MC's career as foreign lord

Zhou Ren greatly admired this commander. His prestige was sufficient, and not a single person around him deserted. They mustered their courage to face the hobgoblins!

Anyone with eyes could see that running away at this time would only lead to a quicker death. Only by sticking together was there a chance of survival.

However, those who fled still wore expressions of fear. They were driven by fear, but also forced by fear to raise their weapons.

The number of goblins wasn't particularly large, just decent, but driven by a hobgoblin at the level of a high-level professional, they seemed capable of erupting with terrifying power!

"The fighting power of monsters in the wilderness is calculated based on the leading monster. They have terrifying witchcraft that can transmit their power to their subordinates!" the sentry said, looking at the goblin priest with even more seriousness than at the hobgoblin.

Zhou Ren asked curiously, "To know so much and still be assigned to my side, are you from Val City or simply from Silvermoon City?"

The sentry pretended to be stupid, "Sir, you jest. I'm just a sentry who has just become a soldier!"

Zhou Ren shook his head, "Never mind if you don't want to say. I quite like this mercenary group's style, but I can't die here."

As he spoke, he patted the iron golem beside him, "Go, Old Iron, let them see your power!"

Zhou Ren had never forgotten his real business here. The iron golem was here to test its combat power. He originally planned to find a goblin tribe to make do with, but now it seemed unnecessary!

"Sir, is this your golem?" the sentry asked as the iron golem "clanged and clattered" towards the monster horde. This question revealed a lot.

Zhou Ren didn't even know what a golem was, so naturally, he didn't know how to answer, but he had a high status!

"Don't ask what you shouldn't ask, just keep watching!" Zhou Ren said, watching the iron golem advance. Unless it completely collapsed or the territory system was completely destroyed, the Elven Empire wouldn't choose to fall out with him.

So they could only send people to gather more information, like planting some people by his side? But they would be disappointed by this.

Since they wanted to gather more information by his side, they had to abide by his rules, or else don't blame Zhou Ren for overturning the table!

The sentry stopped talking. He seemed to know this situation and silently followed Zhou Ren, watching the iron golem advance.

The mercenaries also saw this tall iron golem, seemingly from the taciturn noble mage. A huge hope suddenly surged in their hearts.

After seeing the appearance of the golem, the hobgoblin, who was originally lazy and waiting for his subordinates to slaughter, suddenly stood up, dropped the thigh in his hand, and took out a huge wooden club with spikes from a pile of debris!

Heavy blunt weapons never needed sharpness or material, only one thing: enough weight.

The hobgoblin felt the threat and charged towards the iron golem. During the charge, the priest behind him also threw a ball of red light, a berserk bloodlust!

"Roar!" Two goblins were faster than the hobgoblin. They had already rushed up and launched a heroic attack on the iron golem!

"Clang clang clang!" A violent sound of metal striking metal rang out, and the two goblins were sent flying in the next instant, with the iron golem only raising its hand!

"Ugh!" As the iron golem continued to advance, a sound came from the air again. The two goblins fell from the sky and were smashed into a pile of minced meat!

Is this the combat power of the ultimate tool person, the iron golem?

Now, everyone's attention was focused on it. Such a huge behemoth, its combat power seemed considerable!

The hobgoblin also engaged the iron golem in the next second. He dismissed his subordinates, stepped forward fiercely, and his body, which seemed to exceed racial limitations, erupted with terrifying power!

"That's not right! Goblins shouldn't reach the boundary of high-level professionals, not even the Goblin King!" the sentry said. "Goblins can only be mid-level professionals, their bloodline doesn't have the ability to advance!"

"So..." Zhou Ren said, "There really are people behind this group of goblins?"

"The blood of higher creatures or the treasures of high-level professionals, only in this way can they break through this limit!" the sentry seemed to be saying it intentionally for Zhou Ren to hear.

Zhou Ren pretended not to hear, "Can withstand the first blow of the iron golem? Not bad!"

The hobgoblin was powerful and heavy, seemingly wanting to use brute force to directly knock down the iron golem, so he charged over again, everything along the way was directly knocked away by him!

However, the iron golem didn't seem to be affected by this trick. After taking this attack head-on, it raised its arms and lifted the hobgoblin in front of it into the sky.

It should be noted that the iron golem's attack is actually a forced attack, which means that no matter how one dodges, the moment the iron golem's attack appears, it is actually already locked on!

So even the strongest opponent present, the hobgoblin, was directly lifted and sent flying. At this moment, a huge panic obviously arose among the many goblins. If the priest hadn't raised his hand to suppress it, it was estimated that there would really be trouble.

Zhou Ren nodded with great satisfaction. He mainly came out this time to test the combat power of the iron golem. It would be good if it could reach the level of a mid-level professional. After all, it was a heavy iron lump with high life attributes and defense, so there wouldn't be too many problems.

And the iron golem clearly gave him a big surprise. Even a hobgoblin at the level of a high-level professional was not its opponent, which also meant...

"Roar!" The hobgoblin, who had finally fallen from the sky, didn't have time to react at all and saw a huge iron can coldly staring at him on the ground. For a moment, he seemed to realize his tragic fate.

"It's just as I guessed!" Zhou Ren said. With the iron golem in an advantageous position, it was almost impossible for this group of goblins to win!

But the remaining goblins didn't want to sit still and wait for death. They changed direction and walked towards Zhou Ren.

Zhou Ren found that he could understand all languages, so—he heard the words of the hobgoblin priest!

Seemingly unprepared that his words would be known, or perhaps not sensing the aura of the language comprehension spell, the priest's voice was very loud, "Kill that human mage! The metal golem will stop when he dies!"

All the goblins swarmed over, causing the sentry beside Zhou Ren to turn pale. It must be said that these hundreds of goblins looked very mighty!

At this moment, the Soas Mercenary Group, which had almost escaped, suddenly launched a charge while everyone was there!

The position of their charge was surprisingly the position of the hobgoblin priest!

The holy knight dwarf roared as he charged, "Your Excellency, leave quickly! We'll deal with these goblins!"

Zhou Ren was a little confused. Did he really dare? To charge at hundreds of goblins with just over a dozen people? Wasn't that suicide?

But after hearing this, he understood. This dwarven captain was doing it for him!

"Paladins are the purest people in this world, and their teammates must be of good alignment!" the sentinel explained. "You saved them just now, and now they are repaying the favor!"

"Repaying the favor!" Zhou Ren was taken aback, his eyes softening slightly. Even in this world, he hadn't let down his guard. Everyone, in reality, had some kind of ulterior motive.

But today, he actually saw a group of people who disregarded their own safety for the sake of others. It was truly shocking!

The paladin dwarven captain emitted a white light, enveloping himself and his teammates, struggling valiantly within the goblin horde, buying time for Zhou Ren.

"Sigh!" Zhou Ren sighed. "There's really no need for this!"

Since he dared to do this, he naturally had confidence. However, since the other party had put themselves in danger to save him, Zhou Ren couldn't very well stand by.

He glanced at the nearby area. The mercenaries who had been watching the show had disappeared after he attracted the goblins' attention. Only they remained.

"It seems like a dead end for them!" Zhou Ren lamented, then took out his bow and arrow, looking at the iron golem in the distance!

"Come back!" he summoned. The iron golem, no longer caring about the nearly dying hobgoblin, charged back with a "clang, clang," plunging into the monster horde.

For the iron golem, this was a true wolf among sheep!

And Zhou Ren, of course, wasn't idle. His bow and arrow were instantly in hand, and a fiery arrow pierced the head of the hobgoblin lying on the ground, setting its entire body ablaze.

But the hobgoblin lay on the ground in a daze, not even in the mood to move. Even as the flames engulfed him, he only let out a symbolic cry.

Why? Why did it turn out like this? It should have been so wonderful!

He had obtained new power, ruled two goblin tribes, and even gained the allegiance of a priest. He had reached the peak of his life!

Then, the guy who enhanced his power asked him to lead his brothers to attack a human town, and he immediately agreed.

It was just an 'ordinary' town with only mid-level professionals. Could it possibly withstand the attack of the great Hobgoblin?

And then… this hateful human! That damned mechanical golem! How could he not beat this thing? It was obviously a very clumsy mechanical creation!

His consciousness was a little blurred. He squinted and saw that damned human seemed to be rescuing a team of people from the goblin horde.

And that human raised his bow and arrow.

The priest he had finally found who was willing to attack a human town with him was already engulfed in flames. "Fire! Where did the fire come from?"

The hobgoblin gradually turned into a charred corpse. His last thoughts didn't even finish, and that goblin priest seemed to be struggling in the flames, unable to think about anything else.

Zhou Ren moved aside, avoiding the goblins falling from the sky, watching them plummet to their deaths.

He asked the sentinel to help the exhausted and even seriously injured mercenaries to their feet, and after thinking about it, he distributed an apple. "Feed them a little! It should help a lot."

After all, Anna and Shia had said that fruits also contained rich magic and life elements, which was why he could recover health by eating food. But, now that he thought about it, he seemed to have never lost health!

"Damn human, I will be back!" the goblin priest exclaimed angrily. The flames on his body were still burning, but they were clearly starting to die down. "I will have the Lord destroy everything you have!"

Zhou Ren glanced at the fire on his body and replied with a smile, "No need, you won't be going back today!"

The strange goblin language came out of his mouth, causing the goblin priest's vicious eyes to widen in shock, and then he began to roar, "Damn human!"

"Swish!" He had already been hit by an arrow, striking him right in the throat, rendering him speechless.

"Ah! Misaimed!" Zhou Ren said. "I didn't want to shoot the mouth!" These words caused everyone to break out in cold sweat.

The goblin priest in the distance had already turned into a corpse, and the goblins being driven away by the iron golem had also disappeared without a trace.

Only then did Zhou Ren recall the iron golem, letting it follow behind him, slowly walking to the side of the mercenary group.

"Soas Mercenary Group, right? Good courage and justice!" Zhou Ren praised. "It's just that your grasp of the situation isn't particularly reasonable!"

The dwarven captain's head was lowered very low. "I was reckless. Thank you for the Fruit of Life, Your Excellency, which allowed my members to survive!"

He clapped his hands, and more than a dozen people who could move—even including the elven mage—bowed slightly. "We offer our most sincere respect and gratitude to the mage!"

Zhou Ren nodded in response. This was the etiquette he deserved, but that didn't prevent him from admiring this group of people.

"You don't seem to be short of money. Why would you risk coming to move this corpse?" Zhou Ren asked curiously.

He had previously thought they were a greedy mercenary group that would take on this curse, but looking at the quality of this mercenary group, it didn't seem like it!

The dwarven captain replied, 'I am Soas. Justice does not allow us to stand by and watch such things without offering assistance. If we take on this curse, it will mean that fewer others will die!'

Such righteous words were truly worthy of a paladin! Zhou Ren sighed. No wonder paladins were so highly regarded everywhere, with such grand and genuine people!

"This hobgoblin is yours!" Zhou Ren said. "Mr. Soas, although I can't do it, it doesn't stop me from paying the highest respect to you and your mercenary group!"

As he spoke, he led the iron golem away, directly walking into the invisible wall, causing the eyes of the mercenary group to flicker!

"Is he the mysterious lord?" the elven mage said.

"Yes! But he is also a kind and just person!" Soas nodded. "Let's go! Accept this gift from the archmage! Difficult battles still await us!"

"Yes! Captain!" the crowd responded.