Chapter 90: Goblins scaled the walls of the empire
The afterglow of the setting sun once again fell on the city wall of the Thirteenth Parish of the Holy Empire. The soldiers patrolling back and forth yawned as usual. As soon as the sun set, soldiers from the next shift would come up to replace them.
"Captain Matthew, aren't the number of these goblins a little too much?"
"Well, are you new here? Don't worry, goblins will never attack the city. At most, they will harass the surrounding villages."
A newly-adult recruit scanned all the abnormalities around him with enthusiasm.
Soon he discovered that several kilometers away, there were dozens of goblins sizing up the city wall, acting like scouts, investigating the defensive equipment and troop formations on the city wall.
However, his superior glanced outside the city and thought there were many, but it turned out there were dozens. He couldn't help but laugh and slap the recruits on the back. Occasionally, the goblins would act in groups, maybe because of addiction.
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"Then shouldn't we report it? Dozens of goblins are very harmful to the village."
The recruit said with a sense of justice.
"Our mission is to garrison the city. Each village is equipped with soldiers. Do you want to take away their jobs?"
Captain Matthew tried to teach the new recruit some rules.
"However, with our help, they will be completely eliminated. Even if the village's defense alone can resist, many women will be kidnapped."
The recruits are still confused.
"How much manpower and material resources will be spent if the city defense army is dispatched for every robbery? Also, if there are no victims, we soldiers will not be appreciated when we deliver justice.
You are still young, and people who are used to beautiful things will never appreciate the people who create beautiful things."
Captain Matthew sighed. Like this recruit, he used to actively protect the safety of the people in the area.
One day, when he failed to do a good job, he was immediately cursed by the people, saying that he was derelict in his duties, and was also thrown stones and eggs.
After he was transferred, the new soldiers didn't care about the life and death of the people. As a result, those people tried their best to please him all day long, but he didn't get a word of gratitude for his hard work. This kind of worldliness made him completely discouraged.
Feeling cold.
"However, as soldiers who receive the country's salary, we should not ask for the gratitude of the people. What we do is such a job. We don't need a reason to protect our country."
The recruit made an impassioned speech and said that he was still eager to save the people who were about to suffer an unreasonable disaster.
"You...well, even if what you say is right, this kind of thing is not something I can decide. Also, do you know that all the officials have gone home from get off work now. Even if you want to report your request, you have to wait until Tomorrow, it will take several days to send troops to clean up——"
Captain Matthew shook his head. He would not sneer at the recruits' justice, but the reality was that they simply couldn't do it.
In order to make the new recruits retreat when faced with difficulties, he pulled the new recruit beside him and whispered in his ear:
"——First of all, we have to report to the officer in charge of the city gate defense, and then the city gate defense officer reports to the city defense officer to whom he belongs, and then the city defense officer reports to the city defense officer, and then the city defense officer reports to
The diocesan defense chief will then report to the diocesan general administrator, who will then...
In short, this set of procedures cannot even be understood by an experienced veteran like me. There are too many departments involved, and the organization has become bloated to the point where even the emperor would feel embarrassed.
The forces behind the officers at all levels installed in these departments are all of the same spirit, and one move can affect the whole body, so even a small official may have a huge interest group behind him."
"Since this area is managed by us, we can send troops as long as the city gate defense chief agrees, right?"
The recruit was already stunned by this string of jingles. He did not expect that there were so many departments. He thought that there were only two or three levels of departments at most. Just to eliminate the goblins, there was no need to report it to the bishop and the city lord.
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"Be careful, your way of thinking without permission is likely to be punished by the trial!
Even if it is a small matter like dealing with goblins, you must get the approval of the bishop, otherwise the system will be chaotic. Do you know the reason why there has been no turmoil in the empire so far? It is this kind of strict system. If anything happens in any link,
Errors are easy to find.
Although it is very slow in handling affairs, the empire deals with criminals very quickly. Even if we are talking now, there may be the Black Saint's ears collecting information..."
Captain Matthew quickly covered the recruit's mouth. There is no problem in talking about these words in other countries, but in this country it is absolutely forbidden to mention a word, as it will lead to death.
There is another thing he did not mention. The Thirteenth Parish is also the most corrupt place. The efficiency of work is unimaginably low. In the past year, the number of incidents handled by the entire parish can be counted on one hand. Regarding Cob.
Lin's incidents were all thrown directly into the trash can.
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As dusk gradually deepens, twilight begins to infiltrate the earth.
At this moment when it was almost dark, an army of hundreds of thousands of goblins poured out from the horizon overlooking the city walls of the Thirteenth Parish. Choosing the moment when human beings most relaxed their vigilance, the goblins instantly drew closer to each other.
The distance between humans.
For the Goblins, this is also a moment of witnessing history. They have never taken the initiative to attack a human city, let alone the parish walls of the Holy Empire. It is even less likely that they would gather a large number of troops to attack.
However, just because they have never launched a war does not mean that they do not understand war. Except for the Goblins born in the periphery, almost all Goblins are the exiles of the underground city and their descendants, and the civilization of the underground city is relatively
Humanity is higher.
With the issuance of combat orders, siege ladders, mobile arrow towers, boulder throwers and other siege weapons were all manufactured in a short period of time. At the same time, Goblin Enlighteners were also deployed into their army.
If you find a hard nut to crack, the Enlightener will take it upon himself.
In the past, they were treated as the weakest monsters. No matter who they were, they would use their blood to sharpen their newly sharpened swords. They had a highly developed civilization, but they just harassed the village like brainless locusts. All dissatisfaction can be found in
I vented my anger today!
"The Goblin archers came forward, lined up in three rows, and took turns firing arrows at the city wall, suppressing the guards on the wall and preventing them from transmitting signals inward.
Siege ladders and mobile towers are ready to attack the city..."
A Goblin Centurion commanded in front of the formation. With the beginning of the war, its power has surpassed that of the Centurion and became the commander of the legion.
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"Sususususu..."
On the city wall, the patrol team was rotating through the night shift. Captain Matthew was calming down the new recruits while chatting with the captain in charge of the handover about today's interesting events. Everything was as harmonious as usual. After all, since the establishment of the Holy Empire, there had never been any attacks.
As for attacking, they only have the responsibility to attack others.
"What is that...Captain Matthew——!"
After changing his shift, the dejected recruit was about to take another look at the movements of the goblins outside the city. At this moment, he saw dense shadows, dyed red by the last rays of dusk, coming to the city like moving wheat fields. However, this is not the harvest autumn!
"Damn——!"
Captain Matthew slapped the distracted recruit to the ground, but he himself had a bone arrow pierced through his throat!
Then, what followed was a dense rain of arrows, and all the soldiers on the city wall were killed by this round of arrow rain!
"Captain Matthew——!"
The recruit was the only one who survived on the city wall. Without Captain Matthew's experience, he would have died like the other soldiers under a round of arrows.
"Ahem (run away)..."
Captain Matthew wanted to say something, but blood kept coming out of his mouth.
This group of goblins is so abnormal that they were able to knock them all down. There is no doubt that they were aiming and shooting.
"Captain Matthew!!"
When the recruit wanted to do something, he found that Captain Matthew had lost his breath. Looking at his bloody hands, he tremblingly touched the sword on his waist. He must, must convey the news to everyone!
The life saved by Captain Matthew must not be wasted. There must be something he can do...
But recalling the experience imparted by Captain Matthew just now, can he really convey the message? Even if it is conveyed, can the bloated government affairs system handle it immediately?
