Mercenaries and Adventurers

Pushing a trolley and carrying all kinds of tools into the depths of the southern forest, Zhao Ji scouted around where he was staying and felt that this place was more suitable as a place to set up traps.

He finally selected a place with tall trees and began to prepare traps.

Regarding the traps for killing goblins, he didn't consider those small traps that can only kill a single person. He felt that since it was chasing against hundreds of goblins that might exist, that one trap had to fight against more goblins at a time. Lin Caixing.

Looking at the tall trees around him, Zhao Ji felt that the power generated by these trees when they fell should be able to effectively kill multiple goblins. However, these tall trees need to undergo some special lethal transformation.

Remove the redundant branches in the direction of the collapse, increase the sharp thorns on the collapsed surface, remove the excess height of the tree top, and prevent the big tree used as a trap from being hung by other big trees to slow down when it collapses.

Zhao Ji calculated the collapsed coverage area of ​​each big tree trap in the trap area, and at the same time calculated the route that he should escape quickly and trigger the trap after he led the goblins into the trap area.

After making a rough selection, Zhao Ji parked the cart aside, first cleared a small circular space on the ground, and lit a fire.

This fire will be used later.

Zhao Ji first marked the ten selected big trees, and then climbed up the big trees with nothing but a hatchet.

The forest trees near the goblin settlement are not that kind of coniferous forest, but tall trees with broad leaves. Therefore, Zhao Ji hugged the trunk with both hands and feet, and twisted upwards back and forth. So slowly climb up the tree.

It's not that Zhao Ji's ability to climb trees is not good, but that these tall trees are too thick and not suitable for climbing.

He knows a tool that is convenient for climbing trees. Just add a circle of iron nails to the bottom edge of the shoe, which can increase the climbing ability of climbing trees easily and effortlessly. But he doesn't have this kind of tool, and he hasn't even seen anything like it in Kendall City. It's probably because the other world hasn't invented such a convenient tool for climbing trees.

After climbing to the height of the big tree, Zhao Ji cut down the unnecessary upper trees directly with an axe, and then cut off the branches facing the trap route, so as to prevent the side facing the ground when the big tree collapsed. Branches supporting a fallen tree.

As for the branches that fell to the ground, Zhao Ji is also very useful.

He cut the strong branches into half-meter-long knots, then sharpened them with an axe, and further cut them into very sharp spikes with a long sword.

Before these large numbers of spikes were ready, Zhao Ji burned their spiked parts over the fire to make their surfaces black and carbonized.

In this way, these wooden spikes are really lethal, even if Zhao Ji throws them out, they are deadly enough.

Zhao Ji fixed these spikes on thicker branches. The specific method is to first dig a groove with a dagger in the place where the branch needs to be, and then press the bottom of the wooden spike into those grooves to fix it.

Zhao Ji then carried the spiked branches on his back, and tied them with ropes to other branches that would face the ground when they collapsed.

Seen from the ground, the dark spikes do not reflect light at all. As long as you don't pay attention, you won't know that this ordinary big tree will pierce everything it presses down after it falls.

Zhao Ji came under the big tree that had made the trap, and then he had to do the last preparation work, logging.

Of course, logging can't cut it down, what is needed is the half-fallen appearance, as long as you chop a few more times with an axe, it will collapse immediately.

Zhao Ji spat two mouthfuls of saliva on his hands, then he held the hatchet tightly, and began to swing the ax while looking at the big tree.

Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom.

Because the big tree is very thick, Zhao Ji started to swing the ax wildly first. After cutting down more than half of the trunk, Zhao Ji stood on the other side of the big tree, and carefully cut a half-moon-shaped opening here.

After Zhao Ji felt the same in his heart, he didn't dare to add another axe.

The current situation of this big tree is just right, he has a strong premonition, if he hits the section of the trunk once or twice, this big tree will definitely fall in the direction Zhao Ji expected.

Looking at the well-prepared tree, Zhao Ji stepped back a few steps, judging from experience how long it would take for the tree to collapse to the ground.

‘It will take five seconds anyway, it should be around five seconds. '

After Zhao Ji judged the time, he started the transformation work of the next big tree.

For a whole day, Zhao Ji was doing this job, and by the time it got dark, he had transformed this place into a dangerous area that he himself didn't want to pass through.

But from the side, there is nothing different from other places. Only when you look up, you will find that there are many non-reflective dark spikes on the big trees.

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After these traps were completed, Zhao Ji himself felt dissatisfied.

It seems a little monotonous to have only one type of trap. Once the goblins see through it, it will be over.

Therefore, Zhao Ji still had to prepare a spare trap.

Thinking of the spare trap, Zhao Ji felt ready to dig a hole again. He didn't care if it was night, he just picked up the shovel and started digging holes behind the big tree collapse trap.

The pit doesn't need to be very deep, just enough that falling goblins won't be able to join the fight right away if they're stung by the spikes beneath the pit.

Therefore, considering the height of the goblin, Zhao Ji dug a trap hole one meter deep and two meters wide. The length of the entire trap pit was fifteen meters long, which happened to be the frontal distance of a battle that could be launched.

The two-meter width made it impossible for a goblin to jump. At the same time, he piled all the excavated soil directly on the other side of the trap. Even if the goblin who fell into the trap was not injured, it was not tall enough to climb over the pit one meter deeper, and another one meter higher for a total of two meters. of the wall.

Zhao Ji dug three such pits twenty meters apart. It wasn't that he ate some weird stuff that gave him unlimited physical strength, but that the ground in this forest was really soft, and with a shovel down, he could dig out a large thick piece of soil mixed with rotten leaves.

With only a few shovels down in one place, a hole nearly half a meter deep can be dug.

So this place is really convenient for digging pits and making traps.

Zhao Ji woke up early the next day. He had been digging until the early morning last night. He only slept for less than three hours before getting up again and starting to prepare sharp thorns and thin wooden branches for the traps.

Zhao Ji chose a few trees not far from here. The woody part of the tree core is used as a preparation for the trap spikes. These spikes that are pressed into the trap pit do not need to be long, as long as they are 20 centimeters long. and other branches and bark serve as shelter traps.

Finally, these shelters are sprinkled with fallen leaves from the surrounding ground, and these traps are completed as a whole.

Next comes rest and scouting.

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Zhao Ji took a good rest for a while. He drank all the remaining beer, then huddled in the simple sheltered camp, and rested quietly for a whole night.

On the second day, Zhao Ji was fully dressed. He had prepared armor, weapons, and an ax to trigger the trap.

After going through the possible combat process again, Zhao Ji felt that there was no problem, so he set off to bypass the trap area and walked towards the goblin settlement deep in the forest.

The further he went to the depths of the forest, the more Zhao Ji discovered the "works" left by the goblins as a deterrent and cultural display.

In fact, they are just the headless bones of various animals, and these bones have been artistically processed by the goblins, making them look even weirder.

Zhao Ji is not afraid, he just looks at these artworks that appear more and more frequently, and he can feel more and more that goblins have a different aesthetic from humans.

Humans like to show the heads of animals they hunt, but goblins like to show the headless skeletons of the animals they hunt.

These bones were also dyed colorfully by goblins using unknown natural fuels. Not only that, the goblins also like to freely assemble the bones that are obviously not a piece, I don't know if it is to show that they have killed these other animals.

But Zhao Ji played with these weird bones carefully, and found that they were obviously assembled by the goblins themselves to intimidate someone.

Or is it just their own bragging?

That's probably the case.

After all, the goblins couldn't even defeat the wolves in the wilderness, so how could they defeat those weird multi-limbed animals.

But what surprised Zhao Ji was, among the many animal bones displayed by the Goblin in such a wide forest, where did the heads of those animals go?

He did not see a single animal head.

As they gradually entered the depths of the forest, there were more and more traces of goblin activities, and there were more and more unguarded strongholds.

Zhao Ji entered these strongholds to observe, and found that there should be signs of goblin activities some time ago, but now there are no signs. This also confirmed his previous prediction about the possibility of the goblin counterattack.

The goblins all gathered together, ready to give him a lore end for his aggressiveness.

However, it is hard to say who killed whom.

Hard to say.

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Zhao Ji put one hand on the hilt of the left waist, and held the spear with the other hand, trying to slow down his movements so as not to let the parts of the armor make loud collision sounds.

He leaned down, trying to make most of his body covered by the trunk of a big tree covered with moss that is not afraid of the cold.

After crossing several empty strongholds of goblins, the forest floor here suddenly has no accumulation of fallen leaves, which is obviously cleaned by goblins from time to time.

He should be near the goblin settlement now, and everything around him has been transformed by goblins.

The fallen leaves on the ground have been swept away, revealing only the solid land that has been trampled by years of frequent walking. And at the root of every tree not far away, there is a cave extending downwards. He now knows that the goblins live in the caves they dug themselves.

The big tree branches above here have also been transformed by goblins. The excess branches were cut off, leaving only a suitable number of branches, which allowed the goblin settlements to have enough light here, without the dampness deep in the forest. and dark.

Zhao Ji poked his head out towards the goblin settlement. The careful investigators did not find a single goblin. But he knew that all of this was just an illusion, the goblins were hiding one by one, just waiting for him to carelessly enter into their encirclement.

Where are they?

It is impossible in the sky, so it is underground. There is only one answer.

Since they can dig burrows, they can naturally dig a hidden hole for hiding goblins.

There are countless goblins hiding under the surrounding ground. It is estimated that some goblins have already discovered him, but without the order of their leader, they can only continue to hide.

What is their leader waiting for? He must be waiting for Zhao Ji to fully enter the goblin settlement.

There is no such simple thing.

Zhao Ji narrowed his eyes, judging the situation in the goblin settlement not far away.

Soon, he found that the bark of the big tree where he was hiding his figure was covered with moss that was still growing. The moss is dense, but there has been no rain in the past ten days, and although the temperature is very low, it is quite dry.

Taking care, Zhao Ji reached into the backpack and took out the flint and steel that fell in the corner from the various sundries in the backpack~www.readwn.com~ He groped left and right, but he still found the flint and steel. However, along with the flint and steel, Zhao Ji held a somewhat large metal ring in his hand.

Zhao Ji was stunned when he saw the metal ring, and then remembered what it was. This is what he found in the elves' residences or office rooms in the ancient elf ruins.

But because it was just an elf ring made of an unknown metal, Zhao Ji couldn't recognize the material of the ring, and because his fingers were not as big as elf fingers, he couldn't wear the ring at all. At that time, he threw it into the backpack casually, and he didn't clean the backpack carefully afterwards, so he kept it in the backpack all the time.

Realizing where he got it from, Zhao Ji stared straight at the metal elf ring, still feeling a little special in his heart. The beating sound of the heart seemed to come from the ring, and the ring suddenly gave him the feeling that it was alive.

Feeling weird, Zhao Ji quickly put it into the backpack, not daring to just stare at it.

After putting the ring into the backpack, Zhao Ji immediately felt much better. The weird feeling before gradually disappeared, and his heart didn't seem to be beating so fast.

Zhao Ji suddenly realized that there are still many goblins hidden around him, and he is right next to the goblin settlement in the forest.

There are dangers everywhere, and he was distracted just now.

Take a deep breath and calm your mind.

Zhao Ji knocked on the flint and carefully ignited the flammable moss. Give it a few breaths of boosting air to ignite the sparks on the dry moss into a flame, and then from the flame to a raging flame.

After Zhao Ji lit the fire, he quickly retreated a few steps, drew out his long sword, and waited for the goblins around him to find that he could no longer sit back and watch the moss on the trunk of the big tree grow bigger and bigger.