29 Game of Tag 1 (1/2)
Northwest side of the Plainlan forest.
Alina frantically dashed forward while searching for Kiro's whereabouts.
”Kiro!” Alina called his name in anxiety, as her eyes cautiously gazed at the surrounding forest. Then she heard a noise behind her back.
She abruptly turned around to find at the source of the disturbance, when she saw the greeny figure behind the tree-trunks, Alina was alarmed.
Grabbing the handle of her short saber tightly, while staring at her surrounding. Only then, Alina realized that she jumped into the pack of Goblins.
With the huge commotion that Kiro did, the nearby Goblins inside the settlement would naturally become curious about the disturbance inside the forest; what is more, a horde of Goblins with a higher existence that gave them a chain of command. Low-grade monsters like them have no right to refuse their Master's call.
Noticing the impending danger, Alina stepped backward in fright, as she cautiously thought of a way to leave this place; because of her negligence, she accidentally ran into the group of Goblins.
However, before she could, the Goblins started to attack her.
”Kekeke.” One of the Goblins laughed horribly while gazing at her from top to bottom.
”Keeh!”
However, the leader of the group hit the laughing Goblin's head.
*Monster Language*
”Stop daydreaming! Hurry up and capture that human girl!” The leader of the Goblin said.
”But, Hobgoblin, did not the boss say, we are allowed to have fun if we caught one.”
”No... Komoblin, this time, we're short of supply, our Master said he needed a fresh one.” Hobgoblin replied to another Goblin named Komoblin.
”Then it can't be helped, because of the boss binding we cannot disobey him,” Komoblin said dejectedly. ”After receiving the boss name blessing, my aptitude in thinking increased.”
”However, my reasoning became higher as the day went by. I realized that I cannot escape from his shackle. Don't you feel the same, Hobgoblin?”
”Stop talking nonsense, without our Master blessing we would remain stupid like them,” Hobgoblin said as he eyes fell at the two low-intellectual Goblins.
”Alright, Hobgoblin is correct without boss we would remain ignorant like them,” Komoblin said, but deep inside his eyes, a tint of shadow slowly forming.
Alina stared at the two Goblins weirdly. She could not help to think, what was wrong with the two. But, when she noticed that the group of Goblins was not paying attention to her. Alina decisively left the place without alarming the crowd.
Komoblin glanced at Alina's direction, but to his surprise, their target had already left the place.
”You guys! Go and find that human!” Komoblin screeched to his subordinate.
”Keeh!” The two low-grade Goblins shriek in fright when they saw Komoblin's terrifying gaze.
”Tsk! A useless bunch.”
Hobgoblin who was watching the scene unfolded in the silence, wore a complicated expression while glancing at Komoblin.
It would be a lie if Hobgoblin said he didn't like to be freed from the shackles of their Master. The first day when he gained his knowledge Hobgoblin felt fortunate. However, as the day goes by, the more Hobgoblin increased his level, the better understanding he got from reality.
He wasn't satisfied with his status of being a slave.
***
”Haa… Haaa… Ha… What a weird Goblin, but thanks to that, I managed to escape.” Alina said while trying to stabilize her breathing.
Slowly observing her surroundings, Alina was relieved to find that there was no pursuer behind her back. She subconsciously loosened her guard down. ”I need to find Kiro as soon as possible,” Alina said while her eyes flashed with determination.
She did not know why she was acting so impulsive when she heard that Aldin was willing to abandon Kiro. However, when an image of the lifeless body of Kiro flashed inside her mind.
Alina could not sit idle and do nothing. ”Kiro—please be safe.”
***
On the other side of the forest.
A man with an ink-like hair and his pitched black sharp eyes that were cautiously scanning the surrounding area.
Right at this moment, Kiro was hiding behind the tree-trunk. ”Curse it, demented beast! Why would you appear inside the beginner's stage forest!” Kiro exclaimed his irritation. When he was about to leave the forest, he ran across with a two Goblin Commander who pursued him tirelessly.
”I better get out of here, if there were two Goblin Commander inside this forest, now I'm more certain that there's a Goblin King deep inside this woods,” Kiro said while he scanned the surrounding once more when he noticed that he was out of danger, Kiro cautiously crawled beneath the bush.