After half a month, the hole in his chest had healed.

  Though the wound had closed, the residual crystal magic hadn't pletely dissipated.

  That power occasionally caused Li Meng pain.

  As time passed, the power was gradually weakening.

  Li Meng leaned bad colpsed onto the floor.

  On their way back, the Goblin army had alsht the tribute.

  At this time, all the female Lizardmen had goo the Iron Cave.

  This left the wooden house empty.

  "In a few days, I should go check out the Bck Mountain S!"

  Li Meng hadn't fotten about the Bck Mountain tribe summoning the Barbarian God "Aqua."

  Once he recovered, he o iigate.

  Although he couldn't stop the Bck Mountain tribe from summoning the Barbarian God "Aqua" iure timeline, he still had a ce to ge the future iy.

  Even if he couldn't ge the future, he o gather intellige the Bck Mountain S.

  Just then, footsteps sounded outside the door.

  They weren't Goblin footsteps; they were Lizardman footsteps.

  The footfalls of Lizardmen were quite different from those of Goblins.

  Thus, the sound of their steps was slightly different.

  There was only o of footsteps, indig it wasn't a female Lizardman from the throne cave.

  As Li Meng wondered which Lizardman was ing, a graceful white figure appeared at the door.

  "Master!"

  Bai Ling, who ehe throne cave, saw the Goblin lying on the ground, staring at the ceiling as if deep in thought.

  "What are you here for?"

  The familiar st and voice told Li Meng who had arrived.

  Bai Ling stepped forward lightly and sat down beside the Goblin.

  Looking at the Goblin in front of her, Bai Ling's expression was calm.

  She reached out her hands and began to massage the Goblin's legs.

  "It's been a while, Bai Ling is here to serve the master!"

  Bai Ling's response made Li Meng grin.

  Li Meng leisurely enjoyed Bai Ling's massage.

  The Lizardman's hands were cold and smooth, giving him a pleasant feeling.

  With his eyes slightly narrowed, Li Meng observed Bai Ling beside him.

  "Speak, what do you want?"

  Although he couldn't see hatred in Bai Ling's eyes anymore, Li Meng knew she had only buried it deep in her heart.

  "The s Lizardmen are skilled in water bat. If the master treats us well, we are willing to fight for the master!"

  Bai Ling never inteo seek anything from the Goblin in front of her.

  Only the purest exge of is could get her what she wanted.

  Only by demonstrating the value of the Yue to the Goblin in front of her could she hope for him to agree to her request.

  Li Meng grinned, looking at Bai Ling with i.

  "Your popution means nothing to me!"

  The total popution of the Yue was about three thousand.

  Among them, adult male Lizardmen were less than a third of the total.

  Even if the Yue tried their best to reproduce, it would take at least ten years to double their popution.

  With such a slow growth rate, how could Li Meng value the Yue 's bat power?

  Bai Ling slightly raised her head to meet the Goblin's gaze.

  "Master, in the Goblin Forest, there's also the Bck Mountain tribe. Their popution far exceeds the Yue , more thaimes as much. If the master subdue the Bck Mountain tribe, you'll have a water bat army of over ten thousand!"

  A water bat army of ten thousand?

  Li Meng's tall figure sat up.

  His right hand suddenly reached out and grabbed Bai Ling's neck.

  "Good idea, but how I ehat this so-called ten-thousand-strong water bat army won't betray me at a critical moment?"

  Li Meng grinned menagly at Bai Ling.

  The for his hand increased.

  Bai Ling's hands tightly gripped Li Meng's wrist.

  The intense suffoade her struggle.

  Looking at the grinning Goblin in front of her, a trace of fear fshed in Bai Ling's eyes.

  "Master, we... we all have people we care about: parents, offspring, partners. They be separated and held as tribute in the master's hands. This way, we 't ignore our loved ones' safety aray you. As long as the master eheir safety, we 't bear such a huge cost!"

  Bai Ling's suggestiht a hint of surprise to Li Meng's eyes.

  He hadn't expected Bai Ling to be so ruthless!

  Although there was already a batch of tribute ihroribe, those Lizardmen mostly had partner retionships.

  This was to give them a little hope, as a year wasn't long, and enduring it would pass.

  This avoided many unnecessary troubles.

  But Bai Ling's suggestion was truly a drastic measure.

  Grinning, Li Meng released his hand.

  Bai Ling, regaining her breath, y on the ground panting.

  After a while, Bai Ling came to her senses.

  She pulled off her animal skin skirt and crawled towards the master's tall figure.

  Sitting in the Goblin's p, Bai Ling looked up at the Goblin's ugly face.

  "Master, one day you will bee the king of the Goblin Forest. When that day es, please spare the s Lizardmen of the Bck Mountain tribe. I will rule them and have them submit to the master!"

  Looking down at Bai Ling in his arms, Li Meng eechless.

  Does the Bck Mountain tribe have a future?

  The Bck Mountain tribe has no future left.

  Whether he could stop the Bck Mountain tribe from summoning the Barbarian God "Aqua" or not, the Temple Knights of the Papal State were an insurmountable mountain.

  Of course, Li Meng wouldn't share this news with Bai Ling.

  He wasn't very ied in ruling the Bck Mountain tribe.

  Having three hundred female Lizardmen was enough.

  Urictedly increasing the number of Goblins was a foolish thing to do.

  The number of Goblin infants in each batch couldn't be too high.

  Otherwise, there would be signifit issues with food supply.

  Currently, the throribe weled a batch of Goblin infants every 35 days on average.

  Each batch sisted of about a thousand Goblin infants.

  In a year, they could increase by over ten thousand Goblins.

  If not restricted, this number could multiply several times.

  The gestation period for female Lizardmen was about a month.

  And each litter was around ten.

  Three hundred female Lizardmen could give birth to about three thousand Goblin infants in oion cycle.

  Just three hundred female Lizardmen could cause the Goblin popution to explode by tens of thousands in a year.

  This was the terrifying aspect of Goblins.

  With the current number of female Lizardmen from the Yue , it was entirely suffit.

  Of course, Li Meng was also tempted by Bai Ling's suggestion.

  Goblins were indeed not skilled in water bat.

  Having an amphibious army skilled in water bat wouldn't be a bad thing.

  Before long, Bai Ling's soft murmurs echoed in the wooden house.

  Before nightfall, the female Lizardmen who had goo the Iron Cave returned.

  The arrival of the chieftain surprised them.

  The night was long, and the wooden house was lively.

  It wasn't until te at night that the activity in the wooden house finally quieted down.

  Early the m, there was a "snap" sound.

  The door of the throne cave opened from the inside.

  Li Meng hurriedly walked out of the wooden house.

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