Chapter 71: The Mysterious Goblin Village

Not long after, the remaining eight members of the Wild Wolf Mercenaries ran away in one breath.

The bald man gritted his teeth and said, “F*ck! I didn’t expect this girl to be so troublesome and strong!”

“Yeah, boss. Not only did we fail to get the beauty, but we even left that little bastard behind. How will we explain this to the leader later?”

“We finally found that little b*stard this month for which we could have taken credit for. Maybe the boss would have even rewarded us. Now, we’ll be punished instead!”

“Forget it. At most, we’ll be scolded by the regiment commander. It’s already lucky that we’re still alive this time, so don’t think too much about it. Who would have thought that this girl would become so fierce?” A long-faced man said with cold sweat on his head.

He really couldn’t understand why the advantage he had just had suddenly turned into a disadvantage?

However, the long-faced man’s words immediately attracted the attention of the pock-faced man beside him.

His eyes rolled and he said randomly, “Boss, how do you think this girl suddenly became so fierce? Did she take some kind of medicine?”

The pockmarked man’s words immediately alerted their boss.

The reason was that, in this world where magic was gradually fading, no one could just gain strength out of thin air for no reason. Either there was a seal in their body or they had taken some magic potion. However, no matter which one it was, it would cause a huge side effect on their body!

In other words, the strength of the girl just now could not be sustained. It was even possible that if they could hold on for a while longer, the girl would surrender to them.

The more the bald man thought about it, the more likely he felt it was. However, he could not figure out where she was at the moment, so he gave a conservative order.

“What you said is very possible, but we can’t go back now. We have to inform the leader first and ask all the members of the Wild Wolf Mercenaries to take action together. This is the safest option!”

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Then, there was Lilian’s side.

After chasing the members of the Wild Wolf Mercenaries away, the nervousness in Lilian’s eyes instantly disappeared.

At the same time, she turned off the button on the back of the necklace, allowing the spiritual energy sealed in the necklace to be withdrawn.

Very quickly, in less than three seconds, the spiritual energy in her body rapidly weakened. At the same time, her entire body was covered in a cold sweat, as if she had just been fished out of a river.

Earlier, she had forcibly strengthened herself with the spiritual power that was sealed in the necklace. The spiritual power sealed in the necklace did not belong to her, so a large amount of weakness would result after using it.

Soon after, Lilian put her hand on her forehead, staggered, and almost fell down.

“Ah! Sister, are you okay?” The dwarf mage who had been rescued saw that Lilian was about to fall down and immediately went forward to catch her.

Thanks to his help, Lilian did not fall to the ground.

“I’m fine, but how did you get caught by those evil people?”

As soon as Lilian had finished speaking, the little gnome immediately knelt before her and said in a childish voice, “Sister, I beg you, please save us. All these years, those evil people have been harming my people, and even… sob sob sob…”

As if he had remembered something sad, the little gnome began to cry sadly.

Hearing his voice, Lilian’s heart softened. Without a word, she tried to help him to stand up.

However, this gnome was different from the previous gnomes that Lilian had come into contact with.

In the past, gnomes were all cunning and ugly. However, this gnome in front of her, although his face was equally ugly, was not cunning. Instead, he had a unique tenacity and kindness!

“Sister, I beg you to save my clansmen. If you don’t save them, I… I really don’t know who else could help our clansmen. If you can help us, my clansmen will definitely repay you in the future…”

After saying this, the little gnome bowed to Lilian.

During the battle with the Wild Wolf mercenary group, this gnome captive had kindly reminded Lilian. He had already shown the kindness in his heart. Right now, he was kneeling on the ground and begging Lilian for help. This instantly caused Lilian’s heart to ache slightly.

“Please get up quickly. I’ll go to meet with your people first. What do you think?”

After Lilian said that, she looked in Mike’s direction. Mike needed a good rest at the moment. Moreover, her task was to explore the surrounding environment. In addition, she was also very curious as to why the gnome was dressed like a mage.

Anyway, she was just going to take a look. If there were any problems, she could just come back.

With that in mind, Lilian made up her mind to go and check out the situation with the gnome first.

When he heard Lilian’s words, the gnome’s eyes filled with joy. He quickly wiped the tears at the corner of his eyes away and nodded vigorously.

Then, the both of them walked towards a small path.

Along the way, the gnome also opened his mouth to introduce his situation.

It turned out that this gnome’s name was Phyllis Caro. This name surprised Lilian a little, because Phyllis was a feminine name, and in any race, an individual with a surname was usually not a simple character. This did not seem to fit with the image of the lowly and terrifying goblins.

Moreover, from the time their entire race was born until now, they had always lived here without ever going out of the area, and neither had they come into contact with other people. After all, in the Andes Mountains, there were extremely powerful Fierce Beasts in this area. However, due to certain reasons, the forest village that he lived in prevented the Fierce Beasts from getting close. As a result, the terrifying Fierce Beasts in the Andes Mountains had become an obstacle that prevented them from leaving. At the same time, the people outside the Andes mountains were also unable to enter because of these powerful Fierce Beasts.

The Wild Wolf Mercenaries had mysteriously appeared in this village more than ten years ago. They seemed to be familiar with everything here. After coming to this village, they wanted to use the blood of the gnomes to refine a secret technique. Therefore, they had imprisoned all these gnomes, and every once in a while, they would start the secret technique refinement ceremony.

Under Phyllis’s description, the two of them turned around a mountain and arrived at a hidden jungle. They were a small tribe in the jungle, and there were not many gnomes in the tribe. There were only a few dozen people in succession.

At the entrance of the tribe, two older gnomes were standing there. Their faces were filled with the vicissitudes of time and helplessness as if they had been destroyed by time.

“Grandpa, Grandma.” Phyllis saw the two elders at the village entrance and immediately shouted happily.

At the same time, she shouted and quickly rushed into the arms of the two old people.

Hearing Phyllis’voice, the two old gnomes were obviously stunned for a moment, thinking that they were dreaming. Only when they felt the warmth in their arms did they cry in surprise.

The scene in front of them immediately made Lilian feel extremely surprised.

What was going on?

According to the knowledge of everyone in the Irish Empire, gnomes had an extremely strong reproductive ability. At the same time, their lifespans were also extremely short. They usually only had two generations and lived in subterranean caves.

The scene in front of her had completely overturned her understanding of gnomes.

It was rare for a gnome to live in a jungle tribe. Moreover, their reproduction ability was not high and their lifespans were relatively long.

Could it be that the gnomes here had mutated? Had they become a new species?

Of course, the most important thing was whether this area had anything to do with the Trial of Hell.

Lilian did not think that the Trial of Wind and Thunder would just randomly bring them to an unknown place.

“Phyllis, my good child, why are you here?” One of the elder gnomes asked happily, although his voice had a tinge of worry.

“It was that beautiful big sister who saved me from those bad guys.” Phyllis turned around from their arms to point at Lilian who was behind her.

As soon as he said that, all the gnomes in the village immediately turned their eyes to Lilian who was standing nearby. Their eyes were filled with gratitude. Then, Phyllis’s grandfather took a step toward her and bowed deeply to Lilian. He spoke with extremely grateful words, “Thank you, miss. I really don’t know how to thank you. I’m the village chief here. My name is Cartier.”

“It’s alright. I just did it casually.” Lilian smiled.

However, she was interrupted before she could finish her sentence.

The clansmen behind Cartier said angrily, “Hmph, Village Chief, don’t be fooled by her. Humans love to pretend. Surely you know that the members of the Wild Wolf mercenary group are all humans!”

“That’s right. You humans are extremely evil. Every month, you snatch our village chief’s children for a blood sacrifice. You’re a complete demon!!”

“Get lost, our tribe doesn’t welcome you!”

Hearing the disgruntled tone of his clansmen, Cartier’s expression immediately turned solemn.

This person had saved his granddaughter out of kindness, yet they hadn’t even shown the most basic etiquette. Instead, they were already angry at him. What kind of words was this?

Although the members of the Wild Wolf mercenary group were also humans, they couldn’t be prejudiced against their savior just because she was also a human!

After all, there even were good and bad gnomes in their village!

“Enough! Don’t you think it’s too much to question her kindness?”

“That’s right, big sister is here to help us drive away the bad guys. Don’t you dare talk about her like that!” Phyllis also said in a low voice, her tone unquestionably stern.

However, just as she finished speaking, the surprised gazes of her tribesmen focused completely on Lilian.

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