Chapter 15: Green means Go
Troy arrived at the dining table right after he finished with his brushing teeth. When he arrived, he could only see Konah and James there this time, so that was something kind of strange to him.
"Good Morning everyone. Where's Perry?" asked Troy.
"Good Morning Troy." Konah greeted Troy. "Perry is in the kitchen serving some of the food."
"Well that's good to know!" exclaimed Troy, as he sat down in an empty chair next to Konah and James.
James scowled at Troy for a few seconds, and then he said, "So did you change your mind?"
"I change my mind about what?" Troy asked back.
"Bringing some reinforcements with you. There are almost hundred goblins there, and only one of you! At least bring a few wizards or something." James said.
"*Sigh* I told you for the last time, I'll manage myself! Besides, after all, this is supposed to be a deed of gratitude!" Troy boasted.
"I really don't know what's on your mind." Perry muttered to Troy quietly so Troy wouldn't hear.
"Besides! There is probably going to be some spears and muskets I can use there as well!" Troy boasted again.
"I sure would like to have the courage and determination you have in yourself!" James said. "You sure know how to believe in yourself!"
"Thanks!" Troy thanked James.
"Well, yes that is true. You empower lots of self-esteem!" Perry added.
After he said that, the trumpets sounded, and Qanah arrived with her guards to the dining room table.
"Good Morning everyone." Qanah greeted everyone.
"Good Morning." Everyone said back.
A few minutes later, the food was being served, and Troy could already taste it from the air! It was sausage omelets, Royal Bacon sandwiches, cranberries, and fresh oranges.
"Wow! This sure looks very tasty!" Troy exclaimed.
"Thanks." Perry muttered.
"Yep." James added.
Everyone started conversation towards Troy, because Troy was about to go to one of the most dangerous inhabited arenas ever! When everyone finished, they all met Troy all outside in the royal golden drawbridge.
"I sure hope you came well prepared Troy!" Konah said nervously.
"Just relax! Like I said, I will be fine!" Troy boasted. He was wearing the chainmail armor with the crown on it, but also was given two bombs filled up with smoke. They were given by Perry.
"Remember! We can come help you anytime!" Perry stated to Troy.
"Yeah!" Troy said. "But I don't think that will happen." He muttered.
"Here." Priscilla handed Troy what looked like to be a sparkling golden gem.
"What's this?" Troy asked.
"It's a way of communication." Priscilla replied back.
"Huh?" Troy questioned, confused.
"If you find some kind of emblem pedestal, all you have to do is place the gem on the very center of the pedestal and you can communicate to us anywhere around the world!" Priscilla explained.
"Okay, that will be useful." Troy said, smiling as he took the gem and slipped it inside his right pants pocket.
"It will be very easy to travel to Goblin Stadium, since we are going to supply you with a Mini Balloon." Konah said to Troy.
"Wait…a Mini Balloon?" Troy said, perplexed.
"Yep. Do you know how to use a balloon?" Perry asked Troy.
"Hmm… I don't think so." Troy replied back.
"Well, all you have to do is glide it and control it. Basically you have to use the wind to your advantage." Perry explained.
"Okay, that's good to know!" Troy exclaimed.
"Yeah. Anyways, good luck!" Priscilla said.
"Thanks!" Troy smiled, and then turned around to see the Mini Balloon waiting for him. It was two times smaller than a regular balloon, and it was blue also.
"Good Luck on your mission!" Everyone standing in the drawbridge shouted to Troy.
"Thanks for the luck!" Troy shouted back as he stepped into the balloon and released the sandbags. In an instant, the balloon rose high into the air and started heading for the clouds. A few seconds later, Troy looked back down. The castle looked like some kind of toy a toddler would play with, and he chuckled. "Well…now it's just me and you know." Troy said to the balloon. Troy grasped the control levers and started maneuvering his way through the clouds, looking down every few minutes hoping to see a green, wooden, stadium.
(6 MINUTES LATER)
Troy could see below what looked like to be some kind of grassy arena with a barrel full of water pouring out into the river. There were lots of barbarians in the bleachers, and inside the arena zone.
(12 MINUTES LATER)
Troy could see what looked like to be below a giant graveyard. It wasn't really a graveyard; it was like some kind of desert full of skeletons in the bleachers and in the arena zone. There were also giant bones as bleacher decorations. "Wow, that's amazing!" Troy said in awe.
(18 MINUTES LATER)
Troy started being restless, he was very impatient now because he still haven't found what he was looking for! "Why can't I find Goblin Stadium?!" Troy said in anguish. Just as he said that, he could see dark green trees ahead, and the faint sight of the arena. "Oh man! I think that's it!" Troy said to himself excitedly. Troy quickly pressured weight on the balloon and maneuver it straight down into the forest. Once Troy landed, he stepped out of the balloon and walked off. Before he slipped into the darkness of the forest, he looked back at the Mini Balloon. "I'll be back!" Troy said, confidently. Then laughed quietly and turned around back into the deep, dark green forest.
When he walked into the forest, it was almost completely dark, and barely enough light to get through the trees.
"Whoa! I didn't think it was going to be this dark!" Troy exclaimed, a bit fearfully.
Troy took a few more steps forward, and then tripped on a nearby outgrown tree root. "AHH!" Troy shouted as he landed. The forest was so dense that it blocked and muffled Troy's shouting noises to the stadium. Troy quickly got up and swept dust out of his outfit. Then we went on. When Troy walked a few more minutes, he gulped when he could see some spider cobwebs hanging on some trees. Troy slowly walked forward because he didn't want to startle any nearby spiders. All of a sudden, he could see a little blob of light at the end of the forest! Troy breathed out a sign of relief, but then all of a sudden, a giant green and red spider jumped in front of him!
"Trespassersss are not allowed passsst thissss point!" the spider hissed.
"Well you see here, I am on a mission…" Troy stammered as his voice trailed off. This spider was three times bigger than him, and Troy was super frightened!
"I don't care about your missssion! Leave now while you can!" the spider threatened Troy.
Troy stepped back and thought about it. He was going to have to get through this spider to get the Tiara, and this was a hard stumbling road block!
"Please, just let me pass!" Troy pleaded.
"Never! Thisss issss your last chanccce!" the spider hissed again.
Troy knew that if he just turned around, the spider would look cautiously if he was going to go another route. Troy didn't want to fight this spider, but he didn't know what else he can do. Troy knew that he was going to have to go defense this time.
"Looks like I will have to go through!" Troy said to himself.
Troy walked forward and tried to ignore the spider. The spider hissed with fury startling Troy. Troy kept on walking forward, and could see one of the spider's legs about to hit him.
"Yah!" Troy shouted as he jumped over the leg and then spinned around, performing a nice, fluid spin kick to the spider's left side. The spider tried to pound Troy down to the ground with two legs, and this time Troy rolled backwards. Troy could see a few branches behind him. Troy swiftly snatched it up and threw the branches at the spider, blinding it a bit.
"AISSSS!" The spider hissed in pain and fury.
Troy quickly ran forward and landed a front kick to the spider's face, and then quickly somersaulted to the left. The spider screamed, and Troy could see his chance.
"*Gulp* HAAIII!" Troy yelled as he stormed forward and then jumped high in the air. The spider watched him in awe, and Troy charged up a right thrust punch. Troy punched the spider in the eye, and then landed eight rapid punches on its fuzzy neck.
"AHHHISISH!" the spider hissed.
The spider started stumbling and losing its footing and Troy breathed out another sign of relief. Troy quickly raised his right leg and foot upwards and then rapid kicked the spider on all parts of its eye another eight times. The spider screamed and hissed, and soon after, it collapsed down to the ground.
"Whew! Now that was a close one! Now if you mind, I will go on and pass through." Troy said, while casually stepping over the spider and continuing his way towards the light. Soon after, he stepped out into the light, and could see a large wooden stadium a few meters away from him. The entrance was right where Troy was facing. Troy gulped, and then walked forward slowly to the entrance. All of a sudden, two goblins carrying spears walked out of the entrance and saw Troy!
"Hey!" one of them shouted.
"Wait!" Troy exclaimed frantically with both of his hands raised in the air. "I come in peace!"
"Sure you do." The other goblin guard muttered, raising his spear even higher.
"I am!" Troy exclaimed with a bit of a tone there.
The first guard head signaled the second guard to pat Troy down. The second guard nodded and then walked towards Troy. Troy started sweating and gulping. What if the guard found the smoke bombs? The goblin started feeling Troy's torso, and then could feel something round and suspicious. When the goblin peeked a look in, it resembled the shape of a bomb.
"Hey…" the goblin started.
Troy quickly lashed out with a straight hand, and knocked the goblin out relatively quickly.
"HEY YOU!" the other goblin guard shouted. Troy quickly had fast instincts to quickly move forward towards the goblin. The goblin quickly threw his spear, and Troy rolled forward, dodging it. Before the goblin even knew it, Troy jumped forward and landed a successful uppercut on the goblin's neck. Troy quickly spinned around and also absorbed all of the landing impact by bending his legs.
"UNG!" the goblin rasped in pain. The goblin staggered and nearly fell backwards, but he still resisted and kept on standing. The goblin was about to take another spear from his leather bag, when Troy quickly reacted. Troy quickly jerked to the right of the spear, and then ran forward. He side-kicked the goblin in the stomach, and did a left three hundred sixty degree pivot.
"Oof!" the goblin gasped for air.
Troy then did a right front punch to the face, and then did a left hook punch in the face also. The goblin gasped for more air, but it was too late. The goblin then collapsed backwards gasping for air rapidly.
"Sorry!" Troy said frantically, and then quickly ran inside the entrance doors.
When Troy arrived inside, he could see a red king tower behind him, housing a blue cloaked king. Both of his arena towers were demolished, and the only building guarding him, other than his tower was a mere half demolished cannon, and it was in front of the king tower. Troy could see dark shadows of the wooden bleachers that were a few feet from the ground. Troy quickly dived under there and safely was hidden. On the other king tower, was a giant goblin wearing a crown. He was wearing a green and red cloak, and he sneered with laughter.
"What are you going to do now?" the goblin king shouted at the blue cloaked king.
"Uh…" The king stammered. He had sweat dripping from his crown, but he had the courage to point his finger down at an empty space tile, just a few tiles away from the right bridge. At once, a musketeer appeared, but she wasn't alone. There were also two musketeers with her.
"Now that's easy!" the goblin king sneered, and he pointed at the three musketeers. All of a sudden, some strong gusty winds started pushing them to the center of the source, and they were frantically trying to escape.
"Noo!" the blue cloaked king shouted.
"Now, let's unleashed some green power!" the goblin kind of shouted with rage. He pointed his finger at some tiles a few tiles opposite away from the right bridge. Fourteen Spear Goblins appeared at once, and quickly rushed past the bridge, throwing the spears until they had no target left. Only three were shot down.
"WHAT?! That's no ordinary card…" the blue cloaked king trailed off.
"I am the Goblin King you little imbecile! And now, it's time for a little bit of barrel busting! HAWHAW!" the goblin king shouted with laughter.
"NO! I refuse to accept the fact!" the blue king shouted back with determination.
Almost the entire bleachers were filled with goblins and spear goblins, and they all shouted bad remarks at the blue king. The pressured the blue king even more.
"You will now!" the Goblin King cackled with more laughter, and then pointed his finger at the cannon. All of a sudden, three barrels shot out of his tower cannon simultaneously at a split second each, and they zoomed in the air towards the cannon.
"Zap!" the blue cloaked king shouted, as he pointed towards the barrels. The zap barely missed the second one, and the barrels continued on its way. Almost the entire stadium cheered.
"I wonder what's in those barrels." Troy asked himself.
As soon as the first barrel smashed, out came three goblins armed with sharp knives, and they started stabbing and cutting away at the cannon. Both the blue cloaked king's tower and cannon fought furiously, but there were still eight goblins left when the cannon burst into materials and elixir.
"NOOOOOOOO!" the blue king yelled.
"Haw Haw! It's too bad you won't receive any chance of mercy!" the Goblin King taunted.
There were two goblins left when the blue cloaked king's tower demolished into more stone pieces. The blue cloaked king stood there, holding two trophies.
"Now give them to me!" the Goblin King rasped, as he signaled two spear goblins to take the trophies away. The blue cloaked king grumbled as he gave the trophies, and then started making his way out of the arena.
"That little Goblin King! How pathetic he is!" the blue cloaked king said angrily.
"What did you say?" the Goblin King sneered behind him as he pointed his index finger at the blue cloaked king. All of a sudden, a spring trap bounced the blue cloaked king off the ground.
"AHHHHHHHHHHOHOHOHO!" the blue cloaked king screamed in terror, and soon he disappeared into the sky. More goblins in the bleachers laughed.
"Now that's a way to exit with some style, the goblin way!" the Goblin King laughed.
"How dare he!" Troy said angrily to himself. Troy spied the Tiara on the arena river, sitting on a floating lilypad. Troy totally forgot that he was sent here to grab the Tiara. All the goblins seated on the bleachers didn't seem in a hurry to leave however.
"Did you all enjoy that fun duel?" the King Goblin questioned the goblins in the bleachers.
"Yes!" all the goblins in the bleachers shouted back.
"Good! I look forward to defeating another Royale King tomorrow! Enjoy the rest of your day!" shouted the Goblin King.
All the goblins cheered again one more time, and then started leaving.
"Finally!" Now I can snatch the Tiara soon!" Troy said excitedly.
The Goblin King was the last to leave a few minutes later. He looked around the bleachers with satisfaction, and then walked down his king tower, which was colored dyed stone red and green, and exited the arena doors from the opposite end Troy was at. Troy looked around just one more time just to be sure, and then sneaked towards the river.
Meanwhile, the other goblin guard just finally regained consciousness. He got up slowly and rubbed the back of his throbbing neck.
"Ow! That was brutal!" he commented to himself. But then realized something.
"Wait… he could be inside the arena!" he said again with alarm.
He quickly rushed inside, and pulled out another spear. Then after that, he could see the same teen that knocked him out! "Hey! Security, security!" he shouted.
Troy looked behind him, just as he picked up the Tiara off the lilypad.
"Uh… heh heh!" Troy said with a nervous smile.
All of a sudden, a few more Spear Goblins were staring at Troy from the gate entrance, and Troy started getting tensed up.
"Well?! What are you waiting for you Goblin-Brained fools?! Get him!" the Spear Goblin whom Troy knocked out shouted.
"Oh man! I gotta scram!" Troy said frantically, and then started sprinting away. He could hear some Spear Goblin shouts behind him, but he was confident. Surely he had been through this a lot? Couldn't he get away with it? Troy would soon find out… after this sprint in the stadium was over!