98. Reliable Helpers
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Taran wisely did not ask Lance what the fate of the residents trapped in the town, but they all thought that there was another armed force in this city with scarce forces.
"Sir, there are Ziggy Ferry in the training regiment of Feront County, Tren and Mercedes." The names posted by Taran were like him, who were the confidants of Lance's army.
Lance nodded after hearing this and thought for a moment: "Let your subordinates go and collect some wood nearby. We can try to click on the beacon to attract them."
Although monsters like the Goblins that grow in caves and cellars are not able to act by perception just like the cavemen tamed by Lance, their tiny eyes are good at night vision and can see living things clearly in the darkness, so naturally there is no need to prepare fire. It can be said that this is also the reason why their sneak attacks are so smooth.
Once someone ignites the flames in this night, you can imagine that you may see the flames licking the sky several miles away. In this way, it will not only attract the attention of the training team, but also a large number of goblins will be attracted by the flames, and a battle is about to break out.
Considering this consequence, Lance did not rush to light the beacon immediately, but asked the soldiers to collect as much wood as possible, and at critical moments they could even use firewalls to intercept the goblins. As for this task itself, because the location of the city repair is located near the outermost part of the town, it is not difficult to find some wood branches for fuel.
Now the soldiers and civilians have work in their hands. They are working in full swing, and the mercenaries who have assigned weapons seem a little unnecessary. Lance does not ask them to go back and continue working, but instead asks them to replace the original work of the group of escort guards and go to patrol nearby.
Lance doesn't have to worry about the lives of these mercenaries. At the same time, although the levels are uneven, these people still have the ability to protect themselves. Once they really encounter the Goblins army, Lance believes that they are not capable of other abilities and their ability to escape should be reliable.
Seeing that batches of personnel were assigned tasks and the preparations were carried out in an orderly manner, Lance's mood did not become relaxed. Because after thinking left and right, the power he controlled was still too weak.
Lance later asked Taran about the fort, but this matter was similar to what he expected. Now the construction team mainly devoted their energy to building the city walls. Although the basic parts of the fort were built in some places, the most critical artillery and ammunition were not transported. In this way, the fort that could have shown strong combat power in the battle was completely decorated.
Lans was immediately disappointed, and it seemed that he could only rely on his current strength to survive...
His eyes swayed in line with the figures that kept digging out trenches underground. Lance suddenly felt as if he had forgotten something.
What exactly are you forgetting...
Taran, who was beside him, looked frowning, thought he was worried about the next battle, and said, "Sir, let me leave the next thing to my subordinates. I will arrange a guard for you to escort you to a safe place."
Lance woke up by his voice and waved his hand quickly. Just kidding. If Lance wanted to escape, he followed Charles' group of people back to Guruling, but he kept it and didn't leave. It was not that he could not foresee the next difficulties, nor that he was afraid of death. It was because he could not leave under such circumstances.
Although Lance has not read many books and has not received a formal military education like Jill, there is one thing he understands very well - his younger brother is working hard for you, and you, a boss, pats your butt and leaves. Isn’t this a disheartening thing?
Although Lance is not very useful in real battles, and even for such a big man, he still needs to waste his manpower protection. But when he stays here, the soldiers and civilians under him will say, Ah, look, even the timid and selfish nobles are there, then our front will definitely not be defeated; and those mercenaries who are swaying and may be willing to leave their burdens at any time will also guess in their minds that the murderous county magistrate is staring at us. If we don’t work hard or run away, maybe how will this guy deal with us later.
It can be said that the existence of Lance itself is a kind of power.
This power can not only make those who believe in Lance have hope, but even those who do not trust can calm people's hearts and stabilize the morale of the army.
Seeing that Lance rejected his proposal, Taran stopped talking nonsense. Taran was also admired by the county magistrate who had turned his hand in Gululing and turned his hand in the rain. At that time, the brothers and the others were screened out from the army and arranged by the lord to be with the second Lord who was waiting to die. However, after witnessing Lance's journey, I believe no one would doubt Lance's ability anymore. He even looked forward to how Lance would resolve the sudden crisis at the moment.
Of course, Lance is not as magical as Taran thought, but he has something different from ordinary people, that is, he has a system of demon lords that others do not have.
Taran's interruption made Lance recall what he had forgotten. Others needed to prepare for the battle so diligently, but Lance didn't need it. If you want to ask why, he had the card [Goblin Quick Construction Team] in his hand.
[Gomin Rapid Construction Team] This card was the first time Lance got the system ring and it was shot out. Thinking about it carefully, Lance used it to build a canal in Golu Ridge. Later, because Lance found that although the labor work in employment was a little slower, the key was to not spend money, and the effect was not that bad, the card was thrown into the cold palace by Lance, but the flaws did not conceal the merits. Lance clearly remembered that there was a very magical place for the Golu Dash Construction Team.
That is, this card itself is an effect card, which almost violates the laws of world common sense. As long as you pay the money, even if you don’t have the required materials, the group of goblins can build you a castle in the air on a piece of gravel land.
Of course. The premise is that you have to have money.
But is Lance considered rich now?
He just collected taxes from three counties half a month ago and killed all over the arena. Just the tax paid by the Guruling merchants to the county magistrate Lance can fill several warehouses in a row...
This question seems to be no longer explained. Although the expenses have been quite high recently, Lance does not have to mind being killed in this situation.
When Lance consumed 1,000 gold coins to summon the engineering goblins to enter the field, he indeed heard the sound with a smooth tone: "Long time no see, Lord Lord."
However, Lance ignored the group of goblins that appeared out of thin air and continued to choose to summon.
In an instant, hundreds of green goblins covered the city walls.
Taran, who witnessed this scene with his own eyes, was so shocked that he could not speak at all. Although he was indeed having sex with Lance at the beginning. He also knew that Lance had some friendship with these cunning goblins, but now he was so many out of thin air, which made people a little confused. As for Fiona, who had been quietly staying by Lance's side since he arrived at the construction site, he was sensitive and acted as an attack when he saw the group of goblins appear. The black shadows under his feet spread out at a speed that was difficult for the naked eye to capture, and a piercing forest suddenly formed.
But Fiona's magic attack, which was originally unfavorable, suffered a loss this time. They all passed through the target's body, but failed to pull up the goblin's body. They just made them shake like characters on the old TV screen, and then all returned to normal.
Lance said in his heart that these goblins are not living creatures.
Although Fiona had no expression on her face, she was not without emotion. She was not less surprised at this moment than Taran. However, the girl had a stubborn personality. Seeing that the attack failed, she immediately brewed another magic and wanted to try again. Lance reached out to stop her.
"These are my people." He said this simply, and Fiona stopped ringing. She was like a doll that had been used up in clockwork, retreating back to Lance without a sound. But her lavender eyes were still staring at the green creatures. After all, goblins and goblins still looked quite similar at first glance.
On the other hand, the goblins didn't feel that they were too good, as if they didn't mind that they had been stabbed with magic just now. The foremen of more than a dozen engineering teams gathered in front of Lance and saluted Lance neatly: "Dear Lord, I wonder what can serve you this time?"
The foreman who was selected as the representative rubbed his hands and asked directly.
Lance was not sure if the foreman in front of him was the one who summoned last time. Anyway, the goblins looked almost the same, and their voice was also sharp and a little harsh. Lance looked at him and stopped thinking about it, and said back to the main topic: "I want you to help me build a fort here."
"Are there any drawings?" the other party asked.
"Yes." Lance bought the drawings of the system building in the demon system and could be reused. Now he used the effect of the system to transform a drawing in his hand and handed it over to the goblin in front of him who was talking to him.
The foreman unfolded the drawing without saying a word, and the foreman of the other team around him also surrounded him. About two seconds later, the drawing that Lance had bought at a high price was thrown away by the goblins.
"It's too simple, it's just a D-class building." said the goblins. "Mr. County Master, do you summon so many of us? Should you speed up the construction like last time, or do you build each team with their own?"
When the goblins asked this, Lance himself remembered that they also had an optimization and acceleration function, that is, several teams could complete a project at the same time and accelerate project time. However, in this mode, even if it was distributed to a little bit of the work, the goblins could complete a complete set of work and collect the same amount of money.
But the time is not for Lance to hesitate. What he really needs is to race against time to grab the time, and he doesn't care about the overhead of the two thousand.
"I want to build a turret in 5 minutes. How long does it take for the construction team?" Lance asked.
"Three!" The foreman stretched out three fingers.
In other words, it only takes 15 minutes to complete a engineering team? However, the level of the goblin rapid construction team is level B, and it is indeed much faster to do this level D work, and they themselves have the attribute of building speed bonus.
Lance didn't talk nonsense to them, and immediately made a decision: "Build five for me!"
"Okay, Lord Lord, you will charge you a total of 168,000 construction fee. Are you sure to build it?" asked the big goblin statue with the final confirmation.
"certainly."
As soon as Lance finished speaking, the smiley goblin foreman slashed his fingers, and the total funds in the Lance Demon Lord system were deducted 160,000 yuan at once. On the goblin side, it is also the master of efficiency first. Once the contract is established, the goblins will take their goblins to the designated location to start construction.
Their construction was still so fantastic. The materials came at the time of summoning them and waved them to the designated place. A tall tower was suddenly built on the flat ground where there was nothing at the moment. Lance and the others who had prepared were still good. After all, they had seen it once, and they were not surprised. What was really shocked were the civilians who dug holes below. As soon as they looked up, "Damn, when was this high platform built?" The supervisor beside him whipped over and shouted, "Why are you lazy?" He saw that the man was hit and didn't respond. The supervisor raised his head in wonder and glanced at the head. He was about to curse something good, but he blurted out another sentence: "Damn, when was this tall tower built? I was dazzled, it was still rising!"
The construction speed of the goblin team can be distinguished by the naked eye, and it is no wonder that the civilians are stunned. Even Lance couldn't help but feel that the goblin team's rapid construction is a powerful weapon.
But even in the current situation, there was no time to tinker with anything else, otherwise the mere goblins would not be a threat. When Lance finally took his senses from the turrets that had risen from the ground, the foreman waiting in front of him asked another question.
"Lord, what should I do if there are still these two remaining teams?"
After careful calculation, Lance summoned a total of 17 goblins quickly construction teams just now. 15 of them have been dispatched to build turrets, and there are still two teams left to stand by.
Naturally, Lance would not spend money to summon them and then cancel them without doing anything. He glanced at the trenches that the civilians had worked hard to dig under the city wall, and said to the goblins: "Let's dig a moat for me for the rest of you."
"Are there any drawings?" asked the goblin foreman.
This choked Lance, and his brows couldn't help but frown: "Like those civilians, I'm digging a deep pit that is longer and wider here. Do you need to use drawings?"
But unexpectedly, the foreman of the goblin actually put on his face as if he was doing business and spread his hands: "Lord, we cannot build without drawings."
Just when Lance thought that this was a restriction by the card due to the system and almost chose to believe it, the cunning and greedy goblin in front of him rubbed his hands: "But you don't have to worry, you need to meet your requirements. It's our job. You don't have any drawings. Can we draw it? Are you going to build a moat here?"
When the foreman of the earth said this, he had already pulled a drawing board in his hand. He outlined the composition of the city wall and the fort here with just a few strokes.
Lance nodded speechlessly.
"This is a piece of cake, F-level building, you will receive a minimum of 100 gold. In addition to the production cost of drawings, a total of 600 gold coins are discounted."
Lance didn't want to say anything at this time, so he just paid the bill quickly and watched the group of goblins running down the city wall with pickaxes and hoes like a hoe to stir up the wind and rain. Sure enough, with that sneering smile on his face, and the speed of reclamation of a deep trench in just 3 seconds was simply an incomprehensible bug in the eyes of ordinary people. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!