Game of the World Tree - Chapter 66

Chapter 66: Wise Lord Blackstone

This is a ruin covered by vines and weeds.

Several goblins were gathered around a bonfire, roasting a fat mountain rabbit.

Suddenly, a black shadow enveloped them…

Before the goblins could come to their senses, a sturdy hand picked up the leader of the roasted mountain rabbit like a chicken.

The remaining goblins looked back and were immediately frightened out of their wits. They quickly turned around, knelt on the ground, and trembled…

In front of them was a group of ferocious orcs, and the leader was Blackstone, who was at the peak of the Black Iron rank.

Blackstone looked at the goblin who was picked up by him and trembled with fear, and a trace of disgust flashed in his eyes.

He threw him to the ground and said,

“Where is your leader?”

The goblin fell to the ground, but he was not angry.

It quickly got up, smiled flatteringly at Black Stone, pointed in a direction and gestured “Ahhh”.

Looking at its funny expression, Black Stone snorted coldly, took the mountain rabbit meat from the campfire and took a bite.

But soon, he frowned and spit out the rabbit meat in his mouth, as if he was very dissatisfied with the goblin’s craftsmanship.

Watching his actions, the goblin was terrified, kowtowing and sobbing.

Black Stone didn’t say anything more, but kicked the goblin:

“Lead the way.”

His voice was not to be refused.

…

Led by several goblins, the orcs came to a collapsed building in the ruins.

Several goblins first took a few steps forward, and they hurriedly lifted a piece of straw, revealing a large hole on the side of the building.

Then, they drilled in skillfully.

The orcs also bent down and followed the goblins into the building.

The building was full of collapsed ruins and discarded garbage, exuding a discordant smell, and a winding path was left in the middle.

Led by the goblin, the orcs continued to go deeper.

As they went deeper and deeper, the vision in front of Black Stone and others gradually widened, and finally they came to an empty cave.

This is the hidden base of the Cave Tribe in the Elf Forest, and it is also a transit station for hunting elves.

There was a bonfire in the center of the cave, and three orcs were lazily lying around the bonfire, snoring.

And beside them, there were several goblins holding huge leaves and constantly fanning them.

In addition to them, there was an artificial stone prison deeper in the cave.

Through the iron bars, you can vaguely see a few pairs of eyes flashing with fear and despair.

Black Stone first glanced at the stone prison with a surprised look, and then cast his eyes on the three orcs.

Seeing the sleeping orcs leisurely, his originally ferocious face looked even uglier.

He snorted coldly, walked over, and kicked each of the three men.

“Which bastard disturbed your orc grandfather’s sweet dream!”

The three orcs were awakened by the kick, roaring and drawing their weapons in anger.

However, when they saw the appearance of the person who came, their faces suddenly changed, and they immediately withered and became timid.

“Uh… Lord Blackstone, why… why did you come to the base?”

They smiled awkwardly, quickly hid their maces and swords behind their backs, and said flatteringly.

“Hmph, three useless pieces who have no vigilance at all!”

Black Stone first cursed in disappointment, then said in a deep voice:

“Lord Giant Mountain sent me here to investigate some situations. I have something to ask you.”

The three orcs looked at each other, and their expressions gradually became serious:

“Are you here to investigate the disappearance of the orc hunting team?”

Black Stone glanced at them and nodded:

“This is also one of my purposes, but before that, I want to ask you, has there been any unusual movement in the Elf Forest recently? Especially… near the ruins of Florence.”

Hearing Black Stone’s words, the three orcs were slightly stunned. They looked at each other, then shook their heads:

“This… seems… nothing special.”

Black Stone’s expression sank slightly:

“You’d better think about it again… Don’t tell me that you have been sleeping in the cave all this time.”

As he spoke, the pressure of the Black Iron Superior on his body gradually emanated, suppressing the three Black Iron Lower Orcs so much that they dared not breathe.

Under the pressure of the high-ranking existence, the three of them knelt on the ground almost at the same time, their faces changed drastically, and beads of sweat kept falling.

Suddenly, one of the orcs raised his head, trembling and shouting:

“Lord Black Stone, I… I remembered, I remembered! I remembered that something was wrong recently!”

Hearing his words, Black Stone gradually put away his intimidation:

“Speak.”

The kneeling orc breathed a sigh of relief, and then said tremblingly:

“Recently… Recently, there seem to be more low-level monsters nearby, and many of them are monsters that used to only move around in Florence. They seem to be migrating collectively…”

“Huh? Low-level monsters migrating?”

A sharp light flashed in Black Stone’s eyes.

In the Forest of Elves, the monsters have a strong sense of territory, and under normal circumstances, this kind of migration will not occur.

Once migration occurs, there are generally two situations.

One is that they have found a better place to live and actively migrated.

The other is that they feel some kind of threat and are forced to migrate…

The Elf Forest is rich in resources and is simply a paradise for magic beasts, so the first situation rarely occurs.

Not to mention that the area around the base where the Cave Tribe is located is already barren…

So the first situation can be ruled out first.

Then… the result is self-evident.

“They are avoiding something… Something has made them feel a sense of crisis and have to migrate collectively. And the source… I’m afraid it’s in Florence!”

Black Stone’s eyes flashed.

If his prediction is correct, I’m afraid this is the key that the Giant Mountain Priest asked him to investigate.

After a moment of hesitation, he asked again:

“Are there any powerful magic beasts among them?”

The half-orc who answered shook his head:

“No, no… They are all very weak magic beasts, the highest of which is just the beginning of the Black Iron level, so we didn’t care before.”

Weak magic beasts?

Black Stone’s eyes flashed again.

This shows that the threat is not very strong, at least those high-level monsters did not feel the crisis…

In an instant, Black Stone remembered the strange elves in the oracle mentioned by the chief priest of Giant Mountain before he left.

“The elves fighting with goblins…”

He fell into deep thought.

Could it be… that these strange elves mentioned by Lord Giant Mountain are causing trouble?

And the Death God’s Blessing mentioned by the chief priest…

“That’s right! That’s right! I remembered two more things!”

Just as Black Stone was thinking, an orc also raised his hand.

Black Stone looked at him:

“Tell me.”

The half-orc took a deep breath and said:

“About a month ago… dozens of goblins escaped to the base, but most of them seemed to have been frightened and were very unstable…”

“In addition, Lord Rock and his men’s final destination is the core area of the Elf Forest where Florence is located…”

Black Stone’s face darkened when he heard this:

“Why didn’t you say these things earlier!”

The half-orc trembled slightly and said cautiously:

“That… goblins have always been timid, and we couldn’t understand what they were yelling about, so we didn’t pay attention… As for Lord Rock… Lord Rock… I was nervous just now… I forgot…”

“Humph, waste!”

Black Stone cursed.

He didn’t look at the three half-orcs again, but kept combining the information he got in his mind.

He had a vague guess:

“A group of low-level elves have returned to the Elven Forest. They seem to have been favored by the God of Death. They have driven out the goblins in Florence and the nearby monsters. They are probably planning something in Florence…”

“Among them, there may be the participation of the God of Death. The disappearance of the Orc hunting team led by Panshi may be because of the discovery of their secret…”

“The God of Death’s favored ones should be very strong… Otherwise, Panshi and his team would not have encountered any accidents. Even with the holy objects given to me by the chief priest, I may not be able to resist them.”

“If we rashly enter Florence, it will be very dangerous…”

“Haha, it seems that the group of long ears are not as loyal as the legend says. They are actually involved with the God of Death…”

Black Stone’s expression flashed with a trace of sarcasm.

With a flash of his eyes, he asked again:

“Are there still monsters escaping around now?”

“No… That’s right…”

The orc who answered tremblingly said.

Black Stone fell into deep thought again.

The monsters are still being driven out, which means that the elves should still be active around Florence.

That is to say… he should have a chance to catch a tongue around Florence!

This should be a safer approach!

Thinking of this, Black Stone gave an order:

“You go and gather a group of goblins, and follow me to investigate the situation around Florence.”

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