Chapter 248 Plague? Rebellion!
· Black Wind Castle, the Goblin community is as usual, the air is filled with the smell of metal and engine oil, and the factory chimneys are spitting out thick smoke day and night, just like the pipes held in the mouths of the overseers.
Goblins travel in groups through narrow alleys, stepping on the muddy ground, running between workshops and residential areas.
Although it is poor here, it is stable.
Since Snik took office as the director of the Goblin Neighborhood Committee, the order of the community has gradually stabilized. The sheds in the community no longer leak from the wind or rain. The Goblin workers are willing to work honestly and have work to do.
It's not just the goblins who are having a good life, but of course Snick, who is the top performer.
The Demon King never treats his servants badly, especially the excellent ones.
Snick believes that he undoubtedly belongs to the latter.
Although he has never been to the maze in Thunder County, relying on the Lord Demon King's appreciation and sufficient funds allocated to the neighborhood committee, he has lived a life in Black Wind Castle that is not inferior to that of the "Nobolas" - not only does he use beer instead of drinking water, he even uses beer to rinse his mouth, and he barely swims butterfly in the barn and takes a bath in a wine barrel.
Actually, it's not that he can't do it. The main reason is that his thinking has not declined quickly enough, and the old concept of saving money when he can save it has not been changed.
The beer after rinsing the mouth can be drunk, but the beer after bathing is a bit difficult to handle. He can't drink it all, even if his stomach is bursting, he won't be able to finish it.
Goblins are not hell dwarves after all. Their physiques are different.
But the next generation will be different.
Snick thought that his children would definitely not lose to him, they would definitely be better than him, and they would definitely feel more at ease than him, unlike him who was both excited and in pain at the same time.
It’s another busy and leisurely day.
Snick leaned against the door of his "office", the old carriage, while proudly shaking a goblet he picked up from nowhere while flipping through thick documents full of graffiti.
There haven't been many things that require his personal intervention recently, and the younger brothers patrolling the community can take care of them. Although there are occasional complaints, they can't reach his ears at all, let alone the ears of the Demon King. It is precisely because of this that he has the leisure and elegance to drink during working hours. If it were a month ago, when he was still a polished commander, he would definitely not be so leisurely and elegant.
"Hiccup... Lord Demon King tastes really good... Hehe." Snick, who was slightly drunk, wiped his mouth, held the document with his long nails and turned the page, admiring the results of this month's work.
However, at this moment, his beautiful day was interrupted by a panicked cry.
「Boss! It’s not good!」
A goblin rushed into the "office" out of breath, with a panicked expression and cold sweat on his forehead.
Snick was so startled by his appearance that he almost fell off his chair and even dropped the hat on his head to the ground.
But it was precisely when he saw the hat that fell on the ground that he suddenly remembered his status as a superior brother. He immediately coughed and signaled the panting goblin with a stern face to calm down.
"Look at your virtue! How decent is it? Do you look like a member of our Goblin Neighborhood Committee?"
The goblin plopped down and knelt on the ground, his voice full of fear.
"Boss... is a plague!"
"Plague?!" Snick's eyes widened, "How is it possible?! How could a plague suddenly break out in a good place?"
This kind of thing never happened in the community next to them when they were soaked in water. Why is it not clean after all the broken facilities are repaired? !
The goblin couldn't explain why, he just said hesitantly.
"Many goblins have fallen in our community... Go and have a look!"
Snick's hand trembled slightly and his wine glass almost dropped to the ground. His eyes widened, and countless horrific images flashed through his mind for a moment - a large number of dying goblins lying on the street, corpses piled up, and no one was working. Seeing the factory with no one working, the Demon King was furious, held him responsible, and dragged him to be burned alive...
No——
etc! It's not time to panic yet.
Snick took a deep breath, trying to calm down, and put on a smile that he thought was calm: "Don't panic, don't panic... Plague? What a joke! We are Goblins blessed by the devil, how could we be defeated by a mere plague?"
Snick "But..." The goblin wanted to say something else, but was pushed away by Snick.
"Damn it! Take me there and see!"
...
There are no more frolicking figures in the noisy alleys in the past. Instead, there are painful groans and intermittent coughs.
Snik walked quickly through the alley and looked at the goblins lying on the street corner - most of them were huddled in the corner, holding their stomachs with their hands, their faces were pale, and there was cold sweat on their foreheads, as if they were being tortured by something.
"What the hell is going on?"
He tried to suppress the fear in his heart, controlled the rhythm of his breathing, walked quickly towards a groaning Goblin who was lying on the ground, stretched out his foot and kicked it.
"Hey, hey! Get up quickly, don't pretend to be dead!"
The goblin just made a weak hum and did not respond.
Snick was breaking out in a cold sweat now.
Is there really a plague?
"Boss! Come and see the slugs!" The Goblin on the side ran over and shouted to him.
"Slug?! What's wrong with him?"
Hunting the familiar name, Snick turned his head sharply and ran after the goblin and his voice into a dilapidated shack.
The light in the room was dim, with a few greasy candles barely illuminating a corner.
The slug was lying on a bed made of rotten wooden boards, trembling all over and his lips were purple, like a tomato that was about to rot. His snot... was even more spectacular than usual. His entire face was almost buried in snot, and he looked quite miserable.
"Boss, I'm about to die..." Slug hummed in a weak voice, opened his eyes a slit, and looked at Snick pitifully.
"Don't die! Hold on for me!" Snick kicked the thing in the way, rushed to Slug, and grabbed him by the collar, "Aren't you the most durable? Why are you almost dead?!"
"Boss... I have a stomachache...hiccups..."
It was uncomfortable in the first place, and after being shaken like this, Slug almost fainted on the spot.
Humming in his mouth, a trace of unknown liquid dripped from the corner of his mouth, and he almost spit on Snick.
Snick subconsciously took a step back, wrinkled his nose and cursed: "Damn it! Don't puke on me! It's disgusting!"
Slug rolled his eyes and lay back, unconscious.
Snik was very anxious and quickly looked around the room and found that the condition of the slugs was much worse than that of other goblins.
Those goblins who fell on the street could at least moan twice, but the slugs' faces were black, their lips were purple, and they were about to expire.
Snick felt frightened in his heart, and the more he thought about it, the more something was wrong.
Something is wrong!
This is so strange!
Why did nothing happen to him and his lackeys, but these guys became sick?
He tried hard to remember the difference between himself and these poor people, and then his eyes fell on the wine bottle in the corner.
That was the beer bottle that the slug picked up, but it was not filled with beer, but with water.
This coward couldn't even drink a sip of wine, but he still had a good face, so he picked up the bottles left by his other brothers and pretended to squander it like a coward——
"Water..."
Snick's eyes widened suddenly, and a strong uneasiness surged into his heart.
He turned around suddenly, rushed out of the shack, grabbed the goblin who had just led him, and asked anxiously.
"Water! Did they all drink water?!"
"Water? Ah...yes..." The goblin was startled by his sudden madness, and nodded stammering, "I, I haven't drank water in the past two days... But Slug can't drink wine, and he has probably drank it..."
"Where did he drink it?!" Snick continued to ask.
"Of course it's the community water pump... I guessed it," the goblin seemed to find it unconvincing, and added in a low voice, "Boss, Slug will not be poor after following you. The rain barrel he used to put on the roof has long been removed... I I guess he won’t drink from others, and the money is not a big expense for him.”
There is rain in the underground world, mainly water that seeps in from the towering domes. I heard that it is no different from the rain outside, but a little salty.
In order to save money, some goblins collect rainwater on their roofs, using any tools.
Slug, because of his own relationship, has a bigger wallet than other goblins, so naturally he will not drink that kind of "low-quality water".
Snick's mind exploded with a buzz, and he understood in an instant why the slug's condition was much more serious than others.
This is not a plague at all -
Someone poisoned the water source of Black Wind Castle!
"Damn...these bastards!"
Snick gnashed his teeth in hatred and clenched his fists loudly.
Who is so bold as to dare to pull such an insidious trick in the Demon King’s territory? !
In fact, there is no need to guess at all——
As early as more than a month ago, he had already set his sights on those sneaky guys, and there was no doubt that they were the ones who did it!
如果不是仁慈的魔王大人拉着他，让他按兵不动，他早就将这群可恶的狗崽子们一网打尽，扼杀在了摇篮——
斯尼克刚想到这里，一股寒意忽然爬上了脑门。
Hand on——
The Demon King... seems to have known about it for a long time?
Even without the Lord Demon King, even a little person like himself has noticed that a group of malicious guys are planning something famous under his nose.
And now, they really took action.
Snick froze in place, his lips trembling slightly, and a bone-deep cold crawled silently throughout his body.
His face turned pale at first, and then turned green again. It was not until the fear was completely digested that his face turned rosy again.
At this moment, he finally truly understood what the task assigned to him by the Demon King was.
The Magic Crystal Cannon Factory is actually not that important. Even if it is demolished and rebuilt, it will only cost a little more money, and it won't cost much.
The same goes for the goblins of Blackwind Castle, and these things are more and more available in hell.
The Dragon Family wants to create chaos in Black Wind Castle to gain an excuse to continue attacking the Demon King. This excuse does not even need to be beautifully woven, it does not matter even if it is a little far-fetched, just like the fiasco they concocted on the front line.
For the Demon King, it is obviously not cost-effective to attack him at the drop of a hat. It is far less efficient than pouring a bucket of kerosene directly on the opponent when he tries to light a fire!
Black Wind Castle was a trap from the beginning.
The front line is too far away for Lord Demon King, but this place is under his firm control.
And now, those guys who couldn't hold back finally stepped forward...
The younger brother on the side looked at the boss with a gloomy and uncertain expression and asked in a low voice.
"Boss... what should we... do now?"
Snick was silent for a long time without speaking.
Suddenly, he roared in a high-pitched voice with a fierce and decisive voice.
"This is a premeditated rebellion against the Lord of Blackwind Castle!"
The surrounding area fell silent instantly.
A pair of stunned eyes looked at him as if they were looking at a monster.
Looking at the astonished younger brothers, Snick grabbed the shoulder of one of the goblins and roared with spittle flying everywhere.
"There is no doubt that they are people from the Chamber of Commerce Alliance! Those gangsters poisoned our water source! This is not a plague at all! Go tell your neighbors, tell all the goblins! You are all standing there stupidly. What are you doing here? Go quickly! "
The goblins were frightened by his roar, and hurriedly ran to the depths of the goblin community, passing the news to every goblin they met along the way.
Panic is spreading in the most densely populated areas of Black Wind Castle, and the speed is no less than the spread of "plague".
At the same time, Snick returned to the overturned carriage and rang the bell hanging on the carriage with all his strength.
Hearing the sound of jingling bells, heads popped out of the Goblin community one after another, looking in the direction of Snick in surprise.
Some of them were sick, some looked disheveled, and some looked sickly... There were also some guys who had nothing wrong with them. It was obvious that they were either too poor and had not drank the non-free water in the past two days, or it was not their turn yet.
Snick glanced at the goblins present, then took a deep breath and climbed to the top of the carriage in one go.
His fists were clenched tightly, and his eyes that were originally cunning and greedy were now burning with unprecedented anger.
"Everyone! Look at our brothers and sisters around us! Look at our neighbors! Look at our compatriots - those poor guys who fell to the ground and moaned in pain!"
His voice was like thunder, reverberating in the middle of the narrow and crowded community, causing every goblin to prick up his ears and freeze his gaze, waiting for him to continue.
Did not live up to their expectations, Snick roared loudly with a loud voice.
"Some people say this is a plague! Bah! What a bullshit plague! Ask yourselves, why are we poor devils who drink rainwater all fine, but only those guys who drank water from the water pump in the past two days fell down?!"
Of course he hasn't drank rainwater recently, and even used beer to rinse his mouth, but that kind of detail is not important at all. I heard that the boss of the Sawtooth Merchant Guild used beer to bathe before!
No one will jump out to cause trouble at this time.
Looking at the pairs of pupils with different expressions, Snick continued with a roar.
"This is not a plague! Someone has poisoned our water source!!"
As the words fell, the group of brothers was in an uproar.
This sentence was like a lit torch, instantly igniting the emotions in the hearts of the goblins present.
"Someone poisoned the water!?"
"Who?! Who did it?!"
"Damn! It must be those hell dwarves... There is a hell dwarf living near our community recently. I don't think he looks like a good person!"
"Could he be a human spy? Those...adventurers?"
Finally, when the voice he wanted to hear was heard, Snick waved his hand violently to suppress the restless crowd. A sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he said in a low voice: "You are right, it is the Chamber of Commerce Alliance! Those guys who flow the same blood as us, but suck our bone marrow!"
The scene was deathly silent, and all the goblin eyes were focused on Snick, waiting for his explanation.
Snick took a deep breath, and then spoke in a deep voice, as if he had experienced the conspiracy himself.
"Last night, I was patrolling near our water pump and saw a sneaky figure. He was wearing silk clothes only owned by the nobility of the devil's capital. He was holding something in his hand and secretly poured it into the water!"
He suddenly raised his fist, with anger on his face. It almost turned into real flames: "At first I thought it was some bastard who was stealing water, but now it seems that he is clearly trying to harm us!"
The goblins' breathing became rapid, and anger boiled in their hearts. It was the fire that the fear with nowhere to vent finally turned into after they were desperate.
Snick continued to roar.
"Who would go to poison our community? Me? Or you? Is it those dwarves who are nothing to do with us? They have no reason to do this! Only those guys...those Goblins whose food and shelter are not on the same street as us, but who wear the same skin as us! You know who I am talking about, it's them!"
"Those damn chambers of commerce! Selfish maggots! They don’t want to see us goblins live a good life! Do you remember the life we lived before Lord Demon King came here? Our homes were soaked in puddles and no one cared about them, and the dead guys just rotted in the streets. Those guys wouldn’t even look at us! "
"But now, we have jobs! We have wine! We can make money, eat hot meals, and don’t have to dig through the garbage for food!"
"But these damn moths, they are jealous! They can't see that we are better off than they are! They raise prices, steal our wages, manipulate the market... They use every method they can think of to torture us, and even poison the water, hoping to kill us!"
Snick stretched out his hand and pointed fiercely at the blocks standing in the distance under the night. It is the residence of major chambers of commerce, and it is also the only street in Black Wind Castle that is incompatible with the surrounding atmosphere, just like Queen Street in Thunder City.
The buildings there are towering and bright, far exceeding the dilapidated shacks of the goblin community.
"...And they themselves live in large and spacious houses, sleep on soft beds, drink the best wine, eat the most fragrant meat, and play with tea and tobacco bought from human lands... This is their kindness! This is their attitude towards us! Plague? I think they are living a good life!"
The crowd was completely boiling.
The goblins' eyes were filled with angry flames, their hands clenched into fists involuntarily, and they clenched their teeth. Some timid guys sneaked out and reported to the guards. However, the guards said nothing after receiving their reports. They just watched quietly from a distance, waiting for it to continue to ferment.
Snick clenched his fists and his voice became more and more passionate. Regardless of whether there was anything or not, he counted everything on the heads of those guys, just to make the flames burn brighter and stronger.
“…These worms from the Chamber of Commerce Alliance, they have forgotten that they are also goblins and their loyalty to the Demon King! They do business with the demons who covet us, and they hook up with the humans on the surface! They use us as tools, and they want us to be theirs forever Niu Ma, they just want us to keep our heads down for the rest of our lives! We will eat garbage for the rest of our lives!"
"That's enough!"
Snick's voice sounded like thunder.
He slowly scanned the crowd, his eyes were cold, and his voice was low but extremely firm.
"My compatriots, we can't bear it any longer! Today they poison our water, and tomorrow they dare to cut off our food! The day after tomorrow, they dare to climb to higher ground on our corpses!"
"We must liquidate them! Let those bastards who betrayed the Goblins pay the price!"
"We want them to know that we are not slaves that they can manipulate at will!"
"We want them to understand - under the protection of the Demon King, Goblins are no longer the lowest creatures in the underground world!"
"We must fight back!"
His voice was like spewing lava, igniting the anger in every Goblin's heart.
One of the goblins raised his fist violently and roared at the top of his lungs.
"Kill the Chamber of Commerce Alliance!"
"Kill all those bastards!"
"They poison our water, and we will drink their blood!"
Angry roars came and went, converging into a deafening frenzy that swept through the entire Goblin community.
This tinderbox that had been piled up for a long time exploded into a sky full of fireworks the moment it hit a spark.
Snick stood on the dilapidated carriage and looked at this scene calmly, watching the wave sweep towards the block where the Chamber of Commerce Alliance was located, with a victor's smile on his lips.
As expected, the Demon King's guards never showed up.
It seems that his guess is right. This is exactly what the Demon King wants him to do - to play the role of a mad dog that bites the enemy.
Maybe he will chip a few teeth, but he will definitely be able to scrape a few ounces of flesh from the opponent's legs.
Plague?
This is rebellion!
And there is no doubt that it was the Chamber of Commerce Alliance under the command of the Dragon family that made the first move...
(End of this chapter)