"Man this is all kinds of messed up." Issei thought to himself, since leaving the cave that he had been inside since awakening in this world, he'd be on a little adventure of his own. He was lucky that, for whatever reason that he discovered soon afterwards was that every monster that he came across was more than a little afraid of him. He learned thanks to the ever so helpful Great Sage, it had to do with his overwhelming aura that he had been constantly emitting without knowing, which he guessed he gained from chowing down on Veldora. That Dragon was starting to become more trouble than he was worth… well, in truth he should be thankful to him for it. If he didn't have that massive aura, then he might have been some monsters dinner.

But right here right now… that's what had him awkwardly looking away. He thought he knew the truth, he had read tons of hentai, played dozens of eroge games based around it. But how the hell was this worlds version the safe version? He didn't know if he should be relieved or disappointed.

During his venture through the forest and after discovering that everything living that saw him immediately fled on sight, he came across thirty green humanoid demons. Each one of them had a small stature. Their equipment beyond shabby. Issei didn't need Great Sage's wisdom to know what they were.

They were of course Goblins.

Immediately, Issei had thought the worst of them. With how goblins were portrayed in most of the literature he read, he didn't doubt for a second that's what kind of beast he had encountered. He sure as hell hadn't expected them to converse with him and try diplomacy! Hell, when they brought him back to their village, he half expected it to be filled with female captives, yet not a one in sight! Even more surprising, he caught glimpses of female Goblins! In most of the goblin concepts portrayed back in Japan, the very concept of a female goblin rarely existed!

It was however thanks to these Goblin's that he understood something about himself, much better. Like how to control the volume of his voice, or reign in that massive aura he had. He was learning a lot these days.

The Goblin's after a small time of conversing with them, requested him to come back with them to their at the time skeptical, and very wary questioning their true motives. It wasn't easy to trust a goblin after you had seen them time and time again ravish woman for mere pleasure. But he figured if worse came to worse he'd kill a few and make his escape, plus he literally had nothing better to do and these were the first beings, other then Veldora he had conversed with, he may have just been lonely.

The Goblin village itself, wasn't much to look at. It was run down, aged and very, very basic. Like late neanderthal basic. No sign of craftsman or any skillmanship, not that he himself had any to begin with. It looked like they just built what they could and went with it.

But now here he sat, before what he assumed to be the leader of this shabby Goblin village, the Goblin kneeling before him was very old, frail looking. Beside him was the leader of the troop of Goblin's that he encountered and requested for him to come back to the village. He could sense with Magic Perception that numerous Goblin's had gathered outside and could see a few nosy parkers peeking in. They just seemed curious.

"Why did it have to be Goblin's? We're in a Forest right, wouldn't there be elves or something else first? I didn't see a single rack worth noting among the girls out there." Issei sighed to himself. "I just want boobs. I'm really regretting not doing anything to that girl back in the cave…"

"I'm sorry we don't have much to serve you with." The elder goblin apologised as he bowed his head once more, Issei had refused everything offered, trying to explain to them that he as a Slime didn't need it and he wasn't about to take their only resources. "I'm the village elder here, sorry to make you wait."

"Ah yeah, I was requested to come here." Issei began. "I don't know the area very well, so I figured I'd ask for directions or something." He finished awkwardly still not even knowing what his own next step was. However, Issei was aware that he hadn't been requested here for nothing. It was clear that something was wrong and these Goblin's were looking for aide, the tension in the air was thick.

"The others told me of your tremendous power and I beg you to hear our request!" The elder begged.

"Here it is." Issei inwardly frowned as he listened to what the Goblins had to say. If he was playing a Game, this would have come from an old village chief or something like that, right? Instead since he was a Monster, the request was coming from a Monster. He really had to get use to the fact that he wasn't human anymore.

Under some unexplainable cause, their 'God' which Issei pretty much summed up to be Veldora, disappeared a month ago. With Great Sage's help it was clear that the timing fit with him chowing down on the Dragon. Since Veldora was gone, and his presence no longer felt in the Forest of Jura where he was currently located, the monsters around these parts had become more active, fighting among themselves for more territory. Seriously just how damn strong was that dragon to make even monsters miles away from it passive?

"Now I feel shitty! If I hadn't absorbed Veldora this wouldn't have happened and Veldora would be still locked up! Gah no matter what happened, I'd still be an asshole!" His life was becoming more and more frustrating, why had every choice he made so far have such a large impacting consequence here?

"Our current predicament is far worse I'm afraid." The Goblin elder continued. "Recently, our small tribe has been stalked by a large pack of Dire Wolves. We've already taken losses on our end and with our numbers we can't hope to stand against them."

The Dire Wolves numbered one hundred and the Goblins, including the women only had sixty that were capable of fighting. The number and strength differences between the Dire Wolves was a gap that couldn't be overcome by the Goblins. When the wolves arrived, the Goblins would be wiped out.

"Liguru my brother, he received a name from a powerful majin; he became the best of our warriors." The Goblin beside the elder began, Issei nodded recalling Veldora giving him his name despite him already having it. Monsters weren't usually named. Wait! The hell was a Majin? "He fought with everything he had and it still wasn't enough. If it wasn't for him, we'd all be dead already."

"They literally are on their last legs here." Issei frowned, this was in a way all kinda his fault and he'd feel even more shitty if he did nothing and left the Goblin's to die. They didn't seem like the Goblin's he knew, and both were shedding tears for their fallen goblin brethren. "Sure I might have killed a few monster back in the cave, but a hundred Dire Wolves? Is it even possible? Sure I'm awesome but I'm still just a slime."

Issei was truly lost on what to do. There might be a slim possibility that he could win against the Dire Wolves, he himself didn't know the strength of the wolves or if he would be effective against them. How did the dire Wolves stand up against the Black Serpent or the Giant Spider, he had no idea what he was going against.

Then as much as it sucked to say, there was the moral dilemma of 'what he got out of it'. Sure by using Predator on Veldora he was mainly responsible for it. But it's not like he planned for this to happen, Veldora probably didn't even know his powers were keeping things in the Jura Forest civil. Plus if he was going to be risking his life he was going to need something in return for it.

"Couldn't the goblins just relocate?" Issei pondered to himself before mentally shaking his head, without a doubt Goblins were on the lower spectrum of the food chain and there were other monsters in the area so even if they did move on, they'd no doubt stumble into someone else's territory.

"Please we just want to live, even if it's for the pride of my son." The elder finished as both he and his son were bowing once more to the slime. Issei mentally sighed to himself as he looked over the green humanoids before him.

"I'm no Hero." Issei began as the two Goblins before him raised his head. "I'm not selfless to do things without a reward. This is a big task that you've asked me to do, something I may not be capable of." He added. "So how's this. If I manage to deal with the Dire Wolves, we'll sort out the rewards after all is said and done and if I can't, I guess we're dead."

The sudden sound of a Dire Wolf howling caught their attention the two goblins trembling in fear at the sound, what Issei knew about wolves, their howls could echo on the wind but even so that one sounded close. The two goblins hurried outside of the tent they were in, Issei deciding to bounce out after them. Everyone outside was panicking, and for good reason. The howl was basically their last rights in this world. The village Elder tried to calm the community of Goblins down but to no avail; they were too scared.

Seeing the panicking goblin's he saw the woman and children among them, terrified for what was inevitably coming for them. What they needed was reassurance, someone to lead them. He didn't doubt that the Goblin Elder had done his job over the years he was the leader, but it was clear they had never faced something like clan extinction before.

He didn't know how well this would go, clearing whatever made his vocal cords possible he spoke loudly.

"Goblins!" His voice bellowed over the small village, bringing all the villagers to a halt as they turned with wide eyes to the small slime present in front of the elder's hut. "My name is Issei Tempest." He declared, deciding to use his new last name, the one Veldora had gifted to him. His old surname wouldn't serve him here in this world, he might as well embrace his reincarnation this much, at least he still had his first name and didn't need to get accustomed to a new one.

"I've vowed to your village Elder to help against these Dire Wolves." Lowering his voice as he no longer needed their attention he spoke to them calmly, despite his own feelings on the situation. Just from that the goblin's began to show relief that they had aide in their dire situation. "But I won't be able to do it all on my own, I ask that anyone able to assist to do so." While he wanted to help the Goblins he also wanted to show that they were capable of helping themselves. If he did everything, what would be the point?

"Starting today, we are Lord Issei's faithful servants!" Issei blinked at the sudden announcement, he guessed that the village Elder had already decided even before they had settled on a reward that if they survived, they would serve Issei.

"The hell am I going to do with a loyal Goblin village?" Issei pondered to himself as he sighed to himself looking over the female goblins, they looked a little more than children… his reincarnated life filled with a harem of beautiful woman of all races was really not looking like a possible prospect here. "Can work out the details with the old dude later, need to start thinking up a plan of attack… games don't fail me now."