33 Fire (2/2)

”..Hmmm... No... ”

Vrek said quietly, could he get rid of the potential threat? maybe this girl would still have a little mana and she could blast Lurk with a fireball... He knew that Lurk was still a new spawn, he would not have fared very well getting hit by the same fireball Vrek had been hit with. He would lose a gift to Xarn... But If Xarn knew he used his trinkets recklessly...

”Well, then I claim this one as my second sow.”

Lurk said as he also cast a healing spell on her, he moved over to examine the other women that had been crying huddled up together. They had also managed to move a little. Lurk wondered why they were kept paralyzed, the women upstairs in the main room were not. But they were kept on constant guard. While these were confined away from goblins. It was definitely not healthy, but it was mostly also to keep them from trying to commit suicide he surmised... He gritted his teeth angrily again..

He wanted to do something, save them somehow. He did not like the thought of mercy killing them. Plus he would never be able to get away with it. For now, he healed the women. Hoping he could figure something out before the deadline of Xarns return.

”.. Hrmf. Granted then... Xarn has said shamans could claim magic sows... She is your headache now... Just be sure to make a lot of spawns or kill her if she is useless.”

Lurk had forgotten that bit. He wanted to save her, yes, but mostly to get information. But that he also had to breed her... That was a bit harder to accomplish...

”Uhm. Yes, Xarn is indeed wise. Thank you boss Vrek”

Vrek growled throwing a key to Lurk ”You handle their health, only mate with that one nothing else.-” and he left the room and was heard walking up the spiral corridor outside.

Lurk sighed and began finishing making sure the women were alright, he cast a light spell on the ceiling giving a gentle light in the room. Then he cast Clean spell several times on the women and Resti. His mana reaching its near limit.

{”Are you ok...”}

Lurk sat down after making sure she was somewhat comfy. She looked at him through her tears. He pulled out a piece of cloth from his pocket moving to dry her tears if she allowed it. She stared in disbelief at the goblin, she asked quietly as he began wiping her eyes.

{”.. Why are you doing this.. how ..”}

Lurk sighed and he was unsure how to answer, but he tried

{”I do not want to harm anyone of you. I am not exactly a normal goblin. But I managed to get him to not kill you..... What is your name?”}

Lurk knew her name of course. But he decided to ask her nicely instead, hoping to have a normal conversation for once. Not that he had ever really had a normal conversation with women, due to his nervousness, but right now that seemed far away.

{”...Resti..”}

Lurk stopped wiping her eyes and sat still and nodded.

{”My name is Lurk... I am the healer in this nest, just been born actually... So it's my job to care for you and the others... When I am not out scouting..”}

Sitting down and calmly talking back and forth with her, he learned about how suddenly the goblins had stormed into their village, killing her mother and capturing the women. Lurk sighed and try to express his condolences, it was awkward for him. He also said he hoped he could somehow save them... If not at least make it better for them... He just did not know how. But he told her that the women down here were safe, for now since they had been set aside for the chief that was away.

Lurk did scratch his back while saying the last bit, he was unsure how to tell her he had claimed her so he could talk to her.

{”.. Why are you so different..”} (Resti)

{”.. Heh... I am not sure how to explain it... My mother was a high elf. I also seem to have memories of my old life..”} (Lurk)

{”... High Elf... Wait you are a traveler??.. But it's only been humans that have returned in new bodies... I have never heard about a goblin being one..”} (Resti)

{”Oh? Its happened before?... Like heroes being summoned to save the world or something?”}

Lurk asked curiously since he knew about this too well. He had even been struck down by the harbinger of all reincarnators 'Truck-Kun'

{”.. Uhm well not all the time. Sometimes it happens to other people, but they tend to always be important or needed for something, their old knowledge or powers helped with something. My mother... She had talked about it, she knew someone that had once met one a long time ago.”}

Lurk was told about a general that had died just a few decades before the second calamity hit the world. When the world was rocked by this news and demons began appearing in coordination instead of random encounters which could be handled somewhat. A boy appeared before the nation the general had served. He explained he was the old general reincarnated, he knew why he had been reborn to help the nation fight back once more. He knew too much about the royal family and was accepted in to help the kingdom once more.

Apparently, he helped that kingdom from collapsing against the demons armies that sometimes would spill out from the demon kingdom. Lurk was also informed about how the demon kingdom was formed, how goblins suddenly appeared and became a blight on the world.

{”Sigh... That is horrible. I think I better get going soon.. Eh... I cannot stay this long.. I am supposed to only be here for...ehm...Well... I am supposed to take care of all you girls who are Xarns to uhm.. mate with... but... uhm”}

Lurk scratched his back again trying to find out a way to broach the subject. His cheeks flaring up.

(” Oh sure! just tell her, you need her to become preggers! or she will get killed off!.. ”) Lurk rumbled in his head about how can you calmly tell her this without sounding like a forceful creep.

{”..What?..”}

Resti noticed Lurk looking flustered even his cheek darkening, why was he acting so weird. He had been calmly talking with her now, asking her questions even being considerate when she talked about the goblins killing her mother. But now suddenly he was acting weird. But he had been a weird being, to begin with. Goblins do not talk to other species. At least not from what she knew. She was thankful he was helping and even been told some goblin name Xarn was away... So she still had a chance of not being raped.

{”Cough..Emh. Well. Cough!.... I wanted to have a chance... To talk with someone to learn from and also try to figure out a way to save you from Vrek killing you... But i could not think of anything but...”}

Resti nodded slightly, how much more could his cheeks darken he is also scratching his neck off if he keeps it up like that.

{”I am only allowed down here... Cough.. because I told him I would claim you as ehh.... ehm... my.. Wiiiife?...”}

Lurk managed to figure out a way to say it in a way that did not sound as horrible he felt, but he did draw out the last word trying hard to lie.

Resti immediately turned red in her face, a fireball forming in her hand that she tried to lift up.

Lurk was shocked and quickly held up his hands shuffling away.

”Whoa! whoa! It was the only thing I could think off to save your life!! Be careful with that!”

”You do not want a wife! you just want to make goblin babies!!” The fireball growing bigger Lurk waving his hands back and forth trying to calm Resti down from launching that fireball at him, he quickly moved to hold onto her hand the ball was in to make sure she could not aim it directly at him.

”You are misunderstanding what I am saying!!”

”I do not want to give birth to some goblin!”

She looked angry now, lifting her arm weakly to aim it at Lurk, but he could gently move her arm a little out of the way so she could not shoot it straight at him. When he suddenly seemed to have an idea, that even made her pause and gently stopped holding onto her too tightly.

”... Uhm...if it comes to it, I can make it so it's not a goblin?...”

From outside of the cave a suddenly a flash of a flame bursting could be seen and Lurk yelping out in shock.