"Young Miss! Look what we've caught!"
Just as Ouyang Qianjin was feeling excited, Zhang Yuan's equally excited voice came from afar.
"What? Did you find gold?"
The curious young lady Ouyang turned her head and saw that the Zhang brothers, Yuan and Mo, were pushing a group of strange humanoid creatures toward her.
These creatures are similar to cavemen, about one meter tall.
It has big ears and a high nose bridge, its skin is grayish all over, and its big, bulging eyes look like those of a dead fish.
His hands and feet were handcuffed with iron shackles, making him look like a prisoner.
She was wearing a coarse linen garment with no aesthetic appeal whatsoever.
Ouyang Qianjin once thought it was just a burlap sack covering her body.
What's most striking about this creature is its exceptionally long arms. They almost reach its calves.
"This is……"
"A goblin, a gray-skinned goblin, we caught it in a dungeon in the city."
Seeing Ouyang Qianjin's confusion, the two brothers stopped after bringing the goblins closer and then explained the origins of these goblins to her.
It turned out that the two found the fortress empty after entering it.
So I thought that instead of exploring without a goal, I should first find a valuable goal.
They then headed straight for the most luxurious-looking house in the fortress.
After searching around, they found these imprisoned goblins in an underground cell.
They could have just killed them.
But Zhang Mo thought about it and realized that whether or not they were killed wouldn't seem to have much impact on the two brothers.
It would be better to give it to Ouyang Qianjin.
Although I couldn't understand what these gray goblins were babbling about.
But at least it lets Ouyang Qianjin know that the two brothers are not the kind of people who cross the river and then destroy the bridge or make decisions on their own.
And so these gray-skinned goblins came before Ouyang Qianjin.
Ouyang Qianjin, who was already exhausted, was speechless as she looked at the goblins who were surrounded by her skeletons, kneeling on the ground and kowtowing to her, chattering incoherently.
She originally thought the city was deserted, but then goblins, such lowly creatures, appeared.
The key issue is still being imprisoned?
Given the centaur's fighting strength, any one of these guys, who, according to Sebastian, is about as strong as a blue drow, could easily crush them. So why would they need to be imprisoned?
I don't understand.
"Grey Goblin!"
"What, Sebastian, you know about this?"
Just as Ouyang Qianjin couldn't understand, Sebastian, who was standing to the side, was surprised.
"Yes, young lady, the gray-skinned goblins are a branch of goblins that are said to live in the far north, and they are also the most intelligent of the many goblin subspecies."
"Even in a world of ice and snow where there is nothing, these guys can live well with skills comparable to those of dark-skinned dwarves."
“They rarely come out of the far north. I only learned about this from the bards. I never expected to encounter them here, and in so many.”
Sebastian was surprised by this.
Because this creature, which is even rarer than dragons and exists only in legends passed down by word of mouth, actually exists!
That alone was enough to give him a small shock.
"Oh, really? Then kill him."
After listening to Sebastian's words, Ouyang Qianjin nodded, having roughly understood. Then, with a thought, the centaur skeletons guarding the side rushed forward, ignoring the goblins' pleas for mercy, and directly used their weapons to stab the gray-skinned goblins to death one by one.
"Isn't it a bit of a pity, Miss?"
Zhang Mo had also heard Sebastian's explanation and knew the value of this gray-skinned goblin.
Although I don't know how much of the legend is true and how much is false.
But if a clan can thrive in the barren, icy wilderness, then they must have some special skills.
If we could bring these technologically advanced grey-skinned goblins back with us, they might bring a different kind of impact to this chaotic world.
However, Ouyang Qianjin was killed without even lifting her eyelids.
"Waste? I don't quite understand what you mean by waste."
Upon hearing Zhang Mo's words, Ouyang Qianjin frowned slightly as she looked at him.
"Uh, I mean the technology of these gray goblins. If Miss takes it back, she might become the richest person on the spot."
Zhang Mo paused for a moment, then spoke his mind.
"Alas—Mo, it seems you still haven't grasped the essence of this matter."
Ouyang Qianjin let out a long sigh.
"Uh... how should I put it?"
"The word 'clever' often means 'cunning.' Among the hundred or so goblins here, most of them may be kind, but if even one of them is wicked, he or she is a threat to me."
Insecure people won't keep smart people around them.
unless--
"You know I'm a necromancer. In my eyes, only dead summoned creatures are the safest."
"And my skill is that there is a chance that the transformed skeleton will retain its memory."
"So it was a gamble, a gamble that I didn't lose anything from."
Ouyang Qianjin smiled.
In fact, these goblins were already an extra bonus for Ouyang Qianjin.
Rather than bringing it out alive and potentially causing trouble, it's safer to just kill it and turn it into a skeleton.
Although a one percent probability is practically nonexistent.
But Ouyang Qianjin believed that if any of these goblins could become like Sebastian and possess memories of their past lives, then she would have hit the jackpot.
They are both skilled and obedient.
This is Ouyang Qianjin's 'personnel selection standard'.
certainly.
No, that means there isn't any.
I've never seen such an intense battle before. Ouyang Qianjin transformed more than 10,000 centaur skeletons, but not a single one of them retained any memories?
This kind of thing is inherently based on luck and destiny; it's not something that can be achieved by spending money or using "fodder" (or "padding" in-game items).
With that in mind, Ouyang Qianjin used her skill to transform all the goblin corpses on the ground into skeletons in one go.
"My great master! Your faithful servant Canon salutes you!"
As all the goblin skeletons crawled out of the corpses, one of the goblin skeletons suddenly rushed out and, before Sebastian could react, slid down to his knees in an incredibly smooth tackle.
He then used his teeth to kiss the instep of Ouyang Qianjin's sock-clad foot.
"..."
The excitement I felt just now from the appearance of the skeleton that retained its memories vanished instantly.
She knew, of course, that this was an expression of submission and loyalty.
But the problem is, you still have freshly ripped flesh on your lips...
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