Green Monster Epic

Chapter 444: A Minor Interlude

“It seems it can only go this far!!”

In mid-air, Kirill, leading the group of wilderness powerhouses, looked down at the city filled with smoke and regretfully said.

“……”

Everyone was silent. At least the most important goal of the plan had been achieved, which was to ensure that the negotiations between the Church of Nature and the Drow would be shattered.

The 9 legendary Drow powerhouses who remained at Coldwind Post, after the wilderness powerhouse team paid the price of 2 deaths and everyone being injured, finally killed 5 of them on the spot. Among the remaining 4 who escaped, 2 had their hands and feet severed and their internal organs injured. Even if they had legendary-level divine magic to grow a new arm, they probably wouldn't be able to possess complete combat power in a short period of time.

Especially the death of Maeve, the backbone of the surface settlement faction, was perhaps a more painful psychological blow for these Drow who came to the wilderness alone than the loss of strength. These things might slowly become apparent in the subsequent battles.

“Everyone, take a rest. After the followers of the Dark Maiden are ready, we will cover them and evacuate together!”

Although they had the upper hand, the situation was not necessarily more favorable for Allen and his group. After all, this was already Drow territory. The number of Drow and vassals and slaves stationed and living in the city exceeded 500,000. It wasn't something that could be reversed with the advantage of just a few legendary powerhouses.

Not to mention that the main force of the Drow Legion in Bonn City, more than a thousand miles to the south, would definitely send elite troops to aid them after learning of the crisis at Coldwind Post. It would be wishful thinking to occupy Coldwind Post with just the thousands of followers of Tyde.

After hearing this, Allen and Eric exchanged a glance, simultaneously retracted their auras, and landed on the ground. At the same time as Allen and the others made their move, the other legendary figures also plunged down, each searching for a target, preparing to make a fortune.

Anyway, Coldwind Post was no longer the territory of the wilderness ally, Raven's Claw. Since everyone had come all this way, they naturally couldn't return empty-handed.

Allen's goal was very clear, which was the ruins of the Drow Temple in the city that had been ravaged countless times and had long become a ruin.

The surprise attack came too suddenly, and the Drow had not been building this temple for long. The internal defenses were not very strong, so in this legendary battle, the temple's defense system only resisted the first wave of attacks and then collapsed.

At this time, all that could be seen were ruins and rubble, with large and small stones piled up like mountains, burying everything inside the temple. It would not be easy to clear it in a short period of time. However, in the eyes of Allen and Eric, this ruin was a treasure waiting to be discovered, depending on whether the goddess of luck favored them and allowed them to unearth enough wealth in the limited time.

There were naturally many places in Coldwind Post that were more valuable than the temple, such as the huge gray-white city lord's fortress in the center of the city, where probably most of the wealth of the Drow who invaded the wilderness was stored.

Of course, it would be a delusion to attack the city lord's mansion with just two people. Allen and Eric were not so insane. Moreover, Allen and the others didn't have much time. With Kirill and several other temple powerhouses helping, the Dark Maiden's team of thousands should be able to complete the preparations for evacuation soon.

The temple ruins at least possessed one thing that Allen needed most, which was various books and knowledge inheritance. In Allen's eyes, these were far more valuable than those glittering trinkets.

The Bone Cleaver transformed back into a digging tool. With the rich experience and skills that Allen had honed over decades of opening mountains, countless flying stones were thrown towards the outside of the main building, stirring up a cloud of dust. Picking, stabbing, flicking, patting… Wherever Allen faced, no object could stop his movements, and soon a pile of wooden debris was cleared out.

He carefully lifted the broken wooden planks, but inside was just a pile of ceramic utensils of little value. One could vaguely feel the gorgeous and complex patterns when it was complete, but now it was just useless garbage.

“Actually, the place you are excavating now should be the temple's living area…”

Eric dodged Allen's carelessly thrown stones from afar, and watched his excited movements, somewhat speechless.

Most temple buildings under the command of various gods have commonalities. For example, temples pursue grandeur and splendor, and need to have sculptures of the true faces of the gods projecting into the material world, etc. Although it is impossible to be identical in many subtle aspects, the general area division, the design of the main and branch halls, etc., even with a pile of broken rubble, based on the scattered patterns and decorations on the stones, and Eric's experience of living in the Church of Spring for half his life, Eric could roughly distinguish the true core area in these ruins.

“Then where do you say I should dig?”

Allen looked at Eric expectantly. His tribe was small and his business was small, and he especially needed various precious knowledge to enrich the tribe's heritage.

It was rare to have such a scavenging experience. With their Drow status and accumulation, if Allen and the others found the core of the temple, the harvest would probably not be less than the wealth of the several legendary figures they killed.

“……Um, I think there should be good things in the ruins a hundred meters ahead.”

Eric flew up more than ten meters high, looked down from the sky, and said seriously.

“Okay, if we really dig up good things, we'll share them together!!”

Allen immediately put on a bright smile when he heard this.

To be honest, although Eric and his group only took away a part of the inheritance prepared for the revival of the Church of Spring, it was far more than the knowledge reserves of Allen's entire tribe. The only thing lacking was probably a stable source of funds. These years after settling in Green Lake Town, it had indeed brought some convenience to the residents of Green Lake Town. As long as someone agreed with Eric's ideas and walked with him, then they would also have the opportunity to access the various inheritances and knowledge that Eric brought from the Church of Spring.

Allen took in the other party in the first place because he valued the inheritance of the other party. Now that they were not stingy with Allen's clansmen, it did make Allen feel that it was worth it. Although Eric and the others' thoughts and ideas were very different from the contemporary Fayman civilization, the wilderness was inclusive enough, and even the Oak Church did not have too many opinions on Eric and the others' spreading of faith.

“Okay!”

Eric nodded politely, expressing his agreement. He didn't mind the members of the Tan Ding Society having one more option to improve themselves and learn knowledge. If they really dug up useful treasures and inheritances, he, Eric, would also have a share of the credit.

While Allen and the others were working hard, a black shadow fell from the sky. The vigilant Allen and Eric immediately looked up, their eyes coldly casting over.

“Hey, you two, such a large place, I'm afraid you two won't be able to handle it for a while. Do you mind if I join in?”

What fell from the sky was Zani, a mid-level legendary powerhouse from the Ittila Stoneblind Barbarian tribe, who was Allen's temporary teammate this time. A greedy look flowed in his eyes as he talked to Allen and the others.

The Stoneblind Barbarians, a race that could be considered a minority among the wilderness races. They were born blind but could accurately judge the surrounding environment and enemies with their keen sense of smell and hearing. At the same time, their intuition was also exceptionally keen. Often in times of crisis, their bodies would take action one step ahead of their minds, completing self-rescue movements.

However, because of their innate defects, it was far more difficult for this race to survive in daily hunting and adventure than other races. Under the natural law of survival of the fittest, the existence of the Stoneblind Barbarians gradually became scarce, and the space for survival was compressed step by step by other races. Many small settlements could only struggle in the barren mountains or dark caves.

But it was such a race that still had great perseverance and chosen people, who established and developed a powerful tribe, the only tribe that had obtained the status of a member of the Wilderness Alliance - Ittila.

The Zani in front of him was naturally not the ancestor who first established the Ittila tribe, but the descendants passed down for thousands of years.

“Everything has a first come, first served basis. Since we were the first to start on this ruin, then regardless of whether there will be a harvest in the end, you have to wait until we give up before you can intervene.”

If it weren't for the fact that the two sides were allies, Allen would never have spoken so kindly, but even if he said words of refusal at this time, they were actually full of ice.

“Or, should I go take a look over there?”

Zani's eyes turned gray in an instant, but he continued to pester patiently. Those who could think of the temple ruins as a target like Allen and the others would naturally not be fools, so how could they be willing to give up easily?

“Is what I said not clear enough?”

Allen's tone became increasingly cold. His right hand reached behind him and the Bone Cleaver, which had been stored in the dimensional bag, appeared in his hand with a whoosh.

Eric on the other side reacted at the same time. The exquisite and sharp one-handed sword was directly unsheathed, his eyes staring fixedly at the ugly face without pupils in front of him.

“Hmph!!”

Seeing Allen and the others' attitude, Zani understood that this time's plan had failed. He snorted coldly at the corner of his mouth, glared at Allen and the others with gloomy eyes, and then reluctantly rose into the air again.

It wasn't until the other party's figure disappeared into other corners of the city that Allen put away the Bone Cleaver and returned to the act of scavenging.

Eric's expression was somewhat worried. Looking at the other party's expression when he left, Allen had probably offended this narrow-minded guy in this matter.

“Will this guy cause trouble for us in the future?”

“I'm waiting for him!!”

With the prosperity of the tribe, it was no longer possible to hide one's strength and bide one's time. After reaching a certain stage, as the leader, Allen had to show a more assertive attitude, otherwise other powerful tribes would always think that he was easy to bully, and would make various difficulties in secret or even openly.

Now, the Greenwood tribe might not be enough to challenge the Ittila Stoneblind Barbarian tribe, but at least in terms of self-preservation, Allen believed that there was no problem. With him and Eric sitting in the Greenwood tribe, although it couldn't be said to be an impregnable fortress, any large tribe that wanted to provoke the Greenwood tribe would have to think twice.