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How long does the altered scent last?
Noel closed her eyes and frowned, as if she was thinking about something, before speaking after a while;
"About 30 magic power will last for an hour."
You were probably asking the system a question just now, right?
"Then, prepare two portions of food for each of us that can change the smell for 12 hours."
"Also, can the smell be eliminated? There might be creatures in the forest that are hostile to goblins," Annie continued.
Noel thought for a while, then nodded: "Okay!"
There's a skill that can remove negative status effects!
Shiloh: "Negative status?"
……
Negative status: foul odor
You are reeking of [goblin] stench!
Shiloh: “…”
So changing the smell actually adds a negative effect?!
"The Sword Hero and the Blade Hero smell awful! It's the stench of goblins!" Noel said, pinching her nose.
Hilo raised her arm and sniffed: "Does it stink?! I can't smell anything at all!"
Annie replied, "Me too."
“Smell yours.” Shiloh moved closer to An Yi and sniffed his clothes, then circled him, sniffing around him before standing up straight. “I can’t smell anything!”
“If I could smell it myself, I’d be overwhelmed by the stench,” Annie said.
“Oh! That makes sense!” Hilo understood.
"By the way, cooking with goblin meat seems to provide an additional boost."
"We just used the meat of the Goblin King's Servant, which seems to increase strength by 5 points, agility by 2 points, and resilience by 2 points," Noel suddenly said.
"Not bad," An Yi nodded.
Strength is the highest attribute for goblins, so it provides a significant bonus.
Five points of Strength are enough to match the effect of [Inspire].
If you activate another [Encourage] skill, you will gain 10 points of Strength attribute.
You could say that Si is a degraded version of "Double Encouragement"?
Seeing that Noel's magic power was almost depleted, Annie and Shiloh each left with a backpack full of "Goblin Meatballs".
Since it's already noon, they won't explore for long and will probably return before evening. They don't actually need that much food.
But Noel said it was for insurance that they were allowed to bring more.
After giving his instructions to the other warriors, Wu and the other two entered the forest.
Compared to the towns outside, where corpses littered the ground, the forest was much cleaner.
The problem is that the carnivorous creatures in the forest, who used to feast on meat, now have nothing to eat.
The good thing is that for a while, there shouldn't be any goblins hunting them.
The first place we arrived at was the goblin camp in the forest in front of the town. After searching for a while, we found only three hero heads stuck in the ground and a blanket.
Perhaps it was the scent of the Goblin King's servants in the camp that kept the carnivorous creatures away, and the three heroes' heads were not taken away or eaten.
Hilo removed the head, wrapped it carefully in the blanket, and continued on his way.
It's inconvenient to carry it while traveling; let's bring it back to town later.
The reconnaissance heroes didn't come here; their mission was simply to find living goblins, and since there were no living creatures in their senses, they skipped it.
The two maintained a speed of 10 agility and moved for about an hour and a half, but they still didn't see a single living goblin in the forest.
To Hilo's surprise, he could see many traces of what appeared to be a primitive tribe in the forest.
Although goblins do not eat cooked food, they do build simple houses and forge stone weapons.
Continuing deeper into the goblin territory, Hilo discovered that there were actually cities within the goblin lands.
but……
That's not a goblin building.
Rather, they are human-made structures.
Many dilapidated houses remain undestroyed; they only like killing people and have little interest in destroying houses.
Rather, destroying houses is simply a way to drive the people hiding inside into despair.
In the city, you can see human skeletons every few steps, either on the ground or half-buried with a section sticking out.
How long have they been lying here?
To this day, no one has been able to help them recover their bodies.
Chapter 48 Arya Likes You Quite a Bit (4k)
"Even if there are two goblin empires in this area, one of them should have been annexed long ago."
Even if the Goblin Empire were located outside of these two terrains, it would be difficult for them to establish a presence here, as both providing support and retreating would be inconvenient.
"So, Annie's judgment was correct." Elef crossed her arms with satisfaction, nodding slightly as she spoke, looking quite proud.
"Alright, alright, I know your apprentice is very talented. Keep drawing! I'm going back!" Xiluo snorted, stood up, and turned to leave.
Irene glanced back at Hilo, then looked at the map on the ground, lost in thought.
She genuinely felt that her apprentice was incredibly talented.
It's not just his skill with the sword; his ability to judge goblin territory based on terrain also reveals some understanding of the demon race.
But her precious apprentice was a village swordsman who hadn't left the village much in eighteen years.
If he was able to learn so much about the demon race during his nearly six-month campaign against them, then he deserves praise.
Perhaps in other people's eyes, it's normal to learn so much in nearly half a year, after all, you can accomplish a lot in half a year.
But elves have a different concept of time. For Elef, Annie is like a smart child who learned to walk before other children. How could she not be happy?
but……
These nasty goblins!
How could An Yi not come to see me for so long?!
Irene clenched her fists, staring at the Goblin Empire that had just been pointed out on the map.
Fine! You've prevented me and my apprentice from seeing each other! Very well!
Here's a gift for you damned beasts!!
……
Late that night, no one noticed that the figure who had been painting day and night had disappeared from the training ground where Irene was.
It vanished as quietly as the wind.
In the morning, before sunrise, a giant black shadow flew over the Goblin Empire led by Gogin.
The dark shadow flew across the forest and arrived directly at the royal city where the Goblin Empire was located.
"boom!!"
A loud bang startled all the drowsy goblins awake, and a dark figure landed in the city square.
When the centurions arrived, they were so frightened that they turned around and left, rushing to inform the goblin champions.
When the goblin champions arrived, they had the same reaction, practically scrambling to find the Goblin King's servant.
Upon receiving the news, Goblin King Servant Gomon arrived at the scene and couldn't help but gasp. He then urgently notified Goblin King Gojin, who was resting at the time.
Make it imperative, immediately, to go to the scene and check what they have found.
Ge Jin was disturbed and was already a bit grumpy from waking up, but Lu wondered what his subordinates had discovered that made him go to such lengths to see for himself, even at the cost of disturbing his rest. This puzzled him even more.
A large group of goblins surrounded the square, all staring solemnly at what lay before them, their ugly faces shrouded in gloom.
"The king has arrived! Make way!"
Two goblin king attendants cleared the way, driving away the goblins that had surrounded them. The goblins also made way, parting to the left and right, revealing what was in the middle of the square.
However, they never expected that they would witness their king at his most distraught in his life...
Gojin looked up at the center of the square, where a wooden pillar stood, a blood-stained pillar, nearly ten meters tall.
Blood flowed from the top down. Following the blood downwards, the first thing you saw was a crown, also stained with blood, stuck in the wooden pillar.
That is the crown of the Goblin King.
Further down, an even more shocking scene unfolds.
A large goblin was impaled on a wooden post, which passed through its anus, torso, and finally out of its mouth, passing through the crown.
It was also wearing a long red robe.
"Oh!"
With a muffled thud, Gogin sat down on the ground, his thick, trembling fingers pointing at the wooden pillar in the square.
"That...that...that's the king of an enemy country...!!"
It cried out hoarsely, its throat so dry that its voice cracked, making it sound sharp and comical.
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!!" Gogin struggled to his feet, his legs trembling, and looked around in panic.
"Your Majesty! There are no enemy soldiers here! We have already searched the area!" the king's attendant hurriedly shouted.
"No! Yes! The enemy can throw it here silently, and they can kill me silently too!"
Search! Everyone go search!!
"All royal attendants, assemble! Get to my side and protect me!!" Gojin shouted wildly, completely losing his usual composure and calmness.