Chapter 67

“ I see. ”

If it was Hayeon, whose desire to live was unmatched, to say that, then it was true. I began to slowly reminisce on the Hobgoblin’s face in my mind. I could definitely sense a familiar feeling to what I had seen from Hayeon at the time.

‘ The desire to live ’

To survive on this continent, it was a sure weapon. I personally thought that it was more important than the desire to fight and other useless greeds. However, soon, I stopped thinking about him.

Just because one has a desire to live doesn’t mean that one he can survive. Without action and determination, the weapon Hakajin wields could be his greatest weakness. Since our tribe was in such a desperate situation that almost anyone would be allowed to join, but I wanted to give them some time.

“ Mev, let’s go to the next one. ”

“ Okay. ”

“ What’s next? ”

“ It is a tribe consisting almost entirely of females. Their numbers are larger than the guys we just saw. ”

As such, we began to walk towards a different direction. As if the tribe that had marched so defiantly at the start was disappointed by Hakajin and his group, it seemed as if the energy in the group had died down a bit. I thought that it for the best. Since it could give off a much denser and serious atmosphere compared to our appearances from before.

After riding Ibar for quite some time, a village entered my sight. Maybe due to the fact that this village consisted of nearly all women, it was much tidier than what we saw previously.

This group even came out and welcomed us.

“ Welcome, oh honorable warrior, Blood Dagger. ”

The person that welcomed us was a female chief. With a large fang, she had the appearance of a troll. What was interesting was that she was pretty.

She had a similar appearance to that of humans, just like the Three Goblin Sisters that wanted to win my interest.

“ You must have known that we were coming your way. ”

It wasn’t just the female chief that had come out. It felt as if they had been here for a few hours, no for a long time as if they were expecting our arrival.

“ Yes, That is so. We were able to find traces of someone visiting our village. Lately, there were rumors of Blood Dagger lingering around the vicinity, and amongst that clan, that there was a Fairy with a bow that Blood Dagger trusted the most, and so I had deduced that she would be the one to have visited us. ”

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I couldn’t help but look back at her in shock. She was much more intelligent than her outward appearance had assumed her to be. Looking towards Mev, it seemed that she was in an enraged state. Since there was no possibility of her leaving footprints behind, there was a high possibility that powder from her fairy wings had dropped at that time.

“ Impressive . . . ”

“ You praise me too much.”

“ Then you must have also known that we were going to visit this place? ”

From my words, the female troll replied with a slight smile. ”

“ Of course. For now, come inside and let us talk. ”

“ Alright. ”

I slowly walked into the village and looked around. It was a small village of about 40 or so, similar in size with us. If you were to ask if the members of the group were strong, I couldn’t answer that precisely, but they seemed to be up on the rise. The reason was that I was able to see a few orcs, and even a few trolls here and there.

The strange part was that in this village, there were many that looked like humans.

Before the troll could finish her sentence, Mev jumped up from the seat, as her eyes were teary. It seems that she was a bit heartbroken. As for the Three Goblin Sisters, they were full of anger. Before Mev could speak, the Three Goblin Sisters began raising their voices.

“ No! ”

“ Our chief clearly said he did not want children! ”

“ You impertinent troll ! How impudent ! You can’t say that to Mev! ”

“ How dare you ! ”

They were truly agitated, it seems. I raised my hand and the tent became quiet once again. I don’t recall ever saying it out loud that I did not want children, but despite that, I wondered how they knew my intentions. For now though, I thought it was best to rescue Mev from this situation. For them to be agitated like this, it seems that pregnancy was a significant matter amongst the women of the Green Skins.

“ As they have said, I have no intention of having children yet. ”

“ I see. I apologize if I was discourteous. ”

“ It would be right to apologize to Mev, not to me. ”

The female troll apologized to Mev, causing her to sit back down onto her seat, but despite that, the atmosphere was still tense. In the situation that they would become comrades, it seems that their relationship wouldn’t be so good between each other, especially with how their first interaction with one another had transpired. I sighed once more before speaking.

“ Apart from that, your determination is quite interesting. ”

“ Yes. We are still regretting the fact that we ran away from the Warrior Exam. If we could turn back time, we would fix our wrongs, but it is miserable that we cannot. We cannot express just how thankful we are for this kind of opportunity to be granted to us. ”

“ Mmm... ”

Other than this, the troll and I talked on various topics, and allowed me to grasp their group to some extent. The more I conversed with the female troll, the more worried Mev and Hayeon became. It seems that with our remaining tasks at hand, it would be best to gradually leave. While trying to get up, the female troll quickly spoke.

“ It’s late, so how about sleeping here for the night before you leave? ”

It wasn’t a bad offer, but with that uneasy expression from Mev, I could not do so.

“ Thank you, but we must go. We will come back again. ”

“ Yes. I will be waiting for you. ”

As such, we were able to leave their village. Along our way, I felt something strange seeing Mev so quiet.

“ Um... Captain. ”

“ Huh? ”

“ Are you going to let that female troll in? ”

“ I am thinking about it. It would be best to gradually have members join than to have too many incorporate with us at once. That is the right way to make our tribe grow. After we visit the last village, it would be best to make a decision then. ”

“ Is that so? Is that really so? ”

“ Yeah. ”

Although she lightened up a lot from my words, in contrast to her opinion, I really wanted to incorporate that group into our tribe. Especially that woman as she was extremely intelligent and her group was strong. Surely enough, I was looking for a smart one to provide me support, and she met that condition.

With how they were hunting already, the group of the female troll would probably be the most ideal choice to increase our combat power. Not only was she much wiser than the Hobgoblin Hakajin, but she was also well aware of my intentions.

As if Mev had known about the reality, she withdrew her expectations as we arrived at the last village late into the night.