Living in another world as an Oni!

Chapter 11: A "Little" Misunderstanding

Chapter 11: Chapter 11: A "Little" Misunderstanding

I woke up to chaos. Again.

The cave echoed with shouting as ogres and goblins bickered loudly. This was becoming a pattern, and it was already exhausting.

"What's it about this time?!" I muttered, rubbing the sleep out of my eyes as I dragged myself toward the noise.

At the center of the cave, Grumpy stood nose-to-nose—well, more like chest-to-face—with the goblin leader, who looked like he'd bitten into something sour.

"You cheated us!" Grumpy roared, jabbing a finger at the goblin leader. "This meat is smaller than yesterday's!"

The goblin leader crossed his arms. "Maybe it's because you ate most of it, ogre!"@@@@

"Oh great," I sighed, stepping between them. "What's going on now?"

Grumpy turned to me, his face red with anger. "They're trying to rip us off! That deer we hunted yesterday? They gave us the scrawny pieces!"

The goblin leader scowled. "You think we don't notice when your kind takes the biggest chunks? You think we're stupid?"

This wasn't the first argument between the two groups, and it certainly wouldn't be the last. The goblins thought the ogres were greedy, and the ogres thought the goblins were sneaky. To be fair, both were technically correct.

But it's human nature or well, monster nature as well(?) to be greedy so I sighed, raising my hands. "Alright, everyone calm down. Let's sort this out like adults."

Grumpy growled. "I don't need a runt like you telling me what to do."

"Really?" I shot back. "Because last I checked, I was the only one who managed to stop you from getting skewered by a goblin spear."

When will this guy learn?( ̄~ ̄;)

Grumpy opened his mouth to argue, but the goblin leader beat him to it.

"She's got a point," he said, smirking. "Maybe you should listen to her, ogre."

That, of course, only made Grumpy angrier.

It was clear I needed to come up with a solution fast before this argument turned into an all-out brawl between them and become a pain in the ass to deal with.

"Alright," I said, clapping my hands. "From now on, we're dividing everything equally. Meat, Glowshrooms, loot—everything. No exceptions."

The goblins grumbled. The ogres grumbled louder.

"But how do we know it's fair?" one of the goblins asked.

"Yeah," Grumpy added, crossing his arms. "What if they try to trick us?"

"No kidding," I muttered.

The troll let out a deafening roar, slamming its fists into the ground. The shockwave sent a few goblins tumbling, and even the ogres looked uneasy.

Grumpy, of course, was the first to step forward.

"I'll handle this!" he shouted, hefting his club.

"Wait!" I called after him, but it was too late.

Grumpy charged at the troll with all the subtlety of a battering ram. He swung his club with a roar, aiming for the troll's knee.

The troll didn't even flinch.

Instead, it swatted Grumpy aside like a fly, sending him crashing into a tree.

"Okay, Plan B," I muttered, activating my Spore Cloud skill.

The clearing filled with a golden mist, obscuring the troll's vision.

The goblins and ogres worked together surprisingly well after that. The goblins darted in and out of the mist, stabbing at the troll's legs and distracting it, while the ogres hurled rocks and branches from a safe distance.

I focused on keeping the Spore Cloud active, making sure the troll couldn't see where the attacks were coming from.

It wasn't easy, but eventually, the combined efforts paid off. The troll let out a final roar before collapsing to the ground, shaking the earth beneath it.

As the dust settled, the goblin leader let out a low whistle. "Well, I'll be damned. We actually did it."

Grumpy staggered back into the clearing, covered in dirt and looking more annoyed than hurt. "Told you I could handle it."

I rolled my eyes. "Sure you did, Grumpy. Sure you did."

For all their arguments these guys work well together.

The ogres and goblins exchanged uneasy glances, but there was a newfound respect between them. It finally felt like this alliance might actually work.

"Let's carve this thing up and see what we can use," I said, already thinking about what kind of loot a troll might drop.

As the others got to work, I leaned against a tree, letting out a long sigh.

"One day at a time," I muttered.

If nothing else, life in the forest was never boring.