“Lila, if one day we are rescued, will you still be with me? I heard you have an fiancé named Aus.”

“Well… uh…”

Blushing, Lila replied, “I belong to you now. I won’t be with anyone else in the future, even… even if it’s Lord Aus, we can’t be together anymore.”

“That’s great. I love you, Lila. Let’s have more little goblins together~”

“Oh, but I don’t want to have goblins.”

“Lila, I want to be intimate with you.”

“Uh, okay…”

Lord Aus, I’m sorry…

The next day, Lila’s appetite increased, confirming her pregnancy.

To increase Lila’s hope value and prevent her from falling into despair again, Chen Le coaxed Cas O’Bleu for a long time, successfully persuading her to conceal some things and accompany Lila to her room, providing each other with companionship and conversation.

Four days left until Cas O’Bleu gives birth.

Cas O’Bleu’s current hope value: 48

Seven days left until Lila gives birth.

Lila’s current hope value: 28

In the past three days, Chen Le and the goblins have established five different crop planting bases at different locations, building simple fences and cultivating the land.

Chen Le has entrusted Anruth with all the knowledge of crop cultivation, allowing the Purple Demon Goblins to learn and be responsible for supervision.

They are also required to observe plants and select seeds.

Chen Le also teaches them how to crossbreed and cultivate better crops in preparation for future development.

Chen Le’s direct bloodline goblins have been by his side these days, receiving personal training and instructions from the emperor.

Among them, the training direction of the little Purple Demon Goblin is the most clear. Chen Le arranges for it to live with a wild forest wolf with the aim of becoming a commander (of the wolf tribe) and being heavily relied upon in the future.

The seven little goblins are all direct descendants of Chen Le, but if you think they treat each other as father and son, you would be completely wrong.

The relationship between high-level and low-level goblins is always greater than that of parent and child. The concept of individual bloodlines is very low in goblin society.

It is precisely by focusing on superior high-level individuals that the race has been able to survive to this day.

The current size of the little Red Devil Goblin is already the size of a seven-year-old human boy. In another eleven days, it will grow into adulthood, becoming the first combat force in the goblin cave, apart from its father, Chen Le.

The size of the little Purple Demon Goblin is still as small as a three-year-old child. Purple Demon Goblin individuals are generally smaller than ordinary goblins. When fully grown, they are probably only about one to two meters tall.

Although the other five little goblins are ordinary individuals, compared with other goblins in the cave, they are already strong, with higher intelligence. Training them is simpler, and in the future, they can train the next batch of newborn little goblins.

Chen Le’s training requirements for them are to be exposed to various tasks as much as possible, learn different combat methods, and attempt to train more special professions.

Early the next morning, Chen Le looked at the sky and nodded.

Three lookouts monitored the movements of the forest from several high points in the deep forest. The goblin scouts sent out to report that the human military forces in the peripheral areas had not entered the territory of the wild forest wolves and were all moving towards the area of the Exploding Monkeys.

Fights broke out in the outer areas of the Exploding Monkeys’ territory.

The time was ripe; it was time to take action.

Chen Le stood up and looked towards the outskirts of the Strange Mist Forest.

Living there was the small wolf pack that had previously hindered their entry into the central area.

Chen Le decided to conquer this wolf pack and make the wolves companions of the goblins.

Whether it was planting crops or expanding hunting ranges, the process of development and growth would inevitably make the goblins’ target group larger and larger. And these days, the goblin lookout scouts sometimes also discovered the traces of human adventurers.

Avoiding them is not a long-term solution; being discovered by humans is only a matter of time.

Once human adventurers discover high-level goblin individuals in the forest, advanced adventurers will swarm in like dogs, forming teams to hunt them down, because high-level goblin individuals are very valuable.

At least Chen Le has discovered that every time he and Lila are together, without the use of medicine, Lila’s vitality and magical power increase.

The same situation also occurs with Cas O’Bleu. The more injected, the better the effect.

These high-level individuals are clearly top-grade medicinal ingredients.

And Lila’s father is Count Earl Rogerson. If he knows that there are goblins in the central area of the Strange Mist Forest, he might associate it with the fact that Lila and Cas O’Bleu are still alive.

With Lila and Cas O’Bleu’s identities, they will undoubtedly be attacked again, and knowing they are in the central area, the human forces mobilized this time will definitely be stronger than before.

Lila was captured on her way to attend the Duke Nas’s daughter’s birthday party, and this news has probably reached Duke Nas’s ears by now. If they are discovered, Duke Nas may also send people to come.

According to Lila, Duke Nas’s daughter was once her good friend when they were at the Royal Academy. Lila once vowed that her friend would definitely come to rescue her.

Who knows, after hearing news of Lila’s death, that young lady from the duke’s family might come with people to collect Lila’s remains (ashes). If it’s discovered that Lila is actually alive, then that would be troublesome.

Chapter 25: Invading the Wolf Pack Territory

The power of a duchy is enough to easily destroy any population in the central area of the Strange Mist Forest. For the goblins, it would undoubtedly be a catastrophe.

However, if the goblins can control the wolf pack, not only can they organize goblin cavalry, assist in hunting, invade the territories of other populations in the central area, seize herbal and food resources, but they can also form a special line of defense against humans, disguising this place as the territory of the wolf pack, and even recapture the outer territories to continue forming a defensive line, delaying the time before they are discovered by humans as much as possible.

As long as they have a few years, no, just one year without being discovered by humans, without being invaded and destroyed by the overlords, he will definitely allow the goblin cave to form a powerful defensive line!

By then, he will seek out human women with single genetic talents in intelligence, to enhance the intelligence of their offspring, and their goblin clan will surely undergo a tremendous transformation.

This time, Chen Le decided to take action personally to ensure nothing went wrong.

After Chen Le arrived, a military office was established in the goblin cave.

At the military office, without affecting daily hunting, Chen Le mobilized:

– 50 goblin warriors
– 8 goblin scouts
– 10 goblin (light) knights
– 10 goblin (heavy) knights
– 4 White Ghost Goblin Berserkers
– 1 White Ghost Goblin Tanker
– 1 Purple Demon Goblin (Illusion) Shaman
– 1 Purple Demon Goblin (Wolf Tribe) Commander
– 1 Purple Demon Goblin Priest

This wolf pack territory between the inside and outside has far fewer wolves than the wolf pack to the west, with less than eighty.

A single wild forest wolf’s combat ability is comparable to that of a human guard, requiring three goblin warriors to fight one wild forest wolf.

And within the wolf tribe, there are leaders and pack leaders. The leader of the wild forest wolves is an intermediate-level beast, with combat power surpassing that of ordinary goblin berserkers.

The pack leader is the captain wolf of the wolf pack, generally held by the most fierce female wolves. The combat power of this pack leader is also not low; one can easily bite to death four or five goblin warriors.

The rough possible population structure of the small wolf pack is: 1 wolf pack leader, 5 pack leaders, 60 hunting wolves, several guarding wolves, and n cubs.

Their combat power is roughly equivalent to: 2 White Ghost Goblin Berserkers, 15 goblin knights, and 180 goblin warriors.

The opponent is playing at home, familiar with the battlefield terrain. Even if they mobilize twice the force of the opponent, they may still be defeated.

Therefore, a little modern warfare tactics are needed.

The mighty goblin army, led by Chen Le, arrived at the wolf pack territory. The wolves had no idea that their friendly neighbors had come to their doorstep, ready to plunder.

Chen Le deployed eight goblin scouts to the edges to watch out for any human adventurers who might appear today, ensuring a timely retreat to avoid detection.

Then, Chen Le ordered the troops to split into two groups.

Chen Le personally led one group, consisting of 2 goblin berserkers, one goblin priest, 20 goblin knights, and 50 goblin warriors, to stir up trouble and advance to confirm the location of the wolf pack leader.

The other group, led by the Purple Demon Goblin (Wolf Tribe) Commander and the Purple Demon Goblin (Illusion) Shaman, rode on the shoulders of the White Ghost Goblin Tanker. They were accompanied by the remaining 2 White Ghost Goblin Berserkers. Finally, the Goblin (Illusion) Shaman followed Chen Le’s instructions to create four fake White Ghost Goblin Berserkers behind them.

They formed a group and advanced towards the direction of the wolf cubs.

Soon, the goblins’ actions were noticed by the wolf pack, causing a disturbance throughout the pack.

If a large-scale goblin invasion occurred, the entire wolf pack would become restless. The wolves quickly ceased their hunting and gathered together to resist the invaders. Twenty to thirty wild forest wolves swiftly returned to defend, blocking the path before the seven White Ghost Goblins and two Purple Demon Goblins could get close, growling and threatening to force the invaders to retreat.

The two Purple Demon Goblins sitting on the shoulders of the White Ghost Goblin Tanker, nearly two meters above the ground, muttered to themselves, instructing the White Ghost Goblins to stop.

The instructions Chen Le had just given flashed through the minds of the two Purple Demon Goblins: when encountering returning wolf packs, stand still and do not attack, just play along.

As long as the wolf pack leader was absent, when the returning wolf pack saw these seven White Ghost Goblins, their attacking power would skyrocket. With two Purple Demon Goblins providing intelligence support, who would dare to act rashly?

On the other side of the wolf pack territory, Chen Le calculated and determined that at least half of the wolf warriors would be attracted away without shedding a drop of blood.

Meanwhile, on this side, the wolf pack leader and thirty hunting wolves, led by three pack leaders, quickly appeared before Chen Le.

They bared their teeth, prowling through the deep forest, searching for the best attack points. They were not on the defensive; on the contrary, they were the aggressors, as the invaders had entered their territory.

In the midst of the wolf pack, the largest and most ferocious wolf, the pack leader, bared its vicious fangs, locking its gaze onto Chen Le among the goblins.

The wolf pack formed a battle formation around it, encircling the goblins.

In the eyes of the wolf pack, this would undoubtedly be a fierce battle.

They could not afford to lose this territory, as they had been driven out from the western territory of the wild wolf pack, and neither the goblins in the peripheral area, who retreated due to human attacks, nor the explosive monkey area to the east were options for them.

They had to protect their territory, or else they would be forced to live a life of wandering between various territories, facing attacks from other groups wherever they went.

“Spread out on both sides and don’t move until I give the order!”

As the wolf pack approached, Chen Le also issued instructions to the goblins.

Teams led by five goblin heavy knights and five goblin light knights, each followed by twenty-five goblin warriors, split apart from both sides, attracting the attention of the wolf pack leader and its surrounding wolves.

The White Ghost Goblin Berserkers guarded the Purple Demon Goblin Priest in the rear, ensuring that the priest was always attentive to any injuries and could provide timely healing.

Meanwhile, Chen Le advanced alone towards the wolf pack leader, presenting two options to the wolf leader: either engage in a group battle or a one-on-one duel.

Upon seeing this, the wolf pack leader, aware of the goblins’ superior strength, realized that driving them away would not be easy. It also understood the challenge implied by the goblin leader’s actions, with the wolves around it looking to it, awaiting its decision.

The wolf pack leader fixed its gaze on Chen Le and eventually let out a loud howl, signaling its pack to step back, and it walked out alone from the pack.

The two leaders confronted each other face to face.

In such confrontations, victory or defeat was determined by the leaders, a common way of deciding the outcome in natural battles between species.

What Chen Le wanted was precisely this condition, ensuring that the goblins would not be injured in the process and that the wolf pack would not suffer casualties, preserving their fighting strength to be incorporated into the goblin military establishment.

Minimizing losses and retaining recruitable forces to the greatest extent possible.

Often, there were situations of assimilation and annexation between different races, but this did not include leaders, most hunting wolves, and cubs; only females would be accepted.

Therefore, a bloody fight was almost inevitable in inter-species battles.

However,

Chen Le looked at the four extremely powerful and handsome wolf pack leaders before him.

Individual Name: Wild Forest Wolf Leader (Intermediate)

Lifespan: 12 years

Attack: 21 (+67)

HP: 52 (+138)

Magic Power: 4 (+5)

Intelligence: 11 (+24)

Resistance to Physical Attacks: 10 (+23)

Resistance to Magic: 4 (+6)

Attributes: None

Ferocious Beast Talents: Wolf’s Authority, Enhanced Sense of Smell, Strengthened Wolf Jaw, Strengthened Wolf Claws.

Truly worthy of an evolved wolf pack leader, with an attack power of over eighty, surpassing the average seventy attack power of the White Ghost Goblin, and naturally equipped with enhanced weapons. Even two White Ghost Goblins might not be a match for it.

With these thoughts in mind, Chen Le, feeling a myriad of emotions, glanced at his current profession.

Individual Name: Golden Goblin (Kanal)

Profession: Goblin (Wolf Tribe) Commander

Chapter 26: Goblins, Friends of Women

Goblin Commander: An ancient profession. Beautiful elves are accustomed to using wonderful songs to commune with nature, listening to the grace of all things in heaven and earth; ugly goblins prefer to use shocking whispers to subdue creatures, to achieve certain undisclosed purposes.

Whispers of the Goblin Commander: The effect increases with the depth of magic and decreases with the number of creatures controlled.