Goblin Kingdom (Part 1)

Goblin Kingdom - Volume 2: The Distant Paradise - Intermission: Attack I

StatusNameGi DeRaceGoblinLevel34ClassRarePossessed SkillsSwordsmanship C-; Overpowering Howl; Omnivorous; A Monster's Feelings; Beast Tamer; InstinctDivine ProtectionNoneAttributesNone

The sun shone from high above the sky.

Gi Ga was practicing hard today too. Though he has gotten much better now, as he rarely falls off, and can even properly direct the rider-beast to go where he wants.

Even though one of his legs is fake, he can somehow straddle the rider-beast and even swing his spear, albeit somewhat weaker than when on foot.

With the reins of the beast on one hand and a spear on the other, Gi Ga rode through the forests on the back of the black tiger known as Hakuou.

—Found you.

Prowling the forest in search of a prey, Gi Ga set his sights on a lone double-head. He pulled on the reins as he lightly kicked the black tiger, and as the black tiger's instincts woke, they bolted through the forest. The double-head caught wind of their charge, and it ran for its life. It knew its place as the prey. There was no winning against one's predator, so it ran without a second thought.

Passing through the trees, the double-head ran for its life despite the hard rocky road. But the black tiger was no green horn to hunting, and neither was the goblin on its back. They were both veterans of the hunt, and they caught up in no time. Gi Ga stretched out his long arm, and attacked the double-head, slowing it down, giving chance for the black tiger to finish it off. Like that the short game of cat and mouse came to an end.

"You've already mastered riding Hakuou, I see." The Paradua goblin who came here as a messenger, Alashd, nodded in satisfaction.

"Only because of your excellent teaching, Lord Alashd." Gi Ga gratefully said as he sheathed his spear into the saddle's sheath.

"If you're this good now, then I think I'll be able to return at ease."

"When will you be departing?"

"Tomorrow eve. It won't take five days with the black tiger's strong legs, but it would still be best to leave soon."

"The days will be lonely, Lord Alashd. At the very least, let us see you off with a feast." Gi Ga pointed to the double-head he'd just hunted.

"Then I'd like some of those dried meat of yours. They're quite delicious."

"It'll be my pleasure."

Alashd fastened the double-head to his mount, and the two of them rode side-by-side back to the Gi Village.

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The beast tamer, Gi De, was growing anxious as the kobolds haven't contacted them since yesterday.

"What's the matter?" The water mage, Gi Zo, asked upon noticing Gi De's unusual behavior. Gi Zo excelled at water magic even among the druids of Gi Za's village, so Gi Za and the king expected much from him.

Gi Ga Rax and Gi Zo were the two goblins in charge of the Gi Village, so when Gi Zo inquired for the source of Gi De's unrest, he readily reported the lack of contact with the kobolds.

"No contact, with kobold. Anxious, me."

Even the king's very own subordinate beast who would pester them for food hadn't shown itself in the past two days.

"Have they found a way to procure food themselves?"

It was hard to believe that that gluttonous kobold would just up and go. Something bad must've happened, Gi De thought, and his grim countenance grew even grimmer.