Pilo is following behind his master and his newly chosen second Jade. Oda has his first real decision and it pissed of the little gobo. To not even have. A chance to prove his worth agitates him but breathing through both nostrils he knows better than to make an issue of it. Afterall it is only by the will of the Horde Master that he is even still alive. Pilo has used the past week to setup his test.
"Master why aren't you using your ability like the others, why have this test at all?" Asks Pilo
"Well, my ability is too broad at the moment. I want gobo's like us who have been part of blood rituals or exposed to a lot of blood." says Oda.
His skill Shadowmaster's insight can also pick out special goblins however they are more like Jade or the Other leaders.
He figures since he will have a shadowmob the system is leading him to gobo's with similar talents to the other leaders. Oda wants a fighting force, with so many free Hyena, he would be a fool to not try and expand his force. The influx of gobo's has helped filter out the worst of the worst and left about twenty gobo's with the blood talent.
His test is simple, Oda is looking for gobo's who can think on their. Their weapons have simple machnical issues and his hope is that by a small battle to test how they react to adversity.
His test proves more brutal than he realised while the gobo's are not dying most are choosing to leave his banner. The eighteen strong and two weak that have stayed are most in his estimation because they are too afraid to leave.
His is Star banner is a fast moving unit Oda has Jade and Pilo accompany him to Gcina and her Emerald Peak banner. Like Palesa and her Emerald Horde those gobo make him his look like mindless drones. Actually it's Diana's Banner the Emerald Chain that are mindless drone not only are they always in groups her gobo's are looking like one another. Thou they are are all stronger the leveling methods the leaders use are leaving his goblins five levels behind on average. At the moment they all sit at Tau 'white level Four thousand.'
As part of leadership training he is exposing them on how to expand their leadership skills to include his way of level detection. Which is more intuitive and realizes less on the system. Oda has picked up that outside of mission rewards Tau doesn't rely on the system.
The walk this new camp is more long winded just like how the camp is built right at the front is the Emerald Dawn and right at the back is the Emerald Star. Since he is going to see Gcina, he is going to Peak camp which is just up behind the Emerald Star camp. Passing by The Emerald Chain is pleasant hey keep to themselves having gotten their Warpets sorted and numbers up to forty they are the main supply caravan. Every horde drops off the tooth here for later distribution.
Diana isn't in today other Oda would pass by and say hello and caught on some business. Jade pushes him on as Oda likes to stare at the upgraded carts. Jade who was formerly an engineer in her old life lost out to another goblin on the expanded. Ja had let her creativity go on and on where the other gobo only added tow hook and combined two carts to increase carry capacity. Plus after Jade had helped with the taming of all those Bager's she was a shoe for the cart design.
Oda shakes his head thinking about how much of Jade's problems are now his problems. He likes it because they have to work on them together but nowadays his mind does a lot meandering just like the path past the Emerald Horde, sweat and blood scent of this camp. The tents are symmetrically and the path it's creates are filled with little armories creating the winding paths.
He can Gcina inside her scent is distinct in that it much stronger than any other gobo's expect Tau even thou she is the weakest in pure powerful. tau would never call her weak to her face. She wiped the floor with him and Jade not three days ago when Tau was trying to explain the difference in wet and way Palesa is the strongest around to the scented annoyance of Diana who with the help of the Badgers has really uprgraded her Banner. Which causes friction with Jade because it requires Jade to take time out of reading that dam piece of paper that she won't show anyone. He knows she got it from Tau but he has. I idea what's on it and Tau said, "The best way to Love Jade is know her secret."
Oda like Palesa plans to size up. On his next gobo evolution he plans to increase his size to match her. Plus he needs it for better control over the massive Hyenas that are his Warbeasts. His rewards is the very thing he is hoping to swop with Gcina for her reward a spawning ground. Jade is almost out of Hyenas and it would really wonderful if he could breed hyenas instead of capturing them.
'Her capital tent' as Gcina like to call it is another invention of her master Trinkerer tailor Reku, her scent as always towards Oda is only a little dismissive. Oda hasn't need to arrest himself over her since last week when she tried to force his banner into a uniform. Oda for now wants only what he ordered from her and that is the dual lancers. This also set off Jade when she found out that Reku is basically doing her previous life job. In the end it was Reku who helped Jade by explaining and then teaching her.
Reku's exact words were, "Child your are the luckiest gobo ever. The token would have destroyed your natural talent since it would have forced a skill to master. While leaving behind the others. Stay a few days and learn the beginner set of each job. As an artisan your job is to raise your skill all at once so it is triple important that you have all the basic as before you start leveling." Oda remembers this because Jade's color almost went d from rage. He could understand him who no real would skill, the system limits Jade because she doesn't have the requirements to handle the tools herself yet. That is were she spends most of night time in training by the end of next she will have all the basic artisan skills she needs.
Oda is a little surprised inside is both Diana and Palesa are sitting. He knows Diana can wipe out her scent but she is dog it so well now even Palesa is affected. He looks around to make sure Tau is not behinding them. Then he sits after clasping each other leaders hand a more personal greeting just between them. They all started doing it as mob members. "Did I forget about another meeting?"
"Nope, but you must missed my recuirt I sent." Says Palesa keeping her hands to herself, Oda picked up on it like an itch. While the scents are good the body language is not so good Palesa is holding back Diana for some reason.
"Darling, now that your here early I suppose I can give these out." Gcina calls each of them darling are sweetheart or some other thing. Oda did learn thou that if Gcina calls you 'my sweet' you better run. Even Tau had to apologize thou like a lot of things it is only between the two of them. These past two weeks Oda has learnt that it is Tau and Gcina then everyone else.
"You really should have done this sooner, like really." Says Diana bringing out three steel encased magic spheres. The energy coming off them string enough to produce a vibrations in his chest. Magical power can do that like Palesa who can create pressure from her raw magical power.
"Alright babe, relax we doing it now. Anyways Tau has all working hard for those damn Martial Eagles." Says Gcina
"You can say that again Gcina, my gobo's are being used to there limits, I might have to have them evolve before reaching they reach white five thousand." Says Palesa as her banner is serving as the fodder for Tau's crazy plan.
"Well like at least he will be day soon now that, he getting his numbers," says Diana. Oda wishes she was talking about Tau but no she means him. He is set to join up tomorrow with the mad gobo's skeem. Tau since his defeat a few weeks take them back at least once a week to watch him kick his ass handed to him by the Martial Eagle. Tau has explained that even thou it is technically low level than all of them the Eagles have divine bodies like Jade and rich mana like Palesa. Thou there is only blue not red like Palesa. She is currently at red one thousand which is the third order on the mana scale.
As lower goblins as long as they pass the minimum potential for the their evolution, then can raise the mana. tau is pushing for the max which is why he is sitting at white eight thousand. Which means he is second weakest at the moment but at the same no one manages to grow mana which is much harder than pure strength. The reason they call the Martial eagle a divine body is because Jade growth path did not start in the Horde system so no one has any knowledge about how exactly divine bodies affect the gobo. However Palesa is already making strides which is how Oda knows that he can push his growth through defeating enemies and eating their flesh. Eating mana cores helps grow mana levels but mana is moody.
Oda takes out his reward three of the ten since he picks up what's happening the rewards are going to be shared which was his plan already. The three disc he has powerful are called sage discs. Their function allows one to see want the gobo, or pet infront of them needs to grow. This means that they shouldn't have any bottle necks. Oda had hoped it would also show his entire evolution path but rather like with the horde system once you make a decision it attuned itself to that and provides a physical growth solution. He explains the Sage discs as Palesa takes out her reward which she only has five of. These are leaders specific rewards just like the earrings. Her rings which are Gold with five green gems.
Gcina says, "Well yeah the spawning grounds use these totems they have a temporary mode and permanent please make sure they are in temporary mode by twisting the head of the totem." She has already lost one a couple of weeks ago. Everyone nods as they are shown how to do it properly and the eyes of the totem close and it grows horns.
Oda spends sometime discussing with other, Pilo, Reku and Seig. Diana doesn't have second or rather her ten are all her second. Reku hands out the normal Banne badges Reku is all about uniform. After that Jade goes past her master. He hands her the rewards she sits right behind him. The scents are all since she didn't properly first she approache from her leaders back so all the others leaders can see her approaching a behavior meant to show she is not dangerous. Secondly she scented greeting, Jade greeting smells like a iron shavings which is super subtle. Finally she made sure not say anything and waited until Oda passed her the goods. Reku in the back ground nodding. She is bringing her favourite behaviors, rules and practices. she is pulling the best from the stories her grandfather told her about. The horde is quickly adopting them and this makes her proud and keeps her off Oda's back who is her favourite project since Gcina, Oalesa and Diana definitely don't always listen to her. Oda does at least he will consider it before sending her out. Oda has found that she has a lot of useful stories.
Jade uses her artisan skill pulling his ring, she is working out of instinct from the mana mind. When her mana entered Mana Mind, because of her artisan skill she could learn about its manufacturing process in particular The Mana mind is a Special item. Unfortunately they are talking so Jade works it out.
The Mana Mind pushes her into a mana maze, she pushes her mana to the max. She gets a hint from the mana mind. It is a horde system specific construct made for goblin leaders. Just like the earring the only difference is that it is dormant. She removes his the earring Oda is wearing lets it go but a few pops of the Chirib notify Reku to the break in protocol. Her hands start to glow as she works he way past the maze. It is sapping her strength she pulls his new in his new ring and earring, the she pushes the Sage disc into the Mana mind. They items all meld together the mana becomes a more alive the lines in it resembling the hexagonal lines on a goblin brain. It outer steel is now five discs with a gem in the middle. Thin golden under cage helps secure the Mana Mind. She is really tired and hands to Oda.
Oda who is in the middle of negotiating numbers with the other leaders. "Now I'm saying can't we just as leaders go along and only take ten of best that way we should have enough number but also more strength. Having my entire unit out for three days is no good."
"That's a good Idea." Says Palesa
"It's like awesome actually." Says Diana
"Darlings we have to push them hard then to ready if we don't catch those damn Eagles it will start to add time to our journey right all our Warbeasts can make the journey in a night, but if we fail again it will be a whole day thing if we keep our current pace." Says Gcina
"You could---," says Palesa who is stopped by a pop of Gcina's Chirib. Gcina knows another location of the Martial Eagle but it's a home ground. Home grounds hold the strongest and numerous amounts of the creature. One of the Banners had recently exploited a rat home ground for experience.
"We know alright like at least like a chance maybe if we go crazy." Says Diana her head twisting about she is receiving a message from one of her gobo's. Since white two thousand they have had access to her network which is maintaining via her Mana mind.
"I just need an answer on the day," Oda is scent excitement, Jade has done that again where she takes a bunch of different things and makes them all be one useful item. Diana stands first moving out kissing Palesa on the cheek and Gcina on the lips. A hug for Oda and out walks the Erie Diana. Oda is next and pulls Jade moving back to his Camp.
Tau is out in the windy grassland. The blades of tall grass shading his query. Pilo is crawling next to him spear in hand. Zetu shoots her bow first. The whistle of her arrow the only to the warning to the Wild Beast. Seven horns from mouth through cheeks to forehead. Grey compounded skin covered in blue grass and mud.
Zetu's arrow is followed by a short silver spear. The arrow lands in between plates of skins. The Wild beast startled as the spear lodges itself in its side. Tau is running toward it from the opposite direction. Tau slices at the Wild beast his sword diving deep into its rib cage.
A loud guttural sound is real eased as Tau's blade enters. The Wild beast shakes having to alter direction from Impi to Tau. Impi uses grabs at his spear the spear tip bloody. The Wild beast swings its horned head at Tau. A short dodge. Impi stabs twice before moving back. Several arrows whoosh past Impi on either side. Hitting the Wild Beast in the neck.
The Wild Beast lunges and stomps. Kicking in every direction. It doesn't know what to do. Another round of arrows hit the Wild Beast. As the two gobo let it stomp itself out. Impi is smiling as it settles to caught its breath. Impi takes a few steps forward and hurls his spear into the Wild Beast's. The spear lodges itself into the hind leg the Wild Beast. Tau drops his sword into its other leg. Slicing down opening a large wound. It's blood leaks out.
The Wild Beast horns glow red. It's body glowing red. A trickle of light expanding from its head. The Wild Beast runs into Pilo. It's feet ran twice as fast as normal. Zetu echos its movements creating even more distance between them. Her bow glows green.
[Triple Shot]
The arrows all move at once. Finding home inside the Wild Beast. Impi rolls around after being hit by its horn attack. The middle horn on the Wild Beast forehead has gone into Impi's side. Impi still dodging the stomping rampage that follows the Horn Dash. The arrows landed right as Tau swings again. This time his sword glows blue.[Slash] The Wild Beast staggers Tau guts the Wild Beast. Opening up its whole side. The Wild Beast tries to a final skill as it collapses at Impi's feet.
"I almost boss, the way it flashes makes it hard to counter." Says Impi as Tau helps him up to his knees. He pulls the his silver spear when Tau yanks him again this time to his feet.
"That's the a third one already. I told you what to look out for." Says Tau as they both glue.[Healing Touch]. Impi's wound closes a small scent of fresh meat as the skin grows over the wound.
Zetu brings several gobo's with her. They ar part of Emerald she tells them to process this new Wild Beast. As members of the Emerald Dawn they are allowed to eat the meat and the blood. The core is is handed to her. She starts to cut it into smaller pieces. Bite sized nuggets that she hands to Tau and Impi.
"The last bit of core is burning in me, how much more of this do we have to do." Says Impi wiping the sweat from his neck. Eyeing the small piece of burning core.
"The burn is confirmation it is working. As my second you must endure all." Says Tau. Every week being defeated by the Martial Eagle has left Tau stumped. He is not doing any of the daily quests or any quests at this moment. The state of his Horde is paramount in his mind. The past weeks has had him make several changes in what they eat. His ability is helping the Emerald by allowing his main force including the Leaders and their seconds to have a constant supply of at least blue ranked monster core. The meat eating of monsters improves the body, monster cores the mana. He has learned that this world has its own rules on top of the various systems that they all have.
Gcina has one scout The rat boss that was fought had a red monster core and they used that grow one Hippogryph. While the Hippogryph matured it is much weaker than a real fully grown Hippogryph. That is also why they only did it once. Gcina is also investigating different growth methods so far. Her second world experience is the only that allows them to grow without leveling.
Tau wants to have the overall base strength of his horde to be much higher. The flying scout has found that they are being trailed by a pack of gobo riding towards the horde...