“So all you did was just a bunch of training, hunting horned rabbits, and then more training for the entire two weeks?”

“Yes, I took two, sometimes three of them to hunt at a time, till Geedi, Dal, and Tars eventually evolved.

"Once they evolved, I let them take Goblins under their wings to form a squad and they all hunted together.”

“I’m glad it all worked out then, I didn’t think a week was enough to evolve three Goblins.”

Hmm, I hunted a fair share of horned rabbits when I was with the tribe but never evolved. I wonder if the constant training sped up that process.

Velora, what do you think? Can some crazy training give me essence as well?

[Not enough information, perhaps do some more physical training yourself, and I’ll be able to make more conclusions.]

I feel like you said that from a negative place, but sure I’ll do the whole training montage thing at some point.

“Alright, Jaba if there’s nothing else that went on during the two weeks I’ll go over my little Goblin adventure now.”

“We already went over everything, please continue.”

“Okay good. If you head straight north from the cave entrance, you’ll reach a massive lake.

"There is something far stronger than us that lives in that lake, so no one is ever allowed to go near it at any costs.”

“For some reason I can understand what a lake is, but I’ve never actually seen one before.”

“That’s a bit weird but whatever, you’ll know what it is eventually. Back to the topic at hand, to the east and west of the lake, is just more forest area filled with various types of monsters of different strengths and tiers.

“For Goblins on our level, it is the perfect place to hunt and get stronger. Horned rabbits won’t be enough to satisfy our level of strength.

"Not even the three evolved Goblins should still be hunting horned rabbits, if anything now that I think about it..we should be raising them.”

“Will the both of us hunt together? And what do you mean by raising them?”

“I’m not sure how the hunting process will work just yet, but for the horned rabbits I mean we should see if we can somehow keep a certain amount of them confined in a closed off area so that we always have a stable supply of food, they will mate and grow, and once they grow by a certain amount we kill a few of them. What do you think?”

“That sounds interesting but difficult to do.”

“Yes it’ll probably be difficult, but nothing a genius Goblin such as myself can’t fix.”

“If you say so. What’s north of the lake?”

“North of the lake is also an area that you should never approach. It is ruled by a very strong fox. Remember that giant wolf that almost killed us? It was that fox that injured it to such an extent.

"So just like the area near the lake, never go to the northern side of that lake.”

“Okay, I’ll keep that in mind. I’ll also tell the same thing to Geedi, Dal, and Tars. Is there anything else I should know?”

“No, there isn’t anything else pressing for now, but I have a question. How do Goblins reproduce?”

“You mean how do we get new Goblins?”

“Yes.”

Stolen content warning: this tale belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences elsewhere.

“I’m not sure, even from the first memory I have, we have always just been here, we never gained any new Goblins, we only lost Goblins.”

“Ah, I understand...It seems I’m going to have to have ‘The Talk’ with the whole tribe.”

“What is the talk?”

"You’ll hear it soon, for now go to the others outside, and tell them about the Leader position changing. I’ll be out there soon to announce some stuff and have the talk.”

“You sound like a Leader already. I’ll let them know, but before that, what's with all the weird markings on your body? I don’t think I have any of those.”

“I’m not exactly sure, maybe I’m just special? Hahaha”

“...Whatever you say.”

After Jaba said that he walked out of the tent to head outside and after a couple minutes of digesting our conversation I also left the tent. It was really weird with the whole me becoming the Leader thing, but I think it went well if I say so myself. I don’t really wanna reveal the whole Royal Goblin thing if I don’t need to, I think it may be getting all weird.’

[You may be right.]

Anyway I quickly went to grab my things before making my way back to my tent.

[It’s 0900.]

Already?! Damn me and Jaba talked for a while. They do say time flies when you’re planning Goblin domination...Or at least now they do.

[Who else says it?]

I’m ignoring that one for the sake of my mental health. Anyways I guess I should go give that talk huh..

[Do you truly feel it is necessary to do so?]

Yes I believe so, we need to grow somehow if I want this to be a Goblin kingdom one day. Unless we somehow find other Goblin tribes and convince them join us, then reproduction is our next best bet, and even though Jaba didn’t know about the process, I clearly have a reproductive organ so the rest of them should to, meaning we probably reproduce similar to humans.

[That would make sense.]

Hmm…Alright for now I’ll explain to Jaba and the three evolved Goblins, from there I’ll have them explain it to the unevolved Goblins.

This surely doesn’t count as me running away from more work. No, of course not.

[I see.]

Don't judge me Velora! This is just efficiency!

Anyways, let's list out my plans and priorities properly here.

First I need to go over my future plans for the tribe with everyone.

I firmly believe that communication from top to bottom is key in any organization.

Next, I need to have this talk about sex and babies, with Jaba and the three evolved Goblins. I also need to appraise them, and the whole tribe for that matter.

After that, I need to try and teach Jaba and possibly the evolved Goblins about time.

I wonder how I’ll do that though. Maybe a sundial? I don’t really know how that works though.

Okay never mind we might have to hold on about the whole time thing for now. Then comes the analysis of the stone monsters, I really do think there is more to those corpses than just being moving rocks..at least i'm hoping so.

Alright that should be everything on my agenda for now. I’m such a busy Goblin.

[What are your plans for the tribe?]

Interested? Well they go a little something like this…

[I see. Interesting.]

Right? Let’s go let the rest of the tribe know.

Once I arrived outside, I was greeted by the sight of a bunch of sweaty Goblins taking some sort of break.

I guess they’ve been training hard under Jaba. Seems intense.

[You should join them.]

I knew you were gonna say something... I’ll join soon enough.

“Everyone line up! The Leader has something to say!”

Once Jaba saw me, he immediately gave that order, and the Goblins immediately followed suit.

Two lines of unevolved Goblins formed behind the three evolved Goblins Geedi, Dal and Tars. While Jaba is still standing a couple feet away facing them.

I’ve never been too shy when it came to speaking in front of crowds, but I’ve never had to do so as some type of Leader figure.

It would be a lie to say I wasn’t a little nervous as I calmly walked next to Jaba.

Once I reached next to him, he immediately took two steps back as if to show I’m the sole Leader of the tribe.

Of course that didn’t make me more nervous or anything…

[Calm down. This is important in your quest for Goblin world domination.]

…

So you do pay attention after all...And to think it’d be you reminding me of my own dreams.

But you're right, I’m going to have to speak to even larger groups in the future! And I’m even a damn Royal Goblin! This is supposed to be my calling!..I think.

This is nothing!

Okay let's do it.

“I’m sure Jaba has already explained that there has been a change in Leadership, so I won’t dwell on that any further.

"Instead let's focus on the future and everything it holds.

"We are a small tribe, with an even smaller reach. It's time to change that. Our Goblin kind is constantly hunted and preyed upon by bigger and stronger enemies.

"It is time for that to end. We need to grow both bigger as a tribe, and stronger as individual Goblins now more than ever.

"This will include keeping up with your already intensive training, but also extending out past our current area of influence.

"We are located in the south, a place with no apparent ruler. That position will be filled by us as we extend our reach forward.

"This tribe will become the foothold for the great Goblin empire that will soon grace this land.

"Any Questions?”

Was that too much?!! Did I do enough?! Will they even understand me?! Dammit!

They might not even be able to clearly understand anything I just said!!!

[I think you did well.]

Then where are the reactions?! Why is no one spea-...

“OOOOOHHHHHHHH!!!!”

Oh shit they are screaming! That’s a good thing right?! Even Jaba’s screaming!!