Chapter 6: Friends & Fights

"Did heard? Prophecy says a goblin with a certain skill would grow stronger and be come a Demon Lord," spoke a green skinned goblin skinned a monster deer.

Demon Lord?' Liza turn to her green friend with a curious look.

"Not only that, but I also heard a rumor that you are that goblin," Liza stared at him and gave him an eye roll.

"I'm being serious! I was over heard it from the elders themselves! Even your father agreed," Liza body stiffened as she hesitantly shook her head.

"Come on! Every goblin knows that you are the likely the goblin from the legends. I mean, just look how many skills you have! You at least have nine skills right? Don't lie to me!--" The goblin carried on ranting.

'Demon Lord, me? No way! Too much work. Besides that, being reincarnated as a goblin is already overwhelming,' Liza thought as she lazily yet skillfully sewing clothes with monster deer fur.

"You know, for someone so gifted. All you think about is how to avoid work. Am I right?" The goblin smirk as Liza frowns.

'Damn you! Stop reading mind you creep! This is one of the reason why everyone is annoyed with you,' Liza sews with a quick pace, thinking back how she made friends with this goblin the first place.

~FEW DAYS AGO~

"Hey! Are you the Goblin Warrior's son?" Spoke a unusually small yet loud goblin.

Liza rolled her eyes as she just walked away, however was halted with Liza felt a small weight on her leg.

'Get off! Stop bothering me!' Liza glare as she tries to shake the creature off her leg, but failed.

"Wait! At least hear me out!" Begged the goblin.

Liza gave another eye roll as she slowly nodded. The goblin grin as he let go.

"Tell me, could teach me how hunt?" Liza raise brow, doubted what he requested was true.

"I being serious, I may look weak but I'm actually stronger than you think,"

'Then why bother asking me?'

"The problem is that I lack the proper teachings. I was told goblins have to learn to survive on their own but..."

'But what?..'

"I'm so hopeless, I have no idea what I'm doing so I..." the goblin hang his head lowly as he stares intently to the ground.

'Ah~ now I can see the picture. He wants to approve his skills but because he's so small no one would want to help him. Which is the reason why he came to me,' Liza sighs and squatted down as she pats the top of the goblin's head while nodded in agreement.

The goblin looks up at Liza and showed a huge smile. Liza felt her heart became light before she noticed voices behind her. Liza stood up straight as she glared the several goblins who watch them. The goblins body's stiffened before they took some steps back. Liza turned back around and swung her soon to be best friend over her shoulder. Through the rest pass few days Liza dedicated herself to make sure her new friend become stronger.

~PRESENT DAY~

"Hey Runt..." Liza spoke softly.

"Stop calling me Runt! I'm not a runt, alright! Anyway, what did you wanted to say?" The goblin said with a concern look in his eyes.

"Why do you want become stronger?" Liza simply put, 'Runt' rises a brow in confusion.

"To survive? I don't know why you asked, isn't it the same reason with you?" Runt crook his head to the side.

Liza nodded. "That's true, but I don't feel like just surviving isn't enough anymore,"

Runt gaze at Liza with amazement as he flashes a grin at Liza. "Not enough huh? Here's suggestion, why not get stronger to become a Demon Lord?"

Liza frown at Runt's idea and threatened to glare at him, Runt raise his arms in defense before he said. "Okay, not a good idea? Then how about becoming the Goblin King?"

Liza's ears twisted as her eyes gleamed of slight interest to the goblin's second suggestion.

'Goblin King huh? Don't know why, but the sound of that is actually somewhat appealing,' Liza thought as she see herself sitting on a shiny throne that's surrounded by gold and jewelry while being served by goblin servants.

"You are really simple to read, you know that?" Runt mocked, dragging Liza back to reality.

"Am I?!" Liza said while been embarrassed.

Runt laughed and soon Liza started laughing with him. They carried on their work before finishing and returning back to the others.

'I got admit, living life as goblin isn't half bad. The only real down side of it is the horrible smell and lack of hygiene, and the fact that there is only male goblins. Which is the reason why goblins breed with other races to reproduce. That bit suck!!! But... that aside, this life is pretty good more or less. After all I haven't seen one woman since I was born neither or less a human,' Liza thought confident of herself.

Liza suddenly felt the feeling in the area has changed drastically, sending chills up her spine. Liza turns her a frightened gaze to Runt to see he has also noticed the abnormal aura lingering in the air. The two then started racing back the others as fast as they possibly could, to only witness an total massacre.

Runt was about to scream, but before he could Liza covered his mouth and hid themselves under dead bodies of slaughtered goblins. Soon the two heard heavy footsteps approaching them.

Liza held everything within her to not rage out and tried to kill the thing that killed her goblin tribe. However, It took everything Liza had, to stop Runt run out there and get himself killed.

"It's no use, I know you're hiding under there. Come out goblin! Face me like a man!" Yelled the voice of an man.

Liza took a hold Runt ran out the piles of dead bodies. The tall man wore leather armor and welding two swords, he was practically drenched in blood. The man swung his swords at Liza, while Liza easily dodged with her level five Dodge skill. Liza then grab one of the arm of a dead goblin she threw it at the tall man, spattering blood in his eyes.

"GAIN SKILL DIVERSION LV 1"

'NOT NOW! THIS ISN'T REALLY THE TIME FOR A STUPID SKILL UPDATE!'

Despite the Pop Up blocking Liza view, she still kept running. She didn't cared where, anywhere was better than back there. When the Pop Up went away, it appeared again.

'What now?!'

"GAIN SKILL SPRINT LV 1"

'Finally! A skill that I actually needed! We are home free baby!!!'

Liza ran with a smile on her face but slowly faded when the next Pop Up appeared.

"GAIN TITLE PROTECTOR OF THE FUTURE DEMON LORD"

'What?! Protector... OF THE FUTURE DEMON LORD?!?! You mean to tell me that Runt is the goblin in the prophecy?! What the actual living hell!!!!!'