Goblin Kingdom

Goblin Name Cheat Sheet:

The [Goblin] is to make it easier to CTRL+F.

[Goblin] Gi Ga

The goblin in that estranged group that was with the protagonist when he defeated an orc. He is currently a noble class, the highest amongst the protagonist’s subordinates. He prefers to use the spear.

[Goblin] Gi Gu

The former leader of the village. He was pressured by the protagonist in his goblin noble form, and was added to his subordinates. He uses the long sword, and is relatively smart for a goblin rare.

[Goblin] Gi Gi

Known as a beast warrior, a goblin with the ability to tame beasts.

He evolved while hunting spear deer with the protagonist.

He prefers to use the axe. His goblin class is rare.

[Goblin] Gi Go

A goblin with many wounds on his body. The food of his horde was stolen by the gray wolves, so he made a decision to follow the protagonist. He is the most experienced amongst the goblin rares. His weapon is a curved katana. He acts like a samurai.

[Goblin] Gi Za

The druid goblin rare that recently joined them.

[Goblin] Gi Ji

A goblin rare. He evolved in chapter 37 after hunting with Gi Ga.

[Race] Goblin

[Level] 61

[Class] Duke; Horde Chief

[Possessed Skills] >

Come to think of it, the west is full of trees, woodlands with not much room to step on. While the northwest that the gray wolves favored have patches of unobstructed plains. Damnit! I should have seen this coming a mile away, and yet!

“Return to the village! Now!”

At my order, we made haste for the village.

The traps in the village were concentrated toward the west. Do we have enough time to set up traps for the north?

Do we have enough time to set up the necessary traps to deal with 80 orcs in a day!?

Impossible. Of course, it’s impossible.

If it was just the fight against the orcs, then I’m confident I could beat them with my skill and strength. But in this fight I have to protect the village while annihilating 80 orcs!

Damnit, why the north!?

But not only did they change route, they even chose a route with plenty of space. They’re definitely being led by the orc king. And apparently, the king isn’t an idiot. With that the chances for the traps to succeed have dropped significantly.

There’s still a chance that they might just head east afterwards, but those bastards need to eat. So, no… There’s no way they would let delicious preys such as ourselves run.

The orcs are headed here from the north, but exactly from which direction will they come from? Will it be directly north or north west? No, thinking about it a little, it would probably be directly north.

As for why it’s directly north, it’s because the path toward the lake to the north has been widened.

The route we widened to make hunting convenient has unexpectedly backfired on us!

Think! There has to be something!

Something that could stop them!

By the time we got to the village, I still hadn’t thought of anything. For the meantime, I decided to focus on making traps to the north.

But even while I was digging holes, the only thing that was in my head was thinking of a way to beat the orcs.

But what can I do?

In the end, the day passed with me being unable to think of anything but to make traps.

As for the humans I had them repair the fences as fast as they could. And then for the goblins, I had them dig holes that the orcs could get stuck in. But that’s all.

Can we win with just this?

My heart grew impatient as my thoughts continued to race. In the end, I could do nothing but lament my powerlessness.

Who would’ve thought that the responsibility of having so many lives on your shoulders would be this heavy?

And the image that keeps flashing through my mind, showing the orcs trampling all over us is honestly scary!

Shit!

I can’t lose. I can’t possibly lose.

I know that. It’s precisely because I know that that it’s so heavy.

But despite all my efforts, in the end, the night came with no good news.

◆◇◆

As the twin moonlight lit the evening sky, I looked up. I have been loitering around the village all this time by myself, pondering to myself when suddenly, a voice came.

“Can’t sleep?” asked the voice.

The moonlight fell on her visage, revealing her unparalleled beauty. Bathed in moonlight, it was as if she was the Moonlight Goddess, Veedena, herself.

It was dark, but my eyes could see as if it were day, and I saw her expression. It was as unfeeling and expressionless as always. But somehow, it carried with it a tinge of gentleness.

“Yeah,” I looked toward the evening sky again.

“A strange sight,” Reshia said as she walked over, stealing a glance at the expression on my face.

“I suppose,” I quietly replied.

Perhaps I am scared. That might be it. The war will be upon us tomorrow, yet the path to victory remains a blur.

But even then… I have to win. Even if it means throwing this body away.

If I lose, I lose everything.

“I see…” muttered Reshia, seemingly deep in thought. Then after a while, as if she had thought of something, she looked up toward me again.

“Mind if I take a seat?” she asked as she sat beside me who was sitting cross-legged. “Can we talk for a bit?”

“Do what you want,” I curtly replied.

Like that we began to talk. Her voice was smooth, velvety in its flow like those of a minstrel’s. Each of her words resounded within my shaking chest.

“…In the past, there was a beast known as Moonbeast,” she said.

I wonder if she has a script at the back of her eyelids. I’ve never heard her stutter over her words. Each word of hers were clear and fluent.

“That beast was hated by the humans, but even then it lived beside them,” she said.

The tale she spoke of was that of a beast that possessed a human’s heart.

But though it possessed a human’s heart, its pelt was sharp like needles, hurting allies and foe alike.

The closer the beast tried to be, the more pain it inflicted on its friend. And the further the beast went, the colder the beast became. It was that sort of story.

“But then one day, a lone girl showed favor to that beast,” Reshia said.

The outcome is a tragedy. That’s a given.

There’s a similar story in my country as well.

“But of course, the Moonbeast hurt the girl, and it was greatly saddened.”

At this point, I suddenly felt like asking her what she wants to tell me.

“It was then that the girl thought of something.”

What?

“Then how about we pluck off all the needles, she said.”

Oi!?

Surprised, I couldn’t help but move my gaze away from the moons back to Reshia.

“And so the girl and the Moonbeast no longer had to fight. And they were able to live happily ever after. The end,” Reshia said as she concluded her story.

“… A rather original story,” I commented.

This girl, she changed the ending, didn’t she?

“And? What’s the moral of the story?” I asked.

“Who knows?” She grinned.

Hey, is that really alright? Aren’t you someone from the church?

Having received a response like that, I couldn’t help but look at this sweetly smiling girl with a suspicious gaze.

“Well it can’t be helped. I did just make up the ending after all,” she confessed.

As expected.

“But… I prefer this ending. A short and tragic story is fine too, but in the end, I’d rather everyone be happy. It’s not wrong to wish that sort of wish, right?”

Is that the dream of a girl that doesn’t know reality? Or is it because you dream such dreams that you are called a saint?

“Perhaps,” I replied.

“If you can understand that much, then I think it’s more than enough for a moral lesson,” Reshia said as she excused herself to a night’s rest.

“Ahh…”

Wryly smiling, I looked up toward the moons.

Apparently, she was trying to cheer me up.

I suppose what she was trying to say is: If the result is obvious, then why don’t you try to change it forcefully? Or something… I guess.

“Did my worries show on my face?”

I caressed my face, trying to check if it did, but in the end, I couldn’t figure it out.

But… my heart has gotten lighter.

It’s not so bad… the lessons from an adherent.

At that moment, a flame was lit in that now peaceful heart.

A flame called resolve, the resolve to fight. I had forgotten it just a while ago, but now I remember it well.

As I looked up to the moons floating in the evening sky, I thanked Reshia.

And then it hit me.

“…Forcefully, huh?”

I see… Maybe just maybe, there might be a chance for victory.

It took a long time, but finally, the Goddess of Wisdom’s, Hera’s, blessing has come.

There, I stood up, and I went to wake Gi Gi and Gi Za.