Sorry for being late yesterday i was taking a day off because i had a writers block i wrote this chapter today i hope you like it..

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-Really ? Then how about i help you return home ?

I asked the little girl.I was serious when i asked her that but i wasn't sure if we could do it today so i was worried if she would decline and go on her own...she was mostly likely going to die if that was the case.

She was really scared and you could see her eyes were red and swollen there were also a lot of tear stains on her cheeks and over all she didn't look that good.Her clothing was a bit messed up and there were some ripped places here and there but it was alright and i couldn't see any obvious injuries so i judged she was okay.

After a bit of thinking the little dark elf once again looked at me this time her eyes were examining me maybe trying to judge if i was a good person or not as she answered me.

-You..help me to see mommy and daddy ?

I lighted up for a bit as i nodded to her and said.

-yeah i help you see your mommy and daddy don't worry as long as you follow me i am sure you will see your parents !

I told her confidently and it seemed like it was taking effect but i could still see signs of distrust in her eyes as she asked me.

-Mister...are you a bad person ?

-...

Honestly i was a bit speechless...i didn't know what to say,was i a bad person ? I'd like to think i am neutral but at the same time i had already done deeds that are befitting someone bad like murder for example..but in the eyes of this little girl was i a bad person...i knew the answer as i told her once again.

-No i am not a bad person but i can't promise you i won't do anything bad but i can promise you i will do anything i can to help you find your parents..

I gave her my hand for her to stand up.She was still a bit suspicious but in the end she took my hand and stood up.I could tell she was very nervous and looked down to the ground like a scolded child she was especially afraid of my 3 companions that were watching her like an eagle so she mostly just hid behind my legs and held onto my hand i also told the 3 girls to go ahead while i would be following them hoboku seemed dissatisfied about it but i could tell she was just a bit envious it ended up becoming somewhat of an argument but at the same time hoboku backed off even thought she didn't like it concerning the 2 goblins girls both of them were very sleepy and didn't really pay much attention to our argument when i saw them like this remembered hobokus last incident and believed they were about to evolve so we needed to get home very quickly,hoboku helped both of them by giving them slight support on her shoulders we didn't encounter any beasts on our way home but it was still a bit nerve wrecking staying in the dark forest like that.

-So calar how old are you ?

I asked as we walked through the forest to this point no one was really talking to anyone hoboku seemed a bit sour and over all grumpy so i didn't want to get on her nerves while she was carrying her 2 companions.Calarel was a bit too nervous to hold a conversation so i wanted to ease her up a bit more before we arrive at the base if i don't then she is most likely going to pass out seeing the other goblins and slimes...

-Calar ?

She asked me confused with her head cutely tilted to side i smiled at her and said.

-yeah calar its a nickname for you calling you calarel is a bit too hard..or do you want me to continue calling you calarel ?

The little dark elf thought for a bit and shook her head and said.

-unn i like it.....and i am 9 years old...

-really,then how did you get here ?

Calar's expression darkened for a bit as she talked a bit sad.

-I was playing outside when the 3 bad people came and took me away i called for mommy and daddy but noticed i was already too far from the village...

She said very sadly even her cute long ears were falling down into a frown as she held onto my hand...Because her expression was getting darker every second so i quickly tried to cheer her up changing the topic.

-So..calar what do you like to do ? like what is your hobby ?

Calarel still seemed a bit sad but she took interest to my topic and said.

-I like stories mommy used to tell stories...

Most of the things i say remind her of her village..i really didn't want to see a little girl cry so i was quickly thinking about a solution and finally !

-Then how about i tell you a story...

The eyes of the little dark elf started to light up as she shook her face up and down holding onto my hand.I thought for a bit and found the perfect story.I turned towards the curious little dark elf and started telling her the story.

-There once was a girl named snow-white...

As i told her the story we continued to walk towards our base more the once she asked about details she didn't understand because the story didn't originated from this world there were terms that were unknown to this world i tried to explain to her as best as i could she was surprisingly smart and had some amount of patience in her as we walked towards the base.

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-Andso they lived happy ever after

-yay !

She cheered as i finished the story i also looked up the path and slowly i could see a familiar wooden wall being erected.It had been only 2 hours or so since we left but i still felt very happy to have returned home honestly i was a bit home sick...

-LORD SORRON !

As we approached the wall i could see gobuha walking out of the entrance as she shouted my name..when calarel saw gobuha she returned to being nervous but because my story had distracted her all the way here she wasn't that scared while holding onto me.

I smiled at gobuha as she approached us she gave hoboku a respectful look as she passed her and came up to me she wasn't surprised when she saw calarel because i already told everyone we would have a guest but gobuha was curious nonetheless.

-Lord sorron we are almost finished repairing the wall the slimes had also caught a couple of small animals you can cook...

I was delighted to hear that the slimes were actually able to catch something and i could also tell the others seemed to be excited about the dinner we would have tonight even gobuha was almost drooling.As gobuha gave me her report i also started to analyze our situation...mainly we didn't have any problem concerning food quality maybe but quantity no protection was something that we couldn't fix for now because we needed to get stronger or get more troops in our group which was a bit too hard to get,another problem we had was water....

As i was thinking that while we walked into the base where i could see the rest of the female goblins each doing their own thing some were independently training while others just sat down and started chatting with each other all of them were somewhat clean because i ordered everyone to at least wipe their body with water everyday.The reason i ordered everyone to do so was to hinder any unknown disease to appear other than hiding ourselves from the creatures of the night i didn't want to get coughed up by the different germs in this place...wiping didn't really do much but it also helped keeping foul stench away so it was good nonetheless.

Now back to the water problem...its just that for us to get water we needed to send a slime towards the river and get some water through the water skin or gourds that i had made for this occasion the problem in this method was that it took a bit of time and it was just a bit too inefficient to do for everyone to get clean at some point we would need to send the slime 2 or 3 times we also needed drinking water and water to clean other things such as our clothes...uhh i also really wanted to take a proper hot bath...

-Lord sorron

I snapped out of my thoughts as i turned around to see hoboku standing behind me i also took the minute to properly examine her,her clothing which was previously really baggy now fitted her pretty well...well other then her chest which was really big the rest was okay but as i stood there looking at her i noticed something and started to get closer to her...

As i started to get closer to her comfort zone i could feel hoboku getting flustered for some reason as we stood 10 cm's away from each other,there was also a shade of red on her cheeks which was almost invisible because of her dark skin..

-uhm lord sorron...what...you...

I sighed and pointed towards the left side of her shirt which had a small ripped opening she probably got that when she fell from the crimson wolf.

-This part of your shirt is ripped give it to me later tonight so i can try fixing it i also want to give you something to congratulate for your evolution !

I said as i looked at hoboku who seemed somewhat disappointed for some reason i could also feel frustration coming from her and in the end she didn't say anything and just nodded her head walked back to the cave...Does a evolution influence someone ? she really turned a bit grumpy didn't she ?

I actually didn't mind for now and just focused on the things we needed clothing was another must have because most of the goblin girls still wore their rags but some had proper clothing on them which i gave away as a prize on the last brawl but now i had to take care that they wouldn't get hurt that easily or get any infection because of it...meaning i had to get my hands on some kind of medicine...for now that wasn't really my problem i had a lot of other unknown herbs which i could use on to see their effects i even used some of the herbs to heal the goblins....

-Meaning my only problem for now are...clothing and water ?

Concerning strength we were actually very far ahead if i may say so to myself after everyone fully recovers i was planning on doing a mass hunting session to level up the rest of the goblins into hob-goblins the strength hoboku showed when she killed the rogue with that strange spear of dark matter was really impressive it was also a skill i didn't know she had before...hmm i quickly opened her status window to check something.

Name:Goboku

Class:Available

Species:Hob-Goblin (Sub-Species Abyssal Variant)

Health:850

Mana:2110

Stamina:930

Health Regen:4/sec

Mana Regen:8/sec

Stamina Regen:2/sec

Stats:

Strength:85

Stamina:93

Agility:76

Intelligence:211

Charisma:97

Wisdom:112

Willpower:91

Perception:70

Luck:62

Unique Skills

[Passive/LvL.Max]

[Active/LvL.1]

Skills:

[Passive/LvL.4]

[Passive/LvL.2]

[Passive/LvL.5]

[Active/LvL.1]

*[Spear Of The End]

[Passive/LvL.Max]

[Passive/LvL.7]

[Passive/LvL.8]

[Passive/Active/LvL.3]

[Passive/LvL.6]

[Passive/LvL.6]

[Passive/LvL.Max]

[Passive/LvL.1]

[Passive/LvL.7]

[Passive/LvL.3]

[Passive/LvL.2]

I wasn't really astonished this time but surprised for sure her evolution seemed to have influenced her skills and attributes by a large margin she had gained some skills which were really interesting especially the skill that allowed her to use spells from the abyss category and so far she could only use her spell in that category it was also very powerful skill that consumed 150MP each use on top of that there was no cool down for this kind of skill because it was a spell...Her concentration skill had maxed and a new skill had been added with the same purpose bu this time it was for mobile use it was called which allowed her to think faster no matter what situation she was in which was really convenient in my opinion.

But the most interesting things in her status were her class,species and a new unique skill she now possessed.First of all her class was now set to meaning she could learn any class and become more powerful then she was but because i had no knowledge on how to do that i dismissed it for now.Her species that said also showed another interesting line of information which was it somewhat explained the different appearance from the other hob-goblin i had met before but at the same time i couldn't understand what the difference was other then skin color so i also dismissed it and moved onto the unique skill she possessed.

...hmm now that i am thinking about it maybe her species has something to do with her skills but i will investigate this later anyways the skill allows her to stare into the eyes of a person making them go through extreme terror damaging their soul...the description was quiet vague this time so i had really no idea what the skill really did to a person i could only assume it makes them go crazy or terrorized as if their stuck in a nightmare both of which sounded very frightening so i stopped going through her status and just sat down onto a crate.

-Sorron...do you have another story ?

I was a bit surprised for a second until i realized i had calar following me around all the time she was also still holding onto my hand,scared of letting go,the little dark elf almost felt like a little sister to me as she looked at me with her upturned eyes...she probably felt bored all day and was stuck by my side because she was even more so scared of the goblins that were walking around the camp so i nodded to her smiling as i looked through my brain for a good story.

-There once was a boy called luke skywalker

I continued telling her the story until it got dark so i could prepare dinner.