A moment later, all six bear goblin barbarians lay on the ground, and the Mind Flayer Arcanist returned to the Nautilus spacecraft with the goblin and six brains.

The other goblins who came to relieve the shift discovered the bodies of the six bear goblins shortly afterwards.

This matter was soon reported to the current hobgoblin chieftain.

The goblin from the wild magic path was sent to investigate the scene and concluded that "a 5th-level spell had been used at the scene."

After learning that the enemy could use such a high-level spell, the goblin chieftain sent several messengers to the Guardian Tribe and the Traveler Tribe.

The former is the tribe among the six origin tribes that likes to collect all kinds of precious materials the most, while the latter studies all kinds of strange knowledge all day long.

If the previous hobgoblin chief still thought that his tribe might be able to capture the Nautilus spacecraft.

Now the hobgoblin chief is convinced that the enemy cannot be dealt with by a single tribe.

Judging from the fact that the other party captured the earth goblins and took away the brains of the bear goblins, it can be inferred that the other party has an irreconcilable conflict with the goblins.

At least that's the case for hobgoblins and bugbears.

"It's time to bring the glory of the goblins back to the world! That damn monster!"

The hobgoblin chief hammered his throne hard. His only worry now was that the other party would not give him time to communicate with other tribes.

But what he didn't know was that it would take a certain amount of time for the mind flayer arcanist to transform the captured earth elves into new mind flayers.

…

"How do you feel?"

In the utility room on the second floor of the Giant Mine Car, Carl looked at Hope and asked about his feelings.

But Hope just frowned and didn't answer Carl's question.

Just when Carl began to worry, Hope suddenly stretched his tail in front of him and curled up into a ball, with the tip of his tail stretched upwards, barely forming the shape of a thumbs-up.

“As good as always!”

As she said this, her originally frowned brows relaxed, revealing an expression of satisfaction that came from the bottom of her heart.

"Really? If you're not satisfied, I can adjust the size. It's not a problem for me."

Carl stepped forward and grabbed Hope's shoulders, turning him over and over, as if he wanted to confirm from all directions whether what Hope said was sincere or just a compromise.

"Really! Really! Do I not trust your craftsmanship? Look, the connection between the hand armor and the arm armor is so flexible! I can even use the sharp part here to attack the enemy!"

After keeping some distance from Carl, Hope raised her hand and demonstrated her attack skills using the arm armor that Carl had just made for her.

The two were trying on the new protective gear made by Carl.

"What about the shin guard? Is there any discomfort?"

"No, no! Everything is fine! I just wanted to tease you!"

Seeing that Carl was not giving in, Hope had no choice but to tell him the truth about why she pretended to be unwell.

"This is a life-saving device. If you feel uncomfortable or unaccustomed to anything, you must tell me. Given our relationship, are you still afraid of bothering me?"

Seeing Karl's insistence, Hope pursed his lips, turned sideways, then lifted his left leg back, pointed at the combat boots on his feet and the shin guards on his calves and said:

"It's just a little troublesome to put on."

“Bang!”

He gave Hope a blow on the forehead, which was wide open. Looking at Hope's eyes, Carl said with a look of "surprise": "How dare you bring that up!"

Seeing Hope's eyes widen even more, Carl squatted down and took off the shin guard and combat boots on his left foot.

Standing on one leg on the ground, Hope swayed his body awkwardly.

"That's not bad. Monitor lizard skin is quite breathable. Your theory of human body mechanics is also very useful."

"Very good! Then let's find some time to go out and try out the effect."

After demonstrating to Hope again how to put on combat boots and greaves, Carl stood up and announced his next plans.

During this period, as the two trained, the various foods were consumed much faster than they had initially expected.

Now, the two men only had about a week's worth of food left.

In order to avoid spending all his money, Carl worked overtime to make new armor and equipment, and planned to return soon to get some fresh meat and mushrooms.

But when he heard that he would be going out soon, Hope's eyes started to become evasive.

After spending such a long time together, the two of them have become close friends. Seeing Hope's eyes flickering, Carl calculated with his fingers and found that Hope's menstrual period was about to come.

After thinking for a moment, Carl sighed and patted Hope's head.

"Forget it, I'll just go out then."

Upon hearing this, Hope's face changed.

"No! It's too dangerous outside! We can temporarily stop training and reduce food consumption!"

"Don't worry. I have survived the parasitism of the Mind Flayer larvae. I have psychic reconnaissance abilities. If I spot an enemy, I will definitely run away."

As if he was afraid that Hope might be worried, Carl pointed to the Tiga Type 2 Power Armor in the corner and continued confidently:

"I have replaced the entire power armor with new materials. Ordinary attacks can't even leave a scratch on my power armor."

Despite this assurance, Hope still looked unmoved.

"How about I explore the other side of the cave?"

The pool of water leading to the woodland is now under surveillance by both the goblins and the mind flayers, but this pool is not the only entrance and exit to this underground cave.

When Carl was diving in the cave with Hope before, he discovered that there seemed to be other entrances in certain places around the cave.

However, because of various things that had happened before, Carl did not go to investigate.

Hope was somewhat tempted by this proposal.

Although those passages lead to unknown environments, according to the current situation, no matter how unknown it is, it is better than returning to the mushroom forest.

Not to mention that the wild beasts in the woods are almost running away, it is still unclear whether Carl can hunt prey. The goblins and mind flayers alone are enough to give him a hard time.

“This is fine.”

After a mental struggle, Hope nodded and agreed to the new proposal.

After experiencing many crises in the dungeon, Carl has now become more decisive.

After hugging Hope goodbye, he put on power armor, left the giant mine cart, and began a new exploration.

"So, which direction should we go next? I will choose whoever the little rooster points to!"

Carl casually chose one of the several holes, put down his arms, and strode towards the hole.

(End of this chapter)