"Indeed, it's iron ore!"

  The stone was gray-bck, indig a high iron tent.

  Li Meng gnced around the ground with a slight tilt of his head.

  He noticed many simir stones in the nearby forest.

  And this pce was at least a mile away from the barren mountain.

  Li Meng tossed the stone aside and got up to tinue walking forward.

  He had found iron ore, but now he o figure out how to hide the smoke.

  Smelting iron required burning charcoal, which would produce a lot of smoke.

  The appearanoke would attract the attention of other intelligent raearby.

  Iure informatioed by the simuted life, it was certain that there were Lizardmen and Pigmen tribes nearby.

  Attrag any intelligent race could spell disaster for the tribe.

  "If only there was a cave!"

  Li Meng thought to himself as he walked through the forest.

  Ideally, it would be a deep cave with multiple exits.

  A closed cave couldn't be used, or the smoke would bee a deadly poison.

  Although the smoke would eventually dissipate, it wouldn't be as noticeable after being diluted by the cave.

  But Li Meng also khat finding such a cave was easier said than done.

  In the following days, Li Meng traversed mountains, searg for a pelt iron.

  This search sted three days.

  During those three days, Li Meng scoured every mountainous area nearby.

  "Boss, we found it! There's a cave ahead!"

  Oernoon of the third day, a Goblin came running up to Li Meedly.

  Unknowingly, Li Meng and his Goblin followers had reached the foot of a mountain.

  The steep cliff rose almost vertically, several hundred meters high.

  Li Meng's eyes lit up with joy.

  "Lead the way!"

  Uhe Goblin's guidahe group of Goblins hurried forward.

  After about two hundred meters, a steep cliff appeared before Li Meng.

  At the base of the cliff, there was a cave entrance.

  Judging by the shape of the crack, it seemed naturally formed.

  It was about three meters wide and pitch bside.

  Outside the cave was a barren patch of bck soil.

  The ground was somewhat damp, with rge footprints visible on it.

  "What a strange smell, I've never smelled it before!"

  "her have I!"

  The Goblins outside the cave were chattering.

  They had caught a whiff of an unfamiliar st from the cave.

  Si was a st they had never entered, they didn't know what it was.

  Li Meng also detected a foul odor.

  It was the smell of excrement, mixed with other unpleasant sts.

  "Could it be an Ogre?"

  Li Meng thought of the future predicted by the simuted life.

  In that future, he would enter an Ogre.

  "Boss, there's movement!"

  At that moment, there was a otion in the cave.

  It was a "thud, thud" sound, heavy footsteps.

  "Hide, quickly!"

  Sensing something, Li Meng's expression ged slightly.

  He turned and ran into the depths of the forest.

  The oblins, seeing their leader run, followed closely behind into the forest.

  Ba the forest, Li Meng didn't stray far from the cave.

  Instead, he hid in a bush outside the cave.

  The oblins did the same, hiding in various cealed vegetation.

  The noise from the cave grew louder.

  Suddenly, a massive shadoeared at the cave entrance.

  Uhe Goblins' terrified gaze, a gigantic creature emerged from the cave.

  It had gray skin and a bald head.

  Its physique was incredibly robust, nearly five meters tall, rger than the Goblin leader.

  Its enormous body appeared rounded, with exceptionally thick limbs.

  Its bowl-sized eyes spun around, giving it a somewhat foolish look.

  [Cave Ogre]

  [Level: 71]

  [Strength: 317]

  [Defense: 614]

  [Agility: 151]

  [Magic: 36]

  [Enhaone Skin: LV3 (Defense +300)]

  [Physical Regeion: LV1 (Increased healing speed)]

  "My god!"

  The terrifying attributes of the Cave Ogre startled Li Meng.

  How could he capture such a powerful monster?

  With traps?

  Traps weren't foolproof.

  How deep would a trap o be to trap this monster?

  Even if it were trapped, how would he capture it?

  The Ogre outside the cave sniffed with its rge nose.

  It seemed to catch a whiff of a very unfamiliar st.

  But with its not-so-sharp sense of smell, it couldn't detect the Goblins hiding in the forest.

  Soon, it began to walk step by step toward the forest.

  The Cave Ogre entering the forest was like a giant.

  Wherever it went, low branches and leaves were forcefully pushed aside.

  "Follow it!"

  Using the vegetation as cover, Li Meng cautiously followed it.

  Although the oblierrified, they still followed their leader.

  Soon, the Cave Ogre stopped in front of a massive fruit tree.

  It grabbed the trunk with both hands and shook it vigorously.

  Fist-sized purple fruits fell to the ground with a rustling sound.

  After pleting this, it sat down uhe tree.

  With practiced hands, it picked up the purple fruits from the ground and began to eat.

  "Is the Ogre a vegetarian?"

  This se made Li Meng, hiding in the forest, wonder.

  Such a rge creature, named Ogre, turned out to be a vegetarian.

  Of course, it might also be an omnivore.

  After all, most humanoid creatures are omnivores.

  Unlike Goblins, which are purely ivorous.

  Time passed slowly, and the Ogre uhe tree tinued eating the fruits.

  It ate for a full two hours before stopping.

  Just when Li Meng thought the Ogre would return to the cave, it fell asleep uhe tree.

  A peculiar smell wafted over, making Li Meng wrinkle his nose.

  "Is this... the smell of fermentation?"

  Looking at the sleeping Ogre, Li Meng's eyes brightened.

  Could the Ogre be drunk?

  The fruits oree were clearly overripe and starting to rot.

  Rotting would cause the fruits to ferment, making the Ogre drunk.

  "With such high defe should be impossible to kill it, right?"

  Rather than subduing it, Li Meng hoped to kill it and gain its skills.

  Either of the two skills would greatly enhance his strength.

  But killing it would be a waste.

  Such a rge creature would be the best bor force.

  "Gobu Ge, take all the Goblins and make bark ropes!"

  Li Meng instructed the Goblin beside him.

  It nodded and scurried away.

  It gathered all the Goblins and ran into the depths of the forest.

  Watg the sleeping Ogre, Li Meng pondered.

  The future predicted by the simuted life could only serve as a reference.

  In the current situation, there was o set traps.

  If the Ogre was truly drunk, it wouldn't wake up easily.

  This was his ce, the ce to capture the Ogre.

  About five hours ter, Gobu Ge returned with the Goblins.

  Each Goblin carried a bundle of bark ropes.

  "e, follow me!"

  Li Meng, gathering his ce, left the bushes and approached the Ogre uhe fruit tree.

  Although the Goblins were scared, they mustered the ce to follow their leader.

  Li Mehe Goblins quietly to the Ogre's side.

  He gestured with his hand.

  A Goblin quickly handed him a bark rope.

  Li Meng carefully tied the bark rope around the Ogre's feet.

  Though it might not be effective, it was better than nothing.