“It’s talking!” the blue-tinted goblin screams while pointing at you. When Fig collapsed from exhaustion you slid off his back and are now on the ground next to him. “It’s really talking!”
“No way!” Dokloram, the tall, dark-green, slightly muscular goblin, yells. “Fig, since when are you a prankster? Who put you up to this? Flin? Snuggle? Come out here!”
“They sound nothing like it!” Gilk continues to scream.
/While I do not know how Flin and Snuggle sound like, I can assure you that I am neither of them!/
“You see?” now Dokloram points at the sword while arguing with Gilk.
“See what? A talking sword?!”
/Correct! And if you’re supposed to be the farmers’ lookouts, then I have to inform you that you’re woefully lacking./
“Wait, what the hell do you mean by that?” Gilk jumps up, his shock instantly turned to anger. “I’ll have you know that I’ve killed two wolves already in just the two weeks I’ve been on the lookout! And Dok here, has single-handedly driven off a warg!”
/A greenhorn rookie. The previous lookout got killed, I presume?/
“Uh...” Gilk gulps.
“Yes,” Dokloram’s face turns serious.
/It is sad that the village is resorting to putting children on such a dangerous job—/
“Nobody resorted to anything!” Gilk passionately interrupts your telepathic speech. “I volunteered!”
“We couldn’t talk him out of it,” Fig speaks up, having recuperated enough to be able to stand up and talk again.
“Talian grew as strong as he did on lookout duty!” Gilk yells and clenches his fist. “I’m going to become just as strong as him so that I can protect the village!”
So many willful and passionate young goblins...
/I take it Dokloram, you’re doing the best you can to keep this kid alive?/
Dokloram doesn’t answer and turns away, looking around.
“He’s not keeping me alive!” Gilk yells. “I killed that wolf with my own hands when it was about to attack him from behind!”
/You’re a young kid who’s way overeager, with about as much muscle on you as Petunia. You’re not only going to get yourself killed, but Dokloram too if he has to constantly watch over you./
“Why youu... Fig! Where did you find this dumb sword?”
/Dumb? Listen here kid—/
“Yes, you heard me, dumb! Big, dumb and ugly too!”
“Gilk,” Dokloram steps closer and puts his hand on Gilk’s shoulder trying to calm him down.
“Let go!” Gilk shrugs off his shoulder from Dokloram’s palm and steps closer to you and Fig. “Who the hell you think you are!? Coming here, acting all high and mighty, talking like you know any of us! I’m protecting this village! I’ll risk my life for any of my friends! For anyone in the village! Just like Talian! What did you do? You know nothing about me!”
“Gilk, it’s alright, we hear you. Calm down.” Fig says in a calm voice, gesturing with both his hands for Gilk to lower his voice.
“I… I’m really trying,” Gilk’s voice trembles and you see a tear in his eye. “I know I’m small and weak. But that will change! You’ll see! One day I’ll be even stronger than Talian!”
“I know, I know,” Fig says quietly while he slowly walks closer to Gilk and then hugs him.
“I really miss, him,” Gilk cries.
“Me too, buddy, me too.”
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When fig gets consumed by the sword (Don't let me down author), it would be really interesting for it to be passed down to figs child if he has one. It could become an inherited sword amongst the family, which will lead figs decedents to become the first goblin demon kings. Just thought that'd be interesting to see
I think it would be better for the sword to go to a different group in need of help once fig is eventually consumed the sword can be left for another group of troubled monsters/people. Doing it this way we have a steady stream of new interactions and many more fights. Plus the swords notoriety gets out and soon we can see people fight for it.
It'd also be cool if the church(human side) sealed the sword for its demonic traits, only to be retrieved by a hero who thought he could control it, only to fall under the power and become a tyrant
@Dolphin That would be SO cool to read
@Gastic But that too, becomes a trope. I'd much rather see him shape this village of gobbos over the course of the generations. That's not something you see much if at all.
@Death_Threat_Collector It's not about the trope, it's about the perspective. A hero, turned villain is a common trope , but seeing it happen from the swords point of view is the real kicker
@Dolphin You guys do know the sword can kill its user right? even if someone were to get their hands on it the sword would just kill them if he didn't like them. The idea of that isn't even good because the sword is benevolent.
@Gastic Bleh, a benevolent sword is boring. It will consume the owner no matter what, so what's the point of it being a cookie cutter mc? If the owner of it can help the sword grow, then why will it waste its chance? Because he used to be human? That shouldn't affect him anymore, or it shouldn't as the story goes on. Alas, only the auhtor will know
@Dolphin I know it's not about the trope. It's that I want something novel. That said, even talking from a standpoint of cold hard logic the best course of action would be to turn into the town hero and have a wielder in every generation as that means they willingly let themselves be devoured instead of the cursed sword who's feared and avoided until the very last moment so he could very well starve.
@Death_Threat_Collector Turning into the town hero wont work, as I guarantee if he's noticed by any good faction that he'll be sealed, so why not spread his reputation among the darker factions, which I'm sure will be better suited towards the sword (Stronger)
@Dolphin only morons seal away an asset without consideration to it's uses. If they would seal him away because of what he is and not how he acts then they're f*cking morons. There's no good or bad existence, just powers and how you use them.
Swordbro may have evilish powers but if the powers are used to benefit he'll become the source of power for the self sacrificing hero.
@Death_Threat_Collector If the good guys end up using weapons that kill their wielder, the public will bash the living christ out of em. That's how the world works, and anybody looking to save others, wouldn't do so my powering up a weapon that clearly eats away somebody life force. They don't know what he is capable of, or his intentions. All of these factors play a part. Reputation can make, or break an organization. I highly doubt they'd give a clearly gluttons sword that harms its own wielder even more power, when it's also highly probable it's cursed(which it is).
@Dolphin Depends depends. It's all about allegiance. First off, who says the public knows about the life sucking sword? If they do, how badly do they need him? What can he provide for them? I doubt the goblin village would turn against him even if they knew. He's basically their ray of hope for a better future. Even as a cursed life stealing sword that doesn't mean they would turn against him, he just needs to make it worth the cost to give your life to the blade.
@Death_Threat_Collector It only takes a passerby to see the sword for rumors to spread, and who's the say the upper echelon wont accidently leak news? And it human nature to not trust a cursed weapon. The goblins, and other dark factions are his best choice right now, as they are not as morally baggage as humans. Although the sword's made some pretty dumb decisions in the pass(poll) I still hold hope.
@Dolphin well, I don't think the moral baggage is really changed much by species and keeping the specifics of how a certain yadda works is something not too hard. They can keep it to "a magic sword fed through battle" and stuff is fine. Overall I think it's just agree to disagree.
@Death_Threat_Collector I tend to see a world in a more realistic fashion, so we'll just have to agree to disagree.
@Dolphin I tend to have an idealistic-realistic approach. I believe that while it won't be easy if he plays his cards right he can just get sorted and everything, he just shouldn't get known as a berserker death sword. But then again, this is how I see things and I doubt either of us would be able to recognise faults in our thinking about this.
@Death_Threat_Collector What would really benefit him is some sort of shape-shifting skill, that is limited to bladed weapons. That way, he could hide in plain sight as a kitchen knife, or better suit the skills/needs of his wielder. They would also blend in better, but that's a given.
One thing I really wish the MC would stop doing is telling the whole damn place he is sentient. If he keeps quiet or only talks to his wielder when they are going to stick around, he could both learn a lot more and have a much longer life! The problem with that is he might get bored/ stir-crazy because of a lack of conversation, but such is the price of being a living item. If not that, then I hope the Author adds some limitation to it, such as: You can only talk this much a day, or you can only talk to your user.
Also, as an inanimate object that can heal itself, after long enough he will lose his sanity and go full on mental. Maybe he will even start to forget the human memories (or push them to the back of his mind), simply because he has to remember so much new, WAY more important stuff. There is only so much you can remember! He has no skill to help memory, so it would make a lot of sense. Of course, it would take decades - maybe even centuries to get that, seeing as the MC can't really get dementia or other brain problems.
Personally, I hope that no memory skills/titles get awarded, because its happened in so many books I am starting to get bored of it.
@Womanonthehill huh. So they always give memory skills so that item can remember more?
@YuujiEveryleaf From what I've seen.