However, as soon as Xia Duo finished speaking, almost everyone fell silent. Some team members were still chatting, but they stopped chatting now. The atmosphere seemed to have changed subtly.
"Captain Gibb?"
"Huh?" Jibu seemed to suddenly come back to his senses, "Master Xia Duo, what's the matter?"
"..."
Xia Duo repeated the question just now, but added a qualifier - "in the forest". Xia Duo also thought at this moment that if it is not specifically mentioned, when it comes to undead creatures, it will usually be followed by
Contact the territorial night watchman.
Night watchmen are a taboo word in Savilland and even other areas of Netheril, and most people will try to avoid mentioning them. This is something Shado only learned after joining the Mage Tower.
It's just that Xia Duo is an outsider after all, and it's really hard for him to sympathize with these taboos. He only remembered it after seeing other people's weird behaviors.
After adding the qualifier, Gibb's stiff expression recovered, but even so, Gibb was unwilling to say the word "undead".
"Master Xia Duo, I have been a member of the territorial army for almost eight years, and I have never encountered them in the forest. However, I know that some people have encountered moving goblin skeletons."
Xia Duo nodded and didn't ask any more questions.
Soon everyone finished their rest and began to continue looking for actual combat targets.
After killing a wild boar, a herd of deer, and a nest of goblins, everyone returned home loaded with trophies.
This practical training was quite successful. Except for two people who were hit by wild boars because they failed to avoid in time, the others were almost uninjured.
This is of course thanks to the care of the veterans and the recruited former adventurer recruits, which allowed ten pure newcomers, including Shado and Dean, to get a good experience.
As for Sami, the situation on Dewane's side is also going very smoothly. There are experienced veterans and former adventurers, and they don't go too far into the forest. The actual combat training is still very easy.
In fact, their actual combat training is actually the daily tasks of most adventurers in Savile Town. Of course, the tasks of territorial soldiers are similar. In addition to guarding the town, they are more likely to clean up the wild beasts and goblins in the forest.
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Protecting and even expanding the scope of activities of the people in the territory, of course, is essentially opening up the territory for Lord Savile.
In the next few days, Xia Duo would take people to the forest to kill every afternoon. In addition to meeting the needs of actual combat training, the team members also gained a small sum of money.
In this way, as the time came closer to the end of the month, the atmosphere in the military camp became more and more tense. Some teams even stayed in the field all day long, wanting to engage in as many actual battles as possible.
Of course, there are things that go well, and there are things that are lost. It's okay to be a little injured, because there are Amaunata's radiant servants in the camp. These priests who follow Amaunata's radiant path have extraordinary healing powers.
As long as the body is not missing parts, most injuries can be recovered, but if the person dies, there is nothing you can do.
In addition, the team is short of people. After adding people, it is very likely that they will be ordinary people again, and they will have to train again. The orc wave is at the end of the month, how much time can be left to train?
At this time, Xia Duo was extremely lucky. There were only five pure newcomers in his team, including him. Many other teams simply consisted of two veterans and nine newcomers.
If the apprentice knows that it is better to advance than to return, if he still wants to fight for command, it will be a disaster.
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That afternoon, Xia Duo took people to the Green Pearl Forest again. After several previous practical trainings, Xia Duo's outstanding performance was noticed by everyone.
Gibb and Captain Uk of Dean's team have completely acquiesced in Shado's command, acting like two ordinary soldiers. Even Ava, who has always been elusive, can be dispatched at will through Gibb.
Today, the target of Xia Duo and others was a small goblin tribe. This was discovered by Ava when they came out for actual combat training yesterday. Because it was getting late, they did not go deeper to eliminate it.
So I went straight to my goal today.
Ava and Marvel from Dean's team were exploring the way in front, while Shado and others were slowly advancing behind.
"Captain Gibb, you just said that this small goblin tribe may have just migrated here recently?" Sha Duo asked.
"Yes, at this distance, although it has gone deep into the forest, in general, it is still within the clearance range of adventurers and territorial soldiers. If it had been there before, I would definitely know about it."
After finishing speaking, Gibb added, "The goblins are a race that does not engage in production at all, so it is difficult for them to settle down in one place."
"Um."
Xia Duo nodded. Nowadays, the main target of the team's actual combat training is goblins. It's not that other targets are not good, but that there are the largest number of goblins. Sometimes a nest has just been cleared the day before, and another nest will appear when passing by the next day.
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It's almost impossible to kill them all.
There can be as many as ten or twenty, as few as two or three, and there are even some who are alone. As the recruits become more and more experienced, the effect of such practical training becomes weaker and weaker.
There were nearly a hundred small goblin tribes discovered this time, which was the largest number found in recent days. Xia Duo still paid great attention to it.
He planned to use this as the last actual combat training before the orc wave.
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From a distance, Xia Duo could already see some dead branches and a simple fence made of rotten wood, and seven or eight earth-colored creatures half as tall as a man were standing there motionless.
"Stop!" Xia Duo quickly shouted in a low voice.
He had heard the language of goblins with his own ears and knew that goblins were also intelligent beings, but their intelligence was somewhat lower than that of humans.
But a small tribe with nearly a hundred people will always be smarter.
"Captain Gibb, let Ava come back."
"yes."
Gibb took out his bone whistle and blew it long and short. Soon Ava appeared and even called Marvel back.
"Aiwa, what's the current situation of the goblin tribe?" Sha Duo asked.
"There are eight or ninety goblins in total, and more than half of them are old and young goblins. They may be the merger of several smaller gangs."
"Marvel, what did you find?"
"It's almost the same as Ava's exploration, but I was an adventurer before and learned a little goblin language. I heard many goblins talking about orcs."
Orcs? Shado's eyes lit up, "Are you sure they are talking about orcs?"
"I am sure."
In this case, Xia Duo didn't need to say it, everyone had already guessed that these goblins were probably driven out by the orcs deep in the forest.
The orcs have gone down the mountain and have even entered the Green Pearl Forest.
Now Xia Duo and the others are probably only a short distance away from the orcs, so the goblin tribe can escape.
Almost subconsciously, an idea appeared in Sha Duo's mind - lead the team back first!
However, this idea only appeared for less than a second and was rejected by Xia Duo. Going back now will hurt morale. Will we have to face orcs in the future?
"Eva, Marvel, search the direction the goblins came from, go over and check, and pay attention to safety!"
After giving the instructions, Xia Duo was about to report the situation discovered here to Sami and the others. Unexpectedly, Sami's news arrived first!