Green Monster Epic

It took Kouer and the others six days to finally reach the Nagen Hills, and then they began searching for the Kolik kobold tribe that lived near the hills.

During these six days, Allen and Kouer discovered many tribal ruins and a small number of surviving small settlements, but they rarely saw tribes with more than a hundred people.

In this chaos of the Evil God, the tribes around Mansha City were ravaged quite severely, because there were no overly powerful ethnic groups, the demon army was like a fish in the sea here, coming and going at will to clear the surrounding wilderness natives.

Also because of the early tolerance of the various tribes in Mansha City, the demon army became rampant in this land. If it hadn't been for the strong intervention of the Temple of Nature in the end, even Mansha City would have fallen in this chaos of the Evil God.

You must know that when the Temple of Nature recalled the Temple Knights sent to the wilderness to help other tribes quell the large number of demon armies summoned in the chaos of the Evil God and swept and cleared the demon armies within a thousand miles around Mansha City, the other party already had more than 15 legendary demons and a demon army of nearly 100,000 in this land.

Later, the Temple paid a heavy price. Several Mansha Temple Knight Orders, such as the Ranger Goddess, the Goddess of Peace, and the New Sprout Goddess, were almost completely annihilated. The remaining Temple of Nature camp knight orders also suffered heavy casualties, and more than 5 legendary figures perished together with the demon legends, and 11 legendary figures were seriously injured, including the natural healer Master Oscar, whom Allen knew, before gradually curbing the deteriorating situation of the demon army around Mansha City.

Then, under the strong demands of the major tribes of Mansha, they reluctantly mobilized manpower and resources to start clearing the demon army around Mansha City, which led to the emergence of countless adventurer missions and temple missions in Mansha City.

The demons above the legendary level were almost killed, severely injured, and driven out of the sphere of influence of Mansha City by the powerhouses of the Temple of Nature at all costs, and the organized demon army also collapsed in the encirclement and suppression of the Temple Knights and the wilderness support army.

The remaining small groups of defeated demons could not be completely cleared by the Temple Knights due to their numbers, and the tribes of Mansha City were reluctant to continue to consume their own troops in Mansha City, which did not belong to their own territory, so they could only throw these tasks to the believers of the Temple and the adventurers.

The once prosperous and lively central plain of Mansha, where there were traces of human habitation almost every ten miles, returned to desolation.

The pieces of land previously reclaimed from the civilized world were gradually replaced by weeds because they lost the care of their owners, and only a few scattered remaining plants could prove what they had once planted on this land.

The kobolds of the Kolik tribe were lucky. Their tribal settlements were not built on the ground of the wilderness like other wilderness natives, but used their own mining talent to build the settlements inside a mountain that was still quite tall.

This mountain, called Ram's Head Mountain, resembles a hornless ram in shape, and inside the mountain is a stardust sand vein that extends deep into the ground.

Stardust sand is a necessary auxiliary material for making magic equipment, and it also has the effect of improving the purity of metals and removing impurities, so its commercial value is wide and the demand is extremely high.

Of course, its defect is that as a commonly used material, it is widely distributed, and its price is not too expensive, only a little higher than refined iron.

After discovering this stardust sand vein, the kobolds of the Kolik tribe settled in the Nagen Hills, relying on mining stardust sand and selling it to Mansha City in exchange for the resources they needed for daily life, and their lives were not bad.

Also because of the long mining time, the entire mountain belly of Ram's Head Mountain has been excavated by the kobolds. Later, the kobolds, who were too lazy to endure the scorching sun and wind and rain outside the mountain, simply abandoned the village on the ground and moved their entire tribe into Ram's Head Mountain.

No one would have thought that the decision made by the Kolik kobold leader so many years ago would now help the kobolds of the Kolik tribe to survive this catastrophe.

The terrain of Ram's Head Mountain is not outstanding in the mountainous area of the Nagen Hills, so it is difficult to attract the attention of outsiders; at the same time, after the Kolik tribe opened up the mountain belly, they closed the entrances of the dozens of mines dug out in the mountain over the years, leaving only 3-4 relatively spacious, solid, and hidden entrances and exits for the daily access of the tribe.

Utikul Kolik, the kobold leader of Kolik, strictly forbade the tribesmen from going out after discovering that the demon army was raging across the wilderness plains, reducing the risk of them being exposed.

Anyway, there is an underground river inside the mountain that leads to the outside world, which can provide sufficient food and drink, and the wealth accumulated by the tribe over the years allowed Utikul to wisely lead the tribe's elite to Mansha City for a round of large-scale purchases when he sensed the call of the Evil God's chaos, and the food and materials purchased back were enough for their tribe for a full 2 years.

The only trouble is that fruits and vegetables are not easy to preserve. The principle that wise creatures will develop diseases if they do not eat fresh fruits, vegetables, and meat for a long time has long been discovered by scholars who are good at research, such as mages and druids, which makes Utikul have to frequently enter and exit the area around Ram's Head Mountain to hunt and collect a certain amount of fresh food to supplement the elements needed by the tribesmen.

It was precisely because he had to appear in the wilderness outside from time to time that Utikul's wishful thinking was finally exposed at the end of the chaos of the Evil God.

Also because of the concealment of their village and the nearly 400 tribesmen in the village, the small-scale demon teams scattered in the Nagen Hills aroused their covetousness.

Such a hidden underground settlement with many dense and complex underground passages is exactly the foothold that these low- and middle-level demons, who are like stray dogs avoiding the wilderness, need most.

"Clan Chief Uncle, there is a team of demons about fifteen miles southeast of us, with 37 heads, including 10 middle-level demons and the rest are low-level demons."

At this time, Erin finally exerted her natural talent as a professional and became the eyes and ears of the Kouer team scattered outside, using her lurking ability and keen perception to help the team discover any danger in advance.

This is also the help that Allen hoped she could bring after discovering Erin's talent.

"However, their movements are very strange. It seems that they are blocking an artificially excavated cave. At this time, many demons are destroying the structure of the cave to make it collapse."

"Cave?"

Allen frowned. They had been wandering around the Nagen Hills for several days and had not found any kobolds at all.

When accepting the mission, the gnome registrar gave Allen a flare, saying that after arriving at the Nagen Hills and launching it into the sky, the kobolds would naturally come to contact him.

However, after Allen sent the flare into the sky as required, he waited in place for a full half a day, but he did not see any kobolds coming to contact him, which made Allen and the others completely clueless.

"Go! !"

Allen and the others did not know where the Kolik kobold tribe was, but he knew that the kobolds had the talent for mining, so when he heard that there was an artificially excavated cave, the first thing he thought of was the Kolik kobolds.

If it were Allen, if the demons discovered the existence of their tribe and they did not have the certainty of winning, what would be the best way to defend?

It must be the mine! !

The kobold mine was dug out by the kobolds themselves, so they must be familiar with all the main branch passages inside. The kobolds could take advantage of this to gain an advantage. At the same time, the mine is actually easier to defend and hide than the towns and villages on the ground. As long as they can control several key passages and garrison them with elite warriors, it is suitable for fighting the strong with the weak, so that the opponent cannot exert its numerical advantage.

Having figured this out, Allen no longer hesitated and led Coer and the others to the location where Irene discovered the enemy. On the way, Allen told Coer and Tom his judgment, so that they would understand the reason for his thinking.

The next thing was simple. The Green Lake Adventurer Team, which suddenly rushed out, went straight to the unprepared enemy's rear, and immediately dealt a heavy blow to this demon team mixed with too many low-level demons.

Allen still didn't make a move. This time, he took Coer and the others on a mission. Allen had already decided not to make a move until the critical moment, and let Coer and the others act on their own.

Without the mount小白, Linnaeus could only cast a third-level summoning magic, Smog Steed, when the team charged, summoning a mount formed of smoke to carry him and Tom on its back, following the team to charge.

The third-level divine術 is the highest-level divine術 that Linnaeus can cast after being promoted to a level 6 druid. If it weren't for the loss of小白, Linnaeus would not have been willing to waste a third-level divine術 slot at the beginning of the battle. You must know that Linnaeus, who is only level 6 at this time, can only cast a maximum of 3 third-level divine術 in a battle.

Of course, the Smog Steed's not-too-bumpy movements made Linnaeus's spellcasting more successful. Perhaps this had a lot to do with him tossing around on小白's back all these days. Before Coer and the others fought the demons, a blessing of Oak Power, covering an area of ​​about 3 meters, was sprinkled on Coer and the others, while the three sword dancers, Treeborn and Brin, who excelled in agility, left Linnaeus's divine術 range earlier.

Oak Power, a divine術 that can increase a warrior's strength, but at the expense of the individual's agility and speed.

With the blessing of divine術, Coer, Bush, and the other berserkers who were already outstanding in strength, had even stronger explosive power, directly smashing the first demon who fought against them to the ground, except for a few mid-level horned demons and弗洛魔 who barely held on to the offensive.

“KAP……MOM……”

Another divine術 was cast, and the bushes on the ground changed. The second-level divine術 Summon Tree Spirit took effect. A coyote-like creature with tangled shrub branches and vivid appearance shook its head, and then rushed towards the demon team in front.

Irene's figure had been lurking in the shadow plane, wandering around the demon army. The low-level demons passed by her, but failed to discover her existence. Irene didn't like such prey either, until a弗洛魔 whose fleshy wings were torn a big hole by an unknown partner, fell from the air in embarrassment, Irene then unfolded her movements and rushed over quickly, without bringing up any wind.

“Poof!!!”

The eyes and throat of the弗洛魔, who was dragging his fleshy wings and was in a rage, exploded almost at the same time.乌红 blood with a sulfurous smell overflowed from the wound, and some slightly milky white brain matter could still be seen. When the弗洛魔 fell forward blankly, Irene's figure only appeared in front of everyone for a moment, then pulled out a phantom and disappeared into the crowd. When someone wanted to track her location again, they couldn't find any trace of it.

The battle ended quickly. Allen basically didn't intervene. Coer and her team paid the price of everyone being slightly injured and wiped out this not-too-small demon army. A few demons wanted to escape into the hills, but were also stopped by Allen and Irene, and not a single one was let go.

“Dong!!”

Bush's heavy hammer smashed into the chest of a horned demon who was constantly wriggling and trembling on the ground, directly smashing the opponent's chest and the armor made of unknown bone material into pieces. After confirming that it was completely lifeless, he put down the heavy hammer in his hand.

“Bush!!!!”

In the distance, Coer's sharp and broken roar came, and then a gust of breeze blew, and a chestnut bloomed on Bush's bear head, in exchange for Bush's silly smile after being bullied.

“I just warned you, when replenishing the knife to smash people, look for a place where it has no protection, and don't destroy the armor and weapons on the demon's body!!”

Coer and Tom were so distressed. A good bone armor was buried under Bush's heavy hammer. Although they didn't know how much the bone armor was worth, just based on the excellent defense of this bone armor, it should be worth some money. But now, this thing has directly turned into countless pieces of gray-black broken powder and broken bones, and it doesn't look valuable at all.

As adventurers, collecting spoils is also an important lesson. Other partners can only consider fighting and killing, but as the captain of the adventure team, and Coer and Tom who are in charge of the team's finances, the two of them cannot be idle even after the battle is over. On the one hand, they have to direct everyone to collect the spoils, and on the other hand, they have to order everyone to collect the heads of these demons and the horns on the heads of the horned demons, so that they can prove that they have killed the mission target.

Allen watched from the side. At his feet was a巴古拉魔, whose漆黑 fur was easily and skillfully scraped off by Allen with a dagger, and hung upside down on the bitter tree on the side. As one of the low-level demons, the巴古拉魔 and the轮回魔 look very similar. They are both in the posture of beasts running on all fours, so Allen has nothing to do watching Coer and the others clean up the battlefield. He just wants to try whether he can use his cooking skills to make this demon into a delicacy.

In the Ferman world, it seems that few people use demons as ingredients. Except for collecting certain materials from demons, most of the other trunks and corpses of demons will be collected and burned. Otherwise, the abyss power that escapes from the demons and comes from the abyss will, as their corpses rot, pollute a large area of ​​land around the corpses, and then no plants in the Ferman world can grow on this land.

However, as Allen's research on cooking skills has deepened, he feels more and more that there is nothing in this world that cannot be used as an ingredient. If there are such plants and animals, then the method must not be found.

The巴古拉魔 in front of him is an experimental product of Allen. As early as in Green Lake Village, Allen had already been thinking about these things, and he had already achieved certain results.

Demons possess energy that is different from that of the Ferman world. The abyss power from the abyss is a good medicine for demons to enhance their strength and essence, but for creatures in the Ferman world, this abyss power is comparable to the most poisonous poison in the world. Once it enters the human body, it is like a maggot attached to the bone, constantly devouring the life essence of the creature.

After countless experiments by Allen, he found that most of the abyss power in the demon's body exists in their heart and blood. As long as he can find a way to drain the blood and spinal cord in their body and cut off the internal organs, the abyss power in the demon's trunk will dissipate by 80% or 90%. The remaining abyss power is not very harmful to a healthy individual.

Moreover, although the abyss power is harmful, it is not necessarily a bad thing for a small amount of abyss power to be absorbed into the creature's body. The creature may be able to contend with the abyss power through its own immunity, and then stimulate its potential and obtain a slight increase in strength.

Through several self-experiments and observations, Allen has temporarily drawn these conclusions from his current research.

He now had a seemingly whimsical idea: to see if he could develop a dish that retained a certain amount of Abyssal power within it. This dish would then be given to the lower-ranked warriors in the clan who hadn't advanced for various reasons. The hope was that through the lower-ranked warriors' own resistance against the Abyssal power, they might finally gain the opportunity to advance.

The Bagula demon in front of him, drained of blood and with its internal organs removed, could actually be absorbed and eaten by mid-rank or higher professionals if simply roasted over a fire. It could even temporarily activate the vitality within their bodies, making them stronger and faster.

These effects themselves didn't have many side effects. The only drawback was that the consumption of rage, battle qi, and other advancement energies would be slightly higher, but there wouldn't be a period of weakness.

However, such meat had a limited shelf life. If it wasn't consumed within half a magic hour after being prepared, the Abyssal power it contained would slowly dissipate, eventually transforming into a strange biological toxin. Although not fatal, it would still have many negative effects, such as causing diarrhea and abdominal pain.

"Sister Cole, I promise I won't do this again!"

Bush, with his thick skin and rough flesh, didn't feel much pain from the smack. He touched the spot on his head that had been hit and responded with a simple and honest reply.

"I'll believe you when the dead rise!"

Cole rolled her eyes at Bush, then shooed him away. She roughly snapped off the horns from the horned demon and skillfully chopped off its head, tossing it into the pile of demon skulls nearby.

The horns were the only useful part of the horned demon. As for the Flauros demon, its pair of bones supporting its fleshy wings were lightweight and sturdy, making them a useful auxiliary material for crafting weapons. Soon, Cole and the others collected these usable items and handed them over to Allen.

Currently, only Allen possessed a dimensional bag in the team. Cole and the others couldn't afford to let themselves become burdened with luggage just for these materials and skulls. They already carried a small bag containing a few scrolls, potions, and some daily necessities needed for battle. If they were to carry the spoils of war as well, each member of Cole's team would likely have to carry a large bag.

After finishing what needed to be done, the next step was to reopen the artificial cave that had been blocked.

Without being able to contact the Kobolds, the mission that Allen and the others had accepted at the administrative hall would be worthless. To maximize their benefits, Allen had to find traces of the Kobolds' existence, unless they had truly been wiped out by the demons.

The demons hadn't blocked the cave for long, so Cole and the others quickly cleared the collapsed area at the cave entrance, revealing a deep, seemingly endless passage.

"Barrington, Treeborn, you two go down together. Pay attention to any movements, and come back up immediately if you find anything wrong."

Cole was now commanding with a practiced air, no longer needing Tom to constantly remind her.

Originally, the task of exploration would have been left to Irene, the Shadow Walker with the innate skill for escaping, but Cole, in order to reduce the risk, simply had Barrington and Treeborn act as targets to attract any potential dangers lurking in the dark. At the same time, they could also help take care of Irene and cover her escape if danger was discovered.

"Remember, if you encounter a situation you can't handle, retreat immediately."

Although this wasn't the first time Irene had acted alone, situations like this still made Cole very uneasy, and she repeatedly urged her.

"Don't worry, I know!"

Irene's tone was always gentle, but at this moment, her words contained a power that could calm people's hearts. After exchanging a focused and comforting gaze with Cole, she smiled and walked towards the cave. Once she reached the cave entrance, Irene's figure disappeared, and Cole and the others couldn't find any trace of her existence.

Barrington embedded a piece of fluorite at the front of his shield, which would provide illumination when they entered the cave. Treeborn drew his twin swords, his protective wings guarding Barrington's back. The two of them covered each other, seemingly moving slowly but actually very quickly, following Irene's footsteps and exploring the cave.

As time passed, Cole and the others outside the cave gradually became anxious. Every minute felt like sitting on pins and needles, causing Allen to frown.

This is the nature of youth, not calm enough, still needs to be tempered!!

In Cole and the others' perception, it felt like several months had passed, but in reality, only a little more than a magic hour had passed. Just as the Bagula demon roast in the bonfire in front of Allen was sizzling, its golden-brown, crispy skin emitting an alluring aroma of cooked meat, there was finally movement at the cave entrance.

"Treeborn, is that you?"

Cole's excited voice rang out, even though the figures were still hundreds of meters away in the dark depths of the cave.

"Yes, Captain Cole."

Not long after leaving Green Lake Village, Allen had announced Cole's appointment as the captain of this team. Soon after, everyone began to address Cole with the title of "Captain."

Hearing Treeborn's familiar voice, the team members outside the cave finally felt relieved. After letting out a long sigh of relief, Cole continued to shout: "Did you find anything?"

"We encountered people from the Korrick tribe at a narrow passage deep in the tunnel. They sent an administrator out with us."

Treeborn's answer relieved Allen as well. Finding the Kobolds of the Korrick tribe meant that at least the mission from the administrative hall hadn't been a complete waste.

Many missions in the administrative hall had their rewards and supervision handled by tribes recognized by Mansa City among the wilderness natives. Although they didn't have the strength of large tribes, they were a fundamental part of the wilderness, integrated into the Mansa Alliance system to receive limited protection while also undertaking certain obligations.

For example, nearly a quarter of the city's garrison soldiers were provided by these tribes, and only these soldiers could be fully mobilized by the city lord's mansion.

"Respected guests, thank you for extending a helping hand to my Korrick tribe at this time. On behalf of my tribe leader, Great Utikur, I pay my respects to you."

The Kobold who came out seemed very alert and intelligent. Wearing a set of old chainmail, he held a spear taller than himself. At this moment, the spear was used as a long cane, resting on the ground. With his body bearing the scars of battle, he slightly bent his body and bowed his head to Cole and the others.

Cole looked at Allen. Seeing that Allen didn't intend to speak, she had to bite the bullet and walk in front of the Kobold, shrugging her shoulders.

"Hello, warriors of the Korrick tribe. We are adventurers from the Green Lake Adventurer Team, and we have accepted your mission for support."

"If possible, we hope you can send an envoy to guide us to the remaining demons in Nagen Hills."

"The demons that originally existed here have now been killed by our team members. You can check it out."

"..."

Although this was Cole's first time dealing with a client as an adventurer, she spoke with confidence and didn't lose any of her composure.

"Alright..."

A hint of awe flashed in the Kobold envoy's eyes. He was well aware of how strong the demon army that had blocked their cave entrance was. Now, seeing the burning pile of bones, it was evident how powerful this adventure team was.