chapter 10: my first encounter with a noble

It's been about 6 days of non-stop working with the caravan to build the houses around the fort to be honest I was quite exhaust and I kept a lot of my people were too but I heard Luna shout from the tower "Jack there's a chair it's coming our way!!" That caught my attention as the caravan were preparing to set out to spread word of a new village if this was a noble I heard about being the owner half of the land around the fortress I could use this to my advantage but this also could cause a lot of trouble if I do lose my mind control magic to smack their land it could draw the attention of more powerful players in the political game so I have to be careful very careful I shouted to Leo "leo bring whoever they are to me I will be in the town hall!" Even though it wasn't my usual meeting place but the town hall where is the center of the village I quickly move that way it didn't take me long to get into the town hall considering it was right outside the fortress Drake quickly followed me by the time we got into the town hall where we had a map of the surrounding area set up for when you're done with today's work and was planning to do something a bit more productive for an army I could hear someone yelling but ignored it I didn't bother putting on my tunic back on after all working in this temperature what's a pain is it going shirtless was a good idea to help me stay cool I sent at the table with the map looking at it as I saw leo walk-in followed by a dwarf who looks fairly old walking behind him he looked fairly angry the dwarf quickly walked up to me and slammed his hands on the table and shouted "who the hell are you bastard and what are you doing on my land!!!" I simply ignored him for a few seconds would seem to made him even angrier I quickly rolled up the map and handed it to Leo pointing to the back then I looked at the angry dwarf "my name is Jack and we are a mercenary company who has been paid to help the caravan set up a place for them to travel between the two kingdoms as kind of a shortcut" I said this is I heard horses leaving the caravan was definitely leaving to spread the word of the village the door sealant enraged but curious on why we were picked "and why were ye picked?" I shrugged as I spoke "well what the caravan Master would tell me three reasons one we are known to pick a fight with anyone who overstepped their bounds. Too were not afraid to take on a dragon if it to buy people time to run away. And the third one we are not corruptible like guards are. At least that's what the caravan Master says" I said as Drake walked up to me and whispered into my ear "Jack when is the watch out say goblins are coming this way and they look like they're ready for a fight" I left a little bit and what he said which caught the curiosity of the dwarf "what are you laughing about pup" I smiled at him as I wave Drake off "apparently we're about to get raided by goblins which honestly for me would definitely be a change of pace than building houses and something I'm very familiar with if you want you can stay in the fortress or here but I'm going to go kill something and if you want to join up with us to fight just ask the blacksmith grim skull and he'll give you some armor and weapons" I said as I made my way to where I left my gear to be perfectly honest it's been a few weeks since I last font so I was quite excited to fight even if it's against goblins I begin to fasten up what armor I had gotten made by grim skull and grabbed a hold of the handle my greatsword smiling and I quickly moved towards the entrance of the Town Hall as I heard dwarf shout "like I'm going to leave the defense of my land to a bunch of mercenaries" I smiled when I heard that and I continue to walk towards where one of the alarm fires around town where Lent that how we were going to tell if we're being attacked from a certain direction I noticed that a lot of my undead archers were on balconies or on top of the rooftops of the buildings where we were currently we are facing the north of the fortresses main entrance meaning we were just in front of it I didn't notice that dwarf who was the Lord of half the land around the fortress standing right beside me wearing what armor we could spare and wielding a pretty massive Warhammer when I looked for where the goblins were coming from I saw them riding on what seemed to be giant canine like creatures then a notification appeared "warning a goblin raid has commenced chill the commanding officers of the raid to make them retreat commanding officer Grimm golden goblin champion and vice Commander Lumiere goblin shaman" I smiled as I inhaled the air when it's supposed to be perfectly honest was quaint addicting to do right before the battle cuz you could just smell the tension in the air waiting for the battle to begin and see if you make it to live another day in my world you never felt this kind of tension it was always sobel and everyone was too worried about work or crime was their work and they had to pick and choose when they committed it otherwise they'll get sent to prison but here at any point you can be in a fight for your life to be perfectly honest I think I'm an adrenaline junkie because I think I'm enjoying this way too much as I looked at where the goblins are coming from I noticed some of them were riding large canine like creatures also I could tell they weren't the same size of what was typically depicted in my world goblins are typically depicted as 3'4 creatures but most of them seem to be nearly the same height like my sister back home around 4'5 not too much taller than what we just pick them as but the when I assumed was the commander seem to be 6-3 about my height I began to wonder if there were hobgoblins and bugbears and what they were like compared to well what my world describes them as "the one about my height is probably the commander if you get a chance that take him out take that chance!!" I said as I readied and got into a stance for fighting with a greatsword but my left hand was slightly Lutheran thrift just so it'll be quicker for me to use shock to save someone if I needed to as I looked into the corner of my eye The angry dwarf seemingly looked excited baby we are more alike than I initially thought if all Lords & Ladies are like this then I might be more at home in this world than I originally thought I spoke to him "I can already tell you're like me you enjoy a good fight so let's have a little competition shall we who can get the most kills" the smile on the doors face widen as he shouted "you on mercenary" the undead archers and Luna readied their arrows ready to fire any point when they get into range not counting Luna we only had about six archers the rest were people willing swords axes maces pretty much anything that can put a hole in a goblin now we have to survive a fight with a full goblin rating party and I was guessing that's where they came from weather camp directly there wasn't a plan for trying to hide where they're coming from honestly some people say the thrill is during the battle but I say the real thrill is right before it hits the fan when and your moments and arrow could take you out early in the fight hell depending on the situation could take you out of the fight all together that you can get in 1 swing into the fight my heart was racing I knew I could die here if I wasn't careful just kids are my world goblins are week doesn't mean this world's goblins are I took a look at a face that Leo was making he was well scared without a doubt but he seemed brave enough to go through the fight Leo now I think about it he was the first real Ally I got in this world he wasn't a corpse he was a sentient person now that I think about it I think all of these people around me except for the dwarf-lord were probably my first real allies I've ever had in my life and now I wonder how many of them will die in the battle and how many will they take with them I kept my eyes on the commander and tried to keep an eye out for the shaman that notification really gave me a good idea what I'll be facing this will honestly be my first fight against the magic wielder as well and I'm not going to be able to put them to run away with beer unless I take out the commanders like I made Leo fear and somehow with that fear and his desire for vengeance against the one who left him behind wounded got him to join me these monsters won't fall for that they won't listen bills choose their own survival over each others or at least that's how goblins normally worked who knows how these goblins work but whatever happens this night I will not regret a single thing because then I would at least lived for once in my life and not that kind of zombie like a living no truly lived to feel the thrill of just being alive for another day but thoughts begin to enter my mind "I'm not going to be able to use magic will I considering this guy it's part of the people who band magic on this continent from being learned and taunt so let's stop me from using magic will he report me and we have an entire damn army coming here for me to get executed I guess I'll try and save him with my magic to kind of tell him he owes me not to snitch but if he is like dwarves in my world how they were depicted then that won't stop him from reporting me but goblins aren't the same so what's stopping dwarves from being the same" now let's see how this battle begins and ends because until it ends we don't know what will happen so let's have some REAL FUN..