19 Chapter 19: Sealed Symbiote (1/2)
The following morning as Jack woke up from his slumber he was greeted by the entire population of the floor level patiently waiting outside bowing to him.
Jack was unable to tell the time, given that there was no way to see if it was actually the morning or not inside the Dark Goblin Caves which were lit only by torches.
Gyrom had been too poor to afford magical lighting to be installed on his floor and had not bothered with the condition of his floor at all.
Which was why the living conditions and equipment they all used were garbage.
The first floor was home to the main entrance and was large enough for large groups of goblins to pass through all at once,
The lower levels had there own routes to the outside but none were more larger or convenient than that of the first floor.
The Main Goblin Entrance which could fit larger and more game during hunting trips, it was ideal for goblins who traveled in large groups to the outside.
This was also a big problem in the first floor level because every so often the main cave entrance would be the gateway to a horde of wolves or giant bug attacks.
Gyrom soaked the drapes to his cave room with the predator blood from the mutant Fire Fox and other monsters to ward off these would be invaders.
While he hid in his cave room comfortably and safely accompanied only by his children, the rest of his subjects would be forced to fight or flee for their lives from the incoming horde.
Gyrom was only allowed to build a small fortune without being suppressed by the Elders due to his charge on passing the front entrance being very low and free to the other Elders and Yellow Goblins.
Thesuppression from the other Elders had greatly affected life on the first floor, and for all who resided within its domain.
All there weapons were made of stone and stick they all wore no armor and dressed in tattered and makeshift outfits or loincloths.
Jack now knew that the lower levels had access to precious materials like metal and coal or magical material to provide for there floor level unlike the first floor.
The goblins of the first floor were essentially living like cavemen when compared to the more advanced lower floors levels of the Goblin Tribe.
All of the goblins from the first floor were seen and treated like second class citizens by the rest of the goblins.
Gyrom was not even respected or feared as an Elder by the lower floor green goblins and yellow goblins.
Who mocked and ridiculed his name and floor whenever they passed through the main entrance.
It brought Gyrom shame that he could not discipline the goblins without fearing the consequences of harming or killing another Elders subjects.
The whole First Floor population of Goblins were offensively referred to as surface dwellers, although Gyrom had not cared too much in the long run Jack did!
Jack had experienced these emotions and feelings as if they were his own when he absorbed the information from Gyrom as a result he was just as pissed off at them.
It brought back feelings of being powerless and weak something Jack was not going to tolerate in his second life.
He wanted to change the pathetic status of the first floor.
As it now served as a representation of his domain and power within the tribe.
Jack did not want to do this because he cherished or desired to help these goblins out of goodwill.
But because they were essential to his conquest to power.
How could Jack ever get results or be taken seriously if he was considered another Surface Dweller Elder like Gyrom.
As a Surface Dweller Elder Jack would have no supporters except those who were forced to reside under his domain.
If he could not expand his own reach and military power within the Tribe he would always remain on the short end of the stick.
Jack's plan B if he failed in achieving his goals in the Tribe would be to ditch the Tribe and wander off into the Dark Forest slaying monsters to become more powerful.
But such a thing would require not only great risk but a substantial amount of time to make any progression because he was still weak when compared to creatures like the Blue Demon Bear or Carnivorous Unicorn.
Why kill something on your own when you can get others to kill it with you. and benefit more through their efforts.
If Jack could amass an army to capture creatures and monsters stronger than him in large groups by using sheer numbers he could deliver the final blow and reap the benefits from the labor of others.
It would be a much more time efficient and effective way to get stronger in a world than lets you level up from killing powerful monsters and enemies.
Jack planned to abuse this as an exploit into evolving sooner
If Jack had no choice or for some reason chose to evolve into a blue goblin by himself how many powerful monster would it take for him to kill before he evolved? 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 or more?
The answer was Jack did not know...
And because Jack did not know, he was not about to go on a wild monster chase too find out when a better method was available.
Compared to how long it would take to having a hundred goblins hunt a hundred monsters and be killed by Jack with minimum risk and effort in a much quicker rate.
Over Jack risking his life every time for god knows how many times in what could take the span of weeks, months, years, decades or even, centuries.
The ladder was the clearly the better option for evolving into a Blue Goblin.
Jack came to this conclusion after going over Gyrom's memories of himkilling a countless number of creatures and monsters to evolve and grow stronger over the span of a century and yet not achieve any results.
There is strength in numbers especially in meat shields who will make it easier for me to gain power when they are used to wear down and capture enemies for me to kill during hunts.
As an individual becoming a leader of many was the equivalent of carrying the strength of many in your hands.
It would make life for me not only easier but fill it with more opportunities.
I could realistically change the world around me as the leader of a large force rather then just being astrongsingular person who could be swarmed and killed by a larger force at the mercy of others.
After All no one man can fight and end wars on himself or at least as far as i know going off the logic of my old world.
This world is so strange and fantastical perhaps there are beings who could defeat entire armies and conquer nationwide disputes.
Beings like gods who could have the power to shape or change the world around them according to there own will and might.
If such beings really do exist then the obvious thing to do would be to become one...
I shook my head at the thoughtI will have to cross that bridge when I get there if beings like that really do exist.
Even with all my current strength and skills If I were to fight another Blue Demon Bear or some other super predator like the Carnivorous Unicorn.
In combat I would still be mauled and crushed to death by the Blue Bear or disintegrated by a magical laser beam from the Carnivorous Unicorn or be impaled by its horn.
I would lose unless I had some bullshit main protagonist op world breaking power like plot armor or godly abilities that I wished for by meeting God after death. or some bullshit like that.
But if I had an army of meat shields and soldiers then killing a Blue Bear or Carnivorous Unicorn would be possible even for a group of mere Green Goblins if they attacked together in large numbers with a strategy.
My encounter with the Blue Bear was just dumb luck, a miracle, a once in a million chance relying on luck and just hoping for the best was not going to cut it anymore against the Elder Goblins.
(What Jack Had not realized was that his victory over the Blue Bear was not won entirely on just dumb luck. )
(Plum had assisted him by using her wind magic to guide Jack's world class pitch into the already lodged eyeball to kill the Blue Demon Bear.)
Jack had the ability to finally question his situation without the interference of Plum manipulating his mind or warping his memories.
The first thing that caught Jack's attention and probably the most glaring phenomena that he ignored was the weird Blue Screen that popped out to help or explain things to him.
The Blue Screen was a blessing from the mysterious Goddess the same being who Jack unknowingly worked for.
She was the same being who brought him into this new world and assigned Plum to watch over him under the disguise of his imaginary friend Chuck.
Jack often wondered what exactly the Blue Screen was and where it came from he had no control over it, but his mind would be warped by Plum every time he did until now.
Even if Jack wanted the Blue Screen to appear it would not.
Jack tried using voice command now that he could speak a language other than his incoherent grunts but as expected no such luck.