The afternoon seemed to drag on, the leaves rustling softly. The goblins, waking from their slumber, scratched their slightly uncomfortable skin and began to stir.
Nine ordinary goblins carrying wooden clubs entered the forest. A fire goblin emerged from the village, howled at the frost goblins guarding the outside, and then took another fire goblin to replace them.
A gentle breeze blew by, and the temperature dropped slightly. Four more goblins carrying baskets woven from vines headed into the forest.
A short while later, the centurion goblin with a scimitar at his waist emerged from the village, arrived at the place where the magic flowers were planted, casually grabbed one, popped it into his mouth, chewed it a few times, cursed at the fire goblins, and then turned and walked back.
At this moment, a five-person group, including two Frost Goblins, emerged from the village and headed towards the Elwyn Line. Lin Feng, who had been observing from the shadows, followed them.
Hearing the strange, complaining cries of the goblins from afar, Lin Feng recalled the goblins he had killed a few days ago.
As social creatures with considerable intelligence, even if no corpses were found within a day and a night, some changes should have occurred.
If a body is indeed discovered, it might alert the goblins and trigger a large-scale search.
Every animal will protect its habitat. Once the news is received, nearby goblins will join in within a day, and the entire forest will be filled with danger. Moreover, there is more than one goblin settlement in this forest.
So this is where the real trouble lies. If he kills one, or even misses one, he will face an ambush from the entire goblin settlement!
The five goblins did not head towards the location where Lin Feng had set the trap. Their direction was uncertain, and they moved slowly and lazily forward.
Lin Feng opened the map, drew a distance with his finger, and quickly calculated a time. At most, they would arrive at the place where he killed the five goblins in an hour.
Having obtained the results, Lin Feng quickly put away the map, pushed off with his feet, and darted away, running ahead of everyone else.
...
An hour later, the goblin squad arrived at the scene. Three goblin corpses, their chests ripped open by some unknown means, lay in front of them, their entrails spilling out and scattered in one direction.
The lazy squad immediately tensed up. The Frost Goblin let out a strange cry, pointed at a goblin, and immediately returned to the settlement.
The remaining four goblins nervously followed the direction in which the entrails had been scattered. The two leading frost goblins glowed with blue light, and fist-sized ice crystals appeared out of thin air in their palms, ready to be used.
Suddenly, ice crystals shot towards the dark shadows floating in the tree canopy. A cracking sound, typical of ice, rang out, and a thin layer of ice appeared on the tree trunk.
The other goblin then shot out an ice crystal, and the dark figure finally fell from the tree, consisting of a few tattered pieces of cloth hanging from the branches.
The goblins breathed a sigh of relief, but their nerves tightened again when they saw the entrails dragging on the ground.
Just then, the goblin who had returned to deliver the message collapsed behind a large tree. Lin Feng's figure flashed by, leaving behind only a mess.
He gradually got used to the feeling, recalled some scattered details of the action, wiped the dagger clean with the rag from the goblin's crotch, and caught up with the goblins again.
The bloodstains on the ground led the goblins closer to the cat demon's territory. When they stopped and were not about to go any further, several green eyes had already lit up on the trees nearby.
Even a corpse that had been dead for a day still easily attracted the cat demons in the dense forest with its strong smell of blood.
Moreover, after they ate the corpse that had accidentally flown into the dense forest, they were so hungry that they followed the trail of blood to the nearby trees.
Seven cat demons, four goblins...
Lin Feng, hiding in the distance, carefully observed the scene.
The seven cat demons, roughly the same size as goblins, had claws sharper than the cubs and leaped between trees faster than Lin Feng had anticipated. In a one-on-one fight, the ordinary goblins had no chance of resistance.
"Including what just happened, the Frost Goblin has used Ice Crystals seven times."
"After being hit, the cat demon will pause briefly, without forming a thin layer of ice like on a tree."
"The cat demon's skin cracked from the frostbite."
A battle was about to break out. Lin Feng quickly recorded what he saw in his mind. At this moment, the two Frost Goblins relied on each other and used the lives of the other two goblins to exchange for the death of a cat demon, opening a gap in the encirclement and rushing back the way they came.
Startled, the cat demons pounced. In the nick of time, two frost goblins managed to shoot out several ice crystals, stopping the three closest ones and finally escaping with their lives.
The cat demons bumped into each other, creating chaos.
When they got up again, their huge eyes only glanced at the departing Frost Goblin before turning to snatch the corpses on the ground, including their own dead brethren.
They're not going to chase them?!
Lin Feng was speechless. Goblins were fast, but cat demons should be even faster.
Puzzled, and seeing that the other party had no intention of pursuing, Lin Feng immediately retreated into the forest and turned to follow the two fleeing frost goblins.
Clap clap clap... The two frantically fleeing goblins tumbled and crawled forward. In just one hundred meters, they seemed to have been drained of all their energy. They rolled down a small slope in a daze, and after struggling to run a few more steps, they collapsed to the ground.
Before they could catch their breath, a cold sensation pierced one of their necks.
Hearing the muffled groan, the other Frost Goblin turned its head and saw a terrifying black claw grabbing at its head, blocking its entire view and bringing an unusually cold sensation to its neck.
Nightmare Points +4!
Nightmare Points: 14
"Mission 2: Kill 9/10 normal goblins, 0/5 fire goblins, and 2/5 ice goblins."
Returning to the location where the trap was set, Lin Feng put down the dagger carried by the Frost Goblin and sat down on the spot.
"Goblin Dagger *2"
The goblin dagger was heavier than the lady's dagger in his hand. The blade was triangular, and the hilt was just the width of his palm. He tried to swing it a few times, and after using too much force, he felt a bit heavy.
After hiding his weapons and resting for a while, he got up and walked in the direction the other goblins had left.
Nine goblins are responsible for hunting, and four goblins are responsible for gathering fruit.
These goblins were scattered and quite lazy. The goblins responsible for hunting were divided into three groups, two of which were slacking off, while the last group wandered around aimlessly, waiting for prey to appear on its own.
The goblins responsible for gathering fruit were having a picnic, eating their way from one tree to another, while another was sunbathing.
Despite the laziness of spreading out, Lin Feng still carefully selected targets, moving from far to near, gradually converting them into Nightmare Points.
Nightmare Points +13!
Returning to the goblin settlement, Lin Feng finished the prepared fruit, replenished his strength, and waited quietly.
As dusk fell, a campfire was lit in the goblin settlement, and a commotion arose. Normally, the goblins sent out should have returned with food by now; even if the hunters were a little late, the fruit gatherers should be back by now.
There were other men sent out, but none of them have returned yet, making the goblin decimator pacing back and forth in the settlement increasingly anxious.
"Wow?!!"
The heavy scimitar whistled through the air, and before it knew it, it had struck a wooden stake, startling the goblin guarding the gate who shook his head repeatedly.
Seeing no answer, the centurion angrily summoned six frost and fire goblins, each leading 15 ordinary goblins, and they split up to search for the missing goblin.
Chance!
Lin Feng's eyes lit up. He hadn't hidden the 13 goblin corpses very well; the captain would find them within an hour... Now, only a few scattered goblins remained in the settlement, along with the three fire goblins guarding the outside...
The hidden figure flickered in the bushes, and the subtle sounds it made alerted the guarding fire goblins. One of them let out a few strange laughs and came over with its companion, who was swallowing hard.
The Flame Goblin has bright red fur all over its body, with hair on its head growing like flames, and several bottles hanging from its waist.
After a few strange cries, the figure in the bushes was startled by the goblins. As they continued to approach, the goblins forcefully pushed through the vegetation and darted into the forest.
The grass and trees rustled underfoot as the fleeing shadow pounded. Two goblins chuckled, rubbing their hungry bellies, and gave chase from the left and right.
A few minutes later, the prey, having run some distance, seemed tired and stopped, brushing aside the grass and trees between several large trees.
The first fire goblin to arrive followed the sound, oblivious to the slightly strange footprints on the ground due to the darkness. Even if he had noticed them, they wouldn't have cared about any giant beast. The fireball and small bottle he held in his hand already demonstrated the difference between intelligent beings and wild animals.
But the instant he stepped out from beside the tree, a whooshing sound came rapidly, and the stone tied to the rope drew a faint arc in the darkness before hitting his face.
Bang!
The fire goblin was knocked back to one side, clutching its hooked nose that had been knocked askew, before it lost its footing and fell to the ground.
Sizzle!
Its small body fell into the trap, branches pierced its skin, and the fire goblin immediately screamed, attracting another fire goblin from the other side.
But what it received was a black demonic hand and a solid kick.
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