Bliss's hideout was located underground.
This was a series of caves hidden ten meters underground. There were prisons for prisoners, as well as warehouses for storing spoils of war, but most of them were temporary insect breeding rooms.
Because the ventilation was too hidden, the air circulation in the cave was not very good. Moreover, breeding insects required a large amount of fresh blood, so the moment Grimm entered, he could smell the foul and fishy stench in the cave.
Bliss was an insect wizard, and had transformed into an immortal insect, so he did not need air, water, and food as much as he did when he was a human. That was why Bliss was indifferent to the poor living environment.
It didn't matter to him if he didn't feel anything, but the goblin captive imprisoned in the prison couldn't feel anything.
In such a humid and suffocating environment, all the weaker goblins would die in the shortest time possible, leaving only the stronger ones. Unfortunately, the death of the goblin captives did not concern Bliss at all.
The dead goblins would be thrown into the insect nest as food for the larvae to evolve, and not a single bit was wasted. If the food supply was too low, he would go to the goblin settlement and plunder more. There was plenty there anyway. That was why he never worried about the decrease in food supply, nor did he consider improving the living environment of the captives so that they could live longer.
Of course, the different ranks of the captives enjoyed different levels of treatment. The few that were somewhat famous among the goblins were picked out and locked up in the 'Elegant Room'. To prevent them from dying prematurely, Bliss even picked a few female goblins to serve them.
This included a high-level goblin engineer, two mechanics, and two low-ranking officers of the 7th Marine Corps that he had captured from Beta Town.
Under Bliss's torture, the goblins gradually revealed some information. However, their knowledge was limited, and the information they provided was fragmented, making it difficult to pry into the true secrets of the goblin empire.
That was why Bliss did not get rid of them, and waited for his master to arrive to decide their fate.
Grimm expressed great admiration for Bliss's strictness, and the moment he arrived at the secret cave, he interrogated the goblins one by one.
It was obvious that these goblins had suffered the most terrifying fright of their lives in the days they were locked up in the secret cave. Every day, they could see and hear slaves of various races being taken out of the prison and thrown into the horrifying insect nests that filled the Hill of Death.
The screams of the slaves before they died, and the sounds of the larvae chewing on the flesh and bones never stopped, lingering in their ears every moment. Although they couldn't see the images of the larvae eating, they could hear and smell it, which was even more enticing to them.
Every day, they would watch their companions being dragged away without turning back. Every day, they would listen to the terrifying buzzing sounds. Every day, they would smell the foul air filled with the stench of blood and rotting corpses. No goblin could endure such an environment.
Many of them did not die of starvation or suffocation, but were scared to death by the terrifying atmosphere of this place.
So when Grimm interrogated these goblin nobles, he found that they were speaking incoherently and looked crazy. Even though Grimm had mastered the common language of the goblins in this plane, he almost couldn't understand what they were saying.
However, Grim was different from Bliss. He did not care about the so-called high-level secrets. He did not ask about the origin of the magical batteries, nor did he ask about the internal secrets of the Fel Reaver. Instead, he repeatedly asked about the daily lives of the goblins, the governance structure of the goblin empire, and the basic operation of the country and army.
Although these things were trivial and fragmented, they were of great help to Grimm in piecing together the operating system of the Goblin Plane. Under the guidance of the A.I. Chip, Grimm's questions were all about the core nodes of the gnome plane's operations.
All of this was common knowledge and humanistic ideology that everyone knew about. Almost no goblin would treat it as a high-level secret that would affect the survival of the goblin plane.
That was why when all the information was converted into data and flowed into his brain, the basic outline of the mysterious goblin empire that was shrouded in mist and clouds slowly appeared.
However, it was a pity that there weren't many goblins here, so most of the goblin empire's silhouette was shrouded in mystery. They could only slowly deduce the core information from some vague information.
Grimm had also appraised the so-called magical batteries. They indeed belonged to a system of energy utilization that was completely different from the Sorcerer World. However, Grimm found something familiar in it. Basic runes!
In the Knight Plane, the natives could invent a type of rune that combined the energy of magic crystals with their own life force, creating a unique system of advancement for Demon Hunters. Of course, the Dragon Race also added fuel to the fire.
And in the Gnome Plane, the weak gnomes actually relied on the accumulation of knowledge and technology to invent the relatively primitive gnome gun. This allowed them to break away from their status as a weak race and become one of the top ten intelligent races in this plane.
What made the goblins stand out and suppress the other races to become the ruler of the plane was the birth of magic machinery!
The early magic machinery were simple and crude half-metal puppets that were powered by magic crystals, which were rare in the plane. By burning magic crystals to release the energy within, the magic crystals would be used to power the steam device, which would then move the mechanical gears.
Of course, there were many problems with this method, so the early magic machinery were slow and clumsy. Their technology was so simple and crude that it was hard to look at them directly. However, with such primitive magic machinery and a shocking number of guns, the goblins established their position as the Son of the Plane.
Although the Goblin Plane had low magic power, there were still some natural magic crystals in certain environments. That was why the Goblins used their powerful Magic Army to defeat one powerful race after another. Then, they forcibly enslaved the Goblins to mine for them, excavate metal ores, and excavate the rare Magic Stones.
As for the magical batteries, they only appeared in the last hundred years. Some engineers in the Goblin Empire seemed to have received guidance from a mysterious figure from the outside world and applied some of their mystical knowledge to magic machinery.
So, the Goblin Empire built a huge spatial furnace near the capital, which could continuously absorb magic energy from the void of the plane and seal it in some special crystal prism. This was the origin of the magic batteries in Grimm's hands.
Although the energy in these magic batteries was violent and violent, and much more dangerous than magic crystals, there was no limit to the number of magic batteries. So, with the magic batteries, the Goblin Empire got rid of its dependence on magic crystals, and the goblins had an inexhaustible source of energy.
With the appearance of the magic batteries, the Goblin Empire began to produce more and more new weapons and equipment, and the overall strength of the Goblin Empire rose at an unprecedented speed. However, the 7th Marine Regiment that Grimm was in contact with was still a local garrison, so they did not have the latest magic equipment.
In fact, the more he heard from the goblins, the more Grimm had a bad premonition.
This was especially so when the high-level goblin engineer named Beirut drew the blueprint of the magic armor on a piece of paper, and Grimm's bad premonition reached its peak. In the process of storing, absorbing, and using magic energy in the Goblin Empire, Grim had seen too many things that were similar to Witchcraft Runes.
He couldn't help but let his imagination run wild.
If there was no communication channel between two completely different worlds, it was impossible to have the same magic runes.
For example, the runes that Grimm obtained from the Knight Plane were similar to the Flame Runes of the Sorcerer World. However, the runes were written in a completely different way. The runes of every world existed in a form that was compatible with the laws of the plane.
Therefore, the runes produced by the laws of different planes were also different!
However, in the blueprint that Beirut drew, Grimm saw too many runes from the Sorcerer World. Although they had been distorted by someone, many of the iconic runes were still there, and they were very clear.
Especially when Grimm heard Beirut talking about the Goblin Empire's' Father of Magic ', Prince Gaz Luvi, in a tone of extreme admiration, his face could not help but twitch.
Gaz Luvi … Gaz Luvi … Gaz Luvi …
Who could be more familiar with this name than Grimm?
The reason he was able to bring Bliss and Mary into this place was all thanks to the efforts of Grand Duke Gaz Lurvi. No, he was no longer a Grand Duke. Instead, he was the highest and greatest goblin engineer, alchemist, and inventor in the Goblin Empire. At the same time, he was also the only prince in the Goblin Empire who did not have a royal bloodline.
According to the legends, this goblin prince relied on his intelligence and suddenly invented these magical runes that could change the fate of the Goblin Empire. If it was not for the goblin tradition that only those with the royal bloodline could ascend to the throne, Gaz Luvi might have become the great king of the goblins.
'Damn … Damn … Damn …'
Grimm ordered Bliss to bring the Goblins back into the cave while he paced back and forth in the small cave.
At this moment, he vaguely understood why the Sorcerer Association listed exchanging knowledge with other planes as the number one taboo after advancing to become a wizard. In the past, he was' young and ignorant '. He only knew that basic runes were common knowledge in the Sorcerer World, and it was not considered a top secret.
That was why he made a 'fair' trade with Gaz Luvi through Kabi.
At that time, this kind of exchange seemed to be a great bargain for their side. But now, it seemed that it was really stupid beyond compare!
More importantly, he had actually created a huge problem for himself 70 years later!
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