“Ok fine you can read! What about writing?! You still need to be able to write properly since you are a leader right?!”

“Writing is going to be impossible for me Kida, It’s just not something I’ll be able to do for right now. Just being able to read is already good enough so let’s just finish with that.”

“But..but..but! Writing is important Mr.Rick!”

“I know it is, which is why you should focus on teaching Lagi and Sigi how to read and write instead of me. I know it’ll probably be hard due to their evolution level, but I believe in you Kida! I just know you’ll be able to do it!”

“Sigi? Lagi? But what abou-..”

“I believe in you Kida.”

“I..I see. Understood Mr.Rick, I’ll do my best to teach Lagi and Sigi everything I know about reading and writing.”

“Okay great! I knew you could do it. Anyway we’ve been here long enough I think it's time we start moving again. So you’ll begin teaching them at the next break we have. This part goes for everyone! Get back in formation! We’re leaving now!”

Everyone quickly gathered in the right formation and they set off again even though Kida was still a little bit confused about Rick being able to read even though he said he couldn’t but at the same time he couldn’t write and refused to learn. Truly baffling for Kida.

Rick on the other hand was focused on very different things than that of what was on Kida’s mind.

~~~

That was a lot of information that Jala provided, a lot more than I ever asked for. He answered the main question about the information on all of the goblin tribes living in the plains but even threw in stuff on other races as well. What a great goblin, gang green should be thankful for him.

[Then make sure you thank him when you see him next.]

Yeah yeah of course I will! I wonder if I could make him like my assistant or something in the future because of my weakness with writing.

[Careful not to offend him by asking him that, he might think that’s beneath him.]

Ah, that’s true, isn’t it? There’s no way a goblin would want to strive to become an assistant right?

[Probably not, especially since based on what he was saying when we spoke, he is probably second in command back at the tribe and possibly next in line to be the leader of that tribe. So he’ll probably want to be much more than an assistant in the future.]

Yeah your right, I’ll just have to wing it then! Anyway, let's review the information he gave us again. Go ahead and bring up the document again in my mind, please.

[Understood.]

By the way, the fact that you can memorize everything I see and then show it back to me is a really amazing feature, almost amazing enough for me to ignore your constant attacks on me.

[I have never attacked you, only encouraged. Anyway here is all the information that was written on all the documents.]

^ Rick I’ve provided relevant information on everything I know regarding all the races I know of living in the plains. There’s a lot we don’t know though so please understand this doesn’t cover everything in the plains. This is just information my tribe has come across over time.

First the information of all the tribes in the plains. We believe there are about eight goblin tribes scattered along the edge of the plains. With each tribe having about twenty to thirty goblins in each tribe, it can never be more than that since the orcs don't allow us to grow past that point. Now there could be one or two less or even one or two more tribes than what I’ve mentioned because we haven’t been all over the plains.

This is just from meeting other goblins in the forests and on the rare occasion we are allowed to visit the Iris River we might meet other goblins and exchange as much information as possible. So there could easily be other tribes. And because the orcs aren’t strangers to killing a large number of goblins, there could also unfortunately be fewer tribes than what I’ve mentioned.

Now I believe you should be more than able to take five goblins from each tribe without the orcs noticing the missing goblins, after all, goblins do sometimes die in the Nameless Forest when out hunting. Now when it comes to deciding which goblins to take with you, I recommend taking five goblins who have been on their first evolution for a long time.

Those goblins should be closest to their next evolution, and only death awaits a goblin who has evolved twice if they stay inside the plains. The five goblins I sent with you all fit those circumstances. You're probably wondering how the orcs manage to kill all of them but it's because they seem to have some way to tell when a goblin is going through its second evolution.

By the time that goblin is done with their evolution a squad of orcs has already long been dispatched with extreme haste and is not more than a minute or two away from the tribe. The goblin that evolved is then chained and taken away, we have no idea what happens to them after but since we never see them again we can only assume the worst.

So do make sure to tell whoever the leader of the tribe is that the goblins who have been on one evolution the longest are the ones you want. Obviously, you won’t be able to save all of them but everyone saved is already more than what would’ve happened without you being here.

Once you’ve visited all the tribes and have taken a few from each, I don’t know where you’d go from there but don’t forget you are still far too weak to fight the orcs. Before you even get to the orcs you’ll have to find your way through the other strong races around them, much less the weaker races around us. Because although they are considered weak in comparison to the orcs, they are still stronger than us goblins.