I have a Human Emperor's Banner; I'll start by educating the goblins.

Luo Qi noted down the two addresses of the third-tier female mage and casually tossed the scroll into the burning flames in the goblin's lair.

"Let's go. This quest is considered complete without our involvement. We should head to the Adventurers' Guild in Greenwood City to pick up the next quest, and while we're at it, we should also recruit our third teammate."

Miss Scout did not comment on Luo Qi's actions.

They simply followed the humans ahead quietly.

Greenwood is located west of Riverdale, about a three-day walk for an average person.

Both Loki and Dorothy are spiritually awakened superhumans, whose speed and endurance far surpass those of ordinary people. They arrived in the city in just one night and half a day.

Compared to River Valley, this city is enormous.

The city wall, about 100 meters high, gleamed with a jade-like luster. Facing the wall directly was like admiring a vertical hill.

The city walls were covered with vines, their blood-red flowers adding color to the walls, but Luo Qi clearly sensed a threat from these vines—these vines were obviously a type of city defense equipment.

"Can these vines strangle and kill? Or do they unleash magic? Or secrete aggressive substances?"

Luo Qi couldn't guess what the vines' effects were from their appearance.

However, he reasonably suspects that these vines can absorb the blood of their enemies to make themselves more aggressive.

The unusual plants surrounding Greenwood City are not just vines; outside the city walls stand giant trees that are hundreds of meters high, with colorful flowers and grasses growing beneath them.

These giant trees also radiated a spiritual light; they were clearly a group of extraordinary beings.

Even though Luo Qi came from the real world and had visited many impressive buildings, she still couldn't help but gasp in amazement upon seeing the unique features of this fantasy world.

These spectacular buildings made Luo Qi realize once again the immense power of the extraordinary forces within this world.

Have to admit,

Once the extraordinary abilities in this world reach an advanced stage, the level of productivity they can achieve is even higher than the level of productivity achieved through technological means in the real world.

However, extraordinary power is often concentrated in the hands of a few people, and these few people do not have much need for others who do not possess extraordinary power.

Therefore, this kind of productivity, such as extraordinary abilities, did not have a significant impact on the lower classes.

Despite their already exceptionally high productivity, the living conditions of the lower classes remained much like those in medieval Europe.

What's better than the Middle Ages is that, because of the existence of gods, ordinary people, with the support of the church guided by the gods, still have a chance to survive, and won't die at the hands of strangers for no reason...

Of course, this judgment is not comprehensive. All the churches that Luo Qi has come into contact with now believe in gods who are biased towards justice.

In the realm of worshipping evil gods, the influence of the deities may even be negative, and the people there may be even worse off than ordinary people in medieval Europe.

Luo Qi followed the flow of people and vehicles into the city, where caravans pulled by different camels crowded the city gates.

Upon entering the outermost city gate, the first thing that catches the eye is the carriage and horse procession on both sides of the gate.

Some areas of Greenwood City prohibit the entry of camel-like animals with low intelligence, so a considerable number of people place their camel-like animals in the carriage and horse stables after entering the city.

The diverse array of camel-like animals broadened Luo Qi's horizons.

The largest number of cattle and horses, the most ferocious-looking monitor lizards, the enormous chocobos... at the entrance of the largest carriage and horse shop, there were even two wyverns over twenty meters long lying there.

Their ferocious appearance speaks volumes about their power to outsiders.

Although they are not true dragons, they are definitely extremely cool mounts. Even Emperor Luo Qi was a little envious and secretly decided that when he became successful, he would definitely prepare to have a carriage pulled by nine real dragons of different colors.

However, Luo Qi was very self-aware. He knew very well that even he and all the subjects in the Emperor's Banner combined could not defeat these two two-legged dragons.

He needs to keep a low profile now.

After passing the carriage and horse station, there are rows of commercial streets.

The camel-like beasts entered, pulling different goods, and left, pulling other goods as well.

"Finding an adventurer in such a big city seems a bit difficult!" The scout quietly pulled up her hood to cover her ears and then discreetly hid behind Luo Qi.

The proportion of orcs in this city is extremely small, and rabbit-people like her are very likely to attract strange looks.

"Let's go to the Adventurers' Guild first. Even if we can't find that female knight, we can still accept some quests from the Adventurers' Guild."

"Hmm, Mr. Loki has so much energy." Miss Scout yawned, her voice sounding a little tired. "We haven't rested in ages! Shouldn't we find a hotel first?"

"Doesn't the Adventurers' Guild provide accommodation?" Luo Qi said with a smile. "Don't worry about the room rate; we just need to take on more quests..."

Adventurers' Guild.

As soon as Luo Qi entered, she heard a burst of laughter.

"Lyan is here again. When will this guy realize that goblins are worthless? We can make money by killing goblins, but the real reason is that we don't need to invest resources in goblins at all!" a burly adventurer shouted.

"Raising goblins... Doesn't this idiot worry about his own family being ruined by those green dwarfs he raises?"

"Hahaha, I bet this guy would love to do that! That way he can raise more goblins and won't have to buy ewes from the shepherd anymore."

"What an idiot! Goblins reproduce and develop quickly, but that's only compared to humans. How much slower do lambs reproduce? Goblins can provide all the materials that goblins can provide. Humans can't eat goblin meat, but they can eat lamb. Using ewes to breed goblins—I really don't know what he was thinking!"

"Yes, even if you really want to raise some intelligent beings, you can raise some ratmen. These petite beastmen are very popular in Pleasure Street."

……

Luo Qi's gaze followed the mocking voice to a young figure below the bulletin board.

This person paid no attention to the noise around him, but just glanced at the commissions related to goblins and occasionally scribbled in the small notebook he had brought.

This "farmer" was quite shrewd; he sought business opportunities within the commissioned tasks.

"Goblin farming? That's quite interesting..."

Luo Qi became somewhat interested.

Big cities are more exciting. Not long after arriving in the big city of this other world, he encountered a project that he couldn't help but want to invest in.

The Emperor's Banner can only educate intelligent beings.

The goblin barely managed to stay on the line and become a subject of the Emperor's Banner. Loki has been working hard to educate the goblin these past few days.

But now he can only educate goblins by completing commissions.

This is slow.

Moreover, it is very unstable.

Completing a mission with great effort only tames a hundred or so goblins, while the missions commissioned by adventurers are somewhat cumbersome and consume a lot of time on the road.

If goblin breeding technology could truly be developed, wouldn't the Emperor's Banner be able to civilize goblin subjects on a large scale?!

With hundreds of thousands of goblin subjects gathered in the banner, what fear could they possibly have of even a third-tier powerhouse?

"Perhaps it's necessary to learn some goblin breeding techniques from this person."

"what?"

Seeing Loki's expression, Dorothy couldn't help but advise, "Mr. Loki, as some adventurers have said, sheep, which weigh about the same as goblins, are a superior alternative to goblin farming. Whether from a cost or other perspective, the cost of raising a goblin is about the same as raising a sheep, but a sheep can be sold for much more copper coins than a goblin."

There are goblin commissions in the Adventurers' Guild, and adventurers can profit by hunting goblins, but this does not mean that raising goblins will be profitable.

Normally, if someone can make money by raising goblins, then that person can also make money by raising other animals.

"I understand that."

Luo Qi smiled and said, "But goblins still have their own advantages compared to sheep. For example, they have a more powerful soul."

After a brief thought.

Luo Qi walked to the bottom of the bulletin board, and while recording the goblin-related tasks, asked:

"Are you looking for quests that involve purchasing goblin materials?"

At first, the young man seemed not to have heard the question, until Luo Qi approached him and repeated it twice more, at which point the young man turned his head and pointed to himself.

Are you talking to me?

"Of course, it seems that no one else here would be so interested in goblins, except for you and me."

Loki lied, "However, there should be a difference between you and me. What I pursue is to exterminate all goblins and make this race a thing of the past, while what you pursue is merely to profit from goblins."

His true purpose was to educate the goblins using the Emperor's Banner, but this purpose was not something that could be revealed to outsiders.

In this world overseen by the gods, wearing multiple masks can make one feel more at ease.

This persona, dedicated to eliminating all goblins, could garner support from many orthodox churches.

"Hmm."

The young man stroked his chin: "That's not entirely wrong. Now that you've come to me, are you prepared to stand on your moral high ground and mock me, a person blinded by greed?"

"Of course not." Luo Qi smiled slightly.

He continued, "I've always believed that simply having adventurers complete quests to kill goblins is completely ineffective. If we want to exterminate this species, at least at the racial level, the best way is to find their value and make those who have the ability to hunt them want to hunt them."

This can't really be considered a complete hoax.

The main reason why Luo Qi is so obsessed with hunting goblins is that he can gain a lot of benefits from it, which is a strong driving force.

"That's quite a novel idea. Just like you said, because goblins are so worthless, many adventurers are completely unwilling to waste their time killing them."

The young man agreed, saying, "If goblins could really become expensive, perhaps adventurers would wipe out all the wild goblins."

At this moment, the two had unknowingly arrived at a corner of the Adventurers' Guild.

The crowd below the bulletin board, hearing the conversation between the two, thought they were both crazy.

How to make goblins more valuable?

How many years has this monster existed? If it could really become more valuable, would people need to bring it up now?

However, Luo Qi was just bluffing, and the young man didn't care much about what others said. At this moment, the two, who had different purposes, seemed to have met a kindred spirit and could clearly understand the meaning in each other's words.

"According to this viewpoint, what you and I want to do right now is actually the same thing?"

The young man introduced himself: "My name is Ryan Lister. As you can see, I am a shepherd and also a druid."

"Then, Mr. Ryan, could you tell me what parts of your goblins you can't sell?" Loki asked. "In order to eradicate the goblin species, I've developed quite a few uses for them."

"In fact, most parts of a goblin can be used, whether it's leather, flesh, or even bones, they can be used to fertilize the land."

Ryan said, "Now I'm looking for more efficient ways to use it."

The druid thought for a moment and added, "Right now, the most expensive thing about goblins is their kidneys."

"Some pharmacists have developed a way to use this material to make delayed ejaculation drugs. Although these drugs have relatively dangerous side effects, such as the possibility of goblinization with long-term use, some elderly people do not need to worry about this at all. In fact, that is when older people need these drugs the most."

"By selling this material, the money I lost on feed has already covered my other income. If I find other ways to utilize it, making a profit will not be a problem."

"In fact, I've already seen a glimmer of hope from one of the quests, and if I'm not mistaken, goblin skins will become much more valuable next."

Luo Qi was somewhat surprised.

It turns out this guy might actually be making money by raising goblins.

Luo Qi recalled all the goblin-related tasks on the bulletin board and finally remembered a special task: capture a goblin. The requirements were that the goblin be alive and in good condition, and its skin should not be damaged.

—The person who commissioned that mission was an armor maker.

Armorers primarily seek out goblins for their skin. After processing goblin leather and layering it, the defense becomes quite good. While it's only considered low-grade among leather armors, it's still a bit stronger than armored clothing.

This armor, made from goblin skin, also has a jungle camouflage effect.

However, the armor maker only needs goblin skins and doesn't care whether the goblins live or die.

"So, this craftsman has a special way of utilizing goblins?"