For the Goblin King, there were only one or two in the entire large tribe with high enough intelligence to communicate.
“My King, many tribes near human settlements have been wiped out recently.
Several Goblin squads that went out for food today didn’t return either.” The Goblin King’s expression turned serious.
“Was it humans who wiped them out?
Or monsters?” The Goblin priest shook his head: “It’s impossible to be certain, but the Goblins who escaped said it was humans.
It’s unlikely to be monsters.
Although there are many Ogres within our sphere of influence, Ogres have no way to ensure that not a single member of our hunting squads can escape.” “Send out two commander-level warriors and an archer.
Have them head in the direction where the hunting squads went missing to investigate.
If you discover humans, do not engage in battle.
Retreat immediately and return to report the situation.” “Yes!” The priest left.
The Goblin King decided to wait and see first.
If a powerful human force was truly attacking, he would just run away.
If they were just ordinary humans, he would continue to lay low.
He simply couldn’t resist the temptation of his rapidly growing strength right now.
He still had to focus on improving his strength.
As long as he could reach Hero Rank and command over a hundred thousand Goblins, he wouldn’t be so passive.
…
Rowan crouched in a tree, observing secretly.
If he found a Goblin squad nearby, he would rush over and wipe them out completely.
This place was a distance away from the large tribe, so he didn’t need to worry about being discovered.
Soon, Rowan discovered a Goblin squad and was just about to sneak over.
No, that wasn’t right.
Rowan abruptly stopped his movements.
The situation with this squad was clearly different.
The ordinary Goblins in this squad went without saying; there was nothing special about them.
But two guys were clearly different from ordinary Goblins.
One was leading in front, tall and strong, holding a machete; the other was cowering in the back, holding a bow and arrow.
These two weren’t ordinary Goblins, were they?
Crow vision couldn’t use player scouting attributes, so Rowan could only quietly go over to observe.
After getting closer, their attributes displayed.
Sure enough, they really weren’t ordinary Goblins.
[Goblin Warrior Commander] [Level: 18] [Justice Value: -100] [Class: Goblin (Race lv15), Commander (Advanced lv3)] [Goblin Archer] [Level: 16] [Justice Value: -100] [Class: Goblin (Race lv15), Commander (Advanced lv1)] Good grief, they were actually two Tier 3 Goblins.
Tier 3 Goblins were all commanders; usually, a Goblin tribe of a few hundred people couldn’t raise a commander-level Goblin.
Weren’t these guys usually lying at home eating offerings?
How could they be out hunting?
It was very likely that they came to investigate after realizing these few squads had been wiped out.
Ordinary Goblins, even Tier 3 commander Goblins, didn’t have this kind of awareness.
They couldn’t even count.
With such a huge population, they wouldn’t notice if ten or twenty Goblins died.
Was there really a Goblin King?
Ordinary Goblins simply didn’t have this kind of intelligence.
No, maybe there was just one smart Goblin.
It didn’t necessarily have to be a Goblin King.
It was too early to draw conclusions.
However, the probability of there being a Goblin King was indeed very high.
Although he wanted to test the strength of the commander-level Goblins, to avoid alerting the enemy, Rowan didn’t act impulsively.
Instead, he quietly hid and observed.
The Goblin scouting squad searched everywhere but found no trace of humans.
They did find some Goblin corpses, but with their intelligence, they couldn’t determine how these Goblins had died.
In any case, they returned to report.
Rowan also slipped away and returned to the village.
“Adventurer, how is the situation?” The old village chief was squatting at the village entrance waiting for Rowan to return.
“The situation isn’t looking good.
There might really be a Goblin King.
Even if it isn’t, it’s a high-intelligence Goblin.
Currently, I cannot go deep into the Goblin tribe to investigate.” “Sigh, I hope the situation isn’t too bad.” “Have you sent anyone to notify the Adventurers Guild?” “I’ve already sent someone to the nearby city to find the branch of the Adventurers Guild.
The people at the Adventurers Guild said they would find a high-level party to handle this matter.
They will arrive in two days, and at that time, they will come to you to understand the situation.” Rowan felt slightly relieved.
He hoped the Adventurers Guild wouldn’t be too slow, and he also hoped the party sent over wouldn’t be too weak.
“Good.
Recently, have the villagers try not to go out.
Although I cleared the surrounding Goblins, there’s no guarantee that another Goblin squad won’t migrate over.
Also, if the Adventurers Guild party arrives, have them wait for me in the village.” “Alright, thank you for your trouble, Adventurer.” …
Resting in the village for one night.
Early the next morning, Rowan set off again, still in the direction of the large Goblin tribe.
The large Goblin tribe was still very lively, seemingly no different from yesterday.
They split into small squads, eating everything edible in the surroundings like locusts.
Weeds, fruits, insects, fish, small animals.
They ate everything they could.
Rowan continued to observe from afar, then wiped out the separated Goblin squads one after another.
He didn’t stop his actions just because they had sent out a scouting squad yesterday.
These were all experience points!
A short three days passed.
In these three days, Rowan estimated he had wiped out five or six hundred Goblins.
Even several Tier 2 Goblins were eliminated.
Rowan’s level increased by one again, and this time he added it to the Master Blacksmith class.
After reaching level 14, Rowan’s sense of security increased quite a bit.
Although there weren’t many active skills, there were many passive skills, and his defense was high, especially the high-tier fire resistance, which was practically a special attack against fire types.
It was just a pity that there were no fire-type mages among the Goblins, otherwise he could test the value of this passive.
In these three days, although it seemed he had wiped out so many Goblins, the number of Goblins in that large Goblin tribe not only didn’t decrease but actually increased slightly.
When Rowan was in Carne Village before, he had studied under Enfirea for three days and knew the characteristics of some common monsters.
As the most common monsters, Goblins had higher-tier races, such as High Goblins, which he understood.
The biggest characteristic of a Goblin King was that it would constantly attract Goblins from a large area.
Furthermore, the more Goblins around them, the faster their strength increased, eventually even reaching Hero Rank.
This…
Rowan even doubted if he was hallucinating.
Over there, it was like a black hole, constantly attracting Goblins from this region.
If it wasn’t a hallucination, then there really was a Goblin King here.