The Green Demon robber tribe leader, Vanni, was in a very good mood. He was wearing a link mail that was eighty percent new and holding a claymore, which was sharper than he had anticipated.
Vanni felt like singing a song out of happiness. The singing for a Green Demon is the most melodious among all ogres, only comparable to skylarks in the woods.
Vanni’s territory was two hundred miles from the Sanggan River. He had more than three hundred adult Green Demon warriors under his command, making his tribe a medium-sized robber tribe on the Donau Wasteland. The base of Vanni and his Green Demons was located in the widest pine forest at the foot of Mount Tamerlarya. They liked to call this foggy forest "Manchester Pinus Sylvestris Forest." "Manchester" in Ogre’s language means "The City of Fog."
Not long ago, the leader of the Razor Mountain Goblin robber tribe sent a messenger to deliver an oral message to Vanni.
There’s generally little communication between robber tribes during normal times; each tribe stays within its territory and minds its own business, like two male lions on a prairie. They have a kind of mutual respect for each other when interests are not involved.
There are no mountains at all in the wasteland, so Razor Mountain is just a high hill, soaring into the clouds and entirely vertical like it was cut by a razor. It’s easy to defend but hard to attack, hence the name "Razor Mountain."
The hill of Razor Mountain was occupied by a notorious Goblin robber tribe in the wasteland. This tribe had been thriving on Razor Mountain for many years. They all have pure Gnome bloodline and rarely accept any other wandering robbers. The tribe has three thousand adult Gnome warriors armed with all-metal weapons.
The Gnomes’ ability to dig holes is as notable as their filthiness. Most of the bronze weapons excavated from the great war of gods and demons within hundreds of miles in the wasteland ended up in this tribe’s hands. These bronze weapons were created in ancient times, and they are still very sharp after enduring thousands of years of weathering. This alone makes other wasteland robbers who are still using stone tools envious.
Adult Gnomes are not small like the rat monsters; their average height is around 6 feet with some strong ones reaching around 7 feet in height. Only Bear Goblins are more muscular than them among the goblin race. However, these Gnomes eat much less compared to Bear Goblins. A little food can make them full, freeing them from foraging for food all day and allowing them to consider other things.
Gnomes are the smartest and most disciplined among all robbers. All adult Gnomes are skilled warriors, and their leaders can even use two-handed weapons for combat.
These intelligent Gnomes are the only tribe among wasteland robbers that can survive famine without resorting to looting. Razor Mountain is located at the foot of Mount Tamerlarya. The fifty-mile wide forest filled with pines around it has been untouched by the Green Demon robbers. The Razor Mountain Goblin robber tribe has relied on pine nuts and herds of reindeer from this forest to survive through countless long winters and rainy seasons.
Three thousand adult Gnome warriors is a terrifying force. It’s rumored that these pure-blooded Gnomes descended from the ancient goblin race, preserving an ancient Gnome skill: raising giant beasts that live in caves. Therefore, even when internal conflicts occur among wasteland robber tribes, very few dare to provoke such adversaries.
The message from the Gnome leader of Razor Mountain to Green Demon leader Vanni was that a lord from Bimon had appeared on the Red Earth Highland of Sanggan River recently. He had around a hundred guards, and he had wiped out the Rock Johnson robber tribe and the Kos bear goblin tribe, captured two hundred robber slaves, and wiped out several smaller robber tribes within a fifty-mile radius of the Red Earth Highland.
If this territory is not eliminated, the Bimon Kingdom will surely enfeoff syndicates on the southern bank of Sanggan River in the future. If this precedent is set, it will disrupt the lives of the robbers. Considering the army of this lord has dozens of powerful Orephin Elephant Warriors and a terrifying mage, the Gnome leader of the Razor Mountain tribe invited the Green Demon robber tribe to join them in the battle to eliminate this Bimon territory on Red Earth Highland.
The Stone Johnson Ogre robber tribe was not far from Vanni’s territory, and the Green Demon robber tribe knew of their demise for a long time.
Vanni and the Green Demons did not take interest in the annihilation of any robber tribe. Every year, a flock of robbers would disappear from the wasteland for various reasons. Then, like grass germinating after spring rain, a group of unfamiliar faces would emerge.
What the Green Demons cared about were the benefits they could get.
The messenger told Vanni that there were hundreds of beautiful human girls within this Bimon territory. If the Green Demon tribe agreed to participate, the Razor Mountain Gnome tribe would reward them with a certain number of human girls and bronze weapons. Also, the Gnome leader of Razor Mountain declared that they would take care of food and drink for the coalition during this joint attack on Red Earth Highland, so they wouldn’t need to worry about anything.
The Gnome messenger was a smooth talker. He described the beautiful girls in detail, making Vanni’s mouth water. ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ NoveIＦire.net