The three Goblin elders, including Grom, sensed Glargong's gaze, and their expressions became somewhat complicated.
Lu Li, who was watching from the side, also noticed this detail, his brows lifting slightly.
Combined with the Goblin elders' earlier efforts to preserve their own image, a bit of speculation
was enough for him to roughly guess the reason behind it.
It seemed that this guard captain and the three Goblin elders had some other, deeper cooperative relationship.
Perhaps one played the good cop while the other played the bad cop.
Using both soft and hard tactics to maintain the settlement's stability while satisfying their own desires and acquiring whatever resources they wanted.
Perhaps it was not Glargong who coveted Babayak's Compass, but the three Goblin elders who had set their sights on their fellow clansman's valuable possession!
"This Goblin settlement may be small, but it really has everything..."
Lu Li silently mused.
His gaze moved casually back and forth over the three Goblin elders as he considered whom to frame later.
That way, he could make this entire settlement serve his "Great Demon Li Yun,"
without causing too much damage to its existing management structure and making the settlement collapse.
Just as Lu Li was pondering this, Grom, the leading Goblin elder, suddenly tapped the ground with his cane and shouted at the top of his lungs.
However, he was not addressing Lu Li, but the Goblins gathered around to watch:
"What are you all standing around here for? Don't you have work to do?"
"The settlement's development cannot afford even the slightest slack! We are low-tier monsters to begin with, so we must work even harder than other demons to make up for this deficiency!"
"Hurry up and get back to your work! Stop standing around like fools!"
After hearing those