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The goblin king's servants, returning in triumph, were overjoyed, their faces beaming with smiles.
"Humans, they escaped?" Gogin frowned, somewhat incredulous.
Gomon also had a similar reaction.
Did the humans escape?
why?
None of the royal attendants present had ever fought against humans, but there were humans who could severely injure Gomon, or even kill a goblin royal attendant with a single sword strike.
Moreover... a character who appears to be a human expert even killed the Goblin King and dumped him into this empire.
Although it is unknown whether the latter was done by a human, why would a human who can kill a royal servant with a single sword strike be afraid of a royal servant?
They took them down with a single sword strike right from the start!
Something's not right...!
"Don't be careless," Gojin said solemnly. "Look at how arrogant you are now. Perhaps humanity wants to make us complacent and underestimate our enemy?"
As soon as the words were spoken, the goblins, who had been gloating, were stunned.
"They haven't even fought against humans yet, and they're already fantasizing about victory?"
At this moment, Gomon suddenly spoke up and asked the "victorious" goblin king servants in a deep voice.
The Goblin King's servants suddenly found the weather turning from sunny to cloudy.
Yes, they haven't even started fighting humans yet, and they already think they've won?
Did you really win?
Are humans really afraid of them?
Conversely, did humans really only run away when they saw them?
What if humans just come to reduce the number of low-level goblins and leave once the number reaches a certain level?
More and more doubts began to arise in the minds of the Goblin King's servants.
Indeed, this matter is not as simple as it seems.
Perhaps, as Gogin said, humans deliberately did these six things to make them underestimate their strength.
"I, Wang Ruizhi, am wise!"
"Thank you for your guidance, Your Majesty!"
"It was our foolishness! We shouldn't have underestimated our enemy!"
The goblin servants all knelt down. If it weren't for Gojin's words that awakened them, they might have suffered the consequences of underestimating their enemy in the upcoming battle.
Yes, humanity is a formidable enemy; how can we underestimate them?!
The next morning.
After all the heroes had rested, An Yi gathered them together and confessed about the discovery of Miluko.
Upon hearing that there were ten goblin king servants, all the heroes felt a chill run down their spines.
"Ten?! Ten level seven demons?!"
"Wait a minute! We're already struggling to deal with level six demons, let alone so many level seven demons... how are we supposed to handle them?!"
"Even the guild leader would have a hard time dealing with so many monsters, right?"
In their original plan, they guessed the number would actually be less than ten.
The killing of the three-headed goblin king servant would allow the goblin empire to fully retake the battlefield, so it's reasonable to speculate that the three-headed goblin king servant was at least a quarter or even a third of the enemy's high-level combat power.
If the total number is larger, then sending out more Goblin Kings to deal with humans is more realistic than a full-scale defense.
It was precisely because sending out more troops posed a risk that the Goblin Empire could not afford that they returned to defend the entire country.
Can……
The number of Goblin Kings appearing now has exceeded the original estimate.
Ten were deployed, meaning that, including the original three, the Goblin Empire now has thirteen Goblin Royal Guards? @〈〉≠
And there's even more!
With so many high-level combatants and a full-scale defensive response, these goblins are far too cowardly!
"So what do we do next?" Layton asked with a serious expression.
“Continue the feint attack,” Annie said.
"what--?!"
Immediately, the heroes were in an uproar.
The orcs had no concept of what level the demons were, since they didn't have a system and didn't understand the demons' numerical values.
Since they've decided to fight, they will fight without hesitation.
Their lives were saved by humans, so even if they died on the battlefield, it would be worth it!
But the heroes are different; they know just how terrifying those monsters really are.
If you have a 10-point advantage in physical attributes, your room for maneuver will be greatly reduced, and if you have a 20-point advantage, it's almost a dead end.
Goblin King Shiguang's agility attribute alone surpasses most heroes by a large margin, and after enhancement, it can directly reach 40. His tenacity can also reach 40 after enhancement.
In other words, at this stage, those with higher agility than the Goblin King Servant cannot damage the Goblin King Servant.
Those with strength exceeding the Goblin King's tenacity may not be as agile as the Goblin King.
After being strengthened, the Goblin King's servant can have 90 points of strength attribute. Perhaps only the Shield Hero and the Mountain Hero in the entire world of heroes can withstand its attacks?
Moreover, resilience alone is not enough to withstand many hits; it must be combined with skills that enhance defense.
敏捷属性7能稳定赶上4哥布林王侍的1，并且力量6足以破9开哥布林0王侍7防御8的，0就只有【剑之勇者】和【刀之勇者】。
Every hero has a special ability, but they also know that their special abilities have conditions for activation.
Faced with monsters whose physical attributes completely overwhelm them, they might die at the hands of the Goblin King's servants before they even meet the conditions for activating their special abilities.
Rather, it's more accurate to say that in the battle of Shiwei Town, many heroes died for this very reason—the difference in attributes was too great.
"Stay true to the original plan, feign an attack, then retreat."
If we go there last night and don't go again tonight, the goblins will think that they have shown their power and frightened us.
If we show fear, it is very likely to provoke them to retaliate.
At that time, the disaster is likely to spread to surrounding cities and regions.
"Therefore, we must continue to deter the goblins and let them know that we are not afraid of them," An Yi explained solemnly.
He knew that the heroes were uneasy and genuinely afraid.
But even if it's acting, you have to act without fear!
"However, tonight's plan has changed; we're going to kill some of the goblins."
Moreover, before the goblin king's servants came out to provide support, they killed some of the goblin centurions patrolling the mountaintop.
"All it takes is a team of warriors with high strength and high agility to kill them and leave," An Yi continued.
"Does killing a portion of the goblins mean we're not afraid of them? Won't that just provoke them?" Leif, the Spear Hero, questioned this approach.
“If they dared to come out and fight us, we wouldn’t have had to hide for so long,” An Yi said calmly.
……
Another night.
The area where the goblins lived was thrown into chaos again.
Humans are attacking again!
They attacked from five directions as before, and quickly killed the low-level goblins.
Perhaps because of their experience last night, the goblin tribal chiefs on the mountain were able to spot the heroes and orcs more quickly and hurried back to report the situation.
Not long after, the Ten-Headed King's Attendant arrived again, accompanied by a group of Goblin Champions and Goblin Centurions.
however……
Upon reaching the mountaintop, they found that it was not humans waiting for them.
Instead, there were scattered corpses of goblin centurions.
"Where are the humans?! Where are the humans?!" a goblin servant roared in fury.
Where are the humans?!
No goblin could answer its question.
Because all the goblin centurions who hadn't left the mountaintop were dead.
all dead!
Not a single one left!
Since no human traces were found, it's not hard to imagine that they must have killed the goblin centurion and then retreated!
"Chase them! They can't have gone far!" roared a goblin servant.
"No!" At this moment, another goblin king servant spoke up, "What if they've set a trap and are trying to lure us out?"
Acting impulsively at this point will lead you into a human trap.
Don't forget what the king said!
Never underestimate human beings!
"hateful!"
The goblin king's servant stomped his foot on the ground with a loud thud, but ultimately did not give chase.
Soon, news of the goblin centurion's death reached the ears of Goblin King Gojin.
After listening, Gogin sighed deeply: "This is the consequence of your underestimation of the enemy."
"If you had been more cautious and allowed the centurions to return to their posts as soon as they detected human activity, would they be dead on the mountain today?"