Chapter 19 - Upgrades

"Thank you mister. That'll be 300 gold."

The slaver then casted a skill that I don't know but a mark appeared in each of them then suddenly faded.

I handed him the gold. I only have 1100 gold left in my pocket.

"Hi there. I'm Zieglind Reysh." I reached out my hand to the three. According to the slaver they're battlers. The Elf woman is a swordsman, the male was a support mage and this beastwoman was a berserker that transforms.

"Ah they're not still ready to talk huh?"

"Hey you goddamn slaves talk to him!" The slaver raised his hand but I stopped him at the right moment.

The three flinched at when he raised his hand. So they've been really physically abused here.

"Hey, hey, hey they're not yours anymore. Don't hurt them."

"Ah. Yes. My apologies. Tsk."

The three looked at each other and started to speak. "Hello... Master..." they said in unison.

Maybe they spoke because they were scared.

"Ah hello there. What's your name?"

"We don't have a name... Master." The beastwoman replied.

"Hmm... Okay I'll give you a name. For you Elf..."

I thought hard about it and since they're stronger than me and will benefit me in the future, I guess I'll give them my last name.

"How about, Precia Reysh? Do you like it?"

"Yes master. I appreciate bestowing name upon us."

"Ah. Don't call me master. Feels weird. Just call me Zieg or Zieglind. And for you boy, Zeta Reysh."

"Thank you sir Zieg." Zeta happily replied."

"And for you beastwoman, Greta Reysh."

"I appreciate it." Greta exclaimed.

"Hey beastwoman show respect!" The slaver suddenly butt in.

"Hey. I told you. They're not yours anymore."

"My apologies." The slaver retreated.

I saw those three flinch again. I feel so bad for them.

"I bestow to you three my last name. I hope we'll get along."

They are still hesitant to talk to me. I guess I need to open them up more.

I escorted them outside of the black market and went into Ruz and Ruf's respective shops again.

I bought a custom made armor for them which cost me a little bit more.

For Zeta, I ordered for a custom staff for supports. Since Greta transforms I ask her what her preferred weapon was and she said claws so I ordered one set of claws.

"Hmm... Then that'll be all. I won't order something for you for now Precia. I have something perfect for you."

The three nodded.

I went back to the construction of my village and we already finished a single house.

"Get back Sir Zieglind, we'll take care of this."

The three quickly moved in front of me when they saw the goblins working.

They're loyal enough to die for my sake when they don't even have any weapons.

"Don't worry about it. This is my village."

"Huh? This is your village?" Greta asked.

"Yep. Hey Ortov!"

Ortov stopped at what he was doing and looked at my way. I waved my hand and he walked towards me.

"Hi there lord. Are those...?"

"Ah don't attack. They're a friend. Anyway, nice job on finishing that house. And I see that you've laid some blueprints all around. Why is that particular house bigger than the blueprints?"

The three looked at my way. I'm guessing I said something wrong that I don't know.

"Ah yes lord. That's your house. Forgive us but this is the best we could do for now. I wish we had better materials."

"Don't worry about it. I appreciate it. Call back Grien's group and tell them to continue tomorrow. Can you add some extra beds on my house? Enough for 5 people and after that, focus on building some houses for everyone here. And also, here's some food. Distribute it to everyone. And can any of you cook?"

"Thank you so much lord. And yes, all the Goblin Craftsmen can cook."

"Never ceases to amaze me. Go on take a break everyone. And eat for now."

I saw Rize walking at the distance and coming towards me.

"Hey Zieg. Who are these?"

"Ah. The Elf is Precia."

"Hello."

"This mage is Zeta."

"Greetings."

"And this beastwoman is Greta."

She did a silent bow.

"And everyone, this is Rize. Welcome to the family."

"Family? Did you give them your last name too?" Rize asked.

"Yep. You are all one of the Reysh family. Now let's eat."

The feast was fun. Ortov and his craftsmen cooked a lot and there were cheers everywhere from the goblins. The three was awkwardly sitting in the corner.

"Hey. What are you doing? Let's eat."

They began munching on the food whatever we gave them. They smiled for a bit so that's a progress. I guess they weren't given that much food back in the market.

After the feast was done, the goblins slept outside and tomorrow they'll continue to build houses for them. Me, Rize, Greta, Zeta and Precia went inside to the house the goblins built for us. They were quick enough to build extra beds for us.

We all went to sleep and morning came.

I asked the goblins to build a large bucket with straps. They easily made it in a minute. I summoned Gaia and gave him the Axe I bought and I made him wear the large bucket. I ordered him to cut some trees in the vicinity and drop off the wood near our village. He immediately went ahead and swung his axe and one swing took down three trees. Grien thanked me so that their gathering process is now easier.

Rize, Greta, Zeta, Precia and me, in other words, the Reysh Family, we went back to Itz to claim the weapons and armor.

We claimed the armor first.

Greta's armor changes when she transforms as Ruf said. I still haven't seen her transform but its okay.

Zeta's armor was a robe imbued with magic. It was a color green robe and a pointy hat.

Precia's armor was a full set of red armor. Its like her eyes as I noticed.

Finally, I claimed Gaia's armor. It was seriously huge. Its body armor was taller than me.

We then went to Ruz's shop and saw the weapons ready.

The claws for Greta retracts so that she could keep it on whenever she wanted.

Zeta's staff was tall as him. But it can shrink and be turned into a staff. Ruz says that it buffs support skills.

And finally, I gave the Katana the king gave me.

"Isn't this...?" Precia's eyes was locked on to the weapon I intend to give her.

"Oh my? Is that my work?" Ruz noticed it.

"Yep. I want to give it to her. This is the Katana of the Itz kingdom forged by Ruz."

"Thank you very much." Precia hesitantly took it out of my hands. "But why would you give all these to us? I mean we could revolt against you if we all had this power. Or are you doing this so that you'll give us hope to escape then kill us?"

"Okay that escalated quickly. But no. This is my proof of allegiance to you not as slaves but as allies."

I casted the skill Sympathetic Enslavement to overwrite that slaver's magic on them.

"Its gone?" The three of them noticed all of their marks vanish on their skin.

All three of them looked at each other and kneeled in front of me.

"We'll not forget this debt master. We'll vow our lives to you." The three of them said in unison.

"I told you just call me Zieg or Zieglind. Besides, I need all the help I can get. Let's go back to the village now. And thanks Ruz for everything."

We bid our farewells to Ruz and we all head back to our village.

I then saw all of my goblins fighting some humans.

"Crap... Raiders already? Reysh Family, defend the village at all costs!"