Although he’s currently the only member of his unit, I hope that other individuals with similar skills will soon be joining him.
Incidentally, you might think that there should be more than twelve Hobgoblins, but I haven't miscounted.
Gobumi-chan, Gobue-chan, Hobusato-san, their 5 underling Goblins, and four additional Goblins that Ranked Up, which totals 12 Hobgoblins.
Hobusei-san was not mentioned here because when she woke up she had undergone her next rank up. According to her, it has been years since her first rank up.
Hobusei-san became a Lord based species called the Half Spell Lord.
Concerning Half Spell Lords; it seems that for Hobgoblins who practice magic becoming Ogres is not a common route. Although the probability is lower, mage-type monsters are races that advance on routes that specialize in using magic.
It's really like Hobusei-san who is good at using magic.
Turning into a race that best leverages her strong points is a good thing as well.
The specialization comes at the cost of lower physical abilities than other lord types, but magic is a technique to one-sidedly torment the enemy from a distance.
Since it's mostly a close-combat averse race that specialize in using magic, it's not really a problem.
A Half Spell Lord's appearance is like that of a human with two small horns. I haven't seen any besides Hobusei-san so there might be differences between individuals, but from her appearance, one could guess that Hobusei-san was in the her early twenties; rather than calling her cute, she was like Alchemist-san, an intellectual cool-type beauty who seems like she would look good in a suit.
She has Bluish-white skin that radiates life, green somewhat tsurime eyes that show intelligence, a sapphire-looking round gem 3 cm in diameter between a pair of horns in the middle of her forehead, long ash grey hair that extends down to her waist, and black tattoos on her forearms with patterns similar to mine yet subtly different.