After finishing some preparations, we all walk inside the corridor again.
Some changes compared to the first time we did.
For a first no one have their guard up, we have a loose formation but no one is looking behind this time, we already know everything that can take us by surprise after all.
We walk in silence, still preparing ourselves mentally, when we reach the intersection we stop.
Balrow, Annie, and Jenna detach themselves from the group, they look at us, and I don't say much.
Even If I could.
I could speak about how they need to rememeber to wait for us when they reach the guard tower, or how they need to escape if something happen, but we already talked about that.
I already taught them, practiced with them, quizzed them on it like a manic teacher.
They are ready.
My eyes land on Annie, the only one I have doubt on, but I let that go.
"See you in a second" after I say that Annie wave "See you!" Jenna follow "Be careful you two." Balrow just nod, and when we turn around, they do too, leaving us seperated.
I glance at malfoy and without a word we keep walking.
We put our weapons in our inventory, and keep going forward, as we reach the latch, after a bit of searching again.
I open it.
A big heave, and then let it rest on my knee as we both look inside from the small opening I made.
Hulk is there.
Growling emanate from his chest.
The sounds of an animal that would rip a bear in half back on earth.
He's still sleeping.
Not letting any sigh of relief I let the trap go down as slowly as possible, and before we can even notice it, we're walking toward the guard tower.
If everthing is fine, we'll finish tonight.
As we reach the guard tower, the only light there, the only one lighting us up is a gentle moonlight that leave us in relative darkness.
A blue moonlight. Cause the moon is blue, fuck you.
No change of plans. I think?
Balrow walk toward me and whisper "nothing new, all in tents, or here"
He point at the destroyed building I saw earlier, my gaze catch Jenna's and she look at me. Just fucking begging for the green light.
I look around and seeing everyone ready, no weapons on them, apart from the dagger Annie just gave to me and malfoy.
We're gonna keep those to kill them in their sleep. At least If something wrong happen.
We start walking toward the ladder, the three others seems to have picked an arrow as a rudimentary stabbing shit.
I don't voice out what we need to do.
I get down the ladder, the wind is freezing against my skin, I put one feet after the other, taking as long as possible not to make any sound.
It's slow, but I'm careful, after a dozen of seconds, I'm on the grass.
Yes grass, grass and dirt is the primary ground upon we stand.
I almost want to make a joke about civilisation but I need to focus.
Looking up, I see malfoy getting down, we guard around, Jenna is next, she join our guard, then balrow, and finally Annie.
We move, following my lead we walk toward the nearest tent, when we're just in front, I carefully put my hand on the tarp and gently lift it up.
Looking inside, prove that my plan is going well.
Goblins rest against each others in broken beds, some sleep together, but most are busy sleeping alone.
Lifting the opening even higher I let everyone look inside.
Especially everyone but malfoy and me.
They need to be ready to attack it, in this tent, only 4 goblins rest, 2 together, and 2 on their own bed broken bed, slightly too big for their bodies.
21 to find.
Closing the tent we start walking toward the next one, just beside the broken building that rest in front of the watch tower, we all approach it. And litterally do the same as before.
5 in this one.
We go back on our steps to check out the last tent, after investigating, 3 are in.
13 to find.
We start walking toward the broken building, and things are starting to become quite annoying, for a first, the main entrance I saw goblins get in during some of my patrols was this one.
The entrance is rubble that you jump on until you reach a open hole in the big structure a bit forward.
And go do whatever your goblin mind wanna do.
Problem is, rubble make noises, lots of noises.
I glance behind me and do a strange gesture where I turn my finger in the air, apparently that's enough for them to understand as we start searching around the building for another entry.
Malfoy stop me from walking with a hand on the shoulder, he point at the building side, a window.
It's pretty small, but yes, that's a window.
After a small look at each other, and another one to inform the others, we walk toward the window.
It's broken in and there are a lot of broken glass on the outside, going in first, I put my leg inside and just by being overall careful I'm now standing inside a wooden corridor.
Wouhou! A glance inside show that there is some dried blood sticking on the walls, and a whole lot of humanoid bodies, they don't look human, they are a bit too small for that, too gangly, same for the armor they wear.
As I observe the surrounding, I notice how everything, just straight up everything feel small.
I feel like I'm 8 foot tall in japan, my head almost brush up against the ceiling of the corridor, and the door I see on my left. Resting on the corridor wall, wooden corridor. Would leave my back in a bad state if I lived here.
After everyone get in, we start moving to the left.
I see a crushed metal helmet on the ground.
I don't want to fight anything that can crush metal like that.
Reaching the door, my fear are true, this shit is way too small for any human to get in comfortably, exception are children...and annie.
I stop in front and let everyone catch up to me before pushing myself in.
It's locked.
I try a bit more but nothing, the door is unmoving.
I turn and shake my head, we're moving out of here.
We keep walking in the corridor. Forward, the only way to go.
The corridor we came on is just a straight corridor, with some of those doors here and there, and a dead end beside the window we've come through.
Left is the dead end. We're going right.
At a moment, the ceiling start to drop, broken, and force us to stick to the wall to keep going, passing first, I first see the room in front.
It looks like a canteen.
A lot of broken tables, spanning from left to right, the entire room is bigger than an auditorium, just in front, there is a huge hole that let moonlight in, rubble is in front.
Front entrance.
On the room, there are some goblins, a quick count, tell me six.
7 to find.
We keep going, as everyone look around we all get extra careful not to wake any of the goblin.
My goal is the big archway to the right on the room, ignoring the goblins sleeping on the broken tables parts, we reach the archway, inside, guess what?
Another corridor.
Well really just another T intersection, the right part is completly blocked with broken wood and bodies though, so left we go!
Keeping our current pace forward we find some doors again, like the one we found at the start, most are blocked, however two are not, in them, 2, and 4 goblins rest on a single bed.
1 to find.
We pass a lot more of those blocked doors, but we don't find the remaining goblin.
The fuck? Is that goblin the big one?
Doubt it.
Hah! Perhaps he woke up to take a pis-! Hearing footsteps, I stop, everyone stop, we listen, from the broken window on our left we hear something walking in the grass, I give a glance over my shoulder.
Looks like it's my role to look at it.
I was joking about the waking up.
Fuck.
I slowly inch forward until I can barely see the outside.
Fuck yes.
0 to find.
Good news is that our friend hulk didn't woke up, bad news....is that a stumbling and clearly drunk looking goblin is walking right in front of us, they have booze here? The heck?
I don't overthink it, I turn toward the little group grab malfoy dagger, and put both blades in barlow hands, I lean forward and whisper in his ear "no planning, we kill them all tonight, me and malfoy gonna take care of hulk give that to the girls, good luck"
I turn around again, and malfoy doesn't ask any question with his face, I turn toward the others, give a little wave, and pass the window there, broken too.
I barely hear malfoy following me, with nothing but a thought, my spear appear in front of my belly catching it mid air.
I ramp up speed.
My legs carrying me toward the form of that drunk, and unsuspecting goblin, my left hand rush forward grabbing his jaw and crushing it.
All the strength in my body come forth in the hope that he shut up. My grip is awfully hard.
Just after my little stunt I shove the tip of my spear in his gut, I hear groans and moans muffled by my hand, I don't let go, slamming him on the ground I take top position, like malfoy taught me.
Pushing my spear deeper, I keep leaning on his face as I twist my spear in his guts.
His little green hands come to push my spear away but he's too weak, far too weak, I hear a small "inventory" behind me. And soon enough, a sword lodge itself on his chest, finishing his struggles.
I look at malfoy, he look at me.
Time to kill hulk.