* Sorry made a little mistake.🙄 I released this chapter last week even though another should come before that. So I fixed it and uploaded a chapter before this one. But I will release another chapter in the evening so the story can proceed a bit. 😊
Rosch was a bit hungover, but still walked to the middle of the village. He arrived at the plaza and here are most of the Goblins that aren't in a family, but now it looks deserted. Almost all were recruited for the war. Sometimes you saw some beings dashing around, but it was almost deadly silent.
Rosch went to the podium, where Randan often had his speeches. He walked passed it to a small cave made out of broken pieces of the old ruins. Rosch stood outside the cave, looking into the dark hole.
"Someone in there?", Rosch suddenly asked, but he was met with silence. Rosch asked again and again, but after the third time he got annoyed and wanted to walk in.
"Don't come closer or I will beat you to death.", a voice sounded out of the small cave. It was a deep and raspy voice, as if a big old monster was housing inside the cave.
Rosch was surprised for a second, but didn't really care.
" You didn't answer so I thought that nobody lived in here. Why didn't you say something? I just want to talk.", Rosch said calmly, as if he doesn't have any worries in this world.
The being inside the cave sighed.
" You just want to recruit me for the war, just like everyone else. Before, nobody came and now everyone wants soldiers. Why should I join and become a shield for a family head? They only care about themselves anyway. ", The voice said annoyed still hiding inside the cave.
" I wanted to scout you before the winter, but so many things came up. I got almost eaten by a demon and was held inside a bed for two months. I couldn't come sooner and I always fight at the front with my soldiers. I am not someone weak, who is scared of battles. ", Rosch said trying to justify his excuses.
" HAHAHAHA, you are that little new being that just recently became a family head right? You know that fight against Sleif that you had in the tournament. I would have beaten you, maybe even killed you with the first strike.", The voice suddenly said amused.
Rosch was shocked. He heard that the being was thrown out of his family and does not want to be in contact with anyone anymore. But he still seemed to be informed a bit about the village.
" Ohhhh, you know that everyone can brag, but backing up what someone said is the hard thing. How about I best you in a mano a mano and, if I win you join my family. ", Rosch said looking forward to a good fight.
" If you had said that to me last year, I would have jumped into the fight with so much enthusiasm, but that isn't important to me anymore. I just want to live hear in peace, without getting annoyed. So just go and leave me alone.", The voice said being a bit dejected. He truly is weird, surprising Rosch. His race, that he is mixed with, loves to fight. Rosch truly believed he had to just beat him.
Rosch looked confused for a second.
" But you must have something you want right? ", Rosch blurted out without thinking. He didn't really tought that he would get an answer. But to his surprise he got one.
" My female. If you could bring her to me. I would even be willing to be your slave.", The voice said sadly. Rosch now was completely flabbergasted. They really weren't known for having affection either. He was truly a weird one. No fighting and having feelings for others was truly remarkable.
Rosch went away. He had another meeting and this one would be an annoying one. He could feel it, but before that, Rosch went to Gub to ask him about the female that the being inside the cave wants.
Gub was fast, as he heard his family head waited for him.
Rosch didn't wait long. Gub told him what exactly happened, shocking Rosch.
The being inside the cave was from the Ogar mixed family and the cousin of Sleif. He was bigger and stronger and the number one contender for the new family head. He just had one weakness and that was his female. He really liked her, which was weird for an Ogar mix. Nobody would believe that, but since Sleif had a good friend namely Gundar, who searched for a weakness that the cousin of Sleif may have got and he finally found one. The Ogar mix dotted strongly on his female. Even so strong that she wasn't touched by others, which was weird for Ogars. They loved three things. Sex, fighting and eating, while females weren't given to one. They belonged to everyone of the tribe.
Those two kidnapped her and when the Ogar family wanted to decide, which of the young Ogar mixes would go into the competition, a rumor spread that Sleif had beaten his cousin to a bloody mess even though he was the favorite to win the tournament. And even more that the fight was one-sided, with Sleif's cousin even resigning to be a contender for the next family head.
Sleif's cousin went to the homeless area and was never seen since then, which brought disappointment to many Ogar mixes. To lose is one thing, but to get scared and never appear in front of them is an entirely different thing. Nobody cared that Sleif used dirty tricks, because they couldn't even think that a Ogar mixed would fall in love.
Rosch understood what happened and wanted the Ogar mix as his subordinate even more.
Rosch told Gub that he did a good job and can go back to work again. He had to dig out trees with the others.
Rosch pondered about, how he should approach this situation, as he walked to Randan's cave. He saw different mixed Goblins in front of the cave, which were guards of the different family heads.
They saw the young chiefling and didn't show any respect. Only the human and dwarf mixes, who were partners in some way or another showed some respect with a nod.
Rosch went inside and was right in the main hall, as a beautiful cat-beast-tribe female showed him the way. She brought him further into the back. Rosch, who just followed looked at the female and saw that she was treated badly.
"It won't be easy to change this place.", Rosch mumbled to himself.
They finally arrived before a door far in the back. Rosch went passed the cat-female, gave her a smile and thanked her with a nod. She was perplexed for a second, not believing that she would be treated like an equal. Such a small gesture already meant so much to her.
But Rosch didn't know that, he only had his eyes in the front. Where he would have to fight another kind of battle.
"Son, you are finally present. Sit down. That must be your first family head meeting. We came together to talk about the village, but mostly about the war. Normally we do this meeting in the summer.", Randan said calmly, while showing him to the only empty seat left.
It was a big round table with eight chairs around it. Randan had the most luxurious seat of all. With some jewelry, while the rest only had some carvings on them with their family symbol. Normally they would have the carving of a Goblin and the being they are mixed together with confronting each other, while Rosch was the only one who had the moon shining down on this mountain.
At first Randan was furious. Rosch's symbol could mean that he wanted to become chief, but as he thought about it longer, he knew that he had time now to make his son more Goblin like. Even more, if Rosch truly wanted to stay and become chief, he could make him his strongest and most ruthless Leader. To make him more brutal and not as open to other races as he is now. That was Randan's new goal.
Rosch took a seat and looked around. He saw Norbert on his right and the dwarf mixed family head on his left. Directly across the table was Roschar's father. Besides him on the right was the Ogar mixed family head and the Orc mixed family head was on his left. Besides the Ogar mixed was Gargaschar, the head of the Goblin family and besides Norbert was a middle aged being. He was of the beast-tribes mixed family. He had long dark golden hair with a bit of green in it and lion ears looking out of the hair. He had big muscles and huge canines almost as big as the ones from the Ogar mixed family head. His eyes were golden colored with some red in it. But his skin was the palest of them all. He still had some light green in it, but just like Schajana, who has much more elven blood in her, he must have gotten more of the beast tribes bloodline in him.
Randan told Rosch the names of all the family heads. The Orc was Torkel, the Ogar was Slither, the dwarf was named Bog and the lion beastman was called Leonard. Everyone seemed relaxed and didn't care about the war, only Gargaschar gave Rosch some threatening glances. Killing was normal in a Goblin community. They fought often against others or their own subordinates, which shows in their demeanor of not caring at all. Even anticipating a good fight.
Randan looked around and finally started the meeting.