Chương 87: Magic Unit

One by one, the spider eggs cracked open. Instead of just arachnids, ten Great Goblins covered in glowing red patterns slid out into the slime. While twenty standard Mount Spiders hatched—strong as bulls and ready to eat their fill—all eyes were fixed on the patterned Goblins. Li Qinwu, now an initiate in magic, felt the dense mana radiating from them. He immediately kicked a basic archer out of his party and opened the recruitment window.

"Spend 500 Denars to recruit Goblin Incinerator Recruit?"

"500 for a recruit? That's highway robbery!" Li Qinwu grumbled, but he paid. The stats justified the price: an initial Intelligence of 14 and 120 Magic Proficiency. Moreover, these were Noble Units —elites that could level up to Tier 6, far surpassing common troops. The Living Flamethrower Li Qinwu took the recruit outside for a field test. The Incinerator gestured, condensing a fireball that looked different from standard spells. It was deep red with a viscous, black liquid core.

When it hit a tree, it didn't just explode; it shattered like a water balloon, splashing the black liquid everywhere. The substance acted like Napalm, instantly igniting the area in an unquenchable blaze.

"A literal flamethrower unit!" Li Qinwu marveled. Testing showed a range of 70 meters and a capacity of 5 to 8 shots before mana exhaustion. In a cramped battlefield, a few of these "napalm strikes" would be more devastating than a cannon volley. Stolen from its rightful place, this narrative is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings. He immediately restructured his elite guard: 10 Goblin Incinerators (The Mage Corps). 20 Goblin Riders (The Spider Cavalry).

Thanks to the System, the riders shared a mental link with their mounts, bypassing years of training. The Alliance now had its first professional magic and cavalry units.

"Interspecies Marriage" and Genetic Walls Leaving the nursery, Li Qinwu looked at Gobu-Dai and the Crimson Queen.

"Red... what exactly is your relationship now?" The Queen shyly covered her hundred eyes with her front legs.

"Marriage! We got married!" Gobu-Dai sniffed.

"Boss, big is good, and good is big! Until I find an even bigger rear, I'm staying loyal." Li Qinwu thought: Well, you're set for life then. Nothing in this world has a bigger rear than her. However, the scientific truth was grimmer. The Queen explained that she had failed to genetically edit the Goblins. She found their DNA to be densely packed with Bloodline Curses on every single genetic fragment.

"The curse is incredibly xenophobic; it locks the genes and rejects all foreign traits," she explained.

"Even my bloodline, which rivals dragons, couldn't merge. Those Red-Patterned Goblins aren't a genetic hybrid; they are post-natal modifications I created by injecting massive amounts of mana into the eggs." Shadows of the Gods Li Qinwu's expression darkened. He knew this was the work of the Goddess of Life —a divine shackle meant to keep Goblins as a "standardized, low-level" species forever.

"What happened between the gods? Why did the Goblin God die, and why does she hate them so much?" He felt his own insignificance. He was just a warlord in a forest, not yet worthy of peering into divine secrets. But his resolve hardened. To find the truth, he needed power, and to gain power, he needed to expand. His journey to uncover the hidden history of this world would begin with the invasion of the Kingdom of Thassos.