Rimuru walks through the cave for hours trying to find an exit. The cave turns out to be Extremely Huge.
He hums lightly While palming a flat stone in his hand There's gotta be an Exit around here.
Hostile Detected!
Rimuru's eyes widden as a Humongous Black snake Rushes at him "Whoah!" Rimuru jumps out of the way onto a nearby stone "Thats a Bigass Snake!"
The snake hisses at him and shoot purple venom at him from it's mouth. Rimuru jumps high into the air Geuss I should try one of my new skills! Rimuru flings his arm toward the snake "Water Blade!"
A blade of water rushes out of Rimuru's arm and Beheads the serpent. Its body flops and squirms rapidly. Rimuru lands in a crouch and looks at the beast "If I use Devour on it will I gain it's skills?"
Yes
Rimuru grins brightly. He points his hand at the dead serpent "Devour!"
Skills acquired: Venom Breath, Detect Heat Signature.
Analyze them Great Sage. Whenener I get a new skill analyze them right away.
Estimated analyzing time, 8 minutes.
Rimuru continues making his way through the cave. He looks down at his Body and frowns. Really wish I had some clothes
Threat Detected!
Rimuru looks as a Humongous Kamodo dragon with scaly Armor walks toward him. He narrows his eyes at it. "Water Blade!"
The Kamodo Roars and the Water Blade hits it's armor only leaving a scratch Mark. Rimuru's eyes widden. "Badass Armor!"
Rimuru grins as Great Sage lets him know one of his new skills is ready. He runs at the Kamodo dragon and dodges it's sharp teeth. Rimuru jumps up and takes a deep breath "Poison Breath!"
He spits out a Purple Mist right in the Kamodo dragons face. He lands on his feet and hops backwards as it stumbles and falls. He smirks and points his hand at it "Devour!"
Skill acquired: Body Armor
"Sweeet!"
Rimuru Encounters Several Monsters as he tries to find an exit, Including a Humongous Centipede, A Giant Black widow Spider, and a Bat the size of a grown man. He defeats them all.
Skill acquired: Paralysis Breath
Skills acquired: Sticky Thread, Steel Thread.
Skills acquired: Untrasonic Wave, Polymorph Bat wings.
Rimuru holds out his palm and a Spider web shoots out of his palm. It latches onto the roof of the cave. He takes a running start and uses the thread to clear a huge Ravine in the cave I kinda feel like a superhero from those American movies I used to watch.
Rimuru uses scales from another Armored Kamodo Dragon and his Steel spider web to fashion a pair of pants. He grins at his own ingeniuty. Better than nothing. This will work until I can get some real pants.
XxX
Rimuru spends almost a whole week trying to find a way out of the cave. He learns quickly several of the Monster in the cave are edible and dont taste that bad.
He finally finds a large Black stone door in the distance. Finally! an Exit! But how do I open it? Just hit it with my strongest attack?
Threat Detected!
Rimuru watches as the door slowly opens. He hides behind a boulder and watches as three humans stand in the threshold. His eyes widen Humans!
There's two boys and a girl. The boys have steel armor on while the girl is dressed like a mage. She has a staff. She holds it out toward the cave and the end glows brightly.
One of the boys steps forward and crosses his arms "About time this sucker opened. That damn lock was so Rusty we mighta never got in."
"That's no big surprise. This place has been Vacant for like 300 hundred years or Whatever."
The girl walks forward between her friends "We should still be careful and not let our guard down. If worse comes to worse We can use my Escape skill to get us out of here quickly."
Rimuru peaks around the corner of the boalder at the small group. Those are the first humans I've seen. I wonder what they're doing here. Adventuring maybe? I best not approach them, I dont know how they'll react to a nonhuman in a place like this.
Rimuru Hides behind his Boalder further and listens to their footsteps as they walk further into the cave. Once he cant hear them anymore he runs for the door.
Rimuru runs out of the cave without looking back. outside he runs out into the forest with a grin on his face. He spins around and takes a deep breath Fresh air! Finally I'm outside! this is great!
Rimuru lets out a happy sigh Now then. which direction shall I go. inny Minny Miny Mo, I pick... This way!
XxX
Rimuru walks through the forest for several hours humming lightly. His happy demeanor never wavers now that he's finally free from that Humongous cave. He sniffs the air lightly.
Threat Detected!
Rimuru watches as a Group of Goblins Rush out of the Underbrush several meters infront of him. He hums lightly Scrawny Bodies, Rusty weapons, Not much of a threat.
One of the goblins steps forward timidly. He has white hair and a red bandanna on "S-Strong one. Please forgive me. But do you have Business in this Forest?"
"Strong one? You mean me?" Rimuru scratches his cheek.
The Goblin quickly nods "Please Sir! We're very aware how strong you are! Please spare us!"
Rimuru's brow furrows as all the Goblins seem scared of him "I'm not gonna hurt you. What are you guys doing out here anyways?"
The White haired Goblin takes a deep breath "We felt a strong Monster near our village... So we uh, Came to investigate..."
"You felt me near your village huh." The goblin quickly nods. Him being able to sense me might be a problem. I need to find a way to mask my presence later on.
The White haired Goblin takes a step toward Rimuru and bows his head "Strong one can we ask you for a favour?"
XxX
The Goblins invite Rimuru to their village. He walks through the small village slowly taking in the homes, Which are made up of Mud, Straw, and sticks. The village also has a makeshift fence made up of logs and sticks. He hums lightly in thought. There cant be any more than 100 goblins here.
The White haired Goblin leads Rimuru to the main shack in the center of the small village. The duo walk into the building "P-please sit strong one. I'll return with our village elder"
Rimuru sits down on the soft pillow and waits patiently. After a few minutes the White haired Goblin returns with a much older Goblin using a cane to walk. the duo walk through the building and sit infront of Rimuru.
The elderly Goblin places his Cain across his lap "Welcome to our village. We are Honoured to have you here Strong One. I am the elder of this village."
Rimuru smiles lightly "Hello it is nice to meet you Elder" Rimuru places his palm on his thigh and leans forward lightly "So what kind of favour do you guys need from me?"
The Elder and the White haired Goblin look at eachother then at Rimuru "Have you noticed the Monsters in the area are unusually active as of Late?"
Rimuru shakes his head "No"
"Our god who has Protected us Disappeared a few weeks ago. Ever sense then the Monsters in the area have been harassing us"
Rimuru raises An eyebrow. Their God? Does he mean Veldora? The timing fits. His presence must of been keeping the Monsters at bay.
The elder Goblin clears his throat lightly "We tried to fight them off ourselves. But we Simply Lack the numbers."
The Younger White haired Goblins quickly nods "And that's why we asked you to come here!"
Rimuru looks at the duo of Goblins. They think I can help them? "I dont know if I can help you. I'm not that powerful."
Both of the Goblins laugh lightly "Youre so Modest."
"and Funny too."
"You are Very strong. Your Aura is Stronger than any Monsters in the area."
My aura? Is that like Power B-O? Hey Great Sage use Magicule Sense on myself. I wanna see my Aura."
Magicule Sense Activated
Rimuru closes his eyes. His breath hitches as he sees his own Aura wafting off of Him in Tendrils. His aura is a Beautiful shade of purple that gets darker the closee it is to him. His aura sparkles slightly Damn is that my Aura? I feel like Ive been walking around with my pants zipper down!
"You noticed my Aura huh? How Wise of you."
The elderly goblin bows his head lightly "Why of course Strong one. There's no hiding that rather formidable Aura that surrounds you."
Rimuru smirks lightly "You passed my test. By detecting My Aura you've proven yourself you have great Potential!" Rimuru sweatdrops. I hope they bought that. Rimuru quickly pulls his Aura inward. Whew manages to pull it in.
The Goblin Elder looks at the White haired goblin beside him "Of course! I see now you where testing us! I hope enough of our people where frightened by your powerful Aura!"
"Eh-uuuh. Y-yeah totally! I'm Actually Impressed you where Brave enough to speak to me at all!" Now that I think about it How did those humans back in the cave not notice me? are they Dumb?
The Goblin elder bows his head lightly again "You honour us with your kind words Strong one. N-now Regarding the Favour we wish to ask of you... Dire Wolves from the east having been killing many of our Hunting parties. We sent out our Best warriors to fight them off... None of them returned. It takes atleast 10 of us to stand a chance at taking down even 1 Dire wolf. We Believe there's atleast 100 Dire wolves in the pack that now Threatens our village."
The Goblin elder bows his head deeply "My own son and his older brother left to fight the wolves even knowing The odds where against him. He fought to bring us back information on our enemy. Thanks to him we know now the numbers of our enemy."
Rimuru frowns "I'm sorry for your loss." Rimuru looks toward the Tent opening where Several of the goblins are peeking inside. Including a few children and woman. He looks back down "Elder I have a qeustion."
The goblin elder sits up "Yes sir?"
"What would I gain for Helping you. What do you have to offer?" I dont actually want Compensation. But it cant hurt to put on a show.
The elder pauses in thought for a few seconds before bowing his head again "We-We can offer our unfaltering Loyalty. Please Strong one, Brandish your divine Protection and in turn our Whole village will swear to you!"
The white haired Goblin Joins his father bowing deeply "We Promise!"
Rimuru looks at the Goblins, He already knows He wont tell them no. He's not very good at turning down people who ask him for help. Suddenly a Loud howl travels through the camp.
The elder and the White haired Goblin rush outside. Several of the Goblins are shaking in fear and hugging eachother "We're all gonna die!
"They're gonna eat us all!"
"What should we do?!"
A babies cry travels through the camp as a she-Goblin hugs her child close. Rimuru walks out of the Main building "You have Nothing to Fear Everyone. We're gonna defeat the Dire wolves, Together"
Everyone looks at Rimuru. The elder speaks up "S-so you'll help us?"
Rimuru crosses his arms and grins brightly "In loo of Veldora the Storm dragons Disappearance I Rimuru Tempest will Protect all of you!"
XxX
All of the able Bodied Goblins stand around Rimuru in a semi-circle. He crosses his arms and look them over. Most of these Goblins dont look like they can do much damage. They lack that... Warrior Vibe, and Muscles.
Rimuru clears his Throat "Do you all Understand our situation?"
The White haired Goblin quickly Salutes "Yes! We are prepared to fight the Dire wolves to defend our village even if it Cost us our Lives!" all of the Goblins around him make sounds of agreement.
Rimuru smiles lightly "No need to get worked up yet. Just making sure. What matters is that we all do our best! We will win Because we have People and homes to protect! Now then Someone show me to your wounded!"
Rimuru makes his way across the village to the Tent with a dozen wounded Goblins inside. He looks them over. Dire wolves can sure do some Damage... Maybe I can help them...
Rimuru bends down infront of one of the wounded Goblins and holds his palm out infront of him Can we help them Great Sage?
Analyzing Wounds.
Cross referencing skills.
Solution found.
Rimuru blinks Rapidly Wait that actually works? Cool! Rimuru smiles lightly and holds out his palm above the Goblin "Aura Healing."
Rimuru's purple Aura overtakes the Goblins form. He watches as the deep claw marks on the goblins Chest seal shut. The Goblins eyes shoot open as the last of his Injuries disappear. He quickly pats himself all over "Y-You healed me!"
Rimuru grins before moving onto the next globlin.
It takes Rimuru alittle over 20 minutes to treat all the goblins injuries. afterwards he takes a second to see how much his MP dipped None of those Injuries where super bad. But I did heal almost 20 goblins. looks like it took almost 900 MP all together. My MP's already regenerating thanks to my high wisdom stat. Should be full again in 10 minutes. Healing Aura is Really useful! I wonder If I can make it into some kind of Potion! That way In a emergency I can heal someone without using MP... Worth a shot later.
Rimuru walks outside to see the Goblins he healed with their families. A Child Goblin runs up to him and hugs his legs "Thank you for healing My daddy Great one!"
Rimuru bends down and pats the child on the head lightly "Youre welcome Little one. Now run along. I have a village to Prepare."
Rimuru walks into the center of the village. The able Bodied Warriors are waiting for him "Now Then, We need to set up Defences around the Village to prepare for the Dire Wolves! Lets get to work everyone!"
XxX
Nightfall comes Quickly and the Dire Wolves Howls Echo through the night. Rimuru crosses his arms standing outside of the Fence the Goblins made. He looks over his Shoulder at them "Archers be Ready."
Rimuru looks ahead of him where he set a trap for the Dire wolves. Using his Skill Steel thread when they rush them Theyll be cut up by the wire if they dont stop in time.
Rimuru smirks as he sees the Dire Wolves on a Hill ahead "Turn back now! and None of you will Die!"
The Alpha of the pack steps forward "Foolish Creature! Do you think that Puny fence will stop us!? We will claim this forest and Land for our Pack! Attack! Paint the grass with Goblin Blood!"
Rimuru crosses his arms as a Hoard of Dire wolves Rush toward him and the Goblin village. He grins as they rush through his wire Bisecting themselves. The Goblins with Bows let loose a volley of arrows. Atleast a Dozen Dire Wolves Lay dead or dieing on the ground.
The Alpha Dire Wolf watches as a dozen of his pack die within second. He howls loudly "You Bastards I'll Kill you!"
The Alpha rushes toward Rimuru using his teeth to bite through the Steel threads in his way. Rimuru smirks as the Dire Wolf jumps into the air aiming to pounce on him.
Suddenly The Dire wolfs Momentum stops as he's caught in a web of Wire. Rimuru looks up as the Dire Wolf struggles to get loose "This Wont stop m-"
Rimuru throws his arm forward "Water Blade" a Scythe of Water rushes out of Rimuru's arm and cuts the Dire Wolves Head clean off.
The Head hits the Forest floor, Blood spurts from the Headless Body. Rimuru lets the body hit the forest floor and walks forward. He holds out his hand toward the Corpse "Devour."
The rest of the Dire wolf Pack watches In horror as their pack leaders body disappears in a Black mist. Rimuru briefly closes his eyes.
Dire wolf skills acquired: Extreme sense of smell. Alpha Howl, and Hightened Hearing.
Analyse complete new skills available.
Rimuru's opens his eyes. He takes a deep breath and takes a step forward "Hear Me! Yield or Run! Only Death awaits any of you who choose to fight!" Rimuru takes another step forward and Lets out a Extremely loud Howl.
The Barrier behind him shudders and shakes violently from the force of the howl. Infront of him The Dire wolves slowly take steps toward him. A dire Wolf with a white snout infront of the pack. Rimuru narrows his eyes as his howl slowly loses force.
As his Howl ends The Dire Wolves infront of him all bowl their heads at once "We Yield. We will follow You Alpha."
Rimuru's eyes widden in surprise as he takes a few deep breaths. Behind him the elder takes a few steps forward "D-did we win?"
Rimuru grins and holds out his thumb toward the Elder "We did."
Loud Cheers Travel through the camp as news of their victory travels quickly through the small Goblin village. Rimuru walks up toward the Dire Wolves "Listen Wolves. Come back tomorrow Morning. We'll figure something out. Now leave."
The Dire Wolves slowly disperse and walk into the forest. Rimuru rolls his shoulder and hums lightly while walking back into the village. That worked out alot better than it could have.
XxX
The Next morning Rimuru gathers everyone in a clearing. He makes the Dire Wolves and Goblins stand together. He stands on a stump so everyone can see him. Rimuru observes the Humongous group of Goblins and Dire Wolves for several seconds before he smiles "Listen up Everyone! From now on the Goblins and Dire Wolves Live together! You work together! You Hunt Together! You eat together! I want you two groups to get along! At the very least I want you to work in pairs! 1 Goblin to 1 Dire wolf! Yesterdays enemy is todays Friend! Am I understood!?"
The crowd gives Rimuru a resounded yes. He grins and stretches out his arms "Now then, We need to figure out Food, Shelter, and Clothing. We should Form teams to Hunt and Gather food and Build new houses. We'll also need some teams to strengthen the villages defenses."
Rimuru looks at the Goblin who wears a red bandanna "Lets staaaart with..." What's that dudes Name again? Wait, Do they even have names?
Rimuru looks at the elder who's standing near him "Hey elder, Do you guys have names?"
The elder looks up at Rimuru "Well it's very unusual for Monsters to have names. Even without names we can communicate just fine."
Rimuru crosses his arms "That.. That Wont Do, you all deserve names. So if it's ok with everyone I'll just give you names."
The crowd infront of him all let out sounds of surprise. The elder looks up at Rimuru in surprise "W-wait Really? Are you certain you want to give us all names?"
The crowd talks excitedly while Rimuru looks at the elder in confusion "Uh, Yeah?"
The crowd of Goblins and Dire Wolves start cheering loudly and dancing with eachother. Some of the goblins are even hugging the Dire wolves Completely forgetting they where mortal enemies just yesterday. Even the normally reserves elder is making Happy sounds and moving around excitedly.
Rimuru smiles awkwardly not understanding their excitement They're weirdly excited over something as simple as getting a new name...
Rimuru gives the crowd time calm down before he claps his hands together loudly getting their attention "Ok Everyone! Line up infront of me!"
Rimuru hops off of his stump and sits down on it. He waits patiently as the large line forms. The line has to circle around the clearing given there's almost 100 Goblins and atleast 70 Dire wolves.
The Village Elder and his Son the Bandanna wearing Goblin stand infront of him with excited looks on their faces. "Geuss youll go first elder. Now, What to name you... How About Rigurd."
A golden Glow overtakes the elderly goblin Briefly. He cries happy tears "Thank you for such a wonderful name Lord Rimuru!"
Rimuru smiles sheepishly and looks at the Bandanna wearing Goblin "And as his Son you'll Be Rigur!"
Just like his Father a Golden glow overtakes the Bandanna wearing Goblin briefly. He starts crying also "Thank you Thank you Thank you for my name Lord Rimuru! I'll Cherish it always!" The father son duo both bow at the same time.
Rimuru smiles sheepishly. Man these guys are super emotional today
Rimuru clears his throat as another Goblin steps forward.
"Your names Gobta"
"Wow I'll Cherish it forever Sir!"
"You'll be Gobchi."
"Uuuuh Gobsu."
"Gobtay"
"Aaah eh you'll be Gobto"
Rimuru watches as several of the Goblins Celebrate together at having a name. These names aren't super imaginative I feel bad that they're so happy about them...
Rigurd and his Son Rigur walk up to Rimuru. The eldery Goblin leans on his cane "Please Sir, I certainly don't want you to feel like we're unappreciative for the names you've given us. and We're aware of how strong your Magical Power is compared to ourselves but do you think it's wise to try and give everyone a name in one sitting?"
"I dont see why not?"
"Well as long as your certain then..."
Rimuru turns back toward the line "Who's next!" A cute She goblin grins brightly and jumps forward. She giggles lightly. Rimuru smiles at her "You'll be Haruna!"
"Yay!"
XxX
"Whew, That takes care of all the Goblins. Now for the Dire wolves." Rimuru looks toward the wolves. The first one up is The dire wolf with a white snout with a star pattern in his fur on his forehead He's the son of the Dire wolf alpha I killed. I hope he isnt angry with me over that... Then again, I'm no expert on wolves but they sure look excited to be getting names.
The Dire wolf steps forward. Rimuru looks at him intensly Wolf... Fangs... Wind... Storm... I know! I'll give him my family name! Tempest... Fang Tempest... Storm tempest... What about...
Rimuru grins at the Dire wolf infront of him "Ranga, From now On you'll be known as Ranga Tempest!"
"Ranga?" Ranga's white tipped tail wags excitedly. Rimuru reaches out and pats Ranga on the head above his Star mark.
Suddenly Rimuru's vision Blurs and his sense of Balance gives out "Holycrap!" Rimuru falls off of his stump onto his side "W-what's happening... My energy... Everythings getting Dark..."
WARNING! internal Magicule levels have fallen below Critical amount.
Now Entering Recovery mode.
Estimated Time until full Recover: 3 Days
I used up to many magicules... But how...
XxX
Rimuru slept for three days Straight. During his Sleep Great Sage Explained to him that Giving Monsters names Drained Magicules from the Namer. The Stronger the Monster being Named the More Magicules are used up.
Rimuru manages to name 100 Goblins and 1 Dire wolf before succumbing to Magicule exhausten.
Rimuru's eyes slowly open. He sees a Cute girl above him rubbing a rag on his forehead. He recognizes her grey white hair from the naming ceremoney "H-Haruna?"
"Lord Rimuru you're Awake!"
Rimuru takes in Haruna's appearance, She no longer looks like a scrawny little girl. Her body has changed into that of a curvy young woman, She's still wearing the clothes she was wearing for the naming ceremony. They hug her body tightly barely covering much "Is-is that you?"
Haruna quickly stands up "I'll get the Elder Rigurd!" Rimuru watches as she runs out of the room quickly. Soon a tall Extremely Muscular Goblin enters the room.
Rimuru's eyes widen "Is that you Elder?"
The elder grins and Flexes his Muscles "Yes it's me Lord Rimuru. Rigurd."
"What the heck happened to you!? You where old and Feeble! Now look at you! It's like you de-aged Thirty years and went to the Gym for two years straight!"
Rigurd Chuckles and flexes his Muscular arm showing off his head sized Bicept "Yes, When a Monster is Named it raises Their Rank and Makes them Evolve into something More powerful Like the Handsome Hob-Globlin you see before you!" Rigurd Flexes his chest muscles and abs tightly with a grin.
Rimuru starres at Rigurd as he thinks about his drastic physical change "That explains why you guys where so excited to get names. No wonder that Process sucked my Magicules Dry."
BOOM! A wall of the room explodes and Rigurd is sent Flying. Ranga walks over to Rimuru wagging his tail intensly "Master you're awake! Allow me to express my utmost Joy that you've finally recovered!"
Rimuru's eyes widden. Ranga is atleast Twice as big as he was before. The Star pattern now coveres more of his head and his eyes. Ranga now has a Horn in the center of his forehead. Ranga also now has a white Mane "R-Ranga!?"
"Yes!" Ranga's voice makes the Ground shake. Suddenly his tail picks up intensity wagging so feriously the wall Behind him explodes from the wind pressure
Rimuru's eyes widden, He reaches up and touches Ranga's forehead "Calm down Ranga! You'll destroy the Building!"
Ranga finally notices his out of control Tail and makes a effort to calm down "Sorry Master! I am Very happy you Have recovered!"
Rimuru smiles at the Dire wolf and slowly sits up "I'm happy to. Now lets get outside so I can see everyone."
Rimuru slowly gets up and he has Ranga lead him outside. Once outside he loses his breath seeing the Goblins have all Changed drastically. The men Goblins now Resemble Muscular Men while the females are all Beautiful and no longer scrawny. There's Rigurd, Rigur, Gobta... He didnt change as much as the others... I know Rigurd said they all evolved But they almost seem like completely different Monsters!
The male Goblins have Evolved into Hob-Goblins.
The Female goblins have Evolved into Goblina.
XxX
Rimuru Spends the better half of the day just talking with the Hob goblins and Goblina. After awhile He approaches Ranga about something he's Notices "Hey Ranga."
Ranga stands up from his spot under a shade tree and walks up to Rimuru "Yes Master?"
Rimuru looks around at several of the Dire wolves then back at Ranga "You're the Only Dire Wolf I managed to name Before I passed out So why have all the Dire wolves evolved?"
Ranga's ears Twitch "An excellent Qeustion. It's because all of us Dire wolves act as One entity. You see in our pack, We're all connected. Therefore My name has also become our clans name."
Rimuru brings his hand up and rubs his chin "I get it. So your pack evolved through a Shared name."
"Correct. We are no longer known as the Dire wolves. We're now The Tempest Wolves."
Rimuru grins "The Tempest Wolves... That Sounds Pretty awesome!" Ranga's Tail starts wagging furiously. Several Goblins let out screams of surprise as the Tree Behind Ranga Gets Blown loose and is sent careenining into several other trees."
Rimuru laughs at Ranga's over excited Nature. He reaches forward and Pats the Tempest Wolfs head "Calm down Ranga. You're scaring the others."
Ranga lowers his head "I apologize. My tail has a mind of it's own." Rimuru chuckles "I'm sure it does Buddy."
Rimuru turns away from Ranga and looks across the village. He smiles Seeing The villagers and The Tempest Wolves working together and mingling. Monster evolving is cool and all. But, There's still the problem with finding enough food clothing and shelter to sustain everybody.
XxX
Rimuru gathers everyone infront of his stump that's become his acting Podium for when he needs to address everyone. On his left Rigurd stands with his hands clasped behind his back. To his Right Ranga sits on his haunches waiting patiently for his Master to speak.
Rimuru crosses his arms and smiles Brightly "Ok everyone. Now that everyone's settled lets get started. to Avoid Complications Lets lay out some Ground rules."
"Ground Rules?" The crowd in general seems confused at the phrase.
Rimuru nods and holds up his hand with three fingers up "There are Three Rules. Do your best to follow them. 1st No Attacking Humans. 2nd, No fighting amongst yourselves. 3rd, No belittling Other races. Thats it"
Rigur raises his hand up. Rimuru gestures for him to go ahead "Sir, Is there a reason you don't want us to attack humans?"
Rigurd leans forward in a intimidating way "How Dare you qeustion Lord Rimuru!"
Rimuru holds up his hand "Calm down Rigurd. It's simple really. I like humans and I want us to get along with them. That's all really."
Rigur nods quickly "Makes sense to me!"
Rimuru raises an eyebrow "It does? Look at it like this everyone. Humans usually live in Large groups. If we do something against them They may retaliate. We dont wanna unnecessary fight on our hands. It's beneficial to us if They like us!" Everyone makes sounds of agreement.
Rimuru clears his throat and looks toward Rigurd "One more Thing. Elder Rigurd, I'd like you to be in charge of everyone in this village. You're the Goblin Lord! Lead your village well."
Happy tears leave the corners of Rigurds eyes. He bows his head "Y-Yes. Thank you my Lord I accept this great Responsibility! I promise I won't let you down Sir."
Rimuru smiles at the Muscular Hob Goblin "Good. I'm Counting on you."
XxX
Rimuru spends the better part of the day and the next morning assigning Jobs for everyone. He groups up Goblins and Tempest Wolves to Hunt and Gather in Groups.
Another Group is in Charge of defending the village. Both of those operations are going smoothly. The real Problems arose with the two groups in charge of Building houses and making clothes.
None of the Hob Goblins are good at Building long lasting well built houses. All the shelters they currently have are unstable and could fall any day with their shotty Foundations. Worse Rimuru himself doesnt have experience building houses either.
It's the same issue with Clothing. None of them know how to make decent Clothing.
Rigurd Approaches Rimuru as they try to solve the two issues "Lord Rimuru, None of our people are skilled at making Clothing."
Rimuru rubs his chin "Ive Noticed. Well if we can't make them maybe we could trade for them."
Rigurd nods slowly "There are groups that we trade with from time to time for Clothing and tools. Maybe they have a builder who Could teach us also!"
Rimuru smiles "It's a good place to start. Who are these groups?"
"The dwarves that live in Dwargon."
Rimuru imagines the Dwarves from fairytails from his childhood. The ones famous for metal working and digging very deep holes. If nothing else it sounds fun.
Rimuru looks up at Rigurd "I'll Travel to Dwargon on our behalf. Can I trust the village in your hands Rigurd?"
Rigurd grins brightly and Flexes his Muscles "Yes! You can count on me and my Huge muscles! Hmph!" Rimuru chuckles Nervously.
XxX
Rimuru gathers a small group to travel with him. Consisting of the Small Hob goblin Gobta, Then The Goblin Lords son Rigur. and two other Goblins a male and a Female.
Each of them hop on the back of a Dire wolf as they prepare to set off. Rimuru rubs behind Ranga's ear and looks over his Shoulder at Rigurd and the rest of the village as they're gathered to see them off "Everyone Do your best while we're away! We'll see you all soon!"
Rimuru looks over at Gobta who will be leading them to Dwargon and nods to the small Goblin to lead the way.
The Dire Wolves take off at a unbelievably fast pace. Wind Rushes past Rimuru as his eyes wince from the wind pressure "Don't push yourself to hard Ranga!"
"Right!" Ranga picks up speed after saying that traveling even Faster.
The group of five travel hard all day until it's almost nightfall. The group rest on the bank of a river. They all eat a meal of prepared salted meat and drink from the river.
Rimuru looks out across the River in thought for a few minutes. His eyes Wonder over to Ranga who's drinking from the river. Once the Tempest Wolf Finishes Rimuru gestures for him to walk over.
The Duo sit across from each other. Rimuru locks eyes with the Tempest Wolf "Ranga" He raises his head up attentive to what Rimuru has to say "I killed your Father. Do You hate me? Do you think about Seeking Revenge and Killing me?"
Ranga slowly Adverts his eyes from Rimuru and looks out across the River "I have Thought about it Master. But, You spared my pack even after we surrendered to you. You gave us a home, Food, You named us."
Ranga raises his head and looks at Rimuru "I feel nothing but Gratitude. There's no room for resentment. Our pack is Loyal to you, And You Alone."
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The group Travels hard for another day before resting in a wooded area. They all sit around a campfire Resting. Rimuru looks across the fire at Gobta, The only one in the group who's been to Dwargon "Gobta."
The Short Hob goblin stops eating and raises his head "Yes?"
"Can you tell me more about where we're heading?"
Gobta quickly nods "Well yes. For starters it's full name is technically The Armed Nation of Dwargon. It's a Beautiful City carved out of a Natural Cave system where Dwarves, Elves, Humans, and other species live and work together in harmony. Oh! The cities leader is Gazel Dwargo, also known as the hero King. Supposedly he's really admired by his people."
Rimuru nods slowly "Are we ok to enter this city? We won't be attacked because of our races right?"
Gobta quickly shakes his head "Dwargon is A neutral Zone! all Races are welcome. Fighting is strictly Prohibited. Dwargons Military enforces the Peace. We have them to thank for keeping the peace! They're supposed to be super strong! It's said the Dwarven army has been undefeated for a thousand Years."
Rimuru's eyebrows raise in surprise "Sounds like Someone would have to be a real idiot to get on that Kings bad side."
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Gobta said that On foot it took him Two Whole Months to reach the Dwarven Kingdom. But thanks to Ranga and the other Dire wolves it took the group Only 3 days to make the same trip.
The group of Five look at the entrance of Dwargon from their spot on a cliff. The entrance is a Humongous Opening in the side of a Mountain So that's it huh. Dwargon.