Li ng looked southward with a slight lift of his head.
"Do we really have to withdraw the southern tribes?"
A trace of reluctance flashed in Li ng's eyes.
Withdrawing the southern tribes was to avoid fighting on two fronts.
This would effectively delay the war with the Ratn tribe.
But deep down, Li ng was unwilling to pull back the southern tribes.
It had been hard enough to establish a foothold in the south.
If they withdrew now, it wouldn't be easy to return in the future.
Once the Goblins retreated, the Ratn would surely expand northward.
By then, both sides would be locked in a prolonged tug-of-war in the Goblin Forest.
Neither side could easily locate the other's main base.
Even if they captured the main base, it would be difficult to completely eliminate the opponent.
Li ng didn't aspire to annihilate the Ratn tribe.
He wanted to engage them in a decisive battle.
To destroy their living forces so that the Ratn wouldn't dare to invade again in the short term.
"Then let's go all out with the troops!"
Li ng grinned fiercely and stood up.
Once the tribute from the Black Mountain tribe arrived,
The presence of three thousand female Lizardn would make it possible for the tribe to rapidly expand its forces.
In just half a year, they could amass 70,000 to 100,000 Goblins.
"It seems there's no ti to waste!"
Li ng strode towards the depths of the northern forest.
In the following days, the throne tribe was bustling with activity.
As more and more Goblins arrived at the throne tribe,
A new round of expansion projects began.
On the first day, nearly a thousand Goblins were chopping down trees around the throne tribe.
By the third day, the number had increased to two thousand.
By the fifth day, it had risen to five thousand.
Half a month later, the number of Goblins reached ten thousand.
The forest around the throne tribe was a hive of activity.
The forest was disappearing at a visibly rapid pace.
The sound of chopping wood echoed around the clock.
Goblins would sleep when tired, eat when hungry.
Once full, they continued their work.
Li ng was also busy, trying every possible way to increase equipnt production in the Iron Cave.
It was another new day, in the afternoon.
On the underground riverbank of the Iron Cave.
The cave was bustling with noise.
The clanging of ironwork was incessant.
Looking towards the underground river, countless water-powered bellows stretched as far as the eye could see.
Each water-powered bellow was connected to a blast furnace.
The towering blast furnaces, nearly ten ters high, emitted astonishing heat.
A spiral staircase led to the top, just like the water-powered bellows, extending endlessly.
Nearly three thousand Goblins were laboring in the cave.
Their figures were everywhere.
So were forging iron, others were running around the blast furnaces.
Beside each blast furnace was a square pond.
Molten pig iron from the blast furnace would flow into the pond.
After rapid stirring and decarburization, steel could be obtained.
The key to low-carbon steel and high-carbon steel lay in the stirring ti.
To achieve the most precise timing,
Li ng experinted for several months before finding a thod.
The wooden sticks used by the Goblins to stir the molten pig iron were made from specially selected wood.
Each ti they stirred a few rounds, a section would burn away.
The number of burned sections was used to precisely gauge the ti.
"Prioritize making weapons and arrowheads, armor can wait."
Li ng wiped the sweat from his cheek and walked towards the cave entrance.
"Boss, don't worry, everything's fine."
Gobu Ge, following behind the boss, had a fawning expression.
"And make sure to stockpile plenty of arrowheads, the more the better."
With a war imminent, military supplies were of utmost importance.
Having troops without weapons was useless.
Goblins were simply too weak.
Without quality weapons, no matter how many there were, it wouldn't make a difference.
"Boss, are we going to war?"
From the boss's words, Gobu Ge could sense it.
Ever since learning to slt iron, it seed to have beco much smarter.
Things that were hard to rember before were now easily recalled.
"Yes, we're going to war!"
After consuming the ghost beastman, Gobu Ge had undergone significant changes.
Not only had it evolved into a Goblin Soldier,
It was just a step away from becoming a Goblin Warrior.
Its once small and thin fra had grown into a large build.
Its height was nearing 2.4 ters.
"Benben, co back with , you're not needed here!"
For over a month, Benben had been helping Gobu Ge with odd jobs in the Iron Cave.
Following behind the two, Benben looked down at the helt in its hand.
"Boss, I want to go to the mountains!"
Erging from the cave entrance, Li ng was bathed in the scorching sunlight.
Li ng turned to look at Benben behind him.
"Will it be dangerous?"
Benben shook its large head and put on the helt.
It patted its chest armor with its massive hand.
"Boss, I'm strong!"
Li ng grinned and waved his hand.
"Then go, rember what I told you."
"Rember, if you can't win, run; if you're tired, run; if you're out of magic, run!"
Li ng nodded in satisfaction.
"Co back soon!"
Benben hefted its massive spiked club onto its shoulder.
It turned and strode into the forest.
There were mountains to the north, where Benben's little followers were found among the peaks.
Watching Benben's towering figure disappear into the depths of the forest, Li ng remained silent.
Who knew when Benben would return from this journey.
Only when Benben's large figure vanished into the forest depths did Li ng look away.
At the cave entrance, Gobu Ge also watched the boss leave.
Only when the boss's figure disappeared into the forest depths did it turn back into the Iron Cave.
As the boss of the Iron Cave, it couldn't leave for a mont.
Otherwise, the underlings would slack off.
It had to keep an eye on them, or it wouldn't be able to complete the tasks assigned by the boss.
Ti passed quickly, and before long, more than half a month had gone by.
After walking through the forest for a short while, Li ng heard the noise ahead.
"It's the boss!"
"Boss, boss!"
Before long, Li ng saw the Goblins panting as they chopped down trees in the forest.
The boss's arrival excited the Goblins imnsely.
They looked at the boss's towering figure with a mix of fanaticism and fear.
Li ng grinned and waved his large hand.
"Keep working hard, boys. In the future, the boss will let you feast on the Pign tribe!"
The boss's words made the Goblins in the forest cheer excitedly.
Pign at was delicious.
Even oilier than Forest Boar.
One bite and your mouth was full of oil.
Although many Goblins hadn't tasted Pign at,
They had heard other Goblins who had eaten it talk about it.
The Goblins panted happily as they worked.
Drool almost dripped from their mouths.
Li ng leisurely continued walking towards the direction of the tribe.
When Li ng returned to the throne tribe, half an hour had already passed.
On the way, Li ng climbed the wooden wall to watch the logging project outside for a while.
The initial phase wasn't much to see.
It was simply about cutting down all the trees in the designated area.
The second phase involved using the felled trees to build a wooden wall.
Once the wooden wall stood on the outermost periter,
Construction of various internal buildings would begin.
"Goblin!"
Li ng had just stepped into the entrance of the throne cave.
Inside, he heard the resentful voice of the Dark Elf.
Looking into the wooden house, the Dark Elf was no longer hanging.
She was tied to the bed, in a cruciform position.
Her belly was round and full, not far from giving birth.
Facing the Dark Elf's hostile gaze, Li ng grinned.
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