38 Long Neck

I finally arrived, but what happened here? Shouldn't there be a fence? A wall? I don't know how to characterize it, it is made of wood, but it has a lot of holes, the person who made it is not very smart.

"Eater, go ahead to the castle I will meet a friend"

Finally after so long I will be able to see you again my friend, are you doing well, how are the twins? I have so many questions for you, I am sure you will be surprised to see me, I was surprised myself.

Let me see, I am going this way, I don't know where he really lives, looking left and right, I see how much everything here has changed, the houses are bigger and take up more space than before.

The smell is still the same, the mud on my feet too, it seems that only the surface has changed, but here is still the same goblin lair as before.

"Кой сте вие?"

That's right, I still don't understand their language, this goblin in front of me must be wondering who I am, well I wanted to get attention so I didn't modify my body one bit.

"LONG NECK!"

With my hands near my mouth I shout for him, I use the king of the forest to have an even greater impact, I close my eyes to focus on my hearing and with sonar I find him, for in all this place only one person would be nervous and understand his name being called in a different language.

I modify my thighs so that I can get the necessary momentum and with a single jump I can see this whole "village," from up here I see a large patch of forest and far in the distance a gigantic wall with a face on it, the face seems to be suffering, but before I have a conclusion gravity starts to pull me.

When I land a curtain of smoke is made and all the light objects in this corner fly away, some walls crack since they are made of clay and some goblins fall sitting on the ground with fright.

In front of me a goblin looks at me as if I were a god, tears fall from his eyes, the goblin doesn't have any legs, but he stands up somehow, his clothes are dirty and he seems to have been mistreated.

"Come cripple the king is calling you"

Damn again, ever since those elves besieged this shitty camp, which he insists on calling a kingdom, he has been calling me more and more, Red and Blue are not here, it might be dangerous for me to go.

"I can't go"

"What is it?"

"Our king has called you, come even if you crawl"

These two are very low ranking soldiers, they are nothing but cockroaches delivering messages from Czar and yet they despise me more than anyone.

"I can't go, I have to wait for Red and Blue"

The king's personal guards, they haven't killed me yet because of them, but now they are somewhere in this damned camp so I will have to defend myself with their names.

"Dumb cripple, that's insubordination"

"Yes, we must punish you"

What? Weren't they startled by their citation? Could Red and Blue have been called out too? If it is I just stepped into a bear trap, without caring about my thoughts the two guards approached.

One of them pushed me and made me fall to the ground, the other with his muddy foot kicked my face, then my stomach and continued to kick me, helpless all I can do is protect my head.

The sound of my cane being broken was muffled by the sound of the kicks, but there is one sound that cannot be muffled at all.

"LONG NECK!"

My name, that language, it can't be, has he come back? Pushing the goblin that kicked me away I force myself to stand and start looking for him, my heart is racing, but no matter where I look, I can't find him.

The goblin who was startled by my sudden lifting is also startled, but soon he realizes that it's nothing and as he approaches to kick me again something falls from the sky, the sound of it is so great that the walls crack and break.

The dust that is kicked up is a bit bothersome, but I know what this is, or rather, who this is, in front of me a man perhaps two or three times my size stands stately covered in dust.

Seeing such a figure the guards fall to the ground in fear, when the dust subsides I see the raven-shaped shoulder on his shoulder, and fall to my knees, it's him, he's back.

Unable to speak his name I cry silently, I keep my head down due to shame, he has become so magnificent and I am just a stone, no less a speck of dust in his path.

"Long Neck ?"

I raise my head and look into his eyes, he once again stands before me, but I have no words to exchange with him, he has evolved, he is now a hobgoblin, someone on the level of Czar.

His appearance has changed a lot, his skin is still brown, but his body looks very different with all these marks and lines, a white braid falls across his shoulder and a tiara crowns his forehead, his eyes have the gray of the unknown and the red of rage.

His chest has lines that draw his muscles and a spiral, his hands are large and his claws even larger, I'm sure he must deliver powerful attacks just like Czar.

"I see, you're not him".

What? He gave up on me? It's not possible, I suddenly try to get up, but end up falling again, pathetic, with shame I lower my head.

"The Long Neck I know wouldn't have given up because of a wound, he would have tried again and again until he succeeded, because, he is smart"

Yes that's what I said, he still remembers, even more tears fall from my eyes, but what can I do, how can I become someone with as much power as you?With these thoughts in mind I force myself to do something I have never tried before, to stand without the cane.Still ashamed I lift my head and face him with all the remaining pride I possess.

"No need to say anything, I already understood everything, you will be reborn as my Long Neck soldier"

Your fist is coming closer, I don't understand what you mean, but it's okay, I can trust you Greedy, because, you are the one who called me brother.

It was quick and painless, your fist went through my chest and then I fell dead, the two goblins next to me, had the same fate, and then the next goblins, I don't know how many died this day, all I know is that I am reborn to serve my king.