Forests Don't Support Idle Goblins

Shansio flapped his wings close to the top of the cave, skirting around the stalagmites hanging upside down, careful not to disturb the giant snake in the underground river.

The battle just now still left him with lingering fear. There was nothing he could do; the enemy was simply too powerful. Shan Xiao recalled the giant snake rolling around in the river. Its size and strength meant that a single sweep of its tail could destroy all the thatched huts of his tribe.

After flying for a short while, Sansio, with the help of the faint light from the glowing mushrooms on the cave ceiling, saw a huge platform ahead.

"Is that the giant snake's lair?" He carefully held onto a stalagmite, staring intently as the giant snake raised its enormous head from the water.

A deer's cry rang out, which greatly surprised Sansio. He changed positions several times, moving himself closer to the platform.

"How come there are wild deer here?" Shan Xiao looked at the large antlered deer lying on the platform and couldn't help but feel a little strange. He had seen wild deer when he played in the forest, but he had never seen such a creature in the underground cave.

Moreover, the wild deer had an injured leg and could not stand up, suggesting it had been placed there intentionally.

"Could it be that someone is raising this giant snake and feeding it with deer?" Shan Xiao's expression became even more tense. If the enemy was a giant snake, the tribe could still deal with it carefully and try to avoid being discovered. But if there was a highly intelligent creature here, then he had to hurry back and tell his father that this place was very dangerous.

The giant snake slowly climbed onto the platform, wisps of black smoke rising from its body. It was also attracted by the wild deer, constantly flicking its forked tongue as it slowly approached its prey.

The great stag cried out in anguish, able only to shuffle along the ground, trying desperately to escape the giant snake.

Sansio watched as the giant snake with its bulging belly approached the wild deer, then swiftly bit down on it, swallowing it whole amidst the deer's constant cries of agony.

The giant snake was so large that it opened its mouth and bit half of the wild deer's body.

"We need to tell Father quickly; the tribe is probably going to have to move again." Shan Xiao was a little annoyed. His mother's current health condition was not suitable for traveling back and forth. He didn't want to tell the tribe about the situation here, but he knew in his heart that he couldn't keep quiet, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.

Seeing that the giant snake had finished eating the wild deer and was lying motionless on the platform, he decided to lie on the stalagmite for a while longer, "to observe whether the snake's owner will appear."

He quickly noticed a figure flashing through a gap in the cave wall. "Is the giant serpent's master about to emerge?"

If the other party discovers him, Sansio is ready to run away at any time.

Immediately afterward, a series of footsteps sounded, and he was astonished to see a group of people rushing out of the gap.

A group of goblins, a tall, troll-like creature, and a hunchbacked mage wearing a black robe and a topknot.

"It seems that this giant snake was raised by that mage," Sansio whispered. He was ready to run away immediately. He was confident that he could escape from those goblins, but if that mage made a move, his fate would be either death or capture.

Just as he was about to flap his wings and leave immediately, a sudden change occurred: the troll threw a boulder at the giant snake.

With a loud "bang," the giant snake's head was struck directly, and then it twisted its body and stood up with its head held high.

"Something's not right," Sansio said, his eyes wide as he looked at what was happening before him. "That troll seems to be attacking the giant snake; he's already thrown out a second boulder."

The giant snake was somewhat annoyed by the two large rocks that hit it in succession. It coiled up and retracted, its body tense, as if it was about to pounce at any moment.

Just when Sansio thought the troll was about to throw the third boulder, the group unexpectedly all ran backward. "Is that all?"

With a loud crackling sound, the giant snake spewed out a suffocating beam of incandescent light. The violent, flashing current swept across the ground in front of it as the snake's head swung, kicking up large amounts of dust and stone chips. The sharp sound of the current tearing through the air made Shan Xiao extremely uncomfortable, and at the same time, the smell of burning permeated the air and slowly entered his nostrils.

"Wow, that's strong." Sansio stared in disbelief. "Run, goblin, or you'll burn to a crisp!"

After unleashing its lightning breath, the giant serpent once again raised its head and stood tall. However, it discovered that it had not hit any opponent, which enraged it so much that it swung its body and charged directly at the troll.

It was only then that Sansio realized that the giant snake had five pairs of short legs on its sides. Normally, it would just curl up on its sides, but now that it was enraged, it didn't care about anything else.

Immediately afterwards, he heard the mage opposite him shout something, and then a large, semi-transparent blue dog suddenly appeared behind the giant snake and bit it fiercely.

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"Rupus, watch out!" Charles shouted.

He instructed his men to stay away from the enemy in front of them as much as possible, while simultaneously bringing up the enemy's control panel.

[Name: Blue-Eyed Dragon Snake]

Race: Warcraft

[Danger Level: 12, Slightly Dangerous]

[Personality: Cruel and Greedy]

[Ability: Lightning Breath]

"Everyone be careful, don't get close, watch out for its lightning breath," he warned his men again.

Lupus bit down hard on the back of the Blue-Eyes Serpent's neck. The pain caused the serpent to twist its body wildly and even roll on the ground, trying to throw the Celestial Hound off. Lupus, however, leaped and dodged several meters away.

The giant snake, emitting black smoke, coiled in place, and then its upper body began to sway and twist.

"It's going to spit out the prey it just ate," Sharl immediately told the troll. "Damn, keep throwing it."

Upon hearing the order, Cao Cao picked up a boulder from the side and threw it. Since the distance was short, he smashed the snake, causing it to shrink back and its head to tilt to one side.

But soon, the Blue-Eyed Dragon Serpent spat out the giant deer it had just eaten. The size of this prey was nothing to its enormous mouth.

"Keep going, don't stop," Xia Er said to Cao Cao. Then, several boulders were smashed down on it. The giant snake writhed in pain. The giant frog was not so easy to spit out, so it could only turn around and run towards the underground river.

"It's going to run away," Charles shouted.

Cao Cao rushed over immediately, grabbed the blue-eyed dragon snake's swaying tail, and the giant snake's fleeing body paused. Lupus leaped and bit the neck where he had just bitten it.

Blue-Eyes Dragon writhed in pain and turned to bite Lupus, but the Celestial Hound was clever; after taking a hard bite, it immediately jumped away.

But the giant snake turned around and pounced on Cao Cao.

He hastily released the snake's tail and grabbed its mouth with both hands.

"So close, it would be troublesome if he used his lightning breath." Charles's pupils contracted, and then he quickly commanded in his mind: Grant the Evil God's Blessing to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao paused for a moment, then, as if he had broken through his limit, used both hands to support the giant mouth of the Blue-Eyed Dragon Serpent.

With a "sizzle," a powerful electric current shot out, completely engulfing Cao Cao. The ground was once again filled with a large amount of stone chips and dust. Xia Er looked anxiously and found that Cao Cao was still fighting with the giant snake, but his movements were somewhat sluggish. Many parts of his body were charred and bleeding, and his blue skin had turned black and red in patches.

However, the troll's powerful regenerative abilities were taking effect at this moment, and the wounds were slowly healing, but the giant snake's body had already coiled up, seemingly trying to entangle and strangle Cao Cao.

Lupus leaped over again and bit his neck, but the Blue-Eyes Serpent completely ignored him, still wanting to deal with the troll in front of him first.

A snake and a giant monster rolled on the ground, the snake's body tightly wrapped around the grass.

"Red Eyes, take your sword and stab it where Lupus bit you," Charles finally gave the order again.

This was the moment he had been waiting for. The Blue-Eyed Serpent's scales and skin were exceptionally tough, making it difficult to harm with ordinary attacks. Only Lupus's continuous bites could break through its defenses. At the same time, Lupus was entangled with the serpent. Once the troll grabbed the serpent's head, its neck would be under control, and that would be the moment to decide the outcome.

Red Eyes drew his Shamrakh Black Sword and charged swiftly toward the trolls wrestling on the ground. He found a good position and thrust the sword in with a sudden, powerful strike. The dimensional stripping effect of the Shamrakh Black Sword allowed Red Eyes to insert the entire sword without much effort.

He then swung the sword forcefully, and the giant snake twisted its body in pain, violently throwing him away. However, the movement was too large, causing its body to tremble violently and become somewhat weak.

Cao Cao braced his hands against the snake's head, rolled his body forcefully, and slowly broke free from the coils. At this moment, the blue-eyed dragon snake, emitting black smoke, lay limp on the platform, painfully opening and closing its huge mouth. Its body was still trembling, but its nerves had been severed, and it could no longer move on its own.

Charles sent someone to check on the red-eyed creature that had been flung away, and at the same time ordered Cao Cao to grab the Shamrah Black Sword and give the giant serpent a quick death.

With a few quick "plop" sounds, the snake's head was chopped off, and Charles finally breathed a sigh of relief.

This hunt was a plan devised by him and Agatha. Taking advantage of the python's characteristics, they first placed stones on the platform for easy throwing, then caught a live deer as bait. After the giant snake swallowed its prey, its movement would slow down. At this time, Broken Tooth, who was hiding in the shadows, would inform everyone through Furu, and finally, they would surround and kill it with all their might.

However, there was still an unexpected situation. They did not expect that this blue-eyed dragon snake was so huge that it could swallow a giant deer in one gulp. Fortunately, it was still moving slowly after hunting.

"This snake is so long." Xia Er looked at the body in front of him, which was as thick as a tree trunk. If Cao Cao didn't have regeneration skills, he would probably have been strangled to death long ago.

"So much meat we can't eat," he said, kicking the Blue-Eyed Dragon Snake with his foot, his tone somewhat regretful.

"There's nothing we can do. You know that monster meat is inedible," Agatha said, coming to Sharl's side.

Charles nodded. He knew that these magical beasts were the product of mutation, and their flesh was full of negative energy. If eaten, it would severely stimulate the mind, and going insane would be the most basic consequence.

"However, the meat is inedible, and there's also the skin and bones," he said with a laugh.

When he killed the Direclaw Bear before, the bear skin and bones were almost completely corroded by the slime, and Ciel was heartbroken at the time. Now, at least something useful can be left.

"Let's take a break, then process the Blue-Eyed Dragon Serpent's body and see if we can make some leather armor," Sharmo said, stroking his chin as he planned.

Then he became a little annoyed. Such a large snakeskin had to be transported to Goat's Horn to be processed, as goblins had no way of handling it.

"Agatha, how's the teleportation array research going?" Charles asked, turning his head.

"Hmm, a teleportation array?" Agatha, who was stroking Lupus, turned her head when she heard her old classmate's question and said, "We're still figuring it out. We're starting to get a feel for it, but it'll take some time."

"Hurry up," Charles said helplessly.

He walked over to Rupus and, together with Agatha, stroked the Starhound's translucent fur.

"Oh, right, there's something else I need to ask you. You mentioned before that people with the twelve bloodlines fed various kinds of meat to astral beasts, but it didn't seem to help much, right?" Charles asked while rubbing Lupus.

"Yes, I've tried feeding them many kinds, but they simply won't eat them," Agatha nodded.

"Have you ever fed animal organs to people?" Ciel asked seriously.

"Internal organs?" Agatha looked at the other person strangely, thought for a moment and said, "It seems that I really haven't fed them."

"After our ancestors returned from the Astral Plane, they became bloodline sorcerers and acquired enormous wealth. Over the years, the members of the twelve families have never lacked money. No one eats animal organs, and no one feeds Astral Beasts with such foul-smelling things."

"What, do you want to..." Agatha's eyes widened as she spoke, she hugged Lupus's neck and looked at Ciel with a hostile expression.

"It's nothing, I was just asking." Charles laughed it off, but his gaze toward Lupus became even more ardent.

The battle just now allowed him to witness the power of the Astral Beasts firsthand, and the Astral Jump, which was similar to short-distance teleportation, also made Sharl extremely envious. "It would be best if I could bring Astral Beasts to my side and raise them extensively."

"Don't even think about it. Our ancestors thought about it too, but there's no way. A bloodline sorcerer can only summon one astral beast in their lifetime." Agatha poured cold water on his idea.

"What if this astral beast dies?" Charles asked.

"Then we can no longer summon it," Agatha said, looking down.

Charles paused for a few seconds, then solemnly said to her, "Thank you."

He only now realizes how much risk the other person took to help him.

Then, Charles vigorously rubbed Rupus's head a few more times: "Thank you too."

After speaking, he looked around, scanning the entire platform, and then asked Furu, "Are there any other sensations now?"

Just now, the timid Furu was hiding at the entrance of the passage, helping the goblins build a mental platform. Now that the Blue-Eyes Serpent is paralyzed, he has also floated out and poked the giant serpent's body with his green tentacles.

Upon hearing Charles's question, he sensed something and scanned in different directions with his two eye stalks. "Yes, there is a kind telepath over there."

"Hmm?" Ciel raised an eyebrow, looking in the direction Furu's tentacles were pointing. "A kind heart?"

He walked to the edge of the platform and shouted into the air, "Come out quickly, I see you!"

Apart from the "splashing" sound of the underground river, nothing else happened.

Xia Er beckoned Cao Cao to his side: "Cao Cao, throw a stone in that direction."

With a "plop," a stone was thrown into the river, creating a jet of water.

At the same time, a small figure slid down from the stalagmite on the cave ceiling, flapping its wings and frantically trying to escape.

"Trying to run away?" Charles immediately looked at Agatha. "Do me a favor."

Agatha patted Rupert and pointed to the flying object in the distance.

Sansio flapped his wings with all his might. He hadn't expected that the goblins and trolls would actually be able to kill the giant snake. At that moment, he clung tightly to the stalagmite, not daring to breathe, for fear of being discovered by them.

But he had hidden himself very well; even the giant snake hadn't noticed his presence. How did these goblins discover him?

And it seems that the dwarf goblin is the leader among them, which is very strange.

"Run! Run quickly! We need to go back and tell our people!" Shan Xiao regretted not practicing flying harder before, just to increase the distance so they couldn't hit him.

"I should be able to escape." Just as he was trying to encourage himself, a black rift suddenly tore open in front of him, and a giant dog darted out and swallowed him whole with a "woof".

"Ah!" the little fairy Shan Xiao cried out, and then the rest of the sound stopped abruptly.

"Splash!" Lupus fell into the underground river.