TL: Sungmin
He was the lord of the enchanted forest to the east.
He had never eaten so many people in his life.
Just a mere goblin tribe, and yet there were so many!
âDonât you understand the contract between the Great Tomb and the Church? Do you want to die?â
The Cannibal Eagle snapped out of his shock and spoke sternly.
Lin Tian found a few who were near death due to difficult labor and gave them to him. âDonât worry, we captured these before we came here.â
Hearing this, the Cannibal Eagle hesitated for a long time but eventually chose to accept.
He was too tempted.
But he also feared causing trouble.
In ten seconds, he swallowed a human whole.
After almost being full, he said, âVery good. Do you have a name?â
âLin Tian.â
âGood, if you have any problems in the future, come to me anytime. I will ensure your safety and that you can develop steadily here.â
The Cannibal Eagle had someone bring a sack to pack the rest.
Lin Tian raised his eyebrows slightly, somewhat surprised. âThank you for your concern, Lord. If you want more, I can offer you a few more humans.â
âHahaha! Then I wonât be polite! I will first report the situation to the other lords!â
Immediately, the Cannibal Eagle took off, transforming into a black meteor and disappearing.
Lin Tian let out a long sigh of relief.
Now they could finally develop without worry.
Everyone else wiped off their cold sweat, relieved after a false alarm.
Looking at the newborn goblin infants, Lin Tian asked, âGobu Yue, have you counted how many there are?â
âThree thousand. During the second birth, there should be more, but none of the ten mutant and overlord variant offspring survived,â Gobu Yue replied while writing on a wooden board.
Lin Tian had previously piqued her curiosity with human writing while mapping routes.
So he taught her some basics.
Unexpectedly, she had an extraordinary talent for learning and picked it up quickly.
Hearing this, Lin Tian felt a bit regretful. âIt seems that mutant and overlord variants are almost impossible to produce more of.â
But it was enough for now. Next, they would capture some animals and monsters to breed more low-level goblins.
Although they were cannon fodder, a large number of them could still overwhelm the enemy.
âSystem, activate Life Simulation.â
Lin Tian said, capturing those creatures wouldnât require personal experience.
Simulating directly would be faster.
[Life Simulation System is starting, current scenario: First entry into the Great Tomb
After enduring countless hardships, you finally settled down and could develop for a long time.
Now you need to breed a large number of low-level goblins to expand your strength. So, you led your army into the enchanted forest to capture more.
On the first day, you encountered many fourth and fifth-tier monsters, killed them all, and took them back as food for the new generation of goblins.
After several days, you captured five hundred first-tier monsters, âCarnivorous Rabbitsâ and âCrying Face Monkeysâ.
On the way back, you encountered a seventh-tier monster, the Thunder Mane Bear, with a strength of three thousand.
Since it was a female, you didnât kill it but captured it to improve the tribeâs quality.
Tasting success, you captured several more seventh-tier monsters, imprisoning them as breeding tools.
This greatly improved the overall quality of the tribe.
In a month, the breeding tools for low-level goblins captured a total of three thousand, which was enough.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
Just as you were immersed in the joy of rapid development, the tribe was unexpectedly attacked by humans.
Option 1: Face them head-on, not fearing them in your home ground. Rating: 30
Option 2: Hold your ground. Rating: 20
Option 3: Negotiate to find out their intentions. Rating: 0]
âHuman attack?â
Seeing this, Lin Tian was full of questions.
Wasnât this the Great Tomb? How could humans dare to come here?
The rating wasnât important to Lin Tian; he needed to understand their intentions.
So, he chose Option 3.
[They didnât respond. By the time you realized it, soldiers were descending from the cliffs and began a massacre in the tribe.
Several Holy Guards appeared at the front and back, encircling you.
After a fierce battle, you escaped with a few people, suffering a crushing defeat.]
Seeing this, Lin Tian immediately understood.
The Lionheart Empireâs people and those church Holy Guards they encountered before.
Even daring to enter the Great Tomb, it seemed they were desperate.
Lin Tian immediately interrupted the Life Simulation to think of a way to respond before they arrived.
[Summary: When a lion is angry, make sure it canât bite you.
Rating: 10 points (out of 100)
Reward: Life Points x10
This Life Simulation is complete, the time span was one month.]
âBrutal, do you know where the lord lives?â
After returning, Lin Tian quickly asked.
The last time, that guy left in a hurry without telling him how to find him.
Hearing this, Brutal thought for a moment. âJust in the highest forested area around here. He and his tribe live there.â
Lin Tian acknowledged with a nod, having figured out a solution in his mind.
As long as he summoned that guy, the people from the Lionheart Empire and the Church wouldnât dare to do anything to him.
Now, he could continue to develop his strength with peace of mind.
In the future, he definitely needed to eliminate the thorn that was the Lionheart Empire, and the Holy Church as well.
Otherwise, he couldnât consider himself truly safe.
A month quickly passed, arriving at the day of the Empire and Churchâs ambush.
Lin Tian had already found the Cannibal Eagle and informed him of the situation in advance.
âHow do you know? They couldnât possibly dare to come. The Great Tomb has a contract with the Church,â the Cannibal Eagle said in disbelief.
Lin Tian didnât know how to explain, so he simply said, âWhen I was outside, I saw their army approaching. Considering what happened before I came here, they must be coming to attack me.â
Hearing this, the Cannibal Eagle understood. âI see. Donât worry, I wonât let humans run wild in the Great Tomb. Not just me, the others in the Great Tomb wonât allow it either.
Let me report this, then Iâll come to find you.â
âThank you, Lord,â Lin Tian said gratefully before returning to the Tian Kuang Tribe to wait.
Time ticked by slowly.
Gobu Tian, who was scouting outside, returned and pointed to the top of the valley. âThere are humans sneaking up there, boss. Should we take them out?â
âDonât rush. What about the army outside?â Lin Tian was more concerned about that.
Gobu Tian replied, âTheyâre still about twenty kilometers away, stationed at the edge of the Great Tomb.â
Lin Tian acknowledged this and rode up to look at the top of the valley.
Sure enough, there were a few blurry figures on the cliff, secretly watching them.
On the steep cliff, an imperial scout in stealth clothing exclaimed, âDamn, didnât the report say this tribe had at most a few hundred goblins? Why do I see thousands?â
âAfter kidnapping so many village women, what do you think? Itâs infuriating!â another man said through gritted teeth.
The man in stealth clothing scanned the area, and when he saw the seventh-tier monsters imprisoned with their rear ends facing out, he was stunned!
He couldnât help but ask, âWhy are there so many high-tier monkeys?â
âTheyâre not monkeys! Do you see? Seventh-tier monsters like the Thunder Mane Bear, Devil Stag, and Corpse Pythonâall not to be trifled with!â
The other man explained, increasingly shocked as he watched.
A mere goblin tribe had imprisoned so many seventh-tier monsters! Seventh-tier monsters could destroy a small town.
But the man in stealth clothing was still puzzled. âIsnât it only monkeys whose butts turn red? Thisâ¦damn! It canât be!â
As he wondered, he seemed to realize something.
These seventh-tier monsters, each feared outsideâ¦
Had become breeding tools for the goblins!
The other man also realized this, even more shocked. âNo wonder the Sword Saintess fell victim! We need to report back immediately. Itâs too dangerous here!â
Just as the two were about to climb up and escape by another route.
They turned and found themselves face-to-face with Gobu Tian and a group of hero-variant Dark Goblins, coldly watching them from the cliff like spiders.
The man in stealth clothing was so scared he slipped, screaming as he fell, âAaaah!â
âSplat!â
He was shattered to pieces!
Gobu Kuang, who was daydreaming, was overjoyed. âBoss, itâs raining meat! Hahaha!â
He quickly picked up the pieces and stuffed them into his mouth.
The meat rain left Lin Tian speechless. âEat as much as you want. Youâre almost evolving into a leader variant.â
Currently, he was only fifth-tier, and the leader variant was sixth-tier, with the overlord variant being seventh-tier.
However, if he evolved to sixth-tier, his strength could even crush some seventh-tier beings.
Recently, every goblin in the tribe had enjoyed an unprecedented number of new breeding tools.
The group of seventh-tier monsters with red rears was proof.
By this time, Gobu Tian had already captured the other Imperial scout and climbed back down. âAll taken care of, boss.â
âGood, this will make them hesitate to attack recklessly,â Lin Tian said.
As long as the enemy didnât launch a mindless all-out attack, they could hold their ground and wait for the Cannibal Eagle to arrive.
Outside the Great Tomb.
A well-equipped Imperial army stood ready.
The dense crowd spread out massively.
This time, the Lionheart Emperor had deployed over ten thousand elite soldiers with a clear purpose: to wipe out Lin Tian and his tribe.
The armyâs imposing presence forced the monsters on the edge of the Great Tomb to flee wildly.
Klein stood at the front of the army, pacing back and forth on his carnivorous horse.
Waiting for the scoutsâ report.
Unable to hold back, he spoke, âWarriors! Today, we must prepare to not return until weâve exterminated those goblins! Are you ready to enter the Great Tomb?â
âYes!!!â
The ten-thousand-strong shout was deafening!
Only then did Klein feel at ease, his eyes burning with anger.
Ten Holy Guards stood solemnly at the edge of the Great Tomb. In front of them, sunlight shone in a range of over ten meters!
This was the first time the perpetually dark Great Tomb had seen light.
Unfortunately.
After waiting for three hours, the scouts didnât return.
Klein grew restless, his longsword craving the blood of revenge.
At that moment, a shadow flashed across the sky.
It was Lin Tian riding a dragon, arriving before the army.
Kleinâs intelligence indicated that a goblin leader was dragon-riding.
He immediately shouted, âYou up there, are you the goblin leader who destroyed dozens of our villages?â
Seeing the army, Lin Tian felt some pressure.
He hadnât expected the Lionheart Empire to be so serious, deploying over ten thousand elite soldiers.
However, he wasnât afraid.
He countered, âHave you forgotten the contract between the Church and the Great Tomb? Are you provoking us?â
âYouâre just rats hiding in the Great Tomb. Killing you doesnât require worrying about the contract!â Klein angrily replied.
With a âshhhk,â he drew his longsword, pointing it directly at Lin Tian.
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