Andrei, Loban, Yelena and the other six orcs followed the route marked on the map and rushed to Mantou Mountain without any delay.
About two hundred years ago, orc warriors entered the foothills of the Greater Khingan Range one after another in search of the Goblin King. After paying the price of many orc lives, they finally discovered that the Goblin King's body was in a small hill shaped like a hamburger.
According to the Chinese mountain people living near the Greater Khingan Range, the older generation has heard the legend of the Goblin King. Some have even seen the Goblin King transform into a child wearing a red bellyband and playing in the mountains. However, no one has seen the Goblin King in nearly a hundred years. The younger generation of Chinese people have long regarded the legend of the Goblin King as a myth.
His Majesty Alexander lived a long life and was knowledgeable. He knew that creatures like goblins had to hibernate in order to advance. The Goblin King had not appeared for almost a hundred years, so he must have entered a dormant period. This was the best time for them to take action, so he sent Andre and Victor to lead the bear and wolf tribes to China to capture the Goblin King.
Andre came to the foot of Mantou Mountain. There were no tall trees nearby, only low bushes. At a glance, he could see a bare, round hill five hundred meters ahead of them.
Loban shook his heavy body and walked towards the hill. Before Big Bear Paw took a step forward, Andre roared at him.
"Stop, idiot!"
Loban was a little unhappy and sat down on the ground and refused to move: "Andre, why do you always call me an idiot? What did I do wrong?"
Andrei looked disappointed and scolded him with a voice like a beast's roar: "There's something strange about this hill. Don't approach it rashly, or you'll get trapped inside and can't get out!"
"Haha, Andre, there's not even a big tree here, how can we be trapped? Are you kidding me?"
Yelena and the other three werewolves also looked at Andre with puzzled expressions.
"It's true. Uncle Pete came to China thirty years ago and was the only one to return alive. He said the land here was cursed by the Goblin King. Back then, my uncle's team was trapped at the foot of Mantou Mountain for eight days. The path ahead was clearly visible, but they couldn't get through. The team members died one by one, leaving only my uncle. He was extremely hungry, so he pulled up a bush and chewed it to satisfy his hunger. It actually helped him find a way out and escape. My uncle later recalled that the arrangement of the bushes was very strange, probably the formation the Chinese people talk about. He accidentally pulled out the bush that served as the center of the formation and escaped."
Loban and Yelena exchanged a glance, each seeing suspicion in the other's eyes. Loban said:
"Andre, your uncle Old Pete has been acting crazy since returning from China. He drinks vodka like it's water. Who knows if what he said is true or not? Maybe he just made it up..."
Andre was so angry that he slapped Loban's fat butt with his bear paw. The pain made him stand up with a roar and almost jumped into the bushes.
"Uncle Pete is a hero of our tribe, so please speak with respect! Uncle Pete reported this matter to His Majesty Alexander, and His Majesty felt that his analysis was correct. China has had cultivators since ancient times, and they are very skilled in formations. The Goblin King has lived for at least a thousand years, so it makes sense for him to use formations to increase the defenses of his lair!"
His Majesty Alexander said it was a formation, so Luo Ban didn't dare to question it: "Then how do we get in?"
"It's easy, just pull out the bushes!"
Andre waved his sharp claws to loosen the frozen soil around the roots of a bush in front of him. Then he stood up, grabbed the branches of the bush with his two front paws, and shook it left and right to slowly separate the roots from the soil. Then he exerted force with both arms, pulled out the bush, and threw it far away.
Loban followed suit, and he and Andrei pulled out a dozen bushes one after the other. Yelena and the three werewolves followed behind them, and they slowly entered Mantou Mountain.
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