Dark Dreaming Goblin

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She was trapped and surrounded.

It was started off so well in the beginning of their quest. She was in a full party of Porcelain rank adventurers, all eager to start off their journey to reach Gold Rank. Since they had a group of five; Rhea Scout, Half-Elf Warrior, Rookie Warrior, Female Wizard and herself. They decided to take on a goblin slaying quest, figuring that it would be easy for them with their numbers; telling tales of times they chased away some goblins when they were younger and convinces that they were not so hard to defeat if they had a party.

Oh, how wrong they were.

It started off smoothly; the information informed them of three kidnapped girls taken from their village two days ago and some of their livestock taken with them. The group found goblin tracks and followed them, finding a cave with two guards' stations there. It was late afternoon when they found the cave, so the goblins were awake and spotted them. Those two were quickly taken out by Half-Elf Warrior with his bow, but not before the screams of pain from the goblins alerted the other goblins inside.

The starting of the end.

After lighting torches, the group traveled inside to find the captured girls, where they encountered their first problem; the cave split into two paths. It was decided that Rookie Warrior and Female Wizard would take one path and the rest take the other. With that finalized, the group went on their way.

They encountered a few goblins along the way, which they quickly dispatched. It wasn't until they got further in the cave, that they discovered they were at a giant disadvantage.

The goblins set up an ambush, hidden behind fake walls and between cracks.

Half-Elf Warriors' sword was to long to use in the narrow caverns of the cave, so he and Rhea Scout were forced to use their short swords while l was used for defence and healing. What they did not expect was an attack from behind them; one of them using a club to knock me out, leaving their defences open. Rhea Scout and Half-Elf Warrior put up a good fight, protecting me, but they were not expecting to face a new giant foe.

A Goblin Champion.

The two of them fought bravely, trying to defeat him but were soon overcome by sheer numbers and strength, and were soon beaten to death, stripped of their weapons, armor, clothes…and flesh.

When l came to, l was tied up and gagged, my vision blurry as l tired to view the area. My gaze rested on the blank look of Rookie Warrior. I screamed but my voice was muffled. My arms and legs bound by rope. In my haste to break free, the movement caught the attention of the goblins that were surrounding something.

They turned to my muffled voice and seeing me awake, smiled maliciously and started towards her, revealing enough for her to discover that it was Female Wizard that the goblins have surrounded being violated; her clothes ripped to shreds, and a stab wound in her side by a blade. Most likely from poison. Her eyes were blank, most likely from hours from abused, but her chest wasn't moving from breathing, the poison must've reached her heart. The goblins must've not have noticed or didn't care; her body was still warm enough for their enjoyment.

And, since they didn't want to wait until they were finish, the rest came for me, it would be more enjoyable for them to hear my screams.

"No!" She yelled, as soon as the gag was removed and continued my squirming, increasing in intensity as the goblins crawl closer, mouths stretched far with glee as they crept closer to the blonde beauty. "Stay away from me!" They simply laughed at my plead, getting more aroused by the oncoming scent of her tears.

They leaped on top of her, grapping at her clothes and tearing them off her.

"Not again." I thought, tears now running freely, heart racing and my breath hyperventilating in fear and desperation as two of the goblins went to held me down, as others went behind. My body trembling with discuss and revulsion, my mind beginning to shut down. l didn't want to be hear when they were done with me, anything to avoid this trauma that will shape my future as another goblin stalked towards my face, a gleeful smile on its face as a it carried a torch closer to my eyes. "Not again."

Her pleads only made them want her more.

"Save me." Squeezing my eyes shut in a silent prayer. A thundering of footsteps alerted the goblins that their Goblin Champion entered the room, with its mentor, a Goblin Shaman by its side. Both watching her with eagerness as their underlings prepare her for them to use later. "You swore you would."

"Hehehehehe." Goblin Shaman and Goblin Champion watch with pleasure as they awaited for the screams of High Priestess when her eyes would feel the embrace of the flame.

"Hahahah-guurk-!" Before the laughter of Goblin Champion was suddenly cut off by something metallic entering from the back of its neck, severing its spine and nerve and muscle connection, dead before it hit the ground.

"Heheheh-eh?" Goblin Shaman was confused; one second he had his loyal Champion by his side, the next his Champion was laying dead beside him instead. The Shaman looked up to find the source of his lost muscle. The last thing he saw before his death was a short sword covered in his Champion's blood and brain stem, and a cheap silver helmet with nothing but darkness within its helm and a blood-red glowing eye staring at him.

The last thing she before she blacked out from the stress; was the Goblins turning towards the commotion, shocked to see not only their greatest warrior fallen but also the decapitated head of their leader rolling in-front of them as the assets their master's slayer.

Thou his silhouette was cloaked in shadow, the torches displayed bits of his armor, shin and arm guards, the gleam off his X-cross shield, bits of fur lining around his neck. His breath so quiet they could barley hear it, he only turned his neck to side to side, taking everything into account.

"13."

-One Goblin-

The first thing she became aware of was calm, steady heartbeat pulsing within her ear, almost lowering her back to a pleasant slumber. Before the events that transpired caught up to her. With a gasp, she would have flung herself from this unknown thing, if it didn't secure her legs, and not making any offensive gestures.

"Your awake." The man said, making her pause, she knew that voice.

Though she couldn't see his front; the round shield strapped to his left arm, the white fur lining around his neck and the red that was once a long mane sprouting from the top of his helmet.

"… You came." She proclaimed.

"Yes." He replied, still moving with her on his back. They must have been walking for awhile, as the cave was opening ahead. "I was to late to save the rest of your party; your Wizard was to far into the poison to be save. l was able to get your party's adventures' tags to identify them later. Your party was good, but they weren't prepared for the unexpected. There was silence as he gave her time to absorb this information. "I told you back then; I will kill all the goblins, even in your dreams."

Those words brought tears to her eyes, finally she had one place where goblins wouldn't her. Quiet sobs escaped her as she rested her head once again against him, seeking comfort in his heartbeat as she took her breath of fresh air in what felt like a lifetime.

"Thank you."

oOoOo

The sun was just shining through her window as she awoke, feeling something, she haven't felt in so long. Her body held no slight tremble she was so used to having for years, no quickness of breath she had to control, or frantic search with her eyes to find an invisible enemy.

Instead, she felt well-rested, calm and refreshed, ready to presume her role within Water Town. What started as a nightmare of her past, turned into a pleasant dream of a possible future she would like. For once she couldn't wait until tonight to sleep once again. All thanks to her savior.

"Goblin Slayer."