<h4>Volume 2, Chapter 95: Flowers for Those Who’ve Passed</h4>
Race: Goblin
Level: 36
ss: King; Ruler
Possessed Skills: Ruler of the Demon
Children of Chaos; Defiant Soul; World Devouring Howl; Sword Mastery A-; Dominator; King’s Soul; Ruler’s Wisdom III; Household of the Gods; One-Eyed Snake’s Evil Eye; The King''s Dance at the Edge of Death; Magic Maniption; Soul of the Berserk King; Third Impact (The Third Chant); Instinct; Blessing of the Underworld Goddess
Divine Protection: Goddess of the Underworld (Altesia)
Attributes: Darkness; Death
Subordinate Beasts: High Kobold Hasu (Lv77); Gastra (Lv20); Cynthia (Lv20); Orc King (Bui) (Lv82)
Abnormal Status: Blessing of the One- Eyed Snake; Protection of the Twin-Headed Snake
After securing what was left of the vige we’d set fire to, I gave some orders, and then I decided to return to the vige. The old goblin and the nobatants who fled during the battle rested at the vige.
The humans won’t attack any time soon, but their aggressive attempts at expansion is worrying. The feudal lord of the west might have promised a ceasefire, but who knows how long that’llst.
I need to renew our strength as soon as possible and expand.
But before that I should examine the goblins that evolved. It’s important to know every goblin’s capabilities. Such basic knowledge is needed to decide our future policies.
Let’s start with Gi Ga.
Name: Gi Ga Rax
Race: Goblin
Level: 1
ss: Knight; Guardian
Possessed Skills: Spear Mastery B+; Overpowering Howl; Omnivorous; Instant Kill; Adherent of the King; Spear Throw; Warrior''s Soul; Indomitable Soul; Insight; Mounted Spear Mastery; Defender''s Knowledge
Divine Protection: None
Attributes: None
Battle power is Abnormal reduced by 30% due to Status having topensate with an artificial leg.
Beloved steed: Hakuou
He went up a ss, but he turned to a knight instead of a duke. The conditions behind this phenomenon are currently unknown. There’s not enough data. I’ll have to confirm the other goblins’ evolution conditions first.
The most eye-catching of the newer skills is the Defender’s Knowledge.
Defender’s Knowledge
After a mutual introduction, the chance of skills urring during battle increases.
So in other words, the same conditions for a duel. Anyway, it makes him stronger, so that’s good.
Name: Gi Jii
Race: Goblin
Level: 3
ss: Noble
Possessed Skills: Spear Throw; Overpowering Howl; Spear Mastery C-; Assassinate; Sword Mastery C+; Savage Dog''s Nose; Bat Ears
Divine Protection: None
Attributes: None
Gi Jii is a noble ss now. He’s been with me since before we even annexed the orcs, so it’s not strange to see him evolve. Gi Gi’s also evolved… Anyway, let’s see his skills. He’s always been put in charge of reconnaissance missions, so it seems he ended up specializing quite a bit.
Assassinate
No sounds are made when sneak attacking an enemy from behind. Works only for the first attack.
Savage Dog’s Nose
Distinguishing between allies is possible even without vision.
Bat Ears
Enemies up to one ss above one’s own can be detected as long as it’s within a forest.
Looks like he’ll be most useful paired up with Gi Gi or Paradua’s iron legs.
Name: Gi Zu
Race: Goblin
Level: 1
ss: Noble
Possessed Skills: Overpowering Howl; Throw Projectile; Spear Master B-; Instant Kill; Mad Shishi; Bite
Divine Protection: Mad God Zu Oru
Attributes: None
If Gi Za and the others are the first generation, then Gi Zu here is the first of the second generation to be a noble ss.
The Mad Dog skill has turned into the Mad Shishi[1] skill. He’s also gained the Bite skill. Let’s pray his resistance to the mad god has grown stronger too.
Mad Shishi
Battle power increases with the madness. Strength, agility, and defense will all increase.
Bite
Use your tough jaws to tear apart the prey.
That’s about it for the goblins of the Gi Vige that reached the noble ss. Of the remaining survivors that evolved, they evolved from normal to rare.
Race: Goblin
Level: 1
ss: Rare
Possessed Skills: Spear Mastery C+; Sword Mastery Throw C+; Nose Projectile; that Overpowering Smells Howl Death; Fierce Arms; Man-Eating Snake
Divine Protection: Pitch ck Verid
Attributes: Death
Pitch ckVerid, you bastard. Don’t stick your nose where it doesn’t belong!
—Younger one, whatever could you mean? I’m lending you my power to help your ambition.
The thoughts of the snake on my right arm resounded within my mind.
An excellent goblin. It must be because he went through such a difficult battle that he grew up like this. There’s a deep hatred toward the humans hidden in his eyes, however. And then there’s these bunch of no good gifts he got.
Nose that Smells Death
When one’s life is threatened, battle power will rise. Increases strength.
Fierce Arms
Can use two weapons at the same time. Skills invoked while dual- wielding are invoked a level lower.
Man-Eating Snake
Battle power is increased when fighting against humans. Strength and agility are increased.
—Younger one, I pray for your victory. Use him well.
Even his hatred, you mean.
I spat curses in my mind before I looked down at the goblin before me.
“I name you Gi Ba.”
“I gratefully ept.”
Race: Goblin
Level: 1
ss: Druid
Possessed Skills: Water Bending; Magic Maniption; Deliberate; Nose that Smells Death; Seeker of Knowledge
Divine Protection Water God
Attributes: Water
A goblin that uses the same element as thete Gi Zo. Nose that Smells Death… well, he’s the same as Gi Ba, but Seeker of Knowledge, huh. Must be because of Gi Za’s lectures. Well, it’s not bad. I’ll need a couple ofmanders to rule over the humans after all. Any skill that can makemanders is a good skill in my book.
Seeker of Knowledge
Blessed by the Goddess of Wisdom, the growth of intelligence is increased.
Deliberate
Tends to think deeply about things. Due to this tendency, it is possible to invoke skills with a small amount of ether.
I bestowed a name upon the kneeling goblin.
“I name you Gi Bi.”
“My sincerest devotion for this act of kindness.”
Race: Goblin
Level: 1
ss: Rare
Possessed Skills: Overpowering Howl; Axe Mastery C+; Lead Belly; Beast Heart; Nose that Smells Death; Beast Tamer; Hand-to-Hand Mastery C+
Divine Protection: None
Attributes: None
The next goblin that came was someone with the Beast Tamer skill. Now that I think about it, the Gi goblins that lived through that intense battle were all heavily influenced by either the water mage,
Gi Zo, the beast tamer, Gi De, or the spear-user, Gi Da. Considering their positions, I suppose it’s not that surprising.
It’s my first time seeing the Hand-to-Hand Mastery skill, but it seems to have a rank just like the other weapon skills.
Hand-to-Hand Mastery
Compensates unarmedbat. It is easier to deal fatal wounds against the enemy.
That seems to be it. I guess I won’t know just how useful this is unless tested.
We’ll have to thoroughly test it from now on.
“I name you Gi Bu.”
“I gratefully ept, my king.”
Race: Goblin
Level 1
ss: Rare
Possessed Skills: Throw Projectile; Overpowering Howl; Bite; Sword Mastery C+; Axe Master C+; Nose that Smells Death; Man-Eating Snake
Divine Protection: Pitch ck Verid
Attributes: Death
Abnormal Status: Battle power is reduced by 30% due to having lost an arm.
This goblin lost a limb.
The Man-Eating Snake skill should be useful when fighting with humans, but that hate seething hidden in their eyes… They really hate humans.
He lost his limb, so I’m sure it’s a given, but I sure hope this hate doesn’t get in the way of my ruling over the humans. I’ll just have to be careful when using his sort.
“I name you Gi Be.”
“I will burn even my life it it means vengeance to the humans.” The one-armed goblin nimbly bowed.
Then thest goblin came. Ra Gilmi of the tribes.
Name: Ra Gilmi
Race: Goblin
Level: 2
ss: Noble; The First
Possessed Skills: Archer Gadieta Bow Mastery A-; Leadership B+; A Dying Wish''s Sessor; Triple Fire; Forest Dweller; Whispers of the Spirits; He Who Sees One-Hundred Li Ahead; Shadow Stitching; Makings of a Hero
Divine Protection: God of Bows Za Ruga
Attributes: None
Although of the noble ss, he looks a lot more like the druids. In other words, that means to say he looks like a human. Blue skin, arms that extend just a little past the waist… If you dressed him in a robe, he’d look not much different from a human. The divine protection of the god of bows is a good thing too.
He Who Sees One-Hundred Li[2] Ahead
uracy when shooting with a bow is increased. The resulting damage is also increased.
Makings of a Hero
Will affect one’s leadership. Charm bonuses affect not only goblins of the same tribe, but also others.
Shadow Stitching
Can momentarily stop the enemy’s movements by stitching their shadows. Can affect enemies up to one ss above one’s own.
Shadow Stitching… another useful skill. Since it works up to one ss above, that means even the duke ss can be affected by it. The power rtionship between the viges might just change with this. Let’s hope Rashka doesn’t make a fuss…
With this I’ve finished examining the goblins.
After counting the goblins, I took those that could move with me to erect tombstones for those who passed.
Most of those who can fight in this vige are already rare ss. Those who survived without evolving are nobatants. Namely, the young, the females, and the old goblin.
We picked up the corpses of the goblins who died and buried them in a corner of the vige. The knight ss, Gi Ga, the noble sses, the rare sses, and me… we each took the corpses of our brethren and gathered them.
From here on out, we’ll have to fight the humans while increasing our numbers. We manged to secure the females, but from here on out, I’ll have to be even more careful with thim.
If they die, everything else will too. No one can escape death… even me.
We dug a simple hole for a tomb, buried the dead in it, covered them with dirt, and then nted a seed in the same spot.
“To the valiant goblins who died fighting!”
A fist to the chest as I bowed. There were those among the normal and rare sses who did not understand what I was doing, but the knight and noble ss goblins all followed solemnly.
Gi Da! Gi Zo! Gi De!
You are true warriors!
All things shall one day cease.
Therefore, I shall conquer the world.
So that I may leave behind proof that I once lived, I will leave a trace of my existence on this beautiful world.
Footnotes:
[1]Shishi refers to the Chinese guardian lions I believe.
[2]Li is an old unit with varying lengths. Supposedly, it is now standardized to 500 meters. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO