I considered the two dead goblins and decided I really needed to figure something else out. I summoned my first goblin. After he ran up I selected my create boss power and used it on the goblin. I breathed a sigh of relief as its attributes doubled. I could actually see muscles bulk up and the goblin even grew half a foot taller. It still looked weaker than an average human but it was definitely an improvement. I even thought I could see a tiny bit more intelligence in its eyes.

“Thank you master. What your orders now?” The goblin asked. “Go supervise the rest of the goblins mining. Make sure that they don’t get distracted. Also let me know if you think the ceiling is about to cave in.” I said. The goblin seemed confused when I used the words supervise and cave in. “You goblin boss now. Go make sure other goblins dig. Make sure cave not fall on goblins.” I said instead. The goblin boss nodded enthusiastically and then ran off.

I absorbed the equipment from the goblins that had fallen into the pit trap. Then I created another goblin and equipped it with the armor and spear again. This time I carefully ordered it around the traps. Somehow it made it safely to the dungeon entrance. When I tried to order it outside the cave a popup appeared.

Dungeon spawned monsters that leave a dungeon will no longer be bound to the dungeon. Are you sure you want to order your monster to leave your dungeon.

Well that was out. I decided I’d just have the goblin guard while I looked over the rest of the information available. At the current rate it looked like I’d reach full mana in about two thirds of a day. Which meant I couldn’t create another goblin for at least another hour.

My attention was drawn to the indicator flashing in the corner of my view. It had been flashing for quite some time now. I clicked on it and smiled at all the rewards I had received.

Congratulations on receiving your first view. 1 point awarded.

One of your monsters has died.

Congratulations as a reward for your first time reaching a top 1,000,000,000 overall ranking you have earned 1 point.

Congratulation you have received your first positive rating. 1 point awarded.

One of your monsters has died.

Congratulations on receiving ten views. 2 points awarded.

Congratulations as a reward for your first time reaching a top 100,000,000 overall ranking you have earned 2 points.

Congratulations on receiving one hundred views. 3 points awarded.

Congratulations as a reward for your first time reaching a top 10,000,000 overall ranking you have earned 4 points.

Congratulations on receiving ten positive ratings. 2 points awarded.

I started with ten points. Then I spent five on equipment. After viewing the notices I had gained sixteen points bringing me up to twenty one points. It also solved the mystery of how I got more points. I had to get more views and ratings. I went to the viewership tab to see if I could get some more detail.

Show information

Views: 219

Views Ranking: 1,382,227

Race Views Ranking: 248

Positive Ratings: 14

Negative Ratings: 1

Ratings Ranking: 1,889,312

Race Ratings Ranking: 196

You will receive rewards daily based on your views and ratings ranking in addition to rewards whenever you reach a new milestone.

That was all very interesting information. It also confirmed everything that the message this morning had said this was all part of some type of show. If the message was to be believed then everyone on Earth was now in a weird reality TV show being watched by aliens.

For nearly an hour I looked over all the information I could find in the menu. I had even made a bit of a plan for what to do with my talents and attribute points along with what I wanted to save up for in the store. Of course there were a lot of things I didn’t know yet.

My attention was suddenly drawn to the goblin at the entrance of my cave. A scrawny coyote stepped into the green light. I breathed a sigh of relief that it wasn’t a wolf. Non-rabid coyotes didn’t generally attack adult humans. Instead they were a danger for pets and other small creatures.

Unfortunately the coyote seemed to think that my goblin counted as a small creature. I still wasn’t that concerned, after all the goblin had a spear and armor. I realized I was over confident when the coyote lunged for the goblin.

Apparently goblins weren’t just less intelligent than the average human. They were also pathetically weak and their reaction times were significantly worse. The goblin got in one stab before the coyote latched onto its leg and pulled it off its feet. The fight only lasted for a couple seconds after that.

I concentrated for a second and summoned all the goblins that had been digging. I produced five more spears for them.

“An animal has attacked our home. The boss will take a spear and take care of it. The rest of you will take spears and defend yourselves in case he fails.” I said. The four normal goblins seemed a bit confused, but the boss goblin quickly got them organized.

“Watch out for the traps.” I ordered my boss goblin. It nodded and then carefully moved around the pitfalls. Apparently that double attribute score was useful. Unfortunately it also probably meant that most enemies wouldn’t be tricked by the pits. Not surprising considering I had no idea how to hide something like a pit in the middle of the floor.

The goblin boss found the coyote ravenously feasting on the dead goblin. The coyote looked up and growled. The boss moved forward quickly and stabbed the coyote with the spear. It was an awkward thrust but managed to injure the coyote.

Unfortunately the coyote was apparently starving and wasn’t about to give up its meal. It attacked my goblin boss. My goblin boss took a couple bites but eventually got the upper hand and managed to drive its spear into something vital. The coyote twitched for a bit and finally died.

The goblin boss pulled the equipment off the dead goblin and then haphazardly dragged the dead coyote into the cave. There were a couple close calls but somehow he managed to avoid falling into one of the traps.

The other goblins all cheered when they saw the dead coyote. The goblin boss struck a heroic pose with one foot on top of his dead foe and the bloody spear held up in the air. Or at least it was heroic for a goblin. “I kill bad monster. Big fight. You all call me Chief Sharpstick now.” The other goblins all cheered in agreement. “Now we eat and celebrate.” The self-proclaimed goblin chief announced.

The goblins teared into the coyote. If I had a body I would have been throwing up as they devoured the meat raw. “Sharpstick, don’t you cook your meat?” I finally managed to ask. Chief Sharpstick looked up from his meal. “No fire. We hungry.” Then he went back to eating.

Okay, add figuring out how to make a fire for my goblins to my list of things to do. Thinking about it I also needed to figure out how to feed my goblins. I probably couldn’t rely on random animals wandering into the cave.