Adventures Of A Goblin

At the prison entrance, a conversation ensued involving three goblins, two of which is equipped with long spears similar to the ones used by gatekeepers,

While the third Goblin is a robust fellow with a size larger than the two gatekeeper Goblins.

The content of the conversation, is the robust Goblin asking the gate keeper goblins to make way for him so he can go into the prison tunnel.

The gate keeper goblins, clicked the head of their Spear together, and used it to block the way for the robust Goblin.

At the request of the robust Goblin, the gate keeper goblin at the left spoke up.

"we apologize, but we cannot allow you go in"

"and why is that...."

"because our king has not given the permission to. The only ones he has openly given permission to coming here, are the four Goblin generals, and no one else".

"I understand, but I also understand, that you both know what the rules laid down by our king is".

The robust Goblin words, jogged their memories, and the rules laid down by their king, appeared vividly in their minds like a cloud forming up words.

Their earlier arrogance towards the robust Goblin was nowhere to be seen, as they in a panic, hurriedly separated their spears and made way for the robust Goblin to go in through.

"be thankful you were quick to know your place. Next time, I will not be so merciful as to remind you".

Fear gripped them for having almost lost their lives at the hands of the robust Goblin.

If it was one of the four generals they had acted this way to, their heads would have come rolling off before they can even grasp their situation.

In a way, this robust Goblin had shown them more mercy than they had ever encountered in their lifetime of being gatekeepers.

To demonstrate their gratitude towards the robust Goblin, they decided to apologize.

"we are deeply sorry for our arrogant attitude directed at you".

They bowed their heads deeply as they apologized to the robust Goblin who had already left their midst to continued on his path.

The robust Goblin got to his destination, and placed his hand on the iron cage.

The inside of the cage was dark and very difficult to know if anything living was in there.

"how are you feeling"

"....."

No reply came forth.

He saw the state the chained Goblin was in before he had asked the question,

Because his body was untouched, he had assumed that he would be able to speak, but it seems what he was given was not a physical pain, but a psychological one.

The chained Goblin sat on the floor, with his back rested on the wall and his face looking lifeless.

One might even mistake him for being dead, since he shows no signs of movement, but the robust Goblin knew that he was still alive since he can still hear a faint breathing coming from the chained Goblin.

"a number has been done on you?",

Said the robust Goblin not expecting a reply.

"listen, I know you are probably wondering why I am here now?, after we almost had each other killed in the blood ring arena".

The robust Goblin stopped to see if the chained Goblin would make some kind of movement signifying that he is listening, but no such movements came from him.

The robust Goblin, continued his monologue, not minding that the chained Goblin isn't reacting.

What matters to the robust Goblin, is that the chained Goblin hears and understands his words.

"what I want to say next, might come as a shock to you, but it is truly how I feel".

"I admire my king and his four Generals, when I envision how my future self will be, what I see is me standing at an equal level with the four generals".

"to achieve this, I joined the battle against the Orcs and leveled up my status, but that was not enough to reach my goal",

"I decided to train my fighting techniques in the hopes that with a better technique, I might be recognized by one of the four generals, or even by my king himself",

"turns out, even that was not enough to catch up to the four generals. I tried everything possible I could think of, but nothing worked out for me".

"my last resort, was fighting in the blood ring tournament. The blood ring is a place where those with the craving to fight and unleash disaster gather"

"it is mostly full of goblins who have no self control over their bloodlust. For them, the blood ring is the perfect place to attain control and at the same time, let loose"

"I thought, if I fought against goblins like that, I would get a real feel for what danger is, and maybe then I can grow even higher than my current self".

"It did help me to some extent, but it still was not enough to help me achieve my goal, that is, until you came along".

"I noticed during our duel, that you and my king had a sort of bad blood between you. I kind of find it surprising that there is a goblin who would openly show such malice and bloodlust towards the king, yet still gets to live on".

"I was at a loss when my king ordered me to spare you, and the spectators were also unable to believe their eyes".

"the one rule my king has always emphasized on, is the total submission of the weak to the strong".

"Being the king, he places so much into this rule to the point that, the stronger goblins, are allowed to kill the weaker goblins without being questioned"

"you however, are weak. I do not understand why my king spared you, and that infuriates me".

"i have spent my life chasing after his attention, yet you get to have it without putting in any effort",

"that is fine with me, I am pissed to a point, but at the same time, I am also glad".

"for the first time, I felt my kings attention on me, and that happened because I was battling you".

"on that note, here is what is going to happen".

"you, are going to get yourself together, and learn to show the ultimate respect towards my king, then, you are going to request for another duel between you and I, with my king present that is".

"you are useless as a goblin, but as a means to grab my kings attention, you have your uses. And I am going to exploit said uses to the fullest".

"now, you might want to think of rebelling and not doing what I just told you to, but I will advise you not to, unless you want your life here to be even more miserable than it already is".