I led the Goblin Culture to victory.

Chapter 170 Taking Over the Knights' Territory

Just past noon, the sun began to set in the west from its zenith.

Outside the stone wall at the northern end of the Valos Knights' territory, about three hundred meters away behind a thicket of bushes, Li Moss and a group of goblins were resting against a tree trunk.

Snapped.

Zi'an put the saint down.

"Ah. Be gentle."

Haki started groaning as soon as he was put on the ground.

"call--"

Zi'an took a few deep breaths to calm himself down.

She reached out and grabbed Hagi Saint's shoulder, shaking him.

"Yesterday when we were chasing those people, I carried you! I didn't even complain! You just walked back by yourself! And now I'm carrying you here again! And you're still complaining!"

"Oh oh oh oh oh ah ah ah it hurts ah ah ah oh oh—"

Hagi Saint let out a low howl as he was shaken.

"Alright, Zian. Eat something and drink some water to recover your strength."

Li Mosi watched as the goblins placed the water jug ​​on the ground, then opened the bag containing smoked meat, and told Zian to stop.

Zi'an felt relieved.

She picked up a kettle and poured water upside down.

"Hiss~"

Hagi Saint twisted his body and looked up at Zi An.

"Who carries people like you carry things? Do you think I'm made of wood?"

After such a bumpy ride, she felt like she was about to fall apart!

"Quiet down, don't attract attention."

Li Mosi reached out and covered Hagi Saint's mouth.

"Hmm!"

He ignored Haki Saint's complaints, took a couple of sips of water, and started eating meat.

Smoked meat is very salty and not suitable for eating on its own under normal circumstances.

But they need to replenish their salt now, so it's not bad as dry rations.

Seeing that he had started eating, the goblins also picked up the smoked meat and began to gnaw on it.

"Oh, it smells so good."

"It's different from regular meat."

Since no enemy appeared, they treated this trip as a picnic.

"Hah—hiccup~"

After finishing his water, Zi'an grabbed a handful of smoked meat.

As she ate, she peeked out from behind the tree and looked at the stone wall to the south.

"Chew, chew, chew, hmm?"

Then she made a questioning sound.

Li Mosi looked at Zi'an.

"What's wrong?"

"Hmm?"

Hagi Saint also looked over.

"Wow?"

"What is it?"

"I didn't hear you."

"I can't smell it."

The goblins became alert, but they found nothing.

"Gulp~ No."

Zi'an looked at Li Mosi, who swallowed the meat in her mouth before speaking.

"I remember there should have been soldiers standing on the wooden platform behind that wall, but I can't see them now."

"Rest first."

Li Mosi waved for her to sit down.

"Let me take a look."

As he spoke, he opened the [Leshan Water] map.

"OK."

Zi'an sat down next to him and focused on eating the smoked meat.

This craftsman is using unknown magic again!

The saintess watched as Li Mosi looked at a certain spot in the sky again, and she knew exactly what he was doing.

Guh~~

But she was hungry too!

Li Mosi looked at the map.

Upon reaching this distance, a new area of ​​view opens up to the south on the map.

Last time, he stopped about a kilometer away from the wall, so his vision only extended to the stone wall before stopping.

But this time he could see what was behind the wall.

Behind the wall was an ordinary-looking manor.

This territory slopes from north to south, resembling a soup pot with the bottom facing south and the opening facing north.

It should be the territory of the escaped Valos knight.

Two wide, marked dirt roads, one horizontal and one vertical, intersect in a cross shape in the manor. Scattered on both sides of the dirt roads are many thatched-roof houses where commoners live, and small paths extend from the houses to the fields.

Wheat seedlings grow in the strip of fields on the southeast side, while the strip of fields on the northeast side are overgrown with weeds due to fallowing.

The fields on the southwest side contain a small amount of wheat and a large amount of beans, vegetables and other crops, while the northwest side to the west consists of pastures, wasteland and woodland.

Li Mosi glanced at the buildings and then ignored them.

His gaze was drawn to the massive and conspicuous complex of buildings at the northernmost edge of the territory, right next to the west side of the vertical dirt road.

This should be the main residence of Knight Valos.

This building is less a residence and more a combination of a residence and a castle.

At the north end of the main house is a wooden tower that is close to the stone wall, which should be the one Zian just mentioned.

To the south of the tower is a wooden house that occupies an area about eight times larger than a typical dwelling; this should be the true main residence.

To the south of the wooden house was a large open space where many weapons were laid out, like a regular training ground.

On the east side of the open space were several mud houses connected together, their purpose unknown, somewhat resembling the dwellings of ordinary people.

To the west of the open space are three long stables.

On the south side of the open space are earthen houses similar to those on the east side.

The complex is surrounded by wooden walls on the southeast, west and north sides, and connected to a stone wall on the north side.

Strangely, there are no points of light here.

He clearly tried to track down the fleeing knight.

How could it not be there?

Even if you're hiding inside a building, you should still be in a certain state of mind.

He tried to zoom out of the map and stop tracking Valos's trail.

[Human traces discovered (old)]

[Human tracks discovered (New)!]

……

[Human tracks discovered (New)!]

[Human pathways discovered (new)!]

……

[Human pathways discovered (new)!]

Suddenly, countless notifications popped up in the manor, marking out a dense array of light dots.

A few of these lights remained inside the houses of ordinary people, most were in the woodland to the west, and there were only two inside the main house!

"Um?"

What's going on?

"Master, what did you find?"

Zian, who was only half full, suddenly came over.

"What did you see?"

The saintess had long since broken free from Li Mosi's grasp.

Without looking up, Li Moss said, "There are only two people in the main house: an old man I don't recognize and the goblin that was kidnapped. There's no trace of Knight Valos in the entire manor. And there's definitely no one on the watchtower either."

"what?"

The saintess's voice suddenly rose several octaves.

They won't have run away, will they?

"Craftsman, quickly check how many livestock we have."

This is indeed a crucial question.

Li Mosi had already seen it.

He is looking at more detailed data.

"The donkeys are gone, and the villagers are grazing with hundreds of pigs in the western woodlands. There are also six packhorses, forty-odd cattle, and hundreds of sheep on the pastures. The horses are gone too!"

"That damned thief! He must have abandoned the territory and run away!"

The saintess stood up abruptly, her voice trembling with excitement.

Snapped.

Zi'an pressed it down for her.

"What's the rush? We can't catch up with you if you run away."

"No, haven't you thought it through yet?"

The saintess gritted her teeth, on the verge of tears.

"For him to abandon his territory and flee, there must be something of greater value than the territory itself..."

"That's news about you (me)!"

Li Moss raised his head and, at the same time as Hagi Saint, reached the same conclusion.

He had already reviewed the situation in the three knightly territories.

Just as Zwan said, the Valos Knights Territory was in the middle, the Tufate Knights Territory to the east was a terrain that was low in the northeast and high in the southwest, while the Matica Knights Territory to the west was a large flat area.

The three knightly districts are very similar in size and layout, only the specific functional areas are different, and even the main house is exactly the same as a copy-paste.

"right!"

The saintess and Li Mosi looked at each other.

"This is the territory of the Kingdom of Snow. He wants to tell the Papacy that they will definitely go to the Holy Burning Cathedral near the Snow Kingdom, which he knows!"

Zi'an also became nervous.

"What would happen?"

She didn't know what those two words Haki Saint said meant, but they sounded terrible.

The master and disciple both looked at Hagi Saint.

A moment of silence fell over the room.

The saint shouted, "The archbishop over there is against me!"

You only just told me something this important?

Li Mosi is completely baffled.

"And I have even worse news."

Under the astonished gazes of Zi'an and the Saintess, he continued to speak.

"The horses of the Tufate Knights and the Matica Knights are gone. The main house is completely empty."

The saintess didn't understand.

"Where is it worse?"

Li Mosi looked at her like she was an idiot.

"This is affecting our ability to get through the winter."

No matter how bad her situation was, could it be more important than the approaching winter?

Does this craftsman really not care at all?!

"Hey! You! No!"

Li Moss covered Hagi Saint's mouth and turned to look at the clever boy.

"Let's go back to the tribe."

The group returned to the tribe at night.

Li Mosi told Zi Yi about the situation, and Zi Yi called out everyone except the overseers and prisoners.

The group, carrying enough fresh horse meat to last three days, entered the Valos Knights' territory under the cover of night.

As dawn broke, they finally saw once again the stone wall that separated human territory from the ruins of the divine war.

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