Being a King and Drynsoll.

Together with Lilith, we went to the villages Hançer mentioned, where the creatures were, so it was normal to serve the stronger ones according to the hierarchy. That's why I had to challenge their leaders. First, I went to the goblin villages. On the way, I took a few goblins with me, thinking that they wouldn't attack us immediately. And it turned out just as I thought. Instead of attacking, they took us to their leaders first. If I wanted them to be under my rule, I had to fight their leaders. Of course, if I wanted, I could let one of my soldiers fight instead. The reason I brought Lilith with me was precisely for this. I was going to use Lilith to fight them. When they saw how powerful she was, they would probably think I was even stronger. But if Lilith wanted, she could kill me with a single blow. Of course, they didn't know that.

We entered the first goblin village.

"I am the chief of this goblin village. I heard that you killed our goblins and ruled over them, defeated the lizardmen who killed them. Other villages must have heard about it, so they won't attack you immediately. But no one will easily submit to your rule. I heard about the Monster King. Do you want to rule over my people? Then prove that you are worth it."

He threw an axe in front of me, probably thinking that I would fight with it.

"I have a better opponent for you."

I asked Lilith to step forward and fight.

"I'm telling you as a precaution, don't kill or eat them, okay?"

Lilith: "What? But I'm so hungryyyyy."

"If we can unite all the villages today, I'll prepare a dozen rabbits for you."

Lilith: "You better not forget your promise, this is a deal!"

The goblin leader stepped forward.

"Are you sending your woman to fight me? Do you think a weak woman can beat me?"

Lilith seemed annoyed by these words.

"A weak woman?"

Her eye twitched, but no, was she smiling? If there are still good gods out there, may they save these goblins. Lilith blew away the goblin leader in a single move, even though she was in human form, she seemed as powerful as ever.

Lilith: "Did I hit him too hard? After all, I'm just a woman, how can I beat him?"

It was even scarier that she could speak like that with an innocent expression. Where did that goblin fly off to? To the other goblin village? Anyway, it would be good to take him with us on the way so that we wouldn't have to start all these conversations from the beginning in each village.

Thanks to Lilith, we defeated all the leaders of goblins and lizardmen in one go and brought them all to our village. We had gathered all the nearby monsters. We were now a truly large community. Hançer was explaining to the newcomers how the village worked, and Hobogoblin was taking them to their assigned places. Did I give a name to this Hobogoblin? I'm not sure; I keep forgetting him because he's so quiet and doesn't show up. He looks like a side character that a writer wrote and then forgot. Anyway, I used my [Region] ability and checked the current state of our village.

[Region Name: Monster Kingdom]

[Region Inhabitants:

131 Goblins

34 Warrior Goblins

1 Hobogoblin

2 Healer Goblins

1 Barbarian Goblin

1 Shaman Goblin

56 Lizardmen

2 Wyverns]

We had become a community of 228 people in total, and there was much work to be done. I needed to expand the places where goblins and lizardmen stayed, build more warehouses and fields, expand the walls, and tighten the protection. I had enlisted the healer, barbarian, and shaman goblins from the goblin village leaders into our ranks. I noticed that goblins gained a class related to the direction they worked more in, unlike us, who started with a random class. So, I decided to create different groups. I disbanded the Alpha team and made Hançer my right-hand man so that he could take care of village affairs and report regularly in my absence. Also, since he spent the most time with me, he was the closest person with human-like speaking ability and intelligence. I assigned Hobogoblin to handle reports on storage and village security, instructing him to teach Hançer and Sweet and Chilli how to write simple reports. I reminded Hançer to feed Sweet and Chilli.

I would handle all these teaching tasks by returning to the village using my [Portal] ability during my journey.

The only thing left was to structure the village. I ordered goblins and lizardmen to build tents on the left side of the village, and on the right side, I ordered them to make special tents for each chief. I commanded a training area to be built in front of the Barbarian Chief's tent, a place for magical research and training in front of the Shaman Chief's tent, and finally, a large tent to be built in front of the Healer Chiefs' tents where we could heal the wounded.

Afterwards, I ordered them to create paths between all these tents and expand the village walls. I asked them to build watchtowers at intervals along the walls and protect the village against future threats. This was because a lot of trees would be cut down for all these construction works, and the area around our village would be gradually cleared. So, we would lose the advantage of hiding in the forest.

I ordered the expansion of the area where the fields were and the digging of more water channels. Also, I told them to move all the storages to the area of the fields and build a massive storage tent. I instructed them to categorize the materials inside the tent, so we would have access to all materials from one place.

Finally, I asked them to create a large open space in the middle of the area where the goblins' and lizardmen's tents would be, to make places to sit and eat. I also asked them to make a long and large table for celebrations. The reason for requesting this large space and seating areas was my anticipation that the village population would increase, and as the population increased, the mating rates would also increase. So, I thought it might be good to have places where children could run and play, although I wasn't sure if monsters played games. After all, they were also children.

Anyway, Sweet and Chilli had started to grow slowly, and for a short time, they could even fly. Believing that they would become big monsters like their mothers one day was hard.

There was a lot of work to be done in the village. After finishing all the reports, arrangements, and requests, the whole village started working, and I started preparing for my journey. I didn't know where I was going, but my current goal was to find a city and get stronger. Additionally, I wanted to learn more about blacksmithing and alchemy, and if possible, gain new abilities. I went to the Shaman and Barbarian goblins to learn something about swordsmanship and magic, but the barbarian goblin only knew how to use an axe. He didn't know how he learned it; he just started swinging the axe one day and realized he was getting better. The Shaman goblin said almost the same things, probably this was just a unique way of learning for monsters.

So, my only option was to learn something about this during my new journey and buy more things to earn more gold and learn more. How many times did I say "more"? I have a lot to do.

At least, it was nice to think that soon I would have an army with many wizards and warrior goblins. Am I the weakest person in this village?

I completed my preparations to set out and informed Lilith. I didn't want to leave the village in a rushed state of renewal, but I couldn't know when the new mission would come, so I had to start the journey without wasting time and become stronger.

After saying goodbye to everyone, Lilith and I started walking. We walked for hours without stopping.

"We've been walking for hours, but we haven't found anything. I wish there was a way to go faster than this."

Lilith looked as if she hadn't tired at all; it seemed like she could walk for years if I let her.

Lilith: "Hmm, a faster way?"

Lilith suddenly took off her skirt.

"Hey, what are you doing?"

Lights spread from around Lilith, and she turned back into her snake form, her old and massive snake form. After Lilith transformed, I understood why she had only taken off her skirt. It would be torn as her lower body changed, and she didn't take off her top because her upper body wouldn't change.

Lilith: "Come on, get on!"

"Am I going to ride you? Are you sure about this?"

Lilith: "Why? Don't you want to?"

For a moment, I felt the conversation was going somewhere else, so without further ado, I got on Lilith.

"Of course, I want to. Let's go!"

Thanks to Lilith, we were traveling very fast. I had to hold onto her upper body to avoid falling. Traveling with someone as beautiful as her was really hard, but she seemed satisfied with this situation, so I had no right to complain. After a few more hours of travel, we decided to take a break. Lilith didn't transform back into her human form to let me rest and allowed me to lie on her by coiling around. Of course, she was still holding me while sleeping, and she almost suffocated me in her sleep. I guess it was an instinct coming from her snake part.

We continued our journey in the same way, and finally, we managed to see a settlement in the distance. From now on, it would be better to walk there because we knew we could have difficulties if they saw Lilith in her snake form. Lilith put on her skirt and we continued walking.

When we reached the entrance of the city, we noticed people lining up to enter. We also got in line to enter and waited.

When we reached the gate, the guards welcomed us.

"What is your reason for coming to the city?"

"We are tourists."

Would this work?

"Tourists? What's that? Are you some kind of wizard or adventurer? If so, I must see your wizard card or adventurer card."

"No, we are not wizards, just want to explore the city and do some shopping."

"Alright, then show me your badge."

"Badge?"

"Don't you even have a badge? Are you beggars or something? Get out of here!"

Lilith: "Hey, darling, should I kill them?"

"No, no killing."

A badge? Some kind of identification? I hadn't thought the entrance would be so strict. What would I do? Soon, an idea came to my mind.

"Lilith, do you see that covered wagon behind the line? I mean the one covered with some kind of fabric. I saw inside it when it came here, and there were chained people in it, so it must be some kind of slave trader. If we hide inside, we might have a chance to get in."

Lilith: "Okay, how will we get inside the wagon?"

"Don't worry; I have a plan."

We hid in a place where no one could see us but we could see the line. Since we were in the line before, I could open a portal to that place, so if I could open a portal directly into the wagon, we could get inside. All I had to do was wait for the wagon to stop and get the timing right.

"Wait, wait... Now!"

[Portal]

"That's it, we did it."

Inside, there were many injured and exhausted people, all covered in dirt and dust. After a closer look, I realized that they were half-human. Some had tails, and some had cat ears.

The slaves seemed surprised to see us, but they were so exhausted that they couldn't even make a sound.

Lilith: "Should we help them?"

Yes, I had thought about it too, but we couldn't do that for now; it might cause trouble.

"For now, we have to think about ourselves."

Lilith accepted my decision without questioning. She knew I was right, but I could still see in her eyes that she wanted to save them because she had also been kept as a slave in the labyrinth before.

"We'll come back for them later. So, don't be sad, okay?"

Lilith happily but also sadly hugged my arm and then bit it.

"Ah, that hurts. Why did you do that?"

Lilith: "I just wanted to. Anyway, did we get inside?"

"I think so; let's take a look from under the fabric."

After a while, the wagon turned into a narrow street, and we used this opportunity to jump out of it. We were in pretty dirty and secluded streets. Most likely, this was one of the unprotected streets in the city where slave trade and other illegal activities took place. For now, we learned that it would be better to walk quickly towards

 the center.

When we arrived at the center, we saw many people around, all happily strolling. There were many shops and various places to eat. When I turned my head towards the entrance, I saw the writing I hadn't noticed when entering.

"Drynsoll City"