Chapter 50: The Underground Ruins of the Magic Horn Tree Forest

Chapter 50 – Underground Ruins of the Magic Horn Tree Forest
Because there was too much uncertainty, Owen just made a note of this matter, and then turned on the Demon King’s aura and took Char to continue to go deeper into the Devil’s Horn Tree Forest, their destination today was not here.

Many people thought that the Devil’s Horn Forest was nothing to be afraid of, because from the outside there was nothing different from an ordinary forest, even the bandits and the noble alliance dared to enter the forest, but in fact this was a big mistake, there would be this kind of illusion entirely because the Devil’s Horn Forest was divided into two layers, the inner and outer.

The outer part of the Magic Horn Forest is no different from the common forest, otherwise Owen would not have built a lumberyard here, but the inner part is different, because the real Magic Horn Forest has only one kind of plant, the Magic Horn Tree.

Magic Horn Tree is said to be a tree, in fact, from the appearance is more like a kind of oversized thorns, no flowers, no leaves, black as iron, and very hard, Magic Horn Tree thorns can easily pierce through the skin and flesh, but also with a terrible toxicity, no creature is willing to get close to.

Moreover, the Magic Horn Tree has a strong predatory nature, in its growth range only the same kind of plant can grow, other plants and trees have no space to survive, so although the Magic Horn Goblin lives in the range of the Magic Horn Tree, it will not really go deep, because they need to forage for food on the outskirts of the forest, and the Magic Horn Tree is just a barrier for them to defend themselves against external enemies.

The Heavy Armored Demon Sheep moved nimbly and powerfully, jumping through the forest like a gazelle, and soon carried them through the outskirts of the forest to the real Magic Horn Forest.

This place is just like the forest cursed by the witch in the fairy tale, the black giant thorns that are as thick as a few people’s hugs can be seen everywhere, like the prehistoric python that grows uncontrollably, but also from the circumference of the body extends out countless thin vines that intertwine and weave into a net in the air, leaving almost no gaps, coupled with the densely packed jagged thorns that look like jaggery, it’s just like a needle jungle in general, and no normal organisms would ever enter this place.

If the kobolds weren’t too weak, coupled with their superb reproduction ability and adaptability, they wouldn’t have entered the Magic Horn Tree’s growth range and mutated.

Out of the consideration of gathering, the kobold general did not choose to stay in the magic horn tree forest inside, but in the outside to find a piece of open space, dozens of tattered tents in disarray, littered with garbage and feces, and there is also stewed half of the kobold iron pot, attracted a group of small kobolds surrounded by drooling, but there is no small kobolds dare to come close to, I guess there is an unlucky person fell into the dish before.

The kobolds that have just survived the winter are in a state of hunger, they throw the ones that didn’t survive the winter or are weak into the pot and eat them, but the number of kobolds is limited, so they are busy foraging for food, there is only the kobold general and a group of small kobolds in the camp.

“Lord Demon King!” The Goblin General who was planning to train the little Goblins rushed over to salute after seeing Owen’s arrival.

“This place looks bad enough, even if it’s a Goblin, at least make some appearance for me!” Owen said with great dissatisfaction.

“It’s my subordinate’s fault, I’m ashamed of Lord Demon King’s trust!” The Goblin General immediately broke out in a cold sweat and hurriedly knelt down to admit his mistake.

Seeing that the hammering had an effect, Owen saw fit to let it get up and report back, after all, with the limited resources he gave, and the special situation of the kobolds, it would be good to be able to maintain the status quo.

The situation as in front of the general, is not good.

A large number of gathered kobolds make foraging a very difficult thing, after all, kobolds will not plant, will not farm, even hunting also depends on luck, not to mention that now is just the beginning of spring, even if the beasts are thin bones and hungry, encountered really do not know who ate who.

In addition, the kobolds are difficult to control, fighting is okay, usually basic with the ducks like, do not want to let them honestly obey orders, which makes the kobold general very headache.

Owen thought of something at this time, if serfs and descended soldiers can be transformed into system soldiers through the system building, then the kobolds are not also possible?

“Lord Demon King, these were found from the Magic Horn Tree Forest.” Perhaps to improve his impression in front of the Demon King, the Goblin General carried out a few chests from his tent, containing broken gold and silver coins and some strange items, the common point was that all of them were man-made, not natural products. “Are you saying that there are the remains of a suspected dungeon in the Magic Horn Tree Forest?” Owen is not disbelieving the words of the goblin general, as a monster in the dungeon game, other monsters can’t be recognized, the dungeon that is closed eyes light smell can be recognized, he wondered how the Northland would have a dungeon?
Could it be that the Northland barbarians built it?

Why did they build it in the Magic Horn Tree Forest?
What is the purpose of the construction?
Countless questions made Owen fall into a daze, but after coming back to his senses, he had already made up his mind to explore the dungeon, because it was impossible for him to sit back and watch this unstable factor by his side, and he desperately wanted to know what secrets were hidden in the ruins.

Although there was magic in this world, building a dungeon was by no means a small project, perhaps not to be talked about as a national level project, but it was by no means something that could be built by an ordinary noble.

Spending such a large amount of money could not be a preparation for future archaeology, there must be an important reason.

In fact, Owen wished that the place was just an ordinary relic, because it meant that there was no danger, if it was used to seal the Demon King, he would have to think about when it would be better to run away.

The good thing was that the relic had existed for so many years, there was no fear that it would have problems in a short period of time, Owen decided to try the Goblin’s transformation problem first.

As for taking Char to personally explore the underground relics, Owen said that he wasn’t that thoughtful.

He had gone through all the trouble of farming and developing his men, not for the sake of being able to safely stay in his territory without taking any risks, so how could he drill wherever it was dangerous.

In the middle of the night, the kobold general himself brought a group of kobolds to the territory, and the human and animal smell and buildings here made the kobolds restless, and their cunning eyes kept flashing, obviously wanting to do something to burn, kill and rob.

Luckily, Owen had prepared for this and boiled a big pot of food in the barracks, plus the kobold general made an example of the kobolds, these kobolds still obediently entered the completely independent and tightly guarded barracks.

Owen is also a little nervous, although he mobilized a lot of soldiers, but the real fight will certainly have some casualties.

Fortunately, the risk is worth it, after trying, Owen found that it really works, and the consumption of progress value is much lower than ordinary people, a little bit of progress value can transform ten kobolds into kobold farmers.

Although the transformed Goblin peasants still leaked cunning in their eyes and still looked lewd, their obedience was much better.

In addition, just like the system peasants, as long as they were willing to spend time, kobold peasants were also able to become basic soldiers through training in the barracks.

If it wasn’t for the fact that the strength of the Goblins was too poor and their face value was too low, converting Goblins as the main population would obviously be more cost-effective, but that would be fine, at least as cannon fodder it would be enough.

(End of chapter)