly fixed its eyes on the place where the ordinary goblin screamed. Even though it was shrouded in heavy cold fog, the transparent long horizontal frame still appeared in Keane's field of vision.

——"Scan Analysis Type: Construct."

——"Combat analysis value: 9-15."

——"Analysis of the winning rate of both sides: 67%"

——“…”

……

Construct creatures!

The goblin commander scanned that the threat came from the constructed creature, and he couldn't sit still, only to see it panting slightly.

"Quick! Jamie, Katz! You take someone over there and catch him with an electromagnetic net!"

"It's the caster's constructed creature!"

Players who have been in the green goblin for a while know that this group of green goblins have an unparalleled fanaticism and pursuit of mechanical creations. At least if you want to make friends with them, the act of giving gold coins will be regarded as a transaction. The act of giving mechanical creations can not only facilitate transactions, but also increase favorability, because in their view, you may be one of the few humans who understand them.

When the other green-skinned goblins heard that it was a constructed creature, they gasped slightly as their emotions surged, and their eyes turned from light red to deep red.

"Constructed creatures, quack quack quack!"

"Really? We're rich!"

"Hahahaha!"

……

The speed of the green-skinned goblin was very fast, significantly more than double the efficiency of the previous attack on Green Brook Town.

Obviously, they can't wait to get the constructed creature that Jin said, not only want to use it for research, but also look forward to how many envious eyes they will attract after taking it back, and then become the goblin fortress in one fell swoop. The focus, maybe it can still enter Lord Kezan's field of vision.

In this atmosphere of looking forward to the future, the goblins were ready to go, and soon headed in the direction of the steel giant snake.

And Gene heaved a sigh of relief seeing their figures disappearing in the cold mist. This time, more than one-third of the manpower was transferred, and the winning rate should reach more than 90%. I hope they can be brought back intact. I hope these little brats will be more gentle.

The waiting time was long. Just when Jean felt a particularly restless emotion sweeping his body from the inside to the outside, it was keenly aware that something was vaguely wrong. This was a dangerous signal, but after opening its tactical eyepiece , including the sky, did not notice any abnormality.

How is this going?

The reason for the fog, or...

Just as it was calculating how long it would take for Jamie, Katz and others to come back, under the soil it touched, ripples suddenly appeared like the surface of water, and a sharp curved long blade and a human arm protruded out first. , and at the same time a sharp knife light stabbed out, hardly giving the goblin commander Jean any chance to react, the curved long blade penetrated its body.

Jean felt the vitality flowing from his body, and then he watched helplessly as a black-haired human crawled out of the mud.

Those bright golden eyes just met its unwilling eyes.

(End of this chapter)