◎【Clue 2: You obtained xxx】◎

"Let him go, don't move!" Seeing that Xia Li didn't take his words to heart at all, the male goblin shouted again.

The goblins' hatred for humans was indeed intense. To successfully obtain the clue and complete the mission, Xia Li released the ropes that bound Theodore's wrists and slowly raised her hands. "I'm here to inquire about information from your clan leader."

Behind the goblins who lived together in groups, there must be a chief who was in charge. Charlie guessed that the chief might have the clues she wanted.

"Inquiring for information? Ha, you humans actually still need us goblins?" Even though Xia Li raised her hands and carried no weapons, the male goblins were still filled with hostility and wariness towards her. "Let me warn you, the Ceylon Mountains are our territory. I advise you not to have any ill intentions here!"

Chief Ralph repeatedly emphasized to them that humans are good at disguise and they should never believe anything they say!

Thinking of this, the male goblin felt that his attitude was not fierce enough, so he moved the bow and crossbow on his forearm and warned again.

"Tell me! What is your purpose in sneaking here?" The male goblin asked loudly while moving towards her position little by little. Seeing this, the goblins around him also surrounded Xia Li.

Xia Li sighed helplessly: "I told you, I want to ask your clan leader for something."

"You're on the verge of death, yet you still refuse to tell the truth," the male goblin glared at her angrily, clearly not hearing her words at all. "In that case, don't blame us for being rude!"

I wasn't afraid of my opponent being reckless, I was just afraid of them not listening. I used to think Bruce was short-tempered and difficult to communicate with, but that was because she hadn't met this one. Bruce could at least understand what the players were saying, but this one? Forget about communicating. It felt like his brain was completely stubborn, not listening to a single word she said.

As soon as the male goblin finished speaking, three fierce winds suddenly passed through the forest. The air in front of him seemed to be torn apart. Xia Li felt three brute forces rushing out from the torn holes!

It was exactly the three arrows that had been placed on the bow and crossbow. The sharp arrows came towards her. Xia Li's eyes flashed slightly, and then she found the right moment, bent down and slid to the side. As expected, all three arrows missed the target and hit the tree trunk behind her with three crisp bangs.

"Antoine, she dodged your arrow!" another seemingly unintelligent goblin exclaimed in shock. "Oh my god, she's so fast! Are humans so powerful now?"

The male goblin using the bow and crossbow was called Antoine. Xia Li remembered the name after hearing what his companion said.

Antoine heard his companion's exclamation and glared at him with dismay: "What are you talking about? Are you trying to boost others' morale and destroy your own prestige?"

As he spoke, he pulled out three more arrows from the quiver behind him, quickly put them on the bowstring, aimed at Xia Li, and then shot the arrows out again with lightning speed!

At the same time, other goblins also roared and launched their weapons. Some of them threw javelins, some swung over several large discus, and all kinds of weapons suddenly flew into the sky. At first glance, it really looked like that.

It's a pity that these goblins only have brute force and fighting spirit, but no tactics in their heads. They don't cooperate with each other. You throw yours and I fight mine. In the few seconds she dodged just now, the weapons of several goblins collided with each other. It was a huge embarrassing scene.

However, this group of goblins did not look embarrassed. It seemed that they were already accustomed to such a messy fighting style. That's right, goblins are a not very smart race. It would be harder than climbing to the sky to expect them to come up with anything with their brains.

At this moment, Antoine suddenly raised his arms and shouted, "Brave goblin warriors, you are the pride of your people. Your people are proud of you. Join me in raising your weapons and let the cunning humans know how powerful we goblins are!"

It turned out to be a way to inspire the fighting spirit of her own kind. Xia Li dodged while roughly scanning the group of goblins, about 20 of them. If they had to fight, the odds of victory would be on her side. After all, goblins were stupid and clumsy, and there was no clear strategy to fight them. They were much easier to deal with than the intelligent elite monsters in the dungeon, but...

Xia Li's thoughts raced through her mind. Goblins were NPCs, not wild monsters. Injuring them would do her no good at all. It might even drop her favorability among the goblins to 0. Goblins were very good at engineering. If she needed engineering or equipment maintenance in the future, and then she discovered that her relationship with the goblins was too bad to repair, wouldn't that be like shooting herself in the foot?

Thinking of this, Xia Li immediately decided to stop, pretending that she couldn't stand steadily, and stumbled and fell to the ground on purpose.

"The human fell down!" The goblins were stunned when they saw her body suddenly fall down, and then they all burst into excited voices.

Antoine came running over and quickly gave the order: "Tie her up!"

In the past few decades, this was the first time that the young goblins of the Ceylon Mountains had captured a human, and it was a very powerful-looking human at that. For a moment, smiles kept appearing on their faces, and the atmosphere instantly changed from seriousness to joy.

"Antoine, we've tied them up!" The goblins crowded together and reported to Antoine.

Antoine looked at Xia Li lying on the ground and suddenly fell into thought. Wait, how should he deal with this guy?

What Ralph meant to him was that even though only one human had intruded into their territory, there was a very high possibility that a large group of human soldiers were following her. If the two sides collided, they had to protect the entrance of the mine even at the risk of their lives to buy enough time for the little goblin and the old goblin to escape.

But now it seemed as if she was truly alone? In that case, would he kill her right there or take her back to the mines?

Antoine was in a dilemma, and Xia Li naturally saw his dilemma.

Although goblins sometimes have bad tempers, they are definitely not a cruel race. Facing a poor human girl like her who is powerless, Xia Li has reason to believe that Antoine will never be cruel to her. But since he can't do it, there must be a solution, right?

So it's easy to guess that Antoine had no other choice but to take her before the patriarch.

Facts proved that her fake fall was indeed effective. Antoine did not dare to attack her casually, let alone let her go. After much deliberation, he had no choice but to take her back to the mine.

This was exactly what Xia Li wanted.

Ralph looked at the tied-up Xia Li and the young goblin jumping behind her, and was a little surprised: "She's the only one?"

Antoine stepped forward and nodded. "Yes, we searched the area, and apart from the giant stone monster's footprints and a few traces of fighting, there were no other humans within a three-kilometer radius."

Ralph thought for a moment and said, "Okay, you guys go down first. Antoine and Theodore stay."

A group of goblins retreated obediently, leaving only the chieftain Ralph and Xia Li and four others at the scene.

Perhaps he felt that everything was caused by him, even though Ralph didn't say anything, Theodore pursed his lips and sobbed, "I'm sorry, Chief Ralph, it's all my fault. I should have told you the news as soon as possible..."

Otherwise, it would not have caused such panic and sensation among the tribe.

Ralph waved his hand, "It's not your fault, Theodore. If the humans were determined to invade our territory, there would be nothing a little goblin like you could do to stop them."

"That's right! Theodore, you are young and it's not your fault that you don't understand how treacherous people are!" Antoine also joined in.

Xia Li raised an eyebrow. Ralph's words seemed to be comforting Theodore, but in reality, they were testing her intentions. So, without trying to hide her feelings, she stood before him and said bluntly, "I think there might be some misunderstanding between us. Chief Ralph, I'm here just to ask you a few small questions."

"Bullshit! If it was said hundreds of years ago, we might have believed it, but now? Humph, we won't believe anything you humans say, so don't even think about quibbling. Tell me, was the royal city sent you here to gather intelligence?" Antoine was very emotional, and his face showed that he would not believe it even if he was beaten to death.

Ralph shook his head. "There's no need to beat around the bush here. Just tell me what you want. Ore or weapons? Or do you want us to be driven out? We goblins have been oppressed by you humans for a long time. As long as it can be resolved peacefully, I, Ralph, will persuade you."

"Chief Ralph! We can't leave here!" Antoine's face shuddered upon hearing Ralph's words. He looked at his own clan leader in shock, then glanced at Xia Li with hatred, and said unwillingly, "Chief, the Ceylon Mountains are our last remaining territory. How can we goblins survive if we leave here?"

Looking at the extremely sad expressions of the two goblins, one old and one young, Xia Li couldn't help but sigh again. It turned out that talking at cross purposes was just like that.

"Why? I've already agreed to give you the territory, and you're still not satisfied?" Ralph grew angry when she didn't show any reaction. "You're way too greedy! What do you want in exchange for letting us goblins go?"

The ancients often said, "Those who plant trees enjoy the shade." How come in her case, it became "those who dig holes for the future generations to suffer"? It was the previous queens, not her, who implemented the policy of expulsion and hostility towards the goblins, yet in the end, she was the only one who took the blame.

Xia Li felt that if she didn't say something, the goblins' hatred for humans would only intensify. So, she pointed at Theodore's waist and got straight to the point: "Chief Ralph, I'm only here to inquire about this."

"What?" Ralph was stunned for a moment, as if it was beyond his expectations. He pointed at the small thing on Theodore's waist and asked again, "Are you sure you only want to ask this?"

Xia Li nodded, then continued, "I have a similar item in my possession. I suspect it might be related to a hidden organization, but due to insufficient clues, this is just my personal speculation. I happened to see him carrying one before, and I thought you, as the clan leader, might know something, so I came over to ask."

Ralph looked at her doubtfully, Antoine snorted, and Theodore looked from her to the patriarch. No one was completely relieved.

It was normal. If Xia Li put herself in the shoes of the goblins, she would not trust so easily a race that had persecuted them. However, sincerity was always the best medicine to resolve all conflicts. Xia Li believed that as long as she was honest with him, Ralph would sooner or later let down his guard. However, she was not in a hurry to completely clear herself of suspicion. Her current focus was to complete the task first.

Ralph obviously knew that it would be impossible to tell what kind of person she was in such a short time, but since her question posed no threat to the goblins, he lowered his guard slightly. He turned around, took something from the cabinet behind him, and placed it in front of her. "I have a piece here too. Take a look. By the way, Antoine, didn't you take a piece too? Take them all out."

"Chief!" Antoine was extremely reluctant, but seeing Ralph's refusal, he hesitated for a long time before finally taking something out of his pocket. "Here, here."

"Oh, I remember, Phoebe still has one. I'll go get it."

Theodore was very interested in these little gadgets and obviously wanted to find out the whole story. So he wiped his tears and snot and ran out of the room. A few minutes later, he came back with something in his hand.

Xia Li also took out an empty magazine from her backpack and placed it on the table. There were now five pieces in front of her. She looked at them and slowly reached out her hand...

"Wait, what are you doing?!" Antoine stopped her and said in a bad tone.

Xia Li: "Assemble."

"Assemble? Can this thing be assembled?" Perhaps because he was young, Theodore was not as hostile to her as Antoine. His attention was almost entirely focused on the five pieces of equipment. After hearing what she said, he couldn't help but ask curiously.

Ralph said nothing, just watched her fiddle with it quietly.

She looked very focused and her fingers were very flexible. Five parts that seemed unrelated to them were quickly assembled into a new thing.

In just one minute, Xia Li quickly assembled the five parts together, and then the system sent her a message.

Clue 2: You obtained a gun (Note: Gun production is complex and is not currently available on all continents)

"Oh, what kind of weapon is this! I've never seen one before!" Theodore couldn't help but exclaimed, while casting an admiring look at Xia Li, "You actually know how to assemble it!"

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