‡Chapter 3|Shaded Grounds
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Summoning all his peasant, bright light flickered out of nothing near them startling the goblins.
Being mesmerized, the goblins were shocked when they saw it suddenly whirled into a human.
Seeing this, Charizard felt relief in his mind as he uttered something.
He planned to order the peasants to battle the goblin and give him time to get away, after all those goblins had weapons.
But things weren't on his favor...
Surprised that no voice came out, Charizard look at the goblins who rushed towards the Peasant in horror.
The peasant seeing their Lord said something but because of body fear he is unable to voice it out, thought that he want them to engage with the goblins.
5 peasant battling 4 goblins with clubs in their hand and one even had a bow.
Wsszzzztt Swoosh
The sound of an arrow was heard as a peasant received the arrow by his shoulder even though he tried to dodge.
Frowning, a peasant at the back hastily grabbed a rock at his foot then he threw it at the archer stopping it from using it's bow.
A peasant saw his comrade done this as he immediately grabbed a big rock throwing it at a goblin that was pinning his comrade.
Bam!
The goblin fall on the floor screeching madly while it kept on rolling in pain as the peasant that it was pinning grabbed its wooden club smacking it.
The battle continued as the peasants either threw a rock at the archer stopping it from using it's bow or helped each other by bullying the goblin with numbers.
After a while.
4 goblin lay on the floor, dead as their head are crushed mercilessly forming a brutal scene.
The peasant either had some black eye, head wound, swelling or their hand either broke or had injury.
They smiled proudly in front of Charizard making Charizard frown deepened.
'I didn't even helped them'
He was useless, he didn't even helped the peasants with how weak he is.
He even forgot to use Safeguard since fear is a status condition.
And it had a weaken status on it.
"Sigh! I'm so impulsive and luckily I survive"
'If not then.....'
Charizard shuddered at the thought of dying at the hands of a goblin.
A prompt appeared in front of him and he started at it with excitement.
[5 available Peasant are upgradable]
He was tempted to upgrade them but he didn't did it quickly because he had to calm his profusely beating heart first.
"Safeguard"
Sshhnnn
The wind blew and green aura manifested at the surrounding 2 meter cleansing the mind of the peasant and his erratic mind.
"Now..."
"Now how do I upgrade" He asked dumbfounded.
There's no doubt he will never get used to this kind of irresponsible system.
It was soooo irresponsible.
This kind of system irritated him the most but he is still grateful that at least he had a system.
Unlike the other ungrateful protagonist that will talk rudely at it, or if they don't have a system but had God on them, Charizard is different.
He know how to be grateful.
He died, reincarnated and was given a system.
What was there to be angry for?
Even if the system is unreasonable.
He really despised the stories in his past life where the main character will talk rudely to a God 'showing how cool or cold' he was.
Do you think God never seen a cold person before? Do you think God will tolerate rude people? Maybe or maybe not.
Why call him a God when you can just rudely swear at him?
You are just a mortal you should know your place, after all that's a God, what are you in his mercy?
Charizard shook his head recalling the stupid stories in his past life.
Trying to upgrade the peasants, Charizard asked the air "Upgrade?"
Instantly an interface appeared in front of him showing the card with an image of a peasant and a ×5.
"Upgrade the 5 Peasant"
Twick
The interface disappeared and three image replaced it showing different image than before.
[Commoner] [Recruit] [Rouge]
Charizard stared at the different choices and he immediately crossed out the Commoner path.
...
The Commoner showed an image of a normal man.
If the Peasant look like a farmer, the Commoner look like a civilized man wearing a white shirt, black pants with brown shoes.
...
Recruit shows a man wearing white shirt underneath the leather armor. With leather helmet, bracers, knee/elbow guard, boots and holding a normal spear.
Note: He look like a Peasant with set of Leather outfit.
...
Rouge is a man wearing rug clothes holding a knife in his hand.
...
Note: Knife, not a dagger.
Looking at this, Charizard immediately transformed 4 Peasant into a Recruit and he hesitated a bit then he finally turn one into a Rouge.
He at least need one assassin.
At least that's what he thought seeing the 5 Peasant we're shrouded with white light.
[The system deducted 50 builder points]
Sssiiiiiiiinnnnng.
Swish.
Wind blowed wildly that forced him to close his eyes.
'Damn wind'
Opening his eyes, Charizard smiled in relief.
Chuckling he mused to himself "Now I have my own guard haha"
[Congratulations for creating 4 Recruits]
[Congratulations for creating 1 Rouge]
Saluting the 5 of them immediately greet him "Sir!"
"Haha now I felt reassured but we still need to crouch and hide, no need for unnecessary fight"
"Let's go!"
Charizard smiled seeing the 5 of them encircled him while they are crouching, he was at least expecting this.
'Sigh! Now I am reminded that this system aren't focused on my own strength but for my subordinate and nation'
...
...
An hour passed and the group managed to hid from the groups of monster and goblins in the forest as they moved forward.
Though Charizard is shocked because he saw 5 hobgoblins earlier and aside from that, they passed a forest where trees become so high and abnormal.
They didn't dare to venture inside for fear that there are dangerous monsters inside.
But he also found that he was right... when he found hundreds of Monkey like monsters hanging on the humongous trees doing their own business like eating each others fleas.
Aside from that the place is too dark and light can't pierce through at how dense the tree leaves where, adding up to the danger.
For now he named it, Shaded Grounds Area.
He liked the sound and he didn't called it shaded tree because he thought it didn't sound fit.
Next of this phenomenon there was also giant frogs occasionally jumping until....
Croak Croak Croak
Looking at the large green bulky frog in front of them, not only Charizard gulped but his bodyguard also trembled.
"Safeguard"
Afraid that the Frog might get alarmed, Charizard whispered the word and greenish mist enveloped them cleansing their fears.
Knowing what their master will order, the 4 Recruit immediately dashed forward then they abruptly stopped and pulled their spear forward piercing the giant frog.
Charizard didn't stay idle either and he instantly stance himself then he pulled his arrow with trembling hands.
Swwooooshh.
The arrow sped forward hitting the throat of the crying frog.
!!!!
BOOM!!!
Bwissssh!!!
Shockwave travelled in the area as all of them flew away in horror stumbling at the ground with bruises.
The rouge that was trying to sneak attack is unlucky.
His head turn into horrible mess of flesh and his body flew 9 meters away dead.
Charizard also was not exception and is flung away by the shockwave stumbling at the ground.
"W-What h-h-happened!?" He searched around trying to find the frog only to found a crater from where it was before.
"D-Did it jumped?"
Confused and shocked by what's happening, Charizard immediately casted a Safeguard as the Recruits all stand up with disbelief on their faces.
A recruit approached him with a conflicted look and he pointed to the place where the rouge is "M-Master look"
Turning his head, Charizard face pale as he immediately casted an safeguard recovering from the state along with his guards nearby.
"Gulp, Luckily I casted a safeguard or else I might have puke"
Charizard face contorted into frown as he tried hard to not remember the rouge while trying hard to not also see it.
He felt like he wanted to puke but he had to hold it in.
'Damn I don't know if I can still sleep normally tonight' He thought motioning the soldiers to follow him and leave.
Charizard wanted to find the frog but he dismissed the idea and continued to crawl away.
"Sigh! We need to find a suitable place quickly or elsee we might not survived here tonight"
"Yes sir!" The recruits nodded and they started to looked everywhere frantically.
"And we still need to move deeper or else the soldiers will find our base then they might thought of conquering it"
The recruits nodded as the group move much more faster than before heading deep into the forest.
While moving, Charizard stared at the sky.
"This is hard" He mumbled.
Not only he can't use the boat to circled the island because of sea monsters that will attack him at the sea or at the shore like a sahaggin, those fish like monsters standing in two legs holding spears.
That's the reason he didn't circled the island, because he is in open and there are more appearance of monsters at the shore than the forest like giant turtles, sahaggins, giant crabs and etc.
Because those monsters attacked them at the sea before coming here.
Now...
He had to venture deeper in the forest finding a decent land to start.
"What a drag, it's so troublesome, sigh"