Survival Life as a Goblin Chapter 26 (Patreon)

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After the incident with Undead Primitive Demon and the Intermediate Class Darkness Spirit, the Koh Tribe has some repairs and improvements to make.

The wall needs to be fixed and strengthened, for sure. But maybe that project can be completed by starting another project?

Galluf Reed and the other Adventurers will be leaving soon, but, perhaps, the Koh Tribe will get one more gift of thanks before the humans leave?

What could it be? Will it help the Koh Tribe going forward?

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-Day 327 ~ Morning-

The sun was shining and white clouds drifted across the sky.

One would never think that an incredibly dangerous battle had just been fought in the Koh Tribe’s home the previous night.

Galluf and the four Adventurers were about to set off on their way back through the Silua Forest towards human civilization. Dale was able to walk on his own now. The combination of the Goblin medicine from Yualin, Sae, and Flen had cleared away the last remnants of infection and Tanya had been able to heal the injury with her Magic just after breakfast. Ryton and Linette were both still a little amazed by what had happened on this Quest they’d taken, but were glad that everyone had made it out alive.

“Well, that was quite the battle last night, but I’m very glad to have fought by the Koh Tribe’s side.” Galluf nodded to Koh and Ria as the Chieftain and the War Priestess saw the five humans off.

Koh nodded to the Druid with a small smile. “We were grateful to have you, Galluf Reed. The Koh Tribe will consider you friendly from now on, unless you give us a reason not to.”

Ria smiled at the Druid and handed him a bone charm that she’d made which depicted the mark of the Koh Tribe. It was simple leather with four bones framing the edges and a stylized red eye with the iris tinted silver and gold, representing Koh and Ria as the leaders of the Tribe.

Galluf was delighted by the olive branch that had been offered from the Koh Tribe. “Much appreciated, Chief Koh., Priestess Ria.” The older man gratefully accepted the charm and placed it in the inner pocket of his robe for safekeeping. “I will endeavor to visit again for more trading. Though I’ll try not to bring any danger with me next time.”

“Yes, just you is fine.” Koh nodded with a small snort of amusement.

“We’re all ready to go.” Linette smiled after checking her quiver of arrows and her bow.

Ryton let out a short laugh as he adjusted his pack on his back. “I still say no one at the Guild is going to believe this.”

“Let them, we lived it.” Dale waved off with a smile. “I can walk again after just one night thanks to their medicine. The others that’ve never seen anything like this can keep their mouths shut.”

“We all know that won’t happen.” Tanya grinned at Dale’s words. “We’ll be asked about it a dozen times in the first day or two.” She looked at her wrist where her Mana Adept Charm had been before she’d bartered it to the Koh Tribe. “I’ll have to remember to buy a new charm when we get back. I’m not used to adventuring without one anymore.”

Ryton looked between Tanya and Dale, knowing that both bartering away their charms had been the main reason that their Party had been given lodging and protection for the night and during the attack of the weird Undead Boar Monster. “I’ll buy them for you two. It’s the least I can do.”

“I’ll split the cost with you, Ryton.” Linette said with a firm tone. “We all benefited from Dale and Tanya giving up their charms. It’s only right that we pay them back.” The archer was clearly not going to allow Ryton to pay the total cost alone.

“You won’t hear me argue.” Ryton joked with Linette. The relief of not having to worry about Dale’s injury or being hunted down by the undead creature had noticeably lightened his tone.

Galluf smiled at seeing the youngsters in good spirits again. “Ah, that’s right.” He pulled out a folded parchment from his pocket and held it out to Koh. “We were on the way to see an old friend of mine that I met here in the Silua Forest when I was a much younger man. Your Tribe’s lands actually border his own small area within the forest.”

“Hm?” Koh took the parchment and used Analyze to read it, the Skill’s World Knowledge giving him the information that the words contained. ‘This Skill never ceases to be useful.’ The Hobgoblin mused and was glad that he’d made sure that his tribesmen all had it. Even at Level 1 it allowed one to ‘read’ and gain information from whatever they used it on to some degree. “A letter of introduction?”

“Yes,” Galluf nodded with a chuckle. “My old friend is quite the craftsmen, but also a hermit. There’s a chance that he’d run you off without this letter from me.” The Druid shook his head, knowing just how annoyed his old friend had gotten from people seeking him out over the many long years that he’d been a craftsman. “The least I can do for your hospitality and protection is to help you make friends with one of your neighbors.”

Ria tilted her head slightly. “I didn’t know we had anymore neighbors.”

“He lives beyond the bamboo grove that you harvest from.” Galluf had noticed many thing within the Koh Tribe were made from bamboo. “In fact, he’s the one that planted that grove decades ago.”

Koh and Ria shared a look with each other.

“Have we been stealing this whole time?” Ria questioned with a bit of worry in her voice.

“I’m sure we would’ve suffered some retaliation by now if it was a big deal, right?” Koh looked at his Mate and then turned to Galluf.

“I highly doubt he cares if you use the bamboo in the grove. As long as you didn’t take all of it, he wouldn’t have any reason to come chastise you for making use of the resource.” Galluf assured the two Hobgoblins with a wave of his hand. “Knowing him, he planted far more than he’d ever need anyway.”

“This ‘Shosai’…that’s his name, right?” Ria pointed at the name on the letter.

“Yes, he is quite renowned among certain circles of craftsmen. Enough so that he took up a hermit life to get away from those that came to constantly bother him for commissions.” Galluf said with a short nod.

“Hm, perhaps we’ll have to go meet him later, once the wall is repaired and strengthened.” Koh mused as he folded up the letter.

Galluf smiled that his offering would hopefully be of help to the Koh Tribe. “While we stop by, I’ll make sure to let old Shosai know that he’ll probably be receiving a visit from his Hobgoblin neighbors in the future.”

“Thank you, Galluf Reed.” Ria nodded to the old Druid thankfully. If the craftsmen knew that they’d eventually be visiting him, then it should go much more smoothly.

“We should probably be heading out soon.” Dale spoke up, checking the position of the sun. “You said your old friend lives a good distance away, right?”

“Quite right, Mr. Stenn, let’s be off.” Galluf nodded to the Adventurer and began to lead the way again.

Ryton, Dale, Linette, and Tanya all gave a short bow to Koh and Ria before following after Galluf. Once the Hobgoblins could no longer see the human Party, they entered their wall and had the gate shut.

“Koh Tribe!” Koh called loudly, getting all of the tribe’s attention. “We have some work to do! The wall needs to be repaired and strengthened! I have a plan, but it involves starting another project too!”

“What kind of plan?” Myr questioned from the group.

“What’s the new project?” Vawa asked over the murmuring of the other Hobgoblins.

Koh smiled at how ready to work his tribesmen were. “Well…”

-Day 328-

“One, two, lift!” Wren and Trok lifted the slab of rock from the ground and carried it out of their cave home. It wasn’t too difficult for a pair of Hobgoblins to move, but it was still a heavy stone.

They weren’t the only ones working like this.

All of the Koh Tribe was helping as Koh used his Earth Magic to slowly expand their cave home. Stone was being removed while walls were compressed and strengthened by the Earth Magic. Buttresses of both stone and wood were used to further reinforce the expanding cave against any kind of collapse.

The reason for the new renovations to their cave home were twofold, according to Koh.

Firstly, they were a growing Tribe and space for future members was going to be needed. Already a few other couples (aside from Ria and Koh) had formed among the Hobgoblins from the former Rull Tribe and the former Mak Tribe that they’d taken in. It wouldn’t be too much longer before children would most likely be a serious thought as the members of the Koh Tribe got older and grew closer to their Mates.

Secondly, they needed stone to strengthen the wall that protected their home. The hardened earth had held back most things that had attacked them since they’d taken up residence here, but it had been breached by the Undead Primitive Demon. So, to prevent any further breaches, they were going to use stone to fortify the wall even further.

This way, two different projects got done at the same time.

“Fracture, little ones, break the stone along the path I guide.” Koh murmured to the little Earth Spirits as he guided them along to perform the task that he wanted. The stone wall in front of him broke, but did so in an almost perfect square shape. Another slab had been removed from the wall as Koh tunneled deeper and wider into the massive mountain range that their cave was part of.

“One, two, lift!” Myr and Yog lifted the slab and carried it off towards the large pile of stone that was being made next to the recently repaired wall.

Ria watched on as Koh worked, making sure that her Mate didn’t over do it again. Koh had a habit of working a bit too hard when he was doing projects to make their Tribe better. “How much further are you planning to dig?”

“Hmm,” Koh looked at how much he’d already expanded so far, eyeing up just how deep and how wide the space he’d made was. “A bit deeper, I think. Not too much though.”

“You’ve almost doubled our current space, so I think that’ll be enough for the foreseeable future.” Ria giggled at her hardworking Koh. “We’re gonna need another hearth or two with this much more space to warm.”

“Yeah, probably.” Koh agreed, making a mental note to work on that after the expansion was done and the outside wall was fortified. “We’ll need to start collecting more firewood too. Maybe we can make charcoal to burn?”

“Charcoal?” Ria questioned with her golden eyes alight with her natural curiosity.

Koh grinned at Ria, always enjoying the intelligence and curiosity that she showed for new things. “You burn wood in a specific way with a dirt or clay mound and it becomes hard and blackened with no water in it. If you set that charcoal on fire, then it burns longer, hotter, and without much of any smoke.”

“Really?” Ria blinked as her sharp mind quickly figured out multiple uses and advantages over just straight firewood. “We should definitely try, if we can.”

“Put it on the list.” Koh laughed as he pointed his Shaman Staff at the rock wall again and removed another slab from the stone.

-Day 329-

“Like this, Chief?” Tay questioned as he held up one of the stone slabs on the outside of their large wall.

“Just like that.” Koh confirmed as he pointed his staff at the point that the stone touched the wall and the stone next to it. “Mingle and join, solidify and strengthen. Become one from fragments.” The Earth Spirits heeded his call and the slab melded into the stone and the earthen wall, becoming part of the immense, solid mass. “Woo~ Making some good progress now.”

Indeed, with all of the Koh Tribe working together, the expansion of their cave home had finished quickly enough. Now, they were fortifying the earthen wall with all of the excavated stone.

Already the bottom of the wall was covered in stone, strengthened further by Koh’s Earth Magic as he melded the materials together with Spirit Magic. Now they were working on the second layer and would continue until the entire outside wall was covered in stone.

“If this can be breached, I never want to meet the creature that can do it.” Ney shook her head, her hair swaying about as she brought over another stone slab with Erys’s help.

“Th-That wouldn’t really happen, would it?” Erys’s eyes widened and she looked spooked at the thought.

Ama rushed to assure Erys that it wouldn’t. “Of course not, Erys. Even the Lunar Wolf had to go over our wall before, remember? There’s no way that something even stronger than that lives around here and can just break through.”

“R-Right.” Erys shook off her worry. “If something that strong lived anywhere around here, we definitely would’ve noticed by now.”

Klang Klang Klang

“Lunch time!” Kay smacked a clay tile with a wooden rod to get everyone’s attention.

Not that most of the Hobgoblins hadn’t already been smelling lunch cooking for a while now.

“Wash up and get in line!” Trok yelled out from the cooking area. “I better not see any dirty hands grabbing for food today!”

“That was one time!” Myr yelled back at Trok. He’d been hungry after working hard and hadn’t washed up before trying to get something to eat. It wasn’t a big deal!

Laughter abounded amongst the Koh Tribe at the back and forth that followed.

-Day 332-

Koh and Ria strapped on their armor and readied their weapons and supplies.

The expanding of their cave home and the fortification of the wall had both been completed. Yesterday had been a day off to rest and recuperate for the Tribe as a whole. Now that the normal routine of the Koh Tribe’s daily life was getting back underway, the two leaders had decided to go visit their newly learned of neighbor, Shosai.

“Ready?” Koh asked Ria.

“Ready.” Ria sheathed her Flash Fang Dagger on her hip.

The two left their room within the cave and headed out together. They passed various members of their tribe and confirmed they’d be back as soon as possible. The Tribe was to keep up with their tasks as normal until then. With one last wave to their tribesmen, Ria and Koh headed off towards the bamboo grove, knowing that Shosai’s home lay somewhere not too far beyond it.

“We’ve never been this far past the bamboo grove, have we?” Ria asked as she and Koh trekked through the forest together, keeping their senses sharp in case something dangerous was lurking around.

“No, but I think some of the hunters have.” Koh recalled what information of the forest had been brought back by the various tribesmen that had gone deeper into the forest to hunt. “Shosai’s home must not be near where the prey congregate.”

To be fair, that was a smart idea. After all, where prey animals congregated and traveled, predators were sure to follow. If Shosai was a craftsmen, then it stood to reason that the man didn’t want to be interrupted in his work by having to fight off a Brown Bear or a Dire Wolf or some other manner of large predator.

Koh stopped and looked at a somewhat long stick on the ground. He picked it up and held it, getting a feel for the weight. With a shake of his head, the Shaman tossed the stick back onto the ground and continued walking.

“Not good enough?” Ria asked as they hopped over a large tree root from one of the large trees in the forest.

“Not enough spirits residing in it.” Koh shook his head. “I need to craft a new, stronger staff now that I’ve become a Hobgoblin. But we were lucky to find these materials. I can reuse most of them, but finding a better stick to use as the base of the staff is going to be difficult.”

Ria considered her Mate’s words and looked thoughtful for a bit. “Do you want to stop at the clearing that we found materials in last time?” It wouldn’t be hard to do when they were on their way back. They’d just have to make a bit of a detour.

“I suppose it couldn’t hurt.” Koh said with a soft smile for Ria.

-Later-

“You smell that?” Ria sniffed the air and then scrunched up her nose at the unfamiliar smell.

Koh inhaled deeply, and the smell carried on the breeze brought up a memory form ‘before’ again. The memory involved glowing hot metal and hammering, someone or something telling him that he had to strike with a good rhythm if he wanted to shape the hot metal properly. Then the memory faded away again.

“Blacksmithing?” Koh murmured out, blinking his eyes from the sudden memory that had rushed to the forefront of his mind.

Ria cocked her head at hearing the term. “Is Shosai a blacksmith?” They’d never actually asked what kind of craftsman the man was.

“He might be?” Koh said as he shrugged. “I guess we’ll find out.”

The two followed the source of the smell and came upon a sturdy-looking stone and wood building that was built into the mountain. Not too far away was a second, smaller building that had a chimney which poured smoke from it. The sound of metal striking metal was heard as they got closer. The only thing that separated the property from the forest was a simple wooden fence.

However, what was on that fence in intervals wasn’t simple in the slightest.

Skulls.

Bleached white by exposure to the sun and the elements.

Various beasts were represented in the macabre collection. Koh and Ria recognized the skulls of bears, wolves, lynxes, and one that made Koh blink in surprise. The large skull of what might’ve been a baboon or mandrill-like creature. The only one that he’d ever seen was the Rafikdrill that had scavenged from the Emperor Tiger. Its presence implied that Shosai, or someone else that either lived here or visited with some regularity, had gone to the far southwest of the Silua Forest and come back with this ‘trophy’ of their kill.

“They feel weird.” Rialin said as she gave the skulls on the fenceposts an odd look. “I don’t see any marks on them, like my talismans and enchantments, but they still feel off to me.”

Koh activated his Spirt Sight class skill to check and noticed that the skulls noticeably had a lack of ANY kind of Spirits around them. Even Darkness Spirits, that congregated on dead things, were completely avoiding the various skulls. “Something about them even drives the little Spirits away.” He racked his brain for a hypothesis as to why that would be, or what these skulls were.

It was Ria that spoke first though. “Is it a Ward?”

“A Ward?” Koh looked at his Mate curiously.

“It’s something that I can make a talisman for, but it’s really hard and I haven’t been successful yet. I’m not sure I’m good enough to make even a weak one right now. They’re meant to keep certain things away once you set them up properly.” Ria explained the concept as she knew it. “But there aren’t any markings on the skulls. I don’t understand how they can be a Ward without using enchantments and Magic.”

“It’s because I killed them and processed their remains in such a way that their lingering fear creates a Ward that makes other beasts avoid this area entirely.” A male voice spoke up.

Ria and Koh both shot backwards instinctively. Koh brandished his Shaman Staff at the man while Ria drew her Flash Fang Dagger and held it defensively in front of her. Both of them used Analyze on the man at the same time.

[Shou Shosai, Elder Hitogata Demon, Level 100]

[Skills: Analyze Lv. 10, Hammer Lv. 10, Fire Making Lv. 10, Mineral Identification Lv. 10, Metal Identification Lv. 10, Cooking Lv. 8, Evasion Lv. 10, Weapon Crafting Lv. 10, Armor Crafting Lv. 10, Blacksmithing Lv. 10, Demonic Craftsmanship Lv. 10, Warding Lv. 9, Fire Magic Lv. 10, Water Magic Lv. 8]

[Race Specific Ability – Malicious Aura]

[Class – Demonic Weaponsmith]

[Class Skills: Material Identification, Magic Sense, Heat Sense, Demonic Protection, Purification, Weapon Intent]

Shosai stood at just under six feet tall, had lightly tanned skin, short silver hair atop his head and a matching thin mustache and beard. He had some small wrinkles on his face, but didn’t look like he was even past middle-age. He wore a thick leather apron over grey work clothes and simple shoes on his feet.

While both Hobgoblins were Analyzing Shosai, he was doing the same to them.

[Koh, Hobgoblin, Level 4]

[Skills: Analyze Lv. 6, Weapon Crafting Lv. 6, Leatherwork Lv. 4, Fire Making Lv. 6, Martial Arts Lv. 8, Armor Crafting Lv. 6, Spellcraft Lv. 4]

[Race Specific Ability – Goblin Flame]

[Class – Shaman]

[Class Skills: Spirit Sight, Spirit Communication, Spirit Guide, Spirit Unification, Medium Crafting]

His eyes then shifted over to Ria.

[Ria, Hobgoblin, Level 4]

[Skills: Analyze Lv. 5, Fire Making Lv. 6, Leatherwork Lv. 5, Martial Arts Lv. 7, Swordsmanship Lv. 6, Bow Lv. 6, Spear Lv. 6, Shield Lv. 6, Cooking Lv. 4, Weapon Crafting Lv. 3]

[Class – War Priestess]

[Class Skills: Talisman Crafting, Battle Sense, War Dance, Weapon Enchant, Conflict Premonition]

“What reason do two Hobgoblins have for coming to my home?” Shosai questioned them both, despite knowing their names from when Galluf had come by with that Adventurer Party of youngsters a few days ago.

“Galluf told us to give this to you.” Koh slowly reached into his pocket and pulled out the letter. He carefully handed it over to the much more powerful being in front of him and Ria. ‘An Elder Demon, and Level 100! Almost all of his Skill are maxed out too!’

Ria shared a slightly worried look with Koh while Shosai read the letter.

“What a waste of parchment.” Shosai burned the letter with the smallest application of his Fire Magic. “He already told me you were coming.” The Elder Hitogata Demon nearly rolled his eyes at Galluf’s redundancy. “Well, come in. The youngster mentioned that you might have some interesting materials.” He examined Ria’s Flash Fang Dagger closely with sharp, experienced eyes. “Lunar Wolf Fang, huh? Not too bad. Definitely rough work. But even if it is primitive, it’s functional.”

Ria blinked and even Koh hadn’t seen when Shosai had taken her weapon out of her hand.

“Wh-When?” Ria stuttered out.

“How?” Koh nearly blurted the question.

Shosai grinned at the two of them, just short of snickering at the youngsters. “I just took it because it looked slightly interesting.” He handed the dagger back to Ria with the handle pointed towards her.

Ria gingerly accepted her weapon back and slowly sheathed it under Shosai’s amused gaze.

“Asami! Quench the blade or you’re going to beat it to death at this rate!” Shosai suddenly shouted at the smaller building where the sound of rhythmic metal striking metal was still heard.

“I know, grandpa! I was just finishing up!” A female voice shouted back at Shosai as the hammering stopped.

Shosai led Ria and Koh into the house that was built into the side of the mountain. He pulled off his apron and hung it up beside the door. He had them both sit on cushioned chairs with no legs. The wooden backrests supported the Hobgoblins easily though and Koh felt like he had some incredibly vague recollection of a piece of furniture similar to this from ‘before’. The Elder Hitogata Demon easily made them tea and set four cups on the table before sitting down.

Not wanting to be rude, Koh and Ria both sipped the tea.

“It’s good.” Ria blinked at the flavor of the beverage.

“Soothing almost.” Koh said as he took another sip.

A short time later and the door was heard opening and closing. The young woman that entered the sitting room a few seconds later looked like a teenager.

She had dark black hair done up in a bun on the back of her head, most likely to keep it out of the way as she worked. Her eyes, much like Shosai’s, were dark with flecks of an amber color in the iris. She had the sleeves of her work clothes rolled up, showing that her arms had good definition to them, most likely from swinging the hammer in the smithy. She had soft features, unlike Shosai, making her look cute and approachable. She was noticeably shorter than her grandfather, however, even being a bit shorter than Ria who was a few inches shorter than Koh.

[Shou Asami, Hitogata Demon, Level 25]

[Skills: Analyze Lv. 5, Hammer Lv. 4, Fire Making Lv. 9, Swordsmanship Lv. 6, Mineral Identification Lv. 5, Metal Identification Lv. 4, Cooking Lv. 5, Evasion Lv. 6, Weapon Crafting Lv. 8, Armor Crafting Lv. 8, Blacksmithing Lv. 7, Demonic Craftsmanship Lv. 3, Fire Magic Lv. 4, Water Magic Lv. 2]

[Race Specific Ability – Malicious Aura]

[Class – Magic Blacksmith]

[Class Skills: Material Identification, Magic Sense, Heat Sense]

“Hm?” Asami cocked her head to the side upon seeing the Hobgoblins. “Are these the guests that Galluf was talking about?”

“Yes,” Shosai motioned for her to sit down. “I believe they’re also the Goblins that you saw in the bamboo grove last year.”

“The names are similar.” Asami said with a nod, picking up her tea cup. “Do they have any materials that interest you, grandpa?”

Shosai sipped his tea before speaking. “The dagger I saw is primitive in make, but the material was interesting.”

“Hitogata Demon and Elder Hitogata Demon…” Ria looked between the two Smiths curiously.

Koh was also curious as to how the two ranked compared to the stages of a Goblin’s growth.

“Curious?” Asami smiled at Ria. When she got a nod from the Hobgoblin, she continued. “For the Hitogata Demons the development starts at Lesser Hitogata, then Hitogata, like me, once I hit Level 100 then I’ll grow into a High Hitogata. After that it’s Elder Hitogata like grandpa. There’s another level, but it’s basically impossible to reach.”

“Ancient Hitogata.” Shosai waved it off without a care. “Requiring an Elder Hitogata to be Level 100 for at least a hundred years, according to legend. I’m still only in the second decade.”

“Thank you for sating my curiosity.” Ria smiled and gave a short bow as best as she could from her sitting position. Koh also bowed in thanks to the two demons for their kindness in sharing information about their species.

Shosai set his teacup down and looked at Koh. “So, that youngster told me that you acquired something interesting while he was staying with you.”

“Youngster?” Koh wouldn’t call Galluf young, even if the man wasn’t exactly elderly or anything.

Asami sighed. “Grandpa calls anyone not over a century old a ‘youngster’. He’s just a stubborn old man.”

“If you’re asking about what I think you are, then yes, we have a material that you’re not likely to find ever again.” Koh smiled at Shosai. “The bones of an Undead Primitive Demon that housed an Intermediate Class Darkness Spirit.”

Shosai’s eyes lit up with interest at hearing what the Koh Tribe had in their possession. “Truly? Such a thing has never been heard of, to my knowledge.” The craftsman in the Elder Demon was showing through as he seemed to be almost giddy just hearing about the bones. “I’d be willing to make a trade for such a one-of-a-kind material.” He smirked at Koh, clearly ready to start negotiating already.

“Grandpa…” Asami pinched the bridge of her nose in exasperation. “You haven’t even told him who you are or what we do here. How would they even know what to ask for?”

Ria giggled brightly when Shosai straightened up and looked like he was almost disappointed at having to put off the negotiations for the Undead Primitive Demon’s bones. Her Koh wasn’t the only one that through himself into his work, it seemed.

“So, to start, what’s a Demonic Weaponsmith?” Koh chuckled as he asked his first question. Once he knew what, exactly, Shosai did and the weapons he produced, then he’d have a better understanding of the value of Shosai’s goods. With that knowledge then he’d be able to make the best deal that he could for the Koh Tribe.

Asami’s eyes widening before she hung her head was the only warning Koh and Ria got before Shosai began a very LONG lecture about his Class and the tradition of the Hitogata Demons that worked long and hard to earn it. Neither Hobgoblin was expecting the lesson in the slightest. The Elder Demon was clearly proud of his Class and the craft that he’d inherited from his forefathers and was now working to pass down to his granddaughter.

Asami just gave Koh a look that practically screamed: “You just HAD to get him started, didn’t you?!”

Koh shot back a silent answer of his own to the teenaged-looking Demon girl: “How was I supposed to know?!”

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The Koh Tribe completes two projects at the same time! Nice!

Planning ahead for the future growth that will undoubtedly come. They expand their home and fortify their defenses further.

Galluf gives them a bit of an introduction to an unknown neighbor of the Koh Tribe! And we finally find out who spotted the Goblins in the bamboo grove last year! I bet some of my readers forgot about that scene, huh? Heh.

Shosai and his granddaughter Asami are blacksmiths living the hermit life. Asami to learn from her grandfather, and Shosai himself just because he got tired of people constantly hassling him for commission work. Kek!

He may be a stubborn old man, but he’s passionate about his work and the long tradition behind it!

Just what would such a skilled Artisan be willing to trade for what could very well be a once-in-a-lifetime material?

Keep reading to find out!

Until I can update this again, later!