Goblin Revolution

Thanks to years of anime and gaming, Rimuru was very genre savvy and planted traps using her sticky steel thread that works as sharp wires, and assigned Archers to hide in the trees. Defeating the leader was more than sufficient as well as eating him, and flaring her full aura, terrifying everyone and their grandma, and whoever lived nearby that sensed 'one hell of a monster'.

The Dryads who knows everything about everywhere in Jura as long as there's a tree, showed up on the sly to investigate and watched from afar as an 'unusually-looking-but-cute' slime single-handedly tackle down a few Direwolves by itself to their disbelief.

Self-awareness is something impossible for a Slime. Slime species are typically thoughtless creatures that only absorb, split, and regenerate. They also usually never leave their territories.

So this one must be a Unique Monster of its kind?

'Surrender now?'

'We do! We pledge our allegiance!' the wolves were quick to agree. The goblins were on full shock that the aura they felt before, wasn't even the full extent of it as the weaker willed ones passed out from terror.

'Good. Now that we're all peaceful, everybody better coexist in peace and work together for mutual interest of survival!' Rimuru demanded. 'That is my first order as your leader!'

Its more like the wolves protecting these vulnerable little gremlins but the situation won't be satisfying for long for the wolves as they got pride. So she has to do something.

Something to reinforce cooperation.

The Naming is the only way.

Great Sage explained to me the differences between Naming as Equal and Naming as Subordinate.

With Veldora, she gained his Divine Protection and a Family Link which wasn't so bad. He was in fact, the loud version of her dad back home.

And if she gives just a name, she gives power and evolution and the price is being her subordinate.

Only way for now. Sigh.

But first, she bounced to Rigur's younger brother and used Telepathy to let her see his brother. He was a Named Monster so there should be changes...right?

NOT MUCH! Dude just gained the height of a junior high schooler! And the namer is a short masked dude dressed like some noble-wannabe.

Not only that, Namers can CONTROL how much power they bestow onto the Named. They can basically scam the Named! Getting a Name and a scrap of power in return for servitude for life? Jeeeeeeezzz!

"Great Sage, how much do I need to evolve goblins?" Rimuru asked Great Sage. "And can I grant traits and skills?"

/Goblins require the equivalent of 2500 points to become a Hobgoblin. You can choose how they physically and mentally turn out if you wish. However, regarding skills, they only inherit from you, if they happen to be compatible or have the affinity for it./

"So its based on their luck. Not too bad and it's fair." Rimuru mused. "What if I gave 5000 points?"

/They become Oni./ and Rimuru saw an evolution chart in her mind, and appropriate points.

However, she cannot cause nature imbalance either and a shift of power that can't be taken back in turn.

From the conflict just now, 70 are left. And there are now twelve Direwolves left.

70 Goblins and 12 Direwolves.

She has 1.999.999 MP.

She had Great Sage analyze each individual of their power levels. Not much for Goblins who have little to no ambition, while for Direwolves, they would naturally, want more.

4000 per goblin is 280.000 in total expenditure.

6000 and 5000 per Direwolf would be 61.000.

Using videogame equivalents gave her less headache.

Not much losses there! She level grinded oh-so-much anyway and she can budget efficiently!

She then focused on the Hobgoblin Traits she wanted them to have.

Hobgoblins will grow to the same height as humans can. Maximum for an adult woman is 5'9 and for an adult man is 6'6, with the Tribal Chief 7'0. All males having a slim but muscular build while women will have envy-worthy figures, again, what they get depends on their genes. She also controlled bodily proportion grants, and for them to have the best facial beauty a Hobgoblin can get based on their species.

Their moss-green skins will become an apple-green for males and light green for females. These traits will pass on as they breed in the future and lady hobgoblins will always have three children per pregnancy. Due to this, lady hobgoblins will have strong internal organs and vitality to survive this. Last traits is that they will become fast learners and can finally speak well. Then combine this with other natural traits of Hobgoblins by nature! They will never have facial hair and body hair, only having hair on their head. She also imagined them having the strength being capable of lifting up to 500 kg, and run up to 60 kph with perfect eyesight and night vision at night.

As for the Direwolf Evolution to Black Direwolf, She will give the pack leader 6000 and the rest, 5000 only. The Pack Leader will be 6 meters in length while subordinates 5 meters. All huge and gorgeous wolves with soft, glossy and fluffy vibrant-colored fur, pure-white claws with baby-pink paw pads. pristine-white fangs. Naturally, traits pass onto their offspring. They can run at speeds of 80 mph and can travel at that speed for 7 hours before tiring.

To even things out with nature's cycle, she would let them keep their weaknesses or illnesses they're susceptible to unless she decides otherwise when evolving them again.

No one is perfect after all, not even herself.

'I will name you all as my subordinates as you chose to follow me!' she declared as she found herself with excited, longing gazes as if she would hand out gold. Such is the awesomeness of a name, if your namer doesn't short you, that is! 'First, Elder, Successor and Pack Leader, come forward!' Rimuru instructed as they did so. 'Elder, for being the father of the village hero, I name you Rigurd. And your son will carry on his name in honor as Rigur.' the two goblins lit up in pure joy as they felt a huge amount of power infuse into them as their names imprinted in their souls as well.

As for pack leader? "Combine with the words Storm and Fang..." 'I name you Ranga!'

Through her words, she unwittingly caused a difference...forgetting the fact that she has Veldora's Blessing...but she'll find that out later.

Then ladies first as she was er, far more creative with ladies' names...after that, the other wolves...and last, the other males.

'Evolution will physically happen in a few hours after absorbing my power.' she told them. 'Rigur, I need to talk to you in private.'

'Yes, Lord Rimuru!' Rigur followed after the bouncing slime, while everyone celebrated being named by what's possibly the strongest slime in all of history.

In a distance away...

'Why did you call me out, Rimuru-sama?' Rigur wondered.

'Rigur, I got a little curious and used telepathy on you to look at how your brother evolved and who the namer is.' said Rimuru grimly. 'I want you to keep this secret. It will be painful for you, even moreso for your father who has a gentle heart. So I chose to only tell you.'

'W-what about brother and that majin?' Rigur was NOT liking how this conversation is sounding that he got anxious.

Rimuru told him of the Naming System and what she suspected when she saw Rigur I's appearance in his mind, and compared the power she granted the whole village, to the power and evolution Rigur II felt from his brother.

Rigur was horrified and sank on his knees.

'Y-you mean...we were all scammed? My brother got scammed and paid for it with his life?!' he shook in disbelief, before anger was visible on his teary-eyed face. 'That bastard! He tricked all of us!' he sobbed.

'That can and will happen. But why go around naming people just to scam them into servitude to him I have no idea.' said Rimuru worriedly. 'He seems so full of himself and a shady character. The way he spoke is also sinisterly-condescending sounding. We have to watch out in the future.'

'Yes!'

'Now dry those tears.' Rimuru instructed gently. 'And become the man your brother could have been if only he got a proper chance.' and they went back to the village, with Rigur still sniffling. The eavesdropping Dryads decided to watch closely from here on because something is going on indeed and it was the Unique Slime that caught on.

And several hours later, close to nightfall...it happened.

The physical traits Rimuru wanted them to have, they got.

However, wardrobe malfunction happened and she saw too damn much.

'KYAAA! PLEASE PUT SOME CLOTHES ON!' she howled, mortified as the entire village sheepishly obeyed while still admiring themselves. They clearly have no sense of shame! The wolves she named evolved as intended! But!

'Ranga looks kinda different...maybe its a Pack Alpha thing. Ah well.' Ranga was different from his pack who all sported beautiful black fur, while he is veeeery different indeed! He was the weird one among his pack even as a Direwolf. He has regions of bluish-silver fur appearing around his neck, his snout, and the ends of his limbs and tail. Ranga also has an iconic star mark on his forehead formed by a darker color of fur.

'Yeah, this new form is incredible, Master!' Ranga was very happy with his new body and power.

/Notice: when you named Ranga, you intended to attribute him with Storm in his name and you have Veldora's blessing. Thus Ranga's pack did not become Direwolves as they should be, but a new breed of wolf called Tempest Wolf instead with the ability to magically manipulate wind./

"Ehhhh?!"

/Caution is advised with intent during the naming./

"Jeez, just about anything happens as long as there's magic, huh?!" Rimuru sweatdropped before coughing awkwardly,

'Well, after everyone puts some clothes on, everyone should have a feast to celebrate evolution!' Rimuru chimed. 'Everyone will hunt for prey enough to feed everybody till next morning! And also, use the skins for better clothing!'

'YEEEEAAAAAHHH!'

'The children will stay with me in this village for safety though! Its the adults who'll hunt with the wolves!' Now then, time to talk to the kiddies!

Thanks to Great Sage who taught her how to read and write this world's letters, language and math downloaded into my head. Regarding Math and its Earth Equivalent so it's easier for me to understand.

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Next day...

'Alright, everyone gather~!' Rimuru called out after breakfast.

'Oh, Rimuru-sama has an announcement!'

'Wonder what it is?' so everyone gathered to listen.

'Ahem! As you can see, saying you all grew up is understatement of the year.' said Rimuru. 'Which is why other than clothes as soon as the skins are done processing, we'll look for someone who's an expert builder, good at building homes.' she declared. 'Moreover, let's also move to a bigger space than this AFTER we hire a good house-builder! Do you know anyone capable of the sort?' she asked them.

'Oh, we did business with Dwarves in the past.' said Rigurd. 'We traded what we could since we can't get much so we know not to expect to get what we want either. But how will Rimuru-sama trade with them?'

'With this.' Rimuru spat out a large chunk of magic ore with a huge chunk of magisteel coming out of it as raw crystal. 'Blacksmiths would want this, won't they? Finding an ore this big, would cost a lot of money. We can then buy things we seriously need.' she stated in emphasis. 'Five people and five wolves will come with me. So where are these Dwarves?'

'It's a two-month trip on foot, northward along the great river.' said Rigurd. 'But with the help of the Tempest Wolves, the trip should be much faster.'

'Very well. While we're gone, I expect you to rule your village just as you had done in the past, and still continue. I am your guardian and protector or occasional teacher, not everyone's leader. And also, I have some rules to put down for safety.'

'Those are?'

'Because we monsters don't have much kids due to how long we live in contrast to humans whose life expectancy is less than 70 years due to bad habits that they have children every twenty years, that attacking humans tend to scare them and call an army for extinguishing us. That would be bad, right? We have pack, but they have an army. An army means more than 1000, fully-equipped and armored enemies we won't survive from.' she told them seriously as the hobgoblins gulped at the idea while the wolves know the existence of adventurers and soldiers, so they growled at the idea as indeed, they are at a disadvantage.

'However, that doesn't mean you'll allow them to bully you. We DO have the right called Self-Defense, if we are attacked first. However, once you do fight back, make sure the aggressors are dead by all means necessary, so they can't run and call an army on us. Understand? Archers, employ sneak attacks and shoot at the neck, back of the head or at the heart through an enemy's back while swordsmen and wolves distract them with flashy moves.'

'Hai!'

'Good! Now then, the guys who'll come with me to the Dwarf Country will be...'

xxx

It was good Rimuru tied them all up to the wolves with sticky steel thread, she thought as this felt like they were in a frigging typhoon at the speed they're going. She also put a buffer barrier on the goblins so the effects of the winds against them is drastically-lessened by 80% and they can ride in comfort.

Never underestimate the power of an mph furry friend who's as fast as a car! They went at top speed...which is THIS. If not for the threads, they'd be blown off the backs of the wolves!

She supposed that two-month trip was because they were tiny, stunted goblins walking on foot, not to mention waiting out the danger until it passed by. Only way to explain that stupidly-long duration.

But with hi-speed wolves doing the wolfy-equivalent of Parkour, they'll get there in no time!

The equivalent of a Plane Flight, basically!

But 7 hours later...Rimuru had the wolves hang on while looking for rivers for them to drink from. And the sky is orange now.

She went out to hunt by mimicking bat wings and flew off.

'Rimuru-sama hunting by himself...is this really OK?' a goblin wondered.

'We're all tired and Slimes don't have to worry about stuff like that unlike us...we don't have the strength to go on after a ride...my knees are shaky!'

'Well we usually go that fast because we NEED to catch prey.' said a wolf. 'Prey that escapes means you're hungry the whole night.'

xxx

While hunting...

'Lessee, I got huge wolves to feed so huge prey is a must, as well as stuff good for breakfast tomorrow.' Rimuru mused as she searched from the skies, and found ideal prey...after ensuring they're not poisonous first. She also sought out mushrooms and fruits. Upon gathering enough, she returned to camp and spat it all back out.

'Alright, time to get cooking fellas! Well, the wolves eat theirs raw so leave their share as is...'

'Thanks Rimuru-sama!'

'Our master's so talented!'

'Isn't he?'

Wait, did she hear that pronoun right?!

'O-oi! I'm a girl!' Rimuru sputtered as she corrected them.

Everyone went (O.o)

'...a...girl?'

'YES!'

'WE'RE SORRY!'

The fact that Rimuru is a girl, shocked them all.

'Well it can't be helped. I'm a slime blob, slimes don't exactly have lady-like traits.' Rimuru deadpanned. 'Ah well, better late than never I guess...?'

xxx

Two more days later...

'Here we are Rimuru-sama! The Armed Nation of Dwargon!'

'I see nothing but a large gate...is the city seriously built into a mountain?' Rimuru inquired.

'Yes.' said Rigur. 'Dwarves are craftsmen by nature, they'd want to be near where good mines are.'

'Heee...this is my first time out of Jura, and since you guys only have wraps around the waist...here!' Rimuru cast magic on the goblins into wearing good clothes made from fur and boots. 'Those are only illusions. By dressing well, adventurers who wants to look good won't attack you.'

'How come?'

'While indeed as you say Dwargon is a neutral territory, a monster showing up naked is seen as unintelligent and feral. That is enough reason for them to attack you and proclaim themselves Heroes arrogantly.' that got the goblins sputtering indignantly. 'But by dressing well like those monsters in line, you'll be OK.'

'Seriously?!'

'Some people can be plain mean and a bunch of jerks. That applies to both human and monster.' Rimuru tut-tutted. 'One day you'll meet good people, so don't judge a whole through a few jerks.' she said. 'Wolf Pack, hide in my shadow for now. And you guys will pass me off as someone's pet slime and you're here to buy some fabric after trading.'

'T-trade what?' the goblins got nervous. 'We don't got any!'

Rimuru spat out a few gems. About nine. 'That!'

'Phew...'

'For now I'll hold it. You don't got pockets, but I do with my Skill! And pass me off as a pet slime. That way its very safe even if its weird at first.'

(It worked as they got in hours later easily)