2 Chapter 2: Goblin (1/2)
Elppa Kingdom
Age 673 AC
In a small cave deep inside of the Dark Forest during the second Earthen month of Lirpa a litter of goblins were born and among them resided the soul of a young human boy named Jack.
I had died… As my vision had blurred into darkness so too did my consciousness.
An indefinite amount of time passed when my consciousness had been snapped back into existence it was abrupt and without reason.
My eyes they're heavy…
(*Growl*)
I'm hungry... NO I'M STARVING!
(*Growl*)
I tried to force my eyes open but they were too heavy my body was heavy everything was too heavy I couldn't move !?
W-Where am I, what's going on!?
I still couldn't talk only grunt nonsense I was panicking I felt weird, hungry and, dehydrated and I couldn't move or see anything this place had a bad smell.
I was suddenly interrupted from my panic attack by a soothing yet familiar voice.
Chuck: ”Pssss. Jack, hey buddy can you hear me?”
Jack:(Chuck! Is that you! Oh my god where's my mommy and Julie? Where are we!”)
Chuck: ”Shhh shhh it's gonna be fine Jack, they're fine, they're fine just sit tight okay pal.”
Jack: (They Are! Chuck where are we.... Chuck? Chuck? Where are You? CHUCK!”)
I forced my eyes open with all of my might and was greeted with more darkness and silence my only companion Chuck was gone and to make things worse it was still so dark and smelly in here.
I was lying against what felt like cool dirt and a few rock pebbles my head was too heavy to turn around and look so I was stuck facing the ceiling.
My eyes eventually became accustomed to the dark and In my peripheral vision I could see what looked like sleeping ugly green skinned babies lying around me, they had big noses and yellow eyeballs.
Goblins! That's what they look liked to me!
(*Growl*)
Urgh I was reminded of my appetite I looked around to find food my desire to eat was overwhelming never in my entire life had I felt this hungry even when I was being kept in that scary room was I ever this hungry.
I desperately looked around for food forcing my small body to move when I saw it a large dark purplish blue centipede with orange tipped legs.
It looked poisonous but I was too hungry to care and I squashed with my small hand bringing it up to my mouth squeezing the juice out, I had no teeth so I had to squash it and rip it into smaller pieces to swallow it.
The taste was bitter but it alleviated my hunger a little bit.
I was sucking on the left over juices of my little fingers when a bright blue screen with white text popped up in front of me.
It was like a projected screen in the middle of the air and in big white letters it read
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{Level up 0-1}X
Name: Green Goblin
Species: Goblin
Race: Green
Health : 1
Stamina : 1
Magic: 0
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I could only grunt in confusion it was like something out of a video game or a phone app I clicked the X button and it closed the screen vanishing into thin air.
What the fuck was that? I tried to get it to open again by waving my arms around however maybe it was voice command that would be a problem given my current lack of speaking skills.
I could only sigh and look for more bugs because as weird as that was, I was still starving I had managed to catch a few but no matter how many I ate I was still hungry.
They're were around four other goblins with me, they all reeked of piss and shit I tried calling out to Chuck again in hopes that he would help me but there was no reply.
The more time passed looking for bugs the hungrier I got.
A crazy idea had flashed inside of my head what if I… No that's to crazy I don't even have any teeth… but even if I did it's not like I would actually do it….
(*Growl*)
I clutched my stomach and looked at the sleeping infants with drool leaking out of my mouth.
I shook my head and that idea out of my head I continued to look for bugs finding a few on occasion as the seconds soon turned into minutes and the minutes turned into hours.
As I was in the process of crushing my recent catch the blue screen appeared again.
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{Level 1}X
Name: Green Goblin
Species: Goblin
Race: Green
Health : 1
Stamina : 1
Magic: 0
Skill slots remaining : 3
Skill: Bug Catcher
You have unlocked skill slots
New Skill : Bug Catcher
You will now be able to detect highlighted bugs
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I looked around the cave and it was true I could see small highlighted bugs around the cave I licked my lips in anticipation.
I couldn't do anything else with the screen and it were so bright to my eyes that I closed it and began eating every bug, the room of this cave was small and there were no exits the entrance was blocked by a wooden wall with a red cloth over it.
Out of curiosity I poked a hole though it to peek outside and was disappointed to find another empty cave room I wanted to get out of here and find Chuck as soon as possible but it was impossible right now so I continued hunting bugs.
I huddled into a corner away from the other goblins and waited as the days turned into weeks and the weeks turned into months I waited.
Luckily there was a seemingly endless supply of bugs to quench my hunger for some reason I didn't need to poop or pee but I still smelled like shit I never had to use the bathroom.
As time passed by my body grew really fast I and the rest of the goblins were the size of toddlers and I had finally grown teeth but instead of being straight and square they were jagged pointy and scattered.
The other goblins were too stupid to talk too and only spent there time eating bugs and sleeping I didn't enjoy their company coupled in with there stench and loud snoring it was really really boring.
Every now and then I would think about my parents and I would fall into a depression and outbreak in one of my episodes I had unintentionally killed one of the goblins by crushing its neck while it was sleeping.
I couldn't feel bad for this ”thing” after all it wasn't human to begin with and I was quite happy with the out come after all it meant one less nuisance and more bugs for me.
I did not want its corpse to decompose like the ones in movies did so I ate it.
It smelled god awful but its flesh was good despite it being raw I guess my new body wasn't as sensitive to these kinds of things asmy old one.
Goblin meat was a lot tastier than bug meat so I kept eating picking everything until the bones when I had finished eating it the screen popped up mid burp as I patted my full belly
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{Level up 1-2}X
Name: Green Goblin
Species: Goblin
Race: Green