"Greetings, esteemed King Roland. Welcome to our camp! Your glory has brought splendor to this humble camp!" Chieftain Alista of the Savage Goblins said, bowing respectfully.
See? Who said goblins could not flatter people? Wasn't he doing it quite well? He was even more practiced at bootlicking than the people of the Lagrange Kingdom!
"Mm. Have you gotten used to living here?" Roland looked around the goblins' camp. Though it was somewhat cluttered, it was not disorderly. Their belongings were arranged fairly neatly. Rows of tanned leather hung from wooden racks in the open space, while unfinished meat and dried fish were suspended above bonfires to smoke and roast.
"This place is very good. Supplies are abundant, and it is safe. There are not too many dangers, and we do not have to worry about the young being carried off by beasts lurking in the forest!" Alistair grinned broadly. The environment here was vastly better than wandering through Mirkwood.
"You still need to be careful of the Wandering Orcs." Roland shook his head. This wilderness was not as safe as it appeared. Although magical beasts fled when they sensed human activity, the Wasteland Orcs frequently visited the kingdom's borders. The daily work of the Sky Knights and Knight Orders was to patrol the areas around where the people lived.
"We have already fought them, actually." Alistair shook his head in explanation.
"On the very first day after we arrived, we sent scouting Knights to explore the surrounding area, and then we encountered an Orc ambush. Their equipment was crude, but they were extremely aggressive. I gathered my clansmen and wiped them out. Their madness startled me." Alistair calmly pointed at the Orc corpses hanging from the camp fence.
Only then did Roland realize that the ring of objects around the