Global Lords: My Heroes Grow Infinitely

Chapter 81: Chapter 81: In-Depth Exploration of the Earth Cavern Race

The bones on the ground did not affect Rosen’s mood. After all, he had seen countless bones, both human and non-human.

What really made Rosen feel uncomfortable was the excrement of the Earth Cavern Race, among which quite a bit of undigested flesh mixed with a nauseating stench of blood and feces.

It truly made one’s head spin.

"I suppose we shouldn’t go up to test the strength of the army inside. Just the smell is enough to kill me,"

Speaking to himself, Rosen had already backed out of the tunnel, finally freeing himself from the unbearable odor.

"Lord, did you see the situation inside?" the Beastman Prophet approached as Rosen emerged from the underground cave.

"Hmm, it’s reeking to high heaven. Do you think our army can handle it?" Rosen asked.

If they cannot withstand it, anyone who enters will faint from the stench, if not lose their fighting capability.

"The excrement of the Earth Cavern Race has accumulated underground for years, causing the soil to ferment and produce large amounts of toxic gas. Regular troops cannot attack inside unless they have a strong immunity to toxins."

Listening to the Prophet’s words, Rosen realized that his troops lacked units with toxin immunity.

"Is there any possibility we could send a fire down and ignite the toxic gases inside the cave, causing an explosion?"

Since a direct approach wouldn’t work, Rosen contemplated a sneakier, simpler method.

But he was met with the Prophet’s disapproval:

"The toxic gases generated by the Earth Cavern Race come from their innate ability as a defensive measure — they cannot be ignited."

Thinking it over, Rosen agreed. After all, this was a talent of the Demon Race, and it’s bound to differ from biogas fermentation in reality. The inability to ignite it can be understood.

"Should we just retreat then?" Rosen asked.

The Prophet closed his eyes, foresee the future, and quickly opened them again saying, "I can sense that once you lead the army to attack the caverns, the army’s combat abilities will be significantly reduced. The various tactics of the Earth Cavern Race will lead to your defeat. You must know, underground is their home turf!"

With the Prophet’s premonition, Rosen wouldn’t act against it. After all, he had spent billions buying these three thousand troops from the Lord Market.

Although there were twenty-seven thousand advanced units bought from the market on the other side of the territory, they were not summoned by barracks and thus cannot be resurrected by resources.

Use them wisely and cherish them.

"Withdraw!" Rosen then issued the order to retreat twenty kilometers back to their own territory.

It was on the way back that Rosen once again thought of the large underground passage leading straight towards his territory.

Such a large passage could allow the Earth Cavern Race to lead a considerable army to attack from underground towards the territory here.

Who knows how long this passage has been under construction?

Has the Earth Cavern Race already noticed the situation in Rosen’s three territories?

If so, he should be cautious, lest his territory is raided by the Earth Cavern Race while he’s out hunting, leading to irreparable regret.

Returning to the territory, Rosen observed around the surroundings of the Naga Race, searching for potential cave exits, but after encircling the area, he found no danger.

The caves could not show up beneath the Naga Race territory. After all, the geography of the Naga Race territory is oceanic, and a cave beneath would instantly collapse.

This could only mean the large channel of the Earth Cavern Race hasn’t reached this place yet.

"Indeed, a twenty-kilometer passageway wide enough for thousands of troops? What was I thinking? This would be a project bigger than constructing the Qin Shi Huang’s Mausoleum."

"Even if they dared to dig over here, my rounds of defense towers aren’t just for show. Even I can’t stand them, let alone leaving them no return."

"Not to mention the thirty thousand advanced units bought from the Lord Market, they could crush them in a matter of seconds!"

"Once they’re in my territory, with no home advantage, would I not crush them like vegetables?"

Rosen thought more about it, and his worries disappeared.

For safety these days, however, Rosen still chose to stay within the territory, at least until the Lord Dominance Competition days later, he’d not leave the territory.

As the saying goes, don’t fear the thief, fear the thief’s thoughts.

If he doesn’t eradicate the Earth Cavern Race territory before the Lord Dominance Competition, he certainly won’t be at ease leaving.

Just in case the Earth Cavern Race doesn’t attack within these few days but does so while he’s away for the competition.

During these two days, Rosen also had the Naga Race workers occupy the gold mines in the ruins of the Human Race territory.

Now Rosen had three more gold mines, making the total number of gold mines under his command eight, skyrocketing resource collection speed while lumber harvesting fell far behind.

Rosen then purchased three time accelerators from the Lord Market, installed them on the gold mines, and further boosted the speed of gold coin collection by a wide margin.

All Human Race armies and workers were obliterated, with some non-threatening structures left intact for use as cover when enemies invade.

These past two days, Rosen also went to the ruins of the Human Race territory again and destroyed the hero altar, which revealed the King’s treasure chest beneath.

"Gold Legend!"

Shouting a slogan, the treasure’s brilliance intensified a bit, increasing the chances of unveiling supreme treasures.

Rosen couldn’t wait to open the treasure chest.

[Gas Mask: Wearing this mask grants immunity to all toxic gas attacks and includes a Poisonous Star Ring effect that releases a stench within a twenty-meter radius, dealing 500 points of damage per second to enemies, ignoring target defense effects]

It really was a gift from above; perhaps it was Lady Luck favoring him, knowing he was troubled by toxic gases, and gifting him a gas mask.

Such gear that can immunize attribute damage and attach attribute damage clearly possesses supreme quality.

After wearing it, Rosen was enveloped in a twenty-meter-thick green toxic fog, forming a large toxic sphere around him.

Within the toxic sphere, Rosen’s vision was not limited, but everything appeared green, akin to wearing polarized sunglasses.

"It’s time for me to again visit the territory of the Earth Cavern Race!" Rosen’s mouth curled into a grin.

As he approached the Earth Cavern Race territory twenty kilometers away again, he no longer smelled the filthy stench but breathed filtered air instead, free from any negative effects.

It was then he carefully inspected the army composition of the Earth Cavern Race.

On the overhead stone walls hung numerous long, worm-like forms, intestines coiling and writhing continuously, somewhat resembling detached lengths of butchered intestines.

Dripping with green digestive fluids.

The digestive fluids corrode corpses and waste on the ground, releasing large amounts of toxic gas.

"So the fermented toxic gas in the cave comes from this type of unit, meaning destroy them, and I can scatter the toxic gas; my army will then be able to attack."

With the thought in mind, Rosen roughly estimated the number of worm-like units, around three thousand.

Such a vast number means soloing them would take a great deal of time, and what’s underground is not just worm units but more indescribably bizarre life forms.