The next morning, Feng Chou took back the Bat Pet. After canceling the contract, he signed a new contract with the Pet of the Eagle.
He went downstairs for breakfast, bought some dried meat, left the tavern, and left the town through the north gate.
Feng Chou had long thought about how to deal with the traitor Hogan.
The reason he accepted the mission to exterminate the goblins was related to a plan he came up with to deal with Hogan.
Goblins were the easiest intelligent race to deal with in the wilderness.
Among all the races in the wilderness, goblins were the most intelligent. Many people believed that goblins were as smart as humans.
But sometimes, being smart was not a good thing. Smart creatures were often more selfish, more cunning, and less courageous. In the wilderness, most of the time, savagery was more useful than intelligence.
Goblins were such creatures. Compared to gnolls, their individual strength was weaker, and they were too smart. All of them were selfish and cunning. They could only fight battles that were favorable to them. When the enemy was slightly stronger, they would collapse and run for their lives.
Goblins' basic physical fitness was worse than humans. Their average height was almost 30 centimeters shorter than humans, and their weight was only two-thirds of a human's. Even if they were trained as warriors, their ceiling was much lower than that of humans.
It was not difficult for humans to reach level three after proper warrior training. If they worked hard, most people could reach level four.
Goblins needed very hard training to reach level three, and to reach level four, they needed the support of outstanding talent.
But if you underestimated goblins because of these disadvantages, you would one day fail miserably.
Being smart was not a bad thing.
Goblins were one of the most common wild creatures that mercenaries suffered losses in the wilderness.
If you were to attack an unprepared goblin camp, it was normal to see them collapse and run for their lives.
But if the goblins had their eyes on you, or if you let the goblins know you were coming, they would be prepared. Then, you would find that there was a surprise waiting for you.
Ambushes in the middle of the night, traps, luring the enemy into unfavorable terrain, and then closing the door to attack … Goblins could do all these tactics that humans could do.
Goblins could also tame wild creatures that were stronger than themselves as fighters, such as wolves. They could even tame the terrifying Troll.
Some gnome tribes with legacies were even able to create simple flintlocks.
It was important to be cautious when dealing with creatures like the Goblins that had a high upper limit and a low lower limit.
Feng Chou recalled the information about the Gnomes in his mind as he walked through the fields and entered the forest.
After entering the forest, Feng Chou was not in a hurry to complete the quest. He released his Pet of the Eagle from the Tower of Cosmos and ordered it to scout the surroundings of Amborite.
Goshawk flew around the edge of the Amborite forest. Then, it expanded its radius and flew half a circle around the territory. When it reached the Northwest Territory and was close to the forest of Veron Ridge, it suddenly changed its route and flew in a small circle.
Feng Chou, who was walking through the forest, also stopped at the same time, a look of pleasant surprise appearing on his face.
Goshawk circled the area a few times before flapping its wings and flying towards Feng Chou.
After recalling the Pet of the Eagle, Feng Chou continued to move towards the location of his quest.
Feng Chou's Pet of the Eagle had already investigated the Gnome's camp when it was circling around the territory.
His luck seemed to be pretty good today. He didn't run into any trouble during this mission. It was just a small tribe of less than twenty goblins. They had dug a few holes in a dense bush not far from the edge of the forest to hide.
Feng Chou activated the Invisible Ring not far from the Gnome's hole.
Hiding in the bushes, Feng Chou let Qiankun Pagoda open a few Spatial Portals at the exits of the Gnome's hole and quietly waited for his prey.
He spent the whole afternoon storing all the Gnomes in the hole into the Tower of Cosmos.
Next, Feng Chou left the bushes and followed the edge of the forest to the northwest corner of the territory.
He hid himself at the edge of the forest and let Qiankun Pagoda open a Dimensional Portal towards the farmland outside the forest. Then, a group of Gnomes, who had been frightened by the illusion of the Tower of Cosmos, rushed into the farmland in front of the stunned farmers.
This group of frightened Gnomes scurried around the farmland and trampled many crops before escaping back into the forest.
After doing all this, Feng Chou quietly left the scene of the crime and followed the edge of the forest back to the place where he had captured the Gnomes. He left the forest from there and went through the small path in the fields to return to Amborite.
The next morning, Feng Chou arrived at the mercenary guild hall on the third floor of the Red Lion. He was very satisfied to see a new mission in the mission announcement. "Investigate the incident of Gnomes trampling wheat fields in the Northwest Territory!"
Feng Chou accepted this mission without hesitation.
After accepting this mission, Feng Chou and the Union staff argued for a long time about whether or not the fact that there were no goblin corpses in his previous mission, and that there were only pictures of empty goblins as evidence, could prove that he had completed the mission.
Without key evidence, the guild would of course not agree that he had completed the mission. Under the furious refusal of the staff, Feng Chou resentfully left the guild.
After leaving the guild hall, Feng Chou directly left the Red Lion. The Red Lion did not serve breakfast.
After buying a loaf of white bread from a bakery not far away for breakfast, Feng Chou left the town through the north gate and went straight to the Northwest Territory.
In the northwest of the territory, Feng Chou pretended to visit a few farmers who were working in the fields, and then went into the forest.
After entering the forest, Feng Chou released the Pet of the Eagle. Under the guidance of Qiankun Pagoda, he went straight to the place where the Pet of the Eagle had been hovering the day before.
With the Pet of the Eagle carrying Qiankun Pagoda to scout ahead, Feng Chou let go of his footsteps and boldly ran all the way. After an hour, he had already gone more than 30 kilometers into the forest. This place was already far away from the radiation range of human territory. It was already the world of wild creatures.
At this time, under the guidance of Qiankun Pagoda, Feng Chou activated the Invisible Ring and slowed down his pace.
Qiankun Pagoda told him that the destination was not far away.
Under the guidance of Qiankun Pagoda, Feng Chou quickly found traces of goblin activity nearby.
Feng Chou was not at all surprised by these discoveries because his destination today was a large goblin camp.
Among the goblins' footprints were huge wolf paw prints.
These were the paw prints of a Warg.
A Warg was a large wolf-like creature. Their size was similar to a horse. They had a fierce temperament and were very intelligent. They could be domesticated by beastmen or goblins and other highly intelligent wild creatures into livestock. Not only could they help the goblins hunt, but they could also be used as mounts. They could easily carry the light weight of the goblins.
This was a level 5 wild beast. When these wild beasts and goblins formed a wolf cavalry, even human knights would find it difficult to deal with them.
Generally speaking, once a goblin tribe reached a certain size, they would domesticate Wargs.