Blood Lord of War

Chapter 20 The Haze of War
Then Smaug wandered alone in the wilderness for several years. No one knew what he had experienced. They only knew that when he returned to the tribe where he was born, he had mastered the power of fire, and he breathed out the dragon's blood from his mouth. The flames burned all the goblins who drove him away before to ashes!

Smaug became the leader of the goblin tribe, and then began his conquest. Step by step, he gradually annexed the surrounding indigenous tribes, and the gnolls and hobgoblins all surrendered under his feet.

Said the hobgoblin, "My tribe was conquered a year ago by Lord Smaug, who made us call him Dragonlord."

Robin stroked his chin and fell into thought. Hearing the hobgoblin's description, this Smaug looks like an awakened one.

After all, even if it has the blood of a giant dragon, it does not necessarily have very powerful power. The kobolds even claim to have dragon blood.

The greatest possibility is that when this goblin was wandering outside, he accidentally awakened the power of his bloodline and became a dragon vein awakener!
Not only are there awakened people among humans, but also awakened people often appear in other races, but the frequency is not as high as that of humans.

The hobgoblin admired this Smaug very much, and there was fear in his words, and it seemed that this goblin did have two brushes.

Among all the ancient bloodlines, dragon veins are definitely a very powerful one. Dragon vein knights and dragon vein mages are existences that the world looks up to. Those families with dragon vein awakeners are all big nobles who dominate one side without exception.

Bloodlines also have grades, and they are also awakened. The bloodline of the dragon is one grade higher than that of the iron giant.

Of course, there is no comparison between the dragon vein and Robin's Titan bloodline. In ancient times, the Titan was the god of the gods, and the ancient dragon had to bow his head in front of the Titan.

Robin suddenly had an evil idea in his mind, if those dragon-blooded nobles knew that a dragon-blooded goblin appeared here, how would they feel?
Robin couldn't help laughing when he thought that those high-ranking nobles might have ancestors who were related to a goblin.

But joking aside, since this goblin can conquer so many indigenous tribes, and can also make gnolls and hobgoblins submit to him, it shows that he is definitely not an idler, and Robin must also pay attention to it.

He didn't want to be defeated by a goblin.

Then, Robin asked the hobgoblin about the composition of their tribe's troops, and the hobgoblin also answered one by one.

There are about 600 soldiers in their tribe, including more than 500 gnolls and more than 100 hobgoblins, and their strength is more than ten times that of Robin.Hobgoblins are not good at math, so I can barely give an approximate amount.

The location of their tribe is about fifty miles to the west of Raging Waves City.

Although according to the territorial division on the Empire Exploration Certificate, within a hundred miles of Raging Waves City belongs to Robin's territory, in fact, the territory that Robin can control is only one acre of land around Raging Waves City, not to mention control over fifty miles away. No, even sentinel patrols will not go that far.

So after such a long time, Robin and this tribe of goblins lived in peace, and they didn't even know each other's existence.

But the spheres of influence of the two sides are close to each other after all. Even without this digging incident, two tigers cannot fit in one mountain. As the actual control area continues to expand, the two sides will meet sooner or later.

Finally, Robin asked the hobgoblin: "You dug a big hole, what are you digging?"

Robin was very conflicted. He wanted to hear the hobgoblin say that word, but he was afraid that the hobgoblin would say that word.

The hobgoblin replied: "The Dragon King asked us to dig iron ore."

Robin's eyes lighted up suddenly, it was iron ore!
He happily took out the dark red stone he picked up last night from his pocket, held it in front of the hobgoblin, and asked excitedly, "Is it this?"

The hobgoblin didn't know iron ore either, so he could only reply ambiguously: "Uh, it seems so, the Dragon King only said that he was looking for a colored stone."

Robin put the stone back into his pocket in disappointment, thinking that when Janna came, he could ask her.

In any case, at least the draconic goblins think there's iron ore beneath that pit.As far as Robin knows, the dragon clan has always been very sensitive to minerals, maybe the goblin also inherited the dragon's ability in this regard.

Robin weighed it up and decided to put aside the iron ore matter first. The current top priority is to eliminate this tribe of goblins. Their existence has already threatened Raging Waves City.

According to the hobgoblin's description, this dragon vein goblin is also an expansion madman, annexing three indigenous tribes within a year.Looking at this posture, his next expansion will reach Robin's head.

Such a powerful enemy was sleeping soundly next to him, and Robin couldn't sit idly by.Perhaps, at this time, the dragon vein goblin also knew that his mining team had been intercepted, and maybe it was planning to counterattack Robin.

Robin turned around, with a serious face, and ordered to Simon who was still rubbing his butt: "Call all the iron guards immediately, and gather in front of the gate of the Lord's Mansion in 3 minutes!"

Although Simon is usually an inconspicuous madman, once it comes to military matters, he immediately seems to be a different person.

Iron giants are a natural military race, and the highlanders who awakened the blood of iron giants also inherited this military quality.

After receiving the order, Simon immediately stretched his body straight, buckled his feet, his whole body was like a sword coming out of his body, and replied loudly: "Yes! Leader!"

Two minutes and 50 seconds later, fifty Iron Guards assembled in the open space in front of the Lord's Mansion.

They lined up in a neat phalanx, and each Iron Guard was fully armed and ready for battle.They held their heads high, like rows of sharp steel guns, standing straight in front of Robin.

"Report! Iron Giant Guards, all assembled!" Simon stood at the head of the team and shouted loudly.

Robin walked around in front of the team and nodded in satisfaction.

This group of well-disciplined, brave and fearless Awakened warriors is his greatest reliance. Even if the dragon vein goblin sends troops here now, as long as there are iron giant guards, Robin has the confidence to smash his skull!

Next, Robin first told the iron guards about the dragon vein goblin's information, how many troops the opponent has, what races they have, including the possibility that the opponent may launch an attack on Raging Waves City at any time.

After Robin finished speaking, he was very relieved to see that none of the iron guards showed any expression of fear.

On the contrary, this group of iron guards yearns for war, the blood in their bodies seems to be boiling, everyone's face is eager to try, the soul of a warrior is calling them.

Finally, Robin started assigning tasks.First of all, the scouts went out for reconnaissance, inquired about the intelligence of the goblin tribe, and grasped the opponent's dynamics.

He entrusted this most important task to Simon. Although Simon is usually unreliable, he is a good hand in war.

"Simon, take a few people with you and head west. The first task is to find this goblin tribe, spy on information, and don't fall into war. Remember, your safety is the most important thing, don't make fearless sacrifices."

Robin specifically told him this way, because he was worried that these highlanders would be too hotheaded to get out of the fight with each other.Although the awakened ones are powerful, it doesn't mean they won't die. If they are shot through the chest, they will die as well.

Simon stood up and assured Robin with a serious expression: "Please rest assured, leader, I will definitely complete the task and come back safely!"

(End of this chapter)