(Old ver. Discontinued) A Dream in the Faraway Past

7. The First Step

(A/N : And another chapter is here. Kinda went a little overboard here. I usually aim for anywhere between 2250-2500 words. Here? Well, before I noticed, I went and wrote 3757 words. Go me!)

(Rimuru's Perspective)

"So, how many goblins live here?" I asked the goblin village elder

"This village is made up of one hundred and twenty goblins. Counting the women, about 72 of them are ready to fight" He replied

The goblins have a bit higher numbers than the previous timeline

Probably because we arrived earlier

"And what are the enemy's forces like?"

"As much as I dread to say, the enemies, the direwolves, number at about one hundred, my lords"

"Just Rimuru and Ciel is fine"

"Hai! Rimuru-sama! Ciel-sama!"

No matter how much I think about it, if this village was left on it's own, it would inevitably be destroyed

I mean, when you need ten of your troops to take down just one of the enemies, it already sounds hopeless

And then add to that the fact that the direwolves outnumber the battle ready goblins by almost thirty

*Sigh* Time to make preparations and fortify the village

"I will let you guys rest for about a week. After that, our preparations will start" I said as I got up from my seat

"Understood, Rimuru-sama" Says the goblin elder while also standing up

"Then...take me to the injured. We shall heal them"

Walking out of the shack, the goblin elder, along with his son and Rigur follow me outside

Then, the elder goes to another shack, or this would be more appropriate to call as a tent, with us following behind him

Inside, there were about twenty goblins

They all had terrible wounds, and some of them were suffering from diseases

Then, I look at Ciel-san

She looks back at me, seemingly understanding what I wanted to do

I raise both of my hands forward

And then, I hear a voice inside of my head

<Initiating [The Lord of Lust "Asmodeus"]'s Life domination>

From my hands, a purple smoke is released

That purple smoke started to inch closer to the injured goblins

And finally, that smoke entered the bodies of the almost dead goblins

In less than a second, all of their wounds disappeared

The goblin elder, along with the rest of the goblins looked at us with shock

Well? What did I even expect

Then, before I could even realize what happened, all of the goblins in this tent along with the goblin elder bowed in front of me

"Thank you very much for saving them, Rimuru-sama!" The goblin elder shouted

"Uhh...Yea. No problem. Don't worry about it" I say, slightly embarrassed

I had thought that I was used to this kind of praise, but it seems that that is not the case

After healing the goblins, Ciel-san and I went around the village once to determine it's current situation

Needless to say, but not good in an understatement