Chapter 65：To Be Worshiped (2/2)
Walking back after successful hunting, the wolf and man enjoyed their trip carrying several monster corpses. Kira was already twice his size after he evolved, making Arthur able to mount it. However, its speed was rather slow if he carried Arthur on its back.
They entered the village, welcomed by Mero and Nero. Arthur began to gut the animals and skin them, a feat he learned from all the nights in the trial. He wasn't that skillful yet, but he got the job down. He started roasting the meat, making the aroma spreading in the village making many heads turn.
Arthur found out that the goblins at their meat raw, giving them many diseases. They still evolved from eating mana-rich meat, but they were borne to parasites that lived in them.
Smelling the good smell of seasoned meat, the whole village turned up salivating at the sight of roasted meat. Since Arthur had more than one corpse, one being that of a Beras and another was that of a giant horned rabbit, Arthur didn't mind sharing with the village.
It seemed that food was the best incitive not matter what species you were and how green your skin was. Arthur started handing out portions of meat to the goblins, and they all gleefully ate. He made sure to give Mero, Nero, and the three blacksmiths extra portions to raise competitive spirit among the rest.
His plans seemed to be fruitful immediately, as the others eyed the meat the blacksmiths ate with envy. They began to talk among themselves and point, only to start running off somewhere.
The next scene was one that made Arthur laugh a lot, as the goblins started giving him things like ores and broken weapons. Others were giving him mana cores they had stashed for some reason, although they were mostly primitive ones.
Arthur accepted all of them. If food was all they wanted, then he would give it to them. He gave more meat to the ones that have given him something, and the rest started following along.
When the meat ended, there still some goblins offering what they had. It was then that Arthur realized these goblins didn't only want food, but they also sought to appease him since he ruled over them now.
Arthur didn't hate this. He encouraged it.
If these goblins could grow more, he would have a loyal group of followers using his bond. This way, he would have a steady supply of mana cores after they were strong enough to hunt.
Arthur grabbed several of the mana cores brought to him by the goblins and called out to them. The group trembled in fear, probably thinking he didn't like their gifts before they started looking everywhere for something else.
”Just come here,”
What he meant was delivered by their bond, and the group came after they felt no anger or the like from Arthur. They sat on the ground, kneels touching it before they prostrated themselves.
Arthur felt his patience wearing thin, so he simply used his Strength-II rune in combination with the primitive mana core. Like before, the rune surrounded the core that turned ethereal. Arthur pushed it into the first goblin, that started trembling and screaming.
'What? It shouldn't be painful!' Arthur was stunned by the goblin's reaction. After a few moments, the goblin looked around like it was in another world. It examined its body and looked around for any wounds, but there was none. It felt the surging power within and started screaming in joy.
”KAKA, Ge Ka,” It said some rubbish that Arthur didn't understand. The village turned nosy as the whole goblins started talking like they were witnessing a miracle.
”Damn you, were you just scared I'd hurt you?” Arthur massaged his temples in exasperation after he realized that the goblin was simply too scared.
Before he knew it, the rest of the goblins also prostrated themselves, Mero and Nero included. Arthur looked over the village as fifty goblins knelt to him.