Chapter 495
Chapter 495 Goblin Lumber Mill
This was a rural town ruled by goblins.
Billis hid at the edge of the town, continuously adjusting the scanning modes of his compound eyes, making a careful and comprehensive analysis of the things that stood out.
An earthen wall three meters tall surrounded the town, and small watchtowers were constructed in the corners of these walls. Several goblin warriors stood in these towers, holding strange cylinders in their hands as they looked out for any movement around the town.
Quite a few peculiar races could be seen entering and exiting the town. Most of these races were much taller than the goblin guards. However, they all shared a common trait. That was the metal collars on their necks that were forged from a unique material.
If they were disobedient or started conflicts with the goblin guards, the guards only needed to press a single button in their hands. These large individuals would immediately collapse in a shroud of electricity before being subjected to plenty of whippings and beatings.
Billis was shocked.
Were these still the weak goblins from his previous impression? Since when were green goblins so cruel and savage? Were the electric-shock collars the reason they dominated the other races? Then what was it that they used to defeat their enemies and put the collar on them?
“You saw nothing? Then the monster you mentioned?”
“Even though we saw nothing, my years of experience led me to sense a trace of evil that didn’t belong to our world!”
Commander Uldum once again sat down. An expression of uncertainty appeared on his face as well.
As a veteran warrior that had followed him for a long time, Old Tok possessed a wealth of experience unmatched by most goblins. That was why Uldum had no reason not to take Tok’s report seriously. Still, how was he supposed to report this to this superiors without any evidence!
The shouts of slaves came from the camp outside as he was mired in doubt.
“What has happened?” Uldum roared in an unamused fashion.
A soldier that had been guarding the entrance came in and reported, “Re…re…reporting. A monster has appeared in the camp and has already bitten two slaves to death.”
Uldum’s heart trembled when he heard the word ‘monster.’ He instantly drew the short goblin pistol at his waist and marched outwards. Old Pa Tok and Mosaldin surged out of the wooden hall behind him.
The southwest corner of the camp was in chaos right now.
Two or three dozen trolls were frantically running around as a single strange scorpion the size of a mastiff pursued them. The corpses of three troll slaves lay on the ground even further towards the edge of the camp. Their throats had been gnashed into a bloody mess, and it was clear that they were dead.
The sounds of guns were exploding out through the camp by the time Uldum and the goblins made it out of their tent. Seven or eight goblin guards stationed at various spots in the campground had already raised their guns and started firing at the strange insect.
Uldum could very clearly see the metal bullets shoot and hit the body of the strange bug under the propulsion of an explosion. However, something happened that almost made him scream out loud. With no exception, all the metal bullets deflected when they hit the black shell of the strange insect.
Deep craters or marks might have remained in the spots where the scorpion had been hit, but not one of them had managed to pierce through its shell.
The deflected bullets had even hit two troll slaves that were escaping frantically.
A layer of yellow dust appeared around the increasingly enraged scorpion. Its body swiftly vanished in the cloud of smoke. By the time it reappeared, it was already at the side of a goblin guard twenty meters away.
Kacha!
A sickening crunch rang out. The frightening scorpion had used its front jaws to snap the goblin guard’s right leg in half. Even the thick metal armor on the goblin guard couldn’t defend against this sort of terrifying biting ability. The scorpion forcefully swallowed the armor piece after chewing it several times.
Dammit! Goblin guns didn’t work on it!
“Quick, recall all the shredders.”
Commander Uldum’s angry yell rang out in the camp immediately.