Why a Goblin?

Going back to the day Rick left the tribe on his journey to gain strength, we find Jaba, at the Tier Two evolution of Goblins, surrounded by his unevolved tribe members while he tried to figure out just what to do regarding the plan Rick left behind.

Rick said something about taking two Goblins at a time to fight horned rabbits until they leveled up, but I’m still not too sure what this whole leveling thing is about, is it just getting stronger and smarter after fights?

Hm, I need more information, hopefully that weird Goblin survives and comes back soon. Anyway, instead of taking two, I’m going to take everyone, so I can show the entire tribe at the same time, except for the ones on guard duty though. Yes, this is definitely a good idea, good thinking Jaba.

Since unevolved Goblins aren’t the smartest, I need to keep this short and direct. No need for any weird long speeches like that weird Goblin would probably do, and I don’t think I need to stand for everyone to hear me, but let’s do it anyway.

“Everyone listen up! The stone monsters will be coming again, and we are too weak to survive! So everyone will get stronger! We’re going to train, follow me!”

Alright I think I did well there. Good job Jaba. He was a simple Goblin.

The Goblins looked perplexed at Jaba for a second, they couldn’t understand why the sudden need for everyone to go outside.

But they did remember the stone monsters and how many of their fellow Goblins died, although their limited intelligence caused the memory to be blurry. So with that and the fact they all respected Jaba as their Leader since he was the strongest Goblin around, everyone quickly got up and followed Jaba outside.

Okay I think that went well; they looked a little lost at first but they all followed me in the end as expected. Now for the hard part, would showing them the sidestep move I showed the weird Goblin work for them too?

That Goblin was a lot smarter than these guys, and I think he’s smarter than me, so I’m not sure if this will work for the normal Goblins too.

Anyway, if you take away myself, Rick the weird Goblin who just left, and the four Goblins on guard duty, that leaves twenty-two Goblins here to teach. That's a lot of Goblins...but I can do this.

Okay, I’m not the smartest Goblin in the world, but I do know how to fight rabbits so let’s just show them the moves a few times without actually fighting one of the rabbits, then I’ll show them again while fighting the rabbits.

Yeah that should do it, hopefully they get the picture even though I’m using the same spear I had before I evolved so it’s really small.

Do I have to go hunting somewhere else to make a bigger one?

Maybe Rick will bring one. Anyway, let's show them how to fight now.

“Everyone pay attention, this is how you fight!”

All the Goblins keenly looked on as Jaba began showing them how to thrust with the little spear he had in his hands, even though he looked awkward with the spear that was obviously too small for his body, they seemed to understand his movements.

He did the thrusting movement repeatedly before transitioning into a sidestep, followed by an arcing slash.

The Goblins didn’t quite understand how to do the sidestep at first but after Jaba did it numerous times, they got the general gist of it.

Well as best as they were going to get it without actually doing it themselves.

Alright I just showed them how to thrust, sidestep and slash from above. I’m not sure if they understand by just watching, but the best way to learn is to do it yourself.

Wait...I just now realized we don’t have enough spears for everyone, but they all know how to make one, so let’s send half of the group to gather a few sturdy sticks lying around or even to break off a few low hanging branches and then go back to the cave to turn them into spears with the horns we have left over.

“Before you all begin practicing, I need just this side of you all from here to here to go gather sticks and branches for making spears, then quickly go back to the cave and use the remaining horns to make them. Go!”

While the other group quickly scampered off to do the task given to them, the leftover Goblins had all the spears that were laying around the cave in hand, thankfully it was just enough to have the remaining eleven Goblins practice.

Alright...now let's line them up and have them practice I think.

Jaba quickly had them lined up in two lines and started some repetitive thrusting. Doing his best to correct any mistakes they made during the process, with the intelligence he gained in his evolution really showing its worth. Creating this sort of training regime and correcting big and small mistakes for this amount of Goblins wouldn’t have been possible for the previous Jaba.

So he let them continue doing the thrust training until they start to tire before awarding them a little break.

It was during this break that Jaba realized something. He began to really enjoy this sort of teaching experience. It was becoming rather rewarding for him.

I realized it a little bit whenever I trained Rick, but seeing all these little Goblins trying their best to learn makes me happy for some reason, though I’ll never tell any of them that. Not sure why I won’t tell them, it just feels like I shouldn’t for some reason. After a few moments pass I quickly get them back to training, though this time I get them going with the sidestep and overhead arcing slash.

There were a lot more errors and mistakes this time around, though I expected this.

If anything this made me happy, being able to teach these little ones through everything is really fulfilling.

The way they just listen to me and try their very best to put forth what I tell them, it’s just something about it that warms my heart.

Maybe…maybe I could get used to this.

After drilling them for a little bit, I think it’s time to show them how this set of moves works on the horned rabbits we eat. But If I bring everyone on the hunt we’ll never catch anything, so do I now take them two at a time like that weird Goblin mentioned?

No, that's going to take too long. Oh wait...what if I catch one and bring it here, that should work I think. I’ve never caught a horned rabbit before, but with how much stronger and faster I feel, I think it should be easy. Another good plan Jaba, well done. He was a simple Goblin.

Alright let's do that.

“Alright, everyone stay here and continue to practice what I showed you! I’ll be right back!”

And with that the group of Goblins continued to train, while Jaba swiftly vanished into the surrounding woods in search of one of the many surrounding horned rabbits. While back inside the other group of Goblins were busy toiling away in the making of those spears. All in all, it was quite an eventful day in the lives of the Goblins living in this small cave.

Quite unusual for them.