Chapter 2: Confronting the past
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As I stood in front of the man who had just challenged me to a fight all I could do was think about how exactly I was suppose to respond to that was I just supposed to say yeah sure let's go like there wasn't an obvious power gap or was I just supposed to state the obvious? I didn't know but I had to say something and I had to figure out who exactly this guy was and why he wanted to fight me

 

"Okay so I don't mean to be rude but who exactly are you" I asked hesitantly

 

"........."

 

After I asked this however the man in front of me stood in silence not saying a word or making a sound to indicate his mood he just stood completely still when suddenly out of nowhere he reacted

 

"Oh right I apologize you mean my name well I actually don't have a name you just give to anyone people have always just referred to me as King or Lord some even call me a god but I'm nowhere near that level" he said reassuring himself

 

"Oh no sorry I mean who are you as in when I was in the cave which one were you?" I asked trying to get closer to the answer

 

He paused again for a bit but soon snapped out of it again much quicker than before though

 

"I-I don't understand what you mean by that" he said desperately

 

"I was you or more like you were me remember?!" he added

 

He started to get more and more desperate walking closer to me and I watched as the happy calm king that was sitting on his massive thrown moments ago began to break down little by little

 

"Come on you have to remember me you took pity on me remember? that small little goblin you gave power to" he said anxiously

 

He then got so close that we weren't even ten inches apart from each other and while he did wear a helmet covering his face I could give a good guess as to what face he was making right now judging by how he was acting

 

He then grabbed me by my shoulders begging me to remember him but right as I was about to tell him I didn't something clicked as he touched me my memory came flooding back like someone stopped stepping on the hose and let all the water that was blocked flow normally again and just like that I started to remember

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It happened two years ago I was fifteen and I was outside with my brothers playing with a soccer ball it was me and John vs Matt since he was way better then us at soccer; about halfway through the game we were losing 2-5 and I started to get angry with Matt mocking me constantly

 

"Come on slow poke kick the ball already you wont get a goal but you can help me get one" Matt said triumphantly

 

"Shut up no one asked you" I replied annoyed

 

I ended up losing my cool and booted the ball with my left foot it ended up curving and going on top of the roof bouncing straight back off to the side of the house

 

"Haha what was that kick I mean for power 10/10 but for coordination sorry buddy but you get a big fat 0 for that" Matt said with a huge smile on his face

 

"You should probably get that so we can hurry up and lose so we can be done with this" John whispered to me

 

I really didn't want to be apart of this anymore but since I was the one that kicked the ball I figured I might as well go get it

 

"Okay fine give me a minute" I replied

 

I then went to the side of the house to look for the ball but couldn't see it I then looked at a part of the house where a part of the side was broken off thanks too one of Matt's stunts a few years earlier it led directly under the house and was large enough that the ball could roll under it

 

I sighed "Just my luck"

 

I then went to the back where there was a small door leading to the bottom of the house I then opened it and crawled through while trying to look for the ball I crawled over to where the hole was but it wasn't there I then looked around for a bit when I finally noticed it near the center

 

It was annoying having to crawl all that way but to me it was still better then playing against Matt when I finally got there I grabbed the ball and went to go back but right as I did I noticed a black liquid right next to the ball I wasn't sure exactly what it was since it didn't really look like dirty water

 

"Could it be oil?" I asked myself curious

 

I then went to poke it so I could see what it was more clearly and maybe guess what exactly it was but right as I did it attached itself to me and wouldn't let go bringing the rest with it as I pulled back

 

"Crap" Instantly regretting my decision

 

"What the hell am I going to do?"

 

Right as I asked myself that however it started to move by itself and started crawling up my arm freaking me out as it did

 

"W-What the hell!"

 

I cried out "HELP!" hoping someone would come and help me but no one did

 

It continued to crawl up my arm moving around my body causing me to move around trying to shake it off; I ended up jumping however which made me hit my head on the top part knocking me out in the process

 

"W-What the hell just happened"

 

I ended up waking up without any pain from me hitting my head which was good but I wasn't sure how long I was unconscious for. I ended up noticing that what little light I had before was gone though so I assumed it was night

 

"Dammit why the hell am I still down here didn't those two come to get me after realizing I didn't come back" I said irritated

 

I tried looking around for a bit but I couldn't see anything it was pitch black I then tried feeling around but nothing felt the same as it did earlier instead of the rough dirt base with bits of grass patches it felt cold and rock like which was strange

 

I continued to feel around when suddenly I felt something that scared the crap out of me it felt like skin "Was someone else down here?" is what I thought but that couldn't be it no way we'd all have the same accident right?

 

I then went to reach up to the roof to confirm that I was still under the house but when I did however I felt nothing freaking me out even more. Suddenly I heard a voice coming from my left I then stood up and followed it making sure to feel around so I didn't bump into anything I didn't know who or what I touched earlier but I knew once I figured out what was going on I could help them later if they needed it

 

As I got closer to the voice it became easier to understand it it said something about preparing for something but I couldn't make out most of it I then continued to walk closer until suddenly I felt something soft in front of me I wasn't sure what it was but it felt like an old curtain I then moved it out of the way and when I did a bunch of lights flashed into my eyes all at once blinding me for a few seconds

 

As my eyes adjusted I looked ahead of me and what I saw I couldn't believe there were a bunch of green human like creatures walking around a giant cave that was filled with hand made platforms and bridges along with different areas for what I assumed were for various things I was honestly amazed by it and couldn't believe what I was seeing

 

Suddenly one of the creatures noticed me and started heading over towards me at a quickened pace I wanted to retreat back into the other room but realized I couldn't since It was completely pitch black in there and I'd probably trip But as I was thinking about what to do it was too late and I was standing face to face with it I was a little scared but also kind of interested in what it was going to do

 

"You close cover" It said

 

I was a little caught off guard by this before realizing I was still holding the cover open letting light in I guess that that was a room meant for sleeping I then walked over the other side letting go of the cover as I did; and while doing so I noticed something MY HAND WAS GREEN

 

"How the... am I dreaming?"

 

I didn't get it this all felt so real yet none of it could be I then looked back at the creature that approached me earlier and it just looked at me confused

 

"What dream?" It asked Puzzled

 

"Oh don't worry about it its nothing" I replied smiling awkwardly

 

It then looked at me for a good second and then shrugged it off going back to what it was doing earlier

 

"Okay think Adam think"

 

I didn't know what to do so far all I knew was that I was in a cave somewhere with a bunch of monsters and I just so happened to look just like one I wasn't sure exactly what they were but if I had to make an educated guess id say that they kind of looked similar to goblins but since I was one of them currently I couldn't tell how big they were compared to humans but it didn't really matter much so I decided to stick with goblins

 

I decided to explore the place trying to find an exit as well as checking out their base while doing so; not gonna lie it was pretty cool they had weapons storage a place to eat and even a separate area to sleep honestly for a race that speaks in broken English they were pretty advanced even having stairs and bridges leading to different areas of the cave I also wondered where the bathroom was

 

As I looked around however I got distracted and ended up going to check out the weapons however one of them came up to talk to me after I did so

 

"What you doing" It asked

 

"Oh sorry I was just inspecting the weapons" I replied trying not to seem out of place

 

"Inspecting?" he asked seeming to not actually recognizing the word

 

"Oh sorry Me making sure weapons good"

 

"Oh okay" he replied

 

He then left making his way up one of the stairs leading to the top of the cave I then continued to look at the weapons noticing that most of them were old and rusting I didn't know much about weapons but I could tell that these ones would probably fall apart on the next use

 

They had quite a selection though ranging from daggers to War hammers to bows and arrows I was honestly impressed with how many different types they had access to even having a scythe on one of the displays

 

Right as I was admiring the different weapons however the goblin from earlier came back along with another one that was covered in more Armour then the others

 

"What you doing" He asked

 

"Making sure weapons good" I replied

 

"No you cant be here" He said while looking at me angrily

 

All I could think was "Shit" they know I'm not supposed to be here of course there'd be a system but what was I suppose to do now I didn't know how to get out of this

 

He then directed me to the sleeping area while saying "Sleep" So I guess it just meant that it wasn't my shift and I had to rest I was honestly surprised they could tell each other apart since they all looked the same to me. I then went to walk back in when suddenly I could hear yelling along with explosions I then turned back around but when I did all I could see was fire along with burning goblin corpses falling down from the top floor

 

"W-What the fuck

 

I froze I couldn't believe what I was seeing who the hell did this. Right as I asked myself that however one of the goblins came up to me telling me to arm myself I then ran over towards the weapons while trying to avoid the burning bodies that were on the floor next to me

 

I finally made it and tried to find the most stable weapon I could find I ended up finding a sword that was only slightly worn out which compared to the others was A quality I then headed back to where everyone else was they were all grouped up near what looked to be a giant room with a gate they seemed to be leading the survivors in there to keep them safe from the attackers

 

I went to head in as well but was stopped by one of the armed goblins he then pushed me back telling me to stand guard I couldn't believe this I was here for less then ten minutes and was already being forced to fight where the hell am I?

 

After packing the room full of survivors two of the guards went in closing the door behind them leaving the rest of us outside to defend it; I looked around counting them all and in total there were 38 goblins including me guarding the door

 

Suddenly there was another explosion but this time it was on the floor just above where we were and from out of the flames walked a party of four

 

The one at the front was the only guy and seemed to be the leader; he was dressed in blue and gold Armour from shoulder to toe along with a blue cape he also held a gold and silver great sword that looked very expensive he had blonde hair and blue eyes as well and looked a little nervous

 

The one on his left was a short girl though a little taller then us by maybe a head or so she was dressed in what looked like a black and purple robe along with a witches hat she was also holding a staff with what looked like a dragon on top of it she also had emerald green eyes along with dark purple hair and had a happy go lucky look on her

 

The one on his right wore black shorts with a red shirt along with a short black cloak she was also armed with two long daggers not exactly sword length but definitely longer then a normal dagger she also had bright yellow eyes with long black hair and had a calm nonchalant look on her face

 

While the last girl who was about twice our height was dressed in snow white Armor from shoulder to toe and was armed with a huge battle Axe that she rested on her shoulders as she walked she also had Bright red eyes and hair and had a disgusted look on her face

 

"Wow their corpses really do burn don't they Sir Zac" the girl on the left said with a big smile on her face

 

"I told you stop with the sir just call me Zac and also yeah I guess they do" the man said seeming a little irritated

 

"REALLY? THANKS!" she replied

 

The girl in the back then spoke "Focus you two we need to clear this whole place out remember we cant be distracted by the minor things"

 

The short girl then responded seeming to have gotten a little sad hearing that "Aww buzz kill"

 

As I witnessed the Group that just assaulted us all I could do was look in horror as they had a completely casual conversation while murdering hundreds not seeming to care at all

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