After the whole activity earlier, I was now standing with Lovan, Moz, Haji and TuTu.
Well the latter two... let's just say looked interesting.
"TuTu" I called out calmly and she looked curiously in my direction, "Who's Gob are you?".
"papa Coco" she responds in confusion, probably wondering why I wanted to know that.
Luckily Lovan blurts out, "Coco the Simple?!"
"Yes!"
"He's learning to be a blacksmith with Raz, hehehe he believes that a blacksmith should only handle iron...silly Gob" He continued while giggling with himself.
'Well he's not entirely wrong...' I thought while deciding not to delve deeper on the topic.
"I want you to tell Your Pa, that you will be training under Moz from now on" I then told her what I really wanted to say.
She had that goofy expression again as she subconsciously asked,"eh?"
"..." I squinted my eyes silently at her till Haji patted her on the back before she began running towards the blacksmith shop.
When she was a distance away, I looked at Moz who was smiling wryly like she just thought of something.
"Haji...no need to be jealous, I will be the one training you personally but first, there are two things you would do for me" I then looked at the grown Hobgoblin again and couldn't help sighing in my heart. 'This feeling is really strange' I thought while suppressing a laugh.
"Don't worry my Chief, as long as it is something I can do...I won't hesitate." he says and I couldn't help thinking, 'Definitely better to make goblins as smart as possible before evolution, this way it's more profitable'
With such thoughts, I stated casually as I took a few steps towards the center platform, "Good, first...I want you to go and pick 10 orc warriors from amongst those who were the first raiders and bring them here..."
Haji nodded silently while thinking.
"Second, when you are done..." With a slight pause, I say "Take your father hunting, you are to do this alone and you are to make sure he's not harm... you are to do this until he becomes..." at the end of my sentence, I gestured towards him with my Jaws.
Lovan's eyes continued to widen with each of my words but there was no sign of protest from Haji.
'If my calculations are correct, he should be done in two to three days at most...Then he should be able to make changes that overly straight forward personality, I don't need a blind warrior'
Curious about what Lovan would be like when he evolves, I sent both of them off before looking at Moz.
"You will take TuTu to train while watching them, don't let them see you two" I added.
"No problem" She responds curtly before pausing, "Do you think TuTu is like me?"
"A shadow orc?" I asked back and she nods, "No...but it should be something not to far off".
After I said that, there was an awkward silence in the air for a few seconds.
"Do you resent me?"I asked more out of curiosity than...
"No" She says with a hollow laugh, "I have never held such dreams, after all, I am what I am".
'Ah...as I suspected She thinks I picked Nazu first despite her being first with me because of her face'.
I walked closer to her, looking over her like I wanted to see into her brain, deepening my voice, I say, "Do you really think that is the reason?"
"..."
Before she replied, there was a sound of hurried footsteps not to far from us.
""""My Chief!""""
"..." I look in the direction of the ten orcs that just arrived before looking back at Moz, "we'll continue this discussion later tonight"
She only nodded silently.
With that, I turned my attention to the Ten 2nd circle Orcs in front of me and then looked at the card on my user interface.
[ Elite Clan guardian cards(×10): This item is used in automatically training the selected number of individuals, in the way of the following sets {Axe and Shield, Mace and Shield, Warhammer and Shield or Sword and Shield}. Granting you and your selected family members their absolute loyalty
Customizable equipment on the first use...
mana would be needed in completing this task, be sure to provide. ]
With a thought, I crushed the card and a new interface appears..
[Please Customize their equipment]
[Equipment quality capped at Rare(Blue)]
An armor made with the mixture of leather, fur and iron appeared before me, along with several sliders, ranging from color scheme to hardness and how it affects the user.
I want something that won't affect their speed and riding ability, so I immediately went to work without much delay...
The primary color as usual was black, Light leather c.h.e.s.t armor with some shining silver steel patched on the c.h.e.s.t, covering where the heart was, the shoulders. A silver colored moon was drawn at the abdomen, just above the black battle skirt that was made with a mixture of leather and steel.
the arm guards was iron coated with silver fur, matching the leather boots in design.
The Head gear was sadly fixed, unless I wanted to change the entire armor style...
Luckily, it has room for enchantments, same as the arm guards.
[Kindly select the weapon you wished for them to be trained in...]
"Axe and Shield" I made my choice long ago, I have always favored axes more than the sword... 'besides, who wants to see orcs waving swords around' I thought while thinking of when Urim had been using swords a month ago.
[Are you sure you want to confirm the changes you have. made?]
'Yes'
At the same time as I was making my confirmation, a pale golden light enveloped the ten orcs in the training ground.
[9 minutes 56 seconds]
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Cullbeg kingdom
Rosenvug City,
43 Sonia Ozil street,
Helene Caronte (Simon Weiss) POV,
clothed in a peach colored dress, I picked up the accursed book with an exegarated sigh...
"Why is it so hard?!"
Soon a twisted voice responds, "Now, now... I'm not surprised that young Lord isn't falling for your 'charms'..."
"Don't start..."I deadpanned while complaining inwardly at how much this body was already affecting me, "Should I take the fiancee's body then?"
but a female voice shot down the idea immediately, "Oh God no, He hates that little thing"
Then several voices within the Grimoire g.r.o.a.n.e.d loudly in frustration...
"I'm going to try 'the' ritual" I say firmly...
"No it would only alert the high circled people in Rosenvug!" She counters again as she always does...
"Not if we're fast enough..." an aged voice says more like a question than a statement.
"Yes Yes Yes, if it was with his real body 180 years ago... now he's just a pitiful third circle filth" The grumpy thing states before adding, "If only you had listened to me back then, Greta is bad ..."
Annoyed by the mention of that incident, "Enough!"
"Ah... silence again" I mutter before saying, "To complete the ritual, I need more strength but I can't seize any other bodies carelessly...so, what if I channel power from someone, something or... some people?".
"You want to do a Mass slaughter in the city?"
Hearing the Question, I laughed "I'm not stupid... what if someone else does it for me while I perform the ritual?".
"..."
"..."
"..."
"Yes... with the escalating wars, the Sons of Zonfid are all fighting for merits... the young Lord has returned from the front lines and is too stubborn, so I'll use the third, because of his disgusting love for his sister, he's even more desperate, he believes that once he is in power, no one would have an opinion on his 'deeds'...so I'll lie to him and have him make the sacrifice while performing the ritual myself, if I succeed... House Zonfid is mine for the taking... I'll have enough force to seize the patriarch's body" A l.e.w.d grin spread across my face as I continued to weave more plans in my head.
"haaa... he has that face again, it's even more creepy with the girls face on"
Meow...!
A black cat walked out of the shadows before turning into black smoke, crawling into my body through my fingers.
After digesting all of its memories, a frown appeared on my face.
"The Date Weaver is really becoming more preposterous...I wonder what that one has over her!" I said with mix rage and amus.e.m.e.nt.
"What happened?"
I responded while standing up from my seat, "Their people actually stepped into Rosenvug..."
"Then you don't have time to waste... what if they find out Master's plan?!"
'I am your master' I complained inwardly before turning towards the Obnoxious Grimoire, "Looks like I'll be killing someone tonight..."
"Why are you sounding like you don't enjoy it?!Hehehe" a wretched voice sounded out.
"Please...I beg to differ" I responded with a teasing laugh while thinking, 'Just you wait, I'll soon take everything... take it all!!'.