Goblin Kingdom – Volume 3: The Age of Warlords – Chapter 158: Confrontation (1/2)

Goblin Name Cheat Sheet

The [Goblin] is to make it easier to CTRL+F

[Goblin]Gi Ga
The goblin in that estranged group that was with the protagonist when he defeated an orc. He is currently a noble class, the highest amongst the protagonist’s subordinates. He prefers to use the spear.

[Goblin] Gi Gu
The former leader of the village. He was pressured by the protagonist in his goblin noble form, and was added to his subordinates. He uses the long sword, and is relatively smart for a goblin rare. Became a goblin noble in chapter 39.

[Goblin] Gi Gi
Known as a beast warrior, a goblin with the ability to tame beasts.
He evolved while hunting spear deer with the protagonist.
He prefers to use the axe. His goblin class is rare.

[Goblin] Gi Go
A goblin with many wounds on his body. The food of his horde was stolen by the gray wolves, so he made a decision to follow the protagonist. He is the most experienced amongst the goblin rares. His weapon is a curved katana. He acts like a samurai.

Recently became a noble, and received the divine protection of the Sword God, Ra Baruza.

[Goblin] Gi Za
The druid goblin rare that recently joined them.

[Goblin] Gi Ji
A goblin rare. He evolved in chapter 37 after hunting with Gi Ga. He has the <> skill which makes him great for scouting.

[Goblin] Gi Do
Druid. Uses wind magic.

[Goblin] Gi Jii
Goblin Rare. From Gi Gu’s Faction. He is known for his <> which allows him to see his opponent’s weakness.

[Goblin] Gi Da
Goblin Rare. From Gi Ga’s faction. Notable skills are <> and <>.

[Goblin] Gi Zu.
Goblin Rare. The goblin favored by the Mad God (Zu Oru). Has the <> skill.

[Goblin] Gi Zo
Druid. Water magician.

[Goblin] Gi De
Beast tamer.

[Goblin] Aluhaliha
Leader of Paradua, one of the four goblin tribes and are known for their use of rider-beasts, which are essentially giant tigers.

[Goblin] Rashka
Leader of Gaidga, one of the four goblin tribes and are known for their valor and brutish strength.

[Goblin] Gilmi
Receiver of the title, The First Archer. He is the second in command in Ganra, one of the four tribes known for their rare ability amongst goblins to use bows.

[Goblin] Narsa
The Princess of Ganra. She is the only female goblin rare introduced so far.

[Goblin] Yellow
From Gordob tribe. He is the father of their priestess.

 

Other Characters

Humans

Reshia Fel Zeal (17 years-old)
The priestess known as the saint. As the Healing Goddess’ follower, she lives to spread the word and teach righteousness. She has the divine protection of the goddess, and can heal others.

Lili (21 years-old)
She studied the famous sword style, Zweil Style, in the capital. She has sworn fealty to Reshia. And while she may have lost to the protagonist in one hit, she has proven herself strong enough to easily defeat three normal goblins.

Mattis (26 years-old)
The second son of a farmer. He’s largely responsible for drying the meat to preserve them.

Chinos (24 years-old)
The third son of a farmer. He plows the fields and is close to Mattis.

Keifel (28 years-old)
An adventurer who took on a request to escort Reshia through the Forest of Darkness. He’s strong enough that he could easily wield a steel great sword, but the protagonist still managed to kill him.

Zeon (32 years-old)
A follower of Ativ. He specializes in fire magic. In his battle against the protagonist, he used his fire magic, but still lost. In the end, he tried to blow himself up along with the protagonist, but the protagonist’s words agitated him, causing him to lose the opportunity.

Tinra (23 years-old)
A villager. She is one of the women used by the goblins as a breeding machine that the protagonist killed.

Ashtal Do Germion (59 years-old)
The king that rules the western region of the continent in which the Forest of Darkness and the connecting borders are included. He is a powerful ruler with seven holy knights under him. He has recently ordered three of those holy knights to search for the saint.

Gowen Ranid (45 years-old)
The feudal lord that rules over the region next to the Forest of Darkness. As one of the country’s strongest powers, he is renowned as the Iron-Armed Knight. He is currently leading his soldiers in a quest to find the saint.

Gulland Rifenin (31 years-old)
A former adventurer. As one of the country’s strongest powers, he is renowned as the Storm Knight. He’d been stationed in the northern mountains, but the king called him back to send him off in a quest for the saint.

Gene Marlon (24 years-old)
As one of the country’s strongest powers, he is renowned as Lightning-Fast Knight. He was previously stationed at the south, but the king called him back to send him on a quest to search for the saint. Killing is his favorite past-time. Whether it’s a man, a demihuman or a monster, they’re all just pieces of meat to be cut down before him.

Herculean Wyatt (40 years-old)
A member of the Blood Oath of the Flying Swallow. He specializes in handling great shields. He has a gentle personality, but beware for his anger isn’t one to be taken lightly.

Mage Killer Mill (19 years-old)
A member of the Blood Oath of the Flying Swallow. She is an assassin that favors the use of talons. Renowned as the mage killer, she is a mage’s worst nightmare.

Wand of Destruction Bellan (37 years-old)
A member of the Blood Oath of the Flying Swallow. He wields a fire staff. As a former knight, he cares a great deal about honor.

Hawk-Eyed Fick (31 years-old)
An adventurer with two names. He has exceptional perception and skill. He is currently searching through the Forest of Darkness under Gulland’s lead.

The White Hand of Life (Previously translated as divine hands) (Age Unknown)
A priest robed in white. She specializes in healing and support. Her age, name, and origin are all unknown.

Vitz (25 years-old)
A talkative sword-wielding adventurer. He’s actual strength isn’t bad, but he’s still far from being deserving of a second name.

Yugil (26 years-old)
An adventurer and an unwilling shield bearer. He might appear old, but he is actually still young.

Yoshu (26 years-old)
The younger brother of the slaves Gene purchased. The collar of obedience around his neck keeps him from going against Gene’s orders. Healers are rare, so he’s been made into a shield bearer.

Shumea (28 years-old)
The older sister of the slaves Gene purchased. The collar of obedience around her neck keeps her from going against Gene’s orders. Contrast to her brother who bears a shield, she uses a spear.

Household of the Gods

The goddess.
The Goddess of the Underworld and the Goddess of Valor. As the goddess the snakes serve, she has given her blessing to the protagonist. She is a dangerous woman with her deep jealousy and fierce temperament.

Zenobia
The Goddess of Healing. She has given her blessing to Reshia. She has also warned the protagonist to protect her. The goddess might hate her, but she doesn’t feel the same way toward The goddess.

Pitch Black (Verid)
A one-eyed red-eyed snake that belongs to the Goddess of the Underworld.

Twin-Headed Snake
Known to the goblins as the Lord of Decay. He is one of the snakes that fought the world with the Goddess of the Underworld.

Others

Selena
The elven woman Gene purchased. She became a slave after running away from her tribe.

Hasu
A high kobold. She is one of the protagonist’s pets.
The protagonist managed to tame her by giving her orc corps and other meat as bait.
She is a fortuitous kobold who somehow managed to become the leader of her pack.

Cynthia
As the pup of the gray wolves, she has been given the elven name that means lady of the lake. Reshia, Lili, and other children and women are quite taken by her lovely fur.

Gastra
As the pup of the gray wolves, he has been given the name of a wise human monarch that means sovereign of the wind’s howls. His uninhibited personality leads him to battle Hasu for ranks on a daily basis.

Bui
A timid orc. Gol Gol had taken a liking for him despite his small body. After Gol Gol died, he led the orcs to the west, but the protagonist managed to capture them.

Gol Gol
The orc king that attacked the village. He is a berserker who can use skills. He was defeated by the protagonist.

 

Volume 3: Chapter 158 – Confrontation (1/2)

Inside the colonial city that watched over the mountains of the snow god was a fuming Gulland.

“Burn those barbarians!” Gulland yelled.

Not only did Gowen request for reinforcements to defend the west, the yugushiva barbarians that should have already been chased away suddenly started moving again.

Moreover, this time they weren’t challenging them to a straight-up battle and were instead attacking their patrols and merchants with small groups.

The defense of the northern colonial city was solid, and even if 1,000 or 2,000 yugushiva barbarians attacked, so long as Gulland was healthy, he would be able to deal with them.

But Gulland was only one person.

No matter how powerful he was, even he would be forced to sacrifice one side when two places are attacked at the same time.

Gulland was furious. They were incurring more and more casualties by the moment, but even if he tried and led a small platoon to chase after the barbarians, they would only turn around and run, almost as if they were mocking him.

Honestly, Gulland would rather not send reinforcements to the west now, but he owed Gowen.

“If their fighting style has changed, then that must mean they’ve started to learn,” Gulland’s adjutant said, but upon seeing him angry, even he couldn’t help but cower out of fear that he might only add oil to the flames.

In the end, it was the holy knight, Lili, who gave a calm analysis of the battle.

“…What an annoying bunch. Did they change leaders or something?” Gulland asked in the office to no one in particular.

The people gathered in the office were the leaders of the army. They knew that Gulland had only said that out loud to help himself gather his thoughts, so no one answered.

Gulland’s eyes were closed as he became thoughtful, then all of the sudden, ‘KA’! Gulland slammed his hand on the table.

“We’re sending reinforcements to the west. 500 men. I will lead them. As for the defense here… Lili, I’ll leave it to you,” Gulland said.

When the gathered people heard how big of a force Gulland was planning to take, they couldn’t help but open their eyes wide in astonishment.

“…General, if you send that many, what about our—” Gulland’s adjutant tried to argue, but when he saw Gulland click his tongue, he folded.

“That will be all. Lili, I leave it to you,” Gulland said, turning heel as he left the room.

After that, silence filled the office.

“…Lord Lili, do you have a plan?” The adjutant asked to continue the meeting.

Lili nodded. “I do, but it will take patience and endurance to execute it. Is there anyone in this fortress who can do that?”

Lili looked over the gathered generals and sighed.

The soldiers gathered in the north were mostly ruffians, and Gulland had taken most of them with him to the west.

“…I see. So that’s how it is,” Lili said.

Lili pondered on Gulland’s true intentions. Gulland had taken the greater majority of the ruffian-like soldiers.

That being the case, the soldiers left behind were mostly docile. Gulland’s preferred soldier was the rough sort that neither cared about theirs nor other people’s life.

With most of those soldiers gone, Lili was free to move as she pleased. Apparently, Gulland had intended for her to deal with the relatively docile soldiers herself.

“Can’t tell if he’s just not honest, or if this whole thing is just a coincidence,” Lili chuckled.

“There’s no other way to it! Everyone, listen up!” Lili said in a loud voice.

As Lili put on the aura of a leader, the gathered generals saw her in a new light.

◆◆◇

The main force that the Goblin King led moved in the night. They stationed some goblins in the occupied villages they came across and left Shumea and the elves to handle them.

The Goblin King and his forces would make camp in the small forests to rest during the day.

They would either eat the beasts they caught along the plains or the preserved food they’d brought with them. The food didn’t really fill their stomachs, but no one uttered a word of complaint.

After all, the Goblin King himself endured the simple diet, and the various goblin commanders would go around during break time to talk tot the soldiers.

On the third day, report of Gi Gu Verbena meeting the enemy finally came.

“Great Brother has made, contact with enemy. Loss, one normal class. We caught, the enemy,” the rare class goblin reported with some difficulty.

The Goblin King knit his brows. “How many enemies?”

“About 10. They have all, been caught,” the rare class goblin replied.

“Hmm…”

The Goblin King folded his arms and looked up to the sky as he became thoughtful, but that only lasted for a few seconds before he made his decision.

“I shall meet them,” the Goblin King said.

In response, the rare class goblin bowed and turned heel.

The duty of a messenger was to contact the king, and then return to Gi Gu Verbena’s ‘Wolf Pack’.

What the king was wondering about was whether the soldiers caught were actually a part of the official army or if they were merely adventurers.

If they were a part of the official army, their absence might alert the enemy.

If the enemy were to send a search squad to investigate, it would become difficult to execute the surprise attack.

On the other hand, if the captured ‘soldiers’ were merely adventurers, then there wasn’t much to worry about. It was doubtful that the guild or the army would bother to watch them too closely.

If there was anything to worry about it would be the number. 10 people. That was not a small number.

More people meant more connections. If those connections were to worry, they might end up alerting the enemy.

That being said, the Goblin King had no intentions of rebuking Gi Gu’s decision. If anything, the king believed that Gi Gu ought to be praised.

The army Gi Gu was leading numbered almost 500 goblins. Normally, a party of 10 people wouldn’t bother to attack an army of that size. They would normally try to run.

The fact that Gi Gu was able to capture them meant that he had either managed to hide his army well or that he made his move quick enough that they were unable to react. Whatever the reason, Gi Gu was undoubtedly a skilled commander.

“Your Majesty, it would take too long to interrogate the humans one by one,” Gi Za said unreservedly.

“I see where you’re coming from, but we need to ensure that there’s no falsehood to their words. The wrong information could very easily lead us to our deaths. This is enemy territory. We have to be careful,” the Goblin King said.

“In that case, we should send a messenger to ask Lord Gi Gu Verbena to slow down,” Gi Za suggested.

Gi Za feared that the enemy might be alerted to our presence while Gi Gu’s forces were too far from ours. A battle under such circumstances would be nothing short of disastrous.

Of course, the king had taken that into consideration already, so he explained his thoughts as well as the importance of information to Gi Za.

The current distance between Gi Gu’s wolf pack and the king’s main forces was about a whole day. As for whether that was close or far was something the inexperienced goblins did not know yet.

“Gi Gu should be able to handle the enemy even if they do meet. I don’t want to trouble him by giving him too many orders,” the Goblin King said.

“In that case, it can’t be helped…” Gi Za said.

Gi Za could not help but think less of himself as he felt how much the king trusted Gi Gu.

“Hmm… How about increasing our pace a little?” Gi Za suggested.

The Goblin King wryly smiled. “That would certainly allow us to maintain our distance, and we’ll be able to meet those captives quicker.”

Gi Za nodded, and then the king made his decision. “Very well! Send an order to the various units! We will be running at the speed of the wind!”

The Goblin King had thought up various ideas in regards to army movement.

One of those things was uniform movement. When the king said ‘Speed of the Wind’, that meant that the army needed to match the speed of the Paradua riders. It was a pace that prioritized speed; a pace at which, the normal goblins could barely catch up.

Of course, the Goblin King would have to slow down to watch the surroundings from time to time, but Gi Gu Verbena was leading the advance force for them, so there wasn’t much to worry about.

“Gi Ga,” the king called out.

“Yes, my liege,” Gi Ga replied.

Gi Ga Rax, the knight class goblin who rode on one of Paradua’s beasts, he was the king’s oldest and most loyal retainer.

“Have the imperial guards chase after the Paradua. Work with the raid groups of the centaurs and the werewolves to pick up the fallen,” the Goblin King said.

“As you command!” Gi Ga replied.

“Then have Gi Jii Yubu follow after the imperial guards, and then the Gaidga after Gi Jii.”

As the king gave his orders, the various commanders scattered.

“Trample upon the earth and tear through the winds, men! Onwards!”

At the king’s behest, the goblin coalition moved in the night like the gust of the wind.


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8 responses to “Goblin Kingdom – Volume 3: The Age of Warlords – Chapter 158: Confrontation (1/2)”

  1. Chaoton Avatar
    Chaoton

    I’m glad my constant refresh button mashing did something

    Yay! Thanks for the chapter!

  2. Belkar Avatar
    Belkar

    Thank you!

  3. Holow Avatar
    Holow

    GiGo vs Lily coming soon

    1. Drejzer Avatar
      Drejzer

      And thus, the reclaimation of the North by GiGo is at hand!

  4. azmi noor Avatar
    azmi noor

    Thank for the chapter

  5. Leobert Azurin Avatar

    Thanks for the chapters

  6. IZe Spk Sangasang Avatar
    IZe Spk Sangasang

    ha just as I predict

  7. MallinTheDamned Avatar

    Thanks for the chapter!

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