Chapter 1418: Chapter 1418 Diversion

This level of battle doesn’t require Li Yao to worry too much, as each species of military leaders knows their own tasks, and they’re not facing any kind of transcendently powerful troops.

After all, this is just the periphery of the relics. The relics faction wouldn’t send too powerful legions to exhaust themselves; the troops on the fringe are just cannon fodder, intended to consume the living forces of several camps. Thus, wiping out tens of thousands of kobolds hardly eliminated any leaders.

Moreover, what kobolds really excel at is mining, not fighting.

Among the combat troops, the kobold legion is at the bottom tier, but when it comes to mining, even dwarfs are no match for them. It wouldn’t be excessive to say that they are the number one mining race of the ancient gods.

In a typical war scenario, Li Yao would choose to capture some kobolds and then breed them, saying that over time, a kobold tribe could be bred specifically to mine for Starfire.

Kobolds are quite fertile, with each litter bearing at least three or four puppies. If there are more, it’s possible to have a dozen or more.

Furthermore, their growth cycle is rapid. When they’re born, they’re not much different from regular puppies, but within less than a year, the fur on the puppies’ bodies will shed, and scales will grow out, turning them into juvenile kobolds.

And juvenile kobolds are already good at mining. In three years’ time, a kobold can reach adulthood.

Hearing Li Yao talk about these things, everyone is speechless.

Tongtong blinks and says, “Apart from those in our guild who specialize in mining and doing tasks, aren’t all the rest worms mining? It feels no slower than kobolds. Big brother, now that you’re the president of a big guild, can you act a bit more magnanimous?”

The others echo the sentiment, indeed looking down on such weak kobolds.

Li Yao snorts, “You guys, wasting away frivolously, not understanding the cost of household provisions. Besides being excellent miners, kobolds can also discover precious veins and even relic treasures. This is their bloodline talent, able to sense earth veins. The mining tunnels they build can even be expanded into stable underground cities. Do you think these relics were really built by Titans? They are gods, not construction workers. The real foundation layers for these relic cities are these kobolds, you know. These Titan’s Relics have been incredibly solid for hundreds of thousands of years, okay?”

Everyone inhales sharply, and they sigh with regret along with Li Yao.

“By what you’re saying, if you use kobolds to mine in those plains and mountains, couldn’t you also build a city?” Angel says.

Li Yao nods, “That’s not all. Our Desolate Port’s map is too barren, not only due to curses and Divine Blood contamination, but mainly because the water veins in the earth veins have changed due to ancient wars. If we could have a sufficient number of kobolds, they could even sort the earth veins and guide the water veins. Eventually, the barren could become fertile.”

“Darn it, then just capture some kobolds. Make a good effort to transform Desolate Port. I’ve been stationed there for a long time; it’s desolate, even eating feels torturous,” Angel complains.

“Kobolds are not hard to find but not common either. Leave it to chance; if an opportunity arises, capture more and gradually cultivate them. It’s unrealistic to capture and tame a sufficient number straight away,” Li Yao sighs.

The Black Dragon Queen laughs lightly, “It seems that master always overlooks my presence. Others might not know where there’s a significant number of kobolds, but they can’t hide from me.”

Li Yao’s eyes light up, and he quickly nods, then drops the subject and looks towards the distance.

“We need to change our route now, going straight forward is not easy,” Li Yao says.

Starfire is currently facing the second wave of monsters, the Stone Demons. The Stone Demons have great strength, but their attacks are lacking.

The Devil Tyrannosaurus is not charging; instead, the Fire Poison Cockroach is the vanguard. It’s unrealistic for the Stone Demons to kill the Fire Poison Cockroach, and with the Starfire’s Priests at the back, it’s even less likely.

Moreover, with strong internal output, although the second wave of attacks isn’t as quick as the first, it is steadily advancing.

This relic occupies a piece of the map, which, if converted into real-world land size, is equivalent to the land of a large province.

To reach the passage, one needs to break through the outer layers of checkpoints.

If Li Yao doesn’t activate his Divine Eye, even the Eagle’s broad field of vision can’t see the end of the players.

The participating guilds and individual teams are truly numerous, and Starfire is not the sole outstanding one. With time passing, there are not a few guilds like Starfire that have slain their way through the third wave of monsters.

There are quite a few with powerful legions, it’s just that there is essentially no interaction in a short time.

Keeping pace with Starfire, the closest team is also tens of thousands of yards away, and it’s unlikely there will be any close-quarters combat in the short term.

“What’s going on?” Angel asked.

Li Yao said, “Another tens of thousands of yards ahead is a mound, which is actually a fortress, with some troublesome Worm Tribe fortresses. Moreover, there are Caveman Archers on the hill. With our strength, it’s not that we can’t take it down, but those archers shooting from a high position will cause us significant losses. Hence, I’ve decided to take a detour, go right, and bypass this outpost.”

“Then let’s detour.” The others had no objections. Although the road straight ahead was theirs, encountering a tough nut naturally meant they shouldn’t clash head-on. That would be stupid.

The Starfire Team took a detour and appeared in front of the Heavenly Guild, facing the attack of the fourth wave of monsters.

The Heavenly Guild, who were struggling with the second wave, turned green when the Scouts reported the distant situation.

These layered fortresses and checkpoints, if breached by a team, the remaining teams are not allowed to follow the path that has been cleared, or they will be eliminated.

This is easy to understand. Although it’s a competition, it’s also about exterminating the monsters that come out of the relics. If everyone follows in the footsteps of the strong teams, what about the other monsters? That would lead to chaos.

“Damn it, why is Starfire seizing our path?” the president of the Heavenly Guild roared.

The Scout said grievously, “Starfire’s attack on the fourth wave is on a difficult outpost, and moreover, their archers have the high ground.”

Hearing the detailed situation, the Heavenly Guild was so angry but helpless. Who would let them fall behind and not even eliminate the third wave of monsters, unable to even argue.

If they were slower than the other guilds around, when they reached the fourth wave, the others would have taken their respective routes of the fourth wave. Then they would have only two choices: either to attack the route abandoned by Starfire or to choose another route and wage a do-or-die battle with other hostile guilds.

The Heavenly Guild was in a frenzy and asked, “Which team in our faction has an easier time getting through the fourth line of defense?”

The Scout said, “To the left of Starfire’s left, the fourth checkpoint is still gnolls.”

Grinding his teeth, the president of the Heavenly Guild said, “Let’s go for it, use a Legion scroll.”

The spirits of the Heavenly Guild were uplifted, thinking the president was going to use the Legion scroll to go all-out against Starfire, and they were all eagerly excited.

But what they heard was, “We must reach that place before the other guild of our faction attacks the fourth wave of monsters. As for that damned outpost, let whatever unlucky bastard encounter it deal with it.”

The Heavenly Guild was about to explode with rage, but they were helpless. At last, they realized that they couldn’t even dream of holding back Starfire–they didn’t even have the qualifications to eat dust…