Since the lord and commander had decided, the entire military camp became busy. The auxiliary soldiers in charge of logistics prepared rations, checked and maintained the soldiers' equipment, and the soldiers who were going out to battle the next day stopped training and focused on recuperating.
Knowing that they were going up the mountain to exterminate the Gray Goblins tomorrow, the soldiers were a little anxious. After this period of training, their physique had improved a lot, and their strength had also improved. Most of them had the "soldier" profession of Level One to Level Two. But when it came to facing real monsters, they still had no confidence.
As a famous monster, although the individual strength of the Goblins was not strong, they caused a lot of damage. In particular, their intelligence was not low. Not only did they know how to use weapons, but they could also set up traps. It was common for them to use all kinds of tactics in battle. According to the statistics of the Adventurer's Guild, the most dangerous enemy for the new adventurers was the Goblins.
There were horror stories about the Goblins everywhere among the people. There were stories about a merchant who brought his donkey and horse out and was attacked by a group of Goblins. Although he ran away, his livestock and goods were lost. There were stories about a village being attacked by a large number of Goblins. Except for a few strong guards who broke through and escaped, the rest of the men, women, children, and livestock were killed and eaten … There was even a famous legend that the Goblins had built a country, a barbaric and fierce country. This country even had its own guardian god. Their unique "Goblin Language" was created by this god.
Of course, there were many false stories in these stories. Although the Goblins were fierce and bred quickly, they did not like to fight head-on battles. What they liked the most was to pick the soft persimmon and pinch it. Even in the years of famine when there was a lack of food, they would rather kill their own kind for food than run to attack human villages.
Those so-called "villages destroyed by the Goblins" were usually the scourge of bandits, using the name of the Goblins. Perhaps this was not considered a frame-up. After all, in the eyes of many, there was no difference between bandits and Goblins.
As for the Goblin Kingdom and the Goblin God, Javier had been curious and asked about it. However, even the Elemental Gods who had lived since the era of the ancient gods did not remember the existence of a Goblin Kingdom. The goblins didn't have a very long history. In fact, they weren't even as old as humans. They were one of the by-products of the gods when they created life. They were born after the appearance of humans and orcs, about a thousand to eight hundred years ago.
"However, the world is huge. It can only be said that there are no Goblin Kingdoms in the main plane and other common planes. It can only be said that there are no Goblin Gods among the Pantheon Gods." When Sui Xiong asked curiously, Javier finally said, "The world is very big, bigger than we can understand, and even bigger than we can imagine. Maybe in a world that we don't know about, there is a Goblin Kingdom; or maybe they really do have a Guardian God, but they have not officially accepted the priesthood and have not stepped into the Pantheon Temple … "
"The world is so big, anything is possible."
Of course, the soldiers under Crick's command did not have the romantic attitude of a literary youth like Javier. They only knew that they were about to set foot on the battlefield and fight with dangerous monsters.
This was too terrifying!
According to Knight Shawn, they had trained for two months and were fully armed. If they couldn't even beat a group of goblins, it would be better to hang them on the gallows. This way, at least they could be used to scare thieves. But they had no confidence in themselves at all.
After all, just two months ago, they were just a group of ordinary farmers or laborers.
Who had ever seen a farmer or labourer fight a monster? They had never even heard of such a thing!
But they had to fight. Military orders must be obeyed.
The military discipline of Baron Keane's territory was also very strict. Although at the request of Crick, some of the overly strict military discipline and punishment methods that would cause disability to the soldiers were abolished, for these honest soldiers, reprimands, starvation, confinement, and some light corporal punishments that were not worth mentioning in Shawn's eyes were enough to make them afraid.
Compared to the danger of fighting with monsters, the punishment for violating military discipline seemed to be more terrible!
So even though the soldiers were trembling with fear, they could only try their best to encourage themselves and comfort themselves.
Seeing this situation, Crick frowned and sent someone to find "Three Arrows" Rhett who was patrolling with a few soldiers.
Rhett was a very experienced adventurer. In the past, he had gone on an adventure with the knight Devore Owens and made quite a name for himself. Also in the adventurer team was the deputy priest of the God of Light Church in Baron Keane's territory, the priest "Fire Hammer" Morton, as well as the current head of intelligence in Baron Keane's territory, Mr. Lafur. This officer who was now refined like a gentleman, was said to have a very scary nickname in the past, "Backstab".
Shawn's strength was unquestionable. Although he was young, he was already a Level 6 knight and could be said to be young and promising. But compared to Rhett, who was a senior in the pugilistic world, whether it was strength or experience, he was still too young.
Disregarding everything else, Rhett was currently level 15. He was originally a level 14 adventurer, but after joining Baron Keane's territory, he had actually risen by one rank, 'Officer'. This meant that he had firmly stepped into the realm of high-order adventurers.
In comparison, Shawn James's father, Howard James, was currently only Level 9, and among them, there were two levels of "Lord", which honestly couldn't be considered as a combat profession.
If they really fought, the James family's father and son combined forces would most likely not be able to defeat Rhett.
When Rhett knew that Crick wanted the soldiers to go into the mountains to exterminate the Gray Goblins tomorrow, he immediately understood why the atmosphere in the military camp was so heavy. He laughed and said that he could hold an impromptu class to teach the soldiers about the Gray Goblins and the main points of fighting with them.
Crick did not hastily agree, but first turned to look at Shawn.
Although he was the Lord, Shawn was the commander of this army. Before he made a decision, he should respect Shawn's attitude, or at least ask for Shawn's opinion.
Shawn was stunned. He did not expect that the Baron would ask for his opinion first. This respect immediately warmed his heart, and he could not help but smile and nod vigorously.
"No problem!" He said, "Mr. Rhett is my elder. What he wants to say is the precious experience of the senior adventurers who used their blood and even their lives to summarize. To be able to listen to him is the honor of me and my subordinates!"
Crick also smiled. This kid Shawn was much smarter than his father, and he was worthy of his 11 points of intelligence.
As the saying goes, the sedan chair of a flower is carried by everyone, and Rhett also enjoyed Shawn's compliment and respect. He smiled and touched his beautifully trimmed mustache, nodded, and began the class.
"First, I have a question. Who here has seen a Goblin before?"
The soldiers looked at each other and shook their heads. Only Shawn raised his hand, indicating that he had seen one.
Of course, he had seen Goblins before, and he had killed many of them. His Level 6 Knight rank did not fall from the sky.
Seeing this situation, Rhett smiled and shook his head, then took out a Projection Crystal.
The Projection Crystal was a relatively expensive magic tool, and it could project the image in the user's memory. However, it had high requirements for the user. If the user was a spellcaster, the requirement was an intermediate level, and if the user was not a spellcaster, the requirement was an advanced level.
Rhett had recently increased his strength, which was why he was able to use it well. Even so, the image he projected was a little blurry, like an old-fashioned television recording being played on a computer screen.
But in terms of basic science, this kind of image was passable, at least it could let the soldiers roughly understand what the so-called "Gray Goblin" was.
"The 'gray' of the Gray Goblins refers to their skin color." Rhett explained while projecting, "Generally, the skin of the Goblins is green or grayish-green, but the skin of the Gray Goblins is grayish-black or light gray. Compared to the ordinary Goblins, they are taller and stronger, but correspondingly, they are not as agile as the ordinary Goblins. "
"You must remember this, this means that you do not have to worry about them running away if they lose, because they do not run very fast."
"But, this also means that their close combat ability is stronger than the ordinary Goblins." The image Rhett projected changed. In the image, the originally naked Gray Goblins wore armor made of bark, vines, and wood, and held sharpened wooden spears in their hands, which suddenly looked a little more dangerous.
"They can use spears, although they are much shorter than your spears, and not too sharp, but if you are pierced through an unprotected part, you will still be injured, and the injury will be very serious." Rhett emphasized, "But don't be too afraid, your armor is enough to block this kind of weapon, so you just need to protect the parts that are not protected by the armor."
The soldiers turned to look at the armor that was being maintained, and suddenly felt a little more confident.
"But in the battle with the Goblins, the most dangerous thing is not their spears, but their bows and arrows."
As Rhett said that, he changed the projection again. This time, it was an unusually tall gnome, holding a wooden bow and assuming a shooting posture: "Gnomes are very good at making their own wooden bows. Although their arrows can't be shot very far, at close range, those arrows shot from wooden bows with bone or teeth as the tip of the arrowhead can also be very dangerous"
"But I have to tell you another good news, the Gray Goblins are different from their distant relatives, they are not good at archery. You do not have to worry about meeting the so-called 'Bird Shooter' among the ordinary Goblins, that kind of thin but extremely sharp fellow will not grow up among the Gray Goblins. "
"Of course, you cannot underestimate the Gray Goblins' archers because of this. They may not be accurate, but their bows are stronger than the ordinary Goblins' bows, if you are shot in the head … hehe, I think I do not need to say more. "
The soldiers all shrunk their heads, each of them made up their minds to wear their helmets, and never take them off!
"Finally, you have to worry about the Goblin Shaman. To be honest, I don't think there will be a Shaman in this group of twenty to thirty Goblins, just as they are unlikely to have a Chieftain. But if there is one, then the only thing you have to do is to avoid it, the further the better — one of the characteristics of the Shaman's magic is that it has a short range, as long as you do not get too close to a Goblin wearing a bone necklace or holding a bone wand, you do not have to worry about this. "
The image changed again, first it was the Goblin Shaman, then it was an unusually majestic Goblin, whose eyes shone with wisdom that was different from the other Goblins.
"Just remember these two, Goblin Shaman, Goblin Chieftain. If you really meet them, leave it to your commander to deal with them, at least for now, you cannot deal with them alone. "
After Rhett finished, he turned to Sean and asked, "Do you have suitable weapons?"
"Yes, I have a set of exquisite armor and two good swords."
Rhett nodded, thought for a moment, took off a gray bracer from his left wrist, and handed it to Sean.
"One of the spoils of war that I obtained during my adventure, the Ogre Bracer." He said, "It can increase your strength, it is one of my most important pieces of equipment, I will lend it to you for a period of time."
Sean was stunned, carefully looked at the rather famous magical equipment, hesitated for a moment, and then took it with both hands.
"I will not let you down!" He said seriously.
He carefully put on the bracer, suddenly felt a surge of strength from the bottom of his heart, picked up a wooden stick beside him, and with a force, broke it.
In Crick's eyes, there was an additional "special equipment, strength + 2" in his attributes.
Seeing this, Crick's heart moved, and he had some inspiration.
Maybe … he should investigate the equipment of his subordinates, and help them prepare some magical equipment.
For the time being, he could not afford mid-level magical equipment such as the Ogre Bracer, but for low-level magical equipment such as the "Bull Bracer", he could still buy some.
If he bought it in a group, he might even get a discount, and at the same time, include shipping or something …
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