《The New World Rising : How to Build a Dungeon Kingdom》Chapter 14 - They Accepted the Trade
Advertisement
As one of the goblins I summoned spoke and introduced himself, the jaws of village goblins dropped. It was as if the goblin had a story to tell. That he in fact was not born just here in this moment, but had a life before being summoned. He had a name, a profession, and an understanding of the goblin tongue at the adult level. He, however, was unable to unearth any memories about his past. Nor did you have any interests or hobbies. It was as if he had an unrecoverable amnesia.
I thought to myself: Maybe the summoning skill creates a being rather than actually summoning a being. The monsters I had summoned so far did have their own professions and names. Regardless, they were not complete. They had no experience of life. It was as if they were manufactured in the moment I summoned them and were uploaded with the skills of their own profession and the knowledge of their names. They knew how to speak, how to move, how to eat, how to sleep, and how to work. But they still had things to learn. Most of the monsters I summoned needed to be thought to do different things. For instance, they had to see another monster mine to understand how to mine. They lacked any intrinsic knowledge besides the basic functions.
Nonetheless, by the end of the small chat and whispers ignited by the talking summoned goblin, it was as if all the goblins came into the agreement. Chief once again opened his mouth.
“Are there more goblins in your dungeon?”
“In fact, there are many.”
The forest, for once again succumbed into a short silence. The Goblin chief opened his mouth undisturbed by any voice.
“We are willing to trade.”
Now this is what I came here for.
Advertisement
“It is relieving for me to hear you say this. I came prepared for a trade, but we were unsure of what you would be willing to trade livestock and resources for.”
I directed my eyes towards Lilith to signal her to show the goblins the goods be brought with us. Lilith shook off the shock off me expanding the dungeon to the outer world and casted magic to open an dimensional storage. According to her remarks, this dimensional storage that she was able to use was a rare spell that many could not even see being used in their entire lifetime. Especially the monsters. It was not very big, but it was big enough for us to bring with us some pick axes some shovels and many shiny stones. The reason for bringing shiny stones was that I discovered many races of monsters including orcs and goblins to be amazed by them as they were dug up in our efforts to manually expand the dungeon with using labor force. According to Lilith, these stones were not particularly valuable as they were not useful and were trashed by many races. Never not durable, not able to store magic, nor were they rare. However, some monsters still had an instinctive attraction to these stones which only had the trait of being shiny on top of being normal.
Goblins’ initial amazement at Lilith’s dimensional storage, was now directed at these shiny stones. I felt proud to be able to figure out a good trade item that is of so little value to me. If the goblins decide to exchange livestock and resources for these shiny stones, we would be in a very good position.
“We are interested in trading with these items. Would you like to come and see for yourself what we have for trade?”
Advertisement
I nodded. Merely microscopically. Lilith followed suit. Soon we were following the footsteps of the goblin chief as he paved the way into the goblin village. There were young goblins, adolescent goblins, elderly goblins, women and men goblins. They were neither building a castle nor a fortress. They were just villagers. ‘Monster’, I thought to myself for the first time in the most straightforward words, is not a word fit for these folks.
The village was populated, I would say. Of course, not as populated as my dungeon, but it still had many more goblins that I had imagined. Perhaps, if I were more careful with my magic to sense blood, I would be able to get a better grasp of their population. Is it possible that my magic was unable to detect exactly how many goblins live in this village? Maybe if I keep practicing, I would be able to improve my magic skills, I think to myself.
Advertisement
Superheroes in the Modern Age of Gods and Heroes
In a world born in the far future of our own world, heroes of ancient legend were more than just myth, with heroes, demigods and those mortals beloved by the gods, rising to fight evil and villainy in all its forms, throughout history and into the present. New heroes walk in a more technologically advanced world, the ancient blood of the gods still running in their veins, but a new age is about to dawn upon this world of gods and heroes. A new age of conflict and grand epic sagas, as hundreds of thousands, millions even, of new heroes and villains, the strange offspring of the gods and mortals of another world, arrive to fight for their own interests and goals. The gods, forewarned by prophecy and hinted at by the wisest and strangest of the gods, Nexus, Guardian of Space and Lord of Secrets, acted to put plans in place to ensure the continued stability of their world, even as they prepared themselves for the inevitable changes to come. However, our story starts with a young woman and how she will find her place in the coming new age of strange heroes from another world who call themselves - Superheroes. - Author's Note: The picture for the novel's cover isn't mine, I do not own it in anyway, if the artist wants me to take it down, please let me know.
8 173My Town's Been Infiltrated By Monsters
"Another great day!" Kristoffer stretched under the rising sun and breathed in the breeze of the sea in front of him. But at his back was a town where shadows unveiled screams of horror, creepy mumbles, a strange marketplace, a syndicate that's feared even by the King, and a monster secretly acting as mayor. Follow Kristoffer and his neighbors as they discovered what it truly meant to be a resident of the peculiar town of Arkbay.
8 207Guild of Thieves
For the past five millenia the Gods have competed for the throne of One True God. Humanity was the victim of their scheming and on the brink of extinction until the first thief stole from the Gods. Even until this day his legacy lives on, the Guild of Thieves. This is the tale of the end of thievery. I am currently rewriting the chapters so you can expect two things, a boost in quality(hopefully) and a delay in chapters(unfortunately)
8 244The Gate of Wills
Crow and thousands of other gamers are drawn into a new world where more is at stake than what they can imagine. Of course, he is happily unaware of the dangers that lurk around him and is mostly just peeved over why he can't choose an avatar or log out of this new mmorpg. He is about to have a rude awakening.
8 88Promise » n.yt
"You and I's, promise." + Nakamoto YutaFt. NCT102819 - All rights reserved.
8 174Explosive Thoughts | Charles Xavier [1] ✔︎
"For the record, I like the bookworm better.""You'd be the first."[X-Men][Charles Xavier x OC][First Class - Days of Future Past]
8 89