Chapter 329 Airship Carrier

Piercestriker called Jin via the magpie messenger to spread the word about the various lights that were shining in the night sky. Many were unable to identify those lights, not even King Sol and his generals who experienced the most in their lifetimes. Though the same did not hold true for Jin who himself was equally surprised.

"It's hard to believe that a supposed medieval world had such things around." Jin scratched his head while looking through the binoculars he had prepared with his scouting pack before he entered the Goblin World.

"Have you seen anything like this before, benefactor? What are those exactly?" King Sol asked since he knew nothing about this particular half panda mask guy except for the fact that he was able to fight toe to toe with the Red Hurricane and seemingly aided the rally with his daughter Starfire, which earned Jin some brownie points and the king's respect.

"I've not personally seen them, so I can only deduce from the (fantasy) books I read, but they are like slow moving sh.i.p.s that swim along in the air. If I remember correctly, they were dubbed as airship carriers. Those lights are used to convey signals so that the airship carriers do not crash each other and some are just headlights to see what lies ahead of them." Jin answered as he himself was keeping pointers. Maybe he could create an airship carrier instance for his cultivators.

"Airship carriers? Erm so like sh.i.p.s in the air which carry troops?" Gladios did not know all that sophisticated stuff and asked bluntly.

"Yea, I might be wrong but they could be carrying hundreds if not thousands of soldiers in there. Not to mention, the sh.i.p.s might have cannons that could blast from the skies and onto the towns. I doubt you guys have anything that stops things that come from the air, now do you?" Jin questioned without much hope, which King Sol and his two generals shook their heads.

"Then what the Red Hurricane said before he left is true. They are bringing the invasion to us despite our kindness to their race!" Starfire felt irritated for being so helpless.

"Master, we know that you did not come here initially to protect the kingdom, but we beg of you are you able to help my father, my liege and the Gob Gob Kingdom against the Orc Invasion." Ripcaller and Slashreaver knelt down in front of the half mask panda guy which shocked their fathers.

"Eh. Let's reconvene and have a proper talk elsewhere. Those airship carriers take time to come. But if I were you I'd get your goblin armies to prepare for war." Jin suggested and King Sol agreed at once. He commanded his two generals to send word to prepare for war while they reconvened in a smaller meeting room which they temporarily set up as their war room.

In the meantime, Piercestriker had his broken arm fixed by some goblin healers and with the help of the major chi potions that they brought from Jin's world. The three goblin sons then briefly explained to their fathers a story which they all collaborated to make sure Jin was not wrongly implicated. Jin also properly introduced himself to King Sol and the Three Generals by taking his half panda mask away.

"Allthis while I thought that you were humanoid, but not a human at all." Starfire felt ridiculed that she sided with the humans. It's not that she had any real enmity against the humans, but reports of human resistances killing goblins just made her feel that humans and goblins could never coexist together. Sure they might have trading agreements and diplomatic relationsh.i.p.s but it was all a faade for business since the humans in their world had too much pride.

"Soin short Master Jin rescued the three of you from those human kidnappers that used some sort of flying creature to capture all of you?" Argent, the Spear General summed up the story which made sense to him. After all there was no magic presence in the area and the goblin sons disappeared way too quickly. The three Generals had considered the possibility of a human using a flying creature but not many were able to master those creatures of flight compared to monsters and humanoids. It would also explain why no party asked for a ransom to release their sons.

"Yes, and even though he let us off, we realised that he was a master of some secret arts. We begged him to teach us more and even though he warned us that there was a pact that had to be made, we did it unwi- *cough* willingly." Slashreaver coughed as he remembered to tweak his words a little. Jin had released some sort of bitter laugh when he nearly heard it, hoping to cover it as well.

"They exaggerate my greatness. I am just a unique summoner." Jin figured he should tell the primary basis of his powers or else they would get shocked by the number of summons he would have to call if they really needed his help against the Orc Invasion. For now it seemed best to pretend he was from their world as it should make cooperation easier than to outright tell them, he came from a different world.

"I am sorry to interrupt but I like to know. What kind of summoner would have such powers?! He is clearly not a summoner at all when I saw him fight recently. His strength might be equivalent to Uncle Gladios. He is hiding something." Starfire interjected and she explained what she saw in the courtyard. Now it was the three generals' turn to become rather impressed with how Jin was able to defeat that many orc fighters in such a short and seemingly simple fashion.

"But you did see him summoning the ants and the Magpie Queen out of nowhere, didn't you?" Slashreaver added and Starfire stopped her tracks for a while.

"I ermyes I forgot about that." Starfire kept quiet for now as King Sol cleared his throat.

"Slashreaver, Piercestriker and Ripcaller. Do you three vow that he is on our side and not some spy or mole for either the Humans nor the Orcs?" King Sol asked and the three immediately dropped to their knees and shouted in unison. "Yes, your Majesty! We entrust our lives to Master Jin as much as we served it to you." The goblins swore which made the Generals somewhat baffled. They still remembered that their sons never acted this decisively before.

The fact that their return had brought surprise from one to another made it mind numbing for the Generals and their king. To see Ripcaller and Slashreaver competently suppressing the Red Hurricane was already a feat on its own, but the Black Disaster who got killed by Piercestriker alone was a piece of news to be celebrated for days or even weeks. Heck, he might even be hailed as a new Hero for the goblins. All these helped King Sol decide to take the gambit and to trust Jin for now with a condition.

"I am asking for your services Summoner. We can discuss payment later." King Sol requested with utmost sincerity when he caught Jin accidentally yawning, who suddenly stopped the moment he heard King Sol make his plea.

"Eh? Wait. Wait a minute. You wish to hire me?" Jin was fairly shocked when he heard that. He had thought the King would be demanding him to do it as compensation for taking the goblin sons away without any permission. Jin thought that kings would self centred and selfish. That Goblin King was nothing like he had expected.

"Yes. We are not allies in any way, but you shall be handsomely rewarded for your services. Not to mention, we have yet to reward you for rescuing these three goblins and training them. To see them this powerful I can vaguely feel their auras just by standing near them proves that you must have exhausted quite a number of good tonics, equipment and training for them." King Sol replied.

"However, I am forced to ask that you and your other human comrades continue to wear your half masks since I do not wish our goblin army to mistake us having allied with the humans. I am sure you can understand, how that would implicate morale. Once we survive this we can later reveal your identity, if you so wish." King Sol added which Jin did not agree with immediately.

"I will get back to you. Let me get out of this room for five minutes." Jin answered as he walked out of the War Room.

"Eh? I thought your master was willing to help us?" Argent whispered to his son and Piercestriker could only shrug his shoulders.

"Master can be sometimes hard to read since he's actually a secluded guy. You thought that he was willing to help but he might think it's not worth the hassle. Convincing him could be the hardest part. We will try to persuade him a little." Slashreaver tried to justify it as he beckoned the other two to follow their master out of the room.

"Do we really need his help?" Starfire asked even though she could not deny that Jin was strong.

"You saw how he chased away the Red Hurricane and the death of the Black Disaster only came to be because Piercestriker trained under him. That makes it evident he is not only a skilled warrior but also teacher. Do you think his allies will be that much worse? Andthat blue bird which you said it was under the command of the half mask magpie lady. He summoned her right?" King Sol asked his daughter, and she reluctantly nodded.

"That little small bird not only provides me with mana but I can feel that somehow my magic lines in the body have been partially mended too. Never in my life would I have considered such a thing possible. I thought that my magic lines would remain impaired since it was written in stone that once the lines are broken, it will stay broken. Yet that little blue bird enabled me to mend some of my magic lines back and I do not feel as weak as before. Nothing like in my prime, yet I can feel myself improving. If he can summon such powerful beings to his side that perform such miraclesthis might be the chance to shorten this Orc Invasion and protect our kingdom from ruin." King Sol explained and the three generals could only smirk at their King's foresight. Starfire did not think that far and was embarrassed that she solely focused on the superficial.

"User, you have put yourself further into deeper shit. According to prior thought analysis, this should be your way to express your current situation, is that correct?" System added and Jin felt annoyed as he went out of the war room.

"Why are all the worlds at war? I don't really want to interfere that much with this world." Jin complained to the phone as he saw the three goblin sons coming out of the war room and closing the door behind them properly.

"War is inevitable in every world. User is just lucky that the current country User is residing in is not involved in any major armed conflict. Had User come in any later, this could have been more peaceful, but with a 96.7% probability it would be Orc Territory. Does User wish to leave?" System questioned Jin.

"We plead that you aid our kingdom Master." The three goblins knelt once more and Jin placed his palm on his face as he leaned on the side of the wall. He sighed as he took out a bottle of spring water to drink from his storage watch and pour some on his face to freshen himself up. "Let get back to the war room to discuss further. I am not agreeing to anything yet."

The King was discussing some minor issues with the Generals and their trusted lackeys in the war room as Jin entered again after a short break. They stopped their conversation and all heads were turned to Jin.

"Here is my opinion. From what I gathered from you guys, the Orcs are also attacking other goblin kingdoms, right? If all of the kingdoms are suffering the same pattern of attack they are bound to be overtaken by tomorrow. That means the odds are stacked against your kingdom and people. You all will be pinned down eventually by refugees running from those kingdoms and the Orcs might join an alliance with the humans you all hate to finish you off." Jin did not mince his words and the generals, unfortunately, agreed on what Jin had mentioned.

"What I am about to do later before daybreak would only delay the inevitability. Sure I might save some goblins while sparing some time for you guys to fire up your smiths and boost your conscription to prepare for war but that does not change the fact that you guys would be forced into entering war again. And this time it will be basically you against the world."

"But what else can we do instead of preparing for war? From what we can deduce from the 'airship carriers' , they might have found some lost technology from the depths of the earth. There is no way they are stopping for a diplomatic resolution when they have the upper hand in terms of weaponry and technology." General Igni concluded which suddenly struck Jin.

"Didn't Hou Fei, our fellow Panda Clan Remnant promise that he could provide me blueprints for military incursions if I