Chapter 42 Truth and Lies
Chapter 42 Truth and Lies
"Go to sleep first, and prove your determination with your actions tomorrow."
"Yes! First... uh, goodnight."
Enlian lay down on the spot.
Li Mosi glanced at the sky outside the cave and realized that it was indeed getting late.
He looked at Ziyi and said, "Let's call it a day for now. I'll see how you do from here on out."
"Yes, Master."
Li Mosi casually found a haystack to lie down on and glanced at the bear-beastman before going to sleep.
[Target Status: Sleep, Minor, Bruise]
He fell asleep too.
The next day, as dawn broke, Li Mosi got up early.
He had just woken up when he found the bear-beastman staring at him.
"Uh, good morning."
The bear-beastman took the initiative to greet him.
"Good morning."
Li Mosi rubbed her hair and gave the order.
"You go and wait outside the cave."
"yes!"
The bear-beastman received the order and carried it out immediately.
Li Moss got up, and Zi Yi and the old goblin also got up one after another. Only the saintess needed him to wake her up.
"Hmm?"
They pulled the bewildered saintess up and the group walked out of the cave.
The bear-like beastman stood about ten paces from the cave entrance.
In the distance, the goblin, who should have been watching the prisoners, was asleep against the ruins.
"You bunch of lazybones! Get up and get to work!"
The old goblin roared, and the goblins in the distance were immediately awakened.
"Wow!"
"Awooo—!"
Further away, the sounds of goblins screaming in surprise, along with the thud of heavy objects hitting the ground and howls of pain, could be heard.
There are probably four or five sounds in total.
It seems quite a few people are taking advantage of the late night to slack off.
Fortunately, not a single prisoner was lost.
Old Goblin and Zi Yi quickly woke up all the goblins, and Li Mosi took the opportunity to make her own preparations.
When everyone and the goblins gathered on the gentle slope, Enlian stood there like a wooden stake.
"Has that big guy been released?"
"She's just watching..."
"So quiet, is it being obedient?"
Upon seeing Enlian, the goblins couldn't help but chatter and discuss.
"Quiet!"
The old goblin quickly quieted them down.
He looked at Li Mosi: "Master, what should we do next?"
Li Moss pointed to the ruins and said, "Let them bring the prisoners over first. I need to make some preparations before assigning them jobs."
With a series of squeaking sounds, the goblins quickly brought over twenty-four prisoners.
These guys all had dark circles under their eyes. They had been looking at each other since they left the ruins, and finally they all looked at the unrestrained Enlian with their dark circles under their eyes.
Is it her?
The team members looked at each other.
In the end, Lasso shook his head at his teammates.
Not quite.
Enlian's loud and boisterous nature doesn't seem like the type to whisper secrets.
The slave-catching team conducted a secret investigation but failed to find the "whistleblower".
As for the saintess, they only glanced at her and then ignored her.
They can barely take care of themselves, so who cares about this noble lady who looks like a fragile gem?
They also ignored Zwan, who had been led out of the large cave.
After all, this guy was sent by the baron to manage them; he's not someone they can control.
Moreover, there was only one sound last night of goblins struggling to move someone away, and the sound was very strained, so it must have been Enlian they were moving.
Wait a minute? Why wasn't she tied up?
Just as Ziwan was beginning to wonder, Li Mosi's voice interrupted him.
"Bring them over one by one."
Li Mosi gave the order, and Zi Yi relayed the message to the goblins. The prisoners were quickly lined up.
At the very front, a slightly chubby goblin led Zwan to Limos.
Li Mosi untied the vines binding him like a rice dumpling.
The goblins instinctively aimed their spears at Zwan.
The slave hunters watched this scene intently.
Are we really going to let them go?
Then you can find a chance to escape!
Ziwang stared blankly as Li Mosi untied the vines.
But when the vines reached his hands, Li Mosi checked the length vertically and then used the vines he had just untied to put a pair of "green shackles" on Zwan.
The "shackles" were tied in a tight knot at the wrists, leaving enough length in the middle for them to move around, but not enough to make any big movements.
Zivan realized this with a casual wave of his arm.
He looked in surprise at the man who continued to untangle the vines for him.
Why are they so skilled? How many people have they arrested?
Where did those people go?
He glanced at the goblins around him, and his heart sank.
Li Moss did the same treatment on Zwan's ankle.
He nodded in satisfaction after he finished.
"Next."
He quickly did the same to the twenty-four prisoners.
Several regular employees looked around during this time, but they did not do anything else.
The team members, who were originally slaves, were visibly nervous, but there was nothing they could do.
Looking at the prisoners who were once again being led in rows by the goblins.
Oh no, now they're slaves.
"Next, I will arrange the work according to your situation. Those with more serious injuries can have their workload reduced."
Looking at the row of slaves, Li Moss asked.
Tell me where you are injured and what the extent of your injuries are?
As he spoke, he glanced at Zi Yi.
Ziyi knew that his master was reminding him.
The old goblin was a little curious.
The saintess looked at Li Mosi speechlessly.
What exactly is this craftsman trying to do?
If they really did that, it would be strange if these thieves didn't exaggerate their injuries.
Li Moss started with the last slave to be shackled, who was currently the first in line.
This was a slave who was slightly older than him.
[Target condition: Stress, adult, head contusion]
Tell me, how is your injury?
The slave lowered his head and pointed to the side of his head.
"There was a little blood here, but it's fine now."
He was also an unlucky guy who got his head scraped by a log.
Li Mosi nodded and walked towards the second slave: "And yours?"
The second one is Lacas, who proactively provided the information yesterday.
He chickened out at the back of the line the first time, but now he's the second one.
[Target Status: Planning, Adulthood, Extensive Damage]
"grown ups……"
Lacas quickly glanced at Li Moss.
The other party seems to be just a carpenter?
He said, "My arm seems to be slightly injured, so I might not be able to exert any force for the time being."
Li Mosi nodded and moved on to the next one.
This is yet another logistics slave.
"and yours?"
[Target condition: Fear, adult, minor fracture in arm]
Kaken gritted his teeth and said, "Sir, I'm fine."
Li Mosi continued walking.
He quickly walked up to Lasso.
"and yours?"
[Target Status: Planning, Adult, Minor Sternum Fragment]
"My leg hurts terribly inside, it feels like it's broken. I want to exchange more information for a job that doesn't require me to move around."
Lasso's answer was swift and decisive; he had already prepared his response.
If you let him stay still for a day, he can understand his current location and the surrounding terrain just by looking at the scenery.
Then, naturally, an escape plan will emerge.
Li Mosi nodded and looked at Ziwang.
[Target condition: Adult, minor bruising]
"I only have some bruises on my body, it's nothing."
He didn't seem very nervous.
Li Mosi glanced at him, then turned to Lasso: "You come out here."
Although Lasso didn't move, the goblin leading him clearly understood and immediately pulled Lasso out of the line.
"You, come out."
"You come too."
"And you and you..."
Li Moss directly named nine people, four of whom were regular members of the slave-catching team, including Lasso and Lacas, and five were logistics slaves.
He said, "Nine of you are lying."
"ah?!"
"My lord!"
The person who was pulled out of the group seemed to want to argue, but Li Mosi interrupted him directly.
"I can tell if someone is lying."
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