Chapter 6: Goblins
With the skeletons for protection, Jake could finally start heading deeper into the forest. He needed some food, some water, and a few other things to survive, and he was sure that this forest would have some of that.
"Alright boys, let’s go." He started walking in the direction of that village in the distance. They walked through the forest for quite a while, but they hadn’t come across anything. His stomach was already starting to grumble.
"Shit, I need some food to eat. I can’t take this much longer," he said. He paused and looked around, his eyes darting for anything that could be food in some way.
And then he spotted a couple of red eyes staring right at him through a bush.
’Something is there, and it’s watching me. I should attack, but I don’t want it to get away easily. I need to flank it.’ Jake quickly thought about what to do. He looked at the two skeletons and was ready to give them their instructions, but it seemed that pair of eyes had a different plan.
From the bushes, a goblin leaped out. Standing in its glorious three-foot height, its eyes blazed red, its jagged teeth showed from its mouth. It was hunched over, with bodily proportions that were simply too much.
A head bigger than the body, a stomach that looked similar to the beer-drinking addicts on Earth, and legs that looked too scrawny to carry all that weight. Its green skin looked like puke. This creature was entirely displeasing to the eye.
The goblin charged in, running with its hands stretched out, its blackened claws ready to attack.
’So this is the first thing that I fight in this world. It’s pretty crazy, but for some reason, it makes me happy. Maybe because for the first time in my life I have the option of making a decision,’ Jake thought.