◎Professional◎
Of course Xia Li knew how to assemble it. She could even disassemble military mechas, so a small gun was obviously no problem for her.
Chief Ralph looked at what Xia Li was holding and frowned, "What is this...?"
"This is a gun, a weapon that uses the energy of burning gunpowder to fire bullets and can penetrate a solid wall in an instant." Xia Li explained calmly.
"What the hell? A weapon that can penetrate a solid wall?" Antoine, as always, didn't believe her. "That's ridiculous! How could such a powerful weapon exist in this world? If there is, it must have been made by our great goblins. Besides, this thing is no bigger than my palm. How could it possibly have the power you claim?"
"Believe it or not, it's up to you. I'm just telling you the information I know truthfully." Xia Li didn't care about Antoine's stubbornness. She just needed to gain the trust of the clan leader Ralph.
"Then... is such a powerful thing made by you humans?" The younger Theodore was not as stubborn as Antoine. He carefully took the gun handed to him by Xia Li, looked at it carefully, and couldn't help asking worriedly.
His words just expressed what Ralph was thinking. Ralph looked at the gun in Theodore's hand with a serious expression. If this was really something made by humans, and it really had such great power as she said, then the future life of them, the goblins, would be even more precarious.
In fact, although the goblins are the race that is best at engineering and weapons manufacturing, if you really count carefully, the glory of the goblins happened a hundred years ago. At that time, the human race had just established a foothold in the Xia continent. They were small in size and weak in strength. Most importantly, they did not know how to make weapons. Therefore, the goblins did not take the human race seriously at all and continued to live a leisurely and happy life in their own territory, which is now the royal city.
However, as time went on, the human race, without knowing when, actually possessed strength almost as great as that of the goblins!
This was something that the goblin chiefs at the time had not expected. You know, all the creatures in the entire Shia continent knew very well that the human body was the most fragile, and even the slightest external force could cause a fracture. However, such a weak race actually created a wide variety of weapons step by step, including daggers, swords, bows and arrows, etc.
With the right weapons, the human race's power grew rapidly. Within a decade, they had established a royal city in the heart of the Shia continent. At the time, the land where the royal city was located was the most fertile and richest in mineral resources on the Shia continent. It was also where the goblin tree of life grew.
Faced with the aggressive expulsion of humans, the goblins, who had been used to a comfortable life, could not react at all. They had no strength to resist and were quickly defeated. They were driven out of the royal city and left the Tree of Life. The goblins wandered on the edge of the Shia continent and were finally forced to settle in sparsely populated areas until today.
Since leaving the goblin's Tree of Life, Ralph and other old goblins have discovered that the lifespan of the newly born goblins has inexplicably become shorter. Normally, a healthy goblin can live to about 200 years old, but the newborn goblins who have left the nourishment of the Tree of Life basically live to about 80 years old.
This was a near-fatal blow to the entire race. Not only did their bloodline not survive, but their essential skills, such as engineering and mining, were also in danger of being lost. Because these skills encompassed numerous and complex areas of knowledge, it would take a young goblin twenty to thirty years to master them. To achieve the proficiency of the elders would require at least forty to fifty years of dedicated study.
The problem is that most of the Heartborn goblins have a very short lifespan. Many of the techniques they mastered were lost before they could pass them on to the next generation. The various skills that the goblins were most proud of were also lost long ago without them noticing...
When Ralph thought of this, he felt a pang of pain in his heart again. He had been hiding these things from the young goblins and the little goblins. Only he and a few other surviving old goblins knew about them. So when he saw this human assembling a weapon and described how powerful the weapon was, disbelief was written on Antoine's face.
After all, how could such an excellent and talented race have weapons that they don’t know about?
But the fact is that the goblins have been declining. When he thought of what the humans said in front of him, Ralph felt even more sad in his heart. If this weapon was really mastered by humans, they, the goblins, might really have no future.
Xia Li didn't know how worried Ralph was at the moment, but seeing Theodore's expression, she could still roughly guess the fear in Ralph and the others' hearts. So she shook her head and told the second clue given by the system without reservation: "The manufacturing process of this gun is complicated. Neither the Xia Continent nor the Saye Continent has the ability to produce it."
"Impossible," Antoine immediately denied her. He puffed out his chest proudly and said confidently, "There's nothing in this world that we goblins can't make. If you don't believe me, just look at the works displayed in our mine."
As he spoke, he pointed to a weapon hanging on the wall. "This is a shield forged by our clan leader himself. It's definitely one of the strongest protective weapons. As long as you wear it, no weapon can pierce it."
Xia Li narrowed her eyes: "Oh, really?"
It does look like a fast, thick and large shield, but I don't know if it can be as completely indestructible as Antoine said.
Seeing her nonchalant question, Antoine suddenly became unconvinced: "You don't believe it, right? Okay, I'll show you!" Theodore, come here.
"Ah...?" Theodore, who was inexplicably cueed, opened his mouth. He glanced at the head of his family and found that Ralph did not say anything. He guessed that he must have silently agreed with Antoine's words, so he had to put down the gun in his hand and took the shield handed to him by Antoine.
The shield was big and heavy, and Theodore was almost crushed when he took it. Fortunately, he was strong enough and he quickly stood firm after shaking a few times.
"Hold still, I'm coming over with my rifle." Antoine took the rifle from the other side of the wall, got into position, and put all his strength into it.
Ralph stood quietly observing, not saying a word. Antoine's words might have been a bit exaggerated, but this shield was indeed his specialty. Few of the younger generation of goblins could craft such a delicate and high-defense weapon. Honestly, he really wanted to show off his skills in front of this human, to show her that even if the goblins were in decline, they were still powerful.
Antoine let out a cry and charged forward with his spear.
There was a clang as the spear and shield collided. Ralph stared at the shield intently, and the scene suddenly became quiet.
"Hahaha, see I wasn't bragging, the shield is fine." Antoine deliberately stopped for two seconds, and only after he thought Xia Li saw it clearly did he retract his spear with a proud look on his face.
"Wow, Chief Ralph, the shield you made is amazing!" Theodore was holding the shield, and was shocked by the attack just now. He shook his head violently several times. After recovering, he couldn't help but praise the chief loudly. He was indeed their old chief, and the finished product he made was much better than his little gadgets.
"Well, that's not bad," Xia Li just looked at him, her expression as calm as her tone, making it impossible to tell what was going on in her mind.
"Not bad? You'd call that not bad? This clearly represents the highest level of the Xia continent!" Antoine snorted. "But I bet you've never seen such sturdy armor. Today I'll be opening your eyes."
He was so proud that he could let the human race see the abilities of the goblins with their own eyes.
However, Xia Li only smiled nonchalantly and then asked, "Can I give it a try?"
"What? Just you?" Antoine scoffed disdainfully, his mind racing back to the time they'd captured her outside the mines. She'd barely been able to walk, and even fallen flat on her face in front of them trying to evade their onslaught. With that kind of skill, she still thought she was challenging Ralph's shield? That was presumptuous of her.
But he was also thinking about it in his heart. After all, whether he agreed in the end or not depended on the nod of Ralph, the holder of the shield.
Ralph didn't stop her. Seeing Xia Li was about to try, he took the initiative and said, "Then I will personally hold the shield to meet your attack."
You can only feel a sense of accomplishment if you personally do your own masterpiece.
Xia Li nodded: "Okay."
After saying that, he waved his gloved hand in the air in front of his eyes, and a ball of black poisonous gas rushed out, colliding violently with the shield with unstoppable momentum!
Bang! Bang!
The skill Poison Gas Critical Strike caused two explosions in front of the shield, and Antoine felt his ears buzzing. Although he didn't know the current condition of the shield, he could feel the strength of the shield from the power of the previous few shots.
What a strong attack power... Antoine was amazed in his heart. She didn't even use any weapons. She could release such a powerful shock wave with just one hand. Who is this person?
Theodore covered his ears in advance and was not as surprised as Antoine. He had seen her moves when he was on the ground. She didn't use any weapons or have any helpers. She defeated the giant stone monster that gave them a headache just by herself. Her strength was indeed outstanding.
Ralph, who was closest to the explosion, was shocked for a moment. He recalled the previous attack in his mind. It was clean, neat, and powerful. It turned out that this was the professional that the previous patriarch mentioned!
The reason the humans were able to defeat the goblins wasn't just due to their various weapons, but more importantly, a new group emerged among them: the professionals. The old patriarch had once told him that the professionals possessed skills the goblins didn't understand. These skills were incredibly powerful, and when used with the appropriate weapons, their effectiveness was doubled.
It was obvious that the person standing in front of him was a professional.
Ralph took a deep breath and thought, if his shield could withstand the attack of this professional, does it mean that the goblins would have a chance to see the light of day again?
However, the young seedling of dreams had just broken through the soil when it was strangled by the cruel reality.
His shield... cracked...
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