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Goblins are very evil and dangerous creatures. They are almost entry-level monsters with low individual strength, but in terms of threat and destructive power, they are firmly in the top few among all kinds of monsters.

The key to the problem lies in their strong reproductive ability and amazing adaptability. There is almost no place in the world where they cannot reproduce. Even in the Ash Forest filled with negative energy, you can see their traces as long as you are a little closer to the edge.

And their reproductive ability is even more terrible. Goblins can get pregnant all year round, and they can give birth about one month after pregnancy. One litter has about four to six babies. After the goblin baby is born, it can eat all kinds of things normally. If there is enough food, it can grow up in about three months - in other words, this thing can grow a real "generation" in four months, which is enough to breed three generations a year. Among the monsters, except for slimes, there are almost no faster reproduction than them.

The most amazing thing is that if there is enough food, the so-called "brood mother" will appear among the goblins, that is, a strange female whose abilities except reproduction are all degraded. "Broodmother" can reproduce parthenogenetically, giving birth to a batch of about ten in about twenty days. Then, after resting for four or five days, it can give birth to the next batch, which is comparable to the queen ant. The little goblins it gives birth to will be stronger and grow faster than ordinary goblins, and naturally more dangerous.

Some scholars have studied that if sufficient food is provided, a pair of goblins can reproduce to more than 200 in a year, which is simply crazy. What's even more crazy is that from the second year, broodmothers will appear in their tribe, and the reproduction rate will rise sharply.

So many adventurers think that goblins are just like weeds, and they can't be killed. On the contrary, there are often inexperienced new adventurers who are besieged by a large group of goblins and lose their lives.

One of the important reasons why Baron Dahl set the first target of this winter sweep as the goblin tribe is their reproductive ability. If these guys got the news and ran away, hiding in the mountains and forests, perhaps by next winter, what Darling would have to face would no longer be one goblin tribe, but a coalition of several united goblin tribes.

Of course, the account cannot be calculated that way. Goblins are not powerful monsters, and "sufficient food" is actually unlikely for them. Moreover, they are keen on infighting, and once the tribe expands slightly, it is easy to fall apart - and then become food for other monsters.

So over the years, goblin tribes can be seen everywhere, but goblin tribal alliances rarely appear. The legendary "Goblin Khan" who can integrate several goblin alliances and eventually build a prototype of a country is always just a legend.

It's like rabbits. It's said that rabbits have much stronger reproductive capacity than goblins, but who is afraid of rabbits in groups?

After a wave of arrows, the goblin tribe panicked, and the fully armed soldiers were already shouting various slogans and killing with weapons in hand.

Most of them used long weapons, such as spears, forks, and knives... all with long handles. This type of weapon can effectively keep distance and maximize the advantages of their equipment.

These professional soldiers are strong and wear heavy armor. It is difficult for the goblins' weapons to hurt them, but the weapons in their hands can always really injure the goblins. As soon as the two sides fought, several goblins fell down in a mess, and the number of injured exceeded 20.

Not only that, not far behind these soldiers, archers were pouring arrows crazily. These skilled archers used bows and crossbows of different lengths, and almost three to four arrows could hit an enemy. From time to time, goblins were suddenly hit by an arrow, and many of them were directly hit in the vitals and fell on the spot.

This good start made Baron Dahl very satisfied, and then he saw an even more satisfying scene.

The twelve priests of the Church of the Void Mask, led by the priest, formed a square formation with arrows and charged into the goblin tribe.

The arrow was naturally the strong and bear-like holy warrior. He wielded the great sword with both hands, like an axe, and chopped down the goblins one by one. Even those goblin warriors who were wearing simple leather armor and stronger than ordinary goblins were like wooden stakes in front of him, and had no power to fight back.

The other holy warriors who followed him were not as powerful as him, but their strength was not bad. They waved various weapons and knocked down the goblins one after another. Unlike those professional soldiers, they had much more combat experience and much stronger strength. Even if the goblins they knocked down did not die on the spot, they completely lost the strength to fight again.

At the same time, the two mid-level rangers started shooting arrows from time to time. Their targets were the goblin archers who also held bows and arrows, or the goblin hunters who were holding short spears and ready to throw.

Their archery skills were much better than those of Baron Dahl's archers, and their bows were more powerful. In particular, they were all cast with auxiliary spells by the priest, making their arrows sharper and more powerful.

So every time they shot an arrow, a goblin archer or goblin hunter would fall down, and their arrows never missed.

After a while, the group arrived at a place not far from the two adjacent tents in the center of the goblin tribe.

At this time, the leader of the goblin tribe, the chieftain and the shaman, finally appeared.

The goblin chieftain was a guy who looked like a goblin. He was even taller than an ordinary person. He was covered in thick leather and held a huge wooden stick. He looked extremely ferocious.

As soon as he jumped out of the tent, he let out an angry roar. Hearing his roar, the goblins, who were originally in a panic, quickly regained their morale and gathered towards him in a mess, as if they were going to form a battle formation.

As for the goblin shaman, the guy hiding in the corner was old and thin, and looked malnourished. He had many bone ornaments hanging on his body, especially the staff in his hand, which was even more creepy - it was connected to a human skull with a long leg bone. There were still faint bloodstains on the leg bone and the skull. I don’t know what kind of evil and terrifying means were used to make them.

It didn’t make any sound, but just touched the staff and looked at everyone grimly. But as long as it was swept by its eyes, no matter how strong the soldiers were, they couldn’t help but shudder, and the fighting movements slowed down.

Faced with these two dangerous enemies, the clergy temporarily stopped and prepared for a major battle.