Goblin Kingdom (Part 1)

Goblin Kingdom - Volume 2: Chapter 101: Two Homesick Goblins

StatusRaceGoblinLevel36ClassKing; RulerPossessed SkillsRuler of the Demon Children of Chaos; Defiant Soul; World Devouring Howl; Sword Mastery A-; Dominator; King's Soul; Ruler's Wisdom III; Household of the Gods; One-Eyed Snake's Evil Eye; The King's Dance at the Edge of Death; Magic Manipulation; Soul of the Berserk King; Third Impact (The Third Chant); Instinct; Blessing of the Underworld GoddessDivine ProtectionGoddess of the Underworld (Altesia)AttributesDarkness; DeathSubordinate BeastsHigh Kobold Hasu (Lv77); Gastra (Lv20); Cynthia (Lv20); Orc King (Bui) (Lv82)Abnormal StatusBlessing of the One-Eyed Snake; Protection of the Twin-Headed Snake

Humans tended to work in the morning; that was the natural order for them. But for goblins, there was no such thing. Their eyes worked well whether it was night or day, the druids' magic was at its full strength during the hour of the night god, and yet the goblins were neither nocturnal nor diurnal.

What was the job of the king?

The goblin lifestyle meant there was no given time for their activities. They moved about without regard for the sun or the twin moons. Because of that food was extremely important.

In the western part of the Forest of Darkness were the villages of the goblin tribes. If these villages were to fall, everything would be for naught, so it could be said that these villages were the most important part of my plans for expansion. Because of that I decided to note the villages' location as the point from which we would be expanding to all directions.

To the east were the Gi Village and the humans. To the west were untrodden lands. To the north, beyond the kobold village, were lands unknown, and to the south were the vast plains and the Paradua village. The area around us is mostly unexplored except for those parts under the control of the tribes.

The goblins were not capable of making maps. Just in case, I asked Shumea, and it seems she too did not have such an ability.

Shouldn't have gotten my hopes up, I thought. Seriously, why am I surrounded by muscle-brains everywhere.

It was necessary to go to the actual place to understand the area. Images or symbols could be use to draw the map, even stones would work, it didn't really matter. Like that I left the fortress to explore the surrounding area.

I took some of the goblins along so we can hunt along the way, while I left the knight-class goblin, Gi Ga, to defend the fortress.

We had normal goblins with us, so I had goblins with high leadership skills like Gi Jii lead the exploration groups.

As one might expect, the bigger prey really stood out, like the deer called big horn, or the long-legged spiders known as Annie Spider, or the big caterpillars referred to as Green Caterpillar. They were virtually limitless. Their bodies were big and it took some time to take them down, but it wasn't an impossible task.

Once we learned the traits of the monsters, we'll be able to use traps during hunts.

After we hunted enough, I climbed up a tree to get a good view of the surrounding area.

How level was the ground? Was there water nearby? Where were the plains? Where would be the best place to attack the humans? Where would traps be most unlikely to hurt our allies?

Trees covered the land, but by looking down from a higher point it was possible to understand the terrain. It was hard work, and the goblins following me could not understand the meaning behind such careful study of the terrain. Even the most evolved of them, Gi Jii, a rare class goblin, could not fathom my actions.

When the sun was about to set, I concluded our exploration, and went back to the fortress, where we ate our spoils. I listened to the old goblin's report regarding the newly born goblins as I ate.