Chapter 68: Direwolf Clan (BONUS)
"Should we interfere?"
Laplace spun around, a cunning glint in his eyes: "It's just that the few monsters around this guy seem difficult to deal with."
"Before, it was subjugating the Ogre Clan. Now it's Goblins."
"Are we really not going to interfere?"
"If this continues, Clayman's plan will be ruined."
Footman felt they should try to gauge Rin's depth, while Tear felt they should be a bit more cautious.
"It's too conspicuous."
Tear fiddled with her long sleeves, a hint of difficulty in her voice: "Wouldn't the Demon Lords discover us?"
The four Ogres in front of them were already difficult to deal with.
If they fought, it would definitely cause a huge commotion.
Not to mention Treyni the Dryad was also there, and they did not want to provoke such a being.
"Tell Clayman about it, and let him figure out a solution."
The three were not very keen on getting directly involved, and the matters here in the Great Jura Forest were, in fact, the responsibility of Clayman, who was openly in charge.
If anyone should worry, it should be him.
"In that case, let's go find Clayman first."
"I wonder how he will handle this sudden intruder."
Thus, the three clowns silently lurked in the shadows.
They did not leave but continued to observe the procession.
Sakurako and the others, who were on their journey, were clearly unaware that their actions had already fallen under the gaze of a certain Demon Lord.
"Swish swish swish~"
Moonlight, like water, spilled across the vast grassland, silver light intertwining with the dark green sea of grass, creating a mysterious tranquility.
The night wind gently brushed by, making the tips of the grass sway and rustle, as if whispering the secrets of the grassland.
Dozens of giant wolves were galloping across the grassland, their figures appearing and disappearing like ghosts under the moonlight.
The commotion caused by the Goblins' collective movement not only attracted the attention of the clowns but also other monsters living in the forest.
Among them were the Direwolf Clan, who in the original work proactively attacked Goblin villages to contend for forest supremacy.
On a protruding hillside, a giant Direwolf howled at the sky.
Behind it, hundreds of Direwolves quietly awaited their Wolf King's command, whether to launch an attack on this group of Goblins leaving their village.
"Father!"
The Direwolf who had gone out to gather intelligence on the Goblins returned. He was the leader's offspring and the strongest among the young Direwolves.
"Have you found out why the Goblins left their village?"
"I smelled the aura of Ogres!"
"Ogres?"
Hearing the word Ogre, the Direwolf Leader immediately thought of the Ogre Clan in the forest.
Those powerful lower-tier demons with B-rank strength were not something their mere C-rank monsters could compare to.
Despite having a numerical advantage, the Direwolf Leader began to hesitate at the thought of directly facing the Ogre Clan.
"Have the Goblins surrendered to the Ogre Clan?"
"We can't let them go to the Ogre Clan's village!"
If they really entered the village, the Ogre Clan was so strong, and with Goblins as soldiers...
One plus one would be greater than two, which would definitely be a huge obstacle to the rise of the Direwolf Clan.
At this time, the Storm Dragon had not yet disappeared, and the monsters in the forest had not yet begun the dog-eat-dog self-slaughter.
The clowns, at Clayman's request, had begun to disrupt the forest's order.
But this had not yet started.
The Direwolf Clan was even larger than in the original story, with a full thousand Direwolves.
With their tacit cooperation, even if they forcefully attacked the Ogre Clan's village, it wasn't impossible to fight.
Of course, they would definitely lose.
"If numbers are no longer a disadvantage for the Ogre Clan, then in the forest, no clan will be able to contend with them!"
With this thought, the Direwolf Leader no longer hesitated and immediately announced his decision: "Immediately launch an attack on the Goblins!"
"Then, father, if the Ogre Clan finds out, will they...?"
"At worst, we'll leave here! Go east!"
The Direwolf Leader thought it through clearly. If they eliminated those Goblins, their existence value would definitely rise by a notch.
At that time, as long as they migrated east, the Ogre Clan was not good at tracking and would not be able to trouble them at all.
So, now was the best time.
For every Goblin killed, they could plunder a portion of magicules.
And this was the best way for intelligent monsters in the forest to increase their own existence value—conquest!
This kind of improvement was not as abnormal as Ogerpon's Growth.
But the difference between the two was only in the duration.
Ogerpon could gain benefits instantly, while racial warfare would slowly manifest.
A few months at the shortest, two or three years at the longest.
As the Direwolf Leader, leading his clan to exterminate the Goblins in the forest, the Direwolf Leader even felt that he had a chance to obtain a powerful skill.
An Extra Skill was the baseline, and with a bit of luck, a Unique Skill might not be impossible.
In the original story, the Goblins were reduced to only one or two thousand, a large part of the reason being the attacks from monster groups like the Direwolves.
'Such a good opportunity, I absolutely cannot miss it!'
The Direwolf Leader even felt that the scene before him was a godsend.
The Goblins were running around everywhere, and if they were eliminated at this time, it would not violate the rules set by the monsters.
"Did you sense it?"
The Ogre belonging to the Shadow Squad, with a black face covering, was named Souren. He grew up with Souei and trained as a ninja with him.
Through thought communication, the four could exchange information and make decisions in a very short time.
"Mm."
Sakurako nodded and said, "Three kilometers behind us, a group of monsters with an average rank of C or higher are rapidly gathering."
"Quantity..."
"At least 500 or more."
"What are they?"
Sakurako rarely left the village, so she didn't know much about the outside world.
Unlike Souren, he had previously gone out with other clan members to perform mercenary commissions, so he had encountered the Direwolf Clan.
"The largest Direwolf Clan in the entire Great Jura Forest."
The entire Great Jura Forest was home to more than one Direwolf tribe, with numbers ranging from fifty to three or four hundred.
And the one led by the Direwolf Leader seemed to be the largest in number.
"What do they want to do?"
"They're probably eyeing the Goblins we're escorting."
Souren, his figure merged with the night, silently observed the movements of these hunters in the forest.
A single Direwolf was only C-rank.
But if they gathered, their overall strength would continuously increase with their numbers.
With over 500 Direwolves gathered together, their average strength could even reach C+.
If the Direwolf Leader truly achieved the great unification of the wolf clan and then used the merit of exterminating the Goblins, he might really be able to create a Direwolf army of two to three thousand B-rank.
At that time, even the former Ogre Clan village would fall into a difficult bitter struggle, with the risk of falling.
(To be continued.)
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