Author: Arion's Dolphins

The ones closest to humans in the Tang Zhao settlement are undoubtedly the bear-men. In human form, they are completely indistinguishable from humans. In fact, most mages and druids believe that lycanthropes are essentially sick.

People are just suffering from a curse like lycanthropy.

Seeing that there were familiar "similar people" in the settlement, the humans present were more or less relieved, and began to follow the bear man's words, move goods and prepare for transactions.

The things humans brought here were mainly food and some winter supplies, and there were also some iron tools. There were no weapons in them, because it was troublesome to buy weapons in large quantities. However, dwarves had the ability to smelt and recast them, so they didn't have to worry too much.

Tang Zhao mainly used furs, goblin trophies, goblin handicrafts and some special mountain foods to trade, and did not use the ores dug by the kobolds.

He understood the reason why holding a jade was a crime. Things like mines could cause disasters, so Tang Zhao didn't want to expose those things until he was strong enough to deal with the threat.

Human merchants don't understand so many things. After counting the supplies and making sure they are accurate, they load the supplies from the forest into the truck. The most critical thing is considered finished.

However, Jacques, the leader, still had some questions, so he took the initiative to find the tree spirit Lilith as the nominal leader.

"What you told me about goblins before, are all those things true?"

We had discussed how to deal with it before, so Lilith didn't panic now. She took a bag and threw it on the ground, revealing a large number of goblin ears inside.

"We have made the specific situation very clear. Whether you believe it or not is a matter for you humans to judge. The evidence I can provide you is these. Recently, our settlement has been frequently harassed by goblins, and there have been many outbreaks between the two sides.

Conflict, this is our ear for killing goblins. Looking at this number, you should be able to understand how intense it is."

Jacques took the cloth bag filled with ears with a solemn expression and simply weighed the weight. He knew that the number of goblins they had killed was definitely a lot. A conservative estimate would be three to four hundred.

Killing three to four hundred of them means that there are more goblins behind, and their number may be thousands or even more.

These are just the goblins encountered by a settlement on the edge of the forest in Tang Zhao. If the situation is really as they said, the number of goblins in the deepest part of the forest will only be countless times more.

". It seems that I believe you are right. The situation here is indeed very difficult. Maybe even the border guards can't solve it properly. We need to mobilize the troops from Luford and even the royal capital."

"No matter what, it's still troublesome. I hope things can be resolved smoothly."

"It goes without saying that if those goblins successfully settle down in the copper-nickel forest, us merchants and even the entire human kingdom will suffer. I would like to thank you all."

After exchanging a few polite words, Jacques left in a hurry with the caravan. Maybe he was afraid of encountering any danger, maybe he wanted to go back to convey information, maybe he wanted to do something else behind Tang Zhao's back.

In short, Tang Zhao was not very interested. Once the materials were obtained, everything would be easy.

As soon as the human merchants left, a large number of kobolds emerged from the woods and began to move items in an orderly manner.

[Go back and ask the team to prepare for action, pack all the goods, and leave today. Don’t waste time. Everything is going according to plan.]

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Tang Zhao led a team of several hundred people into action. This time was the slowest in their history and the one with the most supplies.

There is no way, there is no carriage in the forest, and there are not many of them who can carry heavy objects, so they can only carry it by hand and shoulder.

They walked for several days before arriving at their destination. During this period, Tang Zhao and others encountered goblins more than a dozen times, but luckily they were all small and scattered troops.

They did not dare to confront a team of several hundred people, but for the sake of their own safety, Tang Zhao still tried his best to annihilate, or at least kill and weaken the goblin team. Firstly, to annihilate the enemy's effective strength, and secondly, to prevent the news from spreading.

To prevent more goblins from attacking,

The people they encounter now are all driven cannon fodder goblins. Soon they will fight against goblins who have actually received military training. At that time, it will be a test for them.

When they arrived near the camp, they were discovered by the dwarves. Two teams of forty or fifty dwarves quickly came together to escort them. At this point, they were truly safe.

The atmosphere in the dwarf camp was much more tense than before. Almost all dwarves wore weapons around their waists and different kinds of armor. Tang Zhao could smell the faint smell of blood in the air. Some of them belonged to wounded dwarves, but most of them were obviously...

It is the blood of goblins and other creatures.

Ignoring the kobolds who were unloading the goods, Tang Zhao went directly to the center of the camp and came to the camp of the dwarf Burne.

[I have brought everything you asked for as much as possible. In addition, considering your shortage of manpower, I have also brought some manpower over. Make good use of it.]

"Thank you very much. We will remember your help to our dwarves. But we can't be polite now. We really need you now..."

Bourne began to introduce the current situation to Tang Zhao in detail, hoping that they could solve their urgent needs.
Chapter completed!