Attack Power: 33 (+33)

 

Life Force: 33 (+33)

 

Magic Power: 33 (+33)

 

Intelligence: 33 (+33)

 

Resistance to Physical Attacks: 33 (+33)

 

Resistance to Magic: 33 (+33)

 

Attribute: None

 

Occupation: None

 

Innate Talent: None

 

After seven days, upon reaching formal adulthood, his attributes will undergo a significant eruption.

 

“Go, send the goblins to investigate whether there are other suitable places for us to live deeper in the Strange Mist Forest. Roughly sketch out the terrain map for me and delineate the activity ranges of various ferocious beasts!”

 

Chen Le instructed the two purple demon goblins, commanding them to carry out the task. As for ordering the white ghost goblins and the green-skinned goblins…

 

Individual Name: White Ghost Goblin (Non-Offspring)

 

Lifespan: 5 years

 

Attack Power: 20 (51)

 

Life Force: 51 (+126)

 

Magic Power: 1 (+0)

 

Intelligence: 3 (+2)

 

Resistance to Physical Attacks: 9 (+21)

 

Resistance to Magic: 4 (+12)

 

Attribute: None (Untrained)

 

Occupation: Goblin Giant Warrior (No longer assignable)

 

Innate Talent: Attack Power, Life Force, Resistance to Physical Attacks

 

Individual Name: Green-skinned Goblin (Non-Offspring)

 

Lifespan: 3 years

 

Attack Power: 4 (+13)

 

Life Force: 20 (+43)

 

Magic Power: 5 (+3)

 

Intelligence: 8 (+13)

 

Resistance to Physical Attacks: 3 (+5)

 

Resistance to Magic: 0 (+1)

 

Attribute: None (Untrained)

 

Occupation: Goblin Archer (No longer assignable)

 

Innate Talent: Attack Power, Intelligence, Life Force, Resistance to Physical Attacks

 

He hoped that these goblins, with their combined intelligence not exceeding thirty points, could understand and execute his intentions, which was somewhat wishful thinking.

 

It was still up to the purple demon goblins to gradually arrange things.

 

Upon hearing Chen Le’s words, the old purple demon goblin muttered something in its mouth and pointed in the direction outside the cave.

 

“Are there other goblin teams over there?”

 

Chapter Four: The Strangled Crisis

 

In the deepest part of the area where goblins often lurk outside the Strange Mist Forest and extending into the central area of the forest, there exists an unknown group—the Goblin Clan.

 

This unknown goblin clan, perhaps not one of the strongest goblin clans in the world, but its scale far exceeds people’s imagination.

 

Initially founded by a purple demon goblin who became a goblin scholar, this goblin clan led its tribe to become powerful and entered the central area of the Strange Mist Forest.

 

Unlike other ferocious beasts, goblins pose a far greater threat to humans than equivalent-level beast groups because high-level goblins require human females for reproduction.

 

Upon learning of the appearance of a certain-sized group of goblins, humans immediately dispatch people to besiege them, leaving no chance for the goblins to continue developing.

 

The goblin scholar who led the goblin clan into the central area of the Strange Mist Forest understood this well and knew the disasters that exposure would bring to the group.

 

Thus, it commanded its subordinates to expel most of the inferior goblins from the central area of the Strange Mist Forest and ordered them to only survive in dispersed small groups on the outskirts, prohibiting their entry into the central area of the forest.

 

At the same time, the goblin scholar also arranged a isolation layer for the survival of the wolf tribe, separating the inferior goblins on the outskirts from the powerful goblins in the central area, leaving only a few exits known to the central area goblins for them to go out and search for human females.

 

Although the inferior goblins on the outskirts attack humans, they rarely target human females, yet they are blamed by the central area goblin clan and are often swept by human adventurers and armies.

 

But it is also because the outskirts goblins are too weak and scatter everywhere, like a cunning rabbit with three burrows, so humans have not yet launched a larger-scale siege on the goblins in the Strange Mist Forest.

 

As for the extent of development of the goblins in the central area of the Strange Mist Forest, no one knows to this day. Adventurers entering the central area of the Strange Mist Forest mostly do not expect to encounter goblins. Even if they do, they only see scattered individuals and assume they are lost goblins in the central area of the Strange Mist Forest, without making any connections.

 

Upon seeing the intelligence value of the purple demon goblin, Chen Le knew that the purple demon goblin was not simple, but he didn’t expect it to be able to lead the tribe to such an extent.

 

A good strategist can indeed guide the future direction of an army.

 

According to Lila’s explanation, ordinary goblins carrying weapons can fight evenly with one male human holding a weapon when three goblins team up, but the goblins here are weak, so it takes about four of them.

 

When encountering enemies like her guards, it must be four strong and experienced goblins in their prime, carrying weapons and armor, to have the capital to fight against them.

 

White ghost goblins, on the other hand, are different. Each of them only needs to carry a tree stick and a large wooden shield, and they can rival several human warriors. Not only do they have high resistance to physical attacks and strong vitality, but their attack power is also much higher than that of ordinary people.

 

As for the purple demon goblins, excluding magic, they are naturally just the old, weak, sick, and disabled among goblins. But once they release magic, their power can easily destroy a carriage.

 

Because of this, when Lila and the others passed through here, they originally thought that there would not be many high-level individuals here, and even if there were, they could handle it.

 

Their understanding of goblins, like most people, is very limited, limited to the knowledge that high-level goblin individuals are goblin shamans and goblin giant warriors, lacking more specific knowledge of high-level goblin individuals.

 

The goblin team that attacked them not only deployed three high-level individuals and set traps along the road, but also launched a surprise attack, allowing the goblin shaman to prepare magic attacks in advance, causing chaos and ultimately failing.

 

The appearance of the goblin scholar undoubtedly brought good news to Chen Le, at least letting him know that not all of his subjects were simple-minded foot soldiers.

 

However, new problems arose. The road into the central area was blocked by the living layer of the wolf pack, and the areas on both sides of the outer goblin region were also populated by other species, making it difficult for them to enter.

 

This also meant that he was trapped here.

 

Unless he was lucky enough to encounter goblins coming out of the central area and let them know of his existence as their emperor, allowing them to take him into the central area, otherwise he would either be killed and eaten by other species, or discovered and besieged by humans.

 

Chen Le was not one to rely on luck because his luck had never been good, just like his miserable past life.

 

He now had to gather the other goblins in the outer region of the Strange Mist Forest and command them to search for goblins coming out of the central area.

 

At the same time, to prevent the situation from becoming deadlocked due to the recent absence of goblins from the central area of the Strange Mist Forest, he had to prepare for the initial siege by human adventurers and armies, and try to mobilize the goblins to break through the blockade layer of the wolf pack and enter the central area of the Strange Mist Forest.

 

Being prepared on all fronts was not excessive.

 

No, this was still not enough to make Chen Le feel at ease.

 

He had to firmly grasp everything. In this life, he had finally been reincarnated as an emperor after struggling so hard, no longer living a humble life like in his previous life. He didn’t want to die.

 

A beautiful woman like Lila, in his past life, he could only watch others have her in photos and videos, but now she was within his reach.

 

The delicious delicacies of the world were something he had to work hard to earn money to buy, and even then, they weren’t extravagant. But now, the best food that goblins had was all his.

 

As for family and friends, in his past life, he was just an insignificant person, but now, he was the center of the world in the eyes of his kind, a great sun above the race!

 

He, is the emperor remembered by all goblins—Kanal!

 

All the goblins in the world would support him, and his mission was to breed stronger offspring and lead the tribe to greatness!

 

The next day, under Chen Le’s arrangement, the goblins in the goblin cave quietly began to act.

 

The scattered goblins began to gather one by one, and were then arranged into small teams for action.

 

Led by the old purple demon goblin, assisted by the young purple demon goblins, along with a purple demon goblin found in another cave and several highly intelligent old green-skinned goblins, they formed a team of strategists.

 

They were responsible for mapping out the outer goblin region and improving existing traps and setting up more new traps as requested by Chen Le.

 

Unknown to anyone, drastic changes were taking place in the scattered goblin region on the outskirts of the Strange Mist Forest.

 

Meanwhile, on the human side, unrest also led to results.

 

Miss Lila’s escort team rushed back to Count Earl Rogerson’s territory closest to the town here overnight, rescuing the first team to save Lila. They arrived at the outskirts of the Strange Mist Forest by noon the next day.

 

Chapter Five: Her Body Reacts

 

They were adventurers urgently summoned from the local area. Under the leadership of several guards from Lila’s attacked team, they entered here and arrived at the site where Lila was attacked.

 

After arriving here, those guards were a bit puzzled at first.

 

Because the signs of the battle here seemed to have changed, yet stayed the same, which made them wonder if they remembered some details wrong.

 

An old, burly man with a stubbly beard, Keltan, walked to the most conspicuous spot here, where the traces left by the explosion of the attacked carriage were, and his experienced eyes immediately noticed a clue.

 

The magical attack was aimed at the carriage, so usually there would only be small indentations on the ground caused by the explosion.

 

However, picking up the scattered burnt parts of the carriage revealed that the ground underneath seemed to have not been affected by the magical explosion, only showing burnt wood chips. This meant that either the magical attack landed above the carriage or had less power.

 

However, this contradicted with the guards’ recollection of the explosion’s power and its direct position below the carriage.

 

Keltan wiped the ashes off the ground, his gaze showing a hint of hesitation.

 

Could it be that someone tampered with this place while the guards were away seeking reinforcements?

 

No, that’s not possible.

 

Keltan shook his head.

 

Even those goblins, whose intelligence was far inferior to humans, wouldn’t bother to do such an unnecessary act. And even among humans, those clever enough wouldn’t likely engage in such futile behavior because it wouldn’t stop the rescue and subsequent siege.

 

Would goblins be clever enough to come here at night and tamper with the scene to mislead them about their strength?

 

As others came to observe the scene and assess yesterday’s battle, Keltan didn’t voice his recent suspicion.

 

As an old adventurer, caution was necessary, but showing excessive caution towards goblins like these foot soldiers in front of everyone would only affect his previously towering image.

 

And as someone living in this generation, his understanding of goblins surpassed everyone present. He had encountered both the white ghost goblins and the purple demon goblins, and had even killed them together with others.

 

These cunning and cautious goblins wouldn’t dare to appear again in a place where they had previously committed a crime in such a short time.

 

They would choose other seemingly safe places to continue their activities, so the probability of someone tampering with this place was infinitely close to zero.

 

Now their main task was to find the location of the goblins who attacked Lady Lila’s team. Perhaps their team’s strength wouldn’t be enough to completely wipe out these goblins, but driving them away and rescuing the Earl’s daughter would be more than achievable.

 

“Goblins are not mindless creatures who fear nothing and charge blindly into danger. Otherwise, this race wouldn’t have survived until now.”

 

“This goblin shaman, with its staff, releases fire attribute magic. The depth of its magic is within Level 1 (Magic Power 1-99), and its power is moderate.”

 

“The goblin berserker, judging from the description of its size and weapon by several guards, we would need at least two people in an open area to hold it down.”

 

“If a fight occurs in a narrow goblin cave, three people can barely hold off one, and having one more person wouldn’t provide enough space for coordination,” analyzed Ludin, the middle-aged adventurer with braided hair.

 

Keltan nodded in agreement with the man’s assessment.

 

Upon hearing the adventurer’s analysis, the guards in armor furrowed their brows slightly.

 

They had a total of eight guards and seven adventurers on this journey, with only one of them being a mage.

 

Holding off two goblin berserkers would require six people, dealing with a goblin shaman would need a mage, plus one or two more for protection.

 

With the remaining few, how could they fight dozens of green goblins in the complex goblin cave while also searching for Lady Lila’s position and rescuing her from the siege?

 

They couldn’t use smoking or burning methods to force the goblins out of the cave, as it might harm Lady Lila, who was held captive inside.

 

Everything had to prioritize Lady Lila’s safety.

 

At that moment, Ludin noticed the solemn expressions on the noble guards’ faces, and a smile filled his face as he said, “Please don’t misunderstand, gentlemen. When I mentioned needing three people to hold off a white ghost goblin, I meant you, not us.”

 

The head deputy guard furrowed his brow, “What do you mean?”

 

Ludin smiled, and the other adventurers joined in.

 

“We are used to dealing with trouble like goblins and wild wolves. We lack the combat experience that you all have due to your pampered lifestyles, where you either patrol or train every day.”