Chapter 522
Chapter 522 Steel Capital Strategy
The old goblin didn’t have many days left!
Gazlowe’s failure to catch the adepts caused a massive and irreparable hole to appear in his Project Immortality. For the sake of extending his lifespan, Gazlowe had no choice but to compromise with a certain powerful individual from another plane.
When the planar door was activated, the entire Goblin Plane would become subordinate to the Dragonborn Empire of the other plane. The old goblin would then obtain the high-energy lifeform he had been waiting for, successfully completing his transition from a biological lifeform to a mechanical one.
Initially, the goblin royal family had no idea about these secrets. However, as Galowe had stolen Princess Vanessa away to the Steel Capital, the Royal Family sent plenty of scouts and spies into the city. That was how they had managed to stumble onto Gazlowe’s secret plans.
Most of the citizens of the Steel Capital had been put to hard labor by Gazlowe. They were forced to work day and night to complete the planar door. The mercenaries and patrol squads of the Risk Investment Company surrounded the outside of the Steel Capital and sealed off all of the paths and harbors that led to the city.
Gazlowe’s private army had all retreated into the Steel Capital. They turned the place into a well-defended magic energy city.
The selfishness of the old goblin had also placed the goblin royal family into a predicament, faced with enemies on both sides. Inside the plane, the evil adepts wreaked havoc as they liked. Outside the plane, the Dragonborn Empire was waiting for an opportunity to pounce. Even if they gathered together all their strength and defeated the adepts, the Royal Family were still fated to be enslaved by the Dragonborn.
“Routine inspection!” A captain that looked like a goblin officer grunted, “What do you have on this train?”
“It’s all oats and fruits.” Goblin Spy Terra had been lying low here for a while. He reached his head out and replied loudly. Black dust from the smoke covered his face. He wasn’t worried about being recognized.
“Open up the carriages. We have to check all of them.” The captain waved his arms and shouted rudely.
“Another inspection? I have already been checked seven times since the entrance. Why do I have to go through inspection again?” Terra feigned annoyance and grumbled, “Any more of a delay and all these fruits are going to spoil. When that happens, you lot can have your rotten apples and bananas.”
“Open it quick, stop wasting words!” The captain gritted his teeth and yelled back, “You think we like to do this? These are instructions from above. All trains going into the Steel Capital have to be thoroughly inspected.”
The goblin guards rushed forward and pulled open the doors of the train. What greeted them was boxes upon boxes filled to the brim with fruits. The wooden containers by the doors had already been pried open. Golden peaches, dates, muchas, and salas were revealed within them.
A few of the hungry goblins immediately grabbed a piece of fruit and stuffed it into their mouths. The sweet juices flowed down their throats, further tempting the goblins behind them.
“What are you lot getting impatient for?” The captain raised his whip and flicked it at his subordinates, “Finish your work for me first. We can move two boxes of fruit to our platform once we finish our inspection; no need to worry about eating! Hurry up and get to work!”
The goblins started inspecting the goods in each wooden box under the command of their captain.
Yet, when a goblin guard pried open an unusually large box, the fruits within suddenly spilled out.
A massive metallic body stood up from the box!
A magical machine! A magical machine had been hiding in the box!
The goblin guards immediately ran about fearfully. The captain at the lead even leaped right back to the platform and shouted towards the goblin chariots with all he had, “Fire! Fire, there’s an enemy in here!”
To his surprise, the goblin chariots remained unmoving, regardless of how much he yelled and waved his arms. Instead, black smoke emerged from within the chariots and gathered into the shape of a black-robed individual.
Ad…adepts…
How could the captain still not understand the situation after seeing this? He immediately realized that they had run into those terrifying adepts!
He no longer cared about commanding his group of grunts. The captain snuck away and quickly ran towards the nearest emergency exit.
He was confident of throwing away any pursuers with his knowledge of the tunnels, as long as he could make it in there.
Unfortunately, a red gleam of light flashed, and his head went twirling into the air!