Golden Dragon: Six Thousand Years of Empire.

Chapter 293 The Race Disdained by the Gods

"Your Majesty, please look. This is the strongest individual weapon sold by those goblins."

The warlock rubbed his palms with an awkward smile on his face, and introduced the giant mechanical structure that exuded a pungent smell to the dragon sitting on the glorious throne.

"The goblins call it the Warstomper III, and you might think it looks a bit crude and crude.

But with the firearms carried by the War Tramplers, even a weak goblin operating it can fight against a gold-level warrior in a short period of time. Its role on the battlefield, under special circumstances, can exceed that of a fully armed squad of heavy knights..."

Noah stared at the mechanical creation in front of him, which revealed a sense of shoddy workmanship in every aspect. It was an all-terrain combat mecha with four mechanical legs, two mechanical arms, and a large number of firearm launching units, barely having a semi-human form.

Not to mention how crudely made this creature named War Trampler was, Noah also saw a lot of wooden structures on it. This thing is not made entirely of metal.

I don’t know whether those greenskins were too poor or too stingy, or maybe both.

All in all, when Noah first saw this creation that embodied the wisdom of the goblins, he was quite speechless, because he could not feel any of the mechanical beauty that he expected.

To put it bluntly, this thing is just like a piece of junk pieced together from some usable materials found in a garbage dump.

Because the two robotic arms with the same functions are made of different materials, and no two of the four robotic legs are the same, it can still maintain balance and move.

The most ridiculous thing is that the so-called War Tramplers are a series with different models. We have to admit that those greenskins are quite something.

"The strongest weapons that the goblins sell to others, does that mean that the weapons they use themselves are even stronger?"

Although Noah felt that the warlock in front of him was a bunch of junk brought back from the Goblin City hundreds of thousands of miles away in terms of appearance, structure, function and smell, Noah still had a keen eye and found the advantages in it.

This War Ripper has no magic or elemental fluctuations from top to bottom, and not a single decent magical material is used on it. The most expensive material is probably the main frame made of fine steel.

Noah estimated that it was because the materials used were too inferior, so the upper limit of this thing was that it could only fight against a shining gold for a short period of time. After a while, it would be torn into garbage.

However, using confrontation might be a bit humiliating for a transcendent at the Radiant Gold level. The reason why it would take time is probably because it would take a while for a transcendent at this level to dismantle this garbage.

Even so, this individual weapon made by the goblins also has advantages that cannot be ignored. The first is that its cost is low enough. After all, the materials used are all garbage. The cost is here, so how high can the cost be?

Secondly, the requirements for the driver are not high. If goblins can drive it, then ordinary mortals with a little training should be able to do it as well.

Finally, this pile of junk belongs to a series of products. Once a production line is set up, it can be mass-produced in large batches.

"Yes, Your Majesty. The strongest individual weapon used by the goblins is called the War Ripper Type V. It has a record of killing a golden knight head-on on the battlefield."

The sorcerer, who was originally talking incessantly and eloquently, heard Noah's question and quickly answered.

"You didn't bring back this type of individual weapon?"

Noah really wanted to see the limits of the creation of the goblins in the west, but when he heard his question, the warlock who was introducing the goblins froze and then answered haltingly,
"The Ripper Type 5 is a series that is not for sale to the public. I can't buy it..."

"Can't buy it? So you haven't thought of bringing it back in other ways?"

Jin Long looked at the sorcerer in front of him with a strange look in his eyes. He didn't expect that among that group of bastards, there could be a person with such pure thoughts.

"Your Majesty, those goblins have loaded bombs into all weapons and equipment that are not for sale. If they are not obtained through legitimate means, they will explode after leaving the restricted area. I don't know the principle behind it, so I dare not plunder it at will."

The warlock fell to his knees and explained hastily that it was not that he was conservative, but that the goblins were so good at playing with bombs that he did not dare to move without knowing the principle.

"So, how much do you know about those goblins?"

Noah put aside the barely acceptable excuse for the moment and turned to ask about the goblins' origins.

Goblins are a very special race. In the eyes of most ordinary people, goblins are low-level monsters like goblins and kobolds, and their average combat power is at the bottom among low-level monsters.

Special variants of goblins, such as bear goblins, mountain goblins, etc., have a place among low-level monsters. As for higher-level monsters, these variant goblins cannot squeeze in.

But this is not the most special thing about goblins. What makes goblins different from all monsters is that they have a huge head that is completely disproportionate to their frail bodies.

As monsters, such a body structure makes goblins uncompetitive in the wild, but as intelligent creatures, goblins' huge brain capacity gives them extraordinary intelligence.

Therefore, there is an extremely rare variant of the goblins, or rather, it is not a variant, but just shows the appearance that the goblin race should have.

Urban goblins integrate into the humanoid civilization and become city residents, engaging in professions that require high intelligence such as businessmen or inventors, or serving as servants and butlers of some nobles with special hobbies.

This is the most special thing about goblins. They are the only race among all monsters in the wild that can enter human civilization as an intelligent species.

Because the original goblins were one of the founders of civilization. This is the description of goblins that Noah, the ancestor dragon, found in his most ancient memory.

This is information that many people find unbelievable, but it is true. The goblins once built an extremely glorious civilization. They did not study magic, did not delve into fighting spirit, and did not have any supernatural powers, but they were still able to change the world and destroy the civilization of the plane.

Unfortunately, the goblin civilization has long been lost, the ancient empire has long collapsed, and now most of the remaining goblins have become monsters in the wilderness to be slaughtered by anyone. Even the goblins that still retain their wisdom have forgotten their past glory.

"They are a group of greedy, violent, ignorant and extremely arrogant people."

The warlock, who had personally witnessed the goblins building a city-state in the West and recommended them to Noah, had no positive comments at all about these greenskins.

"It seems your trip to the West was not very smooth."

Noah didn't care about these comments. He had already seen the many firearms that the sorcerer brought from the West.

Those weapons that do not have a trace of supernatural power can cause quite serious damage to low-level professionals. Some of the powerful ones can even pose a fatal threat to professionals below the Glory Gold level.

Therefore, Noah is now very interested in the green-skinned goblins in the west. In Noah's opinion, these goblins are limited by the materials, so the weapons they make are of limited power.

If he could provide higher quality materials, then combined with their wild creativity, they would be able to create equipment with greater lethality. Most importantly, the clothing requirements for these equipment would be low enough.

"What price do you think I need to pay to recruit all these goblins and use them for my own purposes?" Noah asked bluntly.

"Do you want to recruit all the goblins in that city-state?"

The warlock was a little surprised.

"Something is not allowed?"

"Your Majesty, you only need to recruit goblin engineers. Even in that city-state, most goblins are still only capable of repetitive and tedious hard labor. These goblins are not worth recruiting."

The warlock gave advice in an earnest tone.

"In the goblin city-state you visited, how many goblins were there, and how many engineers were there?"

Noah did not comment on this suggestion, but continued to ask.

"There are more than 500,000 goblins living in that city-state, but among them, there are less than 300 goblins who have obtained the title of engineer."

"Then I want to know, does a goblin engineer have the title of engineer and the corresponding knowledge from the moment he is born?"

Noah asked the question whose answer was obvious.

"Of course not. Every goblin engineer not only needs to master a lot of knowledge, but also needs to demonstrate and learn in practice. Many engineer apprentices died in the process of learning because of studying explosives."

The warlock was stunned, and then quickly replied, because he had understood the difference in thinking between himself and the Holy Dragon. According to his idea, he only needed to pay a large sum of money to recruit some of the goblin engineers. As for the goblins in that city-state who were of no help to His Majesty the Holy Dragon, there was no need to pay attention to them.

But His Majesty the Holy Dragon not only wants current goblin engineers, but also future engineers, so His Majesty chose to recruit the entire goblin city-state.

"In that case, why shouldn't I recruit future engineers as well?"

"As you wish, my lord!"

The warlock bowed deeply.

"So, what price do I need to pay to own that goblin city-state?"

Noah asked again.

"It doesn't require any price. All it takes is a war, a war that makes the goblins desperate. Then you can possess the city-states built by the goblins and their loyalty."

The warlock answered without hesitation.

If you just want to recruit some engineers, you can just spend money, but if you want the entire city-state to surrender and be loyal to you and let them serve you for generations.

Then war is indispensable. Loyalty gained by the temptation of money and interests will one day be betrayed by greater interests. Only death and despair can achieve true conquest.

"Which Chapter do you need?"

Noah asked bluntly.

The Golden Dragon didn't care whether attacking the western city-states without any prerequisites would bring any accusations, because no one would care about the goblins.

Today's goblins have basically been kicked out of the ranks of intelligent races, which is not much better than the Shahuagin who were expelled from the ranks of intelligent races because they were loved by bronze dragons.

Although goblins are a truly intelligent race, their identity as an intelligent species is only recognized in very limited areas. In most areas, goblins are still regarded as low-level monsters.

Even in cities where goblins are allowed to live, they have no social status. They are only slightly better than slaves, and most goblins are even worse than slaves.

The most important thing is that goblins do not worship any gods. Most goblins, even if they are not apostates, are not much stronger than apostates for long.

This is a race hated by the gods, and their devout prayers will not receive any response from the gods.

"I don't need any warband. I just need you to send some cloud giants to assist me, and I can conquer that goblin city-state for you."

"Cloud giant? Sure."

Noah then remembered that there were still a not-so-small number of Cloud Giants under his command. It was not that Noah deliberately ignored their existence, but under the threat of his nephew who had the blood of a Titan living next door, training Cloud Giants was indeed quite risky.

The Titans' call for the giants was unquestionable. Noah did not want to verify at all whether the Cloud Giants' emphasis on the spirit of contract could surpass their admiration and yearning for the Titans.

Despite such hidden dangers, Urnos has so far still followed his ancestral teachings and has not accepted the allegiance of any cloud giant.

Because the Augustus family cannot guarantee the stable inheritance of the Titan bloodline, it also means that there is no guarantee that the Cloud Giant can always protect the Augustus family. Once there is a generation gap, the result will be unpredictable.

"Please wait patiently. I will present the Goblin City-State to you within a year!"

In fact, within less than a year, facing hundreds of cloud giants who could walk on the clouds, most of the weapons developed by the goblins lost their effectiveness.

The airships they built were shot down one after another, and the war series of weapons they were proud of were as fragile as building blocks in the face of the power of the giants.

"We failed!"

Standing on the steel wall covered with oil and smelling of rust, an old goblin, whose clothes looked no different from those of other greenskins, looked up at the giant standing above the clouds and casting thunder on the earth, and sighed.

"No, we have not failed. As long as we can continue to persevere and wait until we can create the Giant God Soldier..."

"Stop dreaming. With the resources we have now, it is impossible to create a real Giant God Soldier. Not to mention that what we got is just a broken blueprint. Our wisdom is not enough to repair the blueprint. Surrender!"

(End of this chapter)