Chapter 34: [Day 11] – “Chief” (1/2)
∼ Day 11 ∼
‹ Micheal - 10 minutes before ›
Watching the proceedings from a hitch in the wooden wall, I simply observe. With the dusk that had fallen and my obscurement activated, I was practically invisible to everybody. While goblins and hobgoblins were able to see in the dark much better than humans, it still wasn't perfect night vision like I have.
So I observed the many goblins taking orders from the hobgoblins, to set up bonfires and lay forth tools for whatever they were doing. But it didn't take any detective skills to know that they were preparing a feast of sorts. With the warband returning with loads of prey and all the bonfires, it was pretty obvious.
Looking to the leader of the warband, that both Bob and I had been stalking, I see him sitting on a cushion amongst four other seats, most likely for the leaders and the chief. And if to an affirmation of my speculations, four other hobgoblins showed up one by one and took their seats, and in turn, I appraised them.
-Appraisal!-
[Appraisal - Hobgoblin]
Name: ”???”
Race: Hobgoblin
Sex: Male
Rank: G+
Level: 18/20
Health: 182/182
Stamina: 82/82
Mana: 0/0
[Attributes]
STR - 31
VIT - 25
AGI - 13
DEX - 12
INT - 8
CHR - ???
WILL - ???
MAG - 0.3
[Trait, Titles, and Skills].
Skills - ???
Traits - ???
Titles - ???
[Resistances]
Phy. Resistance - 6
Mag. Resistance - 2
Men. Resistance - ???
Well, this one big beefy boy. His size and frame are definitely reflected in his stats too but he isn't too much of a threat.
[Appraisal - Hobgoblin]
Name: ”???”
Race: Hobgoblin
Sex: Female
Rank: G+
Level: 18/20
Health: 75/75
Stamina: 44/44
Mana: 0/0
[Attributes]
STR - 13
VIT - 11
AGI - 30
DEX - 25
INT - 15
CHR - ???
WILL - ???
MAG - 20
[Trait, Titles, and Skills].
Skills - ???
Traits - ???
Titles - ???
[Resistances]
Phy. Resistance - 6
Mag. Resistance - 7
Men. Resistance - ???
...
Uh, what?
Can anybody explain to me why the hell her magic power is off the charts?! She has even more than me! Even her magical resistance is crazily high.
Unfocussing from the prompt, I retrain my gaze on her.
While she definitely wasn't beautiful, she was quite cute in some sense. Jet black hair with a short bob-cut and a small lined nose definitely contributed to her cuteness factor. But to be honest, for goblin and hobgoblin standards she's actually quite the gem. Most goblins females were almost indistinguishable from their ever-so ugly male counterparts, and the female hobgoblins simply looked more human with slight facial features of a goblin while she just looked mostly human without the goblin features.
Other than her face, her body was quite nice. The thin and small frame of her contorts, and hips gave a nice compliment to her tender and very perfectly shaped curves. While she wasn't a curvy kinda girl, sporting small breast and a nice round and small ass, it all played into her cuteness making me actually prefer it.
But her most interesting quality was really what stunned me for a solid minute or two. Most goblins and hobgoblins had simple black irises and pupils. But after properly taking a look at this seemingly inconspicuous and calm-looking hobgoblin girl, I ended being absolutely captivated by her unnatural and magical eyes.
It almost felt like they were calling out to me -wait, are they actually calling out me?
Her irises were tinted a deep crimson red and pitch black pupils contrasted it, making her eyes seem like ruby gems. When looking even closer, you could tell that the lines within the irises were like crystal contours. In the flickering lights of the many bonfires, her beautiful gem-like eyes glinted and sparkled.
The more I looked at them the more I felt like they resonated with me.
But the only instance in my memory of feeling such a similar feeling... -was back when I found the crimson core.
As the resonating feeling grew ever stronger, it seemed that I was not the only one feeling it. Suddenly the cute hobgoblin seemed to also feel something as confusion settled on her face. And out of nowhere, to my surprise, she suddenly cast her gaze directly in my direction. Immediately rocked from my stupor, because of the suddenness of her action, I refocused all my attention on keeping my presence hidden again.
Luckily after scanning the surroundings for a few bated breaths, she returned to calmly stare at the proceedings of the feast before her.
What the hell is she?
Now genuinely intrigued by her, I place a mental note to remember this seemingly mysterious hobgoblin girl.
Getting back on track I quickly appraised the two remaining hobgoblins.
-Appraisal!-
[Appraisal - Hobgoblin]
Name: ”???”
Race: Hobgoblin
Sex: Male
Rank: F-