At this moment, within the Dragon Nest Tribe, Goblin Gulu led the remaining army composed of Beastmen turned into producers, constantly patrolling the tribe, casting worried glances toward the violent tremors and the battlefield covered in rising smoke and dust outside the walls.
At this time, almost all the combat-ready Beastmen had already been dispatched to the battlefield against the Giant Beasts, leaving only some very weak Goblins and the old, weak, sick, and disabled Beastmen inside the tribe, barely taking up wooden spears to patrol to prevent the enemies from exploiting a weakness.
Of course, there was still a final elite Beastman team within the tribe as the last line of defense.
As one of the early joining Beastmen, Goblin Gulu was defeated and captured by the Dragon Nest Beastmen when attacking the Dragon Nest Tribe with Rodney. Eventually, he was transformed and integrated into the Dragon Nest Tribe and later witnessed the various stages of the tribe’s development, watching it rise from nothing.
Later, due to the Goblin’s physical disadvantage in hunting and other activities and talent in equipment manufacturing, he was transferred to the Manufacturing Workshop. Gradually, he rose and now, with his exceptional talent in tool manufacturing, he was appointed to manage the workshop.
Nowadays, with the enemy assaulting, they, the logistical personnel, were also organized to defend the tribe. Gulu also received the command from Governor Vini to oversee the last defense of the Beastman Tribe.
To heighten vigilance, Goblin Gulu even armed the young Beastman cubs. Fortunately, every Beastman had undergone military training before integrating into the tribe, so organizing them did not pose much difficulty.
Of course, organizing these Beastman cubs was merely to ensure they could evade danger in an orderly manner when encountering danger. In a real bloody battle, they wouldn’t really be used. If the Giant Beasts broke through the Dragon Nest Beastmen’s blockade, even if these old, weak, sick, and disabled were to pile up, it wouldn’t be much use.
"Let’s hope nothing unexpected happens."
After living in the Dragon Nest Tribe for a whole year, witnessing the tribe’s development from nothing to its current scale, Goblin Gulu developed an unprecedented sense of belonging to the entire Dragon Nest Tribe. He was even more in awe of His Highness Austin, who created all of this.
Beastmen rarely have a concept of home, but the Dragon Nest Tribe gave Gulu a feeling akin to a home.
Once starving and obscure, like a wild grass that no one would care if it died by the roadside, after joining the Dragon Nest Tribe, his talent in tool manufacturing was spotted by His Highness Austin, who assigned him to manage the normal operation of the Manufacturing Workshop.
No one could understand the feeling of going from being a despised goblin, who others couldn’t bother to glance at, to suddenly becoming the focus of envy among many Beastmen.
But at that moment, having been highly praised and assigned a significant responsibility by Austin, he was moved to tears.
From that moment on, Goblin Gulu had made up his mind, even if it cost him his life, he would repay the lifelong favor of His Highness Austin.
No one would understand the feeling of originally being ignored in a dark corner, yet in the end, having someone reach out and pull you into the sunlight, a favor hard to repay even if one’s life depended on it.
"Absolutely can’t let those guys disturb His Highness!" The source of thɪs content is ɴovel(ꜰ)ɪre.nᴇt
Looking at the intense battlefield not far outside the tribe, Gulu swore silently in his heart.
"Patrol carefully, absolutely cannot let the enemy sneak in!"
Taking one last look at his many followers behind him, Gulu ordered in a grave voice.
However, before his words fell,
With a huge roar, the tribe’s wall beside him exploded under a massive force, scattering wooden chips and smoke, as two figures landed heavily on the scene.
With a sharp cry, teams of Beastmen rushed over from all directions and surrounded the figures who burst through the wall.
"Edward, you owe me a big favor this time."
In the collapsed wall, the burly Mercenary Captain Valen carried two large axes, looking solemnly at the advancing Beastman army ahead.
Within the entire Dragon Nest Tribe, combined with the old, weak, sick, and those Beastmen unsuited for battle, there were more than four hundred. Though their individual quality was considerably weaker than ordinary Beastmen, the power unleashed by their close formations was almost on par with the elite forces of other Beastman Tribes.
There were four hundred enemies, and they were just two.
"Brother Valen, I indeed owe you a big favor this time. If we survive this, you can ask anything of me."
Edward glanced at the oncoming Beastmen, offering a wry smile but with a slight sense of relief in his eyes.
"Hahaha, you said it, don’t renege when the time comes!"
Mercenary Captain Valen laughed heartily, his laughter resonating as if even the air was trembling.
Simultaneously, Valen roared, releasing a visible surge of black Fighting Qi from his body. The black Qi interwove, condensing into a gigantic black bear three to four meters high in the air, its illusory form roaring at the heavens.
"Just a bunch of Beastmen, die for me!"
With unmatched might, the two massive axes fell with a powerful gust as if to cleave the earth. The tremendous sound waves roared, while the surging force swept through like a torrent.
Simultaneously, Edward’s body glowed with golden light, forming what seemed like a golden armor around him, as the Holy Light illuminated the world.
"Humility, bravery, honesty, compassion, justice, sacrifice, honor, soul... these are the Eight Virtues of a Knight!"
Edward and the Mercenary Captain exploded with maximum power and clashed with the surrounding Beastman army. A burst of Fighting Qi rays erupted, sporadically sending Beastmen flying, but the surviving Beastman troops showed no sign of retreating. As one fell, another emerged to entangle the two in battle.
Simultaneously, inside the governing hall.
As the most iconic building of the entire Dragon Nest Tribe, its capture would signify the tribe’s complete collapse and demise. Before the tribe was overrun, it was one of the safest places.
Thus, all the young Beastman children of the Dragon Nest Tribe were gathered here. Jackal Wolf Person Meng Bi led the larger Beastman cubs in patrolling and vigilance. Though these young Beastman squads couldn’t assist much in the larger theatre of war, they at least possessed some self-defense capabilities.
The much smaller group of Beastman children was led by several pig-bodied aunts from the kindergarten, sitting quietly to one side, their expressions filled with unease.