"Eh? What is that?" Dice Girl asked, looking at the device on the table that looked a bit unserious.
"It's very simple. I made it using the shell of a crustacean summon. It fixes you in this position, limiting your range of movement without squeezing your flesh like a rope. There's a monster similar to a geoduck placed here, with a funnel filled with magic potions installed on it. When you're hungry, just open your mouth and suck on the geoduck to absorb the magic potion inside," Isidor introduced.
"Wait, isn't the shape of this geoduck a bit... Die Niang couldn't help but interrupt."
"In addition, I also discovered that the body fluids secreted by Dice Girl are also rich in magic. It would be a waste if you let them be discharged indiscriminately. So I placed tentacle pads under the device that can absorb Dice Girl's body fluids. The tentacles that have absorbed the body fluids can transport the body fluids to the funnel through siphon pipes for recycling. In this way, the perpetual motion machine is completed, and the Nobel Prize is mine!" Isidor said proudly.
"This is too perverted! Are you still a human being?" Dice Girl couldn't help but swear.
"I'm a goblin, don't you know everything?" Isidor said with a wicked smile.
"I really lose to you! How could there be someone as perverted as you in the world!" Dice Girl cursed angrily.
[Ghost value has been increased to 490]
[Evolution potential has been increased to LV19]
"Thank you for the compliment. Let's test the effect." Isidor said as he picked up Dice Girl and stuffed her into the automatic feeding system.
"Hurry up and test the effect now. I won't be able to take care of you when I get busy." Isidor said.
"Ah? Are you really going to make me suck this disgusting thing?" Dice Lady said with a look of despair.
"Then I'll let Esna help take care of you?" Isidor said.
"No, I'll suck it!" Dice girl gritted her teeth, put her little mouth forward as if she had made a huge decision, and sucked the water pipe of the geoduck like she was drinking milk.
"Hmm? It tastes good, and the magic power is very pure." Dice Lady said in surprise.
"Of course. Now that I'm with a rich woman, I also bought some high-end potions. This is only worthy of the perfect feeding device I developed." Isidor replied.
"Hmph, you're just a goblin, don't get carried away. How can such an inferior invention of yours be called perfect? Although it restricts my movements, you can't block my mouth like before because I have to suck the geoduck. As long as I scream loudly, your conspiracy will be completely bankrupt!" Dice Girl said disdainfully.
"That's true! I overlooked this point!" Isidor slapped his forehead, quickly took the dice girl out of the device, and began to think about how to solve the problem.
An hour later, the version of the Dice Girl automatic feeding system was successfully released.
"Let me introduce you to the version of the feeding system. Only some minor adjustments have been made to fix the bug that the dice girl can talk while inside. At the same time, the experience of the dice girl has been optimized, the dice girl's mouth is freed, and true fully automatic feeding is achieved." Isidor said, pointing to the device that had hardly changed.
"It's the same as before, except there's an extra geoduck." Dice Girl looked left and right, but couldn't see any difference from before.
"That's because you didn't observe carefully! First of all, the position of this geoduck is a little lower, so the magic potion no longer needs to be sucked, but absorbed by the mucous membranes in other parts of the body, thus ensuring the safety of Dice Girl's diet. Then there is this evil creature in the shape of a sea cucumber, which will be placed in Dice Girl's mouth to ensure Dice Girl's right to remain silent. The overflowing magic fluid is still recovered by the tentacle pads, and then input into Dice Girl's idle pipes through Geoduck No. 2 at a frequency of once every five minutes." Isidor introduced.
"Ah??? This is even more perverted than before! No, absolutely not!! Dice Girl will be ruined! She will be ruined mentally!" Dice Girl showed a look of horror and shook her head vigorously.
"That's not up to you. Come on, relax a little, or you'll starve to death." Isidor said as he stuffed Dice Girl into the No. 2 feeding system. Although Dice Girl's little mouth was sealed so she couldn't speak, from her sad eyes, she was obviously not happy about it.
"Well, the trial run went well. Well, you just stay here for a while, and I'll let you out after I kill the minotaur." After saying that, Isidor went back to bed and fell asleep.
"Wuwuwuwuwu!!!" Dice Girl tried hard to twist her body to express her protest, but it was of no avail.
The next morning, Isidor checked the device and found that Dice Girl was still alive and well, and even asleep, so he carefully put her into the closet and quietly left the room.
After going out, Isidor went straight to the store and bought a set of leather armor to increase magic resistance and several magic burning scrolls.
These things are undoubtedly the best choice to deal with the giant minotaur who is born with the ability to cast spells. Although Isidor spent all the remaining gold coins in one go, he did not feel sorry at all.
When Isidor arrived at the camp of the Pure Love Warriors again, the warriors in the camp were already welcoming him.
"Master Isidor is back! It's Master Isidor!" The pure love warriors who were practicing shooting put down their crossbows and stepped forward to greet him, making Isidor a little flattered for a moment.
"Guys, how are the preparations for the war going?" asked Isidor.
"The equipment is complete, but it will take some time to scout the terrain and formulate an attack plan." A pure love warrior replied.
"Where is your leader?" Isidor asked again.
"The commander has personally led people to the mountains for reconnaissance. He said that you should make all possible preparations before you take action." said the Pure Love Warrior.
"This is too dangerous. Wouldn't it be better if you wait for me to come back before going together for reconnaissance?" Isidor said worriedly.
"Mr. Isidor, there is something the captain didn't tell you: In fact, his former comrade died at the hands of a giant minotaur, so he has always longed to kill a giant minotaur. But it was not until your arrival that this matter changed from a fantasy into a feasible plan. Therefore, he hopes to do as much preparation as possible to ensure your success." The Pure Love Warrior explained.
"Did he say anything else?" Isidor asked.
"He also said that after this battle, he would give up being an adventurer and return to his hometown to marry his childhood sweetheart. It is said that he has even found a priest to preside over the wedding." The Pure Love Warrior replied.
"Oh no, isn't this a standard flag? We're over now, quickly call a few capable fighters and go with me to the mountains to meet the leader!" Isidor said, slapping his thigh.
Chapter 57: Captain, the car is ready!
When Isidor and his men rushed over, they saw a carriage parked at the foot of the mountain and two pure lovers waiting beside the carriage.
"Lord Isidor, what are you doing..." The two pure love warriors were confused when they saw Isidor personally bringing people over.
"Where is your leader?" Isidor asked breathlessly.
"The commander went deep into the hinterland to investigate the enemy situation and told us to wait here." The Pure Love Warrior reported.
"Go deep into the hinterland? It's too risky for him. He is not a scout with reconnaissance skills." Isidor said with a frown.
"The commander has his own arrangements. He had people set a fire in the west to burn the Minotaur pasture to attract their attention, and then took people to investigate." The Pure Love Warrior said, pointing to the place where black smoke was rising in the distance.
"You two lead the way, two others stay to guard the carriage, and the rest of you follow me!" Isidor said, waving his hand.
"Yes!" The pure love warriors followed Isidor's instructions and rushed all the way to the mountains. Ever since he defeated the leader in a single fight with a baguette, the entire adventure group has been convinced by him and is very happy to obey his orders.
While Isidor was trying to get to the mountains, the leader of the Pure Love Adventure Group was taking a young elite member to observe the terrain of the Tauren tribe up close and draw it one by one on parchment.
"Captain, the carriage is ready and the map has been drawn. We should go back early." The team member reminded.
"Okay." The leader nodded, put away the parchment, and started to rush back with the team members.
"It's so quiet today. There's not a single minotaur on the mountain road." The group member exclaimed.
"Yes, they were probably attracted by the fire we set. After all, they are just animals and cannot compare with human wisdom." The captain replied.
"But these are no longer important. In a few days, we will be able to take revenge!" said the team members excitedly.
"You're in such a good mood." The team leader smiled.
"Of course! Lord Isidor is willing to help us get rid of the Minotaur, so I have to work harder too!" said the team member, clenching his fists tightly.
"Yes, our efforts have finally paid off. As long as we don't stop hunting bulls, one day we will kill all the minotaurs and give everyone a world of pure love!" said the leader passionately.
At this moment, three dark-skinned minotaurs suddenly rushed out from behind the mountain. They were not as tall and strong as the other minotaurs, and even looked a little thin.
But the moment they appeared, the two members of the Pure Love Adventure Group all looked stern.
Because the three black bulls are carrying huge cylindrical totems on their shoulders, which means that they are the only ranged troops among the Tauren - Tauren Warlocks.
Sure enough, the three black bulls stuck the totems on their shoulders into the ground, and immediately summoned a large number of ice cones, fireballs and earth blocks, which shot towards the two of them.
"Oh no!" The captain exclaimed, subconsciously turned around and hugged the young member, using his back as a shield to block the Minotaur's spell.
The two ice cones arrived first, hitting the captain directly in the back and piercing into his body.
"Captain! What are you doing, Captain?" the young member shouted in panic.
At this critical moment, there was a flash of sword light, and the subsequent spells were blocked one by one by a big sword.
Then, the man who wielded the greatsword to block the spell pulled out a scroll from his crotch and threw it towards the minotaur's position.
An illusory green flame ignited everywhere the scroll. The three minotaurs were not harmed, but the second round of spell attack that was being prepared was immediately silenced.
"Isidor! It's you!" the captain shouted in surprise and joy.
"Yeah, I'm not too late." Isidor turned around and smiled.
"Well, if it was a few seconds later, you would have heard my elegy at the funeral." The captain said with a wry smile.
On the other side, the three minotaurs saw that their spells had failed, so they panicked and abandoned their totems, turning around and running. Just as Isidor was about to chase them, the pure love warriors next to him had already taken action.
"You want to leave after offending the captain? Not that easy!" The members of the team had already loaded their crossbows and aimed at the minotaurs' vital points and fired a volley of shots. The three minotaurs fell to the ground one after another.
Isidor nodded thoughtfully. It seemed that there was indeed something about the equipment of these pure love warriors: the Minotaur's skin was very thick, and it was difficult to kill them with ordinary swords, so they were equipped with heavy crossbows and hammers with stronger penetrating capabilities on a large scale; because of the Minotaur's powerful attack power, even with armor they could not withstand the attack, so they simply abandoned the armor and maintained greater mobility, and at the same time equipped themselves with tower shields with stronger frontal defense in batches.
They are truly a professional team that specializes in hunting Minotaur. If their average strength could be raised to another level, the Minotaur in this area might really be killed to extinction by them.
"The location where these minotaurs appeared was very concealed, which happened to be our blind spot, and they all had totems with them, so it was obvious that they had been lying in ambush here for a long time. I was careless this time and underestimated the opponent's wisdom. If it weren't for you, we would have really been in trouble this time." The team leader said with some guilt.
"Captain, don't say that. You just risked your life to protect me!" The young member encouraged him.
"Anyway, I'm glad everyone is okay. In order to prevent the Minotaur from ambushing us, we will retreat first and come back to take revenge when the main force is ready! By the way, are you okay with your injuries?" Isidor asked.
"It's okay. I'm the leader of the Pure Love Adventure Group. A few ice cones won't matter!" the leader said generously.
Although the captain seemed to be fine, Isidor still forced him to drink the life potion. They all returned to the camp and held a meeting to discuss the battle plan.
"The battle plan can be summed up in one word - charge forward! According to this reconnaissance, the number of campfires in the Tauren camp has decreased by 30% compared to before, which means that their population is constantly declining, perhaps due to conflicts with other tribes. Now, including Mr. Isidor, our entire group has a total of 102 people, and the number of Tauren is roughly estimated to be only about 60. 100 against 60, the advantage is on my side!" said the team leader as he slapped the map he had risked his life to draw on the table.
"Captain, isn't there a four-character phrase 'rush forward and do it'..." the rescued young member said cautiously.
"Don't worry about these details. Anyway, we will act at night. Raid the camp and fight quickly to catch them off guard! The Minotaur is at a disadvantage in terms of troop strength and is the one being ambushed, so they will definitely be defeated. In order to save the situation, they can only send out the strongest giant Minotaur. We pretend to be defeated and retreat slowly. When the giant Minotaur catches up, Mr. Isidor will come forward to stop him, and we will be responsible for containing the shooting and blocking the enemy reinforcements." The captain continued.
After the leader finished speaking, everyone nodded. Although this plan was simple, it was feasible and easy to execute. The main reason was that they had the intelligence support of the enemy's reduction in personnel, which made them more confident in the fight.
"Mr. Isidor, this is the battle plan I have drawn up. What do you think?" The captain turned around and asked after he finished speaking.
"That's a good idea, but I'd like to make some minor changes. We were ambushed during this reconnaissance, which shows that the enemy will use certain strategies. I'm worried that if we rush in rashly, we'll fall into other traps." Isidor said.
"That's true. Do you have any good suggestions?" asked the team leader.
"Well...the highest position I've ever held in my life is the administrator of a QQ group. I'm not really good at designating battle plans." Isidor said awkwardly.
"Okay then, we will fully consider your opinions and revise the plan." The team leader replied sincerely.
Chapter 58: A Traitor Among Us
"Mr. Isidor, this is the 'Absolute Final Draft of the Eighteenth Operation Plan V2 Power Enhanced Version ' that we have drafted. Please take a look at it."
Three days later, the somewhat haggard commander found Isidor with a patched-up battle plan.
Isidor opened the battle plan that had been revised many times, and looking at the densely packed text, he felt like his pig brain was overloaded.
He subconsciously felt that something was wrong with this action, but due to lack of experience and intelligence, he was unable to make an accurate judgment and could only ask the team leader to revise the plan over and over again. As a result, the originally concise plan became unrecognizable and extremely lengthy.
My starting point was clearly good, why did it turn out like this?
Seeing that the date of the war was approaching, he had to make a decision quickly. Besides, the little dice girl at home was still stuffed in the feeding device. Although he boasted that he had invented a perpetual motion machine, he was afraid that the dice girl would not be able to hold on if it took too long.
"Or, you should make the decision instead of asking for my opinion every time. After all, I'm a complete layman when it comes to command." The more Isidor looked at it, the more confused he became. He could hardly remember the previous changes. In the end, he had to give up thinking and handed the right of choice back to the captain.
The leader was silent for a moment, then he said, "Well, I suggest we use the first version of the plan. We have recently sent people to conduct long-distance reconnaissance several times, and the number of tauren campfires at night is still decreasing. It seems that there are only about fifty of them. We can take this opportunity to strike them hard."
"That's good, let's end this quickly to avoid any further complications." Isidor nodded.
That night, all the pure love warriors went out and quietly marched towards the Tauren tribe in the mountains.
The bonfire was not very bright at night, with only a few embers emitting a little red light. It seemed that the Tauren had already rested.
"Kill!" The captain gave an order, and the vanguard of the pure love warriors rushed forward with shield hammers in hand.
As expected, the number of minotaurs was small, and they were beaten to a pulp by the pure love warriors. They left behind several corpses and fled in a hurry.
"Captain, we won!" The soldier who led the charge ran over excitedly and reported.
"Very good, let's pursue the victory! Don't let any minotaur go!" the captain nodded.
The adventure group continued to move forward and almost passed through the entire Tauren tribe. However, except for the initial dozen or so Tauren, they did not see any other enemies.
"Strange, why are the number of minotaurs so small? It's night time now, they shouldn't go out hunting." The leader said with a worried look on his face.
"Is this a trick?" Isidor said worriedly.
"No way? Minotaur is not a race known for its intelligence. Goblins can outwit them just by strategizing. Moreover, our action time is also decided at the last minute. How can they have time to make arrangements?" The leader's unconfident tone seemed as if he was trying to comfort himself.
However, what you fear will come true. A low roar was heard from all around, and countless torches were lit on all sides. A large number of minotaurs surrounded the pure love warriors from all sides, blocking them in the narrow valley.
All of a sudden, stones, logs, and various spells were thrown down. The soldiers were caught off guard and more than a dozen of them were knocked down on the spot.
"What's going on? There are probably eighty or ninety of them! This is totally inconsistent with the previous reconnaissance results!" the captain said in horror.
"Don't worry about that. The most urgent thing now is to get out as soon as possible. This terrain is too dangerous." Isidor reminded.
"That's right! Form a shield formation, fire heavy crossbows alternately, and cover the breakout!" At the commander's command, the soldiers immediately formed an iron turtle formation with their shields, shot crossbows through the gaps in the shields, and retreated the way they came with the wounded.
The counterattack of the heavy crossbow slightly reduced the minotaur's throwing attack, and with the defense of the shield formation, there were finally no more casualties.
Isidor and the captain rushed out first, killing several minotaurs with one hammer and one sword.
Seeing that Isidor was too brave, the minotaurs dared not move forward, and a gap quickly appeared in the encirclement.
"Brothers! The siege has been broken. Everyone, keep your formation and don't panic!" the captain shouted.
