"Finally! It's all worth the trouble! I got blessed by Goddess Fortuna herself, and then I got more titles!" Ioki exclaimed.
The chats replied to each other, asking about the situation of the Gods and their existence in this world.
"Isn't it hard to get the blessings of God?" 6_ix9_ine typed.
"You need to go through their trials just to get a chance for their blessings. Ioki here is a special case..." Absusbsj typed.
"Well... While the others are struggling to distribute their stats, he just put everything on Luck and landed on another secret title. If he could pull his ass to mid-game with his stats, it would be something else." KumaKuma typed.
"You guys do whatever you guys want. Let me do mine, okay?" Ioki replied, "It's not like I am telling you how to play the game... Please just let me enjoy this game, okay?"
Ioki then slowly walked to the Goblins and commanded them to get in line.
"Okay, enough resting everyone! It's time for us to start the training," Ioki shouted at the Goblins.
While the Goblins were slowly getting in line, the wolf walked to Ioki's side, rubbing its body to his clothing.
"Seems like you will be staying with me now, huh?" Ioki asked the wolf.
Ioki crouched and rubbed the wolf's belly while trying to look at its crotch.
"Ah, so you are a male! Just like me! Then, I'll name you Mr. Kross because of the unique pattern on your head."
"Maximum Affinity reached with Gray Wolf (Mr. Kross)
Mr. Kross wants to be your pet, accept?"
A blue window popped up while Mr. Kross jumped excitedly and turned around, chasing his own tail.
Ioki pressed the yes button without any second thoughts.
"Mr. Kross has become your pet!"
§ Mr. Kross
§ Lvl: 15 | Gray Wolf
§ Str: 13
§ Dex: 17
§ Con: 14
§ Int: 10
§ Wis: 3
§ Cha: 7
"Wh---what about us, Chief?" A Goblin asked.
"You guys are a special case! You will need to prove your worth as the former Ragthar's tribe. You need to prove your strength first. If you guys have become strong, then we will journey through this land side by side," Ioki explained.
As Ioki said that, the Goblins were chattering with themselves.
"We need to prove our strength before we walk the same path as the Chief!"
"Even if the gate of Valhalla opened in front of me, I would go through it for Chief's sake!"
Hearing all of this only made Ioki chuckle and blush because these Goblins were actually looking up to Ioki.
As Ioki raised his hand, asking for their attention, the Goblins stopped chattering.
Ioki then led them wandering through the forest.
He commanded them to kill every mob they encountered while maintaining the line.
A few hours passed before they took a rest. Seeing how dark the skies were, it's assumable it already reached around 00:01 AM in-game time.
Seeing how the Goblin recovers from the fatigue, Ioki distributed some of the loot they got from the mobs they've defeated.
He even gave them Potions that dropped as a loot to drink immediately.
"Something is missing... Hey, is there anyone that is still watching the LIVE?" Ioki asked while looking at the sphere.
They replied in the chats.
"Big Sis never left you, dear Ioki! Big sis stopped hunting just for you these past hours o((*^▽^*))o" Ms. Maria replied.
"Woah! Thank you very much, big sis! You are the best! Thank you for paying more attention to me even though I haven't been doing much!" Ioki replied with a cheerful tone while smiling at the sphere.
"Oh no! ⊙﹏⊙ this is too much!" Ms. Maria typed.
"As much as I hate to admit it, I also enjoyed watching your LIVE." DarkFlame typed.
"Lots of players have stopped playing and simply watched your LIVE. What's wrong, Ioki?" KumaKuma typed.
"I have 60 golds; I don't know much about the currencies of this world yet. But, I'm willing to give 50 to the people who would become the sparring partners of my Battalion. The rule is simple: you don't kill any of the Goblin." Ioki said in a serious tone.
"That is a lot of money! Where did you get that?" Fisxh!! Typed.
"After watching his LIVE, and that is the first thing you would ask?" SacamTuNa typed.
Slowly, the chats picked up the pace, and the chat bubbles topped each other one by one as the window scrolled down rapidly.
All the viewers started signing up as sparring partners because of the reward Ioki advertised. They thought it would be easy money.
Little did they know it would be a massacre...
"Pick big sis, Ioki! Big sis will come to meet you with big sis party!" Ms. Maria typed.
"Sure! Please come to the forest near Ruina! Ioki will be waiting for big sis Maria~" Ioki replied smugly.
Not long after, a few adventurers came. A party of 4 consisted of a female Warrior, a Male Priest, a Female Mage, and a Male Archer.
"Which one of you is big sis?" Ioki asked the approaching party.
"Actually, we were simply at Ruina; by the time we watched your LIVE, we wanted to test our strength!" The Warrior replied.
"Have it your way. You know the rule, right? Although, I've promised the re---" Before Ioki finished his sentence, the Archer cut him.
"We wanted to test our strength! We don't need the rewards, Ioki. By the time we've heard you fought with The Warden in Hell, it means you actually managed to fight against the wave of monsters on the bridge... We can't even proceed with an intermediate dungeon because we have hard times..." The Archer replied.
Ioki smiled, "Fortune Squad, ready your weapons!"
Everyone went silent; the Goblins were staring at each other.
The party seems baffled.
Ioki's face slowly turned red; he blushed and covered his face in shame because no one responded to his command.
"That is you guys!" Ioki pointed at the Goblin Battalion.
"Fortune Squad?"
"Fortune Squad!"
"FORTUNE SQUAD!"
The Goblins shouted their new group name in unison.
Their voice shocked The challenging party; of course, only Ioki understood the Goblins by now. Still, hearing them shout in unison after Ioki commanded them made them shocked.
"Once again! Fortune Squad, ready your weapons!" Ioki commanded the Goblin Battalion.
The Goblins banged their weapons and organized their ranks neatly.
Seeing this happen, the party of 4 got into their position even though they were shocked by the sight of it.
The Warrior assumed her position in front; with her bastard sword, she took the lead. Followed by the Priest from behind with a buckler and a mace in his hand close to the Mage. While the Archer stands a bit far from them.
"Attack them, but do not kill them! This is a training for you guys! Onward!" Ioki commanded.
The Goblins slowly moved to the party.
Not long after, the Warrior rushed in with her bastard sword. She took a large swing, "Take this!"
"The one with shields, block her by lining up and taking the blow simultaneously!" Ioki commanded.
The Goblins did precisely as he said and even counterattacked when her sword and their shields clashed.
"Good! Watch your back as the Archer has been slowly making his move to your side! The others break off from the formation and trap the Priest and the Mage!" Ioki shouted.
After hearing the boy issued a perfect command to the Goblins, the party panicked and had their attention wavered.
The Archer clumsily stepped on his wrong foot and tripped, while the Warrior turned her back on the enemies in front of her and tried to retreat to protect the Priest and Mage.
"Got you!" Ioki exclaimed, "Golden opportunity has been created! Attack the Archer and the Warrior, for they have shamed themselves on the battlefield!"
The Goblins stop advancing to the party backline and focus on the 2 Players that just made a mistake, a grave one...
A bash from the Goblin shield made the Warrior fall down to the ground; without wasting a chance, they grouped on her and managed to incapacitate her.
A spear was thrown right into the foot of the fallen Archer. Without even having the time to react to it, the Goblins incapacitate him as well.
"We give up!" The Priest shouted.
After hearing the party has surrendered, Ioki shouted, "Our first victory! Long live the Fortune Squad!"
The Goblin Battalion shouted in unison, "LONG LIVE THE FORTUNE SQUAD!"
While the Goblins started chanting, the party began to heal and recover themselves by using the Priest heals and some Potions.
Ioki approached them, "Are you alright?"
"Yes, don't mind us... Fighting in a dungeon with a group of 5 monsters against you itself is already scary... But fighting an organized group of monsters itself is on another level..." The Warrior replied while tending to her wounds.
"It's because you are a mess... How is the Warrior responsible as the frontline, breaking off from the formation and leaving the Priest and Mage to fend them off for themselves... Even the Archer himself is something else... Why would you approach a group of monsters as a ranged class?" Ioki rambled to the party.
The party was looking down because Ioki was telling them the truth.
If they want to grow, then they need to work better together than the current one.
While Ioki was giving suggestions and such, suddenly, a party of three dropped from the sky.
A woman with a revealing outfit, long purple hair, and her body covered in chains. She stared at the Goblins and the people around them and gave them a wave.
Another one with a big pointy hat and a massive wizard robe covering her body.
She pulled her hat.
Revealing a girl with a bob cut and big round glasses.
The last one, her upper body is covered with fundoshi layered with red kimono on top. Her hair is blonde, tied to the back with a petal of flowers acting as the band.
The woman in a revealing outfit suddenly pulled her chains, they moved like snakes... As if dancing with each minor finger movement she made.
Chills could be felt when the one in the wizard robe pulled her staff from her inventory. An icy staff with visible mist and ice shards coming from it indicates the temperature change near the staff.
While the blonde woman pulled out a wooden sword as she smiled at Ioki.