[Money or Pride?]
The war begins with a rain of arrows that from the opponent side. From the way the arrow and its fletching, it is most probably from the Human Tribe. The rain of arrows quickly kills quite a number of goblins as they charge, but with the assistance from the Goblin Warriors, the charging continues. The goblin's crowd attacks in a great speed and quickly reach the position where the human troops are located.
But there were some miscalculations. The human had their preparation all along before the war starts. A large trench trap is placed before their defensive line, and as the goblin came across the line, large numbers of Goblin falls into their death. This causes a serious injury to the goblin troops because the charging troops mostly led by the Goblin Warriors.
The drummers continue to lift the goblins fighting spirits as they charge. When the human tribe appears from their defensive line, it seems so pitiful. Only three small groups of ants could be seen from far away. In a rough estimation, their numbers might not even reach 50,000 troops.
But their formation and preparation are excellent because, after the trench trap, they actually proceed with a spike bridge trap, where if a goblin managed to leap across the trap, they will be greeted with a wooden retracting bridge that forced the goblin back to the trench gap. This way, they will not only destroy the goblins forwarding attack, they even could force their opponent to fall back into the trench trap.
"Xiuuu.......PANG!" a loud sound could be heard. It seems like a captain from the other side has died from a ranged attack. "Xiu! Xiu! Xiu!" a repeating three sound is heard again as three more high ranking captains is dead. The sound continues until it seems like most of the high ranking captains are dead.
The human forces begin to lose the composure as the traps are being dismantled one by one, and some of them are even used against themselves. The fight continues and becomes even bloody, and in between of the fights, few Green Goblins managed to reach their evolution stage, and immediately receive the evolution blessing and turned into a bare Goblin Warrior. They charge towards their enemies without any holdback, and immediately kills the human tribe without any mercy.
The fifty thousand soldiers quickly got killed until none left. At the end of the battle, the corpses are fed to the Brown Goblins that was hired as mercenaries, the equipment and any remaining soldiers that is still alive is taken by the Grey Goblin to be used and researched, while the Green Goblin takes all the leftover treasures that were scattered around the battlefield. And this is the first time I'm able to see one more different kind of goblins.
The one that appears from the back is a special Red Goblin. The Red goblin doesn't seem to have any differences from the other goblins, but the goblin does possess an amazing ability. It seems like the Red Goblins feeds on a soul. The moment the Red Goblins appears on the battlefield, those locations with high numbers of casualties started to have some glowing wisp appearing in the area, as it was quickly absorbed into the Red Goblin's body.
The Red Goblin does not possess any battle ability, but they have one special usage.
[Amplification]
Like the name, the skill allows one to further amplified their capability. This is also the moment I know that the City Lord is a special breed goblin as well. Her exact tribe is unknown, except it is still belonged to a goblin, but she is an archer for sure, and her capability, only one of them, is known. Long Range Archery with a capability of hitting the target 100% accurately, and with an instant death possibility whenever any of them is targeted.
I returned first to Goblin Blacksmith to repair some of my equipment in the few hours while crafted a total of 20 Lightweight Material Canister to store the Sulphur materials mined by myself and my goblin. I filled a total of 30 of the canister fully, and reserve the 1200 Sulphur Crystals in hand in case it was useful in any way.
I return to the residence for a rest, but only after I complete the refining of 3000 of the Small Crystals and a thousand of the Lower Grade 10 Crystals. It seems like when the chances return to refining the human type crystals, the possibility of failure is still there. I have a total of 600 success in the Small Warrior Crystals, but I could only get a total of 119 success in the 200 tries for the Lower Grade 10 Crystals.
But luckily, I have three activations on the level 5 Quirk, So it added to a total of 122 Crystals instead. I had my level 10 Quirk activated as well, so I managed to get my hand with 117 Medium Crystals and 1 Upper Crystal. I took a rest after everything. The next day, I refine another 1000 Lower Grade 10 Crystals again and got a total of 126 success with 5 of them refined into another Upper Grade 10 crystals.
I walked over to the Merchant Square to sell the Small Warrior Crystals once again. This time, the crystals are more than usual, so it took about five hours before I finish selling everything. Today, I could hear some whispers from some of the passerby regarding the ten set armour I had sold previously, but the whispers are too vague, so I didn't notice the great result they actually bring by the warriors wearing it.
Before I end my peddling, I remembered that I've recently crafted a Medium Axe. I guess I will sell it too, so I put the weapon on the shelf and it immediately caught everyone attention. Four Goblin Warrior immediately went over to my stall and take a look at the stats of the weapon. Some of them felt disappointed, but some of them actually have the interest in purchasing it.
Goblin Made Single Battle Axe -
Melee Weapon
Category: Melee Weapon
Grade: Medium Grade 10
Durability: 50/50
Stats: 4 ATK / 5 ACC / 3 ATK SPD / 3 BLEED
Equipment Bonus:
Lower - Increase ATK by (1) each time the weapon touched its opponents.
Medium - Increase ATK by (1) each time the weapon touched by others.
(Effect Lost when repaired)
I actually forget about the not too important bonuses. But the moment I allow the goblins to touch the axe, the attack begins to increase and cause the goblin especially warriors to begin to fight for it. "ARGH! Goblin Bead, 200, I buy!" a Goblin Warrior quickly withdraws the money to purchase the weapon, but it was pushed away by another stronger Goblin Warrior. "Human Friend, Me Buy!" the warrior withdraws a two hundred Goblin Beads and soon, a sword is swung towards the side of my stall.
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"Bang!" my stall's canopy stick is almost chopped to half. The Goblin Warriors begin to fight with each other for the axe, and as they fought, weapons like spear, staves, swords and recurve bows all are taken out as they fought against each other. Soon, a Goblin Warrior from the Grey Goblin Tribe appears from a corner to join the fight. With a single axe, the Grey Goblin fought six Goblin Warriors and knock down each of them.
Aiharu.
All the other goblins know his name. This is one of the Named Goblin Warrior, a high potential Goblin that possesses the capability to climb up above the Goblin Lord evolution. Aiharu walked over to my stall and placed two hundred Goblin Beads on the glass top. Seeing the two hundred goblin beads, I took away the weapon holder and pass the axe over to Aiharu. The goblin named Aiharu swing the axe in a pretty sturdy stance before he turned to a side where a thick stone wall is erected.
Beastial Axe Strike!
"Prrraccckkk!" the wall immediately have a line of the crack appears in the middle. "Everyone. Touch my axe." Aiharu speaks as his back is facing everyone else. The others have the curiosity to see how strong is the axe, so they did not hesitate to cooperate. The moment almost everyone included myself had already made contact with the axe, I put a scan on it.
[ATK 214]
Damn. If I could have such an effect in my pistol, how great. But the moment of jealousy fades because it means I will need people to touch my pistol each time before I use it, how inconvenient. Aiharu use the same axe strike once again, and this time, with the aid of an additional 210 Attack Point is added into the axe, the wall immediately crumbles into small pebbles as it falls.
"Thank You. Please tell me if you have any other item for sale." Aiharu finishes his words and left, but before he successfully leave my sight, I quickly have a scan on him. Similar to the Goblin Blacksmith, the information it gave is very vague. But at least, I could see what is his special tribe.
Name:
Aiharu
Level
28 (2,777/2,800)
Tribe:
Grey Goblin (Weapon Master)
HP:
1,880
MP:
Unknown
Stamina:
Unknown
Strength
90
Physical:
Unknown
Agility:
Unknown
Magic:
Unknown
Resistance:
Unknown
Mastery:
Unknown
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Locked
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Locked
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Locked
Traits:
Unknown
Skills:
Unknown
Damn, this Aiharu is even more mysterious compared to the Green Blacksmith Goblin. Its level is lower compared to the Green Blacksmith Goblin. I looked at my sales. 600 crystals are sold for 1800 Goblin Beads, added with the axe's 200 Goblin Beads, my sales for today is a total of 2000 Goblin Beads. With all the profit I got for today, I went back to the store again, ignoring the Old Goblin this time.
Again, I purchased a total of 10,000 with a thousand small crystals from the Store Owner again. It was almost as if he could expect my request this time, as he already had his stock prepared. After I purchased the crystals, I asked that if there is any speciality item that could get a good price when sold to the goblins. The Store Owner shared a few kind of items, but most of them belonged to the weapon category. The armour category is not too shabby in pricing, not too many goblins will spend time in enhancing their armour, because they only have one life after all.
After we talked for a while, the store owner shared a specific item that I might help the goblins. But he did mention another word along with what he just shared. The item is revealed to be a Dagger. When I heard his word, I actually felt I am fooled for a bit before he mentioned the reasons. But in his remarks, the words of "You will have to choose a side. If the dagger you made will be the one that will cause the human to falls, you will regret as well."
[Many Goblin starts from a half human size body. With their newborn capability and also fighting experience, they have nothing to be compared to a human that was groom to be a fighter, soldier from young. Human are tricky and have plenty of traps no matter if it's planned or unplanned, so it is difficult to handle a human.]
[But a human has their weakness too. They are taller than the normal young Goblins, so their method of attacking the lower ground is usually stab and downward slash. This basic attack is easily defended by sneaking away and charge towards the human's crotch, but if they do not possess a good weapon, injuring a human would be more than a dream.]
[You might have the question of why not a sword or axe would works? But let me tell you. A goblin is roughly a half of a human size. Their reach, their strength, and even their capability of wielding a longer weapon, how efficient do you think? This is why the best weapon is always dagger. But of course, we have lack of skilful blacksmith that could smelt good quality dagger, and no human is willing to smelt dagger for our tribe.]
[If you willing to do this favour to the Gobumi Settlement, I would assure that you will be very well treated within the Gobumi Settlement.]
The Store Owner finished his word and return to his works. While for myself, I think for a little while before I went to the Goblin Blacksmith. "Should I craft the Dagger for the goblins?" this question keep repeating within my mind, as I would be required to make a decision before I begin to read the Dagger blueprint.
You had begins with the journey of a Pedlar. Continues with your progress and you will receive more benefits as your sales figure increased. Current Achievement: 0 Black Spirit Crystals / 4,726 Goblin Beads.
Reach 5,000 Currency Points to Unlock your first benefit!