In the evening, when Lu Yu rode a rented horse and returned with thirty-seven goblin heads, he found that there were many more guards on the wall of Black Shield City, and torches were inserted all over the wall.
As soon as he entered the city gate, Lu Yu saw a group of knights galloping towards the Luotan Plain.
Under the city wall, a cart of lighting crystals was transported, and the magicians guarding the city carefully used magic power to check whether it was usable.
When handing the head to the auditor who specialized in recording data, Lu Yu glanced at other people's records.
"Maroney's record hasn't gone up at all. Didn't he go out today?"
The auditor was sent by Yas III, and he was kinder to Lu Yu than to others.
Seeing that the others were far away, he whispered: "Nott and their supporters suffered heavy losses today."
"Not only that, no other noble's gains exceeded ten today."
"What happened?" Lu Yu squatted down and played with the goblin's head so that no one could see him talking.
The auditor also squatted down: "The Marquis has also seen that the alert level of Black Shield City is rising. Although the residents were told that Goblins were routinely swept away, in fact, the Goblins took the initiative to leave the underground palace today and chased after them.
The Knotts."
"If it weren't for the elite patrols of the Mithril adventurers and the Black Shield Knights, Maroni would have lost his head."
"Those goblins didn't know why they were crazy. They actually gathered together and swept around the Lotan Plains, chasing and killing people. Several groups of adventurers and nobles were intercepted by them at the entrance to the underground palace and tortured to death."
Hearing this, Lu Yu shivered.
Lulutis, who was about to fall asleep after a busy day, suddenly became energetic. She murmured in the private chat room: "No wonder we encountered a lot of shrimps all day long."
Sigrid also didn't expect that her casual words at that time would actually hit the mark.
The goblins in the underground palace went out in large numbers and launched a revenge killing against the humans and aliens on the Lotan Plain, and this killing did not end until the sun went down.
Goblins haven't carried out large-scale operations on the ground for a long time. Today's situation is so abnormal that Black Shield City, who doesn't know why the goblins went crazy, is ready for an siege.
But why the goblin suddenly went berserk, the auditor didn't understand.
When I got back to the house, before I had time to rest, there was a knock on the door.
The visitor was Andrew. As soon as he entered the door, he closed the door smoothly, pulled Lu Yu to sit in the corner, and whispered: "The Marquis should not go out recently."
It was obvious that Andrew was in such a hurry that he even omitted basic etiquette.
"I need my head in exchange for materials, you know this." Lu Yu poured a glass of juice for Andrew, "Tell me what you know. There is a high probability that Maroni and Black Shield City suddenly raised their alert.
Is it relevant?"
Only then did Lu Yu realize that Andrew was wearing armor to come to him.
"Before he fell into coma, Maroni only told Duke Guy that he had diverted water from the Lotan River and poured it into the underground palace. After that, the goblins rioted. The Duke, the Knights of the Black Shield, the Mithril Adventurers, and
Scholars who study goblins are meeting to discuss why the act of watering caused such a big reaction from goblins."
Isn’t it difficult to understand that the seven armies were flooded and suffered heavy losses, and the goblins went berserk? Does this require a special meeting?
After questioning, Lu Yu found out that Maroni, a great smart man, thought that the three major lords guarding the front line were fools and could not think of such a clever trick as flooding.
In fact, he is the biggest fool.
It's not like the three major lords have poured water into the underground palace. The initial effect was very obvious, and many goblins drowned.
But with the development of the Goblin Underground Palace, it is no longer useful to simply flood an area. They can move away at any time.
Unless the three major lords intend to harm the many races on both sides of the Rotan River, breaking the embankment will cause no more damage and will also cause many races to share the same hatred with the goblins.
Even if the three major lords plan to exterminate their families and all the aliens in the Luotan Plain are sent to meet the God of Death, the Goblins are not afraid.
The underground palace already has a mechanism to block the flow of water. As long as it senses the intrusion of water flow, the boulder will fall and cut off the flow of water.
A race that has been entrenched in the Lotan Plain for nearly thirty years has built a huge palace complex underground. How could they not have a plan to deal with various emergencies?
"The Goblin's actions seem to be about to start a large-scale siege. My cavalry team should not be able to return to Black Shield City in the near future. If the Marquis insists on leaving, please be more careful. I can only inform Black Shield
An acquaintance of the Knights, ask him to pay more attention to the area of the underground palace you explore."
Lu Yu has always had a good impression of Andrew.
He has all the excellent qualities of a young man, including a sense of justice, kindness, and excellent moral character.
This is also the reason why Lu Yu did not act arrogant in front of Andrew. He even allowed some flaws in his personality to let Andrew not be too reserved in front of him and to be a little more relaxed.
As soon as he arrived home, Andrew came to visit him immediately and put on his armor, which proved that he was waiting for him.
Only by delivering the information to him personally can you leave with peace of mind.
The script of Yas III does not have any arrangements for this. Andrew's doing this should be due to that beautiful lie.
He admired Lu Yu who could become a traveler and take risks everywhere.
Because this is what Andrew wants to do but can't do.
"Why do you want to come to the front line? You left the Eastern Territory not long ago, didn't you?"
Andrew was silent as he opened the door to leave. For a long time, he turned back and looked at Lu Yu with helpless emotions in his eyes.
"Otherwise, what can I do, stay at home and wait for others to arrange my marriage and put me in the position of the head of the house?"
"Marquis..."
"Call me Lu Yu."
“…”
"Lu Yu, as a lord and a pioneer, if one day your child chooses a path that you don't approve of and wants to take a walk, will you agree?"
Seeing that Lu Yu didn't answer, Andrew sighed.
"I want to make my doll perfect and learn all kinds of magic to make her come alive."
"I heard that there are powerful magicians who can give souls to dolls, so that they are no longer just bodies that obey orders..."
"But my father hopes that I can become the head of the Turner family and lead the family to take off... He said that it is my responsibility. The rise and fall of the family depends on my thoughts."
"Compared with you wandering around and going through all kinds of hardships trying to find a way back to Seris, I look like a coward because I came to the front just to escape."
Lu Yu said: "You can't escape forever."
The corner of Andrew's mouth twitched and he hesitated to speak. After a long time, he said in a bitter tone: "Yes, after coming here, the Goblin riot started. As a member of the Knights, I must stand up and guard Asiko.
It is my duty to the people."
"If I don't die in battle and I get back my war merits, then I will be promoted to a peerage and become the person with the highest title in the Turner family."
"I have been trained by my family and have their ardent expectations, so I can only respond to their expectations." Andrew said with a smile.
Andrew opened the door: "Thank you Marquis for allowing me to call you by your first name. My companions and I hunted thirty-one Goblin heads for you in our free time. Someone will secretly deliver them to you later."
The sound of horse hooves faded away.
Lulutis looked at the direction Andrew left and sighed: "He is really not suitable to be the head of the family."
Lu Yu agreed with Lulutis. After all, after becoming the head of the family, the qualities they admired would be erased bit by bit.
Sigrid, who went out to buy ingredients, came back and added some details to Lu Yu.
Today, due to the Goblin riot, all the family elites carried by the major nobles were basically damaged, and some family heirs were skinned by the Goblins.
Maroni and a group of nobles were seriously injured and fell into a coma. It was said that many of them were at risk of amputation.
This was because most of them had been hit by the goblin's blow darts, and the toxins in the blow darts had not been removed for a long time, causing the wounds to rot and the bones could almost be seen.
Lu Yu never expected that this group of nobles would have such a spirit of self-sacrifice and use their bodies to help him take away the hatred of the goblin army, allowing him to easily complete the harvest.
I’m touched. Is this the spirit of nobility?
Maroney, who is number one on the list, has a total of 112 heads.
Lu Yu captured thirty-seven coins himself, plus thirty-one coins given to him by Andrew, for a total of sixty-eight coins.
In a short period of time, most nobles will be unable to continue hunting. Doesn't that give you the opportunity to overtake easily?
Lu Yu decided to observe for a day tomorrow to see if the goblins were still moving, and where the patrol area of the Knights of Black Shield City was as far as possible, and whether it could cover the entrance to the underground palace where he was.
He is not a rash person. This kind of God-given opportunity must be taken steadily.
At the same time, in the palace deep in the Goblin Underground Palace in the Lotan Plains, the goblins who were kneeling on the ground received the order and retreated tremblingly.
The Goblin King, whose skin was shriveled and haggard, tremblingly supported his old body with his staff and moved forward.
The only Goblin mage left behind was meditating beside a stream transformed from underground water. When he heard the sound of his staff hitting the ground, he quickly stood up and supported the Goblin King.
Who would have thought that the Goblin King, who ruined Duke Guy's face, presided over the construction of the Goblin Underground Palace, and forcibly took away a piece of land from the Kingdom of Yas, would already be exhausted.
Who would have thought that this suspected gold-level Goblin King and Goblin Archmage, who was extremely feared by the Kingdom of Yas, already only had the strength of mithril, and this strength was still declining over time.
Goblins cannot escape the fate of exhausted lifespan.
Most goblins do not live long. If they cannot break through themselves and complete their transformation, fifty years old will already be the limit of their lives.
"Check...cunning humans have noticed it."
The Goblin mage named Cha Cha suddenly opened his eyes wide.
"Why should you be surprised? You have already learned how cruel and cunning they are." The Goblin King panted and scolded Cha Cha.
"Now they are not sure, so they chose to pour water in only one place, trying to force me to show up."
"No matter how they guess that I am going to die, we must make it impossible for them to confirm this guess."
The Goblin King's dark eyes flashed with light.
"Human beings will always measure us by their own ideas. A tribe that has lost its king will not start a war easily... Take your tribe and be prepared to attack the city."
"Since there is no longer enough food for distribution, let's give mankind a war."