Forests Don't Support Idle Goblins

This world contains several kinds of creatures that are born with great power, and some races attach themselves to these powerful creatures. For example, dragons, after hatching from their eggs, can use dragon breath. As they grow into adulthood, they can use their powerful dragon might to intimidate their enemies. Many weaker races and wyverns like to attach themselves to dragons. In the sea, the giant Kraken is the same. They have the ability to stir up the ocean, and fishmen and some sea beasts choose to live around the Kraken.

The phoenix is ​​the same. This magical bird can breathe out scorching flames after it is born. It is not afraid of the scorching flames and even likes to leap in the flames. It is said that harpies like to live near the phoenix's nest.

There are many more such powerful creatures. As they grow, they will gradually develop sentience and be able to communicate with other creatures.

Such creatures are called mythical creatures, meaning creatures created by the creator god in mythology that rule over all living beings.

Now, a phoenix egg suddenly appeared in front of Xia Er, which made him a little stunned. He had already convinced himself that the feathered serpent god had been entrenched in the Goblin Kingdom for a long time, and this area was quite far from Goat Horn Town. Normally, no adventurers would venture so deep into the forest, and there were no wild beasts in the area where goblins lived, so there was no chance for magical beasts to mutate. When he entered the cave, Xia Er had prepared himself to find nothing, or at most, find a wild beast or a small snake in the cave.

But now, this surprise is a bit too big. The egg of a mythical creature is just placed openly in the middle of the pool, and according to Furu, there is still life inside the egg, it just hasn't hatched yet.

"Has Quetzalcoatl ever appeared before, sneaking out of the Goblin Kingdom in the dead of night to meet his lover?" Charles turned to ask the High Priest, who was also stunned, and after a long while said, "I don't think I've ever seen anything like this before. Does Quetzalcoatl have a lover?"

"You mean these are the eggs laid by Quetzalcoatl?" The high priest immediately understood the leader's meaning, then looked at the center of the pool filled with venom.

"No, this thing isn't a snake egg," Charles shook his head. He also felt that the egg couldn't be from Quetzalcoatl. Even if that serpent grew wings, the phoenix probably wouldn't want it. "This is a phoenix egg."

"A phoenix?" Shanxi Ao on the shoulder exclaimed immediately. "Is that the giant bird with its magnificent feathers, beautiful long tail, and the trail of sparks it leaves when it flies?"

"Yes." Charles nodded.

"Brother, I've heard the elders in our clan say that phoenixes are very powerful creatures. They only live on the tops of giant trees or the peaks of mountains. How come there's a phoenix egg here?" Shanxi Ao flapped his wings vigorously, intending to fly over and take a look.

"Don't go yet, we don't know if the venom in the pool will cause any problems," Charles immediately stopped Shanxi.

But he really wanted to move the phoenix egg away from the venom pool. He had heard before that the shell of a phoenix egg was made of mithril, with candy-blue patterns on the silver shell, a blue that was just like the "Tiffany Blue" of his previous life. Moreover, it was said that phoenixes were basically monogamous and would only lay an egg after many years. Before laying an egg, they would specifically seek out mithril veins to feed on mithril ore. Because of this, phoenix eggshells were considered to be very good materials for magical tools, since mithril was an important material for making magical items.

But now the phoenix egg's exterior has turned pure white, as if it has faded. Charles wondered if it was caused by Quetzalcoatl's venom. "We need to find a way to move the phoenix egg out of the pool quickly."

"Chief, let us go," the high priest said from the side.

"This is Quetzalcoatl's venom. Goblins will definitely be poisoned if they enter." Charles shook his head. He picked up a pebble from the ground and threw it directly into the pool. With a "plop," ripples spread across the surface of the pool, and at the same time, a yellowish-green smoke rose up and drifted on the surface of the pool.

"Chief, we are just goblins. Even if we are poisoned to death, it doesn't matter. New members will be born soon. But the phoenix egg is very important." The high priest insisted. Now that Quetzalcoatl has escaped, the tribe is without a powerful force to guard it. The appearance of the phoenix egg can indeed fill this gap. If this phoenix egg can be hatched and raised, the goblin tribe may be able to develop peacefully in the future. For this, he was willing to risk his own life and the lives of the other goblins.

"No need to say anything more," Charles raised his hand and placed it on the high priest's shoulder. "I know what you mean, but I won't do it."

Charles calmly shook his head; his reason and education naturally led him to abandon the idea.

"The clan needs this phoenix egg," the high priest said anxiously, grasping Shar's hand.

"The tribe needs every goblin too." Sharl gripped the high priest's hand tightly, stopping him from continuing.

"If it's just a matter of getting this egg out of the pool, I think I might have a way." Shanxiao flapped his wings, flew back, and hovered in front of Xiaer. "Of course, it's not my way. I'd say my father might be able to do it."

"Your father?" Charles raised an eyebrow. "The little imp patriarch?"

"Yes, you know," Shanxi Ao landed on Xia Er's shoulder, spreading his hands with a helpless expression. "Ever since you rescued my sister, the tribe has been handed over to her to manage. Of course, my sister is also very capable, and everyone in the tribe listens to her. After that, my father didn't have much to do. Apart from using the Wind of Nature on Red Bull Mushrooms when he had nothing to do, he spent the rest of his time 'fishing' with his old brothers."

"I know, I've seen them before by the underground river." Charles chuckled a few times. The little fairies were so small, yet they wanted to go fishing in the underground river. He had seen them many times, shouting and pulling on the rope together, "tug-of-war" with the fish in the underground river.

"At first, my mother didn't want him to go, after all, the fish in the underground river are quite big, but every time my father would turn around and not look back," Shanxi Ao cleared his throat and imitated his mother's tone, "If you go fishing today, I won't let you come back tonight, right, He Xi Ao? If I let you into the house today, I'll change my surname to yours. Get back here, He Xi Ao."

"You know, in our little fairy clan, males are named after things on earth with the suffix 'Theo,' while females are named after things in the sky with the suffix 'Theo.'" Shanxi Ao shrugged and spread his hands, saying, "Unfortunately, my father always flew straight out of the wooden house without looking back, and even when he came back, he knelt down..."

"Ahem," Charles coughed, interrupting the little imp. The way this girl was making fun of her father made Charles feel a little embarrassed. "Get to the point, the point."

"Oh," Shanxi Ao immediately reacted, "My father and his old buddies can now skillfully work together to pull up fish from the underground river. As long as the fish isn't too big, they'll use several ropes to make a net and try to catch the hooked fish. The little devils work together to transport the fish directly to the shore."

"You mean, you want your father to take the other goblins and fly to the top of the phoenix egg, then use some ropes to pull the egg up?" Charles understood what the goblins meant. He raised his hands, crossed his fingers, and gestured. "This egg is so big, a meter tall, it probably won't be that easy."

"Let my father call more people, and I think that as long as the rope is around the egg, you can pull it up," Shanxi Ao nodded and said.

"That's one way." Charles stroked his chin and nodded, instructing the little goblin to lower the rope from the air. Without touching the pool of venom, as long as the rope was securely looped under the oval-shaped phoenix egg, wooden frames could be erected on both sides of the pool. Pulling the rope would then lift the egg into the air and transport it out of the pool's area.

"Then I'll go back now and find my father," Shanxi Ao said with a smile, then flew directly out of the cave.

"Call Bucktooth and have him bring some men to accompany you," Charles ordered loudly. Shanxi Ao's hurried manner made him somewhat uneasy, but now another question confronted him: "How did that Feathered Serpent squeeze into this narrow cave?"

"A snake several meters thick couldn't possibly squeeze into a hole only 1.5 meters deep so easily; it definitely can't just ram into it," Charles stared at the pool of venom in front of him. "It seems the Feathered Serpent God is also eyeing this phoenix egg, wanting to devour the unborn chick inside, but probably can't break through the mithril shell, so he thought of using venom to corrode it?"

Mythical creatures are born with great power, and if you eat these creatures, you might gain great power. This is the motivation that Sharl deduced for the feathered serpent god.

But how that long serpent got into the burrow was something he couldn't figure out for a moment. "Unless Quetzalcoatl knows shrinking magic and can shrink its body to successfully squeeze into the burrow, or does it possess an item that can shrink?"

This is the only explanation that Ciel can think of right now. If Quetzalcoatl has the ability to shrink, then it doesn't need to be coiled up in the burrow. It can obviously hide outside, find a tree or a burrow to hide in. There are not many creatures in the forest that can match its strength. It is the nature of snakes to hide safely. Why is Quetzalcoatl hiding in the Goblin Kingdom? Does it have a thing for goblins?

Charles looked around the cave and felt that he must have missed something. "Let's go to that big cave outside. There should be something there."

He led his men back to the huge cave where Quetzalcoatl was located. His men were still rummaging through the broken bones on the ground, searching with a "clattering" sound.

"What could it be?" Ciel looked around, but couldn't figure it out for a moment.

After the goblins thoroughly searched the entire area of ​​broken bones, they found nothing unusual, only bone fragments and debris. This left Sharl unsure of what to do. "Should we search a few more times, or spend more time cleaning this place thoroughly?"

If you clean them all out, you can see all the items and find the hidden "treasures" among them, but that would take a lot of time. But if you search them several more times, it seems that even with the goblins' abilities, they can't distinguish the different items, since they just searched the whole place and didn't find anything.

"What should we do?" Charles frowned, looking at his men standing blankly in the pile of bones.

To his surprise, he saw Furu locked near the cave entrance. This guy had been hiding in the back ever since he arrived, and he'd only floated over slowly after Furu called him. Now he was huddled there again. "Could it be because of the pile of broken bones here?"

Charles beckoned to Furu, signaling for someone to bring him over again. "Is there something here?"

"Yes, very evil, very evil," Furu said haltingly, his eyes unconsciously glancing towards the left corner of the cave, as if there was something particularly terrifying there.

"Is it over there?" Ciel looked in the direction of Furu's eye stalk, then grabbed one of Furu's tentacles and pulled him over.

He could clearly feel Furu's resistance, and the force from that tentacle was getting stronger and stronger.

"What exactly is here?" Ciel scanned the broken bones on the ground and looked at Furu beside him.

"Hero, hero, bandit, don't come any closer!" Furu's eyes were almost covered with a layer of mist, and his entire tentacle was straightened. It looked like he would have already floated away, puffing out air, if Charles hadn't been holding the base of his tentacle tightly.

Charles told Furu that there was nothing to be afraid of here, and promised to give Furu an extra "attendance fee" enough for him and his companions to play Forest Cards a few more times. Then he released Furu, squatted down, and began to examine the broken bones on the ground.

After examining many broken bones, Ciel finally picked up a strange bone. This bone was very long, about the length of a human thigh bone, with some protruding joints on it. It was whitish in color, unlike the grayish-white goblin bones. It felt somewhat smooth in his hand, unlike the dryness of goblin bones.

"What is this? It doesn't seem to be goblin bones." Charles frowned and brought up the bone panel.

[Item: Demon Lord Lazy Little Finger Bone]

[Quality: Epic]

[Purpose: To wear]

[Self-state: Magnitude of change (positive)]

[Note: Laziness seems too lazy to search for this finger bone. It feels that it doesn't matter if it doesn't have that little finger; it can look for it whenever it needs it.]

"This..." Charles was stunned. He had thought that there might be the bones of some magical beast or some evil creature here, but he never expected that he would encounter the "parts" of the demon lord again.

"A lazy finger bone?" He looked at the long bone in his hand and, upon closer inspection, it did indeed look like a finger bone.

"This must be why Quetzalcoatl can shrink his body," he thought. He inserted the bone into his lower back, and after a dizzying spin, he was surprised to find that everything in front of him had become larger. The goblins around him were several times taller than before, and the broken bones were almost piled up on his head.

"Have I shrunk?"