novellhall Chapter 13 No Way Out
Chapter 13 No Way Out
With the two elite goblins falling one after another at Loki's hands, the outcome of the battle was no longer in doubt.
Loki charged into the goblin horde, carrying a long banner.
The flagpole of the Emperor's Banner either thrusts out like a spear, pecks down like a halberd, or sweeps across a large area cleanly and decisively.
Goblins perished in the storm-like attack.
These green-skinned dwarves, under the influence of goblin shamanic magic, attempted to fight back, but their weapons were too short—the right weapon is closely related to the size of the user.
The optimal length for a one-handed sword is shoulder height minus arm length.
The optimal length for a two-handed sword is roughly equal to the distance from the chest to the ground.
The appropriate length for polearms varies depending on the purpose, ranging from two to three times the height of the user... Although there were extra-long spears in the history of cold weapons that far exceeded this proportion, the way those polearms were used was no longer the 'thrusting' of a normal spear.
The goblins' weapons are not entirely suited to them, but in general, even the goblin with the longest weapon has an attack range of just over two meters.
These goblins didn't even have time to touch Loki before they were impaled by the flagpole.
Loki would also occasionally flick some of the goblins' weapons, which would then fly towards the goblins who were trying to escape.
Just three minutes later.
Of the remaining fifty-odd goblins, none survived.
but.
Misfield and Doross were somewhat disappointed after carefully inspecting the battlefield.
"Ugh!"
After eliminating all the goblins, Misfiel arrived at the tunnel entrance: "The goblin shaman actually escaped! It was so decisive!"
This tunnel is extremely small.
Ordinary people can only crawl in by bending over. If goblins have set traps inside the tunnel, entering rashly could easily result in falling into one.
Moreover, the mountain forest environment is too complex.
Finding a large goblin tribe in such a complex environment is completely different from finding a single person.
Once the goblin shaman runs three kilometers away, the chances of Loki and his companions catching up with it become infinitesimally small.
The three-person battle didn't last very long, but it was enough for the goblin shaman to escape to within three kilometers.
In her view, the most crucial thing in this battle was to kill the goblin shaman, a henchman of the evil god. The current outcome could only be considered a 50% victory.
It won't take long.
Within two years at most, the escaped goblin shaman will have bred a force no less powerful than the Black Ape Mountain goblin tribe.
"This goblin is too cowardly. If it had joined the battle, perhaps the goblin would have won!" The rabbit-man scout also expressed some regret.
The materials from ordinary goblins are not valuable.
If no materials are wasted, the price of an ordinary goblin is roughly equivalent to one-third of a sheep; the price of an elite goblin is thirty times that of an ordinary goblin—although elite goblins are only twice the height of ordinary goblins, they weigh nearly twenty times as much, and there is also a certain difference in their quality, so the price difference between the two is significant.
The price of a goblin shaman's corpse is even higher.
The skin of these spellcaster monsters is made from natural magic scroll material, and their bones, after slight processing, become the base material for staffs. In total, a goblin shaman can be sold for the equivalent of five elite goblins' worth of gold coins.
"It's still a long way from escaping."
Luo Qi smiled.
Currently, the number of subjects in the Emperor's Banner has reached 120, including three extraordinary individuals.
Compared to before the attack on Black Ape Mountain, he has now undergone a complete transformation.
The subjects recruited by the Emperor's Banner have weaknesses compared to normal goblins. Once the goblins possess weapons capable of attacking spirits, killing ordinary subjects within the Emperor's Banner becomes very easy.
However, the subjects of the Emperor's Banner also possess advantages that ordinary goblins do not have.
In dark and confined areas, it is much faster than a regular goblin.
As the goblin shaman fled for its life, it was completely unaware that a member of its kind, invisible to the naked eye, was following it a hundred meters behind.
Black Ape Mountain, at the foot of which stands a dilapidated hunter's hut.
The goblin shaman pulled out a set of extremely thin human plate armor from the underground chamber of the wooden hut.
The fragile plate armor had a mechanism inside, similar to stilts. After the goblin shaman put on the disguise with considerable effort, he stretched his body slightly.
From its appearance, it has completely transformed into a human knight.
A goblin shaman openly operating within human territory will only be hunted down.
But it's much easier for a plate-armored knight to move around in human territory.
The only flaw in this disguise is that the goblin shaman's movements are somewhat stiff, and he doesn't have a suitable warhorse, but overall, it wouldn't be too difficult to blend into human society while wearing this outfit.
"Once I leave this densely populated area, I won't need to wear this useless disguise anymore."
The goblin shaman confidently pushed open the door.
then.
One man and two women, three humans, were standing with their arms crossed not far from the wooden house.
"Tsk, plate armor does have many advantages, but it takes too much time to put on a complete set of plate armor. No wonder that woman from the Rose Squad never took off her plate armor."
After saying that, Luo Qi casually stabbed the goblin shaman.
The goblin shaman didn't even have time to cast a spell before everything went black.
"Why not capture it and interrogate it to find out the conspiracy behind Black Ape Mountain?" Miss Scout tilted her head curiously and asked.
"There's no need," Luo Qi replied.
Ordinary goblins educated by the Human Emperor's Banner will lose all their memories and can only act according to their instincts and Loki's orders.
Elite goblins who have awakened their minds can retain a large amount of memories from before their indoctrination, providing Loki with a considerable amount of extraordinary knowledge.
Magic-based extraordinary beings like goblin shamans leave behind richer memories.
"Let's clean up the battlefield. Miss Scout is going to get quite a haul this time."
The resources displayed by the goblins alone are enough to assemble two complete sets of iron armor and two broken sets of iron armor, which can be sold for at least three gold coins.
After adding in other miscellaneous equipment and materials, the rabbit girl's harvest this time was comparable to ten of her normal missions.
"Mr. Luo Qi..."
Miss Rabbit approached Luo Qi somewhat awkwardly. After witnessing Luo Qi's performance in the battle, she felt that the previous agreement was not quite reasonable.
She felt truly unworthy of such a large sum of money.
"Don't worry about it. These things are what you deserve. Misfiel and I both have our own spoils, you just haven't noticed them."
What Luo Qi valued most were his subjects.
Misfiel helped Loki this time, and Loki will also lend a hand tomorrow when dealing with the goblins in the Pioneer Village.
These visible riches are not so important.