After finalizing his new plans between himself and Velora, Rick went up to Rogu and explained his decision. Rogu to the slight surprise of Rick revealed he had the same concerns, and was just waiting for a good time to bring them up since Rick looked to be deep in concentration for quite sometime. So he held back.

  After getting past that, Rick explained all his plans for the future. The training, the departments, and of course what it would take for him to travel back to the Clan.

  This conversation wasn’t necessarily a quick one and the two talked for some time. Afterwards they both agreed that some type of announcement should be made to all the traveling Goblins. They were all practically rushed out of their homes and then would be essentially forced to march for over two months to a place they’d never been before. Yet apart from a few initial complaints and grumblings that were expected the Goblins had all agreed and have been moving as directed silently and without complaint. Although not a single tribe in the plains was being ruled through the force of other Goblins, the cemented rule of the strongest leads hadn’t gone anywhere. So it was quite easy in their minds to simply fall in line when much stronger Goblins showed themselves.

  Though, while Rick understood this, he didn’t want to lead this way. He believed it was only right that the Goblins were properly informed of the situation they found themselves in. So during the current break, which came after a day of travel, Rick quickly found himself in the center of the temporary break site with all eyes focused in his direction.

  Credit to Rick, he appeared quite calm and collected despite the many eyes staring in his direction.

  POV Rick

  ‘There are quite a bit of Goblins here huh Velora…’

  [This is not the first time you’ve given a speech in front of a large group.]

  ‘Yes, that’s true but I was Chief in all of those group talks, it was different’

  [Yes, and now you’re a Future King, is this how you plan on behaving when speaking a crowd of hundreds of thousands?]

  ‘You really know how to hit where it hurts…ah whatever I was going to speak anyway, just a little nervous thats all.’

  [Mhm.]

  “Ahem. Some of you know me already, but for those who don’t my name is Rick. I’m a Goblin just like you all. I’m the Chief of a tribe somewhat far from here much deeper in the forest, and a while back I left my tribe with the hope of eventually finding more Goblins. I eventually did, a TinkGoblin by the name of Dran. I was really excited to meet Dran, because that’s also when I learned they were other types of Goblins! It was really surprising, but then of course it all came crashing down when I learned why Dran was living alone in a cave. His tribe back in the plains had been burned down. By Orcs. I had finally found other Goblins only to hear they were being oppressed by Orcs and other races. And just recently I was able to witness this oppression first hand.

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  "I decided that can’t continue.

  "I can’t sit down or stand idle as I watch my brethren be bullied and treated like dirt. I can’t do it. So I put a stop to it. With the help of a group of Goblins who came from even farther than I did, we were able to successfully fight the Orcs in the area and stop the immediate threat, but of course the root of the problem remained. There were many more Orcs in the Plains. Way too many to fight all at once so we had to leave, and of course that included you all. We went to every known tribe in the plains and evacuated them.

  "The plan is to take all of you back with me to where I live, and ensure you get to live a much better life than you have lived till now. You will not have to worry about food, about giving tributes, about being attacked for no reason, about accidentally reaching the next Tier and then being kidnapped for it! You won’t have to worry about it any of it. The only thing I ask of you is to be good Goblins to each other, and never be afraid to tell me your worries.

  "Now with that being said…what exactly is going to happen when we get to your new home? First I will explain a few things. There are a couple different options for ‘work’. There are two squads which make up our main fighting force. From there we have a magical department, a building department, a scouting department, Royal Guards, Animal Tenders, Village Workers and I guess Royal Aides…anyway those are currently the available options for you all to join be a part of once you make it. More details will be provided about each of them as this journey goes on, as we have plenty of time to talk but are there any immediate questions?”

  A somewhat thin Maglin raised his hand.

  “Ah ask away.”

  “What are the Royal Guards?”

  “Ahh…this is a bit embarrassing for me to talk about but they are basically a force dedicated to protecting me.”

  “I see…thank you.”

  “Of course, anymore questions?”

  “What are Royal Aides?”

  This was asked by another male Maglin.

  “Another embarrassing question, haha…but they are basically my helpers.”

  “Thank you sir.”

  “…Of Course…Anymore questions?”

  No one raised their hands or spoke out any longer and Rick took that as his notice to end the discussion and walk away.

  “Alright, that’s everything. Please don’t hesitate to come find me if you need me and ask questions. We have a long journey ahead of us so there is plenty of time to ask questions. Thank you.”

  ….

  ‘So how’d I do?’

  [I’d say you were adequate enough.]

  ‘That doesn’t sound like a compliment Velora, I thought I did well…but royal guard and aides question were a little embarrassing. Especially since both of those groups were essentially started by others. Sigh ‘

  [You could’ve handled those questions better without getting flustered.]

  ‘So picky.’