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{Day 33}
It's morning and Rou still hasn't woken up. Walking into his room, I saw why. There, lying wide awake, was an irritated Rou, with Mi and the redhead sleeping on both of his hands. He noticed me and sent a silent plea for help. I stared long and hard, before deciding to help. I was about to take a step forward, before freezing. Mi was still sleeping, but her head was turned my way and I felt this terrifying aura promising pain overwhelm me. I gulped and gave Rou a nervous thumbs up before quickly leaving.
Man, that was scary.
...
Due to the death of several higher-up members of our tribe, there was a power vacuum of spots waiting to be filled, which many of our tribesmen were hoping to gain. Despite our growing members, we only had around eighty members that could fight, most of the older members dying from the incident. And so, after multiple rounds with our leader, the spots were filled.
Once the morning exercises were finished, I headed off to where the women were, having set an order which they had finished today. Entering, I found my order sitting on a table, in a box.
"Are they ready?" I asked one of them, the one with glasses. She just nodded. I nodded before picking them up. Heading to my room, I entered, finding Clo waiting. Handing her the box and stared down at the cauldron. Inside was a bubbling mass of blue. Opening the box, Clo handed me an empty glass bottle. Holding it up, I slowly filled the bottle with the blue liquid, marveling at the completed product.
{You have crafted an item. New recipe created.}
[Mana Potion] A potion that rapidly regenerates a set amount of mana.
Rank: 1/5
-Restores 20% of Mana.
Grinning, I gave her back the now filled bottle and had the rest filled up as well. Thanking Clo for her help, I made my way out of the room, so I could find Rou. I didn't.
"Where's Gobu-Rou?" I asked Sato and Sei.
"No idea!" She answered carelessly. I frowned before heading off to find Kichi.
"By the way, what's that your holding?" She asked. Turning back to them, I answered, not knowing Sei's reaction.
"I managed to create mana potions. I was off to show them to him." I answered, only to find Sei's face in extreme proximity. Trying to take a step back, I ended up being pushed onto my back, as she then crawled onto me.
"Give me them." She stated this intense expression on her face. I looked to my side, only to find Sato's amused expression, and Clo and the other goblins reaction. I mouthed for help, only to look on helplessly as they all looked away. I could only gape at their betrayal as Sei continued trying to make me give them up. Every time I tried to refuse, she got closer and closer. I kept getting more and more flustered until finally, my savior appeared.
"Have you guys seen Gobu-Rou?" E came out of nowhere.
"Sorry, I haven't seen him at all. Isn't he fine though? He's pretty strong." Sato replied, before continuing to snicker in our direction. Sei looked up from her perch and began to answer.
"Chance!" I yelled as I flipped her off me, and got to my feet before running off. Sei ran right after me.
Thankfully, because I possessed more energy than her, she lagged behind in only a few minutes.
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Our leader hasn't reappeared yet. Hope he's doing alright.
{Day 34}
I had to resort to physical combat to ward off Sei who had tried to ambush me at night to get my potions. Sato was of no help to me. She did help me bound her with rope, though somehow she managed to roll her way back to me, so I had to push her away three times until she finally stopped.
When I awoke, I learned why. Clo had slept between us. I made sure to make her some of my 'famous' soup. No one could replicate my soup, not even the humans, which is weird because to make it is just herbs and caterpillars.
I spent a good portion in the smithy, with the human called Emery Furaldo. She was crafting some parts for the weapon I hoped to make. When asked why I didn't just have her make the actual weapon itself, I mentioned the God of Sacrifice and she gained an understanding expression immediately. Apparently, she had a friend who also served under the God of Sacrifice but died to the expeditionary team. Maybe my allegiance to the same god was why she was nicer to me. Probably, and the fact I have shown no interest whatsoever in her or the other humans. When asked about it, I just stated my disinterest in human women.
Everyone became a bit friendlier to me afterward.
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Once the parts were finished, I began the construction of my weapon. I was just applying the mage stone on it when I heard a cry of fear. Getting to my feet, I rushed towards the entrance, eyes widening in shock at the appearance of a massive figure.
"Ogre! An Ogre's come to attack us!" One goblin cried out. Without hesitation, I used -Bone Cage-. As a cage of bone spikes surrounded the monster, I prepped a dozen bone spears.
"Where the general?!" I yelled out, also summoning a -Bone Sword-. Holding it in reverse, I prepared myself to hold off the monster until Kichi arrives.
"Prepare to be sacrificed to the God of Sacrificed!" I stated, grinning as I readied my arm. At the same time, I was readying -Sacrifice-. I was almost finished when I heard Mi cry out.
"Gobu-Rou!" I was startled, canceling all of my spells. The bone cage tilted in various directions before scattering like dust, my spears shattered as well, while my sword just broke, scattering like dust a moment later.
"Ah, well... I'm ba-" Rou tried to say, only to stop when Mi had run up to him and kicked his foot, injuring herself in the process. After healing her foot, she lectured him on his disappearance, which he was forced to kneel and listen to. He looked like he was mentally suffering.
After being gathered together, Rou told us, or every one of any importance of the events that followed his disappearance. After being told he had fought the Red Bear, I froze in shock. The Red Bear was a giant bear with red fur and could breathe burning fire from its mouth. I only knew this from Sei who told me not to go within a mile of it. To hear that Rou had fought and even killed it...
Sei stopped her explanation of the bear when I had keeled over. As consciousness overcame me, I heard;
"If even the eccentric can't take it, that means you're on a whole new level of weird," Gobu-Ji said. I saw Rou flinch before blackness overcame me.
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I made some pants for Rou before I went to sleep. His attempts with raccoon leather were just pitiful.
{Day 35}
Three of Rou's disciples evolved into hobgoblins.
"Congratulation Gobu-Je, Gobu-Kli, and Gobu-Sum on becoming hobgoblins." I praised the three as I passed by them. From the extremely bashful and excited reactions I got, my praise must be something legendary to get... Makes sense, seeing as this is the first time anyone had actually seen me praising anyone at all, besides Clo.
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I decided to participate in a sparring match with Rou. It ended so quickly, my pride as a male shattered like glass. It's one thing to lose as I focused primarily as a shaman, but I had stats above sixty in most of my stats. I even had almost one-hundred strength, and yet, he still took that attack, without flinching...
Ah, today just started off really depressing. Rou said that it was a good match, but I just waved it off, the lie having no effect on me. As I walked off to hunt, I began to think. If not even an almost full-strength hobgoblin could beat Rou as an ogre, would becoming one change that?
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I ended up catching a lot of prey today, yet the hunt didn't do anything to cheer me up. Only when I began praying to my god did I lose my depression. I began feeling worn though.
{Day 36}
I had been praying to my god as I usually did when I felt something filter through my mind.
{Your constant loyalty and daily sacrifices to The God of Sacrifices have been rewarded. The milestones required for the rewards begin as follows.}
{Sacrifices: 193}
[50 Sacrifices] Skull Warrior & Skull Archer
[200 Sacrifices] Skull Barracks
[500 Sacrifices] Skull Army
[1000 Sacrifices] Blood Ritual & Spirit Ritual
[1200 Sacrifices] Goblin Creation
[1500 Sacrifices] Resurrection
[3000 Sacrifices] Soul Harvest
[5000 Sacrifices] Avatar of Sacrifice
[10000 Sacrifices] Skill Sealer
+...
Learning of what I could earn, just by sacrificing, my mood brightened considerably, as I ran out to hunt live prey. 'Cause, what's better than sacrificing dead prey? Sacrificing live prey, and earning more favor that way.
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I killed a hind bear by accident. I accidentally hit a tree, which rolled down a hill, gaining momentum, before finally smashing headfirst into the head of a hind bear who happened to be fighting Rou. I waved down at him when he noticed me. I didn't catch what he said as I left the area.
By the time I returned, it was dark and in my arms were two bundles of bound animals, armored raccoons, and horned rabbits in each. When questioned why they were alive, I just mentioned sacrificing them, and they accepted it.
As I slowly sacrificed the animals, finding particular joy in watching the animals bleed, I felt something in my mind.
{You have learned a new spell.}
[Skull Barracks] Call forth a building of bones that conjures a trio of two skull warriors and one skull archer every few seconds.
-Requires 29 (30) Catalyst Bones.
-Spawn 2 Skull Warrior & 1 Skull Archer every 15 seconds.
-25% chance of spawning 3 Skull Warrior & 2 Skull Archer.
-5% chance of spawning 4 Skull Warrior & 3 Skull Archer.
-Destroys itself after 300 seconds.
I was so happy at gaining this spell that I laughed like a maniac.
No one approached my area for the day, as my laughter went on for the entire day actually.
{Day 37}
My throat hurts.
While I was soothing it with some tea, one of the cook sisters had made, I was called by E. Long story short, we were going to kick out a bunch of humans invading our neighbor, a dungeon.
"Can I sit this one out?" I asked, summoning a skull warrior whose sole purpose was being a chair. Rou stared at my summoned, before responding.
"No." Okay then.
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As we entered through the hole that E had mined out, Rou ordered us to remain out of sight. The moment we did, voices were heard.
"This dungeon not only has just Greater Skeletons, but they also have Ogre subspecies here. This piece of a shit place has lots of weaknesses. Even though it's a troublesome opponent, it's no match for us. Let's just kill it quickly. If we let it go we're not gonna find anything like it ever again." Was heard before the sound of combat began. Rou had just tried persuasion and there was already combat? Well then.
Dashing out of my cover, I swung my new weapon. Upon contact, I twisted and completed my spin, completely bisecting the ninja wannabe. Grinning, I glanced at my weapon, a bone war scythe. The blade was made from the sharpened horns of a triple-horn horse. Removing their round surface, they have been improved to create great gashes as well as piercing.
By the time I landed, the battle had already ended. Looting the humans yielded us a bunch of equipment, such as an inventory bag and a ring that conceals the wearer's information. I stored the other five bags away so Rou couldn't get to them. I intend to give them to some of our other party members.
"Don't be selfish. Sharing is caring." Was my response, when I pointed a finger at Mi, E, and Kichi who were trying to gather as much as they could. He saw my point. He didn't like it, but he saw it, so I consider that a win. Entering a rather exquisite looking room, we found ourselves staring at a mummified corpse. Returner, the artificial carbuncle that had led us here, stared at her creator wistfully, before bidding Rou a fond farewell.
I couldn't help but feel awkward as I watched as Returner died, the big gem on her forehead falling onto Rou's outstretched hand.
"Farewell." Rou bade before promptly swallowing the gem. Opening Rou's new spacial chest, we began storing away everything in the room, even the throne. After cremating the mummified corpse, Rou found a metal arm. I could only watch as the arm brutally attach itself to his stump of an arm, like a leech. The agonized face Rou made was a cross of pain and constipation. When his pain was finally reduced, he began to marvel at the usage of his new arm.
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After returning to the cave and collapsing the opening, Rou gave us this extremely excited expression.
"Prepare the food and bring out everyone! We're having a feast!" He announced, catching us completely by surprise.
"Eh?" Mi voiced our confusion. He didn't elaborate, except continuously running around, carrying some strange bottles.
Soon enough, everyone was drinking alcohol, the drink that got Rou so excited. It tasted good, but it wasn't something I thought would be worth celebrating over.
{Day 38}
Rou gave me an order to amass an army of skull minions, so I did. Covering every available part of my room were -Skull Barracks- which spewed lines of skull minions every three seconds, due to my timing of summoning. Thankfully, skull minions remained even after the barracks were destroyed. There were so many minions, that they were starting to spill out of my room. Pushing my way out, I then made my way to Rou, my army following.
"Gobu-Rou," I spoke, drawing his attention. The humans also looked at my direction, but simply screamed in terror at the presence of around three hundred skeletons, each either garbed in iron with iron swords & shields, or leather, with bows.
"What did you need these skeletons for?" I asked. He waved for me to follow. I did. When we reached the training room, we came across Kichi.
"He needs training. Spar with him." He said. Kichi meanwhile, just looked horrified as though he just realized what was happening.
"Wai-" "I see, I see." I interrupted, interested. I watched as sweat trailed down Kichi's face.
"Let's see who's the strongest between us Kichi," I said, grinning. Behind me, all of my minions smashing their bones together in anticipation.
"Mercy?" Kichi asked. I wordlessly smiled. At once, hundreds of my minions swarmed forward, arrows already filling the air.
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Kichi laid on the ground, panting as bones began to scatter like dust around him. Beside him, the last -Skull Warrior- dropped to the ground, scattering after a strong blow knocked its skull off the body. Standing, their bows ready was my one-hundred fresh -Skull Archer's-.
"Will, that be all Gobu-Rou?" I asked our leader. When he nodded, I held up a hand. Each skeleton replaced their arrow and stiffened, before dispersing into dust that was blown away by no air.
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Clo got angry at me for not hanging out with her, so I spent the rest of the day making it up with her.
{Day 39}
Rou gave me a staff and a grimoire.
The staff itself, I found could integrate another weapon with itself, taking on the attributes of the weapon, while retaining its properties. I promptly combined it with my war scythe, creating a new weapon entirely. Said, weapon, was a war scythe made of some unknown form of platinum with a blade, the same color of silver, but stronger. Originally, the staff simply amplified any spells cast by eight times, and fired a copy of said spell without any additional cost, three times. Now with the mage stone, it will now amplify my spells by nine. Not much of a difference, but a small difference is better than a big one sometimes.
The grimoire he gave me was actually a blank tome that recorded all the spells I knew and created variants of them, allowing me to cast them once every four hours for free. It was a great grimoire.
With that, everyone in our old group, + Sei and Sato, went out to hunt hind bears. At this point, I just accepted the casual tone he made regarding the great beasts. Redhead also joined our group, though she didn't do much.
Watching as nine oversized bone spears skewer scores of hind bears to trees were oddly satisfying to watch. Sei agrees.
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Never had bear soup. Glad I have it now. Drinking it's somewhat gamey, yet warm texture tastes really good. Clo rested her head on my shoulder for some reason. Also, this warm feeling was overcoming me again. What is this feeling?
{Day 40}
It was raining again.
I opted out on the third hierarchy tournament this time. When questioned, I asked a simple question.
"Do you really think you have a chance of defeating me?" When no one answered, I walked off. Now, as I sit on this stone, I ponder on the rain. What is this warm feeling I feel towards Clo? Whenever I feel this and she's close, I feel content, yet when she leaves, I feel longing. Getting to my feet, I decided to ask Mi. She seems like she's experienced this before.
"Warm feeling? You mean love?" She asked. I froze, eyes widened as I wondered on the answer. Everything seemed to point to such a feeling but was it really.?
"Do you feel jealous when she speaks with another goblin?" She asked, which I nodded too.
"Do you feel as though you're having the greatest time of your life when she's near?" She continued. I once more nodded.
"Is it Gobu-Clo?" Once more I nodded, this time, blushing. It's true then. I love Clo.
"I see, I see. Then you know what you have to do." She stated, gripping my shoulder.
"B-but, what if-" She shushed me.
"Then its better knowing, than not. Isn't it?" She asked. I stilled, before nodding.
"Go." She stated, patting my back. I took a single step before stopping. I couldn't do it. She must've sensed my hesitance because she gave me a consoling pat.
"One day, you'll do it. I understand, I really do." She said as she stared at Rou.
"Then, I'll be cheering you on every step of the way." I returned getting an appreciative nod from her. The two of us sat in silence, thinking of the day we would finally do it.
{Day 41}
I suddenly found myself conflicted with Clo's presence.
When I mentioned my troubles with Rou, he gave me this good-humored smile. It didn't help me at all. Sato who was nearby just laughed at me and my cowardness. I was being a coward, so I just hid under my wolf-cape.
I was going to ask Rou if he wanted to go out hunting today, he wasn't here. As it was, it seemed I wouldn't be really doing anything worthwhile, so I spent the day learning under Sei's tutelage. When I mentioned being her disciple, she got this sinister look on her face, though while seemingly sinister, it looked normal to me.
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Done.
I hope you enjoy this chapter.
I hope to reach day 53 soon.
Why? That's when he evolves.
The reason why Rou had beaten Rukku so quickly is that, even though Rukku possesses a great amount of HP, he's still just a hobgoblin. He may possess a lot of health, but that doesn't mean his body can withstand it. It just means he'll live longer, and that his body can take a lot more damage, even if he doesn't want to. He's also not used to ogre strength, so there's that as well.
Also, an Ogre vs a Hobgoblin.
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[Name] Rukku| Gob-Rukku
[Sex] Male
[Age] 48 Days
[Race] Hobgoblin-Variant
[Description] A reincarnate who has been reborn as a goblin. Recently evolved into a hobgoblin.
{Stats}
[HP] 540
[MP] 910
[STR] 112
[VIT] 74
[DEX] 80
[INT] 120
[WIS] 80
[LUK] 60
[LV] 87
[EXP] 0/200
[PT] 10
{Blessing}
-God of Sacrifice
{Favor}
-God of Sacrifice: 431
{Skills}
{Active}
[Basic Jabbing] The basic form of jabbing. A style that focuses on stunning an opponent through their nerves.
-5% of stunning opponent for 1 second.
[Sacrifice] Sacrifice the chosen living or dead unto your god's name, in order to gain favor.
(Activation) O Lord, this devoted one sacrifices this lamb unto your plate so thou can feast eternally on its flesh.
-Sacrifice with 10 Levels or below will grant +10 favor with God of Sacrifice. +5 if living.
-Sacrifice with 10 Levels or above will grant +20 favor with God of Sacrifice. +10 if living.
[Sacrificial Circle] Create a sacrificial circle of blood in favor of your god.
(God of Sacrifice) An eye with tears falling to the right crossed knives on the left.
-(Ink) +1 favor per/hour. Sacrifice increases favor by +4 for 24 hours. Cannot stack.
-(Blood) +2 favor per/hour. Sacrifice increases favor by +8 for 24 hours. Cannot stack.
[Sacred Vow] Choose a victim to sacrifice to your god.
-Chosen is killed by Devoted. +10 favor.
-Chosen is killed by Other. -5 favor.
[Black Wolf Spirit] Draw upon the spirit of a black wolf to assist you in battle.
Rank: 1/3
(Usage)
-Wolf Speed: Gain the speed of a black wolf for one minute. A glowing black wolf sigil appears on the body.
-Wolf Spirit: Call upon a corporal black wolf spirit that exists for one hundred seconds.
-Orthus Spirit: Call upon the spirit of an Orthus. Exists for ten seconds.
{Passive}
[Goblin Language] A language spoken by goblins and their evolutions.
[Night Vision] Perfect clarity in the night.
[Muscle Growth II] Daily exercise will refine your muscles.
-Strength +2 per/4 level.
[Blessing of The God of Sacrifice] You have gained the blessing of The God of Sacrifice.
-Every two levels grant +1 PT.
{God of Sacrifice Blessing}
[Type] Blessing
[Rank] 1/5
[Description] A blessing bestowed onto a being, by the God of Sacrifice. Those under this blessing is gradually given access to unique rituals, spells, abilities and etc.
[Tanning] A method used when processing pelts into leather.
Rank: 10
-Due to possessing the Gamer System, tanning process has been reduced to 1/100th of time needed.
-Processed Leather have a chance to be uncommon.
-10% chance of yielding another leather of common quality.
[Disassemble] The art of removing all the useful parts of the body.
Rank: 10
-Harvestable parts are highlighted in yellow.
-Materials are highlighted in blue.
-Sacrifice- Materials are highlighted in green.
[Skinning] The art of removing the skin from meat.
Rank: 10
-Pelts harvested have a 40% chance to be common, 30% chance to be uncommon, 20% to be rare, 10% chance to be unique, or a 5% chance to be perfect.
[Alchemy] An art used when brewing potions, and other assortments.
Rank: 6/10
-50% chance of failure.
-10% chance of uncommon quality.
{Ritual}
[Catalyst Bone] Pray to your God to bless a bone, transforming it into a catalyst bone.
-Used in Bone Spells.
{Spells}
[Bone Spear] A bone of spear is shot at your enemies. Dissipates shortly after creation.
-Requires 2 Catalyst Bones.
[Bone Sword] Form a scimitar made of bones. It remains sharp until destruction.
-Requires 3 Catalyst Bones.
[Bone Spike] A large rib bone sprouts from underneath the target, skewering them. Increases +1 Favor if kills the target.
-Requires 1 Catalyst Bones.
[Bone Cage] Erect bone spikes around a target(s), creating a cage.
-Requires 11 Catalyst Bones. Additional 1 per spike erected.
[Skull Warrior] Call forth a skeletal minion wielding a sword.
-Requires 7 Catalyst Bones.
[Skull Archer] Call forth a skeletal minion wielding a bow.
-Requires 7 Catalyst Bones.
[Bone Fiber] Increases the effectiveness of -Skull- minions for one minute.
-Requires 2 Catalyst Bones.
[Bone Shatter] Causes -Skull- minions to self-destruct, sending bone fragments in every direction, dealing 10% damage.
-Requires 2 Catalyst Bones.
