A fleet of massive wooden sailing ships glided through the water.

  Each ship was about 80 meters long.

  There was a row of oars on each side of the ships.

  The sailors in the s shouted rhythmically.

  The oars moved in sync with the sailors' ts, slig through the water.

  More than thirty ships sailed in a n along the river, the fleet stretg for several kilometers.

  Looking up at the sky on both sides of the river, two airships could be seen.

  They scouted the nearby forest, one on the left and one on the right.

  On the deck of the ships, soldiers in blue armor could be seen.

  Each held a long spear, patrolling the deck.

  On some of the decks, adventurers could be seen enjoying the sery on both banks.

  Their attire made them easy to distinguish.

  pared to the soldiers' standard armor, the adventurers' gear appeared more wor intricate.

  Meanwhile, on the deck of the lead ship, a figure silver armor stood by the ship's bow.

  He rested his hands on the railing, gazing toward the end of the river.

  His rugged face exuded an aura of authority.

  "Lord Carlos, the airship has reported that a Gobli has been spotted on the northern shore!"

  A soldier hurriedly approached the general in silver armor.

  The soldier pced one hand over his chest in salute.

  Carlos waved his hand slightly.

  "Let the adventurers ha; the fleet must not stop!"

  The soldier looked at the imposing figure before him with nothing but reveren his eyes.

  Lord Carlos was a renowned Sword King of the bordernds.

  He was also the lord of the bordernds, known as the "Southern Sword King" by the duchy.

  "Yes, sir!"

  The soldier turned and hurried toward the temple priest responsible for unig with the airship.

  Soon after, a ship detached from the mai.

  The ship slowly headed toward the northern shore.

  It stopped about a hundred meters from the northern bank.

  Two small boats were lowered into the water from the deck.

  Two five-member adventurer squads boarded the boats and headed for the shore.

  This se was observed by a pair of eyes at the front of the fleet.

  "It's humans, the huma has indeed appeared!"

  At the bend where the Goblin River stretched eastward, several Lizardman heads emerged from the water among the reeds on the shore.

  Their eyes spied on the huma on the distant river.

  "Let's go, report to the chieftain!"

  The five Lizardman heads submerged oer another.

  Uhe shimmering water, dark shadows flitted by.

  Ten days ter, at the Yue .

  Iernoon, ihe chieftain's wooden house.

  "What do the humans want to do?"

  "Isn't it obvious? Such a rge-scale invasion means war!"

  "Who is the target of the war?"

  "Of course, it's the Barbarians and Magical Beasts that humans see as monsters!"

  The news of the human invasion sparked heated discussions among the elders in the wooden house.

  No one had expected humans to truly ihe Goblin Forest.

  When they first heard the chieftain wao keep an eye on the western river, they didn't believe it.

  How could mere Goblins know anythied to humans?

  Uedly, the humans really appeared.

  Not only did they appear, but they came with great momentum.

  This was not the small skirmishes of adventurers venturing into the forest.

  This was war, a real war!

  "Chieftain, we must quickly inform the throribe. If the Yue is discovered by humans, it will be disastrous!"

  Elder Bck Scale looked gravely at Chieftain Bai Lied in the main position.

  Although submitting to the Goblins was a great humiliation, they had no choice.

  To survive, they had to ally with the Goblins.

  Bai Ling gnced sideways at Bck Scale.

  "Elder Bck Scale, I'll leave this matter to you. Go quickly aurn swiftly!"

  Bck Scale nodded.

  He stood up, turned, and hurriedly walked out.

  The afternoon, at the throribe.

  A Lizardman suddenly ran out from the southern forest.

  "It seems someone is ing!"

  "Someone is ing, it's a Lizardman!"

  The appearance of the Lizardman caught the attention of the Goblins on the wooden wall.

  They didn't recall any Lizardman going out.

  "Opee, the boss said to open it if a Lizardman es!"

  "Right, right, I almost fot. Gobu Pig, you're the best!"

  "If you really think I'm the best, stop fighting me for meat."

  "No way, everything else is iable, but not this!"

  The Lizardman who ran out of the forest was Bck Scale.

  He traveled ht, reag the throribe in the shortest time.

  Seeing the gate of the wooden fortress open, Bck Scale quied his pace.

  "Hey, Lizardman, go to the throne cave to see the boss!"

  "It's a Lizardman, it doesn't uand."

  "Like this, point with a long spear!"

  The Goblins on the wooden wall waved their long spears, pointing toward the dire of the throne cave.

  They poked in that dire repeatedly.

  The oblins followed suit.

  For a moment, the Goblins on the wooden wall looked somewhat ical.

  Bck Scale, haviered the tribe, looked fusedly at the Goblins on the wooden wall.

  He didn't uand what the jumping Goblins were doing.

  "Lizardmen are really dumb!"

  "Exactly, they 't even uand this."

  "I haveen Lizardma in a long time, let's eat it."

  "Gobu Pig, I'm going to tell the boss!"

  "You dare, I wasn't really going to eat it."

  "I don't care, you said it, I'm telling the boss!"

  A Goblin hurriedly ran down from the wooden wall.

  A Goblin chased after it.

  The two Goblins rolled into a ball at the base of the wall, wrestling on the ground.

  The surrounding Goblins cheered loudly.

  "What are you doing, you trash only fit to eat shit!"

  At that moment, a voice scolded from the wooden wall.

  A Big Goblin walked over.

  Seeing the two still fighting on the ground, it gred at them.

  "Gobu Pig, Gobu Wen, do you two want to end up as my shit tonight?"

  The Big Goblin on the wooden wall roared.

  The two Goblins fighting below quickly separated and scrambled to their feet.

  They picked up their long spears from the ground and hurried back up the wooden wall.

  The Big Gobli the two Goblins who returo the wall.

  It turo look at the Lizardman below, pointing toward the depths of the forest.

  This time, Bck Scale uood.

  He quickly turned and ran toward the depths of the forest.

  Soon after, Bck Scale found the throne cave.

  Ihe throne cave, he met the fearsome Goblin.

  "Is there news of the humans?"

  Li Meng, sitting beside a sand table, was fiddling with it.

  As his size grew, some tasks became inve.

  If he wasn't careful, he would damage the sand table.

  Bck Scale took a deep breath.

  He moved forward and k on both knees with a "thud."

  "Yes, a massive huma is advang upstream along the Goblin River with great momentum!"

  The otion behind him made Li Meng turn to look at Bck Scale at the entrance.

  "I uand. You may leave now."

  Bck Scale hesitated, wanting to say more.

  If possible, he wao know what the Goblins would do.

  But the Goblins were uable, and he dared not ask more.

  He still wao leave here alive aurn to his family.

  Bck Scale stood up, lowered his head, turned, and hurriedly left.

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