Book 6 Before the Commonwealth ch 6.

Never stop thinking. You're a fool who can't fight, can't do magic, a worthless turd whose only hope is to be one step ahead! That's your only hope for survival you maggot! Never stop thinking!

Goblin Slayer heard Burglar's voice in his head as he plummeted down with the now blind Great Horned Rat bellow him and the entire skaven race above him.

He knew that this was the end.

No! He thought it was the end and that his last thoughts where…Never stop thinking!

"I'm falling and I'll dye when I hit the ground. The ground is hard, and I need to hit something soft…WATER!" Goblin Slayer thought to himself as he then spied a great lake of blood that was to the left of where he was falling and then angled his body in a way that he fell towards the lake.

A lake filled with blood, and even if it was liquid he was falling so fast that he would still die.

So this was how it ended, at the very least Goblin Slayer was happy that it wasn't a goblin that killed him, so he prepared his body and mind for the inevitable, his mind went blank as eternity seem to await.

You stopped thinking again you great fool!

Burglar's voice echoed through his head once more as Goblin Slayer started thinking again.

But what could he possibly think of now that his life was moment's away from ending?

A few more seconds and he would hit the water, and he would be once more with his sister.

Oh his dear sister, all that entered through his mind were the sweet memories of his time with her before….before that horrible night.

The meals they shared, the chores they did together. Her telling him bedtime stories after scolding him not to jump on his soft bed.

Soft….soft…SOFT!

He had to make the water soft!

But what was softer than water? Nothing except….STEAM!

He needed to make the water soft!

And it was thanks to High Elf Archer that he could do it!

He still had all the bombs and gasoline on his person, all unused from High Elf Archer's insistence that he not use them.

Taking the belt that held them and his shotgun, he quickly loaded one of them into a grenade round in the barrel of his shotgun and blasted the grenade along the grenade belt that was still attached to the projectile was shot towards the waters.

In a blink of an eye it struck the water, detonating ion impact, the explosion sent up a great stream of steaming blood towards Goblin Slayer.

This crimson geyser struck him upwards and even propelled him back into the sky for a moment before it started slowing his descent enough to not kill him, but enough to break every bone in body.

Goblin Slayer hit the mixture of steam and water with a thud and motionlessly he fell to the deep abyss of that ocean that was filled with the crimson blood of the countless demons, dark sorcerous and chaos spawn and many goblin blood inside it.

Darkness enveloped him as he continued to fall in the thick soup like warm liquid as above he could see from the corner of his eyes.

Goblin Slayer could feel his body breaking, hear the screams of war trough the water, taste the foulness o chaos on the abyss of blood that he was submerged in as his body went deeper and deeper into that abyss.

Even so his mind would not stop thinking.

Of the past, the present, even of the small future that he had as darkness of evil magic and chaos blood enveloped him.

It was ten years, he was still in the cave with Burglar, dodging death and taking his hard lessons to note. Burglar kept calling him an idiot, worthless, a waste of time. Yet Burglar still stayed with him, why did he do that?

It was 17 years. His sister is smiling as she watched himself and Cow Girl on the fields playing as children due.

One hour from now he would argue with his best friend. Ten hours after that they would depart on bad terms. Another 12 hours and the goblins would attack on that horrible night.

It was 7 years ago, he defending his first village defense quest and was in the mud, being stomped by goblins, he feels that the end comes. Then on one of the goblins he spots the knife that was taken from his house on that horrid night and the rage fuels him to live.

It is now so long in the past that the first light barely shines through the great darkness. The First God creates life in their universe. The chaos blood does strange things to Goblin Slayer as it shows him the First God. Goblin Slayer is marvel as he sees the blue shiny skin of the First God, who p turns to gaze towards Goblin Slayer.

Goblin Slayer can see the round circle and dot in the center and one in the circle symbol that adorns the First God's forehead, as it's told in the ancient texts read to him by his sister.

The First God upon seeing Goblin Slayer then smiles and seems to come up with an idea as Goblin Slayer loses sight of the First God as he starts creating the universe.

It is two years and Goblin Slayer first meets Priestess, Warrior, Wizard and Fighter, they would be the first to join him on his quest to kill Goblins.

The blood keeps doing strange things to Goblin Slayer's mind.

It is now 8 months ago and Goblin Slayer nearly drowns in the river that separates him from the entire goblin race on the other side. Only High King prevents him from throwing himself into death.

It is now the present and the light keeps fading from his eyes as more and more he sinks into the abyss of blood.

Born by blood, ended in blood, past present or future it seemed like blood, birth and death was the only constant.

It is now 6 years ago and Goblin Slayer Heavy Warrior and Spearmen are climbing the wizard's tower and soon they would throw the Necromancer from it's top. The Necromancer's gaze stays with Goblin Slayer, as if saying: how did I not see this coming?

How could anybody see it coming? After all you can't see anything but letters and words on paper.

The blood made Goblin Slayer think strange thoughts once more.

It is now the unwritten future. Willpower looks down from his celestial throne and towards the mortal realm. It was the anniversary of this day again.

It's a hard day. A very tasking day. One whose memory even a God has trouble remembering.

And the mortal Goblin Slayer was still living it out.

It is now 7 years ago and Guild Girl hands him his first tag and offers him the first batch of rookie quests. He only takes the goblin ones. The other rookies scramble for the rest, and he is glad at that. Since it gave him an easy time.

It was then 7 months ago and in the morning he marries his wife, come evening consumes his wedding vows and in the morning he captures the most deadly goblin in existence. A good, but uneventful night in Goblin Slayer's opinion, since the Night Goblin was still alive by the end of it.

It is now 2 years ago and Chosen Heroine starts fullfiling her destiny. 16 months from now she would try to stop him and they'd fight. He'd lose the fight, but the end was still dead goblins. So it was enough for him.

It is now 18 months ago and upon returning from a goblin quest he overhears Noble Warrior talking to her party about refurbishing the old fort that was cleared of goblins. Immediately he helps do that and Slayer Keep is born.

It is now the future.

It is now the present.

It is now the past.

A God was shivering from a memory, a broken boy became an adventurer, a king was drowning in the blood of his enemies. An alliance of nations lamented the loss of its slayer, all the while a man who even now didn't stop thinking closed his eyes as his body reached the very depth of the abyss of blood.

Darkness was all before him.

Then light came, and with it Goblin Slayer found himself in a cultivated field, in front of a door.

He didn't know what to think about all this, but even so he never stopped thinking. And so Goblin Slayer thought that the only way to find out was to opened the door.

So he walked towards it and there…..there…..there sitting on a chair was….it was….. Goblin Slayer saw…..he saw the one person that…..that….

"Hello little brother."

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