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With Camilla's help and his usage of Magic, Vlad used Float and his sister's Telekinesis to create a huge sphere of winds and invisible psychic energy. With it, he was able to rapidly move the entire goblin group, which was around 120 of them together.
It was a large amount considering they were so cheap, and each one of them had a little ability or special quirk. Although most of them weren't that strong physically, they made up for it with their great technical skills, which differentiated them from the average mercenary group.
First of all, there were a lot of great carpenters and architects that could build large camps in a day; there were also crafters, alchemists, and even machinists, capable of crafting all kinds of little weapons, poisonous bombs, potions, and even little gadgets for spying.
The rest were very agile fighters that were amazingly good at archery due to their great senses, big eyes, long noses, and also large ears, giving Goblins incredible sensorial abilities above other races. With this, their accuracy with long-range weapons was superb once trained enough.
They were experts at dagger throwing, archery, and sling shooting, and some of them were fine swordsmen, although they would rather not face a foe head-on… One of the reasons why the goblins that went with Gofumina ended up dying.
The only few that were good enough combatants that were confident in taking foes head-on were only five: the chief, a huge, muscular Hobgoblin that wielded a giant bone axe enchanted with dark runes imbued by a goblin shaman in their group that enchanted weapons with nasty effects; Gofumina, a strong player; and the Warrior Triplets, a youthful trio of Goblins born gifted with greater strength than the rest, muscular bodies, and that wielded huge weapons. They were Gofumina's faithful fans as well.
"We're here."
"Woooaaah!"
The goblins all gasped in unison as they saw the city from the skies; even the chief was flabbergasted by what Vlad and his sister were capable of, moving a group of over 120 people like nothing!
Their magic power was so immense, he quickly realized how lucky he was to have been forgiven and even offered an even better deal than before.
"Now, you will enter the city through the skies. There are many of you, so I will ask you to remain outside my house. Anybody that is caught trying to steal or doing crimes will be immediately executed by a guard," Vlad explained. "We do not tolerate criminals of any kind here."
"You heard him; if you steal and you die getting caught, it's your damn problem!" The Hobgoblin Chief said. "I will not defend thieves!"
Although goblins were well known for being thieves, this mercenary group had a certain code of honor; their chief, who they consider a father figure, didn't tolerate criminals of any kind. Those that enjoyed killing people, especially innocents, were not allowed, even less compulsory thieves and so on. And whenever he caught someone trying to do something nasty, they got an even more nasty beating before getting kicked out of his family.
Maybe if he wasn't as strict, there might be over five hundred in his group, but this was also the reason why they had survived for this long without destroying themselves by harboring selfish members that only cared about their own gains.
"Y-Yes chief!"
Gofumina nodded, walking by Vlad's side with the chief; Camilla was by her brother's side, looking rather happy about the outcome, and Emerlinda was also there, looking all nervous.
"U-Umm… I haven't come here yet, right? Vlad, is your mom going to be okay with me? I come from Fantasia and…" Emerlinda was nervous.
"Don't worry, she'll be fine with it," Vlad said. "Insecta, guard the goblins so they don't escape or something."
"Yes, master." Insecta smiled, quickly leaping out of the ground and reaching the rooftop of a nearby building. Summoning her crimson beetles, they surrounded the goblins as guards, without letting any try to sneak out.
"Was that necessary? My boys are well behaved," said the Hobgoblin. "I've handpicked the best ones; my team would be bigger if I didn't, but that's what makes them a family and not a band of criminals."
"Yes, it is necessary; I just met you," Vlad said. "Call me whatever you want; I am merely being cautious."
"Hmph… fair enough," the chief nodded, crossing his burly arms. "Woohoo, what a huge house this is! My first time ever entering one… Fancy! So this is where Vampires live… Never in my life did I think I would get to see such a place."
"Chief you're actin way too much like a country bumpkin, you're embarrassing me…" Gofumina facepalmed.
"W-What? I'm just being honest here! What's wrong?!" The chief felt shocked his daughter was calling him cringe.
"Vlad? Is that you?"
As they walked inside the house, Vlad's mother walked downstairs as she heard people inside, quickly noticing her son and her daughter and smiling happily.
And then, her cute smile changed into one of suspiciousness after seeing Emerlinda, and then bloodthirst after she saw the goblins.
"What are these guests, my son? Did you bring these criminals to be executed?" She wondered, her black nails growing long like claws.
"C-Calm down a bit! Nothing like that!" Said Vlad. "They're mercenaries I recruited, and…"
Vlad explained to his mother what had happened so far; he went into detail about Emerlinda too, the battle against the cultist, and everything else.
It sure was a big day! Full of so many events… he was really tired.
"I see… I understand better now, I suppose," she nodded. "Although you should've simply killed them instead…"
"But they're very useful," Vlad said. "I cannot let go of such talent. Also, if we use Binding Blood Vows with them, they won't betray us."
"B-Binding Blood Vows?" The chief felt a bit afraid after hearing that.
"Aaah…" Gofumina sighed. "I knew they would pull something like this!"
"Of course, did you expect us to just let you join us? You're going to vow your loyalty for life," Vlad smiled.
"Indeed… And you better do so if you don't want to lose your lives," his mother nodded.
The Chief and Gofumina quickly learned of the Vampires' two-facedness.
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