Chapter 128 - 9: Eugenics, 130,000-Strong Dragon Nest Army (Happy Mid-Autumn Festival)
Chapter 128 - 9: Eugenics, 130,000-Strong Dragon Nest Army (Happy Mid-Autumn Festival)
Dark Forest, Mountain Stream Dragon Nest.
Kobold Fla Shi, humming a self-composed tune, walked along the stone path.
In front of the wooden and stone houses on either side sat scattered goblin women and children. They were peeling some kind of green fruit, and the fruit pieces fell with a rustle, gradually filling the baskets.
A sharp-eyed female goblin noticed the swaying kobold Fla approaching from a distance, her eyes lit up, and she quickly stood up to greet him, "Master Fla, you’re here so early today? Come, have a taste of the freshly harvested Green Rattan Fruit from my home. These fruits are very sweet."
Saying this, she took a big spoon and scooped a full spoon of the Green Rattan Fruit from the basket.
These Green Rattan Fruits are a specialty cultivated by the Green Forest Race. Initially, they were just wild fruits. Later, a female goblin responsible for logistics tasted them and found them quite delicious, so she transplanted some Green Rattan Fruit bushes into her yard. It turned out they had a high yield, growing in clusters.
Then word spread, and soon the entire Green Forest Race knew about them. Female goblins started transplanting some Green Rattan Fruit bushes into their own small gardens, and today, the Green Rattan Fruit has become one of the main specialties of the Green Forest Race.
Fla leaned in closer to look at the big wooden spoon filled to the brim with the dark green, thumb-sized Green Rattan Fruits.
He scooped some with his hand and stuffed them into his mouth. The sweet and sticky texture made him squint with satisfaction as he chewed a few times and then swallowed with a contented expression.
"The taste is okay. Alright, my time is precious. How many people are in your family?" Fla pushed the wooden spoon aside and asked the female goblin.
"There are nine of us now, seven are children." The female goblin, seeing that Master Fla didn’t accept the Green Rattan Fruits, awkwardly took them back and smiled sheepishly.
"Nine people, seven children... that’s a lot? What’s your husband’s name?"
"His name is Nick..." The female goblin said somewhat apprehensively.
"Let me check the records..." Fla frowned slightly, picked up the finger-thick sheepskin book in his hand, and opened it, looking for the corresponding name and number. Quickly, he skimmed through it to find ’Nick’.
Soon, Fla’s rough, sharp fingertip slid over a name.
[Nick]: Level 5 Initial (No special talent, no record of hunting mid-level creatures)
[Offspring]: 6 (6)
Fla lifted his head, his eyes turning cold, "Three months ago, your offspring number already reached the limit; you’ve been warned not to have more. Are you treating my words like a joke?!"
The female goblin frantically waved her hands, "No, how could it be? We definitely listen to Master Fla’s words. The seventh child wasn’t intentional, it was just that..."
Fla rolled his eyes but didn’t say more. After all, controlling the desire to mate is somewhat demanding for monsters, even those with intelligence are the same.
However, the planned better breeding was promoted by Commander Shiji. As the Grand Steward of the Dragon Nest Influence, even the adults stronger than Commander Shiji cannot surpass his status. This is because Commander Shiji, in some respects, represents the great Black Dragon King.
"I’m not going to blame you, but since you’ve gone over the limit, you’ll have to face punishment. The same goes for everyone, even I would be punished if I went over the limit." Fla shook his head, started ’writing’ words in the sheepskin book after Nick’s name.
With a flicker of thought, Dragon Vein Magic Power surged in Fla’s body, and words immediately surfaced behind Nick’s name in the sheepskin book.
[Over the limit offspring one, punishment: Five Level 4 Demons (beasts)]
This is a Zero-Ring Illusion, ’Text Writing’, with the effect of imprinting the thoughts in one’s mind onto a medium as text. The specific language depends on what language you know and want to use.
After informing the female goblin of the punishment requirements, Fla turned and left, heading to another wooden house to continue his work.
Indeed, Fla is a population information investigator, tasked with investigating the population growth, deaths, and registration of strength changes in the southern area of the Green Forest Tribe. Other tribes, such as the Bonebreak Race, Black Blood Race, Wild Clan, and scattered small tribes, have other kobold investigators responsible for gathering information. Otherwise, with the current large population under the Dragon Nest Influence, Fla alone couldn’t complete the extensive population information investigation task.
Fla is quite content with this plum job. He is just an ordinary Tier Five Initial Monster Warrior and a First Level Dragon Vein Mage. There are many like him in the Dragon Nest, who aren’t noticeable. He got this position thanks to the recommendation of his father, a Level 9 Kobold Commander. Of course, it also relates to his slight talent for Dragon Vein Sorcery, having spent a few grueling months at the White Tower, specifically learning the ’Text Writing’ Zero-Ring Illusion.
Although, many Level 2-3 Dragon Vein Mages don’t even get the chance to become investigators...
"So, being born into a good family is truly a blessing, hum hum~" Fla hummed a tune, walked toward another wooden house, casually took a handful of snacks from those offered ingratiatingly and stuffed them into his mouth, gulp~.
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