Even goblins are dangerous in this other world!

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"What aspect is it about, teacher? Please tell me."

Luo Xiu spoke slowly, his smile unchanged.

He has decided to embark on the journey to Rovanpu tomorrow with Basil and Leila. Tassanya will also be going, but she will be attending the Golden Apple Garden.

As the only one who had not yet advanced to the fifth rank, she volunteered to participate in the Golden Apple Garden and said that she would bring all the golden apples back to Luo Xiu.

Luo Xiu naturally agreed. Tassanya was a restless person, so it would be good for her to go out more.

As for Milair, he remained in Kanriel.

"The origin of monsters, the secrets of our Dorant."

Tata spoke, and her words immediately captured Luo Xiu's attention.

He sat up a little straighter:

"You mean..."

"Yes, that's the origin of these hateful monsters surrounding Dorant."

Tata nodded, and the black steam flowed slowly in the firelight of the fireplace.

"Dorant is surrounded by monsters to the north, east, and south, except for the west where there are no neighboring monsters."

"To the north lies the Langco Forest, where the monsters stationed there include goblins, silver moon bears, and shadow wolves."

"To the east, the terrain is complex, with the Ancient Plains and the Despair Cliffs. Among the monsters there are slimes, demon bats, the former mushroom monsters, and a newly discovered sand scorpion."

"To the south lies the Luowang Sea, also known as the Holy Sea, where monsters such as the Water Lizard and mermaids reside."

Having traversed the Langco Forest and the Ancient Plains, Luo Xiu had read many ancient texts during this time and had learned that the Slime Plains and the Sunset Forest were only small parts of the area, and that these two names were the full names of the locations they occupied.

As for why there are only three monsters on Dorante, Luo Xiu knows the answer to that question.

Because Dorrant is bordered by other countries to the west.

More precisely, the western region of Dorrant is dotted with countries of varying sizes.

Most of those kingdoms were much weaker than Dorant, but conversely, most of them were surrounded by various other nations and didn't need to worry about monsters.

"We in Dorrant seem to be having bad luck; our location is terrible."

Luo Xiu smiled slightly and made a joke that wasn't exactly a joke.

But Tata's words stunned him:

"It wasn't luck; it was our choice."

Seeing that Luo Xiu seemed a little confused, Tata continued:

“Thousands of years ago, we were not surrounded by monsters on three sides. We were just one of many small countries. But as time went by, we moved eastward, and the countries to the east were gradually destroyed by monsters. It wasn't until a thousand or two years ago that we arrived at our current location.”

"……Why?"

Luo Xiu considered many possibilities, but he never expected that Dorant would choose to come to this position and take the initiative to face the encirclement of three monsters.

"Because a thousand or two thousand years ago, our ancestors in Dorrant still had dreams."

Tata said something cryptic, and then continued:

"They want to escape from here."

"This land where Dorant is located is also called the Land of the Gods."

"Boom!!!"

Outside, the night sky, which was originally dotted with stars, was suddenly filled with deafening thunder.

The people celebrating in Kanriel looked up in confusion at the bright night sky. There wasn't even a cloud in the sky tonight, so where did the thunder come from?

Inside the room, Tata looked at Luo Xiu's surprised expression and continued:

“The ‘forgotten’ in ‘land abandoned by the gods’ does not mean forgotten, but abandoned. Our land, including several countries on the ground, is a land abandoned by the gods.”

Luo Xiu was indeed somewhat surprised to hear this shocking news.

He had similar guesses before, but they were just occasional lapses in his mind, and he had many similar conjectures.

Now that Tata has told him so clearly, it's impossible for him not to be moved.

At the same time, he seemed to understand what Tata meant by "there were still dreams thousands of years ago".

"You mean that if we want to escape this area, we have to endure being surrounded by monsters?"

Luo Xiu murmured, then thought of an even greater possibility:

"Could it be... that we need to mobilize the entire nation to break through the monsters' encirclement?"

After saying this, he couldn't help but smile wryly, feeling that he was talking about something unbelievable, but when Tata across from him nodded, his eyes widened.

"This...this is practically impossible."

Luo Xiu initially wanted to say it was completely impossible, but in the end he changed his mind, leaving a sliver of possibility.

He's not a pessimistic person, but even if you asked him, with his cheat codes, to discuss this kind of thing, it would be extremely difficult.

The only way is to kill all the monsters.

Upon hearing Luo Xiu's words, Tata laughed. His hoarse laughter was somewhat eerie. Unlike Luo Xiu, he rarely laughed, so this showed that he was genuinely happy.

“In the past thirty years, Luo Xiu, you are the only one who said it was basically impossible. Everyone else thought there was no possibility at all.”

"including me."

Tata's voice suddenly lowered, as if his laughter had left him exhausted:

"Luo Xiu, all I want to do is protect the people of a city as much as possible. Like you said, it's basically impossible for the whole country to escape the monsters' siege."

"Moreover, what I just mentioned are only the monsters that are adjacent to our Dorant. Further out, no one knows how far we have to go or how many monsters we have to kill to reach the final destination."

"Furthermore, human lifespans are too short. Before reaching the seventh level, the lifespan is at most around a hundred years. Even if you persist for several decades, after you die, will the people after you continue to persist? Will they continue to waste their lives on such an illusory thing?"

"Let's just relax and enjoy the legacy you left behind."

"Anyway, decades later, when we return to our roots, we will know nothing when we close our eyes. The suffering of those who come after us will have nothing to do with the dead."

Tata's words were heavy, each one striking Luo Xiu's heart and making him understand even more how difficult this matter was.

Yes, if we want to go out into the world, we don't know how many generations of effort it will take, and we don't know if we will succeed in the end.

It's better to quietly enjoy life as it is. After all, only people in marginalized areas suffer. Taking a piece of flesh will allow them to live peacefully for decades.

This is a journey with no known end, and the fear of the unknown is the greatest enemy on this road.

Luo Xiu believed that if a definite answer was given, they could get out as long as they broke through the goblin encirclement, or perhaps Dorrant had already left the land of the gods.

"However, it's not like we haven't tried."

Tata stood up and looked out the window:

"Over the past thousand years, although more and more of us have given up, the core royal family has persisted in one program: the Explorers Program."

"The plan is simple: cultivate individuals of the seventh rank or above, and then have them either disguise themselves, change their bloodline, or force their way out to explore the path to the outside world."

"This plan started a thousand years ago. We have sent out batches of geniuses, including many unparalleled geniuses. If it weren't for the lack of divinity scattered throughout this region, they would definitely have advanced to the eighth rank."

"But in the end... none of them came back."

"It was during this process that Dorrant, having sent away batch after batch of high-level combatants, gradually became unable to withstand the encirclement of monsters and suffered increasing defeats."

"But the core royal family must persist, otherwise, Dorrant will face only destruction."

"Until seventy years ago, our last two seventh-tier members, the Ship King and the Sword Saint, perished together in a battle with the Shadow Wolf King."

"With this, the last seventh tier of our Dorant has also disappeared."

Luo Xiu frowned as he heard what Tata said, and finally asked his teacher a crucial question:

"Then why haven't we been destroyed yet?"

Tata seemed to have anticipated Luo Xiu's question. His tall figure, shrouded in mist, slowly turned to face Luo Xiu:

"Three reasons."

"1. The monsters are mutually restraining each other, and the beings behind them are also mutually restraining each other, unwilling to let others seize the initiative."

"2. Some entities have offered us support, recognizing the potential of our country."

"3. There are hidden figures behind our Dorrant, who have been working tirelessly to help our nation out of its predicament and have made tremendous contributions."

Listening to the three kinds of existence mentioned by Tata, Luo Xiu formed his own guesses.

The room temperature seemed to drop a few degrees, and the firelight in the fireplace dimmed, while the crackling sound gradually grew louder.

Tata lowered her voice, as if the next sentence should not be spoken aloud:

"To put it simply, it's about [Demon], [God], and [Guide]."

Chapter 215 Dorrant's Ultimate Secret 2

"【Demon】and 【God】and 【Guide】."

Tata's voice was so low it was almost inaudible, as if it had just been spoken and then vanished into the blazing firelight of the fireplace, burned away completely.

But then, thunder roared outside again, far more powerful and awe-inspiring than before, like ten thousand bells ringing in unison, or a vast divine sound tearing through the long night.

The residents of Kanriel looked up and saw the dark clouds illuminated by a mysterious light. Above the clouds, there seemed to be countless supreme beings, with strange and divine forms, revealing their figures and casting their gazes down upon the human world below.

"The weather is about to change, what's that above the clouds..."

Someone stood on the street muttering to themselves.

"Today is our victory day, how could this happen out of nowhere? Can't we even celebrate our victory?"

"Is it a punishment from heaven?"

But soon someone assertive nearby corrected him:

"How could it be divine punishment? What did we do wrong? Keep playing the music, keep dancing, and ignore it."

"that is!"

Some people responded in agreement:

"So what if it really is some mysterious being? If there really is divine punishment, we're all going to die anyway, so let's enjoy it even more! Keep dancing, brothers! Suppress the thunder! We're the winners today!"