"But the magic circle has been destroyed. If you activate it forcibly, you won't be able to locate it accurately. You might be sent into the air or into a crack in the rock." The witch hesitated.
"It's better than dying directly. The Demon Lord's target is the Cup of Babylon. As long as it is teleported away, the Demon Lord will have no reason to stay here." Isidor said loudly.
"Okay, then I will force the teleportation, but can you really withstand this blow?" the witch asked worriedly.
"Do you have any other way except to trust me? Fidna, let me use your sword and enchant the holy light to the maximum extent." Isidor turned and said.
"Eh? Do you want to use it? I think it would be more certain if I were to stop it." Fidna said with some concern.
"Don't ask so many questions, just give it to me!" Isidor said loudly.
"Okay! I entrust my sword and life to you!" Fidna nodded, raised the Holy Sword of Mercy, and holy flames burned all over her body. She poured all the holy light into the sword, and in an instant it supported a huge sword light that was more than ten meters high.
"Dice Lady! Give me the biggest multiple of luck!" Isidor ordered.
"Yes! Set it to the lowest average: two points! Start throwing! Throwing result: 6, initiate the lucky throw to cheat, and change the result to 20! Master, I violated the rules and gave you ten times the luck, you must win!" said the Dice Lady in a trembling voice.
"Leave it to me!" Isidor held up a sword that was more than ten meters long and stood firmly in front of everyone.
At this time, the Thousand-Winged Demon Lord's light cannon had been condensed, and a devastating ray fell from the sky.
Facing the attack from the Demon Lord, Isidor leaped up and shouted in mid-air: "Ten times whirlwind slash!"
In an instant, the tenfold increase of Dice Girl's power, combined with the sword light of more than ten meters, produced an astonishing effect.
Isidor brandished his greatsword and soared into the air like a helicopter propeller, dispersing the energy of the light cannon wherever he went.
"What?!" Demon Lord Taimur made a surprised sound.
"Go to hell, mutant chicken wings!" Isidor flew in front of the Demon Lord with his sword spinning all the way. At this time, the Demon Lord's wings were spread out without any defense.
Isidor held the greatsword high in the air and fiercely stabbed the empty core with the sword's edge.
"Ugh!" The Demon Lord roared in pain, and a huge eyeball with blood flowing suddenly appeared in the core where there was nothing originally.
"You mortal, you actually made me bleed!" The Demon Lord roared, flapped his wings, and used the strong wind he created to slam Isidor to the ground.
Isido was knocked down from a height of 100 meters. He was thought to be half dead, but unexpectedly he was caught steadily by a pair of strong arms.
Isidore looked up and saw that the person who caught him was Emily.
"Mr. Isidore! Are you okay?" Emmeline asked worriedly.
"I'm fine, is Fidena okay?" Isidor asked.
"He's still alive. With Iowa as his blood pack, he won't die for the time being." Fidna let go of the dark elf's neck and said weakly.
"Everyone, stand still! Incomplete teleportation magic may cause confusion in coordinates! Be sure to open your eyes and look carefully at your feet!" The witch held up her staff, shouted at the top of her lungs, and launched a long-distance teleportation magic.
Isidor only felt a dazzling white light occupying his entire field of vision. He subconsciously wanted to reach out and grab Esna, but he had lost his sense of direction and even his limbs could not move. It was as if he was thrown into a mixer truck and drove for 2,000 kilometers.
After the world spun around, Isidor opened his eyes again. In front of him was a vast expanse of white snow and snow-capped peaks towering into the clouds in the distance.
Chapter 96: Lost! Travels with Half-Elves
"Where...am I?" Isidor slowly sat up. The feeling of dizziness had not completely disappeared and the scene in front of him was still a little blurry.
"Oh? You finally woke up. I thought you were hibernating." A familiar voice sounded beside him.
Isidor looked up and saw Emmeline dragging a huge white bear towards him.
"That's great, it turns out that we are not separated. Where is your sister?" Isidor was excited to see his acquaintance and stood up suddenly.
"No, there are only two of us around here. I walked around the area during the three days you were asleep, but there was no trace of human beings. I couldn't find my sister, the dark elf, or the vampire either." Emmeline shook her head.
"I see. Maybe it's because you caught me at that time that we were teleported together." Isidor said a little disappointedly.
"Anyway, let's eat something first. I lost my bow and arrows, and it took me a lot of effort to hunt this bear monster." Emmeline said, and began to skin the bear with her bare hands.
"Come to think of it, my Cangjin Greatsword is also lost, and Dice Girl is also missing. This is really a heavy loss." Isidor said, touching his pocket.
"Eat quickly, or it will freeze in this weather." Emmeline said, tearing off a piece of bear meat and handing it to Isidor. Due to the cold weather, the bear meat was still steaming.
"Ah? Eat it raw?" Isidor said in surprise.
"What else? None of us know magic, and there are no dry branches to make a fire in a place like this." Emmeline said expressionlessly.
"That's true. Only after leaving Esna did I realize how convenient magic is." Isidor sighed.
"Forget it, I'll eat it myself." Emmeline said, stuffing the still steaming bear meat into her mouth and tearing off a big piece. The blood stuck to her slightly tender cheek, but she didn't care.
"No! There is still a way!" Isidor quickly used fantasy materialization to create a handful of dry branches and a convex lens, and found a place sheltered from the wind to start a fire with sunlight.
"Emilyn, you have to drain the blood from the bear meat, otherwise it will taste fishy." Isidor said, and then he materialized a small knife and two plates and handed them to Emmeline.
After leaving Dice Girl, his mental strength could no longer support large-scale materialization, but he could still afford the cost of making these small things.
Emmeline nodded, quickly cut the bear meat into small pieces with a knife and handed it to Isidor, who then selected two branches of suitable thickness, stuck the bear meat on them and roasted them over the fire.
"It's ready." After a while, Isidor sprinkled some materialized salt on the roasted bear meat, put it on a plate and handed it to Emmeline.
"For me? I can eat it raw." Emmeline said somewhat flattered.
"Eat quickly! It takes more energy to digest raw meat. In this cold weather, we'd better conserve our energy." Isidor said.
Emmeline wasn't very good at expressing herself, but it was obvious that she wasn't very willing to accept Isidor's kindness.
"You really want to find your sister, right? Then at least you have to leave this snowfield alive. Besides, if your sister were still alive, would she be willing to let you eat raw meat?" Isidor asked.
Emmeline hesitated for a while, but still took the bear meat and started eating it in big mouthfuls.
"That's right!" Isidor thought that after all, he was just a child and was easy to coax.
The two of them grilled and ate at the same time. Because they had been hungry for three days, they finally ate more than ten pounds of barbecued meat before they stopped.
"And then? Where are we going?" asked Emmeline.
"Aren't you going to look for your sister?" Isidor asked.
"I want to find her, but I don't know where she is. I don't even know where I am. I thought I had learned a lot of skills in school, but once I left my sister, I became nothing." Emmeline said sadly with her head down.
"Not really. You're still very strong. Don't be too hard on yourself." Isidor said, and asked Emmeline to cut off the bear's paw, drain the blood, and take it away, and leave the rest of the bear's paw where it was and bury it in the snow.
"Looking at the thickness of the snow here, even if we are not in the far north, we should be quite far north. Let's go south first. It would be best if we can find a populated area to get some information," said Isidor.
"I have no objection, but it's snowing heavily here. How can we tell which is south?" asked Emmeline.
"That's true... This is a different world, and I don't know if the common sense of the old world is applicable. By the way, in which direction did you hunt the bear?" asked Isidor.
"Over there." Emmeline said, pointing in the direction of the snow-capped mountains.
"Okay, then let's go over there. The presence of bears means there are edible animals or plants nearby. If we walk a little further, we might be able to find some people. Even if we can't, we can temporarily solve the food problem." Isidor nodded.
"No need to explain, I'll listen to you." Emmeline said briefly.
"I wish I had such an obedient sister." Isidor sighed.
"Maybe there will be such a day." Emmeline said somewhat sadly.
"What did you say?" Isidor asked curiously.
"Nothing, I'll just go with you." Emmeline said, turning her head.
"Okay, let's go!" Seeing that she was depressed, Isidor had to pretend to be excited and walked towards the snow-capped mountains with his sister.
The snow-capped mountain looked very close, but it was actually much farther than imagined. In addition, the snow made it difficult to walk. Even though both of them had good physical strength, it took them a whole day to reach the foot of the mountain.
Because the mountain blocked the wind, it was actually warmer at the foot of the snow-capped mountain. It was already late at night, and the two walked around the area and soon found a spacious natural cave.
"I think we should spend the night here. To prevent the monsters from attacking us, we can take turns to keep watch," said Isidor.
"There's a smell of monsters in here," Emmeline said quickly, frowning as she sniffed inside.
"It's very common to see this kind of natural cave occupied by monsters. We just need to kill it, which will help improve our food." Isidor said with a smile.
"Judging from the smell, there are a lot of monsters gathered here," Emmeline warned.
"Don't worry, as long as it's not a monster on the level of the Demon Lord, it won't pose a threat to the two of us." Isidor smiled, used fantasy materialization to create a hard bow and handed it to Emmeline, and then created a big sword and put it on his back.
"It's a pity that Dice Lady is not here, so we can only make do with weapons of this quality. However, making each arrow consumes extra mental energy, and I'm afraid I can't afford it given your shooting speed." Isidor said.
"It's okay. I can make my own arrows when I get to a place with soil. But if possible, please give me a long knife to defend myself," said Emmeline.
"Eh? Can archers also use knives?" Isidor asked curiously.
"As an adventurer's archer, you have to face various situations, so you usually learn a melee weapon as well." Emmeline explained.
"Okay, then I'll make a knife for you." Isidor nodded and made another long knife and gave it to Emmeline.
"Let's go. I've almost used up all my mental strength. Be careful with this weapon." Isidor warned.
"Yes!" Emmeline agreed immediately.
"Don't be so formal. I'm not your sister." Isidor said, leading Emmeline deeper into the cave.
Although the aura of the monsters was getting stronger, they did not encounter any monsters after walking for a while. Just when Isidor relaxed his vigilance, many torches were suddenly lit in the darkness, and many crossbows were aimed at them.
"Stop! You are surrounded!" A dark blue-skinned monster stood on a high place and spoke to the two of them in broken human language.
"Goblin?" Isidor blurted out in surprise, looking at the monster in front of him.
Chapter 97: Sihan Tribe
"Do you want to destroy it?" Emmeline asked, holding a knife.
"No, let's wait a moment. After all, they are my fellow tribesmen. Maybe we can get some information from them," said Isidor.
"Yes," said Emmeline, laying down the knife.
"It seems that you are also goblins, but why is your skin blue?" Isidor asked in Goblin language.
"You can speak Goblin? Wait, you just said 'also'? Are you a goblin too?" asked the leading cyan goblin.
"Yes, I am a goblin too. I have no hostility towards you. I came here just to find a place to rest. Can you put down your weapons and have a good talk?" Isidor asked.
"Goblin? I've never seen a goblin like you... Could it be that you are a spy sent by the Fire Sacrifice Tribe?" The leading goblin suddenly became alert.
"The Fire Worship Tribe? What is that?" Isidor asked in confusion.
"Do you think we are stupid? How is it possible that we are goblins but don't know about the Fire Sacrifice Tribe? Shoot, shoot! Die! All of you!" roared the leading goblin.
Before he finished speaking, the goblins around him started shooting arrows at the same time, and dozens of crossbow arrows came from all directions.
"The negotiations broke down." Isidor sighed, wielding his sword to deflect the surrounding crossbow arrows.
Although he couldn't take care of Emilyne, Isidor believed that with her strength, she would not be hurt by such a simple attack.
As expected, Emmeline dodged the arrows with dancing movements, grabbing the tail of the arrow each time she dodged and using her bow to reflect it back. Moreover, each arrow just brushed past the goblin crossbowmen's ears and deeply penetrated the stone wall behind them.
If it was just one or two arrows, then it could be explained as an accident, but it happened over ten arrows in a row. Even a goblin with low intelligence would understand that the other party was showing mercy on purpose. If the archer in front of him wanted to kill them, it would be easy.
"How is it possible... that you can dodge shooting from more than a dozen directions at the same time, and even catch the arrows shot back, and still have the energy to show mercy, who are you?" The leading goblin knelt on the stone in surprise.
"The loser has no right to ask questions. All of you put down your weapons and come here. I have something to ask you." Isidor ordered in Goblin language.
"Do as he says." The leading goblin sighed, dropped his weapon and jumped down.
"Boss, is it just like that..." a goblin holding a crossbow said unwillingly.
"Do as he says! Idiots, can't you see? If they want, it wouldn't be difficult to kill us all!" the leading goblin shouted.
Seeing the boss' words, the other goblins had no choice but to put down their weapons and walk down, inserting torches into the holes in the wall for lighting.
Isidor looked carefully and found that there were about thirty to fifty goblins coming over. All of them had green skin and most of them were the height of ordinary goblins. Only the one in the lead was tall.
"There are so many of them? Can they all live in the cave? And there doesn't seem to be anything to eat around here?" Isidor said with some surprise.
"Sir, we have no choice. Our race is the Green Goblin. The Red Goblins of the Fire Sacrifice Tribe have been attacking us continuously for sacrifices to the dragon. Originally, our strength was evenly matched, but half a year ago, the chief and several shamans died of illness one after another, and the balance of power between the two sides was gradually broken. We were driven out of our homes and forced to live in the snowfields in the south. There is a shortage of food and clothing here, and the entire tribe cannot be supported. We were forced to separate, half of us continued to move south, and the other half scattered in caves all over the snow-capped mountains to hunt for a living." The leading goblin said with a sad face.
"A sacrifice to the dragon? Don't goblins believe in shamanism? Why do they have to offer sacrifices to the dragon?" Isidor asked puzzled.
"You don't know that to the north of this snowfield is a rich place where four goblin tribes live, and our Sihan tribe is one of them. Although the four tribes often have frictions, they are generally peaceful. Until thirty years ago, two giant dragons came here. They forced the four tribes to offer goblin flesh and blood as sacrifices every month. According to the quality and quantity of the sacrifices, they would reward the best tribe and punish the worst tribe. The dragons' appetites grew bigger and bigger, and the rewards and punishments became heavier. In order to get enough sacrifices, the four tribes could only attack each other." The leading goblin said helplessly.
"How many people are there in your four tribes?" Isidor asked.
"The Sihan tribe had about 14,000 people before the great migration. I don't know the exact number of people in other tribes, but it should be not much different. So the four tribes should have a total of more than 50,000." The leading goblin replied.
"Four tribes, more than 50,000 people! Even if they are 50,000 pigs, the dragon cannot eat them all in three days! Can't you unite the combat power of the four tribes to fight the dragon? They can be killed by piling up people, not to mention that you have long-range weapons!" Isidor said angrily.
"You're right. We all know that this won't work. We also know that if we unite, it won't be difficult to defeat the dragon with numbers. But this is easier said than done. The four tribes already have hatred for each other, so how can it be so easy to unite? Moreover, the dragon doesn't bring all bad things. The tribe that offers the most sacrifices can get treasures bestowed by the dragon, and even materials shed from the dragon's body. Therefore, there are many goblins who benefit from this, so many people are willing to be running dogs for the dragon." The leading goblin explained.
"In that case, please summon all the goblins of the Sihan tribe." Isidor said.
"Huh? What are you doing?" asked the leading goblin curiously.
