Forests Don't Support Idle Goblins

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Sharl knew that there were elephants in the forest. These huge creatures would patrol the forest along fixed routes, and when they arrived at a place they remembered, they would linger in that area for a long time until the lead elephant took the initiative to lead the herd to the next location.

When Charles had hunted with his men before, he had observed elephants from a distance using binoculars. He discovered that these creatures lived in large herds, protecting their calves within the group and constantly keeping watch over their surroundings.

As for why Sharl wanted to observe these elephants, it was mainly because that guy with the red eyes suggested hunting an elephant, which would be enough to feed the tribe for a long time.

Of course, if elephants were carnivorous, Shire felt that the goblins he had brought with him probably wouldn't even be enough to fill the herd's teeth.

"Where did you see the elephant?" Ciel brought Broken Tooth back to the stone house, intending to ask him in detail. However, he only asked in a perfunctory manner. Broken Tooth had just described the elephant as very big, and Ciel thought that even a goblin would probably think that the elephant was like a small mountain.

Ciel was more interested in the action of breaking his tooth than in that.

"In..." Duan Ya gestured a few times, then looked around, finally settling on a direction, "I saw it in the direction the sun is rising."

"That's to the east," Charles nodded. "By the way, how were you darting around in the shadows just now?"

"They are very big," Broken Tooth said, not answering Charles's question, but emphasizing it again.

"Hmm, hmm, I know elephants are big," Charles waved his hand, "I was asking about your actions just now."

He gestured, indicating the actions before the tooth broke, "I've never seen you jump directly from one shadow to another before. You always crawl out of one shadow and then jump into another. How can you teleport directly between two shadows like that?"

"I... I don't know, I just suddenly got it." Broken Tooth looked blankly at his hands and body. He hadn't quite understood what the chief had said, but he immediately added, "Elephant, a very big one."

"Very large, I know very large," Charles completely ignored his subordinate's words. He was now more interested in how Broken Tooth had learned to teleport between shadows. If he could do that, he could remain invisible in the shadows indefinitely, as long as there were a few shadows nearby or no one was using magic to detect invisibility. This made him an excellent candidate for intelligence gathering. "If Broken Tooth were to learn Common Tongue, he could be sent directly to Goat Horn Town or Black Lion City."

He looked his subordinate up and down, his scrutinizing gaze making Broken Tooth feel somewhat uncomfortable. He unconsciously gripped his trousers, appearing very reserved.

"Why are you so nervous? I'm not going to do anything to you," Charles said with a smirk. "Could it be because of the [Blessing of the God of Battle and Glory] I chose earlier? That ability does make it easier for my subordinates to learn various skills, but I didn't expect it to produce results so quickly."

"Very big," Broken Tooth muttered again. Charles nodded impatiently, "Okay, very big, I understand."

He waved his hand, preparing to let the broken tusk leave. If the elephant herd was about to approach his clearing, he could simply have the centaurs drive them away, or throw a few foul-smelling spore balls. Elephants are very sensitive creatures and would definitely turn and run away.

The broken tooth showed no sign of leaving, instead standing still, slightly twisting its body. Its movement made Charles frown. "What's wrong with you? Are your hemorrhoids acting up again?"

"Chief, the elephant is really big, very big." This time, Broken Tooth even said a lot more words, which was completely different from his usual way of speaking.

"Is it big?" Charles stared at his subordinate who was nodding rapidly, and had to take the information he was given seriously. "Alright, I'll go with you to see what kind of elephant it is, and how big it is."

He took Broken Tooth with him and went to call the centaur girl Evita, in case they suddenly encountered a herd of elephants and had no way to deal with it. The reason he went with Broken Tooth was more to see his subordinate's new abilities so that he could make better plans for the future.

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"This God of War's blessing works pretty quickly," Charles said, sitting on the back of a worker ant and watching Broken Tooth darting around. He had tied a small flag to Broken Tooth so that the flag would be visible on the surface of the shadow after Broken Tooth sank into it.

To Charles's surprise, as Broken Tooth darted about among the shadows, the little flag would appear here and there. He deduced that Broken Tooth was teleporting directly in the shadows, which was why the little flag was jumping around in the shadows.

As the flag moved, Sharl deduced that Broken Tooth's leaps in the shadows wouldn't be very far, and his speed was about the same as a goblin running at full speed.

"It seems that as long as Broken Tooth is careful, it is indeed difficult for him to be discovered," Charles said, leaning on the Ant Saddle and thinking about what to do next. "As long as we prepare supplies for him, we might be able to send him directly into the Feathered Serpent Kingdom to scout. Anyway, those guys speak the Earth Language, and it seems that this kind of shadow jumping is without any sound or noise."

"However, we need to train Broken Tooth in math beforehand, but forget about drawing," he rubbed his cheek. "After this matter with the Feathered Serpent Kingdom is over, we'll find a way to strengthen his Common Tongue."

If Broken Tooth can infiltrate the Feathered Serpent Goblin Kingdom, he can definitely calculate approximately how many people they have, how many petrified lizards they have, and what their specific combat abilities are like. In particular, the Feathered Serpent—the previous captives all said they hadn't seen that evil god much. I wonder if we could risk going to see it and learn something about the specifics.

Just as Charles was pondering his next move, he suddenly noticed that the little flag on Broken Tooth's back had stopped moving. Then he felt the ants beneath him also stop and seem to be slowly retreating.

"Hmm?" He frowned as he looked at the worker ants, but before he could even exchange words with them, he felt the ground tremble slightly.

"Is this an earthquake?" Charles muttered to himself, but he immediately realized what had happened: "A herd of elephants that can cause such a massive earthquake?"

He looked around warily, while Evita, fully armed beside him, watched him silently, her eyes full of vigilance.

"Crack, crack," came the sound of branches and trunks being broken from ahead. Just as Charles was about to take out his binoculars to check the situation, he saw wisps of black smoke rising from behind the tree canopy ahead.

"What's that? A monster?"