Johanna knew that the simplest way to increase her power was to fuck a stronger monster, but she also knew that there could be monsters that weren't interested in fucking her, and if she ever came into a situation where the opposite wasn't influenced by her charms, she would die if the enemy was more powerful than her, so as a temporary method to control any being, not only the ones she had fucked until this point, she wanted to earn charm and illusion powers.
She knew that there were probably better ways to acquire strength faster, but she also liked the idea of being able to play with your enemies without even having to touch them. But Johanna had other problems for now since she was strong enough for at least some time in this place, but once her sons became a bit too ambitious, she would still have to protect and support them unconditionally, and this wasn't possible if she didn't increase her powers substantially.
Noah and Ethan greeted Johanna once they were done with their work and wanted to discuss where they would get all the mining equipment from since expanding the base of operations was their main priority for now. They all had thought up some ideas, like raiding a mine that was near enough or buying them off of some blacksmiths in nearby towns who were left unraided.
They decided on a mix of multiple things after getting Aiko to the strategy meeting to discuss everything. They planned the smaller details together and formed the plan that Aiko and Johanna would go to the village while Ethan and Noah would look through multiple abandoned mines in the area, looking for tools left behind, but if they found nothing, they would attack a nearby iron mine to get the mining tools and maybe even some male slave workers.
After the meeting, Johanna went down in the cave to ask if Amanda was willing to join them on their journey to the village. Even though she hadn't gotten enough time to think it all over, Johanna didn't want to wait for her tomorrow when the operation starts.
"Hello Amanda, I know that this is quite sudden, but I have a task for you. Now I know that I haven't given you enough time to think, but..."
"I will do it."
Johanna looked at her with a surprised face, since she didn't expect her to change her mind in mere hours. It was a welcome change of mind, but she was still curious about why.
"Why did you change your mind so suddenly?"
"Well, you know, if my husband is still alive, he would never find me here in this cave, and he wouldn't want me to lose my virginity to a goblin, so I have to keep myself safe, but that is under the conclusion that if I serve you, I wouldn't have to breed with goblins."
"You don't have to anymore, but let me tell you about the task tomorrow."
Johanna explained what they would do tomorrow in detail, or at least what the goblin army would do since their task is to just go on a shopping trip through the city after the goblins raided the iron mine. There was still the problem that they didn't have any money, but for that reason, she wanted to explain a bit of civilization to her goblins tomorrow and how they could help out their village.
But before that, Aiko and Johanna had to coordinate the wolfs and the goblins to act like mounts and riders. There were multiple problems, like the wolfs being too arrogant to let themselves be ridden by goblins or the goblins fearing to even approach the wolfs even though they were soldiers in the army. However, after Johanna ordered the alpha wolf to teach the wolves humility and Aiko instructed her soldiers not to fear their own mounts, everything worked out fine.
It was quite a hassle to teach the goblins how to ride since some of them weren't even able to mount them without assistance, and Ethan and Noah, who joined them after doing their own thing, gave up on using cavalry in the battle tomorrow since cavalry wouldn't be very useful in a cave anyway.
Aiko and Johanna still didn't want to stop training them because Johanna had to struggle quite a bit with all of the wolves, and Aiko didn't want to disappoint anybody.
After a few more hours, some talented goblins were even able to ride on their wolves while they were running at a slow pace. But Johanna and Aiko had to admit that one day was way too little time to train a useful cavalry, and since they didn't want to strain their soldiers any longer, they decided to rest for the rest of the day.
In the evening, everybody went to bed quite early, considering they needed to depart early in the morning if they wanted to be back by tomorrow. Johanna, Noah and Ethan had a little fun during the night but went to sleep early too.