Seeing the gazes of the three orcs turn sinister, Ez immediately stepped forward and knelt in front of Moku. "I'm very sorry KuMoku, I never intend to deceive the orcs.
The news I bring is what really happened. The goblin tribe will actually attack the orc tribe in less than 5 days.
If KuMoku feels I tricked the orcs, I want to apologize for this misunderstand—" Ez swallowed his words back after seeing Moku raise his hand.
"Ez, I don't blame you and I'm not mad at you. If I were in your position I would probably do the same. I commend your wisdom.
Orcs are physically much stronger than Goblins, even though we are few in number but with our regeneration abilities and body strength, orcs can kill hundreds of goblins in open war.
So it was the right decision to lure the orcs to attack first. With the traps and labyrinths in your cave, the goblins can kill the orcs one by one" said Moku calmly.
Suddenly all the orcs realized what was really going on.
If they were provoked by the news that Ez brought and attacked the goblin cave then they would most likely really be extinct or if there were survivors, the numbers would not allow the orcs to be able to take revenge or survive in the cruel Bog forest.
"I also want to apologize for seeing you as a coward Ez. I never thought that you would be this brave. You know whatever the orcs decide, we will still kill you, but you still come to this place" Moku looked at Ez in admiration.
"Well.." Ez couldn't help but smile bitterly. He sighed and gave in. His plan had failed, he was just biding his time for the orcs to kill him.
Even if he ran away, his short legs wouldn't be able to carry him away from the orcs' pursuit.
Moku didn't look at Ez anymore and looked at Goku "Goku, your plan sounds simple but I know that you really want to test the fighting skills of the orcs. I also want to know how strong orcs are right now.
Deer, Wildebeest, Bison, and other animal colonies in Glittering Meadow are not opponents to measure your abilities. Even so I don't think the goblin tribe is a worthy opponent either.
They can only rely on numbers, metal weapons, and labyrinths against you.
Even if you win it's not something to be proud of and if you lose it doesn't measure your fighting ability as an individual or a group." Moku explained.
The orcs muttered and nodded.
"Mige, I feel proud of your warrior attitude and thank you for remembering what I said about the principle of silat where 'Enemies are not sought, if meet is inevitable'.
But you misunderstood the word 'enemies' in that principle. The enemy is not only those who attack in plain sight but also those who intend to attack you and make preparations to attack.
Remember where there's a smoke, there's a fire.
The goblin tribe getting ready to battle is a smoke and we have to extinguish it before it becomes a big fire." Moku forgot the true meaning of the saying, but he said it anyway because it would look cooler.
The orcs returned with "oohh!!", "aahhh!", "true, true, true".
"Boku, I'm very gratefull for your wisdom, you didn't disappoint us as the wisest orc. Even so, you forgot something.
Not all enemies have to be enemies that we destroy until nothing remains.
Just like a lion who hunts in the savanna, he will not eat all the animals that are there, he will still leave a few animals so they can breed.
That way he would have an inexhaustible supply of food.
So before deciding to fight, we must first think about whether we really have to kill this enemy until there is nothing left or there are other uses for them that can benefit the orcs." Moku smirked.
"You are more wise than me" Boku replied.
"That's why I decided to win this battle by..." Moku smiled.
Ez, the girls, and the orcs opened their ears wide waiting to hear Moku's plan to win this war.
They were like waiting for the prize curtain to be opened with the sound of drums rumbling as the background music.
Then Moku opened his mouth "without fighting!!!".
"HUH!?" Ez's mouth was wide open.
"huh?" the girls were afraid of mishearing after translating Moku's monster language.
"Huh?" the orcs remembered that they once thought of Moku as a crazy orc.
Plakk! Laya and Swa patted their foreheads at the same time.
'hehehe I will show them if Datuak Sri Maharajo doesn't just teach me how to dance' said Moku in his heart not paying attention to the reactions of the people around him.
He looked down and saw Anna's who was sleeping soundly, stroked her chubby cheeks, and whispered "so cute!!"
And once again everyone in the silent tent heard it clearly. Ez, the girls, even the orcs cursed in their hearts 'STOP FLIRTING ALREADY!!'.
Lina Skill
Moku stood with his arms outstretched. Even though he didn't move his mind kept spinning imagining all kinds of conditions that could occur while negotiating with the goblin tribe.
Last night's meeting ended with Moku asking Ez to take him and some orcs to meet the higher-ups of the goblin tribe.
At first, Ez did not want to bring them into the goblin tribe, he would rather die being killed by orcs than become a traitor to his tribe.
However, Ez agreed after Moku promised that he just wanted to meet the goblin tribe to negotiate and find out the real reason why the goblin tribe wanted to attack the orc tribe.
Then Moku asked Ez to wait in the bathhouse because he wanted to discuss something with his tribe members.
Since this was an internal conversation of the orcs, Ez complied and went back into the bathhouse.
After Ez left, Moku asked the orcs everything that happened to the tribe when he evolved. Each of the division heads reported the progress and problems they encountered.
Moku answered some problems and made some decisions. If there was anything he couldn't decide directly, Moku simply had the orcs wait for further developments.
The meeting continued until the next day. Moku dismissed the orcs and asked Swa, Laya, and Zalthu to accompany him to the goblin tribe.
None of the other orcs had a problem with Swa and Laya leaving with Moku, but they did ask why Moku chose Zalthu.
Moku replied that the reason for bringing Zalthu was because he had more experience with the goblin tribe than the other orcs.
Although Goku and Boku have knowledge of goblins on par with Zalthu, they are division heads so it is not good for them to leave their position when Moku is not in the tribe.
After that Moku asked the orcs to bring Stugo's head which was still left in the swamp.
Currently Swa, Laya and Zalthu are getting ready to leave. However, Moku was stopped by the girls, they said that Moku's current clothes were very inappropriate and would embarrass the orc tribe in the eyes of the goblins.
Therefore they suggested to wait a while until Lina finished making his new clothes. After some bickering, it all ended in Moku having to stand motionless for two hours like this.
"and done!" said Lina in a cheerful voice.
She stepped back and looked at Moku with sparkling eyes. She seemed to be appreciating her own work.
"Thanks Lina" Moku nodded and breathed a sigh of relief. Finally he was able to escape from this suffering.
He looked at his body which was now covered by a black fur coat and black shorts covering his crotch. Coupled with songket cloth tied around his waist.
This coat and shorts are made of Stugo fur, Moku came home with all the Stugo fur from swamp. The fur covering Stugo's 6 meter body is too much if only used to make Moku's clothes.