Green Monster Epic

Chapter 344: Experiments on the Road

“Ayi a wo hei…”

Going home is a joyful thing, especially for young goblins like Chloe and the others. A long journey can take almost three years, and it would be a lie to say they don't miss their hometown and family. Now that everyone is on the way home, the smiles on the faces of the young goblins are so bright that they almost dim the sun in the sky.

Along the way, the young ones howled wilderness tunes, their feet swift, hoping to travel more and return to the village as soon as possible.

Looking at these youngsters, Allen was filled with emotion. Of the fifteen young people he had brought out with him, only nine were returning. He had boasted to Flower Snake and the others that he could bring these young people back safe and sound, but in the end, he had broken his promise!

The team wasn't large in number, but it was considerable in size. In addition to the cattle and horses purchased from the grassland, there were also a dozen dire wolves as companions, scattered around the livestock, managing these restless animals obediently, which really saved Allen and the others a lot of trouble.

Of course, according to Allen's habit of making the most of everything, a dozen oxen were now harnessed, along with a batch of packhorses purchased in Mansa City, carrying a dozen fully loaded trucks. The trucks were mostly loaded with fodder for the livestock, as well as some supplies prepared for the village.

“Teacher, how long do you think it will take for us to get back to the village at this speed?”

Chloe, who used to be a tomboy, finally had a bit of a girly look, with a hint of melancholy on her face, perhaps because she was feeling a bit timid about returning home.

“Well, I estimate it will take more than two months.”

Allen calculated in his mind and then gave Chloe a rough answer.

“What, missing home so much? When we were in Mansa City, I didn't see you mentioning your father and mother often.”

“That, that's because it's useless to miss them!”

Chloe's face turned red, and she pouted.

“Heh heh heh.”

“Chieftain Uncle, there is a large goblin tribe about 20 miles southeast of our route, with a population of about 25 people.”

The harmonious and warm atmosphere was suddenly broken by the appearance of the little girl Irene, and a bit of murderous aura was added.

Although they were rushing home, Allen was not prepared to go back empty-handed. Although their team didn't look empty-handed at the moment, he still wanted to do something more.

The thing to do was very simple, that is, to mercilessly devour the goblin tribes along the way that could be eaten, and make them his prisoners. To this end, Allen and the others deliberately detoured away from the trade route and directly crossed the barren area to the west, while also purchasing a large amount of food in advance.

“Little ones, get ready, we have something to do!”

Hearing Irene's report, Allen's smile faded, and he raised his voice a few degrees, issuing an order to the group of nimble, chattering goblin youths.

Swish swish swish~~

The goblin youths quickly prepared for battle, drawing their weapons. Their adventurer life in the past few years had a great impact on them, and it had also made them grow a lot.

“Linus, take care of the convoy with your Little White, and follow our tracks!”

Allen turned his head and instructed Linus, then waved his hand, leading a few goblin warriors to rush in the direction pointed by Irene.

“Oh!”

Behind Allen, Linus's dejected response came faintly, showing his inner disappointment.

No matter how these wild earth goblins thought, they never expected that disaster would suddenly come to their door one day, without any warning beforehand. Augchi, the leader of the Earth Goblin tribe, had just finished his breakfast today and was resting in his leaky wooden building when suddenly, with a loud bang, his rickety wooden door burst open from the frame and smashed towards Augchi.

“Who is it, looking for death?”

Augchi was furious, and a thick palm turned into an iron fist, directly smashing the flying wooden door into pieces, and the fragments splashed around.

“Bang!”

Just as he was looking for his target, Augchi felt a huge force coming, and the whole person passed directly through his simple wooden building. After rolling a few times on the ground, he climbed up from the ground with a muffled chest and in a mess.

Whirr whirr~~

The wooden building that had accompanied Augchi for many years slowly collapsed under his eyes, turning into a pile of rubble.

Boom!

The wooden building piled up into a small mountain suddenly shattered, and a figure slowly walked out of the debris. The anger that reached Augchi's mouth was forcibly swallowed by him because of the appearance of this figure.

In the poor settlement, there were screams of fighting everywhere. A group of goblins were fighting desperately in this small village, and from time to time, a figure fell to the ground.

Augchi no longer had the mind to pay attention to other members of the tribe. The figure slowly walking towards him, although he had not yet made a move, the deterrent force brought by those eyes had already made Augchi feel an unmatched fragile emotion in his heart.

Although he had not yet advanced to Legend, Allen's spiritual transformation had given him the initial ability to deter with pressure. At this time, his pair of tiger eyes stared directly at the Earth Goblin leader in front of him, as if a sharp steel knife was directly shot into the deepest part of the other's heart, launching a spiritual attack on this Earth Goblin, who was estimated to be only a mid-level combatant.

“Ya ah!!!!!!”

A layer of fine sweat appeared on Augchi's face. As Allen approached, the unease and fear in his heart finally made him break free from Allen's deterrence. With an angry roar, he waved his fists and slammed into Allen.

“Bang! Bang!”

Allen's Bone Splitter was not unsheathed. After all, he wanted to keep these earth goblins alive as prisoners, not to kill them all, so he easily took the opponent's two punches with his powerful palms, directly controlled the opponent with his tyrannical strength, and then gently kicked out.

Crack!

Along with the sound of bones breaking, Augchi spat out a mouthful of green blood, and then flew out again.

In the small village, one ragged, filthy earth goblin after another was easily knocked to the ground by Chloe and her group of all mid-level warriors. As more and more tribesmen fell, the surviving earth goblins gradually lost their fighting spirit and turned over the simple fences in the village, trying to escape into the wilderness.

Thump!

Irene's figure changed from nothingness to solid, and then breathed a sigh of relief. In order to hit the fleeing earth goblin, she had to jump high and gently tap the back of the other's head. Rather than killing this earth goblin, capturing him alive made Irene feel a bit tricky. Her height was really too disadvantageous, and she couldn't reach the other's head at all without jumping up.

Not far away, Shu Sheng pulled his movement to the extreme, dragging out a long phantom, and passed by an earth goblin, and then the earth goblin rushed forward two steps,捂着肚子软软 往 地 上 倒 去, emitting a burst of screams.

No one felt pity for the plight of these earth goblins, even the goblins who were compatriots did not hesitate to take action. Before long, an earth goblin tribe of twenty or so people was wiped out by Allen and the others, and all the earth goblin prisoners were firmly tied up and slumped on the open space outside their village.

The crying of children and the painful wailing of adults were endless, and everyone's face was filled with fear and unease, and some earth goblin warriors, like Augchi, showed anger and hatred towards Allen and the others in their eyes.

Allen glanced at the chaotic scene, and a chilling aura slowly flowed from his body, pressing on the group, making them feel as if a heavy stone was pressing on their chests, dull and solemn.

“From now on, you are my prisoners. If you obey, I can guarantee that you will survive, and you will have a better life in the future, without worrying about going hungry or being hurt for no reason. But, whoever wants to play tricks and do things that cause us trouble, then be prepared to die!!”

“You can try it and see if what I said is false!!”

“Humph!!”

Allen had too much experience dealing with this kind of prisoner. After a stern reprimand, coupled with the powerful strength he showed, Allen believed that these guys would not dare to make any big moves in a short time.

When Linus arrived later, Chloe and the others' work tasks were much easier. With Little Grey and Little White, these dire wolves, it really brought a lot of convenience to Allen and the others.

“Linus, check the injuries on these guys, and treat those who need treatment!!”

“Okay, Chieftain!!”

Finally having his own stage to perform, Linus also dissipated his previous disappointment and happily agreed.

When Augchi and these country bumpkins saw the magical magic that Linus seemed to cast out of thin air, their eyes widened, just like when Allen and the others first saw someone cast magic.

Although this barren land is relatively open compared to Allen's Green Plains, and there are many more sources of information, Augchi and these lazy and ignorant guys who don't know how to communicate with the outside world have too few opportunities to really come into contact with magic. Therefore, when Linus used a natural divine art to treat the injuries of the earth goblins in his hands, the impact and shock it brought even exceeded the spiritual pressure that Allen exerted on these sluggish earth goblins.

Looking at a group of fierce dire wolves, as big as calves, surrounding Allen's compatriots, and grazing the surrounding livestock like humans under their command, Augchi and the others didn't find it so surprising. Unknown things and knowledge are also a kind of deterrence, especially for a group of ignorant fools.

Starting from the Earth Goblin tribe of Zhongzhe, the size of Allen's team gradually expanded as the journey progressed, seriously slowing down their pace of returning home.

With the journey more than halfway complete, Allen's group had grown to over 200 strong. With only nine people and thirteen dire wolves to manage such a large group, Allen's actions were like dancing on a knife's edge, and a moment's carelessness could plunge their own team into trouble.

Especially since Allen chose goblin tribes that were either hobgoblins or earth goblins, completely ignoring the kobold tribes. This made their risks even more pronounced.

Fortunately, Allen knew the limits of his control over the group, and things had quieted down in recent days. He no longer sent Irene out to find new targets, but instead began to discipline those who had recently joined.

Oguqi, a mid-tier berserker, was one of them. The former leader of the Zhedu tribe now appeared utterly servile before Allen, his submissive demeanor even surpassing that of young people like Cole and the others.

He was so obedient thanks to Allen's frequent use of him as a punching bag along the way. After each training session, Oguqi would be a pitiful sight with a bruised and swollen face. However, after Linnaeus's treatment and his own excellent recovery ability, he would be lively again the next day, only to fall into Allen's hands once more, being severely beaten in front of all the captives.

Allen's attacks were measured, knowing which areas to strike to cause Oguqi intense pain and elicit miserable wails, and what kind of suffering would chill the onlookers, without actually causing any lasting harm to Oguqi himself.

The reason for choosing this guy was simply because his physical qualities were good, and he was a mid-tier berserker, able to withstand beatings and recover quickly. If Oguqi knew these reasons, he would probably cry himself unconscious in front of Allen.

Half a month later, after experiencing a series of painful ordeals, Oguqi finally surrendered to Allen, grabbing his leg and crying profusely, and from then on became the foreman in charge of the captives. Along with Oguqi, his former tribesmen also submitted to Allen.

The supplies Allen prepared were also an important tool for winning people's hearts. He provided the surrendered goblins with unlimited food every day, letting them eat as much as they could, and doing so in front of those who still refused to submit. In the wilderness, nothing was more tempting than a full stomach, especially when they could eat their fill at every meal.

Allen even added a lot of meat to these guys' meals, which made the goblins overjoyed. The hatred in their hearts for Allen, whom they blamed for their displacement and current state of slavery, gradually diminished.

What these guys didn't know was that the meat Allen prepared for them was just a pile of mid- and high-tier demon corpses he had stored in his dimensional bag. Every night, when everyone was asleep, Allen would sneak out and find a secluded place in the wilderness to dissect and clean up these demon corpses, then take them out the next day as food ingredients.

"Haha~ Haha~~ So hot!! So stuffy!!"

Every day after meals, a group of goblin slaves would clutch their chests, panting heavily, and venting their inexplicable restlessness in the cramped space, until their bodies returned to normal after a while. At first, everyone suspected that Allen had tampered with the food and poisoned them. But after this happened for a long time, everyone gradually became used to it and was no longer as nervous as before.

"Ah!!!!!"

Suddenly, a strong hobgoblin in the crowd of slaves roared to the sky, then frantically struck the sand on the ground with his hands and feet, kicking up clouds of dust. Each strike was incredibly powerful, far exceeding his previous strength.

After venting, the hobgoblin raised his head blankly, feeling a trickle of energy flowing through his veins with his blood. A surge of excitement suddenly rose in his heart: he had actually advanced in such an environment!!

This wasn't an isolated case of a slave suddenly advancing. In over a month, among this group of slaves, including today's lucky one, a total of four warriors had advanced, giving this group of slaves, with a total of just over 200 people, a total of 11 advanced professionals. Even if Allen were to find a place at random now, he could probably quickly gain a foothold with the current manpower and have a place in an unfamiliar area.

And the reason for this wasn't due to Allen's research and the results he had achieved?

The civilized world has its own knowledge of magic potions and inheritance systems. Allen and his people started with nothing, relying on their own struggles from childhood, which also fostered Allen's habit of creating useful things himself.

The combat skills Allen now skillfully used were created by himself. Although the cuisine of their tribe came from dreams, it was ultimately the result of his continuous research. And now, he was using demon corpses to create dishes that could stimulate the potential of the human body.

As early as when the demons appeared in the Green Field Plains, Allen had already begun to study the demon corpses.

For the wilderness races, so much flesh and blood from a strong demon corpse being burned was not in line with their principle of making the most of everything. It was difficult enough to pay a heavy price to kill a demon, but being unable to eat it because of the abyssal aura on the demon's body was the most unacceptable thing.

At first, Allen's idea was simple: since these demon corpses were piled up like mountains, and no one knew how long the demon attacks would last in the future, why not make use of them and see if he could find a way to remove the toxins from the demons' bodies and make them their food!!

Moreover, these demons were powerful, which meant that their bodies could provide extremely high energy and nutrients. If he could figure out how to eat them, he could reduce a lot of food consumption in one meal!!

In the end, Allen had his current gains, not only being able to make the demon corpses into edible dishes that provided a lot of nutrients, but also being able to use the remaining abyssal power in the corpses to stimulate the potential of the goblins and promote a greater chance of them advancing.

"Hmm... the flesh of mid-tier demons is the most suitable food for stimulating the potential of low-level warriors."

Facing the sudden commotion among the slaves, Allen was not surprised at all. Instead, he picked up a pen and a notebook and carefully recorded the method, ingredients, and so on of the dishes he made today.

Allen felt no guilt at all for using this group of slaves as experimental mice, although this might become a target of criticism in the civilized world.

But to be honest, every dish Allen made was actually tested by himself first, confirming that it would not kill those with relatively weak constitutions before he gave it to them to eat.

"I wonder if the luminous grass added to the dishes is working?"

Due to the lack of systematic theoretical guidance, Allen could only feel his way forward, adding various auxiliary magic plant stalks to the dishes according to his own intuition and understanding, in order to cooperate with the abyssal power remaining in the demon corpses and increase the success rate of the food stimulating the advancement of goblin warriors.

In each dish experiment, Allen would record the dishes made that day if goblin captives advanced as a result, and then further confirm the facts. At least for now, it seemed that the path Allen was taking was not without a way out, and the four lucky guys who advanced were living proof.

Of course, there were also great benefits to doing so. The demon corpses Allen collected were at least mid-tier or higher. Although his dimensional bag was filled with many important things, Allen still had several thousand pounds of such demon corpses. Dozens of pounds of meat paired with a certain amount of grain could provide these goblins with a day's energy consumption, which did save Allen a lot of grain.

With this gain, Allen would not let go of any demons he could encounter along the way. As soon as he discovered traces of demons, or even just rumors or auras of demons, he would directly send Irene out to find the whereabouts of these unlucky guys, and then he would wipe them out in one fell swoop, relying on his powerful strength to cut down the lone demons and demon squads he encountered with the Bone Severer sword.

Even if the goblin captives knew that the meat they had been eating these days was that of the legendary demons, they didn't care. As long as these things didn't kill them, they didn't care.

The journey was not yet over, but the goblins Allen and his group had captured had been subdued by about seventy or eighty percent. Although Allen and his group still had to keep a close watch at night, they no longer needed to shout loudly when marching during the day, and the newly surrendered guys moved a little more nimbly.

During this time, Oguqi, this temporarily promoted overseer, became more and more adapted to his identity and position, flogging those disobedient goblins with methods even more brutal than Cole and Treeborn, causing a group of slaves to feel fear and even hatred.

Allen saw this behavior, but did not stop it, letting him fool around as long as he did not let the slaves below breed rebellious emotions.

This was the biggest defect of small tribes in the wilderness: they basically had no loyalty to their original tribes. When faced with such a disaster of extermination, as long as these guys could survive, it wouldn't take long for them to forget the benefits of their former tribe and instead turn to the new tribal leader, obeying his orders and arrangements.

And in order to change the same problem of the Green Field tribe, Allen had spent too much energy in it over the years. Even now, he did not have much confidence to say that his tribesmen were loyal to the Green Field tribe.