Chapter 96 Pre-Battle Deployment
Chapter 96 Pre-Battle Deployment
In the goblin camp, Kiki was squatting next to a bunch of clone terminals, holding a rune carving knife and quickly carving something.
Those terminals were all hastily split off by Ian yesterday.
The smallest kind, each one consumes 1% of Ian's maximum magic power. He made twenty in one go, which used up 20% of his magic power.
Qiqi inscribed runes on each of her clones.
After carving one, she tossed it aside. Gugu, who was squatting nearby, immediately caught it and carefully placed it in the basket.
"Twenty, that's it!" Kiki stood up, clapped her hands, her face covered in rune ink stains.
Ian hopped over and looked at the pile of clones.
Twenty small jellies, each engraved with silver-white runes, glowed faintly in the twilight.
"Who are these for?"
Kiki pointed to Gugu and the group of goblins behind him.
"them.
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Ian looked at Guwa.
Gugu puffed out its chest: "Sir! We guarantee we'll complete the mission!"
The goblins were very friendly, but the more Ian looked at them, the more uneasy he felt.
"Find someone with a bright mind to be in charge. Each terminal needs to correspond to at least three goblins. If anything happens to the front one, the back one should immediately take its place!"
Let the goblin activate the veins using the terminal.
The idea was mine, but now, looking at these green-skinned bastards, I suddenly have some doubts.
Can goblins shoulder this heavy responsibility?
"Come closer," Ian called to Gugu.
Gugu moved closer.
Ian controlled a clone to jump in front of him.
"Do you see this rune?"
Gugu nodded.
"When the demonic tide arrives tomorrow, you will stand in your assigned positions. We plan to build three temporary defensive lines, corresponding to the defensive lines on the east, west, and south sides respectively."
Ian pointed to the runes on the clone terminal.
"Each slime terminal has two rune buttons, and each one corresponds to a different spell. I won't go into the details; you'll find out by trying them out yourselves later."
"Oh, I almost forgot!" Ian pointed to a red rune on the edge of the terminal, "There's one more crucial one."
"This type is very dangerous. Press it, and [Dragon Flame] will be activated. Flames will engulf that area; only the activation point is safe."
Gugu paused, then asked, "Won't we get burned?"
Ian: "No. It's spreading outwards, but the central area is safe. Just be careful not to wander outwards."
He breathed a sigh of relief.
Ian looked at him: "Got it?"
Gugu nodded: "I've got it!"
Ian then looked at the other goblins.
The group of green-skinned kids were gathered in a circle, staring curiously at the basket of terminals; some had already reached out to grab them.
"Everyone, come here."
The goblins lined up in a row, and if it weren't for their striking green skin, they would have looked like a group of elementary school students lining up.
Ian instructed Gugu to distribute the terminals one by one.
"One for each of you. Take it carefully, whoever loses it is doomed, understand?"
The goblins immediately treated the terminal like a precious relic, afraid of losing it.
"Now, follow Gugu, everyone take your place, and stand there tomorrow, listening to Gugu's instructions."
The goblins looked at each other.
"How should I give commands?"
"Don't embarrass yourself here!" Googo slapped the goblin who asked the question on the back of the head. "I'll tell you which one to press, and you press that one. Got it?"
"Got it!"
Ian looked at the group of green-skinned bastards and had no idea what to do.
But no way.
There is a shortage of manpower.
At night, the Dragon Territory was brightly lit.
At the Tauren camp, Angry Horn was assigning tasks.
"You guys are in charge of the east side. Send thirty more to the west side. The rest of you will follow me and guard the front." Angry Horn pointed to the makeshift cement walls that had just been built around the Dragon Territory. "When the monsters rush in, don't fight them head-on. Lure them towards the pre-set traps."
The minotaurs responded in unison, their voices deafening.
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While both sides were making pre-battle preparations, the Tauren made Ian feel particularly at ease.
While the minotaurs are indeed slow to understand things, this actually means that Ian's plans will be executed without any compromise.
Of course, it could also be because—the three-meter-tall size of the minotaur makes people feel incredibly secure!
Compared to them, the goblins, with their thin arms and legs, are practically just little green skeletons.
The vampire retinue dispersed, each taking charge of a section of the defensive line.
Lilith disappeared into the night. She had gone to scout the edge of the forest to report on the monsters' movements.
On the Crystal Spider's side, Iris became unusually serious. She had her people lay spider webs along the wall—not ordinary spider webs, but magical ones that smaller monsters could hardly escape from.
"Minions, weave tighter," she lazily commanded. "Once the demonic tide recedes, those trapped monsters will be our food."
The little spiders spun silk frantically, weaving at breakneck speed.
On the rabbit-people's side, Rongrong is organizing logistics.
The elderly and children were moved deeper into the dragon's lair. It was the safest place there; Vivian's lingering aura could scare away most monsters. The younger rabbit-people were responsible for carrying supplies.
The goblin area is the most lively.
Gugu, with dozens of "artillerymen," squatted near the veins, training them over and over again.
"Mud play group, get ready! Three, two, one, press!"
Twenty goblins pressed the terminal together.
Plots of land turned into swamps, and the front of the entire defense line, extending for a hundred or two meters, looked like a swamp.
"Spiked Ground! Press!"
Immediately afterwards, countless earth spikes suddenly emerged from the sinking, soft mud!
A moment later, as the magic dissipated, the spikes slowly sank into the swamp.
"Come on, barbecue team! Get the earthen wall ready—raise it!"
A large expanse of earthen walls rose from the ground, instantly forming cages.
"Excellent! Dragon Flame, prepare! All of you, keep your distance! Burn!"
Immediately following was a sea of fire rising up, carrying with it the might of dragons, which made some goblins' legs go weak.
But suddenly, another earthen wall rose up amidst that sea of fire.
—A goblin accidentally pressed the wrong button and was kicked away by the goblin.
"You can't even tell the difference between red and green buttons?!"
The goblin protested, "I pressed the red button!"
GuGu pointed to the runes on the terminal: "This is red! You just pressed green!"
The goblin looked down and pointed to the rune on the earthen wall: "Huh? I think this is the red one?"
Gugu asked helplessly, "What color are you?"
"Red, huh? Speaking of which, I've never understood why people call me Greenskin!" the goblin said matter-of-factly.
There are even red-green colorblind goblins?
GuGu covered her face: "Then press the buttons in reverse order!"
Ian, from a distance, secretly monitored the goblins' training through his clone.
Surprisingly, the goblins were quite in sync; perhaps militarized management really does have some effect?
Gugu should have sent that colorblind kid to the artillery group. Anyway, the runes for Dragon Flame and Fireball are both red, just one big and one small.
Immediately afterwards, Ian saw the goblins unleash three consecutive rounds of fireballs—
This feeling—
Great! Very energetic!