38 Cannon Fodder for Baiting Cramer (2/2)

Cramer understood that they were honorable sacrifices. Their souls would be warmly received by the ancestors, while their bodies were to be baptized by fire and made into meals.

On the second day, the Goblins returned with a vengeance.

Cramer was as valiant as before, but his warriors suffered casualties. The Goblins retreated once again after sustaining 50% casualties.

Cramer felt that something wasn't right. Why were there endless Goblins to be killed? Who were their mothers? Why were they so reproductive?

The situation was looking bleak for the Houndhead Men. Cramer looked at the dismal number of warriors and the Houndhead Elder for an answer. The Elder muttered, ”We have achieved grand victory and should shift our tribe deeper into the Spiders' Lair.”

Cramer thought it was reasonable and wanted to lead the remaining warriors deep into the Spiders' Lair. However, he discovered that the Spiders' Lair entrance was covered by a magical barrier, and they were unable to go through.

As Cramer looked for ways to break through the barrier, those Goblins, who seemed to multiply endlessly, came back again!

Cramer grasped his Hammer tightly as he looked fearlessly at his prey!

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Sherlock was excited by the relentless combat willpower of the Goblins, whom he was going to make use of to earn money, attack other Dungeons, and complete his assigned missions. He found no reason to let the Houndhead Men move deeper into the Spiders' Lair.

Sherlock set up a magical barrier at the Spiders' Lair entrance so that the Houndhead Men couldn't escape into the Spiders' Lair. They could only loiter at the entrance.

The gamers achieved certain success, and the forum named this method of baiting monster—Cannon Fodder's Monster Baiting method.

Within three days, they had carried out four suicidal battles that caused a severe weakening of the Houndhead Men. Cramer was the only one left at the Spiders' Lair entrance.

They even organized a battle just to retrieve their dropped weapons and equipment.

NotWearingPants calculated in detail the price the gamers paid over the three days in the forum. It included the casualties in each battle, repair fees of the equipment, damage of equipment during battle, and the replacement costs for irreparable equipment. The rough estimate was about 50,000 bronze coins. The battles wiped out all the savings of the hundred Beta Gamers.

It caused the price of coins to hyper-inflate, and even rich gamers were unwilling to pay for bronze coins.

Sherlock also discovered that gamers who had never carried bricks, such as Arthur, BurningChestHair, and Sylvanas, started to carry bricks diligently. The Dungeon's development accelerated once again.

Sherlock was pleased to see the gamers working hard day and night.

While the gamers were carrying bricks diligently, the construction of the Carpenter Workshop commenced. Winterfell's Only Have More Expensive Stuff Carpenter Shop had great efficiency. Within a day, the Carpenter Workshop was completed, and a cartload of Short Bow arrows was delivered to the Dungeon Core entrance.

The Carpenter Workshop was nicely constructed with complete facilities like a cooking stove, big pot, crucible, spoon, seasoning stick, spatula, and even a complete set of condiments.

The Carpenter hadn't arrived, as it would take some time to find the Carpenter with the best culinary skill. The Stone Golem from the Only Have More Expensive Stuff Carpenter Shop said that the Carpenter would arrive in a week.

Sherlock wasn't in a hurry, as it would only be another two days. Though it was tough on Simba, it would only be two more days before someone shared his burden.

The Beta Gamers launched their final attack on Cramer.

As the Beta Gamer representative, NotWearimgPants published on the discussion forum. It was a post called [Leader of Houndhead Men, Cramer, Attack Plan].

Within an hour, the post garnered numerous clicks and replies. Sherlock took a look at the post that showed pictures of Cramer swinging his Hammer, as well as a far shot of the leader.

Cramer looked valiant in the pictures.

Sherlock started reading the detailed contents.