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Chapter 133: New Soldiers

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The Hobgoblin Chief was shocked; Vlad easily guessed where his entire mercenary team came from, and he even accurately guessed they served the Silver Moon Duchy's current ruler, which should be related to the previous Duchess, one of the Emperor's wives that came with her son to kill Vlad and his mother.

They brought a whole army of barbarian orcs with them, powered by evil dark magic, and this dark magic ended up being connected to a powerful Outer Entity known as the Desecrated Shadow, who remained present within Elderbridge through his cult or whatever, his Templars or something, which were also connected to most of the criminals.

It all ended, increasing in scope after that, and then, until now. Vlad couldn't blame himself for slightly forgetting about the Silver Moon Territory; they had been rather silent since their defeat… But if there was a ruler, they were either some sort of lover of their Duchess or someone related to her by blood.

Another son was one of Vlad's thoughts, although it would be weird that he didn't come with his mother to fight for her… So it could have been a distant relative, or maybe someone that wasn't interested in battling but was close enough.

Perhaps a brother or sister…

As the Hobgoblin heard Vlad's previous words, he sighed, feeling his intimidating aura, and the even more intimidating aura of Insecta by Vlad's side, it was as clear as water they weren't going to take his words nicely if he tried to tell them to fuck off or something…

He had to be nice, very nice… And reasonable, if possible.

"We mercenaries work for money; we don't truly have any loyalty to our contractors… As long as someone else offers more money, we will not hesitate to betray our previous contractor."

And so, he decided to instantly jump the ship and imply that Vlad could simply buy his trust and loyalty as easily as possible to guarantee a chance for him and his goblin family to survive.

He was still mad at Gofumina, but seeing the monsters that came with her, he could already tell they probably forced her to bring them here.

He was even imagining that they tortured her, feeling bad for the young goblin girl.

"I see… Then we will strike a deal, double what he's offering you, plus you can live in my city; you will get free housing, weapons, armor, and three meals a day, and you will be recognized as citizens."

Vlad spoke nonchalantly, offering an incredible deal that made the Hobgoblin gasp in disbelief; the other goblins outside of his camp were all spying on the conversation, shocked too.

Citizenship, three meals a day, weapons, armor, free housing, and even double the pay?!

It simply felt like a total fantasy, a dream!

Even Gofumina gasped, her jaw almost dropping to the ground.

"R-Really?!"

Gofumina and the chief ended up screaming and asking the same question at the same time.

The goblins had never struck a better deal in their damned lives!

As wandering mercenaries, they had never had a place to actually call home before.

Because they were a band of goblins, they were also discriminated against by the bad reputation goblins had in general.

They were paid very little, and despite their great talent, they were never really recognized.

The chief and the rest of the goblins were just another mercenary group contracted for cheap to do suicidal work.

They had no other way of living, unfortunately...

However, since Gofumina joined them, who was both strong and had strong leadership abilities, their work had changed.

She was a player with strong pride, and she demanded better payment and also fought better and taught everyone how to fight even better too!

Slowly, she was helping the chief improve their family, and she grew attached to all of them more than she imagined.

Gofumina's presence improved their lives a lot, but never to this extent, though!

"Yes, really," Vlad nodded. "Now, will you accept? I don't have much time, you see, and I would prefer to go back home right now."

"Y-Yes! We accept…!" The chief nodded.

"We do! Will you pay us right now?!" Gofumina asked for upfront payment.

"I could, but you will have to come with me to my home first," explained Vlad. "I will introduce you to my mother, who usually handles these affairs. Although I suppose I could do it myself… Ah, I really need to log out."

"Oh, I see…" Gofumina guessed Vlad was either exhausted or wanted to go to the bathroom, both completely normal and acceptable reasons.

"Yeah, I'm exhausted too! I want to log out already..." Chris yawned. "Paul, you don't mind if I log out now?"

"Eh? You're going…?" Paul wondered. "Ah… well, I guess it's up to you."

"Yeah, see you tomorrow then!" Chris hugged him and kissed his cheek before quickly logging out.

He quickly noticed the plain stares of the chief and Gofumina, glaring at him with awkward eyes.

"Ahem! That was Chris… Well, Alitheus, he is my… friend." Vlad muttered.

"Friend, yeah, right…" Gofumina squinted her eyes.

BONK!

"Ouch! Hey old man, don't hit me!"

The chief hit Gofumina's head with a nice knuckle hit.

"Don't talk like that in front of the young lord, Gofumina! Act with respect!"

"Hah?! He's still a Player, he's just another dude IRL so why would I…"

"What are you even talking about? I don't get you! Just be nice to the young lord!"

"Ugh, fineeeee!"

"Hah, I suppose the unruly rat has been already tamed?" Insecta giggled, glaring at Gofumina with a mocking grin.

"Then let's go," Vlad said. "We've discovered there's a dangerous Cult, so your entire Mercenary group is moving with us. Leave the camp as it is; only bring whatever you can carry with your hands."

"V-Very well! Hey boys! We movin'! New contractor! We're getting citizenships and houses at Elderbridge!"

The Hobgoblin walked out, and the goblins heard his words; the bad news about their friends dying was quickly improved by such incredible news.

"OOOOOHHHHH!"

As the band of intrepid goblins celebrated, Vlad nodded with a faint smile.

"This could be a great addition to my Territory, goblins are good for scouting missions, gathering information, and assassinations, and also sneaky work…" He nodded internally. "And—ugh, I really need to go pee right now."