When the plot-skips players into the game world Chapter 1664 - 341: The Goblins’ Rebellion

——To Aiwass now, flying is no longer a challenge.

The identity of the King of the Winged Ones ant his wings were no longer re decoration, and the position of the Earthly Heavenly Official made the four elents no longer an obstacle for him.

He spread his massive white wings, darting towards the southwest against the fierce wind.

Aiwass easily broke the sound barrier—because the atmosphere was not his obstacle, but rather his aid.

It’s just like how Gryphons can tear through the strings of the atmosphere and thunder, effortlessly traversing storms and stirring thousands of thunders with a flap of their wings.

The Celestial Marshal Shard of the Geotric Celestial Marshal granted Aiwass the highest affinity with the four elents.

And rightly so... after all, the concept of elents was originally created by the Geotric Celestial Marshal and completed by the Serpent Celestial Marshal.

Before the birth of the Geotric Celestial Marshal, the world indeed had no concept of elents or "attributes."

The old world at that ti relied on Sin Thorn’s decompression, and everything, including the sky and earth, was a legacy of the previous era.

No one would seek an answer, just as no one would think of creating sothing new that didn’t exist in their knowledge. To them, "creation" was undoubtedly to be carried out by the vast sun above.

The greatest achievent of the Geotric Celestial Marshal was paving a new path.

The theory of the four elents, although not perfect, could at least run normally with the lubrication of the "hypothetical elent: ether." Thus, this world was able to break free from the old code and naturally transition according to the new four-elent law.

If Aiwass were a mage, he could essentially replicate the power of the Geotric Celestial Marshal.

But unfortunately, Aiwass was not a mage. Although he had the highest affinity with the four elents, he did not have the ans to apply them efficiently.

Fortunately, the power of spells alone cannot bring miracles—as the Geotric Celestial Marshal couldn’t save the world either. The power of elental magic, though strong, wasn’t even considered an embellishnt for Aiwass, who now possessed all six wings.

Aiwass had flown for less than an hour when he saw the Southern Continent.

anwhile, Isabel had just summoned Geront to inform him of this matter.

"What do you think, Lord Geront?"

Isabel asked authoritatively, with her hands crossed: "Do you think the other goblins will capitulate?"

"In my view..."

Geront pondered, shaking his head slightly: "No."

Now, Geront had permanently settled in Wanning along with his family.

As a "goblin traitor," he obviously couldn’t return to the Southern Continent. Many goblins blad his betrayal, saying, "Without his initiative to lower prices, perhaps they could have negotiated a higher price."

Surrendering isn’t impossible, but at least they needed to set a sufficiently high price!

While ordinary goblins might not matter, the Goblin Comrce Association is a world-class financial organization capable of easily manipulating countries like Star Antimony and Iris Flower!

They also have no shortage of strong individuals at the Fifth Power Level and have acquired so ancient technologies sold by the Dwarves—it is said to be a weapon capable of rivaling the Ancient Elves!

To any country or organization, the Goblin Comrce Association is an indescribably significant entity.

And Wanning is just a newly established country.

Don’t you need the various resources provided by the goblins?

Obviously, you do!

——Since you need , then there’s certainly room for negotiation!

——It’s all Geront’s fault, that impatient fool, for choosing to defect, and now he’s driven everyone else’s prices down!

——Is this a business war? Want to engage in a price war?

Many goblins... even many high-level goblins within the association, thought this way.

Nominally, these nation-less goblins are united, as if attacking one goblin boss would lead all others to retaliate—but in reality, that’s due to the damage to their common interests. Internal disputes and attacks among goblins far exceed the imagination of other races.

Because the market is limited.

The competition between capitals is a zero-sum ga. When one big player falls, the others can feast; yet if the upper-tier capital makes no mistakes, the lower-tier capital can only be slowly devoured.

——Since the prices have already been driven down by Geront, it’s too late for them to surrender now. No matter what, they cannot catch up with Geront who seized the initiative, and if they attempt to catch up, they would only suffer a slow demise.

What they can do now is abandon Geront’s investnts.

Even if it’s challenging...

But it must be done.

"——Based on my understanding of my foolish kin, they would rather die than concede. Only if you put a knife to their throat and force them, might they yield... and as soon as the knife is put down, they’ll begin plotting betrayal."

Geront said with a deep voice that didn’t match his ugly appearance: "We goblins are a race like this. Driven by profit to live, and perish due to it. Just like a child deprived of too much in childhood would desperately satisfy their childhood cravings when grown."

"...Are you saying they would rather die than admit defeat?"

Isabel felt sowhat incredulous.

To her understanding, this was a bit too hard to comprehend.

How could these cowardly goblins suddenly beco so unyielding?

"Because of a gambler’s mindset."

Geront smiled wryly and sighed, as if he had already foreseen the death of his kin: "Every successful capitalist has three demons within them.

"One is nad Cruelty, because we survive by harming others. Those who couldn’t harden their hearts have long been killed by even more ruthless peers. Only those who are resolute enough, the most selfish, can go the farthest;

"One is nad Greed, because the chance to seize luck far exceeds personal strength. Slow operations over ten years are no match for a leap at the right mont, and the greedier one is, the higher they leap, and the more they seize;

"One is nad Cowardice, because we have climbed up this ladder ourselves. Once we’re up, we want to pull away the ladder to prevent others from following us—this is because we all know that reducing one competitor increases the probability of a successful leap next ti. Trying to resolve the outco outside of the confrontation is precisely due to cowardice.

"Doesn’t this look familiar, great Sudanna? It is no different from a gambler.

"Arrogant like a gambler, greedy like a gambler, cowardly like a gambler... and die like a gambler.

"—This is fate."

At this mont, Aiwass had already thrust into the atmosphere.

Even though his flying speed was so fast, it didn’t emit the sound of breaking the air—there was no piercing screech like a bomber, nor did it explode with a white trail in the sky.

His flight was so silent that it maintained complete invisibility.

In a way, this could be considered a state of unity with the heavens.

"...Oh?"

Aiwass noticed the goblins’ arrangent and widened his eyes slightly: "Interesting."

The goblins were not hiding. Rather, they weren’t simply playing hide-and-seek with Aiwass.

On this wild continent, they had actually deployed an incredible scale of military preparations!

It wasn’t purely transcendent armant.

But sothing that seed familiar to Aiwass, even sowhat nostalgic... modern-style war preparations.

Like the "French Giant Cannon" from so ga, the dense array of artillery with extra-long barrels and huge bases, clad in steel armor, were tens of ters tall, with tens of thousands of ard golem phalanxes, similar to tanks but closer to Star Antimony’s "Watchline" and "Pacifist" tal fortresses.

They were all autonomously operated.

The goblins were dispersed and hiding among them... rather than controlling these weapons, they were more like hiding inside them.

—The goblins’ pride indeed had a foundation.

In a situation where most technologies could be bought and most alchemical creations could be reproduced with funds, "being wealthy" effectively ant "being powerful."

Moreover, they were well aware that as a transcendent capable of defeating multiple Celestial Marshals, Aiwass’s priority must be very high.

This ant that most extraordinary skills would struggle to penetrate Aiwass’s defenses.

And spells, rituals, and divine arts could easily construct immunity protection against ans like heat, lasers, flas, and shockwaves.

Therefore, the goblins opted for pure physical assault—

Not evaluating energy level priority, not involving any mysterious attack, purely competing on numbers...

In most cases, this kind of damage would appear too cumberso and cost-ineffective.

But in cases where cost-effectiveness was not considered, this could be a solution.

However...

"What a pity."

Aiwass sighed: "If it had been a month ago, maybe it would have worked on ..."

But now, in front of the fully ford Aiwass, they held no aning.

He raised his left hand and summoned the Book of Law.

Sensing Aiwass’s sudden appearance, the self-regulating artillery positions covering the southern continent beca active.

"Don’t be too hasty, Liya..."

Aiwass whispered, advising the newly transford Defiant Fla Butterfly not to be too impatient: "I will let you take action."

In the next mont, those cannons locked onto their target and fired.

In an instant, deafening, continuous explosions and fire covered the sky.

Although these attacks didn’t even break through the ritual magic Aiwass instantly deployed—

A transparent barrier blocked all physical attacks.

The protective barrier originally set up by the demon sorceress of the Pelican Bar couldn’t withstand a single shot from Aiwass; but now Aiwass could use the sa ritual to block the roar of these million cannons.

However, Aiwass did not beco complacent. He wasn’t sure if the goblins had any other tricks up their sleeve.

He needed to ensure one hundred percent victory.

And, Aiwass needed only one summons to completely erase the goblins’ chance to upset the balance from weakness to strength—

"—Co forth, Don Quixote."