The Forbidden Forest is located on the northern edge of the Calradia continent. It is a dense forest in the shadow of the Dragon Mountains. It is a natural barrier between the Stuart Kingdom, the Dominion of the Ritual Cult and the gathering place of the demons.
The human race cannot fully garrison the narrow forest area, and the demon race does not bother to manage such a remote mountainous area. It has always been an area where no one cares, so many monsters and humanoid monsters live there.
At this moment, Lu Xidong was sitting in one of the goblin lairs as a guest, but even the best cartographer on the continent couldn't point out the exact location.
Because it’s so inconspicuous!
Lu Xidong was trying to bend his waist and looked around at this thatched shanty house. The dilapidated walls were full of gaps. He was a little disappointed. He originally thought that the so-called goblin lair must be a patchwork. A village should at least have stone huts.
If Lu Xidong knew the habits of goblins, he should have given up this idea long ago, because wild goblins originally lived in low caves. If they had not been affected by many human impacts in recent years, I am afraid that they would Lu Xidong now had to lie down in the Goblin's living room.
Of course, being low is only for humans or demons. For the height of a goblin, the height of the cave is as standard as a modern commercial house.
Therefore, everything in the world is relative, just like the Goblin who we think is so ugly, actually despises the human beauty - Ms. Yundi.
Yundi was sitting next to Lu Xidong and sulking, but she still followed the "damn devil" to the goblin's lair. When the goblins surrounded Lu Xidong and left, she was left with only the unknown. She dared not stay alone in the dark and silent woods.
From some perspectives, women are the most flexible creatures, bar none.
"I have kept you waiting for a long time, Lord Demon."
Lu Xidong looked away and saw the goblin leader entering the "house", followed by a female goblin, holding something like a fruit plate in his hand, filled with fresh fruits and vegetables.
How to tell the difference between male and female goblins? Without Yundi's prompting, Lu Xidong had already mastered the trick. Goblins were not naked monsters. They would cover their private parts with animal skins. The males would only cover their lower body, while the females would also cover their tops.
Amazing, isn't it? I'm afraid this is also influenced by humans. To be honest, although female goblins are slightly smaller, they really can't arouse the interest of normal males of other races.
Oh, maybe Teddy could give it a try.
"I'm sorry, but I can't come up with something decent to entertain you, sir." The goblin leader bowed and apologized again, nodding and bowing so frequently that Lu Xidong wondered if he had Japanese ancestry.
"This is already very good." After saying that, Lu Xidong stuffed the delicious-looking fruit into his mouth, saying to himself, "Have you not seen the hard steamed buns that Yundi gave me? He choked to death, "Then why did you invite me here specially?"
Lu Xidong is not an idiot. Anyone who bows, gives gifts or bribes must be asking for something. You must know that pie will not fall in the sky, and no one will burst out with love for no reason.
Everyone is self-interested.
Sure enough, the leader of the goblins was shaken, as if he had been seen through. He was silent for a while, and finally told Lu Xidong all about the troubles of his group of goblins.
It turns out that although the Forbidden Forest is a no-nonsense area, there are still class differences within it. Goblins, as the lowest level monsters, are very oppressed.
Just a month ago, a group of ogres came to their territory and planned to fight for it as their territory.
There are several goblin groups in the nearby area, and this is one of them. Of course, the goblins did not agree to the ogre's request, so a small-scale fight broke out between the two monsters, causing many goblin warriors to fight. died.
"But, you know, there is a huge disparity in combat power between us and the ogres..." The Goblin leader stared at Lu Xidong sincerely, as if to read his thoughts.
Lu Xidong secretly sighed in his heart: I know a woolly thing, is there an ogre? Why don't you run quickly? What if I get caught and eaten
But he couldn't say that. He had been pretending all the way and gave in at the last moment
Lu Xidong, who wanted to save face, couldn't do this kind of thing.
"I understand, but what can I do to help you? It may be difficult for me, alone, to respond to your expectations."
The goblin leader didn't know what Lu Xidong was thinking. When he heard the other party asked about his request, he simply thought that the other party had agreed to his request, and directly ignored the most critical sentence in the second half of Lu Xidong's sentence. He immediately kowtowed and thanked him.
If not to say that the Chinese people's euphemistic way of refusing is a trap, Lu Xidong felt helpless because of the Goblin's uprightness.
"Can you please Lord Demon Lord accept us as your dependents? Although our people are weak, we will swear allegiance to you from now on."
To be honest, Lu Xidong was not very confident in the Goblin's loyalty. As the leader himself said, the Goblin was weak.
But... at least I can have a place to stay in the future, right
Especially when he saw the goblin leader's grateful little eyes, Lu Xidong could only nod.
This reminded him of his previous life. Although he said it was annoying, he found it hard to refuse once he was asked.
I am such a person. I have suffered a lot, but I still can't get rid of this bad habit because I can't let go of my feelings.
"Okay, let's make your wish come true."
Facing the goblin leader, Lu Xidong nodded exaggeratedly.
But what are dependents? Lu Xidong didn't understand.
"Family?" The awkward Yundi was a little surprised when she heard Lu Xidong's question, "You demon, don't you know what a demon family is?"
"..." Lu Xidong felt the ridicule in Yundi's tone.
"Okay, okay, demon dependents are like every demon's private soldiers. Each monster carries the mark of the demon. It is said that the dependents cannot betray for life." Yundi supported her chin with her hand. , repeating the records in the Magic Academy textbook.
The mark of the devil? Lu Xidong suddenly realized that the dark mark on his forehead could be his mark, right
"So that's it, but what should I do?"
"I don't know about that. There's only so much about it in the book." Yundi spread her hands, saying that she was helpless.
"What should we do?" Although he might be looked down upon by the other party, in the end Lu Xidong honestly asked the goblin leader how to recruit his followers.
A look of surprise flashed across the leader's face. There were no demons in the Forbidden Forest on weekdays. He never thought that Lu Xidong, a demon, was only "born" for one day.
"Listen... I heard that the master's magic power is injected into our bodies."
"Oh...inject magic power?" This was another method that he didn't know how to do. Lu Xidong was really worried.
"Is that a kind of conferring magic?" When it comes to magic, Yundi knows a lot, "It is to give the other party a certain status blessing through magic, but receiving a dependent must not be a short-term blessing, right?"
Status blessing? Buff? Lu Xidong felt as if he had found a way, but what blessing could he give these goblins
"By the way, Demon, do you have a name?" Yundi suddenly asked such a question.
"Of course, Lu." Lu Xidong felt that the three words "Lu Xidong" really didn't sound like the name of this other world, so he had to imitate the voice in his head and roll his tongue to say the name again.
"Oh, what a strange name." Yundi seemed to have also learned the skill of mental pollution and casually dissed Lu Xidong, "Actually, the name is also a kind of magic."
"Confirmation completed. Demon King Lu, activates the ability to recruit dependents and obtains the name-giving skill. He can give names to monsters that swear allegiance. 》
As if in response to Yundi's words, the voice in his mind sounded again, and new skills appeared.
"Okay, let's gather all the goblins in the tribe," Lu Xidong ordered the goblin leader, "the naming ceremony is about to begin."