Chapter 1037: HobGoblin tribe (1/2)

Sam came out of the small research retreat to work on their next target. He was expecting to see the results of the initial investigation from their team, but when he heard and saw the report from the team, there was only one response that came almost instinctually.

”Are you sure this report is accurate?” Sam asked as he looked at the team members.

”Yes, Boss. This is hundred percent accurate.” Saber Monarch said with a sigh.

Their next actual target is a Hob Goblin tribe that worships Hou Yi and in fact, the tribe is named after Hou Yi himself with Hou tribe.

The Hob Goblin race is evolved from the Goblins in ancient times and it outgrew its predecessor in strength, size, and intelligence.

Hob-goblins have a much stronger affinity with elements and they are much more intelligent can control their own urges, which is the main difference from the normal Goblin tribe.

That is also the reason that Sam felt the need to prepare beforehand when dealing with this tribe, even though the leader is only a person a Middle-stage transcendence of the Astral Plane. Night Ghost alone should have been enough to take care of them.

Hob Goblins are weak innately and prey on the weak a lot based on their instincts, but they are good at one thing, formations. Every one of the Hob Goblins is a born warrior like minotaur and centaur, but unlike them, the Hob Goblins have a higher elemental affinity. If one in twenty to thirty minotaurs gains elemental affinity, almost every second Hob Goblin has an elemental affinity and they are quite diverse in their awakening, they can even awaken spatial ability and it wouldn't be that surprising.

Along with the diverse elemental users and their natural talent in the formations, the tribe is full of talents, and together, they could defend against almost all kinds of invasions. They are truly one of a kind among their peers.

But their potential is extremely limited and they cannot grow past the Transcendent stages of the Astral Plane.

And they are also weak in invading others, which places them on the lower end of the hierarchy among races.

But that is not the only reason they are on such a low level, to the point that it is first on Sam's list.

It is because, the Hob Goblins are a bit sentimental when it comes to territory and they wouldn't move their core operational base that easily along with, this territorial protective instinct caused internal conflicts, and once large tribe divided into five different tribes and worshipped dive different gods.

Hou tribe is one of those five tribes and they worship Hou Yi while they are skilled at archery.

The main base of operations for all these tribes is the closest city to Sam's current location. The team went there to investigate that tribe as well, but the results smacked them in face.

Because, currently the number of five tribes in the city is not five, but one and that is Hou Tribe. The rest of the tribes didn't disappear, rather they were conquered and merged together. The report is regarding the process of merging and the reasons for it.

Approximately a year ago, the Hou Hob Goblin tribe decided to expand and waged war on the remaining four tribes at the same time, Not only did they manage to win making everyone shocked, the tribe chief made the remaining four tribes chiefs as elders without killing them.

After they took over the city, the first thing they did is rebuild the city wall and install new defensive formations along with it. The whole city and its structures were used and made into formations, just like how Sam did with his own city.

The security personnel of the city was also upgraded, the causal guards that go on regular patrol are replaced by Astral Plane Pre-transcendent stage cultivators.

Even at the gate, there is an Initial stage Transcendent Astral Plane cultivator taking charge along with a bunch of Pre-transcendent stage cultivators. Every creature that needs to enter the city must go through a special formation that uncovers any disguise technique.

The shocking thing is that this is the only time, Kiran's disguise technique was beaten and he almost got caught.

No creatures, souls or even lifeless objects can sneak into the city they all must go through the formation at the entrance.

Apart from that, the whole city wall was mounted with large crossbows with some high-level enhancements.

The city is backed against a cliff so there is no rear side, the remaining sides are guarded by the wall which is a large circular arc and it is guarded strictly.

There hired a necromancer to place a necromancer ring which is mostly dormant and could only be activated upon invasion and they even made some small necromancer rings within the city.

The beast tamers that are specialized in assisting people in taming the beasts were hired and they made Hob Goblins sign contracts with every beast that is at Astral Plane Pre-transcendence and above within the surrounding forest and mountain region.

The puppet masters were hired to create a puppet and Golem army even if they are weak, they were being used as formation nodes and some cannon fodder just in case.