In this village, there is a tradition that states that once a female goblin came of age, they would have to be offered to the village chief so that he would have their purity. This went on ever since the first village chief and there wasn't much of a problem, since the girls would come back to their homes and family the following day, and in the goblin society this was something normal and nobody was bothered. The problem arose with the new village chief, the parents would present their daughter, but none of them would come back home to their families, and it wasn't like the village chief was keeping them, hostage or something like that, they just chose to not go back, and according to the rules of their village the girls that chose to stay rather than leave could not become the village chief's women and would only reach the status of sex toy, that rule was made so that families couldn't abuse the system and make themselves part of the village chief's family just because their daughter completed the tradition, but even so those girls chose to stay. This made many unhappy and a lot of fathers, mothers, and brothers ended up challenging the village chief only to get crippled or die at his hand, and so people lost hope and just got used to the situation.

As time passed eventually there were a few girls that didn't stay and chose to leave, even if it was the minority it made people less suspicious of the village chief, and every just ended up accepting the situation, at least most, some still challenged the chief or tried to scheme against him, none successful tho. One of the main reasons for the village chief's superior prowess is that he is a hobgoblin the phase 1 of the evolution path of the goblins. Hobgoblins are taller, faster, stronger, smarter, and just overall the perfect next step in evolution for goblins, but they are few in this village with most of them being hunters and male, as the number of female hobgoblins in this village is only 5, if we count leather armored goblin's daughters.

After reflecting on things for a bit, leather armored goblin saw no other chance but to evolve into a hobgoblin himself and defeat the village chief, for his unfilial daughters, his wife, and himself.

"Boss! The village chief is calling you!" The subordinate goblin came in running with a worried expression and spoke in a hurried manner.

*Bonk!*

"Calm down! What did I tell you about panicking all the time? You don't have to worry, just lead the way." The leather armored goblin said after he blocked his subordinate.

"Yes! Boss!" The subordinate goblin said as he guided the way.

Outside, the village chief had the two hobgoblin guards from before behind him as he was looking at an army of goblins standing in front of him.

The subordinate goblin and leather armored goblin came to him and the village chief immediately spoke. 

"Good, you're here. The situation was as you informed me and as a reward, I decided to let you be the leader of one of the hunting groups. You will be sent to the rocky area to hunt some slime and other small animals. If you succeed you'll get to keep your team and become one of the official hunting teams. Also, you are free to choose your team members. What do you say?" The village chief made an offer that shocked everyone, it wasn't easy to be given permission to be part of a hunting team, much less to lead one. The reason being that hunting teams have the greatest evolution rate in all the village and so, everyone wants to be in one, not only that but it also gives status and respect.

"Village chief, are you sure?" The leather armored goblin asked.

"Do you perhaps doubt my judgment?" The village chief asked with a serious expression.

"No, of course not. I gladly accept!" The leather armored goblin couldn't believe the village chief just handed him the chance to become a hobgoblin in a silver plate, this was just too good to be true.

"Great, gather your team and depart immediately." The village chief ordered before he once again focused on the Army of goblins.

The leather armored goblin left with the subordinate goblin.

"Call hunter team E, and tell them to eliminate that guy and whatever team he builds." The village chief whispered to one of his hobgoblin guards before changing his focus to the goblin army.

The hobgoblin guards left to do as he was ordered.

-Later-

After having gathered a team, the leather armored goblin was looking for prey with his team, not knowing that they were being followed by team E under the chief village's order to kill them.

*Howl!*

They heard a loud howl coming from afar as 5 wolves came running towards them.

The leather armored goblin's team immediately began to run away as they knew they didn't stand a chance against those wolves, as they were dire wolves, one of their worst enemies in this area together with Elves and Orcs, humans weren't much of a problem as they weren't active in this area and would rarely appear.

While the leather armored goblin's team was running without looking back, team E got found out by the dire wolves, and a battle between the five goblins of team E and the five dire wolves began.

The leather armored goblin's team that was running eventually reached an area where they stopped and felt something was calling them. An alluring voice that was almost demonic called them and their bodies began moving before they were aware of it. They continued moving until they were finally caught in Ezra's trap and the fight ensued.

Team E other hand fought the dire wolves at the same time and they managed to kill one wolf, but lost two goblins. They moved to try and change the fight to a slightly more advantageous area for them. Eventually, the voice also reached them and the wolves as they stopped fighting and all moved in the same direction.

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(Erza's POV)

I told Oppo to do her thing and use <charm>, which took effect as 1 wolf, 2 goblins, and 16 slimes were charmed. After asking Oppo I knew which ones were charmed and decided how to go at it.

The two charmed goblins had bows so I told Oppo to order them to shoot the wolves that weren't charmed while the wolf that was charmed would help them in the fight. 

Right after I and Oppo ordered the other goblins and slimes to attack the slimes. They aren't that strong, so I decided it's best this way.

Next, I moved with Oppo Glued to me.

{Yay! I get to help Mommy Erza against the enemy!} It was a weird sentence to come out in such an innocent way, but Oppo just made it possible, and once again warmed my heart. If this goes on, I'll be like a mother that thinks everything their child does is amazing... A simp mother?... No, I better not think about that.

My target was the goblin that wasn't charmed. I have to know if I can fight, so he's a decent target.

I moved very last, surprising myself with my speed, and once I was close enough to the goblin who was holding a dagger and wearing leather armor, I went in for an all-out punch that hit.

*Bam!*

The goblin was knocked down and I could hear the crack of his bones as he groaned in pain. Seeing blood in my hands and flows from his head, I started feeling nauseous and I wanted to vomit. I knew I wouldn't just do it and get done with it, but I'm feeling way worse than I expected.

{Mommy Ezra, are you ok? Did he do something mean to you?!} Oppo noticed my discomfort and immediately asked if I'm ok, hearing her voice helped me calm down a little.

"I'm ok, thank you for worrying my fluffy ball of cuteness! I don't know how I lived without until now." I hugged Oppo and before closing my eyes and taking a deep breath. I made, the decision to live as someone strong, and I must do this if I want to be ready to protect my loved ones in the future.

"I'm sorry." I don't know why, but those words slipped my mouth as I steadied myself to become a murderer for a safer future. I closed one eye and punched the already half-dead goblin with all my strength. The goblin's head explodes and blood jumps everywhere with brain pieces and other things splattered on me and the ground. 

[You have killed a level-8 'Goblin', you have gained 8 exp]

*Blaarrghh!* 

I immediately vomit not handling it despite having prepared myself for it.

{Mommy Erza, If you don't like this we can run away and hide until you feel better. I don't want to see you cry.} Oppo once again made me want to squeeze all the cuteness out of her! How can someone be so adorable?!

['Goblin' has killed a level-1 'Blue slime', as its tamer, you receive some of the experience earned. You have gained 1 exp.]

['Goblin' has killed a level-2 'Blue slime', as its tamer, you receive some of the experience earned. You have gained 1 exp.]

['Goblin' has killed a level-1 'Blue slime', as its tamer, you receive some of the experience earned. You have gained 1 exp.]

['Blue slime' has killed a level-1 'Blue slime', as its tamer, you receive some of the experience earned. You have gained 1 exp.]

I ignored the notifications.

"No, I'll be fine. I'll get used to it. As long as I have you here, I think I'll always be fine." I get up with tears on my face and clean them off, I feel horrible inside. How can I be so hypocritical to be fine with ordering death, but feel so disgusted at getting my hands dirty? I guess that's just how I am... Anyway, it no longer matters, I'll take things into my own hands and not let this get the best of me.

['Goblin' has killed a level-1 'Blue slime', as its tamer, you receive some of the experience earned. You have gained 1 exp.]

['Goblin' has killed a level-2 'Blue slime', as its tamer, you receive some of the experience earned. You have gained 1 exp.]

['Blue slime' has killed a level-1 'Blue slime', as its tamer, you receive some of the experience earned. You have gained 1 exp.]

I look to the side and see that one of the charmed goblins was killed by a dire wolf, and now two dire wolves were attacking the other goblin.

Not losing any more time, I run there and quickly arrived before jumping and attacking one of the wolves with an ax kick down on its head. My body was responding to my every command and I was moving in a way that would have been impossible for me in the past. 

The wolf was slammed to the ground under my foot. I want to give it time to recover, so I started punching and I could slower hear the cracking sound with each punch, and once again my hands were covered in blood as I looked at the disfigured corpse of the wolf.

[You have killed a level-6 'Dire Wolf', you have gained 9 exp]

[You have accumulated enough experience and have been recognized by the world as a being deserving of more power. You have become level 3]

I decided to look at that later, I didn't expect to level up this fast.

"What?" I was surprised to see, it was lower level than the goblin, as it was much more resistant and seemed overall more powerful. Not that I could say anything considering I completely overpowered it while being a level 2...

I turned to the other wolf and began cracking my knuckles before jumping at it, then I grabbed it in a chokehold before breaking its neck. After doing it twice, it felt more natural this time.

[You have killed a level-5 'Dire Wolf', you have gained 7 exp]

Not stopping there, I look at the last dire wolf fighting the charmed dire wolf, I tell Oppo to order the charmed wolf to back down and come in with a straight punch to the wolf's face with the momentum got from running there. The wolf was sent flying around splat a tree nearby with blood.

[You have killed a level-7 'Dire Wolf', you have gained 10 exp]

['Goblin' has killed a level-1 'Blue slime', as its tamer, you receive some of the experience earned. You have gained 1 exp.]

['Goblin' has killed a level-1 'Blue slime', as its tamer, you receive some of the experience earned. You have gained 1 exp.]

['Blue slime' has killed a level-1 'Blue slime', as its tamer, you receive some of the experience earned. You have gained 1 exp.]

....

All the notifications sank in as I got a total of 50 exp, which would be 100exp with <double exp>'s effect.

"It's over..." I say looking at my bloodied hands telling myself that I have to remember this feeling if I don't want to lose myself.