“Alright Jaba that was a good question, but this is what we’ll do, every single goblin child born will undergo combat training for their level, along with education in various fields so they can be smarter than the average goblin.

We will need to dedicate an area within the cave for this specifically and we’ll call it the Junior Goblin Training Grounds. That's probably a mouthful so just training grounds will also work.

The young goblins will stay their receiving training for two weeks before being assigned to either the Geedi, Dal, or Tars squad.

For the entire time, the children are in the training grounds, their well-being will be the responsibility of the two squads who are staying home during hunting trips.

It is up to those two squad captains to make sure the young goblins are receiving the education needed because normal goblins can’t communicate with each other.

That responsibility will rotate as the squads rotate for daily hunting trips.

The only factor that might currently cause a problem for the training grounds right now is if the young goblins need to be breastfed.

Don’t worry about it for now, but remember to let me know if the female goblins who give birth start producing any liquid from their breasts.

Oh, by the way, the female goblin who gives birth to the young goblins are the mothers of those goblins, while the male goblin who released that white liquid into the female is the father.

Any more questions?”

“Ye...ss..can...a...gob..lin..have...a...lot..of...fath..ers...and...mo...thers?”

“Good question Dal, but no, a goblin can only have one mother and one father. It might be hard to figure out who the father is in some cases, but there is no doubt who the mother is since she will be the one to give birth.

Any other questions? Ask anything you can think of.”

“Other..ways...to...grow...tribe.”

“Oh shit Tars you do speak! You speak a lot more clearly than the others too, that’s interesting. Anyways to answer your question which is a really good one by the way is through finding other goblin tribes.

We will need to go search the lands around us far and wide till we find other goblins. This can be very dangerous because who knows if other goblin tribes or even stray solo goblins will be friendly towards us.

Those other goblin tribes could be far bigger and stronger than us meaning they’d have the power to either kill us all or force us to join under them.

So the mission of recruiting other goblins will only be carried out by myself.

I know how much work it requires to become a high-tier hobgoblin so It should be rare to come across one or more of them or even a stronger one in a world where goblins are at the bottom of the food chain.

Even though that’s the case, I still want to be safe since it’d be easier for me to escape a dangerous situation than it’d be for you all.

Don’t worry though, I won’t start doing missions like that till I’m confident in you all being able to survive in the forests while protecting your squads on hunting trips on your own without any help from me or Jaba.

Any other questions? You haven’t asked anything yet Geedi. Nothing to add?”

“Thin...king.”

“Hm okay then.”

[It is now 1200.]

Oo it’s getting late, anyway, I wonder what Geedi could possibly be thinking about, I hope it’s not anything weird.

“Leader, I have a request instead of a question.” Said a pensive Jaba.

“What is it?”

Jaba looks really serious, what could it be that he feels the need to ask my permission first? Even going out of his way to call me leader, I’ll have to respond to his request with the same seriousness.

A good leader should always respond to their subordinates’ determination. At least I think so, I’m pretty sure I saw something like that in some anime somewhere.

“I’d like to go on the same type of training adventure you went on.”

So he wants to get stronger. I can understand that. It’s one thing to be a strong evolved creature, but it’s another thing to become truly used to and accustomed to your new strength.

I’m sure he got motivated after seeing me fighting the stone golems during my ever so spectacular hollywood return to the tribe.

But this is a delicate time of growth for the tribe, I don’t think I want him spending an entire week as I did in the forests.

Even though I’m sure he’d be strong enough to survive and come back, I’d like for one of us to always be here while the other one is away.

So going on the hunting trips with the squads will have to be put on hold while he’s gone.

“I understand, but you can’t leave for more than three days. I’d like one of us to always be here while the other is out, so the hunting trips will be on hold till you come back.

I know it’s not a long time, but I know you’ll be able to accomplish exactly what you need to during this time.”

“It’s more than enough time, I appreciate the opportunity!”

“Great, then let’s not waste too much time, leave first thing tomorrow morning I’ll take care of the training of everyone while you're gone.”

[Finally.]

Knew you’d have something to say! Leave me alone dammit!

“Understood!”

“Alright good, are you still thinking Geedi? Remember it's completely okay to ask anything, I’ll answer every question or request to the best of my ability.”

“Rea..ly?”

“Yes, I will.”

I’ve only known Geedi for a little bit, but this is the first time I’ve seen her hesitate. I guess it’s a pretty serious request or question just like Jaba’s was. Got to make sure to meet her expectations.

Like a true gang green leader would!

“It’s...a...req...uest.”

“Alright what is it?”

I’m even more interested in this request than I was for Jaba, she was thinking about this for a while now, so it’s got to be something extremely important.

“Let...me...ha..ve..your...chil..dren.” Said Geedi with an extremely determined expression as she stared at Rick.

“HUH?!”