Forests Don't Support Idle Goblins

Chapter 88 New Alien Letters [Seeking First Subscription]

Charles carefully examined the four goblins in front of him.

The four goblins looked disheveled, covered in sweat and blood. One of them had lost an arm, which was wrapped in a cloth with red blood seeping through the dirty cloth.

Perhaps out of fear, they hunched over, glancing around every few seconds. If their eyes met anyone's, they would immediately duck to avoid it. Their legs were always bent, as if they were always ready to flee for their lives.

"They're the sixth batch of goblins to escape that we've discovered in the last few days," Sharl silently calculated.

These goblins, who looked like refugees, had nothing with them and were only trying to escape. Moreover, there were no young goblins among them. Sharl guessed that the young goblins had already been abandoned. As for why there were no old goblins, it was because goblins generally don't live to old age.

The fact that one of the four goblins was female surprised Sharl a little.

He bestowed the Blue-Eyes Serpent's [Basic Passive Perception] onto Broken Tooth, and also bought a monocular telescope, which greatly enhanced Broken Tooth's alertness.

Based on the descriptions in the previous intelligence report, Sharl felt that there would be more goblin fugitives appearing, making Broken Tooth's patrol mission even more important.

"I am the leader of this tribe. Would you like to join?" He walked up to the four goblins and said, puffing out his chest.

As Sharl approached, the four goblins began to slowly retreat, seemingly trying to maintain a safe distance from him. However, due to the presence of other goblins around them, their retreat was minimal, amounting to only a foot's length.

Upon hearing what Charles said, they didn't reply immediately, but instead exchanged glances. Finally, the female goblin stepped forward, knelt down, and touched her ankle.

After watching the four goblins finish bowing, Sharl prepared to have his subordinates call over Fang to give them some instructions.

"Thump, thump, thump," a series of heavy footsteps sounded as Cao Cao carried a section of tree trunk past. The four goblins were startled and turned around to find a place to hide. However, they soon found that the goblins around them were all calm, so they stood still, trembling.

"Go and call Bucktooth over here," Charles beckoned to one of his men, then he went to the female goblin. "Were you driven here by human adventurers?"

The mother goblin nodded and recounted how her tribe had been slaughtered by human adventurers and how she herself had escaped.

"Leader." Bucktooth ran over quickly.

"Take them to take a bath, and then have White Hair arrange for someone to treat the wounded," Charles immediately ordered.

"Yes, Chief, I will—" Bucktooth nodded, then put one hand on his chest. Just as he was about to say something, he was kicked by Charles.

"Go quickly."

Having missed the chance to praise their leader with poetry, Bucktooth quickly led the four goblins away.

Charles glanced at their retreating figures, then brought up his control panel. In the subordinates section, he saw: [Subordinates: 88/101].

"It seems the newly joined goblin doesn't fully trust me yet."

"Well, we've finally surpassed 100 goblins," he breathed a sigh of relief, then turned to Broken Tooth and said seriously, "We need to increase patrols these days. I'll equip you with some more binoculars and winter clothes as soon as possible. Keep an eye on the surrounding area, and if you encounter any more fleeing goblins, bring them to the fortress immediately."

"Yes, Chief." Broken Tooth nodded in reply.

"Alright, it's almost time to eat. Let's continue patrolling after we finish eating." Charles patted his subordinate on the shoulder.

After seeing Broken Tooth and the other goblins leave chatting and laughing, Sharl lowered his consciousness and came to the black obelisk.

Just after he touched his ankle, he felt himself activate and light up an alien letter.

[Advanced roadmap: Abilities are the explicit conditions for the next advancement.]

"Displays advancement requirements?" Charles looked up at the towering obelisk. "What's the use of that?"

Then he looked at the next dim letter.

[Blessing of the Gods: You can choose a god and force it to bless you and your territory. Advancement requirements:]

He had 150 subordinates.

"This," Shardon paused for a moment, then felt a surge of joy.

"Great! It can directly obtain divine blessings." He examined the ability word by word. "Forced acquisition means that as long as I choose a god, I will definitely receive His blessing, and the blessing will also be bestowed upon me."

Currently, people on the mainland generally believe in the four major churches, and many people donate to the churches every day in the hope of receiving blessings from the gods. However, Xia Er knows that the four gods are very busy and do not care much about the needs of the common people. On the contrary, nobles are more likely to obtain church resources and often participate in blessing ceremonies.

In his memory, Charles often participated in the activities of the God of Night and Fate with his father. At that time, church personnel told them that the Merlo family would be less likely to encounter natural disasters and man-made calamities.

However, it now seems that the other party has clearly deceived his family, otherwise he would not have been burdened with a 30 yuan bounty.

"I have 150 men under my command, and I've just over 100 now," Charles thought to himself. "Once the Brotherhood of Storms leaves Giraffe Town, I'll find some time to annex a few more goblin tribes. Anyway, the fortress is big enough to accommodate them all."

Exiting the consciousness space, Sharl walked out of the fortress and saw Red Eyes directing 30 goblins in throwing training.

"You are all unqualified!" Red Eyes stood in front of the goblins and loudly reprimanded them.

After asking around, Xia Er learned that Chi Mu had Cao Cao throw the goblin a certain distance with all his might, and then had all the goblins throw at that distance. Of course, all of them failed.

If they fail, they will have to fight Akame in groups of five, each with a wooden stick, and the result is that they will all be defeated by Akame.

Moreover, this guy has been given regeneration abilities, so he recovers quickly after being hit, which is terrible for those 30 goblins.

"You bastard, you're quite the player." Charles was speechless at this brilliant strategist.

He personally tested his men's throwing distance, then drew a slightly longer distance for them, and repeatedly told Chi Mu, "Don't just play around, train properly. If you want to play, go practice with Cao Cao."

However, he also added a training exercise for his men: stabbing straw men with spears.

As for the other projects, they will have to wait for the blacksmith to deliver the custom-made weapons.

"The number of people is still too small. We can only train 30 goblin soldiers. We can't spare anyone for other tasks like gathering herbs, digging tunnels, or cooking. I don't know when we'll be able to build a goblin army."

"However, the area I control is only a very small part of the entire forest. There are still many goblin tribes hiding in the forest. I just need to find them."

After arranging the training, Sharl was in high spirits. "This may be the first goblin combat team in the forest to undergo full-time training. As long as they are equipped with armor and weapons, I will be more confident in exploring the forest."

"Strengthen the fortress's defenses again. What, the Brotherhood of Storms? If they dare to come, we'll kill them all."

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