Chapter 182: Developing the Village (1/2)

Arthur went to the general location of his goblin's village without alerting any of the wandering guild members. He approached the general location where there was only another grove of trees before he felt the fluctuation of the mana around it. He teleported into the brick house before leaving it to meet his goblins.

”Kakan!”

As Arthur left the house, he saw Mero teaching a few young goblins how to fight. Mero's face was delighted when he saw Arthur's arrival. However, Arthur was taken aback by the giant two horns and fangs that accompanied the oval face now.

”Mero, you've evolved?” Arthur asked as he also noticed the difference in height from last time. Mero, wearing a smug expression, pounded his chest in affirmation. Seeing him like this, Arthur couldn't help but smile.

Arthur looked around the village and found that it had expanded more from the time he first used his Art. The rest of the goblins spotted him and kneeled in greeting before Arthur asked them to rise.

As he looked around, Arthur saw many new middle-mid-tiers. He had strengthened them before so many of them had evolved. There were a couple who didn't mainly because they weren't hunters. Three of them were the goblin smiths.

”Ka, Kakan.” The three goblins bowed as Arthur summoned them. Without Arthur needing to ask, they took out a few weapons from their smithy and presented them in front of Arthur.

”Hm,” Arthur picked one of the weapons and his eyes gleamed at how sharp it was. After he gave them the Compress rune, their skills started rising with the new method of purifying the metals from any foreign objects. Now, they were on par with some of the blacksmiths back in the city.

As Arthur tested the weapon, he found that its strength was on the low-mid-tier. Despite being useless to the current him, he could use them to supply the market with proper artifacts at an alarming rate.

”Bring all of them to my house, good job.” Arthur smiled at them and the goblins were ecstatic as they started bowing down. Seeing them like this, Arthur had another idea in mind. He took out three cores from his subspace and gave the goblins the Detection-III rune.

”Use these to understand the structure of the weapon better, okay?” Arthur realized another use for detection. His latest version of the rune was able to provide a mental image of the terrain. If used on the weapons, the rune could give them a better image of their weapons.

”Kakan, Ka!” The goblins kowtowed to him with tears in their eyes before Arthur shooed them away. They then began transferring the weapons to the main house and Arthur gaped. There were at least fifty proper ones he could sell.

”Mero!” Arthur called out. The giant goblin that had more defined muscles now came running. ”Bring me three non-combat goblins with good mana.”

With a nod and a few shouts, three goblins stood in front of him trembling. Arthur smiled at them reassuringly and told them of his intentions.

”I'll be giving you an ability, use it plant these seeds. Choose a proper land to plant and report back as soon as the harvest is ready.” Arthur handed them a bag of seeds he bought from Idris. He then took out three cores and gave the goblins the Vegetation-II rune.

After sending them away, Arthur looked around and saw the young goblins being trained to fight by Mero. A few goblins, the weaker ones, stayed behind to cook food. There were also a few elderly goblins that were supervising the construction of new houses using trees and whatever cover they can find.

Arthur walked toward the elderly who stood there with its back hunched. Seeing him coming over, the goblins stopped their work and bowed to Arthur.

”Bring me your best men, I'll reward them.” Arthur waved his hand and looked at the elder goblin. The goblins pondered for a few moments before calling for a few goblins who were muscular.

”Well, how about choosing those with a good head?” Arthur scratched his nose when he saw how disappointed the goblins were. He wasn't looking for strong men, but ones who can build proper buildings. The elder goblin nodded and brought another two thin goblins and one of the muscular goblins from earlier.

Arthur nodded in satisfaction and gave them each the Telekinesis ability. After his rune had evolved, its range increased along with the weight it can control. The goblins looked on with confusion and Arthur demonstrated.