Dota: Becoming a God Starting with Dragon Knight

The next day, in the early morning.

By the moonlight, Lina and Li Ming arrived at a goblin village at the border between the inner and outer forests of the Elf Forest.

Goblins are native species of the Elf Forest.

They possessed wisdom and were able to establish simple settlements.

Most goblins belong to the evil and chaotic faction, are not very intelligent, and are considered pests of the forest.

However, some goblins were tamed by the elves and established villages.

Typically, these goblins, once they reach adulthood, will join elven families as servants and work in the royal court.

The goblin that stole things from Li Ming's house before belongs to this category.

Upon learning that the goblins had become members of a cult, the elves immediately launched a large-scale investigation.

These goblins are simple-minded and easily swayed by cults; if they spread widely, they will definitely threaten the safety of the royal court.

Therefore, during the investigation, they also hired Lina, a "third party," as a detective to help investigate the matter.

Upon learning this news, Li Ming volunteered to help Lina, serving as a temporary reconnaissance assistant, and followed her.

I gained half a level of experience from just one meal. I must stick with this golden opportunity and try to get more free meals from him in the future.

"Is this the cult stronghold you found?"

"Yes, don't underestimate it. All the clues point to this place, and there's definitely a big secret hidden inside."

Li Ming, eager to try, asked, "Should I sneak in and scout it out?"

"No, if this really is a cult's stronghold, there's a high chance they have a detection array to hide you, and you'll be exposed." Lina disagreed.

"What should we do then?"

"Let's stay on the outskirts of the village and scout around, looking for opportunities to search for clues."

Lina's choice was cautious and had a high success rate, but it wasn't fun or exciting at all, and Li Ming didn't want to do it at all.

Seeing that he still seemed to be testing her, Lina said seriously, "You promised me before we came that I would make all the decisions here."

"Okay!" Li Ming said, his head drooping, looking dejected.

Staking out and conducting reconnaissance is a very boring activity, and this kind of boring time passes very slowly.

Time passes by, second by second.

In the distance, a goblin emerged from the forest and ran towards the village.

The two immediately fell silent, and Lina raised her hand to place a magic mark on the goblin.

"Wait a minute, are you sure this won't give us away?" Li Ming grabbed her hand, stopping her from casting the spell. "If invisibility can be detected, why won't your magical mark be?"

"I don't know, but let's give it a try. If it doesn't work out, we can always find another base. I know a few other goblin bases."

Li Ming glared at Lina angrily.

This isn't what we agreed on. Wasn't this supposed to be the only important goblin stronghold we found?

"Hey, what are you looking at me for? This really is the biggest and most suspicious stronghold!" Lina said, about to cast another spell.

"Stop! I have another prop here, shall we try it?"

"What kind of props?" Lina indeed stopped her spellcasting. She knew all too well how magical the props in Li Ming's hands were.

"Ta-da! Look, this is the god-tier item I'm going to introduce to you—the Helmet of Domination."

"It can control a life form of level one or lower. Give it a try."

Lina took the helmet, smiling, and said, "Are you sure? I won't be controlled by you after I put it on, will I? And then..."

Li Ming spat, "Is that how you see me?"

"Tch~ That's hard to say. You can know a person's face but not their heart."

In the end, Lina put on the helmet and activated its skill on the goblin at the village entrance.

"Wow! It actually controlled it! I can still see its field of vision while wearing this helmet. Remote control, what a great thing!" Lina exclaimed excitedly in a low voice.

"Impressive, right?"

"Awesome! I'll go investigate right away."

"Wait a minute, another goblin is coming. I'll control him, then we'll go in together."

As he spoke, Li Ming took out another helmet and put it on his head.

Lina looked at it and reached for Li Ming's helmet. "Wait, why are our helmets different? Let me see."

"Don't grab it, don't grab it! The helmets all function the same, they're just different styles." Li Ming quickly dodged.

This helmet is certainly different, because the one he has in his hand is the upgraded version of the [Helmet of Domination], the [Helmet of Command].

Units controlled by the [Helmet of Domination] with less than 1000 health will have their health increased to 1000; units with more than 1000 health will not have their health changed.

Additionally, it will grant the controlled life 25 attack, 12 health regeneration, 4 energy regeneration, and 4 armor.

It can be said that even if an ordinary life is being controlled, it can still reach the first level after being controlled.

The [Helmet of Domination] goes a step further, providing even greater bonuses.

If a controlled unit has less than 1900 health, its health will be increased to 1900; otherwise, it will remain unchanged.

It also grants the controlled unit 70 attack power, 12 health regeneration, 4 energy regeneration, and 7 armor, and increases all of the controlled unit's skills by one level.

Under the control of the [Helmet of Domination], even a Tier 1 being with a little strength can possess Tier 2 power.

When the other goblin got close, Li Ming subdued it.

The two goblins walked together towards the village.

"Halt! Broken Tooth, Baldy, how's your haul for today?"

The two were stopped at the village entrance.

The two exchanged a glance. The name was quite fitting, as one of the controlled goblins had several broken teeth and the other was bald.

Lina's goblin immediately began searching the person's body; since someone had asked, the goblin must have something to offer.

However, Li Ming did not move. He took a few steps forward and walked up to the big goblin who was blocking their way. While the goblin was stunned, he slapped him twice.

"What are you doing?" From behind, Lina nudged Li Ming, afraid he would do something reckless.

Li Ming said confidently, "Don't rush, watch me!"

The goblin who was hit immediately got angry, and he was about to slap the bald man controlled by Li Ming.

"You bastard, how dare you hit me?"

As a result, the bald man directly withstood his attack and pinned him down.

"I'm telling you, I'm not called Baldy anymore, so don't call me Baldy anymore, understand?"

"Ouch, ouch, I know, I know." In goblin society, the powerful goblin is the boss, and he immediately submits after being beaten up.

"My name is 'Dad' now. Call me 'Dad,' okay?"

"Okay, okay, Dad, let go, let go."

How should I talk to my father?

"I'm sorry, Dad, I was wrong, please forgive me."

"Hey~ that's more like it." Li Ming controlled the bald man to release the goblin.

"Wow—the goblin you're controlling is amazing! Let's switch!" Lina exclaimed.

"Hehe, luck, luck!" Li Ming laughed and refused. "I can't switch. Once the helmet is off, the control effect will be gone, the goblin will die, and we'll be discovered."

"Alright~" For the sake of the mission, Lina had no choice but to give up and control the broken tooth to watch Li Ming's performance.