novellhall Chapter 14 Extraordinary Intelligence
Chapter 14 Extraordinary Intelligence
"Is the goblin tribe of Black Ape Mountain merely a stronghold established within human society by a large goblin tribe from the Great Green Forest of the North Wind?"
Inside the hunter's cabin.
The goblin shaman knelt on the ground, recounting the memories in his mind in great detail.
"Yes, the tribe I came from was enormous, and the leader of that goblin tribe even reached the third level of transcendence, his bloodline evolving into a goblin hero that only one in a million goblins could achieve."
"That goblin hero transported the special resources of the Great Green Forest of the North Wind here to trade with humans."
The interior of the Great Green Forest is very dangerous for humans. Only extraordinary adventurers with awakened spiritual powers can enter it to collect resources, and even extraordinary individuals will be in great danger if they stay inside the Great Green Forest for too long.
Some of the timber, medicinal herbs, special fruits, spices, and other resources produced within the Great Green Forest are even more valuable than gold in human society.
Trading with the natives within the Great Green Forest would naturally bring enormous profits.
The goblin shaman continued, "At the same time, we purchase resources such as weapons, armor, and magical items from human society. The iron armor in our tribe was made by human craftsmen."
"Tsk tsk..."
Luo Qi couldn't help but shake her head: "I thought there would be some kind of conspiracy, but it turns out it's just about profit?"
"However, how exactly do goblins and humans establish mutual trust? Also, why is there a quest for the Black Ape Mountain Goblin in the Adventurers' Guild? If the purpose of the Black Ape Mountain Goblin is to trade with humans, isn't it redundant to rob caravans and force the merchants to submit their quests to the Adventurers' Guild?"
Luo Qi was a little curious.
Aren't the human merchants or goblins involved in the transaction afraid of being double-crossed?
Moreover, isn't it a bit unbelievable that the Adventurers' Guild is openly offering a commission to wipe out the Black Ape Mountain Goblins?
"Why would humans trust us? I don't know," the goblin shaman replied. "The reason that goblin hero initially gained the trust of humans was... the human he traded with was his mother!"
"Oh?"
Luo Qi's eyes lit up; she never expected to find such juicy gossip while questioning the conspiracy.
"All I know is that the human woman was an adventurer who was captured by goblins while adventuring in the Great Green Forest of the North Wind twenty-six years ago. Before she was rescued by her family's forces, she gave birth to several goblins, one of which grew into the goblin leader of the Great Green Forest of the North Wind."
"More than twenty years ago? Looking at it this way, that female adventurer actually benefited from becoming a mining card?"
Luo Qi pondered, "It seems I've really offended a very powerful person."
This transaction lasted for more than a decade, and the resources that human woman obtained in this transaction were absolutely abundant. Even if that female adventurer's talent was average, with the support of massive resources, the possibility of her becoming a high-level superhuman was very high.
The goblin shaman continued, "As for why the Adventurers' Guild has a quest to exterminate the Black Ape Mountain goblins, it's because there's a boundary between the territory of monsters and the territory of humans."
"This boundary is related to the knight training system created by the God of Order. If goblins continue to live in Black Ape Mountain within human territory, the strong in human countries will sense it. If there are no related missions in the Adventurers' Guild, then the human high command will inevitably send a real army to subdue them."
The goblin shaman's voice trembled slightly.
Clearly, it fears the armies of human civilization more than adventurers.
"But by posting commissions through the Adventurers' Guild, this situation can be avoided; as long as we specifically plunder designated humans and act weak, then human civilization will assume that the existence of the Black Ape Mountain Goblin is just something that adventurers deliberately created to get merchants to post commissions."
"In addition, in order to dispel the suspicions of the human leadership, we will periodically provide some of our own kind with weaker potential for the adventurers under that human woman's command to complete missions."
After listening to this, Luo Qi nodded.
While adventurers engaging in "brushing" (fake orders) is certainly a reprehensible act, it is ultimately confined to internal human struggles. In the eyes of the true higher-ups, while such matters certainly need to be addressed, they are not as important as other issues.
Trading with large goblin tribes would be considered treason.
Once this is exposed, there is absolutely no chance of escaping punishment.
Are human armies very strong?
Luo Qi no longer pays attention to the conspiracy behind Black Ape Mountain.
It's enough to roughly calculate the opponent's current strength.
Loki was intrigued by the goblin shaman's deep-seated fear of the human army.
Luo Qi learned from Misfield that a nine-tiered path to godhood existed in this world.
The first stage is spiritual awakening.
Once the spirit is fully awakened, one becomes a first-order superhuman. It is not easy for humans to become superhumans, but thanks to the promotion by gods and the church, the number of superhumans is still considerable.
Every human settlement with more than 100 people will have at least one first-order priest.
"Very strong!"
The goblin shaman stated unequivocally, "The path of cultivation for ordinary life originates from the path of knights created by the God of Order. This path is very primitive, and many people walk it, but it is precisely the strongest path! Any creature of the same level, in a direct confrontation, will be utterly defeated by a knight!"
Luo Qi listened attentively to the information revealed by the goblin shaman.
As far as the goblin shaman knows, on the path to godhood at the ninth level...
A first-tier knight is called a Beginning Knight.
After awakening their spirit, the starting knights have extremely fast thinking speeds and exquisite combat skills. With the support of their spiritual power, they can unleash power equivalent to two to five times the human limit.
Other extraordinary professions among humans often require skills or techniques to unleash sufficiently powerful abilities.
Knights are different; these extraordinary individuals possess sword skills comparable to those of other professions.
The second-tier knight is called the Steel Knight.
Their spirits were incredibly strong, and this spiritual strength imbued their bodies, making them as hard as steel and increasing their power exponentially.
The Extraordinary Knights, one of the pillars of the empire, consisted of thousands of steel knights.
Third-tier knights are titled knights.
This knight has grasped the order of heaven and earth, and every strike is like the might of the heavens.
Once you reach this level, you will naturally become an aristocrat.
"Moreover, the knights can form military formations. Within these formations, the knights' spiritual power converges, creating an unstoppable torrent that can destroy even monsters of higher power."