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[b][color=f7941d]Gringor[/color] & [color=ed145b]Skarsneek[/color][/b]

[color=ed145b]"Eh, got me, I was born this way."[/color] Skarsneek shrugged his shoulders at that question, cats out of the bag anyway at this point. [color=ed145b]"Nothing too special, Dad's a retired fighter and mom's an innkeeper. Maybe the Chief God order had a sense of humor, and decided to make male monsters as a middle finger to the Demon Lord."[/color]

[color=ed145b]"But either way, I doubt the Varjans can tell the difference between me and a regular goblin. They'll kill me on principle alone." [/color]Skarsneek then glanced to the sides, thinking he really need to get back into practicing in fooling others thinking he was a female goblin. Most of the Red Hill never even knew he was a male aside from his family.

Maybe they knew but didn't care? He had a brief thought on that before shrugging. It might be possible, they're goblins.

As to others wanting them to study? Well, he's always on the move so they hadn't really pinned him down just yet.

[color=ed145b]"Hey, how a lug like you avoid getting caught?"[/color] Skarsneek directed his attention to Gringor, disliking the orc on principal but also looking for a chance to find more information. [color=ed145b]"You look like you'll fall for the old sleep-slattered meat in the middle of a road and an obvious rope trap."[/color]

[color=f7941d]"I'm fast."[/color] Gringor irritably replied at that, having a feeling that the annoying goblin would continue to needle him over everything if he kept quiet and since he can't outright bash Skarsneek noggin in, he'll go with the option that gave him less of a headache. [color=f7941d]"Some hunters from Demon Lord, some human warriors, and one hero. I beat them all and make them part of my tribe."[/color]

[color=ed145b]"You lead your own tribe?"[/color] Skarsneek eyebrows rose at that, he had assumed Gringor just ran away and remain alone. Something that was dispelled with a huff from Gringor.

[color=f7941d]"Of course, unlike goblin."[/color]

That struck a nerve in Skarsneek but if Gringor noticed, he didn't care.

[color=f7941d]"Also took other orc tribes, Irontusk, Stonebreaker, Pants taker-"[/color] Gringor listed a few tribes that took some actual effort from the top of his head. Though honestly, most were just ragtag bunch numbering less than a handful. [color=f7941d]"Watch over many paths, make people pay when they try to cross, escort them if they do, beat them if they don't."[/color]

[color=f7941d]"But it was boring,"[/color] Gringor said as he turned his ax and brushed away some dirt from it. [color=f7941d]"No more fights, and no other hunters come."[/color]

[color=f7941d]"So I made Halua tribe leader and went off."[/color]

He also started numerous fights during his random trips to Zipangu and only then did he get his fun first fight but that turned sour when the mamono ogre he was fighting was already drunk. Hardly a challenge.

If Takeshi was listening, he would've noted that there was an incongruency in that Gringor wasn't a human but rather, a male mamono. Something that's outright impossible.