After a few minutes, Daryl finally arrived at the bottom of the cave after passing through the complicated and narrow passageways. This underground plaza was only five meters tall. For these one-meter tall Cave Goblins, it was already considered a tall building.
The numerous Cave Goblins hiding in this huge underground plaza were shivering, and when they saw Daryl rushing out of a hole, they immediately fell into chaos.
The grey-skinned Cave Goblins looked like a group of sheep facing a ferocious tiger. The strongest Cave Goblin here was only level 38.
The group of Cave Goblins retreated in alarm, opening up a large space in the square. A group of Archmage "powerhouses" were holding simple magic staffs made of beast bones or materials, trembling with fear as they looked at Darry.
Daryl disdainfully glanced at the frightened Cave Goblins in the surroundings before looking at those short spellcasters.
'A group of weak and filthy guys, I can destroy this tribe on my own. These idiots, mining is a waste of food. I really don't know how these guys survived until now. I don't know why that powerful Sir Dragon would take a fancy to these weak guys. Is it really to build a nest?'
"Those stupid and arrogant Blood Elves have already been eliminated by the great Sir Dragon. You are in luck, the great Sir Dragon wants to see you. Who is the leader here? Follow me, don't let the great Sir Dragon wait too long, you fools."
After saying that, Daryl started releasing his aura. The aura of the Lizardmen, along with the aura of a level 40 powerhouse, instantly engulfed the entire plaza. Almost all the members of the Cave Goblin Tribe had gathered here to avoid the disaster.
Under normal circumstances, if the other side wasn't trying to destroy the tribe, they would be very safe hiding in this place. Those arrogant Blood Elves definitely wouldn't drill into those short tunnels dug by the Cave Goblins.
Moreover, this place wasn't directly below the entrances on the surface. Even if the Gnomes were to vent their anger, they wouldn't be a threat to them. However, the Gnomes didn't expect a level-40 powerhouse to be willing to enter the small caves that they dug out and even find them through the complicated underground environment.
If it weren't for Lin Yun, Darry wouldn't have wasted so much time talking. He would've killed some of them first to intimidate them …
Dalry didn't know why Lin Yun was looking for these Cave Goblins, but from how he had unhesitatingly killed a group of Blood Elves, it definitely wasn't to kill these Cave Goblins …
Darley said patiently, but he soon became impatient. The reason he released his aura was to threaten these Cave Goblins.
Sure enough, after sensing Darry's aura and his impatience, the Cave Goblin who had been using the bone of an unknown creature as a magic staff braced himself and walked out.
"Great expert, I am the chief of this tribe, Goblin Wan. May I ask what you have …"
Gobrin Wan mustered up his courage and asked while trembling with fear. Unfortunately, before he could finish his sentence, he was grabbed by Darry's hand like he was grabbing a toy and quickly disappeared into one of the tunnels.
In the narrow tunnel, Darry could crawl on the ground like a nimble lizard, and he could even guarantee that he wouldn't brush against the stone walls on both sides. Unfortunately, Goblin Wan, who was less than a meter tall, was out of luck. His body kept colliding with the stone walls on both sides as he moved forward, or brushing against the stone walls as he moved forward.
Goblin Wan was already covered in cuts and bruises when he appeared on the surface. His skin, which seemed to be covered in obscure stone chips, had large abrasions.
After throwing Goblin Wan on the ground, Darry grinned from ear to ear as he respectfully stood to the side.
One Darry had scared Goblin Wan, and now, three powerhouses had suddenly appeared in front of him. One was a red-skinned Beastman, and one was a woman emitting a cold aura. But these two were emitting a terrifying Draconic aura, and the last one was emitting a pure and dense darkness aura that made it hard for him to breathe.
"Idiot, your tribe has been blessed by fate. These three great Dragon powerhouses have come to find you. Stupid and weak guys, immediately offer your loyalty, or you will end up like those stupid and arrogant Blood Elves, waiting to be burned to ashes by Lord Xiuban!"
Seeing that Lin Yun's group didn't immediately speak, Darry immediately started threatening them.
No matter what this lord wanted to do, he was here to find the Cave Goblins. Whether it was to bring them back to be eaten or to build a lair for these filthy and weak fools, he definitely couldn't let this lord personally say such words.
'Sir Xiuban doesn't look very happy, he definitely feels that these Cave Goblins are too skinny and don't taste good, so he's a bit disappointed …'
Darry's words caused Gobrinwan to immediately kneel on the ground. His face was filled with fear, and he didn't even dare to raise his head.
"Lord Merlin, why are you looking for these filthy fellows? Look at them, they're dirty and skinny, and they don't have much meat on them. They definitely won't taste good …"
Xiuban mumbled with a disappointed expression. Gobrinwan was thoroughly despairing and promptly shouted, "Stop!
"Great Dragon Lord, the lowly Goblins are willing to serve you. This is our honor, and we are very willing to serve you …"
In the beginning, the Cave Goblins were the slaves of the Dragon race, especially the Black Dragons of Destruction. They loved the nests built by these guys the most. They were the race best at building, but their greatest talent was still their race's special ability to build powerful magic buildings.
Unfortunately, after the destruction of the Nesser Dynasty, these weak guys lost their shelter, and it was already pretty good that they didn't go extinct. They relied on their ability to dig holes and hide underground, barely surviving until now. Under such circumstances, they were weak and had no resources, so building powerful magic buildings was just empty talk.
It wasn't until they were discovered by Noscent's mages that the status of these best Magic Architects slowly rose. With status and resources, the number of powerhouses increased a bit, and they could control their own territories to build powerful magic buildings.
But in the Underworld, these guys didn't have such good days. Their talent in magic buildings was completely useless, but their talent in digging holes was well known. Dangerous ore veins with precious materials all needed these guys.
After thousands of years of experience in the underground world, these fellows understood that it was best not to let others know about their racial talents. They had only revealed a little bit of their ability to dig holes, and they were already in such a miserable state. If others found out that they had other abilities, they would all be captured and enslaved in a short period of time.
They were originally slaves of the Dragon Race, and after seeing the Dragon Race with their own eyes, this innate fear had already merged into their bloodline.
Lin Yun calmly looked at Goblins, a bit disappointed. It didn't matter if the Cave Goblin was ugly, after all, all Goblins looked the same.
Big heads, big eyes, short stature, and thin limbs that looked like a layer of skin wrapped around the bones. There wasn't much difference between the different races of Goblins.
This Cave Goblin didn't look like a Master Magic Architect at all. He looked more like a slave foreman in a mine, or at least that was how it looked. Lin Yun was a bit puzzled.
'Could it be that these guys completely forgot their abilities as time passed in order to hide them? Or was it already lost?
That can't be right. In the future, when the Cave Goblins appear, they just look like they're a bit rusty. With sufficient materials, they'll be able to regain their talents.
Most of the Cave Goblins' abilities relied on their innate talents, only a small portion relied on the inheritance of knowledge. Their innate talent in Magic Structures was similar to Left Arm's. As long as they inherited the knowledge, any Cave Goblin would be able to create a simple Magic Structure. The smarter ones would be able to advance from an Apprentice to an Artisan within a year in the field of Magic Structures if they had enough materials to practice.
Lin Yun was worried that the Cave Goblin's inheritance of knowledge had been lost. Suddenly, he noticed that there was a layer of hard skin on the wrist of the Cave Goblin. If the Goblin hadn't turned its hand over, Lin Yun would have missed it.
Seeing this, a smile appeared at the corner of Lin Yun's mouth. Only Cave Goblins that had recently created Magic Architects would have this on their wrists. This was their natural instinct to protect their fragile little hands. This meant that the Cave Goblin's inheritance of knowledge hadn't been lost.
As the leader of a Cave Goblin tribe, if the inheritance of knowledge hadn't been lost, then the tribe's inheritance of knowledge wouldn't be lost either.
"Can the Magic Watchtower do it?"
Lin Yun suddenly asked. Gobrinwan's large eyes almost popped out of their sockets. He lay on the ground and shivered, his face full of despair.
When Gobrinwan didn't reply, Dalry immediately became angry. His forked tongue flickered in and out, and Aura surged in his hands. Just as he was about to slap Gobrinwan, he suddenly stopped, afraid that he would accidentally kill Gobrinwan with a single slap.
"Foolish trash, the great Lord Merlin is asking you a question, yet you don't know how to answer. I can slap ten weak fools like you to death with one slap!"
Gobrinwan didn't answer the question. He raised his head slightly and realized that he hadn't been beaten, so he was a little less worried.
"I need you to help me build a special Magic Architect. I know that you still have your inheritance of knowledge, so don't worry about what you're worried about.
I'll ask again, can the Magic Watchtower be made? "
Goblin Vanra shrugged his head and nodded.
"We can. With the materials we have, we can only afford the Magic Watchtower. There's one here."
Saying that, Gobrinwan walked to a nearby rock that was less than half a meter tall and poured a trace of mana into it. Traces of patterns appeared on the surface of the rock, and it quickly turned into a Magic Watchtower that was less than a meter tall. It looked like a toy watchtower that had been shrunk a few hundred times.
After standing there for a long time, Lin Yun still hadn't discovered a Magic Watchtower less than a hundred meters away. Such a small Magic Watchtower would look like an ordinary rock as long as there weren't any mana fluctuations. There were simply too many rocks of this size in this mountain range.
Countless runes flashed in Lin Yun's eyes as he instantly analyzed this Magic Watchtower. The manufacturing method was very crude, and it couldn't even send out a warning. It had to be activated by someone before the warning would be sent out.
But such crude materials and manufacturing methods, coupled with the innate abilities of the Cave Goblins, became mystical. At such a close distance, Lin Yun couldn't discover that there was a disguised magic sentry tower that was only half a meter tall.
Apart from these Cave Goblins, perhaps no other creatures would notice that ordinary-looking rock …
With the inheritance of knowledge, as long as he had enough materials and time to practice, Gobrinwan would definitely become a true Master Magician and be comparable to an Artisan. At least in terms of Magician Architecture. Or perhaps it could be said that their knowledge and research were far from reaching that level, but the Magician Architecture they produced would definitely reach that level.
"Pledge your loyalty to me, and no one will hurt you again. No one will drag you to dangerous places to mine. Moreover, there will be enough food for all of your clansmen to eat without having to work."
Lin Yun's eyes, which were hidden behind the Dark Mist, slowly narrowed, and the corners of his mouth curled up. After saying that, he suddenly waved his hand, and bags of grains appeared out of thin air, piling up into a five-meter-tall hill.
Seeing the appearance of this hill, Gobrinwan was completely shocked. He hurriedly crawled up from the ground and greedily pounced on the hill. His nose was like a hunting dog, constantly sniffing the fragrance of the grains. He was full of piety like a pilgrim.
Then, Lin Yun took out a spatial ring and threw it at Gobrinwan.
"This spatial ring is yours. There are 10,000 bags of grains inside, a total of eight types."
Gobrinwan held the Space Ring in a daze. Looking at the countless bags of food inside, he was completely dumbfounded. After counting the bags of food for several minutes, he still hadn't finished counting. Gobrinwan was completely at a loss for what to do.
The expression on Gobrinwan's ugly face kept changing as he held the spatial ring. He then flew into one of the caves, and after a few seconds, he ran out again and put all the grains into the spatial ring before entering another cave and disappearing.
Xiuban didn't react, it was just a pile of grains. This kind of thing could be bought for a thousand purple golds in Noscent, especially since the Gilded Rose also had farms under their name. Places that weren't suitable for growing magic plants could be casually taken out twenty to thirty kilometers of land to grow grains and vegetables. These things had no value to mages.
In the Odin Kingdom, even the poorest ordinary people wouldn't have to worry about not having enough to eat. Let alone pledging loyalty to a mage, pledging loyalty to an Apprentice Swordsman with a bit of purple golds would be enough to feed a few hundred ordinary people.
The people on this side didn't have much of a reaction, but when Darry heard about the 10,000 bags of grain, his eyes turned green. Most half beastmen were omnivores, and only a small portion of them ate meat. There were also a small portion that ate vegetables, so 90% of them ate normal grain.
The number of Beastmen was huge, but unfortunately, there were too few Beastmen proficient in farming. It simply wasn't enough to feed all the Beastmen. Their huge numbers were the foundation of their foothold in the Underworld, and this number hadn't increased for many years because they didn't have enough to eat.
Some of the weaker Beastman Tribes might starve to death. If they didn't have enough to eat, how could they fight, how could they train to increase their strength?
Seeing Gobrinwan running away with a large pile of grains, Darry's killing intent rose. Just as he was about to chase after him, Lin Yun's soft voice echoed.
"Just wait."
Darry's green eyes glared at the small hole in front of him as he gritted his teeth and didn't move.
That was ten thousand bags of grains, ten thousand bags! Smelling the fragrance of the grains, they were definitely the best grains. Each bag was enough to feed a Lizardman for a year. A year's worth of grains for a tribe of ten thousand was actually given to these dirty Gnomes!
'This Lord is too generous, so generous that it's frightening. No, I have to be loyal to this Lord as well. Although the number of lizardmen isn't small, our tribes are too scattered. If we don't scatter, we'll all starve to death if we gather together. Only by scattering and gathering into smaller tribes will we be able to survive.'
'Be loyal to Lord Merlin, yes, Lord Merlin gave me a drop of Dragon blood with bloodline power. As long as I'm loyal to Lord Merlin, then at least our tribe won't have children starving to death!'
As Darry thought about it, he laid down on the ground. This was the subterranean world's way of expressing allegiance.
"Great Lord, please allow Darry and my tribe to be loyal to you. Your will is our faith, your gaze is the direction that guides us to raise our blades!"
Lin Yun wasn't surprised by Darry's sudden pledge of allegiance.
Every bag of grains he had just taken out was very big, and there were at least 1,500 kilograms of grains inside. Ten thousand bags in one go. These things weren't worth much in Noscent, they weren't even as valuable as an ordinary potion. A good potion in the Gilded Rose could buy a few dozen thousand bags of this kind of grain.
But being worthless in Noscent was a completely different concept in the subterranean world. This place was always in a relatively chaotic state, and with the complexity of the subterranean races, there were many conflicts between races. Even among the Beastmen, there were many conflicts between Beastmen of different races.
Due to the chaotic environment and the fact that not many races knew how to grow crops, they had to rely on the plants and prey that were already present on the ground for food. Many races were big eaters and could eat the most. An ordinary member of their race could eat as much as a dozen humans. Not having enough to eat was the most important reason why many races couldn't develop.
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