Currently there were only three people in the room. Will, Chief and something else. Chief had called it a sow, but it wasn't a pig. Will realized it was female because of the brėȧst and her genitalia was exposed. She had a greenish brown skin color, but was it a female Goblin? She was rather large, Will even estimated that she was bigger than a regular sized human, at least humans from his world since he had never seen a human here before. She was tied up to large boulders in the room, but even if she wasn't it didn't look like she had the strength to struggle. She had small cuts and bruises all over her body, her eyes were glazed over as if she didn't have any consciousness, but she would sometimes let out painful mȯȧns every now and then while she breathed.
Will suddenly felt an urge, an instinct. The first Goblin instinct he had besides eating, he wanted to jump whatever it was that was in front of her and mate. However the human part in his mind was aware of this so the most he did was get back on his feet. Chief gave Will a shove towards the female in front of him, but Will refused to budge. Chief then shrugged and called in a couple of other Goblins, they all surrounded the female and did what Will had refused to do. Will just turned around and walked slowly back to his own room. He noticed his siblings weren't there and ȧssumed they were with the other Goblins.
It suddenly dawned on Will, was that thing his mother? She had obviously been there for a long time, had Will and his siblings all been born from her. This notion suddenly made Will want to throw up. He then remembered all the fantasy stories from his own world about Goblins, so far a lot of the facts about Goblins had lined up, some didn't but most did. [Does that mean there are no female Goblins? Do all Goblins mate with other species to procreate? So what was that thing in there? It was bigger than a Goblin, but had similar features…] Will tried to recall what he had seen. She was big, bigger than what he ȧssumed humans were. She was greenish, thinking back she was also quite muscular. Tusks! He remembered she had tusks. One word popped up in his head, [Orcs!]
This world had Goblins, so why not Orcs? He tried to remember everything he could about Orcs from his previous world. There were some discrepancies between western fantasy and eastern fantasy when it came to Orcs. Eastern fantasy usually depicted Orcs as big pig like humanoids. However in western fantasy, especially Tolkien, Orcs were corrupted Elves. [Tusks are more of a pig feature, but other than that she was pretty humanoid. If it wasn't for her bulging muscles mixed with excessive fat in some areas, she could even be somewhat attractive.] Having this thought made Will shudder even more, having lived in a civilized world, the very idea of forcing himself on someone twisted his stomach. But he couldn't force the others to stop, he was only one Goblin.
When night arrived all his siblings returned to the room, they were all in a good mood as they went to bed. Will could feel the stench on them so he decided to leave before showing any outward signs of disgust towards his brothers. He headed for Chiefs room to try and make some sense of the situation. Chief frowned as soon as he saw Will, "Why not mate? Sow was ready." Will couldn't look Chief in the eye, but he didn't want to leave before getting some answers. "Was I born there?" Will asked, the lack of vocabulary made it hard to formulate a question that made sense, so he tried to get as close as possible. Chief only nodded, he signaled Will to sit on one of the furs opposite of him after realizing Will had some misgivings about the situation. "Will born from sow. Sow strong Orc, give eight Goblins. But even strong sow needs two moons rest."
After talking with Chief, Will left the cave and went outside, he finally understood the situation. Goblins procreated using other species females, but considering how strong Orcs were, he also ȧssumed it had to be a humanoid species, or else the Goblins would have just mated with random animals in the wild. It was much easier getting their hands on animals than an ȧduŀt Orc. This also probably meant there weren't any other types of humanoids in the area, if there were it would be easier getting their hands on them than Orcs. It suddenly dawned on Will the trouble they were in. In both eastern and western fantasy there was always one trait Orcs had in common, they were tribal. They had a sense of community, they had hierarchies. Which meant they were probably looking for the enemies that kidnapped the female Orc.
Afraid of retaliation, Will decided to immediately start making more weapons. He had tried making bows, however he had little knowledge and couldn't get the strings to work. He tried leather straps, he tried sinew from the animals, but nothing quite worked. He ȧssumed there was some special method that he just lacked knowledge in, so he gave up on the bows and continued making daggers and spears.
Then a few days later, the thing Will was afraid of happened. An Orc scout had killed a few members of a hunting party.
After hearing about the scout, Will knew they had a day, maybe two at most. So he immediately went through all the preparations he had made. For defenses he realized the best option they had was to use the narrow caves to funnel the Orcs, he didn't know how many were going to come, but numbers wouldn't be an issue if they could fight in the tunnels. He also decided to take advantage of the difference in height, he got all the Goblins to help him drive thick and sharp stakes to stick out of the cave walls above Goblin height. That way it would be hard for the Orcs to move around unscathed.Will had also managed to take advantage of the 'Adrenaline Mushrooms', he didn't have any apothecary skills, but he did some experimentation, and inhaling the mushrooms after drying and grinding them to dust made the effect almost instantaneously. So he handed small leather pouches to all the Goblins with the mushroom powder in it. Will knew that inh
Will was halfway through the cave system when he realized the Orc leader was quickly catching up to him. He finally couldn't stand it anymore and looked back. There he saw the towering Orc, slowly moving through the tunnels. The Goblins that came in its way were all crushed with one swing, sometimes two or three at a time. The defenses Will had set up, the stakes in the wall, all broke like twigs against the Orcs armor and muscles.[I was so naive, how could I think I had any chance, and it's only one Orc. I thought I could defend against more? How stupid! Goblins are too weak, way too weak!] Will turned back around and picked up his pace, he couldn't be bothered by the Goblins in the cave, most were dead anyway. He had only one last plan that could maybe help him survive, and if that didn't work, he would just have to accept his death.Will ran faster and faster, not stopping for anything until he reached his des
Him. Hours passed as Will sat slumped down in the corner of the cave, he had been silently clutching his left arm. Will had unconsciously grabbed his severed arm and held it against the open wound, almost as if he was trying to re-attach it. Will stirred back to life as he felt a slight tingling from his left arm, he couldn't move anything, and the wound had clearly not healed, it could even just have been his imagination. However this was enough to motivate him into moving again. In the hours Will had sat there, he had time to process all the intense emotions that surfaced during the morning massacre. After thinking for so long, Will's conclusion had led him to realize that everything that had happened was out of his control. The Goblin group was doomed even before Will was born into this world, and no amount of preparation he could make would have changed that. His only option was to get stronger so nothing like this would happen in the future, or if it did, that at least he would
Will was elated when he saw the dirt road, he suddenly lost all strength in his body as if all the exhaustion from the past month had finally caught up with him. He slid down on the ground for a while, but realized it wasn't completely safe so he got up and dragged his backpack back to the edge of the forest. He set up a small camp behind one of the larger trees so he had cover and started planning his next step. The road stretched from one horizon to the other, it was following the edge of the forest. On the other side of the road, there were only plains as far as the eyes could see. The plan was to head as far south as possible without endangering his life. He figured out that because the days were getting longer and longer as spring turned into summer, so he could safely ȧssume he was pretty far north on this world's hemisphere. So the more south he could get, the easier it would be to survive winter. However if he went too far south, he would encounter more civilization or more wi
As nightfall arrived, Will crawled out from under some bushes he had slept under. He was fully rested and had a sharp look in his eyes. Today was the day! After so much hard work, it would hopefully pay off. Will was excited, this was a new chapter in his recently acquired life.Will approached the village the sides, the front and the back of the village had roads coming out, so he decided to go from the sides. Once the patrolling guard past by his point of entry, Will immediately sprinted towards the village. The village itself looked empty, but it wasn't quiet. He could hear people conversing and moving around inside their houses. No one was poor enough to not have candles lit in their houses, which was a good sign for Will. This meant that the powers at be had allocated enough resources to this village for it to be worthwhile settling in.Will moved toward the center of the town, however there was an increased
Will felt so foolish, his whole plan depended on him not being noticed. Then he got noticed on the first morning after settling in. He rushed to the corner opposite to the entrance he had used and started digging, the ground underneath was just regular dirt so he managed to get a pretty big hole done in no time. After he figured the hole was deep enough, he grabbed his things and with them laid down in the whole. It was pretty dark under the church, so even if they did find the entrance, they wouldn't be able to see him from the opposite side.Will waited, the unnerving suspense had his muscles tensed the whole time. He kept a close eye on the crack to see if he could tell if any shadows passed by. He didn't see anything, however he did hear a couple of voice, but he didn't understand what they said. One voice was the woman who had shrieked, and the other was a deep gruff voice. They talked for a while, but nothing came of it. Will still didn't take any chances
Will was finally in a constant good mood, he had found a nice routine to his life. Four times a week the nun taught lessons to some of the village children, which meant Will would also watch the lessons through the window. On the other days when he was free, he would fix things in his new home, and also go out to gather odds and ends.It only took Will two weeks to learn very basic writing and reading skills, and was getting a mild grasp on the language the humans spoke. He was like a child, absorbing all the knowledge like a sponge. [Maybe this is a trait of being a Goblin?]Twice a week he would leave the village to the forest outskirts and gather some more mushrooms and hunt smaller prey. He wouldn't bring the meat back to the church, because the smell would probably get noticed. So after every hunt he would skin and dry the meat, and every subsequent time he went back he would bring the meat that was already p
Thus passed the following days, weeks and months.Will had learned a lot in his time here, he was now proficient in reading and writing the human language. He could also understand speech, but since he didn't practice much, he couldn't tell how good he was at speaking it.This made him almost go mad, he had kept silent for so long. Sneaking around without getting noticed or making a sound, not speaking to anyone. If it wasn't for the nun's soothing voice every now and then, Will would probably have gone crazy by now. Even when he was alone in the forest, he couldn't speak to himself in fear of either getting noticed by random humans or scaring off his prey. He had also learned the nun's name was Lina. The kids called her Aunty Lina, and the ȧduŀts called her Sister Lina. She wasn't young, maybe in her mid thirties, but she had a clean ivory face, with almost no wrinkles.Will's routine was as follows: On weekdays he woul
The days grew colder and colder as winter approached, but the village just got more livelier. The streets were flooded with workers busy building new shacks and houses. The market street was bustling with new life and new wares. Most people weren't worried about thieves or pickpockets, which made sense considering the size and age of the village. Tighter communities had lower crime rates in general, besides, there was so much to do so there were plenty of jobs for everyone.Will had kept to himself for the most part. He had gotten bolder though, sneaking into the church's 'classroom' directly instead of watching from the window. Will was afraid of being noticed from the outside since the town was busier now, and he didn't like spending hours in the colSister Lina had moved on from teaching language to teaching history and religion. The religion worshiped a Goddess called the 'Nurturing Mother'. She was tolerant and caring, but
Thus passed the following days, weeks and months.Will had learned a lot in his time here, he was now proficient in reading and writing the human language. He could also understand speech, but since he didn't practice much, he couldn't tell how good he was at speaking it.This made him almost go mad, he had kept silent for so long. Sneaking around without getting noticed or making a sound, not speaking to anyone. If it wasn't for the nun's soothing voice every now and then, Will would probably have gone crazy by now. Even when he was alone in the forest, he couldn't speak to himself in fear of either getting noticed by random humans or scaring off his prey. He had also learned the nun's name was Lina. The kids called her Aunty Lina, and the ȧduŀts called her Sister Lina. She wasn't young, maybe in her mid thirties, but she had a clean ivory face, with almost no wrinkles.Will's routine was as follows: On weekdays he woul
Will was finally in a constant good mood, he had found a nice routine to his life. Four times a week the nun taught lessons to some of the village children, which meant Will would also watch the lessons through the window. On the other days when he was free, he would fix things in his new home, and also go out to gather odds and ends.It only took Will two weeks to learn very basic writing and reading skills, and was getting a mild grasp on the language the humans spoke. He was like a child, absorbing all the knowledge like a sponge. [Maybe this is a trait of being a Goblin?]Twice a week he would leave the village to the forest outskirts and gather some more mushrooms and hunt smaller prey. He wouldn't bring the meat back to the church, because the smell would probably get noticed. So after every hunt he would skin and dry the meat, and every subsequent time he went back he would bring the meat that was already p
Will felt so foolish, his whole plan depended on him not being noticed. Then he got noticed on the first morning after settling in. He rushed to the corner opposite to the entrance he had used and started digging, the ground underneath was just regular dirt so he managed to get a pretty big hole done in no time. After he figured the hole was deep enough, he grabbed his things and with them laid down in the whole. It was pretty dark under the church, so even if they did find the entrance, they wouldn't be able to see him from the opposite side.Will waited, the unnerving suspense had his muscles tensed the whole time. He kept a close eye on the crack to see if he could tell if any shadows passed by. He didn't see anything, however he did hear a couple of voice, but he didn't understand what they said. One voice was the woman who had shrieked, and the other was a deep gruff voice. They talked for a while, but nothing came of it. Will still didn't take any chances
As nightfall arrived, Will crawled out from under some bushes he had slept under. He was fully rested and had a sharp look in his eyes. Today was the day! After so much hard work, it would hopefully pay off. Will was excited, this was a new chapter in his recently acquired life.Will approached the village the sides, the front and the back of the village had roads coming out, so he decided to go from the sides. Once the patrolling guard past by his point of entry, Will immediately sprinted towards the village. The village itself looked empty, but it wasn't quiet. He could hear people conversing and moving around inside their houses. No one was poor enough to not have candles lit in their houses, which was a good sign for Will. This meant that the powers at be had allocated enough resources to this village for it to be worthwhile settling in.Will moved toward the center of the town, however there was an increased
Will was elated when he saw the dirt road, he suddenly lost all strength in his body as if all the exhaustion from the past month had finally caught up with him. He slid down on the ground for a while, but realized it wasn't completely safe so he got up and dragged his backpack back to the edge of the forest. He set up a small camp behind one of the larger trees so he had cover and started planning his next step. The road stretched from one horizon to the other, it was following the edge of the forest. On the other side of the road, there were only plains as far as the eyes could see. The plan was to head as far south as possible without endangering his life. He figured out that because the days were getting longer and longer as spring turned into summer, so he could safely ȧssume he was pretty far north on this world's hemisphere. So the more south he could get, the easier it would be to survive winter. However if he went too far south, he would encounter more civilization or more wi
Him. Hours passed as Will sat slumped down in the corner of the cave, he had been silently clutching his left arm. Will had unconsciously grabbed his severed arm and held it against the open wound, almost as if he was trying to re-attach it. Will stirred back to life as he felt a slight tingling from his left arm, he couldn't move anything, and the wound had clearly not healed, it could even just have been his imagination. However this was enough to motivate him into moving again. In the hours Will had sat there, he had time to process all the intense emotions that surfaced during the morning massacre. After thinking for so long, Will's conclusion had led him to realize that everything that had happened was out of his control. The Goblin group was doomed even before Will was born into this world, and no amount of preparation he could make would have changed that. His only option was to get stronger so nothing like this would happen in the future, or if it did, that at least he would
Will was halfway through the cave system when he realized the Orc leader was quickly catching up to him. He finally couldn't stand it anymore and looked back. There he saw the towering Orc, slowly moving through the tunnels. The Goblins that came in its way were all crushed with one swing, sometimes two or three at a time. The defenses Will had set up, the stakes in the wall, all broke like twigs against the Orcs armor and muscles.[I was so naive, how could I think I had any chance, and it's only one Orc. I thought I could defend against more? How stupid! Goblins are too weak, way too weak!] Will turned back around and picked up his pace, he couldn't be bothered by the Goblins in the cave, most were dead anyway. He had only one last plan that could maybe help him survive, and if that didn't work, he would just have to accept his death.Will ran faster and faster, not stopping for anything until he reached his des
After hearing about the scout, Will knew they had a day, maybe two at most. So he immediately went through all the preparations he had made. For defenses he realized the best option they had was to use the narrow caves to funnel the Orcs, he didn't know how many were going to come, but numbers wouldn't be an issue if they could fight in the tunnels. He also decided to take advantage of the difference in height, he got all the Goblins to help him drive thick and sharp stakes to stick out of the cave walls above Goblin height. That way it would be hard for the Orcs to move around unscathed.Will had also managed to take advantage of the 'Adrenaline Mushrooms', he didn't have any apothecary skills, but he did some experimentation, and inhaling the mushrooms after drying and grinding them to dust made the effect almost instantaneously. So he handed small leather pouches to all the Goblins with the mushroom powder in it. Will knew that inh