Strong Assault
The simple meeting came to an end.
Based on Shadow's rough estimation, nearly one to two thousand goblins should be living in the distant goblin ruins-town.
During the time Gauss spent observing, hunting parties returning from outside also brought fish and beasts back to the town.
It was clear that this goblin tribe had begun to show signs of civilization.
This also explained why they had targeted and captured the dwarf Toga.
They needed more iron weapons, whether for fighting or hunting.
Gauss had the feeling that goblins were becoming smarter and smarter.
Gauss rubbed his temples.
The goblin tribe before them clearly had little contact with the various forces in the Devilish Creature Nation farther south. On one hand, this was due to geography. On the other, if they had received help from the Devilish Creature Nation, they should have been able to learn forging and smelting techniques from them.
In other words, the tribe before them had most likely formed spontaneously in this vast, boundless wasteland.
Then, they had slowly increased in number, expanded in scale, built a settlement, and reached the point where their monster leader had grown dissatisfied with obtaining ironware through plunder or other means and intended to master forging techniques of their own.
This clearly had not happened often in the past. Otherwise, given the goblins' reproductive ability, human towns would face crises far more frequently.
The reason stability had been maintained was that many goblins fought on their own. Without outside forces bringing them together, it was often difficult for them to form a single large-scale settlement.
But now, the balance seemed to be beginning to break.
This was not good news for ordinary people.
Although this place was far from any towns and did not seem likely to threaten humanity