198 A Terrible Estimate

"I've heard that goblins have skin like the deep ocean…" the weaselkin manager chuckled a bit. He shook his head softly while looking at his green-skinned client.

"If you spot a goblin along your journey, you should move forward without ever mentioning it or looking back. You must never follow a goblin uninvited, or else suffer their curses. The only way to lift a goblin's curse is to find one of their hidden settlements and beg for mercy, or to kill the very goblin who has cursed you…

"Such is the view of a few people I've spoken with. Though, if you ask me, those stories felt more like superstitions rather than candid opinions."

Still smiling, Rizz nodded steadily. "Sounds like fun to me. 

"Maybe I should invest in paint and spook merchants out of their money? I could probably make a killing." 

"Ha! Ha, ha. Ha!" A jolt of laughter erupted from Dezlo.