lizard lord

Chapter 42 Farming is Difficult
The corrupted forest included a lake, which was small in size and had a small island in the center. Lilith thought that this was the most likely hiding place of the Ganthias tree.

There was still a big fire below, and only two or three of the pickets followed, and the number of goblin dust was not enough to control Tang Zhao's floating in the air.

Now his weight is a bit too high for a goblin. Goblins generally weigh [-] to [-] kilograms. The goblin dust on a pixie can carry about [-] to [-] kilograms, which is enough for a goblin's world view, but It is still a little weak against Tang Chao, which weighs several hundred kilograms.

There is a small river connecting the lake, Tang Zhao himself can hold his breath and swim against the current, but no one else can.

They can't hold their breath for too long, and there is still a fatal risk of highly toxic smoke gathering at the bottom of the fire.

After Tang Zhao passed by alone, there was no way to retreat. At this time, he would not risk his life, so he decided to wait a little longer until the fire weakened before taking action.

During this period, almost all the goblins in Lilith's settlement were mobilized to monitor the fire scene. If something rushed out of the fire scene, Tang Zhao and others could respond immediately.

They also felled trees in the direction the fire might spread, creating a firebreak that prevented the fire from spreading into the normal forest.

Dryads can control trees to a certain extent, and Xiong Ren and Tang Zhao are also very powerful. In addition, they also have experience in controlling forest wildfires, so they act quickly.

The fire came and went quickly, the decayed forest was full of dead wood, and it was almost burnt out after burning all night, Tang Zhao started to act early the next morning.

Passing through the still warm ground, Tang Zhao and the bears dragged Lilith to swim across the lake, followed by a whole group of goblins, who were fully armed.

The island in the center of the lake is small in size, but there is a cave on the island that does not know how deep it is, and Tang Zhao didn't need to go deep into it to detect it. At the entrance of the cave stood a wither monster. thick vines.

The special wither monsters bred by the Ganthias tree are responsible for guarding and fighting, and the most important thing is to have vocal cords, and the Ganthias tree can speak through their mouths.

"Fairy, how about our negotiation?"

The voice is hoarse and fragmented, but it is indeed a standard lingua franca.

Tang Zhao stopped vigilantly and kept a distance from the other party, wanting to see what he had to say.

Lilith spoke first: "This is the end, what else is there to talk about?"

"Let me retreat completely, and I promise not to come back in my lifetime, otherwise we will lose both."

As soon as the words fell, four or five equally strong and tall wither monsters came out of the cave, and the meaning was very obvious.

Either the fish will die and the net will be broken, or else it will be taken over.

"Think carefully, my life is precious, and so are yours."

Lilith obviously hesitated, as if she was considering this matter.

Tang Zhao didn't talk nonsense when he saw this, he rushed forward and knocked down a wither monster, and then tore its body and vine armor with his claws.

Duva and Leo reacted the fastest, and rushed forward with roars.

Intense voices and movements broke the silence, and the two sides immediately fought into a ball.

As Tang Zhao thought, no new wither monsters appeared in the cave, and there were only a few enemies on the field.

The strength of the guards was indeed relatively strong, but they were quickly defeated, and the remaining wither monsters were quickly torn to pieces.

Wither monsters are very similar to Tang Zhao—when facing an enemy, they will never move their mouths when they can.

He could see that the other party was bluffing and wanted to play the empty city trick with him, but Tang Zhao was not Sima Yi, and the wither monster was not Zhuge Liang.
If there were really so many wither monsters left, Ganthias Tree would definitely choose to ambush instead of negotiating, and if he opened his mouth, it meant that he lacked confidence.

Rushing into the cave, the interior space is not large, at most a dozen meters deep, and in the deepest part of the cave grows a distorted tree.

The tree is not high, only one or two meters.The bark is pitch black and looks like a dead tree, but the branches grow more unscrupulously, and there is not even a single green leaf on it.

The tree was twisting wildly, as if it was making the last unnecessary struggle.

Tang Zhao knew in advance that the Ganthias tree itself did not have any direct means of defending against the enemy, so he boldly rushed forward, bit its trunk, and directly uprooted the young tree with force.

Cut the Ganthias tree in two from the middle, and it stopped struggling immediately.

No further damage to the tree was done, as he knew the creature was rare and some human mage would pay a good price for it.

After a few minutes, the dust settled, and Tang Zhao and others began to clean the battlefield and count the losses.

Under the cover of Tang Zhao and Xiong Ren, three goblins still died. In the recent period, Lilith’s settlement had sacrificed eighteen pixies and goblins, as well as a dryad. In terms of population, the loss is heavy.

What can be called a trophy is actually the carcass of the Ganthias tree, and the rest is a pile of dead wood and rotten vines, which are of no use to the goblins living in the forest.

A blood core was found in the tree, which looked brighter than that of the petrified lizard, but Tang Zhao estimated that there was still no level difference between the two. From the perspective of the emblem, it was still equivalent to three ordinary blood cores.

After thinking about it, Tang Zhao didn't swallow the blood core, but kept it first.

The low-grade blood cores you want now are easy to find, and they are found in ordinary animals, but in the future, the requirements for evolution may become "low-grade blood cores" and "medium blood cores", so you should be prepared first.

The remains of the Ganthias tree were split between the Xiong Ren and Tang Zhao, and the goblins proposed on their own initiative that they didn't need this kind of thing.

Ordinary wither monsters do not have blood cores. Tang Zhao endured the physical discomfort and tried to eat some of the wither monster's body. It turned out that he was still a carnivore after all, and the behavior of gnawing trees was not included in the calculation range of the emblem.

After dealing with trivial matters, Tang Zhao approached Lilith and asked him the most concerned question.

[According to the previous agreement, the land near here is for my use, how about taking this lake as the boundary. 】

"No problem, if you need more space in the future, it's easy to discuss."

In fact, goblins don't care much about territory, as long as the neighbors are safe enough, they don't mind sharing it at all.It's just that these creatures are too eye-catching in the forest, and there will always be various troubles coming to them.

After a pleasant discussion, Tang Zhao basked in the sun for a while, and then he was ready to leave.

He has been away for several days, and it is about time to go back.

He wants to move here with the settlement and use it as a long-term base for future operations.

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The bear man Leo followed enthusiastically, helping to stand guard and drive out the beasts.

With his help, things went smoothly, Tang Zhao spent a day and a night to relocate the settlement and luggage.

It can't compare to the efficiency of his team's operations, but it is also very good. After all, the stamina of goblins and kobolds is not very good, and they are still in a state of dragging their families.

After the relocation, Tang Zhao didn't care about the construction work. The first thing he did was to sleep with his head covered and slept for a whole day.

He was very nervous during the migration, and he didn't rest for several days. He is not an elemental puppet, so of course he will be tired.

After the break, he began to discuss construction issues with the goblins and kobolds.

I bought metal digging tools from the human world before. The kobolds don’t have high requirements, and they are very comfortable and happy to use. They will dig holes in the forest, and first dig out simple caves for their group to live in.

After that, they will dig a larger and more regular residence at the foot of the mountain, which will be their long-term residence with Tang Zhao.

Rome was not built in a day. The small caves that the kobolds themselves are currently dealing with can be dug out in half a day, but Tang Zhao has higher requirements. With dozens of kobolds under his command, it is not bad to build a prototype in a few months .

[So, more people are still needed...]

It's not uncommon for kobolds to gather in the forest, and you can always find a lot of them if you search hard. The problem now is food and tools.

The carrying capacity of the forest is so large, it is very difficult to feed hundreds of thousands of people by gathering, fishing and hunting.When there were few people, Tang Zhao could still let the peak spirits use the magic berry technique to deal with it, but firstly, there were only a few peak spirits, and secondly, the fruits produced by the magic berry technique were like compressed biscuits. Things can't be extravagant.

It's not just cannon fodder randomly pulled from the battlefield, so it's not a long-term solution to keep your subordinates starving to death.

Not to mention tools, they can't be made now, and they can only be found by humans. Even if they dig out mineral veins in the future, it will be more difficult.

Ashamed to say, the kobolds are particularly obsessed with mining. The mines they dug out make the picky dwarves speechless, but their bodies are doomed, and they are not suitable for smelting metals.

Kobolds are ectothermic animals, in other words they are not very adaptable to temperature, metallurgy needs to work in extremely high temperature environments, and they perform poorly in that environment.

In addition, the territory also needs a truly reliable combat power. As far as he is alone, it is okay to say that the settlement is small, but there are many things to do when the settlement is large, and it will be a disaster at that time.

It is not difficult to maintain the status quo and survive in the forest, but it is much more difficult to go further.

[The tool problem has no solution in the short term, unless we go back to the Stone Age.Food problem, goblins try to use that lake to raise fish, plant some fruit trees in the old site of the corrupted forest, and try to manage the herd of animals in the forest. In addition, we have potatoes. The open space by the lake can be easily farmed by kobolds. Mushrooms are a possibility. In addition, it is also possible to raise chickens...]

I can indeed come up with many plans in my mind, but it is difficult to implement any Tang Chao with practical actions. I can't come up with a reliable specific plan.

There is no way, let Tang Zhao fight and bite people into pieces, he is very good at it, it can almost be said that he was born for this, but creation is always harder than destruction.

[Perhaps it is necessary to go to the human city again, there will be all the things I want. 】

Before the basic production problem is settled, he is not going to expand the settlement scale. At most, he will absorb some goblins with few tasks and low requirements from the Lilith settlement.

Let the kobolds and goblins grope first, and then he is going to contact the human world.Get the real kick-off supplies.

Everything is difficult at the beginning, he understands the truth, just get over the difficult period of the previous few months.

(End of this chapter)