Forests Don't Support Idle Goblins

"I feel the situation is alright."

Charles watched as his men finished their hunting drill and felt fairly satisfied, after all, it was the 13th time they had finally completed the entire course.

"There's still a problem. You guys need to pull the rope faster." Charles walked over and personally instructed them. "And you three, you're wild boars now, so you need to run even faster."

He divided his men into four groups, yelling at them to drive them away, pulling them with ropes to trip them, throwing stones to finish them off, and adding three unofficial members disguised as wild boars who had feigned surrender.

After reprimanding his subordinates one by one, Charles waved his hand: "Let's do it again."

The goblins worked together energetically and successfully drove the three "wild boars" into the pit. The whole process went very smoothly.

"Hmm, very good. What a well-coordinated team. It's a waste that the goblin has used these subordinates so poorly."

Charles called out, "Let's go hunting!"

When the scene changed, Ciel went mad.

At first, he and his men painstakingly dug a pit nearly 1.5 meters deep in advance, and placed tuberous fruits as bait not far from the pit.

According to the plan, as long as the driving team shouts and approaches, the wild boars will panic and run towards the trap, stepping on the grass and leaves that are covering them and falling into the pit.

Once the wild boars fall into the pit, the kill squad can throw stones to stun them.

To prevent the wild boars from running away, Shire also arranged for two goblins to lie in ambush nearby and pull on the rope to scare them away.

Now, things have gotten really messed up; he was already laughing in anger from the very first step.

Under the tree where he was hiding, a group of wild boars were stirring restlessly.

This group of wild boars consists of 12 animals: 4 adults and 8 piglets.

A dozen meters away, several goblins were banging on the ground with their clubs and shouting, but they didn't approach. They looked ready to turn around and run away at any moment.

In a wilderness survival video that Xia Er had watched before, it was mentioned that wild boars have poor eyesight and can hardly see anything beyond 15 meters. In the wild, a lone boar is more dangerous than a herd of pigs. Lone boars are usually male and will attack on their own, while herds consist of sows with piglets and often choose to flee.

The hunt is successful once you scare them into falling into the trap.

But now his subordinates only threaten without actually approaching, just like Indian workers: I've put in the effort, but I'm not going to get involved.

"Go! What's the use of just shouting? Go!"

Looking at the stalemate between the two sides below, Charles couldn't help but marvel at the goblins' cunning.

He took out his crossbow and fired an arrow at the open space next to the wild boar herd, hoping to scare them into turning around and running into the trap.

With a "bang," a crossbow bolt flew from the bow and landed in front of the pigs.

The sudden appearance of arrows startled the lead wild boar. At this moment, the driving team was still putting on a show. The wild boar charged straight at them. The goblins did not hesitate at all and turned to run, twice as fast as the speed that Sharl had asked them to practice.

As the wild boar charged, the herd of pigs began to thrash about, and then with a "whoosh," a rope was pulled up.

The rope caused the remaining wild boars and piglets to scatter in all directions, creating a chaotic scene.

"Don't pull the rope now, damn it!" Charles slapped his thigh, impressed by his subordinates' perfect teamwork.

The original plan was that once the wild boar started moving, they would work together to pull up the rope.

But now that the wild boar herd has moved, they are just as diligent in pulling up the ropes.

The wild boar that charged out failed to catch the goblin, and upon hearing the piglets squealing, it rushed back.

At this moment, the two goblins pulling the rope had already quickly climbed up the tree, afraid of being hit by the wild boar.

With a "whoosh," the rope was pulled up again, but it couldn't stop the wild boar's momentum at all. With a "bang," it smashed a 20-centimeter-thick tree and broke it in half. The impact also caused the wild boar to lose its balance.

"Huh? Buck teeth?" Ciel recognized the goblin who had made the contribution. Wasn't this guy part of the kill team? When did he learn to pull the rope? He's really eager to learn.

But then he realized the situation was bad; the buck-toothed beast was still struggling on the ground, but the wild boar behind it had already staggered to its feet.

"My rare card!"

What to do? Charles quickly looked around and suddenly saw Scarface squatting beside him.

The three of them were playing the role of wild boars during the previous rehearsals, and now in the actual battle, Sharl arranged for them to throw stones, but it's estimated that they won't need to do so now.

"Get down here." Charles kicked Scarface off the tree.

Then he issued a command in his mind: bestow the blessing of the evil god upon Scarface.

At the same time, bring up the panel for the scarred face.

[Name: Scarface]

[Race: Goblin]

[Danger Level: 3, Growing (0.7, Useless but somewhat useless)]

[Personality trait: Greed]

[My Status: Gift of the Evil God (Positive)]

Charles let out a long sigh. He had only intended to have Scarface draw the attacks to buy time, and the ability was just a trial. Although the guy was disloyal, he had at least touched his ankle before, and he hadn't expected it to succeed.

…………

Scarface scrambled to his feet, bewildered. He had been hiding peacefully in the tree, but somehow he had fallen to the ground.

He rubbed his aching body, looked around, and suddenly remembered why he had come here.

But the wild boar had already staggered and charged towards him.

Scarface was terrified and immediately tensed up.

Just as the wild boar was about to get close, it jumped to the side, nimbly avoiding the impact.

At the same time, he slammed the wooden stick down, knocking the wild boar over.

Then he took the wooden stick, stared in shock at his hands, and muttered to himself.

"I...I've become stronger! I can be the leader now."

…………

"Red-eyed, kill the wild boar."

Ciel reclaimed the evil god's gift, simultaneously bestowing upon him red eyes, before sliding down the tree trunk.

"You're going to die!" Red-eyed man, holding a spear, stabbed the wild boar through the neck with a "thud."

Ignoring the wild boar rolling on the ground, Charles went over to check on Bucktooth's injuries.

The powerful momentum of the wild boar's charge just now sent Bucktooth flying, and now he is covered in wounds, the most frightening of which is the huge gash on his back.

Ciel immediately manipulated the situation again, bestowing the evil god's blessing upon Bucktooth.

Soon, the bleeding from the buck-toothed man's wound was brought under control. Sharl asked the other goblins to find some herbs to stop the bleeding. Goblins, who spend their lives in the forest, know what herbs are good for.

Seeing that the buck-toothed man's injuries had eased, Charles approached the wild boar.

He was both amused and exasperated when he successfully hunted a prey weighing nearly 200 pounds.

This is how goblins hunt; you must take their cunning, stupidity, and cowardice into account when devising a hunting plan.

With a sudden thought, he brought up the panel and discovered the change:

[Available Ability: Basic Strength]

[Basic Strength: Slightly increases an individual's strength. This effect cannot be stacked with Strength-based abilities.]

"This is what we got from hunting wild boars," Charles said.

He then commanded that the initial power be bestowed upon the Red Eye, and then checked the Red Eye's panel.

[Name: Akame]

[Race: Goblin]

[Danger Level: 1, Low-level]

[Personality: Reckless]

[My own status: Basic strength (positive)]

"Not bad, I have some capable subordinates now." Charles was very satisfied.

At this moment, Scarface approached Charles, clutching a wooden stick, and stammered, "I, I, Chief."

Charles frowned at him, then chuckled. "Red Eyes, beat him up."

He then ignored the scarred man and walked directly toward the small tree that had been knocked down.

Red Eyes kicked Scarface three meters away.

Charles approached the fallen sapling; a flash of light had streaked past his eyes when the tree fell.

He crouched down and found that the tree had been broken and a lot of soil had been pulled up from its roots. A piece of metal was protruding from the soil, and it was the reflection from that metal that had been there earlier.

Charles picked up a branch and dug around, soon unearthing a piece of bone.

"Come here, all of you, and start digging," he commanded.

After a while, the excavation was completed, and Charles saw the whole picture. A human skeleton was revealed in the pit next to the tree. All other items had rotted away, except for two short knives that were still intact, with only a little rust.

"This was probably an adventurer," Charles said, looking down at the human bones. "He left his life in the forest and became nourishment for the trees."

"This tree is also somewhat rotten and covered with vines and fungi, otherwise it wouldn't have been broken so easily."

"You can bury him back in." After saying that, he began to examine the short knife in his hand.

These are two short knives, about the length of an adult's arm, with slightly curved blades. The guards are shaped like bird wings and engraved with patterns, and each has a lifelike eagle beak at the end of the handle.

Buried in the forest for so many years without decaying, Ciel found its material very strange.

[Item: Abbott's Twin Blades]

[Quality: Excellent]

[Purpose: To poke]

[My Status: Blessed by Sharpness (declining)]

[Note: I hope Lila and Luna will grow up strong and protect those they care about.]

"Excellent weapons, and they're even enchanted?" Charles looked the two swords in his hands up and down. "It's just that the enchantment effect is almost worn off."

He tucked his two swords behind his waist and ordered his men to carry the wild boar back to the burrow.

He then looked at the scarred man kneeling beside him and asked, "Red Eyes, what happened to him?"

"He cried," Red Eyes said.

…………

On the small open space at the entrance of the cave, a dozen goblins were butchering a wild boar, using the dual swords that Sharl had found.

Following Charles's orders, they chopped up about 5 kilograms of meat and threw it into a large pot. Charles instructed them to save the rest of the meat to make jerky at night.

Charles then cut a piece of meat and set up a fire to roast it.

At the same time, he took the bag handed to him by the white-haired man, broke up several mushrooms that were entirely yellow with red and blue spots on their caps, and threw them into the large pot.

A few minutes later, Charles picked up a skewer of charred wild boar meat, took a sniff, and a pungent, fishy smell made his eyes widen.

In the end, he didn't have the courage to try, so he threw the meat skewers on the ground and went to look for the tubers himself.

White Hair walked over, picked up a skewer of meat, took a bite, and spat it on the ground. Then she scooped a bowl of meat broth from the big pot and handed it to Charles: "Don't eat that, it's poisoned."

Looking at the meat skewers she mentioned, Xia Er understood that wild boar meat, due to its lack of fat, would become incredibly bitter when roasted, and even goblins didn't like to eat it.

He waved his hand and said to the white-haired man, "You guys eat."

Then he went to the side and waited quietly for his subordinates to finish lunch.

"Hopefully these mushrooms will work well."