"Roar——"
The earth dragon beast let out a dull roar and rushed directly into the burning camp.
These hill giants are much taller than ordinary humanoids, but they are still vulnerable to the charge of these hill-like dragon beasts.
"Ah!"
"It hurts!"
These crude giants were trampled under their feet, beaten into pulp, and screamed and howled.
"Who are you?"
"Why, break in, tribe!"
The elders of the hill giants, who were stooped and holding wooden staffs, were frightened and angry. They had lived an animalistic life on the mountain just like savages for thousands of years, only eating and reproducing, but they also had the most basic wisdom.
And these giant elders are often the wise ones among them. They actually know a few basic common language vocabulary and ask such questions.
Lived in Caterpa for many years.
The hill giants already know how terrifying the humans in the south are. They will never attack on their own initiative, but will only greedily eat up the surrounding creatures.
Although they have not developed their own culture, they will try to imitate the behaviors of certain creatures before eating them.
However, it is just a simple imitation, and they do not even think about whether their body size is suitable for doing so. There was once a tribe of hill giants who collectively imitated the elves and lived in the trees, which resulted in the trees in the entire forest being crushed.
But this time, new enemies appeared, breaking their thousands of years of tradition, and leaving the hill giants at a loss.
The hobgoblin count stood up on the back of the earth dragon beast, looked down at the hill giant not far away, and smiled wildly: "Who are we? Who are we, you ask?"
"We are the Imperial Expeditionary Force!"
"We will bring complete death and destruction here! Just because you are a pest that breeds in the Empire's territory!"
Jesse wanted to throw the spear and kill the hill giant elder, but after thinking for a moment, he took out the pistol from his waist with a grin and quickly raised it to aim.
"Foolish fellow, try the wisdom of the empire."
"Bang!"
With the sound of a gunshot, a blood hole suddenly appeared between the eyebrows of the hill giant elder, and the huge body collapsed like this.
"Hahahahaha!"
"Good baby!"
Jesse blew the thin smoke from the muzzle of the gun and put it back on his waist with care. He felt great satisfaction every time he fired.
Having experienced the war against the "Eternal Frost" tribe, the empire's army had considerable experience in killing giants.
They cooperated in groups of three and two, divided and surrounded the battlefield, and launched attacks from different directions. These clumsy guys were always shot to death before they could find the enemy.
The sound of gunfire, the claws and hooves of the earth dragon beast, the wail of the hill giant, and the shouts of the imperial soldiers intertwined on the battlefield.
The smell of blood and gunpowder smoke filled the wilderness.
In the face of well-trained Imperial infantry and lancers, these savage and disorganized hill giants have no chance of victory - even with their huge size and strength.
The hobgoblin adjutant also rode on the back of the earth dragon beast, trampled to death a hill giant lying on the ground, and shouted to Jesse from a distance: "Your Majesty, there seem to be some cubs in the cave!"
Jesse's face suddenly turned cold and he said sternly: "Kill none of them." These hill giants are said to be cubs, but they are much taller than ordinary people. The shortest among them is two meters tall. They are trembling. The earth huddled deep in the cave.
Under Jesse's order, the hobgoblins threw bundles of firewood into the cave. Several bipedal flying dragons landed on the ground, blocked the entrance of the cave, and spewed flames into the cave.
Suddenly, the firewood burned, and the flames and smoke poured into the depths of the cave. The hill giant cubs were also smoked and burned unbearably, and they escaped wailing, trying to leave the cave.
But before they could take a step outside the cave, the hobgoblin infantry lined up in a row and waiting at the entrance of the cave all pulled the triggers, and the rifles in their hands made a loud sound.
"Bang!"
"Bang! Bang!"
The entrance to the cave was filled with charred corpses whose appearance was no longer visible, and some of them were riddled with bullet holes.
"Sir, the nearby hill giants should all come from here. We have already cleaned up this place."
"Very well, these damn guys dared to attack the hunting team we sent and ate a hobgoblin. They deserve this."
Jesse crossed his arms, sniffing the smoke in the air and feeling the beauty of this war.
Hill giants are harmful creatures and cannot become citizens. This is the result of discussions among the empire's senior officials.
Unlike their lawful evil cousins, the frost giants, hill giants are purely chaotic evil monsters with extremely low intelligence.
In addition, there is another hidden factor that is not obvious to outsiders. The appearance, habits and blood of these hill giants and ogres are very similar.
In the complex social system of giants, ogres are located below all giant classes. Due to this nature, ordinary ogres will do almost anything to satisfy a giant's requirements.
Although the ogres in the empire have greatly improved their intelligence and are no longer bound by the giants, they still do not want races with overlapping ecological niches to seize their position.
What's more, after evaluation by the Imperial Think Tank, transforming these hill giants into "valuable Imperial citizens" would cost far more than the benefits they would bring.
Based on the above points, the frost giants can still become a slave race of the empire, while the hill giants only deserve to be eliminated as pests.
Jesse took a few steps forward, stepped on the huge hill giant's head, and kicked it away casually.
"Bart, is there still any movement in the Thracian Kingdom? - After they burned down the original castle."
"Lord Earl, in the past two days, the Redscale Conquerors have discovered the scout troops of the Kingdom of Thracia on the border. However, after our observation, they are just insignificant and miscellaneous troops."
"Their elite gods have all been transferred to the south to resist the offensive of the Kingdom of Cassander."
Jesse frowned slightly and said with some displeasure: "Arrogance! How dare these Thracians send out scouts?"
"It seems they still don't know how powerful the empire is!"
The hobgoblin Earl took out the pistol from his waist, put it in his hand, felt the cold texture, and aimed into the distance.
"If His Majesty Cassius hadn't cared about the livelihood of the people, the troops of our Burning Empire would have marched in long ago and captured August, the so-called "City of the Rising Sun"!"
"It's good that we didn't look for trouble. Who gave them the courage to test us!"
The hobgoblin Earl narrowed his eyes slightly, turned his head to look south, and asked coldly: "How far are the areas where those scouts are stationed from our current position?"
"It's very close, just sixty miles to the southeast."
Jesse fired several shots to the south and ordered loudly: "Everyone, we set off immediately to make these Thracians recognize the reality and realize the power of the empire!"
"For the Empire!" (End of Chapter)