What does it mean to "subdue the enemy without fighting"?

The kobolds in front of Joey became hesitant and dared not approach.

"Humans, stay away from us!"

Seeing Joey closing in, one of the kobolds mustered his courage and roared at him.

"My dear friend, what are you doing? I have no ill intentions!"

Joey sheathed his sword and raised his hands above his head, looking completely harmless.

"The priest is summoning the ancient god; you cannot go!"

The kobold seemed to have no interest in the dead kobold and was only trying to stop Joey from getting closer.

Joey was undoubtedly happy. These idiots were indeed a bit dim-witted; they didn't even think to attack Joey immediately after their companion died.

"Wow!"

"Wow!"

A particularly old-looking kobold by the fire suddenly noticed what was happening to Joey, muttering "waaaa" as it hopped over.

This looks like an even more mentally unstable dog-headed man.

The other kobolds walked normally, but this old guy was hopping and skipping as he walked.

The other kobolds held stones and blunt weapons, but he held a strangely shaped iron pickaxe, one end like a hoe and the other like an iron awl.

He ran up to Joey, tilted his head and looked at Joey, with a spirit reminiscent of the village idiot.

"My dear friend, may I ask your name?"

Joey treated the kobold who came along the same way, hoping to fool them all into being crippled.

"Wow!"

The kobold only barked twice and did not answer Joey's question.

Shouldn't this old dog be barking?

What does “哇哇” mean?

Oh no, looks like I really did run into a stupid dog!

This stumped Joey. Fooling the group of silly dogs was no problem, but suddenly a truly stupid dog appeared, and that's when the trouble started.

He couldn't understand Joey at all, and there was no way to communicate!

Is this what they call winning without using any moves?

"His name is Wawa, and he's a brainless old man!"

The kobold behind him smiled and said to Joey, thus clearing up his doubts.

"So his name is WaWa. I thought he was always shouting 'WaWa'. This name is so unique!"

Joey lost interest in the old, digging dog-headed man. After all, with his brain, he couldn't communicate with Joey or make use of Joey's strengths.

"Dig! Dig! Dig! Dig!"

The old man completely ignored Joey's contempt for him, raised his pickaxe, and pointed at the dog-headed man on the ground who was already dead.

"Please, I don't understand a word you're saying!"

Joey looked somewhat embarrassed at the kobold that had just told him its name.

Although Joey considered himself a language master in this world, a silly kobold couldn't understand him at all.

"He's asking if you still want Tarolo's body."

This kobold was quite something; he actually offered Joey a helpful explanation.

However, this statement left Joey somewhat bewildered.

When did Tarolo's dead body, lying on the ground, become his? He only handed him a sword, and the kobold committed suicide. How did it become his?

These kobolds really have a unique way of thinking.

"Take it if you want it!"

Joey had no intention of taking the kobold's corpse back. Why would he take it back? He was there to turn them all into corpses.

Joey made a casual remark, intending to get rid of this somewhat mentally unstable kobold.

"Dig! Dig!"

Upon hearing this, the kobold became very excited. He quickly ran to the corpse, pulled out a small bone knife from his person, and plunged it into the corpse's head.

Damn it, you old bastard, you pretend not to understand when I try to reason with you, but you understand perfectly when I tell you about the corpse. Are you just playing dumb with me, you old codger?

And what's with you hiding a knife? You're completely out of place with this bunch of scoundrels!

The kobold named Digger paid no attention to Joey's strange gaze, but focused on wielding the knife in his hand.

After plunging the knife down into the corpse's head, he slashed backward, deftly turning the body over, and then ran the knife down the spine to the corpse's buttocks.

Joey didn't understand what this method was trying to do; he thought it was to dismember the corpse.

But what Digger did next shocked Joey.

Wawa skillfully inserted the bone knife into the freshly cut flesh and separated the skin and flesh with remarkable ease.

This old guy is actually skinning people, and he's skinning his own kind!

However, the other kobolds around him seemed unfazed, not stopping him from digging and skinning the corpse. Instead, they let out excited cries after he had completely peeled off the dog skin.

Joey didn't know whether to call these kobolds stupid or perverted.

Excitedly, WaWa unfolded the kobold skin he had peeled off and showed it to all the kobolds, including Joey beside him, with great pride.

However, during his stay in Saipan these past few days, he learned that several popular professional skills are currently in high demand. Joey thought that if he couldn't stay in Saipan, he could switch careers and study these professions in the future.

Skinning and mining were his favorite professions, as these were in high demand and short supply. There were plenty of animal pelts and minerals in the wild, and as long as he could survive in the wild, these professions were practically a shortcut to wealth.

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