Goblin Kingdom (Part 1)

Goblin Kingdom - Volume 2: 100 Li (400km) to the North, A Peek at the Abyss

StatusNameGi Go AmatsukiRaceGoblinLevel92ClassNoble; Wandering SwordsmanPossessed SkillsSword Mastery B-; Self-Made Man; Veteran; Chivalry; Warrior's SoulDivine ProtectionSword God (La Paruza)AttributesNoneAbnormal StatusSworn to Spare

Many days have passed since Gi Go Amatsuki left the king with Shumea's younger brother, Yoshu. Since then they have been traveling aimlessly through the forests and the flatlands.

Aimless as it was, it wasn't actually possible to travel without a direction, so they decided to make the mountains of the snow god to the north their destination. Part of the reason was also because Gi Go Amatsuki wished to fight with the bandits there.

Gi Go Amatsuki and Yoshu did not go through the forest but through a path close to the human territory. As for why, well... Yoshu had his own ideas.

"The king is going to create a Goblin Kingdom, right? If so, then it shouldn't hurt to gather information about the humans while we travel," Yoshu said.

Because of that Gi Go Amatsuki and Yoshu walked somewhere in between the forest and the flatlands.

Yoshu wasn't lying when he gave that reason, but he also had other reasons for going through this route. He wanted some things from the human territory.

He was used to living with only the bare necessities due to his overly-adaptive sister, but Yoshu was still a human raised in the city and was unsuited to living in the forest.

Being a former slave, he was also used to life as an adventurer, which is why he wanted to get his hands on some convenient tools. It was to procure those tools that he intentionally suggested this dangerous route near the human territory.

Gi Go wore a robe that covered him from head to toe, while Yoshu carried a shield on his back. From a distance they looked no different from a pair of traveling humans.

During Yoshu's travels with Gi Go Amatsuki, he surprisingly found Gi Go to be quite intelligent. He did not seem like a goblin at all.

Was that because he was a noble class or were the goblins actually always clever and it was only the humans' prejudice that led to the humans' disdain of them? Or then again, it could simply be the king's influence. Yoshu didn't know. But regardless, Gi Go was as smart as your hot-blooded adventurer or battle slave.

For example, the issue of keeping a fire lit during the night.

Beasts are known to fear fire. From time to time, there might be a clever beast or two that would attack despite a lit fire, but in general, beasts stay away from places where there is fire.

Of course, this was completely unrelated to the goblins, as they are monsters who prowl under the blanket of the night, stealing livestock and laying fields to waste... At least, that's what they are supposed to be. But when Yoshu explained to Gi Go the importance of fire – which he did under the pretense that it was to keep from killing needlessly – Gi Go understood and he even went as far as to take turns with Yoshu in keeping watch.

Goblins usually ate meat, but they were also able to eat other things. Only, no matter how much they ate, it wouldn't fill them up. It was a similar feeling to humans who ate nothing but vegetables.

"I know I was just made to tag along, but..." Yoshu muttered.

"Is something the matter?" Gi Ga asked.

"No, it's nothing. Let's get some bread in the village."

"Hmm... Well, just get whatever food you want."

Yoshu didn't mention that he actually wanted to see whether bread could fill Gi Go's tummy or not. In the time he has spent with Gi Go, he has gradually come to consider the coexistence of humans and goblins being a reality.