The epic story of green monsters

Chapter 623 Smuggling
  "According to your previous request, here are thirteen maces made of fine iron."

In an unnamed valley in the Auror Hills, in the sparsely shaded jungle, two teams of different races stood opposite each other, watching each other warily.

In the center of the confrontation, an adult hobgoblin placed a wooden box the size of a person in front of him. As his voice fell, the hobgoblin lifted the box with one hand, revealing a round, swaying box inlaid with sharp thorns. Spherical one-handed war hammer.

Opposite the hobgoblin was a gnoll with red eyes. When he saw the brand new nail-head warhammer in the box, his greedy look could not be concealed.

"What a great thing!! With these weapons, we can defeat Nelson's group of kobolds!!"

While muttering in his mouth, the Jackal couldn't help but put his hand into the box, wanting to lift a war hammer and feel its texture.

"Wait a minute, we showed you our stuff, what about the stuff you promised??"

The hobgoblin thrust his thick hand forward, blocking the jackal's movement of reaching out, and asked rudely.

"Haha, it's ready!!"

The Jackal smiled awkwardly, his eyes showing a bit of reluctance, and took out a crumpled cloth ball from his shirt, then slowly opened it, revealing a dozen rough, unpolished red and sapphires inside.

The hobgoblin opened his hand until the gnoll reluctantly placed the cloth and the gem in his hand, and then took it back.

The cloth ball was thrown aside by the hobgoblin on the spot, and he picked out a ruby ​​the size of a pigeon egg, shining it with the sunlight coming from the sparse leaves above his head, and then put it away with satisfaction.

"Okay, the things belong to you. Remember to come back to me if you need anything in the future!! The price is absolutely fair!!!"

While collecting these rough gemstones into his own purse, the hobgoblin did not forget to continue selling them.

The gnoll didn't bother to talk to the hobgoblin at this time. He was busy stroking the brand new mace with his companions who came over, as if they were holding their future in his hands.

These maces are indeed their future for this group of jackals. As a small ethnic group living on the southern border of the Green Field Plain, the iron tools owned by the entire tribe of gnoll warriors who were trading with the hobgoblins were not as numerous and heavy as those in the wooden boxes at this time.

Without powerful enough weapons, weapons made only of wood and stone that grow naturally in the wilderness will inevitably look shabby when fighting with other tribes, and they will be unable to exert their great strength.

Not every tribe can be like the warriors of the Green Field Tribe. As long as they work hard and down-to-earth, they can have their own set of equipment and weapons. For more small tribes in the wilderness, every piece of iron in their tribe is a valuable asset to them. If there is a stable channel to obtain iron, it will make them flock to it.

Ever since the Greenfield Tribe discovered the mineral veins in the Auror Hills, they have never stopped operating this mining area. Although there were demon sacrifices later, the tribe subsequently suppressed and cleaned up the mine and resumed operating the mine. got up.

As the strength and population of the tribe increased, more investment was made in the mines. In the following days, several more mineral deposits were discovered in the hills, making the Auror Hills an important source of metal resources for the tribe. land.

From the first discovery of pyrite, to the later black coal, stardust sand, cuprite, and even the scattered rough gemstones mixed in between the iron ore and copper ore, this barren hilly land suddenly became prosperous. .

However, the mineral vein reserves in this mining area are generally not large, and the distribution range is relatively wide. Some mining areas are separated by hundreds of miles, and the nearest ones are dozens of miles away. It is very difficult for the tribe to manage and requires a lot of manpower. a lot of.

In the end, except for a few important mineral deposits with large reserves that were in the hands of the tribe, most of the other scattered mineral veins with little development value were handed over to other members of the tribe for mining. Even the ash pipe provided by the tribe The dwarves also wrapped up a vein of pyrite.

The goblins and gray dwarves who contract these small mines only need to deliver a full batch of cast metal ingots to the tribe every year as their rent for contracting the mines, and the remaining metal is their reward.

However, even if the metal mines belong to the contractors, the tribe does not allow them to be sold privately to outsiders. They can only send them to Green Lake Town or Namur Fortress and hand them over to the United Chamber of Commerce for sale.

The reason for this is to control the strength of the wilderness indigenous tribes that are emerging around the Green Field Plain and not give them the opportunity to develop too quickly. At the same time, by focusing on selling equipment and resources in Green Lake Town, we can take this opportunity to understand the intelligence information of surrounding tribes, large and small, and effectively intimidate these small wilderness tribes, demonstrating the powerful strength of the Green Field tribe.

Just when the two groups were satisfied and wanted to end this private transaction, a sudden voice came from the branch of a big tree next to them.

"A bunch of shady rats, really looking for death!!"

The moment the unfamiliar voice sounded, the expressions of the hobgoblin and his three companions suddenly changed. They jumped up with their legs and started running away in several directions.

When the 7-8 Jackals who were still checking their weapons heard the sound, the first thing they thought of was to look up to find the source of the sound, until they saw a man wearing black tight-fitting leather armor on a branch more than ten meters away, with half a mask covering his face. The dwarf in the black and gray mask was looking at them with amusement.

"What wild thing appears out of nowhere, dares to disturb our affairs!!!"

After checking again and confirming that the opponent only had one dwarf, the gnoll leader showed his cruel face and roared fiercely.

As soon as he finished speaking, his companions on both sides got his hint and rushed out one after another, heading straight for a thigh-thick tree about ten meters away.

Boom! ! !
  Click, click, click! ! !
  The strong tung tree was broken into two pieces on the spot by the fierce blow of the mace. The body of the dwarf also slowly fell to the ground along with the toppling movement of the tung tree. And right where he was about to land, there were already three gnolls holding maces, waiting for him to jump into their encirclement.

The height and weight of the dwarf seemed to be very different from those of the eight jackals, but there was no panic expression on his face. As the trunk of the tung tree was about to fall to the ground, his legs Suddenly he kicked on the tree trunk, and his whole body suddenly jumped more than two meters high. When he waved his hands, there were already two daggers radiating cold light.

call! !call! !
  The two maces swept towards the dwarf's body in mid-air. They saw the mace passing through the dwarf's body without feeling any force. Just when the two jackals felt something bad. , one of them suddenly let out a frightened roar, and the others followed the sound. There was already a sharp sword blade on the chest of this companion, but the dwarf dwarf pierced the chest with a sword from behind.

The body of the jackal fell slowly, and the other companions were shocked and angry. The newly obtained mace in their hands tore the air, whirring and heading straight for the dwarf.

Boom! ! Boom! !
  Ding! ! !
  The mace hit the lifeless gnoll body, splashing blood. At the same time, the dwarf who was hiding behind the gnoll corpse took out his right hand and inserted the short sword into the chest of the gnoll corpse. He also waved his left hand to the front and left, and his body borrowed With the power of one of the maces, it flew over the heads of several people.

Before the body even hit the ground, the jackal leader from behind seized the opportunity and struck the dwarf on the waist with a sweeping sweep.

The dwarf assassin couldn't rely on his strength in the air, but he didn't panic when he was in danger. He twisted his waist and made a 360 degree turn, turned his head downwards, and blocked the two swords in front of him. He was hit by the war hammer, and his whole body was raised high again. 3-4 meters.

Seeing that his body was about to hit a big tree, the dwarf's strength sank into his lower limbs, and he suddenly stepped on the tree trunk with his right leg. After removing most of the impact force, he stretched his leg again, before the opponent's surrounding net was formed. , slipped out to an opening on the right rear.

With his legs firmly on the ground, the dwarf's smoke step immediately started, and two shadows rushed forward in two directions. The gnolls surrounding him hesitated for a few seconds, not knowing how to deal with it. When the gnolls followed the principle of nearest priority and started to kill the selected target, there was another sharp shout. In a completely different direction from the two shadows, the dwarf appeared behind another gnoll like a ghost, stabbing with two daggers. Broke the opponent's neck and throat.

With a contemptuous and cruel smile, the dwarf assassin did not forget to stir his wrist when he retracted his dagger, and the four holes pierced in the gnoll's neck merged into one.

“Jigugu~~~~” The injured jackal weakly threw away the newly acquired mace and covered his neck with both hands, trying to stop the flow of blood and air. However, all the compensating actions he made were still unable to stop it. The vitality slowly disappears from the body.

The remaining six gnolls' eyes became even more crazy and angry, and pieces of white gas kept coming out of their mouths. They stared at the dwarf who reappeared, and almost launched an attack at the same time.

The dwarf assassin responded calmly, swung the dagger in his hand, and a few drops of blood splashed around, and the dwarf suddenly disappeared from everyone's sight.

A bloody massacre began again. After more than half a magic hour passed, the valley was filled with traces of the battle, as well as mottled and smelly blood stains left on the bodies of the gnolls.

Several goblins slowly appeared in this valley. The four leading goblins were clearly the group of hobgoblins who had fled in embarrassment before. At this time, their bodies were also covered in scars. Although there were no obvious external injuries, there were stripes under their tattered clothes. The dark blue stripes were enough to prove that they had been severely beaten.

"team leader???"

At the rear of the team, a bugbear showed his furry head. The heavy armor he wore jingled, and a double-edged battle ax behind his back shone with cold light. He looked around and shouted carelessly.

"Here it is!!"

Suddenly a lazy voice came from above the head, and the bugbear looked up. It was the dwarf assassin who had fought the gnoll before.

"What happened? Do these little guys need your time for so long??"

There was a branch as thick as an arm under the dwarf's butt. He leaned against the trunk of the tree and crossed his two short short legs. He frowned and asked.

"They are so good at running, and they are not in the same direction. If Xi'er hadn't been watching and guiding them in the sky, I would have missed two of them if I had relied on me alone."

The bugbear warrior patted his head honestly and defended clumsily.

"Hehe, I thought you would secretly take all the credit for yourself!!"

A strong wind blew from the sky, and a giant eagle, more than one meter tall, fell from the sky and landed on the branch next to the dwarf. The trees shook violently, the giant eagle emitted a green light, and then a cute dwarf girl appeared on the branch.

"Then you really underestimate this stupid bear. He has a bigger purpose!!"

The dwarf assassin was not surprised by this scene. He glanced at the bugbear who had been spying on each other since the goblin girl appeared, and said jokingly.

"Hmph!! I'm too lazy to pay attention to you!!"

The girl raised her head and swung her braid into a ponytail.

"Okay, the mission is completed, go back and deliver the work!!"

"it is good!!"

"By the way, the trophy is behind the big tree, so Mandel will leave this matter to you!!"

"Yeah, you bullied Mandel again..."

The three goblin companions, joking with each other, escorted the four unlucky hobgoblin captives and slowly disappeared into this unknown valley.

After half a day's work, the slow-moving team appeared in front of the ruins of a waste pyrite mine that was once the first to be excavated and mined. Now it has been built into a prosperous town and named after the Auror. .

There was a group of guards guarding the entrance of the town. Seeing the appearance of these three goblins, they greeted them warmly. They seemed to be very familiar with each other. Even the four hobgoblins they escorted were actually handed over by guards. Two people's names come.

"Hey, you have caught the guy selling iron tools privately again. This is awesome!!!"

"Hey, isn't this Kan De'en from the Ata Iron Mine in the north? You are so brave, you are really not afraid of death!!"

"It's just a few little thieves, what's the fuss about!!"

The dwarf assassin captain Lief responded with a smile, and his eyes were indeed dull. As a level 12 assassin who is about to advance to the advanced level, and there are two companions who are slightly weaker than him acting together, if he can't even accomplish this kind of thing , that’s really embarrassing.

The most powerful leader of the jackal gang is only a level 10 mid-level bloodthirsty. The remaining seven associates have basically not advanced. As for the four goblin compatriots in front of them, only two have just advanced. They are only mid-level, and the difference in strength is really huge.

"Let these guys be detained here for now. We will go to the Government Affairs Office to complete the tasks. We will pick them up later and send them to the Public Security Bureau for them to handle."

Lief casually threw the rope that imprisoned the four goblins in his hand to the leader of the bugbear captain.

"Then you have to treat us to a big drink when you come back!!"

"What a beautiful thought!! See you later!!"

The Government Affairs Hall is a management organization that basically exists in every town. It gathers various tasks in and around the town that require help. Adventurers registered in the town can accept tasks from here and complete them, and receive corresponding rewards. .

Of course, most of the people in the Auror Town who receive tasks in the government affairs hall are the goblins of the tribe. Occasionally, the ogres from the Heart of Desolation or the dark elves from Corima Town come to travel and adventure, and pick up a few related things by the way. Characters make some extra money or something.

Tasks such as privately selling iron tools and various metal ingots are the most frequently posted tasks in Auror Town, and they basically never fall off the task list.

The incidents of private sales are really too rampant, and the surrounding mining factories are too scattered and difficult to manage. Therefore, the clan does not personally organize a team to eliminate such incidents, but leaves it to the adventurers in the town. They, let them handle it.

In this way, tribesmen who have the ability and time can earn good rewards through these tasks, and at the same time gain various experiences, and the tribe has also reduced its ongoing expenses, and the most important thing is to save a lot. The elite force can be placed where the tribe needs it more.

　I will write these chapters first to introduce the situation of several major strongholds in Green Field, and then return to the main line.

　　
  　
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