The Death List Novel - Chapter 13

Chapter 13 First Elder’s Suggestion
Grand Elder Goblin gasped slightly as he struggled to move his fat body. He took a sip of tea and leaned back against the couch to rest.

Its son Gerd, who was also the current Patriarch of the Lulu Clan, hurriedly pulled a blanket over the old man and glared at the prisoners angrily.

Goblin’s lifespan was only about one-third of that of humans. His father was already more than forty years old, so it could be said that he was an extremely long-lived Goblin. However, the lamp had already run out of oil, and it could die at any time. Today, the prisoners had forced him to say so many words, consuming a lot of his energy.

However, Gerd understood why Old Goblin treated the prisoners so leniently. The reason was that there was a Fairy floating city in the Red Gobi Continent.

Floating cities are very polite to preparing for the apostles, but there are some differences in details. After all, the floating cities in the shattered starry sky belonged to all kinds of intelligent races, including the gentle elves, the capricious elemental lifeforms, the brutal Giant Demons, and so on. Not every preparatory apostle would immediately agree to be the first to take over their own floating city.

The more similar the race of the floating city and the prospective apostles are, the closer their world outlook and values are, and the higher their identity towards the floating city will be in the future. Even if this apostle grew stronger in the future, he would treat the first city to receive him as his second hometown. Such apostles are the most popular and best-provided basic amenities in all floating cities.

Although humans and the elves were not considered to be of the same race, their concepts and forms were extremely similar, and they were already considered to be very ideal recipients. After all, floating cities were sometimes difficult to find an apostle after years, and they were almost invincible and impeccable.

Once the twelve alien humans were sent to the Fairy Race’s floating city, the Lulu Race would receive an extremely generous reward. Including the other harvests from the Otherworldly Base and all the savings the Lulu Race had accumulated over the past few decades, it was highly possible for them to achieve the ultimate dream of all the “scavenger” tribes.

That was to allow some of the outstanding children in the tribe to obtain the right to officially settle in the floating city. Floating cities were small kingdoms built by intelligent races that dominated the ruling class. There were also many weak subordinate races.

However, the vassal races did not have the right to officially settle down. They could only temporarily enter the floating cities and receive short-term shelter in the event of a major catastrophe.

The vassal races who had received official residency quotas must have made outstanding contributions to the floating cities. This is a kind of equal citizenship, floating cities have the responsibility to provide these members with a series of survival rights, such as maintenance, education, residence, work and so on. Their children will also be directly granted the right of formal residence after birth.

It could be said that after obtaining a certain amount of official settlement rights in the floating city, they would obtain the spark of the continuation of their race’s inheritance. For a scavenger tribe like the Lulu Clan, this was indeed an ultimate dream.

Of course, the Lulu Clan could completely ignore these preparatory apostles’ thoughts and forcefully imprison them, selling them to the Fairy Floating City like slaves. After all, the twelve preparatory apostles in front of Gerd were most likely annihilated during the previous missions, and none of them could survive.

However, if one of the twelve human apostles grew up and harbored hatred towards the Lulu Clan, the result would not be what the Lulu Clan wanted to see. With great difficulty, he obtained the right of abode. Perhaps all of those members would be assassinated by the apostles.

This was also the main reason why Grand Elder Goblin would personally answer the prisoners’ questions regardless of the danger of death. The Lulu Clan, like the floating cities, gambled on the future, the untapped potential of these apostles.

After obtaining the answer he wanted, the prisoners were completely silent. The atmosphere in the big tent was somewhat strange.

From the bottom of their hearts, the prisoners didn’t have anything to live on. If they wanted to survive, they had to obtain the help of the indigenous races. Otherwise, they wouldn’t even be able to walk out of the Red Gobi, let alone an unknown alien mission in the future. However, these ferocious death row inmates were a bit unwilling to be sold as goods.

“I know that the honored guests are dissatisfied, but believe me, old man, the Fairy Floating City is your best choice. As long as everyone is willing to go to the Floating City, the Lulu Clan is willing to apologize to each honored guest and compensate them greatly afterwards.”

After the prisoners digested the previous information, Grand Elder Goblin opened his eyes again and slowly said, “These compensation will allow you to merge into this world faster and be ready to carry out the mission in another world …”

The prisoners exchanged glances, and Grand Elder Goblin’s final suggestion finally moved them. Although these Goblins had decided their fate without permission, it was still beneficial to their survival. If you can still take care of everyone’s self-esteem and face, then there’s no harm in obeying their arrangements.

“Can we make our own choices about compensation? For example: your weapons and motorcycles!” Hansen’s low voice rang out from the prisoner.

“Of course, but in order to ensure everyone’s safety, weapons and motorcycles can only be delivered in front of the floating city.” Grand Elder Goblin finally smiled. “Other compensation can be paid immediately. The world’s currency, food, fresh water, and even the special minerals of the Red Gobi …”

“Elder, those minerals” Ge De was shocked and stood up.

“Gerd, shut up! No matter how valuable the minerals are, the key is to let the distinguished guests see our sincerity!” Old Goblin grinned and said with a meaningful smile, “You can choose from weapons, motorcycles, minerals, and everything in the Lulu camp. If the honored guests need servants, the Lulu can even provide a few young and beautiful female clansmen …”

After coming out of Grand Elder Goblin’s tent, the prisoners seemed as if they were living another life. They quietly spread out and walked towards their own tent. The amount of information they received tonight was too much, and they needed to digest it properly. Grand Elder Goblin seemed to know that they needed some time to think, so he told them to look for him alone tomorrow for compensation.

After Qin Lun and the others returned to their tents, they quickly found a corner to rest in. However, from the other two’s occasional slight movements, Qin Lun knew that they could not fall asleep like him.

Floating in the city, apostles, foreign missions, continental wars … All sorts of dazzling thoughts roamed through his mind. It wasn’t until the dead of night that Qin Lun slowly entered his dreams.

…

“Big Brother” A soft and misty call seemed to come from outside the sky. Qin Lun’s entire body trembled and he suddenly opened his eyes. He sat up straight from his sleep and immediately discovered that Lin Feng and Xiaolian had already woken up and were discussing in a low voice.

“Did you call me just now?” Qin Lun asked with an ugly expression.

“No! What’s wrong?” Lin Feng and Xiaolian looked at him at a loss.

“Nothing!” Qin Lun’s expression softened slightly as he shook his head forcefully, as if he wanted to throw something out of his head.

“This … Boss Qin Lun, what compensation do you think we should get?” Lin Feng asked carefully.

“What would you like?” Qin Lun turned to look at the playboy.

“I want one of their trumpets. Perhaps it will be good for us to carry out that alien mission in the future. Do you think it’s alright?” Lin Feng asked with a shy face.

Qin Lun narrowed his eyes and looked at Lin Feng with a faint smile. Playboy’s mentality was very easy to see. After entering the floating city, everyone’s survival was guaranteed to a certain extent. Young people no longer had to rely on the situation to kill demons. To be able to have a weapon to defend oneself, one’s heart would feel much more at ease.

“It’s up to you. I won’t interfere!” Qin Lun’s eyes lit up as he shrugged his shoulders and smiled warmly.

“Thank you, boss. I’m going to find the Grand Elder of Goblin!” Lin Feng was overjoyed. He quickly got out of the tent and disappeared in front of the other two.

Idiot! Looking at Lin Feng’s back, a cold smile appeared on Qin Lun’s face. However, after turning around, his face became gentle again and he asked Xiaolian, “What about you? What do you want from Goblin?”

“I… I don’t know!” Xiaolian pouted, his baby fat face drooping unhappily, looking very listless. “If I really can’t go back to our world, I want to stay with you!”

“Aren’t you afraid that Joey will hurt you?” Qin Lun raised his eyebrows and looked at the nurse in surprise.

“I’m afraid! However, I don’t want to be alone!” Xiaolian nodded with a sad expression. Suddenly, his eyes lit up as if he remembered something. “At most, when you transform, remind me to give me time to run away!”

“It’s not up to me!” Qin Lun’s gaze softened as he whispered, “If you haven’t thought of any compensation, I can give you a piece of advice. Don’t choose weapons and motorcycles, and don’t want the currency of this world. Go ask Goblin for something unique to them!”

“Are you referring to their ores?” Xiaolian asked curiously.

“Not necessarily ores, as long as they are unique to Goblin …” Qin Lun smiled, the smile on his face making people feel as if they were bathed in spring breeze.

“Alright, then … I’ll go now!” Xiaolian hesitated for a moment before leaving.

Qin Lun smiled faintly. There was food and fresh water from Goblin in the tent. The food was still like mashed potatoes. It seemed like these Goblin menus weren’t very rich. After washing his face, Qin Lun did not rush out the door. He sat on the ground and slowly filled his stomach.

During this time, Lin Feng and Xiaolian had both returned from the outside. Lin Feng rubbed his hands and his face was filled with uncontrollable excitement. It seemed that he had gotten what he wanted. Xiaolian could not see any expression on his face, but the two pockets of the white coat were stuffed to the brim, and he did not know what was inside.

Qin Lun opened the tent and looked up at the sky. Feeling that it was almost time, he went out to the tent where Grand Elder Goblin lived.

Last night, Grand Elder Goblin asked them to find it alone for compensation, not only to give them time to think, but also for a deeper purpose.

After Qin Lun returned to the tent and thought carefully, he finally realized that this old fellow had always held the right to speak last night.

Although the prisoners were eager to learn more about this world, they still had four murderers with unstable mental states. The old fellow was able to use only his words to prevent the murderers from raising any doubts.

How interesting! A smile flashed in Qin Lun’s eyes. Under the gaze of the Goblin Guards, he opened the curtains of the tent …