Green Monster Epic

Og Era 13357, the Month of Icemelt. The continent of Hilon was in the twilight before the arrival of darkness, and the sprawling Greenwild Plains, tens of thousands of miles away in the Mansa Wilderness, were also far from peaceful.

A torrential rain had just passed, and the dark clouds in the sky had yet to dissipate. The world was a rare shade of cool. The unceasing breeze of the wilderness caused the frail goblinoids to shiver from time to time.

The mine's freight team, which should have returned the day before yesterday, had not made any movement even today. Camellia, sensing a slight abnormality, went directly to Allen to report the issue.

"Normally, A-Xiao would return with the caravan three or four days early, even five or six days early, to pick up the supplies prepared for them that month and see the children. But this time, there's been no movement from the mine, which is really unusual."

Camellia's concern for A-Xiao's whereabouts stemmed from a small matter that was difficult to say in front of Allen. It was that A-Xiao had not given up his covetousness of Camellia. Whenever he returned to the village to report and rest, he would always try to pester her.

Especially after Camellia found an elf as a partner, A-Xiao always felt that he had lost to a skinny bamboo pole with hardly a few pounds of meat on him. He was very resentful, so his harassment of Camellia became even more frequent, counting on the fact that this elf was not qualified to cause him trouble.

Camellia was too embarrassed to tell Allen about this private matter. Moreover, A-Xiao was still somewhat wary of Allen, the leader. Although his actions were constant, he had not really done anything too outrageous.

To reduce trouble, Camellia simply planted spies among the women and children in the village, calculating the time when A-Xiao and his team would return. As soon as she discovered that A-Xiao had returned with the team, she would hide at home to avoid him, lest the other party impulsively hurt their harmony. When choosing Legolas, the elf, as her partner, Camellia had forgotten the old habits of the wilderness natives, who often oppressed and bullied those who were weak.

Legolas's strength was actually not weak. It was said that he was in his prime as an elf, being over 100 years old, and he also had the strength of an early-stage intermediate. However, his slender figure and cold face always gave people a feeling of being frail and unable to withstand the wind, so it was reasonable for A-Xiao to look down on him.

"…"

Allen didn't speak, his face was somewhat solemn.

"How about I go take a look?"

Snakeskin rubbed his thigh and then looked up at Allen, asking.

Although it was only two days late, and nothing might have really happened, the situation around the plains had been somewhat strange recently, so Allen and Snakeskin couldn't help but be concerned.

"Wait, let me think."

The problem Allen had to consider was not just A-Xiao's late return. He was also considering whether to simply recall the manpower from the mine. Around the plains, Allen and Snakeskin had scouted at least 7-8 tribes. Except for the east, which was relatively peaceful, 4-5 tribes in the northwest and southwest directions had disappeared without a trace, leaving only an empty tribal site and many living supplies, indicating that the other party was not simply migrating.

Anyway, the mine was there, and there would be no problem to re-excavate it whenever they wanted. The only trouble was the placement of the hundreds of slaves in the mine, which Allen found somewhat thorny.

"Alright, go take a look first."

In the end, Allen still didn't make up his mind. It was really difficult to settle these hundreds of slaves, and it would cause a lot of riots. It would be better to let them stay in the mine. Believing in A-Xiao's ability, coupled with the 30 warriors of the tribe guarding the mine, and so many slaves, even if there was a problem, it was unlikely that no news would be transmitted.

Snakeskin, having received Allen's nod, didn't delay and quickly went down the mountain and out of the village.

Besides Allen, Snakeskin and Eileen were the most suitable people in the village to do reconnaissance, but Eileen was still too young, and Allen had no intention of actively sending this precious darling into danger.

He left quickly, and Snakeskin returned quickly as well. In half a day, Snakeskin traveled more than 300 miles, which can be said to have brought his speed to the extreme. It should be known that in battle, swift speed cannot be sustained, and long-distance running is more about a person's endurance. However, seeing Snakeskin almost limp and sit on the wooden chair in Allen's stone fort hall, gulping down the cold water on the table, and trying to regain his composure, it was known that he had consumed a lot along the way.

Allen's expression was somewhat solemn. Just looking at Snakeskin's attitude, he sensed that things were probably not good.

"Something happened at the mine."

After calming down a little, Snakeskin looked up at Allen solemnly. Because he had come in a hurry, there was no one else in the stone fort except Allen himself.

"Where's A-Xiao? Where are the warriors stationed in the tribe? And what about the hundreds of slaves?"

Allen asked three questions in a row, showing the turmoil in his heart. But in response, Snakeskin shook his head with a dark face: "They're all gone! I didn't see a single person!"

"The entire mine was devastated, all the outer defenses were dismantled, and besides the traces left after the tragic fighting in the camp, not even a single corpse was left behind."

Snakeskin's mood was also very heavy. A-Xiao and he had not been on good terms in recent years, and the two would often argue over some things, but he would still feel worried when the other party encountered misfortune.

A'Xio's strength was not weak, and with the six advanced warriors, including Black Head, and more than twenty level 7-8 tribal warriors guarding the mine, it could be said that Allen's arrangement was already very conservative. Such a team, placed in the Green Field Plains today, would have no opponents to match, and even the Bone Breaker tribe, which had confronted the Green Field Tribe for more than ten years, would not dare to lightly test their mettle.

"So many slaves, not one of them escaped? That's not right!"

Allen was not questioning Flower Snake's ability, but the matter was too incredible. Even if A'Xio and the others were defeated by the attacking enemy, after the defeat, whether it was the goblin warriors or the wilderness native slaves, wouldn't they all have fled the mine directly and hid in the wilderness after seeing such a chaotic situation? This was the way of survival for the wilderness natives, especially since the Auro Hills had complex terrain, which was more suitable for people to hide, it was impossible not to leave some loose ends.

"Go back and prepare, I'll arrange the tribe's defenses, and we'll go there again!"

Flower Snake hesitated, although he didn't stay around the mine for long, he didn't miss any of the surrounding situation and the traces left behind. He had also traveled outside in recent years, worked as an adventurer and learned a lot of tracking knowledge, but after searching and searching, he still couldn't find any fresh traces left by humans.

However, Flower Snake stopped himself from speaking. Allen's temper was like this, he would not easily give up until he had truly set foot and understood, especially when it came to matters concerning the Green Field Tribe, he always hoped to obtain more and more accurate information.

The Green Field Tribe had developed all the way to the present, precisely because of Allen's cautious character, which was completely different from the wilderness natives, just like his extreme pursuit of knowledge, and his thirst for knowledge was still strong even now.

The Auro Mine, a place that used to be filled with haze and the atmosphere of human habitation, had now completely lost the traces of intelligent races, just like the several tribal ruins that Allen and Flower Snake had explored more than a month ago. On the site, the dried blood stains and the newly grown weeds and seedlings all indicated that no one had been here for some time.

The two first rested in the hills for a night, and after the sky brightened again, they patrolled around for several laps, but still did not find any signs of human activity. Apart from the scattered footprints of wild animals, there were no other living creatures around the hills. After searching without success, Allen had no choice but to return to the old site of the mine with Flower Snake to find a new direction for the search.

The central area of the mine was a bare basin artificially dug down, and near the foothills of several mountains, several deep mine tunnels extended into the ground. This was where Allen thought it was most likely to have survivors.

But similarly, these deep cave entrances were also the most suitable places for ambushes. If the black hands in the dark had not retreated but were lurking around, waiting for Allen and the others to arrive and go deep into the ground, they only needed to collapse the mine tunnels at the entrance, and then wait at their leisure, Allen and Flower Snake were likely to lose their lives here.

The fact that a strong branch of the Green Field Tribe could disappear silently meant that the black hands in the dark should not be underestimated.

Allen lingered at the entrance of the mine for a long time, and finally, after discussing with Flower Snake, he found some ropes on the spot. Flower Snake tied them around his waist, and dragged the ropes into one of the mine tunnels, while Allen guarded the edge of the mine tunnel, holding Bone Splitter and being vigilant outside.

The search took Flower Snake a long time. There were no clues in two consecutive mine tunnels. In addition to the unfamiliar and complex environment of the mine tunnels, Flower Snake even had the idea of giving up, but finally, with Allen's insistence, he groped into the third mine tunnel.

This time he was lucky. After Flower Snake went deep into the hinterland of the mine tunnel, he finally found some signs of people being active in the recent past. Following the traces all the way, he finally blocked a shivering dwarf goblin in a hidden corner crack.

"Lord Flower Snake, you've finally come!!!"

"Waaah..."

The dwarf goblin, who thought that an enemy was tracking him and that his life was about to be lost, was originally desperate, but he didn't expect that when he opened his eyes in the dim light, he found that the person who came was actually Flower Snake, the second strongest in the village. He couldn't hold back the grievance in his heart and the surging mood, and directly hugged Flower Snake's thigh and began to cry loudly.

"Okay, okay, the chief is still waiting for us outside, let's hurry out to meet him, and by the way, truthfully report what happened at the mine to the chief."

Flower Snake impatiently kicked the dwarf goblin. Looking at the dwarf goblin's somewhat familiar appearance, he couldn't remember his name.

"Ah, did the chief come too?"

The dwarf goblin, who had survived the disaster, jumped up from the ground, patted the dust off his body, and followed Flower Snake's footsteps out of the mine tunnel. When he came out of the mine tunnel, he suddenly felt his eyes stinging from the sunlight, and his eyes were dark. This was the problem caused by hiding in the mine tunnel all these days and not daring to go out.

"Finally found a survivor!!"

After Allen saw the dwarf goblin behind Flower Snake, the big stone in his heart was finally mostly put down.

At least he could know something about the enemy hiding in the dark through this survivor, what kind of background he had.