Chapter 270

The rumor that a squad of soldiers at the fortress wall had obtained gold soon spread among the other squads, leaving many feeling envious.

This was what one might call a windfall from the heavens.

The amusing tale of "goblins delivering gold" added a rare bit of fun to the dull and monotonous fortress wall.

Meanwhile, on the other side.

Tang Zheng and the lizardman Crusch Lulu returned to the Abelion Hills.

The castle construction was not fast, but thanks to the work of the abundant demi-human labor force, the general outline and foundation had already been built.

It was just that the aesthetics of races like the Blue Maggots, Panderas, and Ogres were truly different from the normal aesthetics of humans, causing the castle to lean toward an alternative, chaotic style during the construction process.

Regarding this.

Tang Zheng could only determine a rough architectural style and let these demi-humans improvise; building the castle was not truly for enjoyment, but to signal to the outside that he intended to stay here for a long time.

The lizardman Crusch was arranged to stay in the cave of the Blue Maggot tribe to conduct magic research.

In an open area on the hillside.

Tang Zheng, wrapped in a red robe, quietly watched the beautiful environment below the hill; the distant jungle, rivers, and weed-like wasteland came into view.

The air was slightly cool.

The chill of winter had not yet completely faded, and the wind blowing from the depths of the Abelion Hills seemed to contain a hint of chaos and the smell of blood.

"I want to know what you are going to do next."

A massive, light-green figure walked over from behind. Go Jin's white pupils stared at Tang Zheng standing on the edge of the cliff, and he spoke in a muffled voice: "Otherwise, those guys might misunderstand your intentions."

Tang Zheng withdrew his gaze from the distance and spoke indifferently without turning his head: "Oh, Go Jin, what do you want to ask?"

The white fangs on both sides of Go Jin's upper lip curled upward, and he sneered: "For example, what are you doing by sending goblins and ogres with gold to the human Holy Kingdom?"

"They are already dead, and besides, that guy Long told me you still plan to send people with gold!"

Long was the name of the water elemental ogre.

Although Go Jin never considered goblins and ordinary ogres—races with little intelligence that were similar to monsters—as his own kind, he also loathed this kind of reckless behavior of sending them to their deaths.

Go Jin knew all too well how vicious the grudges were between the Holy Kingdom and the demi-humans in the hilly region.

"Are you feeling sorry for the gold?" Tang Zheng turned around.

The gold carried by that ogre and those few goblins who went to the Holy Kingdom was, to be precise, not real gold, but gold ore.

That's right.

There were gold mines in the Abelion Hills; in fact, not to mention gold mines, various types of mineral resources were extremely abundant.

This place was once the capital built by the Hill Dwarves, so naturally, it would not lack various mineral veins. Unfortunately, among the various races in the hilly region today, very few had the ability to actually utilize these veins.

Let alone the various precious ores in human society, even precious metal veins like gold, silver, and copper mines were of little significance to the major demi-human races.

"That is not what I meant, my lord."

Go Jin looked at the man who was so short and thin that he looked like he could be slapped to death with one palm, and a sense of fear rose in his heart instead. "I am indeed a bit confused."

"Considering you are of great use to me, I can clear up your confusion, but before that."

Tang Zheng chuckled hoarsely and stepped past Go Jin's massive figure: "You need to figure out first what is most valuable to each race in the Abelion Hills."

"Let's go, it's time to set off."

"This mysterious guy!" Go Jin said with a sullen face, watching Tang Zheng's gradually disappearing back.

The area where the Blue Maggot and Panderas tribes were located,

was situated in the southern part of the hilly region, near the mountain range; this mountain range was one of the two major mountain ranges in the hilly region.

It was also an important mountain range that separated the hilly region from the border of the Slane Theocracy. It was said that on the other side of the mountain range was a border city of the Slane Theocracy.

And to the west of this area was the territory of a powerful demi-human race, whose strength far surpassed that of the Blue Maggot and Panderas tribes.

This demi-human race was the Demon Race!

A special demi-human race that was thin in build, slightly similar in appearance to humans, and possessed four arms.

The most powerful aspect of this race lay in their innate ability to exercise magic, capable of using up to Fourth Rank magic power.

Among them, the royal family or those with exceptional talent would awaken the ability of magic casters, reaching a level where they could use Fifth Rank magic.

Such a powerful race was only considered one of the top tribes among all the demi-human tribes in the hilly region, which showed how many terrifying and powerful tribes existed in the Abelion Hills region.

It was no wonder that the Holy Kingdom, whose comprehensive national strength was several notches stronger than the Re-Estize Kingdom, could only build fortress walls on the border to resist the demi-humans in the hills.

Even the neighboring Slane Theocracy, which "prioritized humanism" and hated demi-humans, could only manage to reduce their numbers.

Of course.

With the foundation of the Slane Theocracy, if they wanted to completely solve the problem of the hilly region, it was not without a way; they wouldn't even need to mobilize the God-kin, just sending the Captain of the Black Scripture would be enough to solve it.

Otherwise, using a few Seventh Rank "Angel Summoning" magic sealing crystals would also be enough to sweep through.

Tang Zheng recalled the information about the Demon Race while waving his arm: "Fly!"

Whoosh!

A blue light flashed across his body.

Tang Zheng's figure soared into the air, quickly disappearing into the sky.

This time, heading to the Demon Race territory.

Tang Zheng did not bring anyone; he went alone. Go Jin and the water elemental ogre needed to stay behind to guard the base.

Although the two were not weak, they had no advantage when facing the Demon Race, who were born with the ability to exercise magic.

The Demon Race territory was near the forest and water sources.

This was an area with a beautiful environment and abundant resources. Perhaps because their individual strength was relatively strong, the number of Demon Race was not large.

Simple houses built mainly of wood and animal skins were distributed on both sides of the river, with hay and leaves laid on the roofs.

Located in the center of the tribe.

On a peculiar altar built of neat wooden boards, various monster skins were hung. A careful observation would reveal that various magic-pattern-like tattoos were carved on these skins.

A Demon Race exuding a noble aura stood quietly among these skins, eyes closed, four arms spread out, posing in a unique and mysterious posture.

Faint magic power was flowing from this Demon Race's body.

This Demon Race was the queen of the race—Na Sulini Peier Te Qiule, also one of the "Ten Great Demi-Humans," known as "Ice, Flame, and Thunder."

The lifespan of the Demon Race far exceeded that of ordinary humans and the vast majority of demi-human races, and she was a long-established figure in the hilly region. Among the "Ten Great Demi-Humans," she was a powerful existence that could rank in the top five.

The magic fluctuations around Na Sulini were flickering, causing the surrounding air to change accordingly, sometimes becoming cold, sometimes becoming somewhat hot.

Even if one observed carefully, one could see faint electric light flashing across the air in an instant.

"Hmm!"

Suddenly, Na Sulini's closed eyes snapped open, the temperature of the air dropped sharply and became cold; she felt a powerful magic fluctuation.

Before she could fully react.

Boom!!

A huge roar came from the outskirts of the tribe, making a loud noise, followed immediately by a harsh and urgent horn sound.

That was the emergency horn blown when the tribe encountered an attack.

"The enemy is here!!"

"Protect the Queen!"

"Counterattack, how dare they invade our Demon Race!"

!

Angry and chaotic roars rang out from all directions. Although they were suddenly attacked, the situation seemed to stabilize quickly.

This was also one of the advantages of having a small tribe population; they could quickly gather companions without causing greater chaos.

"Attack?"

A cold look appeared on Na Sulini's face. Since she became queen, how long had it been since an attack occurred?

She quickly went through the other demi-human races in her mind that might attack the tribe and found that none of them were very likely.

"The magic fluctuation just now was at least at the Third Rank level; this is no small character."

"What a headache."

Na Sulini lowered her four arms that were in a unique gesture, and one of her arms grabbed toward the corner.

A staff about the height of a person, with three sharp blades on each side, two notched rings on the top, and a blue magic gem embedded in the center, flew into her hand.

"I don't know which greenhorn junior jumped out from where."

Na Sulini held the magic staff, turned around, and walked out of the altar, her narrowed eyes flashing with cold light.

Swish—swish—

The tattooed animal skins hanging around also automatically spread out.

Na Sulini walked out of the altar, and several Demon Race were already waiting respectfully outside.

"Queen!"

"Queen!"

"Queen!" These few Demon Race immediately bowed respectfully.

"What is the situation now?" Na Sulini couldn't be bothered to talk nonsense, her voice cold and without emotional fluctuation.

At this moment.

At the outermost edge of the tribal territory, the barrier made of fences was destroyed, and a straight scorched mark appeared on the ground.

Wherever it passed, rocks, houses, and buildings in front were destroyed in one breath and turned into ashes.

A faint smell of burning permeated the air!

Tang Zheng stood quietly at the destroyed fence, watching the dozen or so Demon Race who arrived at the first moment; waves of magic fluctuations radiated from these Demon Race.

"What, is the enemy only one person!"

"This attire, a human?"

"Who are you!"

"…………"

As soon as these Demon Race appeared, they looked at Tang Zheng at the first moment, while observing the surroundings to see if there were other enemies.

"Is your Queen Na Sulini in the tribe?" Tang Zheng ignored the questions of these Demon Race, his hoarse voice ringing out.

"Invader, you are courting death!!"

"How can you call our Queen's name?"

Hearing Tang Zheng say the four words "Na Sulini" without any respect, the group of Demon Race were all enraged.

"It seems she should be in the tribe."

Tang Zheng saw the reaction of this group of people and nodded slightly: "That's good."

"Sand Domain · All!"

Boom—

A huge magic circle appeared at the feet of these dozen Demon Race in an instant, and a large amount of quicksand gushed out, sweeping over like waves.

The Demon Race roared one by one, releasing magic to counterattack, but the moment these sand grains touched them, their magic power seemed to be sealed, and they couldn't use it at all.

"What is going on!"

"Magic can't be released!"

Emotions of astonishment, incomprehension, and doubt appeared on the faces of all the Demon Race, and then they were replaced by fear.

In the blink of an eye, these people were all locked in place by the quicksand, unable to move at all.

"Magic Arrow!" Tang Zheng waved his finger again.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Ten arrows condensed out of thin air and shot out, easily piercing the heads of these Demon Race who had been silenced and unable to move.

Blood mixed with white brain matter splattered!

The dozen or so Demon Race powerhouses who arrived at the first moment all died in this breath.

'Experience gained: 3721'

'Experience gained: 2989'

'Experience gained: 4907'

'…………'

A series of experience information flashed across the panel.

(End of chapter)