After a couple hours of dragging the bodies of his kills through the forest, Rick could finally see the Village again.
Of course, this then meant the others who were still in the Village at this could see him as well.
“Chief! Hey, come help the Chief!’
It was Jaba who spotted Rick first, and after he called out a number of other Goblins rushed out to meet him, and from there he finally got some help and with the bodies he was lugging along. Though…he wasn’t as tired as his complaints to Velora made it seem.
[You’re perfectly fine. You didn’t need any help at all, yet you complained the entire walk back. Look at Jaba, he looks way more tired than you. You should be following his example.]
‘I’m just doing a good job hiding it!’
[Mhm. It is now 1600.]
‘Thank you. Wow Jaba’
“Chief how was it? Had a good training?’”
“Yeah, it was good. What about you? You look drained.”
“Ah yeah…after being the one to do all the training, it’s been different to be on the under side of it, and Miss Sarug is not giving us any breaks at all. She is only letting us break this soon because of the feast you have planned. Will you be adding the meat from the beasts you brought to the feast”
“I didn’t realize Sarug was such tough trainer…well I believe in you Jaba keep it up, and yeah it will be added to the feast.”
“Got it, I’ll make sure they get cleaned up. And I’ll do my best Chief.”
“Ah has Rogu and the others returned yet?”
“Not yet.”
“I see…well you know where to find me if you need anything Jaba.”
After a few parting words, and handing off the bodies he brought, Rick soon disappeared into one of the small buildings in the Village. A Village that was growing in size seemingly each day. If it was up to Rick, he would still be living in a tent in the cave, but Dran and Wala found that to be unacceptable, and thus a small house was made next to the conference room building. One just for Rick.
It was quite simple inside, consisting of just two small rooms, one to sleep, and one that was essentially an office and no windows since it was so close to everything else, but there was already talk of upgrading it the second Ulgri saw it, and it took some pleading from Rick to convince her to focus on other things, but the small home was perfect in Rick’s eyes…of course with the exception of not having modern toilets but he ad long since gotten used to that.
He quickly found himself sitting at his relatively simple desk.
‘Bring up my status please Velora.’
{Name - Rick}
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{Age - 21}
{Race - Royal Goblin}
{Element – Goblin Fire}
{Tier 4)
{Essence - 120} Absorb? Yes/No
{Evo Points - 825/2160}
{Skills}
{Velora}
‘Absorb.’
A few slightly uncomfortable moments later…
[Completed.]
{Name - Rick}
{Age - 21}
{Race - Royal Goblin}
{Element – Goblin Fire}
{Tier 4)
{Essence - 0}
{Evo Points - 945/2160}
{Skills}
{Velora}
‘I’m getting closer Velora, but I don’t know if it will be enough. I think I might need to take some risks.’
[What type of Risks?]
‘Fighting a Tier 5 beast type of Risk…’
[Rick.]
‘I know Velora. Trust me, I know, but you just as much as I do that not a single one of us would be able to defeat the Orc that showed up that day. Even if all of us ganged up on him, we would all simply die…I could feel it in my bones just as how much of a difference in power there was between us.
‘Even if I manage to reach Tier 5 before he attacks again, it will mean next to nothing. Unless there’s some hidden power up at Tier 5 that you’re not telling me about then all that would do is put me on par with his generals. That won’t be good enough Velora. I need to be at least strong enough to be somewhat of a deterrent. To make sure it’s not beneficial to attack me, and that’s the bare minimum. It would be best if I could match his strength but that sounds extremely unrealistic. And that’s not even considering the Serpent, who could come out of it’s lake and attack us at any moment…
‘For now, I need to make a push to Tier 6. I know I’m barely halfway to Tier 5, but if I fight Tier 5 beasts, I can expedite that process, and then at Tier 5 maybe I could find something at Tier 6…’
[Have you really put thought into this Rick?]
‘I have. I’m already able to fight the Tier 4 beasts in the forest by myself without much issue, and that’s without a weapon, and not using my element as much as possible. When I used it on the Orcs a few months ago, I was able to decimate an entire squad of Tier 4 Orcs by myself. I can fight above my power Velora. I am not a typical Tier 4.
‘Plus…I’ll be bringing Loruk remember? That has to count for something.’
[If you explained everything you just said to me to Rogu, he would likely toss all his morals aside and follow you with the entire Royal Retrieval team regardless of your wishes.]
‘Which is exactly why I won’t tell him.’
[…And where would we be finding Tier 5 beats Rick? We have only found Tier 4 beasts so far.]
‘Well. I will go talk to the fox.’
[The fox, who can also choose to attack you all at any moment?]
‘That’s the one.’
[Fine. I’ve given enough lectures today.]
‘Glad to have you on board.’
Knock Knock
“Chief! Rogu and the others are back!”
“Thank you Jaba, I’m coming!”
‘Alright…time to apologize to everyone. Should be fine right?’
[Yes, I’m sure they will appreciate it.]
‘Yeah I think so too.’
