"Everyone, stay alert!"
Ethan shouted loudly at once.
Only then did the subjects other than Stone Six notice that not far from them, green monsters had appeared.
The archers who had been assigned beforehand all started panicking, hurriedly taking up their bows and nocking arrows, preparing to shoot, but no matter how Ethan looked at it, he felt that these subjects' combat ability was unreliable.
If they really had to rely on them, he feared that everyone would end up dead this time.
"Daji, protect the subjects!"
Ethan shouted to Daji, then quickly drew out the Wind Arrow. Just as he was about to aim at the goblin, he saw the goblin move.
Its speed was astonishing, like a streak of green light flashing past.
The goblin was very smart. The direction it attacked was not Ethan, the main fighting force, but a subject to the side who looked the weakest.
Luckily, Ethan had arranged for Daji in advance to guard the subjects.
After all, Daji was… the fastest among all of them in terms of agility.
Whoosh!
Daji turned into a flash of white light, instantly blocking in front of Stone Six, then slashed forward with her sharp claws at air that could not be seen at all.
"Ah!"
A scream rang out in the air.
A few drops of green blood splashed out and dripped onto the ground.
Only then did Ethan realize that the goblin had, at some unknown time, appeared near Stone Six.
So this goblin had been feinting from the very beginning. It had never intended to attack the weakest subject at all, but had been eyeing Stone Six, planning to snatch back its weapon.
But its agility was still not as high as Daji's, so its movement trail was caught.
That was why it was injured.
One had to admit, this goblin's feint was really damn impressive.
And Ethan also seized the instant when Daji caught the goblin and immediately shot the Wind Arrow.
The speed of the Wind Arrow was extremely fast.
Almost the moment Ethan released the bowstring, the arrow reached its target.
Pfft!
The sound of an arrow piercing flesh rang out.
The goblin let out another scream and only then reappeared in front of everyone.
"Shoot!"
"Hurry and shoot!"
Only then did the subjects react.
Those with bows hurriedly shot arrows. Very quickly, four arrows shot by the subjects also struck the goblin.
At this moment, the goblin immediately turned into a complete and utter porcupine, and the Wind Arrow also began to whip up a tornado inside the goblin's body.
In an instant,.the goblin's flesh was directly torn apart by the tornado.
Then, following the tornado, it spun rapidly.
It looked like a pile of small crayfish thrown into a washing machine, all being ground into crayfish meat paste.
Immediately after, a ground full of exclamation marks appeared.
Ethan originally did not want to collect all of it. After all, a bunch of bloody, mangled stuff looked disgusting.
But in order not to pollute the environment, he still steeled himself and collected everything.
[Goblin Meat Paste +100]
[Earth-element Beast Core +2]
[Goblin Sharp Fang +2]
"..."
Ethan looked at the so-called meat paste in his backpack.
He could not think of what this meat paste could be used for, so he clicked it to take a look.
[Goblin Meat Paste: The texture is very tough, tastes like old sow meat, slightly sour. But goblin flesh contains the power of agility and can be eaten by subjects or pets.]
'Minced meat with bonuses, looks like it can only be handed over to Cook Four to make dumplings with.'
After dealing with the goblin, Ethan scanned his surroundings again. Within the entire gray ore mining area, there seemed to be no other danger.
But to ensure the miners' safety, he still had the White Eagle patrol the entire gray ore mining area from above.
"Hawk Eye!"
At the same time, Ethan also activated the Hawk Eye effect.
This way, when checking the fairly large gray ore mining area, the speed would be faster.
The fog in the gray ore mining area was not thick, only a thin layer, so it did not have much impact on the White Eagle's vision.
Very soon… the White Eagle had already completed a full patrol.
After confirming there was no danger, Ethan let all of Stone Six's team stay behind to mine. As for how to distribute things, Stone Six would be responsible for that.
"Don't dig too much magnetic ore. Iron ore and black iron ore are more useful, dig more of those."
"Yes, Lord!"
After arranging the tasks, Ethan led Hunter Five's team and directly left the gray ore mining area.
[East: Walk another 2000 meters east and there is a golden treasure chest.]
[PS: There is a group of tree spirits around the golden treasure chest. Their combat power is extremely strong, but you can try using fire arrows to deal with them.]
Yesterday, if it were not for the lack of time, Ethan would have wanted to go take down the golden treasure chest already.
However, the hint on the golden treasure chest had actually changed once. Yesterday, the hint about the tree spirits was: [PS: There is a group of tree spirits around the golden treasure chest. If you don't have enough firearms, I don't recommend you provoke them. If you want to rely on just a bit of campfire to deal with them, you might regret it.]
And today it had become: [you can try using fire arrows to deal with them,] which meant that, his combat power, after obtaining the Dragon Bow, had already increased quite a lot and was judged by the system to be at a level where he could fight the tree spirits.
"Since that is the case, then let's go!"
Ethan led the team toward the tree spirits' direction.
However, what he did not know was, not long after he left, deep within the gray ore mining area, several large boulders were suddenly moved aside, and a group of goblins wearing red and green hats jumped out.
Each of them held a refined steel pickaxe and was preparing to go mine.
———
[Tree Spirit Territory]
Ethan led Hunter Five and the others and soon arrived at the tree spirits' territory.
After all, this place was only about 2000 meters away from the villa area. With the hints and the kerosene lamp's boost, they arrived quickly.
The tree spirits' territory was actually an area similar to an oasis.
The ground looked like it was covered with an entire green carpet, filled with neat, tidy green grass, and in the middle of the grassland, six or seven large trees were growing.
Each one had a diameter of over three meters, and their roots were very long.
Each strand was like willow branches, swaying in the wind.
Sway~ Sway~
Everything before their eyes was simply peaceful and beautiful.
It even gave people a kind of comfort and ease, like they could take a book and sit under a tree and read slowly.
And the golden treasure chest was not hidden at all, just placed openly under a large tree.
The chest was also flashing with dazzling golden light.
It was truly eye-catching.
If Ethan had not seen the hints in advance, he would probably have already rushed forward, directly opened the treasure chest, and looked inside to see what it contained.
At most, he might have just suspected whether there was a mimic hiding inside the chest. But no matter what, he could not have imagined… that the real danger in this place turned out to be those large trees that looked the most peaceful and harmless.
"Lord, do you want that treasure chest?"
Hunter Five naturally did not know about the danger ahead. Seeing Ethan staring straight at the golden treasure chest, he spoke up directly, "Let us carry it over for you."
"You can't go!"
Before Ethan could speak, Ivankov suddenly raised his hand and stopped Hunter Five, saying, "I thinks this patch of grass looks kind of strange."
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