Laws of the Insect Hive

The arrogant gnoll and the cowardly goblins are somewhat similar to the lord's tax officer and the land-use peasant.

This is also true. System discovered that not long after, the group of goblins dragged a dilapidated wooden cart. The cart was filled with some plant fruits and a small amount of meat, which seemed to be half a head. bovine creatures.

The dilapidated wooden cart was clearly a certain age, and System saw rusted iron shafts on the cart's wheels.

This cart is clearly not made by goblins, and I don't know where they got it from.

Without thinking much, System listened carefully to the conversation between the two sides.

Perhaps it is because of the two unique abilities of talent [perception] and [mental transmission].

Although System could not understand the language of the gnoll and the goblins, he also learned the general situation of the gnoll and the goblins from the movements, demeanor and tone of the other party.

After all, the intelligence of these two creatures is not too high in System's opinion, and the communication between the two sides is not as empty and conspicuous as humans.

The purpose of the gnoll coming to the Goblin Village was basically the same as System's first impression, that it came here to collect food.

The goblin took out a cart of food, but the gnoll thought that there was too little meat and too much fruit in the food, and roared in dissatisfaction.

The leading gnoll seemed to be saying: You despicable and cunning green-skinned bugs dare to deceive the heroic gnoll warriors, and I will kill you!

The surrounding goblins were all daring to be angry and shivering as they snuggled together.

The leader of the goblin village seemed to be more intelligent. He showed a flattering smile and seemed to explain to the gnolls why meat food was so scarce.

However, the goblins ultimately did not negotiate with the gnoll.

The gnoll showed a mucus-filled tongue and a greedy smile. Not knowing what to say, the gathered goblins became even more flustered.

In addition to the leading gnoll, the other two gnolls suddenly lay on the ground and sniffed with their noses, and they showed sinister smiles.

The two gnolls quickly headed to a weed pile...

System originally thought that the gnoll had found the food hidden by the goblins, but what the gnoll found in the haystack was three young goblins.

The gnoll snapped the necks of the three goblin children cleanly.

The gnoll at the head saw the actions of his companions, and also selected two older goblins.

In the eyes of many goblins, the gnoll pierced the heads of the two aged goblins with sharp claws, and in front of these goblins bloody, he licked the red and white on his claws. liquid.

Under the watchful eyes of many goblins, the gnoll threw the goblins' corpses onto a cart full of food.

It didn't take long, after the angry roar of the gnoll.

The three gnolls walked in front, and five young goblins pushed and pulled the vehicle full of food along the forest path. They seemed to be heading to the grassland dozens of kilometers away.

The remaining dozen or so goblins looked relieved when they saw the Gnoll leave.

They knelt down in the same direction and made special gestures with their hands, as if performing a special ritual, or a kind of prayer.

The same word was repeated over and over in the goblin's sentence, and the word was mentioned several times during the conversation between the goblin leader and the gnoll.

The Lord of Glacier...?

The tone and emotion of the conversation between the two parties before the contact, and the fact that these goblins were kneeling in the direction of the glacier mountains thousands of kilometers away, the word unconsciously appeared in System's mind.

Perhaps the Lord of the Glacier, perhaps the King of Ice and Snow, or the God of Winter.

In short, a cold adjective combined with a noun like a leader.

System continued to watch the situation of these goblins for a while, and when he saw that there was nothing special, he spread his wings and left.

...

The gnoll killing goblins was cruel and bloody, and System thought he would have some uncomfortable emotions.

However, his heart was almost unmoved.

If he had to describe it, System watched the gnolls kill the goblins, just like watching the frogs swallow the mosquitoes, he basically didn't feel anything.

If he had to say something else emotional, it was that he had some admiration for the gnoll's seemingly rough, but in fact full of wisdom.

Using cruel and bloody means to captivate goblins to provide them with food, and after finding that the food provided by goblins was insufficient, in order to maximize the amount of food, the gnolls killed the old and weak goblins without hesitation. .

On the one hand, these old and weak goblins can be used as food, and on the other hand, the consumption of these old and weak goblins can be reduced, and this terrifying and bloody method can be used to put pressure on the goblins.

The gnoll method of keeping goblins in captivity seems to be very successful.

System found that his feelings seemed to have become very abnormal, but he did not reflect and doubt as he did before, missing his emotions as a human in his previous life.

Ever since the old druid used a trap to kill a million locusts, his outlook on things took an insidious shift.

In System's view, goblins and gnolls were nothing more than a higher level of the food chain in the forest. Although these two creatures possessed language and simple wisdom, they did not produce civilization.

Gnolls may be better, but goblins are nothing more than creatures struggling in the forest and higher up the food chain.

But for now, System basically won't have any interaction with the other party.

Just as mosquitoes will become food for frogs, frogs will be eaten by poisonous snakes, and eagles will eat snakes.

But eagles have little interest in mosquitoes.

After System returned to his temporary lair from the goblins' gathering place, he flew and patrolled near his temporary lair.

That old Druid, he was temporarily incapable of liquidation, but System decided to find the mouse that broke in during the third molting.

There is his own hatred of dying, and there is also the unbearable when he sees Shava being tortured by a mouse, he must find out this mouse and kill it!

With his molted strength, System felt that he should have an advantage against that mouse. Maybe he would be injured, but it was still very possible for him to kill that mouse.

Just don't know if he can find the mouse.

System discovered eleven mouse burrows within a hundred meters near his temporary lair.

Because of the previous heavy rain, most of the mouse holes were free of mice, and it was unknown which cave the mouse lived in.

System didn’t have the idea of ​​going to the mouse cave to search deeply one by one, and it was rather unwise to have a conflict with the mouse in the mouse cave.

Observing the sky, it was almost dusk at this time, and it is estimated that after an hour, the sky will become dark.

A mouse is a typical nocturnal creature. As long as the mouse will go out to feed at night because of hunger, with his current vision that sees night as day, the mouse will definitely be found by him.