The poor bastard was startled, and she immediately huddled and stared at a red rock cringing.
Xia accelerated his pace, and soon they crossed the rock, and the poor worm finally saw the appearance of those goblins.
From the looks of it, these guys are really sorry for the dreaded notoriety they have on the wildfire. Even, at first glance, the appearance of these goblins is a bit ridiculous.
The whole body is covered with green skin like a frog in the pond after the summer rain, the pointed donkey ears, the broad and sturdy nose is like a carrot poked in the face, these guys have no hair or beards, and have huge heads. , the body is disproportionately thin, at least from the perspective of their height of only about 130 cm, the proportion of the big head and the body is obviously very inconsistent. These little things timidly hid behind the rocks, their mouths full of sharp and short rotten teeth, and stared at Char and the poor worm with a strange and strange look.
What was especially new to the poor worm was that these goblins had arms so long that they hung down long enough to exceed their knees.
The first time you see these guys, it's hard to feel intimidated by these things - first they look skinny, then they look poor and dirty.
Yes, these goblins are even more beggars than beggars. Of these guys hiding behind the rocks, only one of them is wearing fairly complete clothes, and that is just a broken sack with three holes cut through in the sack. , so that the head and arms can be stretched out from it.
And there was another guy with a weapon in his hand, which was a hind limb bone of some kind of large animal, and a sharp stone was tied to the top of the bone to increase the lethality. And this guy also nailed a set of "armor" with some messy things.
God, what kind of armor is this! Look at the materials of the armor: two pieces of broken copper, a pile of bark, and a few pieces of rotten wood, plus a piece that resembles a rope net.
The poor bastard watched for a while, and was a little suspicious: "These guys are goblins?"
"Yes." Xia nodded.
"However, they don't look as terrible as the legends say." The poor worm was puzzled.
Char smiled: "There is also a distinction between the strong and the weak in goblins. What you see are wanderers who belong to no tribe. The real danger is those goblin tribes. Don't look at a single goblin as weak and timid, but if you encounter Hundreds of these guys, and they're hungry for days...you know they're awesome."
Indeed, after what Xia Ya said, the poor man realized that the eyes of these things are very similar to a group of dogs living in the wild. They are a little timid and timid, but they also hide a little bit of ferocity and hostility.
Xia Ya ignored the dirty guys who followed him, and still strode forward. It was only when the guys got a little closer that Xi Ya stood up, stopped to pick up the stone, and threw it towards those guys while threatening loudly - every time at this time, the goblins dispersed in a hurry.
When it was getting a little darker, the poor man found that the goblin wanderers who were following behind were gone.
They found a huge skeleton in the wilderness, probably belonging to some kind of large animal, but whether it was a bison or a llama or something, the poor creature couldn't tell.
This huge pair of white bones is lying on the ground, and pairs of huge ribs are arranged evenly, and what is amazing is that there is not a trace of animal flesh on the whole skeleton... Obviously this is not the result of natural decay, but someone Its flesh was completely stripped, and it was so cleanly scoured.
When approached, the poor worm saw a dense gnawing mark on the skeleton.
"It's a goblin, obviously only a goblin can do it, scraping the meat so clean." Xiaya picked up a bone and weighed it twice in his hand: "It seems that the time of death is no more than ten days, and the bones are still there. It's hard, and the moisture hasn't completely lost."
"Why, I feel like you know these things very well?" The poor bastard looked at Xi Ya suspiciously.
Xia Ya did not answer this question, but directly took out the wolf skin of the bloodthirsty wolf and put it on the skeleton of this animal bone, which happened to be a small natural tent.
"We sleep here tonight." Xia made a decision.
Dinner was roast wolf meat—and some meat from the bloodthirsty wolf. Although the wolf meat was a little sour and tough, it was tough and hard to bite, but the poor worm was very strong and endured.
Because he didn't even bother to complain about the unpalatable taste of wolf meat. All night, he sat beside the bonfire and bit the wolf meat, but he clearly felt that in the surrounding wilderness, I don't know how many pairs of eyes were secretly staring at him, those who coveted His eyes were filled with greed, hunger, ferocity, and timidity.
Even, he seemed to clearly hear the sound of "gudugudu" swallowing saliva from the dark wilderness. There were even some rattling noises in it—these sounds terrified the poor creature.
"They... they're spying on us." The poor worm reminded the carefree-looking turtle, who seemed to be terribly alert.
"I know." Xiaya lay on the bones with his head in his arms. He closed his eyes and enjoyed the warmth of the fire: "One on the left, two on the right, one on the front and one on the front, and some movement in the distance..."
Having said that, he turned around and faced the poor worm: "Don't worry, they won't come to provoke us for the time being. Goblins are very timid, they are a group of timid creatures, and they must only be released when the number reaches a certain level. Will take courage. Goblin's standard is that against two human warriors, you must have more than twenty goblin warriors to achieve an overwhelming victory. And goblin brains are generally not too smart, they judge the standard of affairs It's also surprisingly simple: the one with the weapon is the samurai, the one without the weapon is the commoner. And luckily, you're wearing leather armor, and I've got an axe, so these guys treat us like human warriors. So, they're bound to wait. Attacks will only be launched when there are more than 20 of them."
"How is that possible." The poor worm didn't believe it: "If it takes so long to deal with two human warriors, then why do I also hear that many caravans are also attacked by goblins?"
"That's a rumor." Char is very disdainful: "On the Wildfire Plain, rumors are always the most popular thing. In fact, goblins are not as scary as you think... Although they are also annoying, at least they are not as scary as rumors. Most of the legends about how terrifying goblins are made up by humans. In particular, according to what I know, many of the terrifying legends about the wildfire are deliberately created by some large business groups. In this way, everyone They are all afraid of the danger on the wildfire plain, and no one dares to take this trade route, only they dare to form a caravan trade! Hmph…”
"But... I've heard that these goblins grab people and eat them, grind bones into powder, weave fur into blankets, and boil fat into oil..." The poor worm's teeth were fighting.
"These may be true, anyway, humans are aliens to them. And don't we humans treat cattle and sheep like this? What's strange." Xi Ya yawned: "But the truth is, there are actually very few goblins. Attacking human teams with armed personnel. There are indeed many humans who died in the hands of goblins on the Wildfire Plain, but most of them are small businessmen who are daring, take chances, want to make a fortune, and take their goods across the cross-country fire. These caravans don’t have the money to hire those mercenaries to protect them, and as a result, once they encounter goblins, they will naturally have only bad luck.”
"But you said that the goblins have to wait so long to attack two people..."
"I said 'Samurai', you idiot." Char shook his head: "Goblins are very bold in attacking human civilians. But now in their eyes, we are human warriors! Understand? We carry weapons, they Think of us as those adventurers and mercenary groups. The earth elves on the Wildfire Plain have suffered from many human adventurers, so they have learned to be cautious. If we hadn't carried weapons, they would have swarmed up!"
"But… "
"Don't worry, this is just the edge of the goblin turf, there are no big goblin tribes around, so we have to gather twenty goblin warriors to deal with us, I'm afraid it will take a long time. Those wandering goblins dare not provoke us, you Sleep at ease... I know more than you here, don't worry, no matter what, I won't make fun of my life. " Xia Ya rolled over.
"..." The poor bastard lay for a while, the terrifying voices brought by the cold wind in the wilderness still frightened her. After holding it for a while, she couldn't help it: "I... can I get closer to you? …Well, it’s still a little cold in here.”
Xia Ya didn't speak, the poor bastard waited for a while, and finally took the initiative to lean up and lie down beside Xia Ya. There was still such an earthy smell on this turtle's body, but the warm feeling seemed to make the poor worm feel more at ease.
Of course, what's more important is that his perverted aesthetics make the poor worm not have to worry that this bastard will molest him.