Goblin Dependency-Chapter 219 - 124: Breakthrough of Zero

Gnoll.

A kind of low-level humanoid demon living on the Aifala Continent.

Unlike the Green-skinned Goblins, whose development history was tortuous and whose entire race’s characteristics underwent tremendous changes, these ferocious beasts, as hideous as upright wild dogs, have an origin that can be clearly traced.

The famous historian "Abyssal Peeping Eye" Zoltan, in his work "The Hyena Dynasty: The Unrecorded Ancient Civilization of Gnolls," elaborated comprehensively on the origin of gnolls.

According to the records in the book, gnolls are not naturally evolved creatures within the Material Realm; their filthy, evil, and murderous bloodline comes from the Demon Lord [Bloodthirsty Evil Beast] "Yeenoghu" of the 422nd layer of the Bottomless Abyss.

This powerful being, towering at fourteen feet and taking pleasure in sowing despair and fear, yearned to transform the Main Material Plane into His livestock farm, instigating a bloody storm on the ancient Aifala Continent.

Although eventually banished back to the Bottomless Abyss, He left behind the seeds of massacre while rampaging across the continent.

Converting a pack of hyenas conquered by His strength and willingly following His footsteps, into the gnolls we see today, they gradually bred and grew stronger after His departure from the Material Realm, becoming common low-level demons on the continent.

Logically, as the Abyssal Descendants inheriting the Demon Lord’s bloodline, gnolls should possess mightier combat strength and higher intelligence.

But perhaps as a cost of their ability to rapidly expand in numbers, the power of these upright hyenas is far from the imagined strength of the "Demon’s Son." ƒгeewёbnovel.com

The average Challenge Level of a typical adult individual is only "1/2."

In contrast, a ubiquitous Green-skinned Goblin has a Challenge Level of "1/4."

Strong, but with limited strength.

Of course, in the real world, if facing a single ordinary goblin, a rural farm woman might still use a grass fork to easily drive it away.

However, facing a gnoll with a Challenge Level twice that, ordinary people find it not so easy to handle.

It requires experienced Hunters or well-equipped guards to deal with them safely.

Long ago, when goblins had not acquired their exaggerated reproductive capacity, reminiscent of fungal insects, and could still let their will overpower instinctual desires.

The gnolls were the creatures most abhorred and hated by all intelligent beings on the Aifala Continent.

The most evil demonic bloodline from the Bottomless Abyss makes these canine beasts inherently malicious towards all living creatures, including their kin.

Not just to satisfy hunger or plunder wealth, in most cases, gnolls attack other creatures simply due to their evil instincts.

Regardless of gender or age, they indiscriminately slaughter all intelligent beings weaker than themselves within their field of vision, burn granaries, topple buildings, pollute land...

Continuing the will of their priest, it’s as if they were born to transform the Material Realm into a cradle for the breeding and proliferation of gnolls.

The inherent nature of "evil chaos" has reached almost the farthest corners of the alignment grid.

Sly, deceitful, and capricious, even the shrewdest human merchants rarely trade with them.

After all, who can guarantee that once they receive the goods, the gnolls won’t change their mind and decide to make you their dinner just because you didn’t shower yesterday, and your body emits a foul smell mixed with fragrance?

According to rumors spreading from some adventurers in taverns, the temperament of these hyenas has become so distorted that if they lack enemies or targets for a long time and become "too comfortable," they might even start tearing at each other within their tribes, needing no catalyst.

The Mist Forest is a vast expanse, with a high concentration of Magic Particles in the air, teeming with countless beasts and demons that live and dwell within it.

Gnolls are of course present as well, though not in sufficient numbers like goblins to form large-scale tribes.

Adventurers making a living there have encountered a few over the years.

They usually pose no threat, and any casualties are simply considered normal losses during an adventure.

Until recently, a gnoll tribe from the wasteland, led by Elite individuals, attacked several towns near River Valley Town, even appearing on the Association’s bounty task board as a result.

Once again, gnolls became a topic of discussion in taverns.

Of course, it was soon overshadowed by "Hunting Day."

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