In this world filled with magic and other extraordinary powers, the living space of intelligent creatures is not limited to the ground like the earth. There are traces of intelligent creatures living in water, underground, in the sky and even on other planes.
The underground space known as the Underdark is an important place for intelligent creatures to live. The history here is even older than that of the surface world, and there are many creatures like illithids that are almost completely extinct on the surface of the earth.
The Underdark is a barren world, much barren than the surface world. Because water is so rare in this area, lakes are often considered the largest feature. Here, tunnels stretch for thousands of meters, sometimes swelling out to hundreds of meters. A wide cave, sometimes shrinking so narrow that even a halfling has difficulty squeezing through. The largest cave hall is like a miniature of the earth's surface, with hills, valleys, underground rivers and lakes. In short, this is a three-dimensional space that is difficult to see elsewhere. space.
Because the closest point in the Underdark to the surface is only a few hundred meters, there are occasionally some tunnels leading to the surface due to terrain changes. It is thought that the goblins came here through such a tunnel.
"Water, give me some water." Just as everyone was discussing the next step, the wounded man on the stretcher groaned. Lawrence immediately took out a mixture of salt and sugar, stirred it evenly in the bowl of water he had just taken out, and handed it to passed.
After drinking most of a bowl of water, the wounded man finally recovered. Everyone immediately focused their attention on him, and through simple questioning, they finally knew what had just happened.
The injured man was a farm worker on a farm. Since he had a day off today, he took advantage of the recent rain to go to a nearby forest to collect some mushrooms to prepare soup for lunch.
Unfortunately, he fell into a trap about 100 meters into the forest and was stabbed in the leg by a wooden stake under the trap. Even though he made a prompt decision to dig on the cave wall with the small shovel he carried. He crawled out of the small pit, but soon after he came out, he met the goblins who came out to check after being alarmed. As a result, during his escape, he was hit several times by several goblins with wooden spears and bows. He ran out of the forest with a sigh of relief.
But when he ran to the road, the group of goblins stopped chasing him, which is why he was able to escape with his life even though he was injured.
"No wonder I asked why my vegetable patch has lost a lot of vegetables in the past two days." The young man in a plaid shirt and jeans who just picked up the wounded man on the avenue and brought it to him said, "I thought it was something." A mouse or rabbit visited my vegetable garden, and now it seems that it was those goblins who did it."
"You are really lucky." After listening to the chatter of the people around him, Lawrence said to the wounded man. "It seems that the group of goblins have just arrived here not long ago and are not aware of the surrounding situation, so they are not too afraid to expose themselves. .So they retreated when they saw the avenue and found traces of other people."
"And according to this gentleman's account, the goblins chasing him had green skin and were covered in very rough animal fur. This means that those goblins are goblins living on the surface, probably for some reason. Entered the Underdark and ran out again."
"Then what should we do now?" Because there are wounded people here, more and more people are gathering. One of the farmers asked? "Should we notify the nearby garrison?"
There are often many troops stationed around big cities. For example, there are 16 key fortresses around Eagle Fort. At the same time, a circular railway connects these fortresses. At any time, there will be two armored trains on this railway.
Trains patrol the railway lines ready to support locations under attack.
The agricultural area where Lawrence and the others are currently located is inside the defensive front. There is such a fortress only two kilometers away from the manor, so someone proposed to go there to seek help from the garrison.
"This is a good idea, but we'd better go investigate and see the specific situation first." Just as the farmer finished speaking, a slightly older voice came from the outside. "What if this group of goblins is just someone?"
If the remnants of a large tribe have been scattered, wouldn’t it be a joke for us to mobilize so many people?”
Turning around, Lawrence found that the visitor was wearing a yellow and green robe, and on his chest was a holy emblem with wheat ears, a hoe and a sickle embossed on it.
"Hello, Mr. Priest." Lawrence greeted the priest of the Agricultural Church in front of him. "What you said makes sense. We should indeed organize some people to investigate."
The priest's words reminded Lawrence that his judgment just now was not guaranteed to be 100% accurate. On the one hand, the probability that the goblin tribe on the surface would be able to form an organization in a place like the Underdark was not very high.
On the other hand, it is impossible for a large goblin tribe to pass through the blockade outside the city without alerting anyone, but some scattered guys may be missed. If the person just met a thousand people
If it were a tribal tribe, it would be absolutely impossible for the goblins to retreat into the woods upon seeing traces of humans.
"We need some volunteers now, and it would be better if they are extraordinary ones." The white-bearded priest from the Agricultural Church began to organize a reconnaissance team after convincing others.
Because the purpose of this investigation was to defend their homeland, everyone was so enthusiastic about signing up that the priest had to decline most of the ordinary people. After all, although the firearms were given to these farm workers and farmers, they could have a dozen attacks on ordinary goblins.
He has ten powers, but it is safer to leave it to the supernatural to detect things like this in the woods.
Soon a team of five people was organized, and the priest of the Agricultural Church volunteered to become the leader of the team.
Lawrence naturally joined this team. In addition to him and the priest, there was also a retired warrior who was a farmer here, a magic gunner who was a sheriff in the previous town, and a patrolman of the church itself.
Lin Ke.
"Let's set off now." After the team was organized, the priest of the Agricultural Church glanced across the faces of each member of the team and waved his hand to signal everyone to set off. Then he turned his head and said to the farmers and farm workers who were watching:
"Although we can't send too many people to investigate in the woods to prevent the goblins from discovering it, you can pick up weapons and prepare for defense."
Just as everyone was getting ready, Lawrence and his five others left the vineyard of the Church of Knowledge and rushed towards the place pointed out by the injured man.
Just over half an hour later, this small team arrived at the place where the wounded man was found, and in front of them was the small hill covered with woods.
"Okay, let's stop for a moment. Although the person who just walked into the forest was more than 100 meters before being attacked, but the situation is unknown now, we can't rush in." Just when they walked to the edge of the forest, the leader
The priest raised his palms and asked everyone to stop.
"Christine, go in and investigate to see what happened." After arranging for others to be on guard, the priest said to the ranger. In an instant, a green shadow rushed into the woods and disappeared.
"We will wait until Christine comes back before we take action." The priest looked at the remaining three people and said, "Everyone has a rest now, there is no need to be so nervous."