Adventures Of A Goblin

"I told you I could do it".

The mist had dispersed, and the captured Wyverns were all tied down to the ground tightly by the vines that continues to squeeze their body down the more they struggle to get free.

'that, did not take as much mana out of me as I thought it was going to'.

"as for you lot, I am going to have a blast feasting on you".

Orun said, walking over to the newly captured Wyverns to rip and roast them before he starts feasting.

He decided to save the Wyvern he first captured for last. Something about the Wyvern having the highest energy in its body.

"please wait".

The Wyvern called out, in fear that it was going to lose all its kin in the blink of an eye, to a monster whose figure befits that of a dwarve.

"wait? You attacked me with the intention of having me dead and you tell me to wait? For what? To gather your strength and magically set yourself free so you can all gang up on me again? Is that it?".

"if I wasn't strong enough to repel you all, I am pretty sure I would have died a very nasty death at your hands, so no, I am not waiting".

Orun resumed his movement toward the Wyverns.

"the only reason we attacked you in the first place, is because you are strong".

The Wyvern was able to pique Orun's curiosity with its answer, forcing him to stop and postpone killing the other Wyvern until he is done listening to what the first Wyvern had to say.

"because I am strong? What are you saying? Are you guys in some sort of competition where you hunt for the strongest one you find?".

"not quite. We attacked you because you not only tresspassed our territory, you also started killing off our prey and pursuing them out of their habitats, giving us a very hard time to feed".

Orun found no words to defend himself with and refute the allegations placed on him by the Wyvern.

He knows one or two things about monsters having their own territory, much like the Goblin king claiming the lower floor to be his territory, and he knows how much the leaders of the territory value their space and how far they are willing to protect it.

Stepping into a monster's territory uninvited, is like going inside a human's home when the human is not at home. One can only imagine how furious the owner of the home will be when it comes back to see a stranger in his house.

If it was a monster weaker than the Wyvern, they wouldn't have any problem with it trespassing, because it posed no threat to them. But when it comes to a monster as strong as Orun, it no longer becomes a trespass, but war itself.

They see Orun as a threat, a contender that has come to rob them of their home. A rival that needs to be sent out if they want to keep on claiming it as their home.

"in my defense, I had no idea this was your territory. You should have put a signboard on or something to signify to all monster kind that this, is where I stay".

"we did, but you ignored it and still came in anyway".

"you have a signboard? I saw nothing when I came in here. As a matter of fact, I have no idea where the boundary of your territory starts from".

"i am just a monster with a disturbing appetite, craving for whatever sustenance I could find. That was what brought me into your territory. I have absolutely no intention of challenging you for your territory, nor will I ever do such".

"then why do you keep taunting us with your Aura by turning it on and off".

"taunting you? That was me hunting for prey by turning my Aura on to render them immobile, and turning it off after I was done hunting".

The Wyvern gaze and Orun's, met each other, both bewildered in confusion and finding their situation a little bit hilarious.

"so your intention wasn't to kill us and take away our territory".

The Wyvern wanted to be sure that it got the whole thing right, starting with setting Orun's intentions clear.

"i have never met you in my life, why would I want to attack you, much less take your home from you. If there is anything about your race that piques my curiosity, it will be what your body tastes like when it's roasted with my fire".

The Wyvern who had started to feel relaxed with Orun's presence, had itself on guard after the spiteful words that rambled out of his mouth.

Orun might have had no intention of claiming the Wyverns territory for himself, but who is to say that he still does not want to kill them for the purpose of satiating his own pleasure.

"calm down. I have no desire to eat you anymore, or find out what your meat taste like. As long as you are not trying to kill me, I won't kill you. The only reason I will ever go against an intelligent monster, is if the monster is after my life, or if our thoughts are not in mutual lane".

"its either of those two. And currently, you and your race fit in none of the category, so you are safe, for now, I think. Unless of course my hunger gets worse and I can no longer contain it, then I insanely lash out at anything with meat for a body".

The more words keep on flowing out of Orun's mouth, the more the Wyvern thought of Orun as a dangerous entity that shouldn't be trusted.

"you all have absolutely nothing to worry about. That thing about my hunger was just a joke, no one is crazy enough to lash out at its fellow monster because of hunger, are they?"

"what I can say though, is that I have never kept myself hungry long enough to have me frustrated and acting out on that frustration. So who know, maybe it is true, or maybe it isn't, there is only way way we are ever going to find that out".

"we....., we are sorry for attacking you. We knew nothing and jumped into conclusion without even trying to find out. For that, forgive us".

The Wyvern bowed it's head, apologizing to Orun for its irrational behavior towards him.

It feared for the eradication of its entire race at the hands of Orun who kept making rashless threats he thought of as a sense of humor.

It's first mistake was attacking Orun without even finding out exactly how strong Orun was. And it's second mistake, was getting it and it's entire race involved with Orun in the first place.

They could have made a run for it just like the other monsters that had deserted the place after Orun's arrival, but they could not bring themselves to forsake their home because of a single monster invading it.

The Wyvern leader, volunteered itself to face Orun alone while the rest of them find the time to run away as far as possible if it fail to subdue him. The rest of the pack however refused to obey the order from their leader as they could not bring themselves to abandon their leader.

When they saw that their leader had fallen to Orun and about to be killed, they all rose up against him and were all effortlessly subdued by him.

The only way out for them now, is to curry his favor by first apologizing, and doing everything they can to show that they mean him no harm even though they did harbor the intent of killing him at first sight.