He Only Spent One Second Thinking, Then Immediately Ran Away!!

Two goblins and a dwarf carefully and seriously took turns inspecting the chip bag that Young Master Naiye had left on the Dragon Beast Pulsator.

The three of them examined the already-empty chip bag inside and out.

They didn’t find anything strange!

They also inspected the Dragon Beast Pulsator; there were no surprises and no damage.

They were terrified that Young Master Naiye might have really destroyed the Pulsator! But he probably hadn’t.

From what they could tell now.

Could it be that Young Master Naiye really just came to warn them……..

Sweat of nervousness drenched the three men’s cheeks, and the atmosphere of fear lingered for a long time…….

“Boss, what do we do? Young Master Naiye wouldn’t be the kind to only warn us; just now he actually gave us a chance! Hurry up and pack up, it’s still not too late.”

The goblin deputy, Lieber, said with a sallow face.

But as soon as he finished speaking, he got slapped!

The dwarf Tergus glared at him angrily.

“I spent a fortune to come here to make money! How can we just leave like this? You’re scared of a human brat!”

The two goblins inwardly looked down on the dwarf.

A brat?

He’s from the Lycoris family that created magical technology! Young Master Naiye, the current Duke Lycoris!

The boss of the Investment and Risk Company even begged to get the technology behind this sort of tech.

Only then could the company make its name known! Dig up more materials! Make more money!

This dwarf is really an idiot! He only dares to act arrogant after others leave.

Just now he didn’t even dare fart!

The goblin deputy Lieber ignored the dwarf who had slapped him and nervously looked at Marlin.

He’s the boss; they had to listen to him.

“………..”

Marlin stared at the chip bag with a grave expression.

This should have no problem……….

Then he looked up at the Dragon Beast Pulsator.

Could the Pulsator have already been tampered with?

“Go! Open the Pulsator and check!”

Deputy Lieber immediately ran over and activated the device.

A few seconds later, the Dragon Beast Pulsator suddenly jolted! It made the three of them feel like their throats would drop from nerves!

But then the Pulsator began to operate, and pulse after pulse started to spread.

Seeing that the Pulsator had no major problems, the three breathed a sigh of relief……

Then they turned off the Pulsator.

It seemed fine.

But the goblin boss still felt very nervous; they hadn’t found any other problems, and the Dragon Beast Pulsator had been checked………

Did Young Master Naiye really just come to kindly warn them?

It’s not impossible; the Investment and Risk Company and the Lycoris family do have quite a bit of cooperation.

They aren’t allies, but at least they’re acquaintances, even though Naiye and his father refused the Investment and Risk Company’s proposal…..

And the losses from the previous Dragon Beast assault were already large enough!

Although this Pulsator can block them, it can’t completely stop them.

If later the knights of the Dragon Knights appear!!!

Marlin was completely drenched in sweat!

He didn’t dare think any further…….

“Boss! Are we leaving or not!”

“No! We can’t leave! My money would be wasted!”

Deputy Lieber and the dwarf had completely different ideas.

After careful thought, goblin boss Marlin believed Young Master Naiye wouldn’t have come for no reason.

If he meant within today………..

If the Dragon Beast Pulsator still works! Then they’ll leave tomorrow!

Although they were still very afraid inside, the greed for making money took the upper hand, even if only by a little.

“Relay my orders! Let everyone mobilize! Mine materials with full force and load everything up now!

“We’ll leave tomorrow!”

The dwarf shot him an enraged glare.

Goblin deputy Lieber breathed a sigh of relief and immediately left to convey the orders.

“Hmph!”

The dwarf Tergus’s anger did little to the goblin boss here, so he gave up and viciously stomped the chip bag with his thick leather boot.

He finally left in a huff.

For a moment, the already noisy Investment and Risk Company base became even louder.

All the excavators, logging machines, and other resource-collecting machines operated at full power.

They began recklessly doing their best to gather as many resources here as possible.

“Sigh……”

After the order to have everyone start full-force gathering was given, the goblin deputy Lieber, who directed them, returned to his office even more exhausted.

He could rest because he was considered upper-level personnel.

The other workers didn’t have as much rest time.

In fact, they had virtually no rest time; the only break was mealtime.

The Investment and Risk Company accepts anyone; anyone who wants to make money—regardless of race or who they are—can come to the Investment and Risk Company.

Of course, their exploitation and capitalism are infamous.

But those who come here are all for making money and can only endure it bitterly.

As a goblin, Deputy Lieber of course loved money, but he was somewhat different from other goblins.

He understood better what it meant to earn money when you have a life, not to spend it if you don’t!

So he was still quite afraid when he saw Young Master Naiye.

After all, he really knew Young Master Naiye; his coming here was definitely giving the goblin boss a chance.

Now there’s still time to run away quickly.

Hopefully leaving tomorrow will still be in time……..

The goblin race always relies on mechanical technology to exploit others.

Even their own kind are ruthlessly exploited; to rise to the upper levels, you have to make big money.

To make big money you must rise to the top!

So it’s a vicious cycle—this is also why the boss of the Investment and Risk Company desperately wants the Lycoris family’s magical technology.

Now the goblins’ mechanical tech alone isn’t enough!

Especially Lieber—he had even seen with his own eyes how the magical technology in the Lycoris territory turned a strait into a world-class harbor city!

Now the Investment and Risk Company must trade through the Lycoris family’s harbor city.

Ding ding dong~

“…!”

Lieber jolted awake from his rest! He panicked and looked at the ringing phone on the desk!

Who could be calling at a time like this?

With nervousness and trepidation, Lieber answered the call.

“Lieber……”

It was the voice of Young Master Naiye!

Lieber trembled all over, so nervous he forgot to speak.

“Lieber, since you and I know each other, I advise you to take some of the materials and leave immediately, or else prepare to be trampled to death by Dragon Beasts.

“Those two guys don’t respect me; I’m kindly warning you, so don’t actually think you can rely on that Dragon Beast Pulsator.

“These machines are ultimately tools, not your life!”

Lieber understood that sentence, and strongly agreed.

Young Master Naiye’s calm voice came from the other end of the phone, making Lieber involuntarily tense his throat.

“Also, I only came here to help; the one actually commanding the Dragon Beasts is the commander of the Dragon Knights.”

The commander of the Dragon Knights!!!

It’s over, it’s completely over! So the Dragon Knight people knew all along!

Before, they had been ridiculously naive, thinking the Dragon Knight family hadn’t noticed and that these Dragon Beasts were merely protecting their own territory.

Now Lieber regretted not running away immediately.

The voice on the other end said something; Young Master Naiye seemed to have left, replaced by another clear voice.

“Hello? Is this Mr. Lieber?”

“Y-yes… it’s me… who is this?”

Lieber answered cautiously, though he probably could guess who it was.

“I am the current commander of the Dragon Knights, Eren Dragonborn. I act under the clan leader’s orders to drive you out or… wipe you all out.”

Thud! Thud!

Lieber’s heart was pounding wildly.

“But since Mr. Lieber is a friend of Naiye, I’ll attack at this spot in fifteen minutes. As a favor to him, you should run now; otherwise your life…

“…will be gone. Beep… beep…”

The voice on the other end was clear and bright, but every word stabbed at Lieber’s heart!

The call ended, and Lieber’s hands trembled as he put the phone back! He nearly threw the phone.

But after he replaced the phone…….. his whole body immediately became eerily calm!

The image of Young Master Naiye’s crimson eyes surfaced in his mind……

He only took one second to think, then immediately ran away!!!

“Boss! Boss!”

A goblin came running in a panic to find the goblin boss Marlin here.

Marlin and the dwarf Tergus looked at him angrily and irritably.

“Speak quickly! Don’t talk crap!”

“Lieber! Lieber—he took some people and the mined materials and ran!!!”

“What!!! That damned guy!”

“That bastard! He dared to steal my money! That’s my money! My money!”

The goblin boss and the dwarf listened in disbelief.

They had been checking the Dragon Beast Pulsator over here and had left the mining to Lieber.

They never expected he would dare run away like this!

Even if he brought back some materials, what use would that be!

It simply wouldn’t make up for the losses!

Running away is suicide!

“Damn it! Chase after him! Take the stuff back! Kill that Lieber guy right away!”

“Boss! Boss! Lieber left this behind.”

A goblin underling handed Marlin the letter Lieber had left.

Marlin was incredulous; that bastard Lieber had run off! He actually still had the nerve to leave a letter.

What else could he have to say?

The content of the letter was scrawled; it was obvious it had been written very quickly.

But when Marlin read the letter, he suddenly widened his eyes!

“Quick! Open the Dragon Beast Pulsator! Hurry!”

Several goblins rushed over and clumsily opened the Dragon Beast Pulsator; after a bout of fiddling.

The Dragon Beast Pulsator had no…….. response?!

“Boss! It’s out of power! There’s no energy!”

“What!!”

“It’s over… my money, my hard work!”

The dwarf helplessly cried about his money on the side; the lack of response from the Pulsator had announced the despair of the moment!

Marlin could only roar in shocked anger!

He had been checking the Pulsator just now and truly hadn’t found any problems.

But aside from that one activation fifteen minutes ago, he hadn’t started it again to prevent accidents.

Unless!!!

Did Young Master Naiye really tamper with it!

He really just drained the Pulsator’s energy, leaving enough for a single activation!

He didn’t need to physically tamper with anything! After all, it’s a Pulsator using magical technology!

A little mana from him was enough; this was something only Naiye Lycoris could do…..

That earlier negotiation really was a chance for them to live……. unfortunately they didn’t seize it, except for that lucky bastard Lieber!

The ground began to tremble! Countless stones started bouncing up and down! Like an earthquake!

They all knew what it meant………

Next, their fate would be to become meat patties, or be eaten.