RORI SVEN
As soon as the boss left I let out a sigh then wiped my face with my cloak. The morning sun burnt like hell and I wouldn't be able to go around delivering the information like she told me to. So I went into the mansion, where I met the human boy. I remembered his name being Erwin Dolus. He was a new recruit who Dog brought into the industry. I didn't understand why though. There was nothing physically amusing about the kid.
As I looked at his shaking figure, I let out a tired sigh then reached out my hand to help him. He was still shaking timidly which infuriated me.
"I don't have all day, you know? Hurry it."
"Oh-um-sorry."
He grabbed my arm. His hands and face were sweaty, as if he just woke up from a bad dream. Having no interest in what happened to him, I just helped him up then walked past him towards one of the rooms where I had last seen Nukeme. The treasury. In the span of only two days I had found out so much about these monsters. They were quite unorganized led by an immature monster that had an insanely fast growth rate.
Her captains were just weak hob-goblins that couldn't cause any real damage to any serious opponent. I felt like they would have problems facing only one troll or ogre. The superior captain was the hob-goblin Shitsuke. A name just as strange as those otherworlders'. He seemed to be the most respected out of all the goblinoids that is, taking away the Mad Witch. He was a hard worker, always trying to impress Hinotori. Still, I could sense there was a side of him that didn't really respect her. It was more like he was just bowing down to power and trying to sucker up to her. And there was an external force which made him obey and respect her. Simply put he wasn't giving his all to her.
Next was Oki. Just a big dunce that followed Shitsuke around, always asking for a duel. It was obvious that out of all the goblinoids he was the strongest physically and the dumbest. He just went all, 'Let's fight! Let's fight!' but he wasn't especially strong when compared to other creatures.
Nukeme. This money loving weird perverse freak of nature represented what the other races considered to be the average goblinoid. While the others seemed to have developed different attitudes after evolution, he retained the goblin-like attitude which made me believe he was born as a hob-goblin, but I couldn't be too sure about that. He could have just been a goblin that didn't develop a specific character as he evolved. But that made no sense to me. That would have meant his goblin community or his peers should have evolved the same time he did. There was something off about him.
I opened the door leading to the treasury. I was met with angry scowls from the harpies in the room. There was gold everywhere. The nobleman basically horded all the money in Dirthaven while watching the people suffer. He was practically the king, but due to his selfish nature, he decided to watch others suffer.
'Too bright.'
I honestly didn't like bright things. The harpies flapped their wings furiously, throwing their feathers at me. I didn't take them seriously at first until the sound of skin being ripped filled my ear drums. Blood trickled down my cheek and my hairs stood on ends.
'Ok, new plan.'
"OI! Nukeme! Are you here?"
I called out, but there was no response, so I closed the door quickly and wiped off the blood with a handkerchief which I froze instantly then shattered. The shallow cut had already healed so I made my way to the next room. The library.
Once I opened the doors, I saw several shelves which filled the massive hall. Rows and rows of books of different kinds, all arranged in specific order. Or they used to be. Now the ground was littered with books of all kinds and the center table had three present members. Two hob-goblins and one ogress. A cold chill run down my spine once I recognized the scent, aura and hair colour of that ogress.
'Maybe I should come back at another time.'
I made to leave, but then.
"Hey! Why'd you come here and leave like that?"
The owner of the old, hoarse voice was Yuuna. One of the hob-goblin captains. She was a very old hob-goblin. About 20-23 years old. She had lived a considerably long time for her race. She specialized in fire magic and was also the oldest goblinoid in this group of weirdos. She had a passion for learning and always liked to flirt with the young ones. It's painful when you see an old woman dying for attention like a paedophile. She seemed to be completely loyal to the boss, from what I had seen.
They all looked behind at me, and I could feel the ogre princess' cold glare.
"Oh, um. I just wanted to redirect the boss' orders to all members?"
"So…"
"Um, can we just meet up at night? In the dining hall? I'll say what I have to then."
"Kara. Please what does this text here say?"
Another hob-goblin. Tsuna. She was quiet, conservative, generally looked tired and had always been chasing after Shitsuke. It was painfully obvious she had a crush on him and either he wasn't reciprocating her feelings, or he was just plane dense. I felt like it was the latter. So far I had seen that she could manipulate water magic, but I could also tell that there was something off about her mana circuits. She reeked of death which I felt was abnormal for a water mage. Where her loyalties lied depended on where Shitsuke stood it would seem.
"Oh, that part is talking about mana circuits."
The ogress answered. I hadn't seen much of her. She always avoids me. Couldn't blame her though. What I did was sort of unforgivable. If someone came to kidnap me on the day my dad went to fight a war, just so they could use me as ransom, I'd be pretty pissed off as well.
I walked out of the room, then met a pair of people… creatures. A black creature with a woman's physique wearing a yukata styled robe, with a black sash around her waist. Then an eight feet tall lizard-like pinkie. Because of her face, I recognized her as the battle god that Dog’s men brought in. Both of them just continued talking as they passed by me.
"Wait, you guys actually did that?"
"Hmhm, and Mawstewr was really aggressive. Especially with Kara."
"Uwa, I wish I was there."
"You should have been. More people means we do it longer and more fun."
"I'm surprised you could feel any of that."
"Me too, but I reciprocated the nerves of a human body so I could feel the exact same pleasure."
“N-Nerves?”
“Wires in the body tha-“
'Ah… is that something you should be talking about so casually?'
"Could you two please wait a second?"
They both paused and faced me.
"What's up?"
"There is going to be an important announcement tonight in the dining hall, so please be present."
"Alright."
"Kay."
Both of them responded without any trouble.
'These guys… aren't they being too friendly with a newcomer?'
I would be lying if I said it wasn't unnerving how they were all so nonchalant around me. It was like they didn't even consider me a possible threat. I was grateful for that, but still, I had a bit of pride. While, I was thinking, the slime called out to me.
"You're Rori, right?"
"Um, yes. Sorry, but I don't know your names."
"Don't worry. I'm Kawaii and that's Aeri."
"Please ignore me if I'm intruding, but your races?"
"Races? I'm a Dark Toxic Slime Princess and Aeri is a Half Battle Tyrant."
"S-Slime?"
"Yes. Slime. Kawaii the Slime."
"Ah… I see."
'I'll probably never get used to seeing her.'
