A strange goblin appeared in the goblins’ cave hall.

 

In just a moment, hundreds of green-skinned goblins and a dozen or so white ghost goblins rushed out, surrounding the unfamiliar goblin. They devoutly knelt around it, fervently murmuring the most beautiful praises and blessings.

 

Among them, the purple demon goblins, who were contemplating the possibility of extinction due to too many natural enemies, sensed something unusual.

 

Thinking that a natural enemy had entered the cave, the purple demon goblins, holding wooden staffs taller than themselves, hurriedly jumped out, ready to fight to the death with the intruder.

 

The next moment, the purple demon goblins knelt beside the green-skinned goblins, raising their hands in homage to the goblin at the center of the goblin crowd, joining the ranks of the other goblins.

 

The commotion reached the ears of the old goblin scholar, rousing the drowsy goblin leader from sleep.

 

The goblin scholar grumpily got up, took its staff like a walking stick, and strode out of its cave room into the goblin hall.

 

The goblins made way for it, and the goblin scholar, annoyed, was about to confront the unfamiliar goblin and teach this young goblin a lesson.

 

When the elderly, nearsighted purple demon goblin scholar walked up to the unfamiliar goblin and saw its appearance clearly.

 

The next moment,

 

Its hand released the staff, and it raised both hands in reverence to the goblin before it, kneeling.

 

“Oh, my goodness, Your Majesty, you are the most handsome and powerful goblin I have ever seen.”

 

“From now on, let the enemies feel the miracles!”

 

Today, a new master arrived at the Goblin Great Cave in the Strange Mist Forest.

 

Entering the goblin cave, Chen Le immediately began to prepare delicious food for the gluttonous Lila.

 

The goblins’ already not-so-rich warehouse was frequented by foreign goblins, but the goblins were content, eagerly and repeatedly requesting more.

 

The goblins seemed to have become strange.

 

…

 

Today, although they moved homes in their sleep, they didn’t eat any less. In fact, they had even more, and the beds in their new home were bigger too.

 

The goblins had increased in number, but Chen Le and Lila, who always considered others and themselves, were not troubled by it. Although Chen Le was somewhat worried that others might not find her to help her, Lila, with her swollen belly, felt a slight improvement in her mood.

 

Lila’s current hope value: 21

 

There are 2 days left until the delivery date.

 

…

 

Individual Name: Purple Demon Goblin (Non-Offspring)

 

Lifespan: 2 years

 

Attack Power: 2 (+6)

 

Vitality: 13 (+24)

 

Magic Power: 26 (+159)

 

Intelligence: 16 (+64)

 

Resistance to Physical Attacks: 1 (+0)

 

Resistance to Magic: 8 (+41)

 

Attribute: Fire

 

Occupation: Goblin Scholar (No longer specifiable)

 

Innate Talents: Intelligence, Lifespan, Magic Power

 

Chen Le checked the information of the old goblin scholar and marveled.

 

She vaguely remembered the old purple demon goblin saying that this goblin scholar was its father, and sending him to the periphery was also to prevent the peripheral goblins from dying out so easily.

 

The attributes on this panel were also strange, feeling like touching it lightly might peel off a layer of skin, and its body seemed as fragile as paper.

 

However, this level of intelligence even exceeded that of an average human, reaching twenty points, which was somewhat exaggerated.

 

Having high intelligence doesn’t necessarily mean having a high IQ; it involves an issue of utilization, much like a person born with twice the intelligence of others but living with apes since birth wouldn’t have a high IQ either.

 

High intelligence also requires postnatal learning and wisdom.

 

The old goblin scholar could even speak human language.

 

“Tell all goblins under two years old and without occupations to line up in the hall and wait. I’ll give them a little surprise.”

 

Chapter 18: The Female Knight: You Can Take Away My Body, But You Can’t Take Away My Heart!

 

“Praise His Majesty.”

 

The old purple demon goblin scholar said cheerfully and exited the room.

 

The best room in the cave was now owned by Lila, and the second-best room belonged to Chen Le.

 

Considering that a certain female knight would later continue the goblin lineage, Cas O’Bleu’s cell was right next to Chen Le’s room.

 

In the hall, Chen Le began to assign better occupations to the goblins.

 

After selecting occupations for the goblins twice, Chen Le noticed some patterns.

 

For one goblin, there was a significant chance of either becoming a goblin knight or a goblin scout. Chen Le decided to uniformly designate them as knights.

 

There didn’t need to be too many scouts, but the more combat power, the better. Goblin knights were practically the best combat occupation among green-skinned goblins.

 

Surprisingly, among the green-skinned goblins here, three new occupations appeared: goblin bandit, goblin rogue, and goblin miner.

 

Goblin bandits had a special skill—Plunder:

 

Plunder: Steals an item from the target that is not currently guarded or receiving much attention. (Range: Close)

 

Goblin rogues were a new type of soldier, similar to assassins, able to conceal their presence and sound well.

 

Goblin miners were as rare as the other two occupations because they possessed a passive ability called Extra Excavation, allowing them to dig tunnels better than other goblins.

 

A few goblins seemed to have the potential to discover special occupations postnatally.

 

When it was the turn of the white ghost goblins, Chen Le noticed that there were a total of eleven white ghost goblins in the goblin cave, which was the number that survived after being attacked by the hegemonic one in the central area.

 

Among these eleven white ghost goblins, two could choose their occupations.

 

Available occupations for white ghost goblins: Goblin Berserker/Rampage, Goblin Tank, Goblin Brawler.

 

The Berserker/Rampage focused on offense, the Tank focused on defense, and the disgusting thing, the Brawler, focused on size, using its body as a weapon.

 

Alright, it’s you, Brawler.

 

As for the purple demon goblins, there were still only four types of occupations: Shaman, Priest, Scholar, Commander.

 

The majority of goblins were Shamans, while the latter three naturally required certain conditions for learning, so Chen Le chose the latter three occupations for the purple demon goblins who could choose their occupations.

 

In the end, in the Goblin Great Cave in the Strange Mist Forest, the goblin legion was organized as follows:

 

32 elderly, weak, sick, and disabled goblins

 

108 goblin foot soldiers

 

145 goblin warriors

 

52 goblin archers

 

18 goblin scouts

 

22 goblin (light) knights

 

15 goblin (heavy) knights

 

Goblin Bandits: 3

Goblin Rogues: 5

Goblin Miners: 4

Goblin Lookouts: 3

White Ghost Goblin Berserkers: 9

White Ghost Goblin Tanks: 1

White Ghost Goblin Brawlers: 2

Purple Demon Goblin (Elemental) Shamans: 4

Purple Demon Goblin (Illusion) Shamans: 1

Purple Demon Goblin (Snake) Commanders: 1

Purple Demon Goblin (Wolf) Commanders: 1

Purple Demon Goblin Priests: 1

Purple Demon Goblin Scholars: 2

 

Total: 407 green-skinned goblins, 12 white ghost goblins, 10 purple demon goblins

 

After selecting many rare occupations, the goblins fervently knelt down again, praising the Emperor’s miracle.

 

Additionally, there were five ordinary human females here.

 

Chen Le had obviously forgotten that green-skinned goblins couldn’t conceive offspring with high-level goblins, so there must be human females brought back here.

 

Individual Name: Human Commoner (Alini)

 

Lifespan: 51 years

 

Attack Power: 3 (+8)

 

Vitality: 24 (+81)

 

Magic Power: 2 (+3)

 

Intelligence: 19 (+39)

 

Resistance to Physical Attacks: 3 (+13)

 

Resistance to Magic: 0 (+1)

 

Attribute: None (Untrained)

 

Occupation: None (Cannot be specified)

 

Special Skills: None

 

Innate Talents: None

 

Current Hope Value: 42

 

Looking at the striking hope value of 42, Chen Le widened her eyes, feeling a tremendous impact internally.

 

The hope values of the other four human females were almost the same as this value.

 

These hope values were even higher than the noble human female knight Cas O’Bleu’s hope value of 38 before they captured her. How was this achieved?

 

As Chen Le watched one of the human females smiling while taking care of several goblin cubs, she remembered the determined expression and later despair in Cas O’Bleu’s eyes, falling into deep thought.

 

In the afternoon, Chen Le went to the dungeon to deliver food to Cas O’Bleu, and brought some herbs to grind outside the cell where Cas O’Bleu was detained.

 

As she ground the herbs, she reflected on where she had gone wrong and why Lila’s hope value was still so low.

 

Cas O’Bleu stared at Chen Le’s almost perfectly human face, feeling a bit dazed.

 

Cas O’Bleu’s cheeks flushed slightly, but as soon as she thought that this appearance was actually a disguise of an ugly goblin, she quickly realized it and felt a wave of anger.

 

The story started when she was a child.

 

As a young Cas O’Bleu, the eldest daughter of the not yet fallen Baron Cas, she had better conditions compared to those commoners.

 

In her youth, naive and full of aspirations, she first encountered beautiful elves in a fairy tale storybook, and from then on, she was deeply captivated. She firmly believed that elves must be the most beautiful creatures in the world, and she vowed to find them someday.

 

Coincidentally, around that time, she was taught about the matters of marriage between men and women. Since then, her heart was set on her dream, dreaming that one day she could journey to the Elven Forest and the Elven Sea, meet the noble elves who lived there, and then find a handsome elf to be her husband.

 

For this dream, she once felt fortunate that there were no sons in her family, which gave her hope.

 

Even the eldest son of Count Earl Rogerson’s family proposed to her, offering to make her his lawful wife, but she refused him.

 

People who knew about this were extremely surprised because she seemed to have no reason to reject such a proposal.

 

However, not long ago, her younger brother was born.

 

At that moment, her hope shattered. She was no longer the hope in her parents’ eyes; instead, she became a bargaining chip. She lost all her opportunities.