Zhou Qingfeng suddenly sat up from the bed, his face was pale, his breathing was heavy, and in his mind there was still a roaring mountain and tsunami of fighting and screams. He went back to three months ago, to the moment when Mondino and others joined the village.
One morning three months later, Harmony Village was surrounded by an overwhelming horde of goblins. Hundreds of thousands of green monsters covered the entire area outside the village, like a flood inundating the earth, washing away everything.
Last time, the goblin shaman only organized a few thousand goblin troops, and they almost uprooted the human settlements in the Black Forest. This time, the number of goblins coming was dozens of times greater than the previous time, and it was simply beyond the power of manpower to contend.
When the war broke out, Zhou Qingfeng only took one look at the village wall and knew that he would not be able to defend Harmony Village even if he died ten thousand times.
Are goblins coming for revenge?
No, it's not.
Zhou Qingfeng clearly remembered the scene when he was overwhelmed by countless goblins. Those green-skinned monsters were not coming to kill him at all, but fled in a panic. He was not killed, but was pushed continuously by thousands of goblins.
Trampled, crushed, and finally turned into pulp.
Goblins, hobgoblins, bugbears, not just these goblin families. Almost the entire Black Forest is agitated. There are ferocious and cunning gnolls, evil and weird lizard people, kobolds who are as funny as goblins, and even the two-legged dragon Zhan Zhan.
Wings fly by.
These monsters were not attacking, but fleeing. Harmony Village became an obstacle on the way for these monsters to escape, so it was bulldozed. What were they fleeing from? What scared hundreds of thousands of goblins so panicked that they pissed themselves?
After Zhou Qingfeng woke up, his forehead was covered with sweat. He changed his clothes, opened the door and left the bedroom, walking out of his house. The Harmony Village outside the house was resting in the quiet night, with more than a hundred torches lighting up every corner, and the orcs
The footsteps of patrolling guards sounded from time to time.
The night wind blew, and noises could be heard from time to time from the direction of the tavern. The outside adventurers were having a drunken carnival. The tired villagers had already gone to bed. Todd, who was on duty at night, leaned against the eaves with his ax in his arms. When he saw Zhou Qingfeng coming out, he just looked at him.
He closed his eyes and continued to rest.
This is the home that Zhou Qingfeng finally built, and he is extremely proud of it. He tried his best to attract a large number of Northland adventurers, allowing them to explore the dangerous black forest, drive away monsters, and open up roads in the forest.
These free laborers not only brought huge consumption to Harmony Village, but also helped Harmony Village build many lumberyards and mines. The felled wood can not only be used for construction, but can also be sold in the real world in the future.
But three months later, all this will be destroyed for no reason - who scares the monsters in the black forest so much? Who has such power?
The revenge of the red dragon Aratis? Or is the evil god Cyric behind it again?
The wave of monsters came so suddenly, leaving no clues.
Wait, there are clues.
Zhou Qingfeng turned his head and looked to the north of the village, which direction the monster wave was coming from.
What's in which direction?
Elven ruins.
Silverleaf City is sealed in the black forest.
Could it be that something happened to that elf city?
During the three-month period of the construction of Harmony Village, thousands of adventurers explored the elven ruins. It is really uncertain whether the terrible restrictions left by the elves were triggered.
"Victor." Todd, who was on duty at night, called out, "If you don't sleep in the middle of the night, why do you get up again?"
"Can't sleep." The sweat in his hair was blown dry by the night wind, and it was chilly. Zhou Qingfeng thought hard and asked: "Todd, what is there in the black forest that even hundreds of thousands of goblins are afraid of?"
"Goblins are very weak and can be bullied by anyone." Todd said half a sentence before he realized that Zhou Qingfeng was asking, 'What are hundreds of thousands of goblins afraid of?' He shook his head again, "What are the goblins in the entire Black Forest afraid of?
, I really can’t think of whom they are afraid of?”
Yes, hundreds of thousands of goblins.
Even if it encounters a dragon, the dragon will have to dodge and fly up into the sky. No matter how powerful the dragon's breath is, it is a big deal to kill thousands of people in one breath. How many times can a dragon spray? For example, the red dragon Aratis sprays
Ten times, you will have to lie down from exhaustion.
If the tide of goblins in three months is unavoidable, should Zhou Qingfeng just abandon Harmony Village and flee? No, wouldn't this mean starting from scratch?
Zhou Qingfeng can also read archives from earlier time points, but all the investment during this period will be in vain. For example, the underworld plane stone purchased with 10,000 points will disappear, and the points spent will not be returned.
He couldn't bear such a big loss.
"This slow development cannot keep up with the changes in the external situation. I have to find a way to go to the Black Forest to see what triggered this terrifying tide of goblins. Who is behind such a terrible disaster?
"
Zhou Qingfeng had to modify his step-by-step plan, but he was also glad that he had been supporting Northland adventurers to explore deep into the black forest in the past three months. The information obtained from those expeditions was in his mind, and was not affected by reading.
and disappear.
"I want to organize a strong expedition team, equip them with the best equipment, conduct reasonable training for them, and finally go into the forest to investigate clearly. Three months, I must complete this within three months.
A piece of work.”
Recently, because there has been no crisis, Zhou Qingfeng has become quite lazy. At this moment, life and death are at stake, and he has clear pressure and goals, forcing him to cheer up again. After dawn, his face darkened, his words were concise, and his actions were decisive.
The villagers and managers in the village immediately felt the change in their boss. They seemed to have been whipped, recalling the high-pressure experience during the period when they defeated the evil god. At that time, Zhou Qingfeng died again and again, becoming murderous and intolerant of anything.
defy.
While people were working hard, they were also talking privately - I wonder who else is going to be unlucky.
"Inisa, I want to lead a team to the depths of the Black Forest. I will leave the village under your management."
"Todd, summon the orc guards, we are going to find someone to fight with."
"Rubio, prepare enough supplies for twenty people to survive in the wild for half a month, and organize a logistics team of one hundred people. Take action, we have to do something."
"Wilson, I will personally lead the team to explore the road to the Elf Ruins. You are responsible for leading the people behind and opening the way for me."
With one order, more than a thousand people in the entire Harmony Village mobilized. This is the benefit of centralized rule. Zhou Qingfeng was able to mobilize more manpower and material resources than any other settlement in the past, and his power extended to every corner.
Zhou Qingfeng spread out the wolfskin map of the Black Forest, and based on the information compiled by adventurers in the past three months, he personally marked several important points on the map.
The orcs were most excited when they heard that they were going out to kill people. Equipped with heavy axes and heavy armor obtained by Zhou Qingfeng, they could only patrol back and forth in the village every day, which was really boring. Todd approached Zhou Qingfeng and asked
: "Victor, where are we going?"
Zhou Qingfeng pointed to the first newly marked point on the map, "We need to go here first and seize the first foothold deep into the black forest - the jackal's lair."