Soon, night fell.
The celebration began. Countless torches were lit, illuminating the Goblin village.
Several Goblins carried all the food onto simple wooden tables.
Seeing the scene, Rimuru could not resist joining in.
A faint smile appeared on Mo Li's lips as he watched the lively scene before him.
In his previous life, Mo Li had never experienced anything like this.
Just then, Rimuru ran up to Mo Li's feet and nudged him with her body.
"Ari, stop spacing out. Come celebrate with us."
Rimuru said happily to Mo Li.
Seeing Rimuru's cheerful face, Mo Li could not help but smile as well.
"All right, let's celebrate together."
With that, Mo Li joined the celebration too.
Mo Li went over to a table and began eating.
At that moment, Rimuru came over beside Mo Li.
"Ari, they've changed so much."
Rimuru remarked to Mo Li.
"Indeed. They've changed quite a lot."
Mo Li agreed.
The entire Goblin race had changed tremendously, their bodies becoming much sturdier.
They no longer resembled the short, ugly Goblins Mo Li remembered. Every Goblin had a body much closer to that of a human. Most male Goblins had physiques like Rigurd's, as muscular as bodybuilding champions, though a small number, such as Gobta, had not changed much. Some had yet to clean themselves after hunting monsters, their bodies stained with monster blood, making them look like battle-hardened warriors from Mo Li's memories. As for the female Goblins... for some unknown reason, most—almost all—of them had developed curvy figures. Aside from certain monster traits and their skin color, they were not all that different from humans.
The Direwolves had changed considerably as well, though not as much as the Goblins. Their bodies had nearly doubled in size, becoming taller and more imposing, while their fangs and claws had grown sharper. However, none of them had developed a spike-like horn like Ran-ga's.
It seemed Ran-ga truly was special.
But looking at the Goblins' appearances, Mo Li only then realized something extremely important: they did not even know how to make clothes.
Most male Goblins merely used animal hides to cover certain areas. The males were not too bad, but the female Goblins were a problem. Due to evolution, they had all developed curvy figures, and their old clothes no longer fit. For now, they could only use scraps of cloth to cover the important parts.
For a nation, the most important thing was solving its people's needs for clothing, food, shelter, and transportation.
At present, neither Mo Li nor Rimuru had sorted out any of those four things.
They had no clothes, no way to preserve food, and even their dwellings were old, dilapidated houses on the verge of collapse. As for transportation, there were not even any roads here.
The more Mo Li thought about it, the more his head hurt. They still had far too many problems.
Seeing Mo Li's expression, Rimuru asked worriedly from beside him,
"Ari, what's wrong?"
Hearing Rimuru's voice, Mo Li finally came back to his senses.
Seeing the worried look on Rimuru's face, Mo Li said,
"It's nothing. I just realized we still have quite a few problems to deal with."
Mo Li sighed.
"What problems?"
Rimuru was immediately drawn to the word "problems" and hurriedly asked Mo Li.
Mo Li then told Rimuru all of his worries and concerns.
Rimuru felt a headache coming on as well after hearing them.
"I hadn't thought that far ahead."
Only then did Rimuru realize that becoming a lord was not as easy as she had imagined.
Seeing the disappointed look on Rimuru's face, Mo Li realized that now was not the time to talk about this.
"All right, we can discuss those problems later. For now, let's enjoy the celebration."
Mo Li said as he stroked Rimuru.
Mo Li then held Rimuru and enjoyed their first celebration since coming to this world.
The celebration hosted by Rigurd did not end until late into the night.
Early the next morning.
Mo Li woke Rimuru up.
"All right, stop sleeping. Don't forget what we agreed on yesterday."
Mo Li said, shaking Rimuru.
Rimuru was roused from her sleep.
She looked at Mo Li and complained,
"Can't you let me sleep a little longer?"
Seeing Rimuru's bleary Slime eyes, Mo Li could not help teasing her.
"If you don't get up now, it won't be morning anymore. The sun will be shining on your butt. Come on, we have plenty to do today. Stop sleeping in. Get up first—I'll gather all the monsters."
"Got it, Ari."
Rimuru replied groggily.
Mo Li then left the house and gathered all the monsters.
He then waited beside a large tree for Rimuru to arrive.
"Lord Morax, may I ask why you gathered us here?"
A Goblin asked at that moment.
"You'll know when Rimuru gets here."
Mo Li did not explain what it was about.
At last, Rimuru hopped out of the wooden house.
Mo Li walked up to Rimuru and said,
"All right, you're the only one missing. Hurry up."
Mo Li then carried Rimuru onto a tree stump.
"All right, Rimuru, it's your turn. Didn't you say yesterday that you had something important to tell them?"
Mo Li reminded her.
"Right, right, right."
Only then did Rimuru remember.
"Are all the monsters here?"
Rimuru asked as she looked over the gathered monsters.
"All Goblins are present."
Rigurd stood up and said.
"The Direwolf Tribe is all here as well."
Seeing Rigurd stand, Ran-ga followed suit and said.
"Good. In that case, I'll begin."
Rimuru said with satisfaction.
"I called everyone here to set some rules."
"There are three rules.
First, no harming humans;
Second, no infighting that harms unity;
Third, no bullying monsters weaker than yourselves. In other words, do not look down on other races.
Do you all understand?"
Hearing Rimuru's words, Mo Li realized that her way of thinking had not changed. She was still viewing things from the perspective of a human from her previous life. That would put her at a serious disadvantage!
"Lord Rimuru, why is that first rule necessary?"
A Goblin stood up. It was none other than Gobta.
"The reason is simple. I like humans. Understand?"
Rimuru answered Gobta with a serious expression.
"I understand, Lord Rimuru."
After glancing at Rimuru, Mo Li knew he still had to remind her. The latter two rules were fine, but the first one clearly had a problem.
"No harming humans—but what if humans harm them?"
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