Apocalypse Monster
Chapter 204: Hob-Goblin Headquarters
A large number of troops crossed the river separating the two regions, and by now they had reached the Hob-Goblin Region. There was no tension as it passed by, although the river was still red from blood, but since the River Guard had already been killed, they could relax.
Nathan, who was behind Annaya, clenched his hands full of emotion. After this, he could go back and meet his wives.
After he came into contact with them, he who was usually indifferent, began to be able to smile and feel affection. Especially when she found out that her mother was still alive, she no longer hid her feelings, she always showed them on her face.
Ayumi and Erina know Natan's changes, but they are not sad, but rather happy because they can see Natan is no longer tense, no longer alone every time. But, there is still something that makes them upset, the attention they get is reduced due to the arrival of Vely, Calista and Olivia.
Natan felt the emotions of her sisters. He lowered his head, rubbed their heads and gave a kiss on his forehead. "Don't worry."
Not stopping, Natan again rubbed their heads while walking behind Annaya.
She opened a chat message and sent it to her sisters: “Are you guys worried about not getting noticed? No need to worry, I love you more than my wives.”
Looking at the message, the two of them were no longer upset, but rather humming with a sweet little smile.
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Their troops continued to enter all the way to a deserted place, and until now there had still been no sudden attack from Hob-Goblin.
"All of you, spread out." Annaya orders all troops to deploy to make it easier to find enemies.
Previously, they could communicate over long distances through tree roots. But after getting the technology that Natan brought, their communication was easier without any delay. In war, information is everything, so if there is a delay in communication even for one second, it is a big loss.
Nathan hurried with his brothers. At first he wanted to go alone, but they insisted on not believing in the Elves.
He himself did not know if it was just a mere reason, but given how resentful and upset they were towards Ainsley, and the Elves here were descendants of Ainsley, it might be the cause.
Natan stood on a tree branch that was as tall as a three-story building. He saw a cliff that was over 100 meters away, and there was a cave underneath that was guarded by two Hob-Goblin with spears in their right hand.
Nathan frowned. For all he knew, Hob-Goblin was different from Goblin, they did not live in caves, should be in open ground, and even sometimes chose dry land with a little grass.
Using his usual means, he took out the rat corpse and raised it. Then carefully put it on the branch of the tree, creeping down to the ground. But he did not directly order to enter, because from the forest to the cliff, there were no trees, bushes even grass, so that it could be known of its existence.
The rat dug into the ground shortly after landing, then passed underground as it headed into the cave.
Pressing the communication device attached to the ear, he gave the information to the others. "I've found their cave headquarters, and I'll send you pictures from different angles."
This angle was from the view of Nathan, and the others from the rats that were in the ground.
“Dad's ability is amazing.”
Natan massaged his nose bone while sighing helplessly.
After coming home later, he had to talk to Ainsley and ask her to tell him the truth, so all of these misunderstandings quickly ended.
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The rat continued to dig into the ground until it managed to enter the cave. Out from the ground, it walked on the cave wall carefully.
Natan could hear footsteps, and with night vision, there were dozens of Hob-Goblins in and out, back and forth in the same place as they were patrolling.
No one was aware of the rat among all the patrolling guards, making the rat continue walking on its own leisure.
"Did you see it? It seems like behind the cliff is their real headquarters, I don't know how many there are. But I advise to attack him secretly. Not obeying the rules of war? In war, victory comes first, no matter what way you go, everything is allowed."
Natan did not know whether the Elves here were fighting in a stealthy or overt manner, which was why he told them this way of war. But what was not expected...
“Yes... We are adept at stealth attacks, especially at night, no matter how many thousands of enemies we kill. Mother also said, use any means to win, even if it threatens.”
Hearing Annaya's reply, Natan was stunned in disbelief. Although he did not know the way the Elves fought, but he thought a little that they would attack justly, but it turned out, just the same, to justify any means to win.
But he feels this is better.
As the rat continued to enter until it passed the other side of the cliff, he saw a plateau in front of him, about 15 meters from the ground level that was parallel to the mouth of the cave. Then the plateau was surrounded by a cliff fence, which seemed to have formed from a volcanic eruption.
The rat came out of the mouth of the cave on the other side without making a sound. Climb up to the cliffs to see what is above the plateau.
When it was getting higher, from the picture taken from the mouse's point of view, Natan could see what was there. It was like a High Orc village, but larger in size with more numbers, and in the middle of the village, there was a podium surrounded by hundreds of Hob-Goblin with cheers and screams.
On the podium of the arena, there were two Hob-Goblin fighting each other, fighting here not to win and be proud, but to live.
Why would Natan guess so, since she saw one of the previous participants who lost, being thrown out of the arena would be taken to one of the places with the larger Hob-Goblin.
The place was so terrible, the defeated participant would be put to death with a Guillotine device, where Hob-Goblin would be forced to lie on his stomach with his head between two wooden chunks, then the cutting knife on it will fall off his head.
Not enough there, Hob-Goblin who had been killed, will be chopped and his flesh distributed to others.
Even though Natan had often seen bloody scenes, it had often seen corpses that were not intact, death was terrible and internal organs scattered. But when he saw Hob-Goblin eating a fellow, he couldn't help but feel nauseous in his stomach.
But he did not hear the nausea from the Elves, and from here he realized that they were used to seeing Hob-Goblin eating their fellows.
"Have you ever seen this sight?"
There was a short silence before Aniela answered him representing Annaya: “Grandfather, we Elves often fight against Hob-Goblins in places far from the River Guard. The moment we kill them, they will eat their dead comrades, and those who eat them will gain strength from the dead corpses. The stronger the corpse eaten, the stronger the strength gained.”
Nathan nodded. The enemy this time was more troublesome than expected, if it took too long, the enemy would grow stronger, if killed with a corpse left behind, it would be just as powerful. Killing without leaving the body .. It is not impossible, but a lot of it must be removed.
Although he now thinks money is just a number, but not for the development of the region.
"Should I use a Level 600 Mana Boom?"
Ayumi turned her head and asked, "Are you serious? At least 10 Billion Gold to make it. Not only the Magic Stone, but the metal to hold it was also expensive. Safety, explosion regulator, enhancement magic and so on. Not to mention it took a week to make it one."
"Even though our income every day has been hundreds of millions because the skeleton continues to kill monsters around, but we need a lot. The new project developed by the Department of Tools and Magic could take 100 Billion Gold—"
Natan covered Ayumi's mouth with her hand. If it is not closed now, Ayumi will not stop, this happens every time they discuss the project to be developed.
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