Published at 23rd of March 2018 10:13:48 AM
Chapter 9
Chapter 9 - Logue Village
Translator: Mr Voltaire
Editor: Modlawls123
After listening to Li Si's report, Zhao Fu nodded . The next day, he summoned 14 new villagers . There were seven people who could fight and a B grade woman, who Zhao Fu also arranged to change to Scholar . He hoped that they would be able to gain the Taming skill with more Scholars soon .
Zhao Fu took the seven people who were able to fight to become soldiers . Now, Zhao Fu had 28 soldiers, and he brought them to the Goblin village .
The Goblin village was still in full defense mode, so Zhao Fu chose to not attack . Instead, he told Bai Qi to continue laying traps while training the soldiers .
Another day passed, and Zhao Fu summoned another 15 people . Six of them could fight, so Zhao Fu arranged for them to change profession to soldiers . The Goblins still hadn't dared to come out, so Zhao Fu continued to wait while setting traps . While doing this, Zhao Fu also discovered another Decade Iron Tree .
The next day, Zhao Fu summoned 14 people, eight of whom could fight, and one B grade villager, and he sent them all to change professions .
The Goblins finally ran out of food today, and they could no longer endure the hunger . This time, roughly 100 or so Goblins came out of the Goblin village, and about half of them were females . There were 4 Goblin Warriors who had just changed professions, and they were a bit smaller than the Goblin Warriors from before .
Right now, there were only 20 or so Goblins left in the village that could fight and the Goblin Warrior that had returned from the previous hunting expedition . There were 30 or so females, and some elderly and young Goblins who essentially couldn't fight .
From how things looked, it seemed that attacking the Goblin village would be quite easy, but Zhao Fu felt that it would not be so simple . He felt that the blood-colored altar was not ordinary, and there could be something special about it .
As such, Zhao Fu decided to attack the 100 or so Goblins . Of course, it was stupid to directly attack them, or they would have set all of those traps for nothing .
Zhao Fu split up the 34 soldiers into three groups and gave an explanation of their plan before sending one team to attack .
When the Goblins saw that there were so few enemies, they immediately raised their sabers and yelled as they rushed over . The group of people attacked a few times and turned and ran, following Zhao Fu's orders .
The Goblins cheered excitedly and chased after them, wanting to kill the enemies who had tormented them for the past few days .
However, in the next moment, the Goblins started to fall into the ready-dug pits, and they were impaled by the sharp wooden spikes . They continuously howled, the big group of Goblins instantly losing 20 out of the 100 Goblins .
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After losing a portion of their forces instantly, all of the Goblins stopped, not daring to advance . They had no idea if there were more of these pits ahead, so they did not dare to advance . All they could do was stand still as they furiously roared .
Swish, swish, swish…
Suddenly, a few arrows pierced some of the Goblins . The Goblins saw a few enemies running from their left, and they immediately chased after them in rage .
As they ran, they triggered trap after trap . Large logs and rocks smashed down from above, either heavily injuring Goblins or killing them directly .
The 80 or so Goblins had now been reduced to about 50 . At this moment, another group appeared to the right of the Goblins, shooting them with arrows before running away .
The Goblins had already suffered twice, and they did not dare to stupidly chase after them anymore . They could only stand still at where they were and brandish their weapons, roaring at the escaping enemies .
By now, the other two groups had merged and circled around from behind the Goblins . Arrows and fireballs landed on the group of Goblins, catching them completely off-guard . This attack was quite effective: the fireball heavily injured two Goblins and gave a few other Goblins light injuries, while nine arrows found their marks, killing three Goblins, heavily injuring five, and lightly injuring one .
Now, there were only around 40 Goblins who were still able to fight . The group that had been running also turned around and started to attack, reducing the Goblins' numbers even more .
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"Bai Qi, get rid of one of the Goblin Warriors as quickly as possible . All Shieldbearers focus on defense and hold up the other two Goblin Warriors . Infantry charge, and Archers fire at will . Leave the Goblin Warrior with the lame legs to me," Zhao Fu loudly commanded, and everyone moved to carry out his orders .
The remaining Goblin Soldiers had only just changed professions and many of them were female, so they were quickly dealt with by the Infantry and Archers . Eight or nine Shieldbearers held wooden shields and tightly surrounded two of the Goblin Warriors .
Zhao Fu was able to deal with the lame Goblin Warrior quite easily . Of course, he did not fight it at close range because he definitely wouldn't have been able to defeat it . Instead, he launched Fireballs at it - because the Goblin Warrior was quite large and had lame legs, it was unable to dodge his attacks, and it was killed by Zhao Fu in the end .
On the other side, Bai Qi quickly dealt with the Goblin Warrior he was responsible for . The remaining two Goblin Warriors did not require Bai Qi to act, and they were killed by arrows . They died in quite a pitiful manner - they were surrounded by shields and barely had any space to dodge the arrows that rained down on them .
After the battle was over, everyone started to sweep the battlefield .
Bai Qi put away his sword and turned to look at Zhao Fu, a hint of a smile on his cold and handsome face . Zhao Fu's tactics and commands during the fight had been stellar . He lacked experience in large battles, but this was enough to show Zhao Fu's exceptional talent . How could Bai Qi not feel happy to have such a capable lord?
Zhao Fu turned around and saw Bai Qi's smile . Zhao Fu felt quite confused and asked, "Bai Qi, what are you smiling at?"
Bai Qi lightly shook his head and did not respond to Zhao Fu's question . Instead, he asked, "Your Majesty, how should we proceed? Do we attack the Goblin village?"
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After thinking about it, Zhao Fu replied, "Surround it first . I feel that there is something strange about the Goblin Village . Regardless, they don't have any food, so they'll have to come out sooner or later . There's no need to rush . "
Bai Qi nodded and replied, "This subordinate feels the same way . They probably left the village empty to lure us over . However, they hadn't expected that Your Majesty would ambush the 100 or so Goblin Soldiers and 4 Goblin Warriors, who have now all been destroyed, instead of attacking the village . "
Zhao Fu felt more and more that the Goblin village was not so simple . After clearing out the battlefield, he took his soldiers to surround the village .
The Goblins looked at the enemies surrounding their village and understood what had happened . Looks of fear and terror appeared on their faces as the village became somewhat chaotic .
Zhao Fu looked on from outside and did not plan to attack . They were in the palm of his hands, so there was no need to be hurried .
After observing the village for 10 or so minutes, Zhao Fu was surprised to see an elderly Goblin walk out with an ancient, wooden walking stick . The elderly Goblin brought the rest of the Goblins out and knelt at the entrance of the village .
Following this, Zhao Fu received a system announcement, "Logue Village has surrendered to you . Would you like to accept?"