Dungeon Prowler : One Man Army

Chapter 47: A date with lady luck

Sunday dawn. Debauchery and their students were walking out of the academy and heading to the north gates, about 10 kilometers away from the city there can be found the only nest in a 50 kilometer radius. The nest was protected by the city governor as a mine for monster cores, it was small enough to prevent export and needed to be partially cleaned every few months.

Goblins were the species living in the nest, they had a fast growth cycle and a high fertility rate, they could capture females from multiple species and races for mating and repopulation, therefore it was not weird to find human women used as incubators inside the nest since the goblins needed only one month to be born, thus human women were the next best incubators for the mostly male population of goblins.

Jogging all the way to the borders of the nest the party of 9 arrived after sunrise and just in time to see two goblins carrying a boar they just hunted back to the nest. What a great luck, food and two stray goblins at the same time. After a nudge from Balin, Yunan and leol took the lead with their crossbows out and aimed at the two clueless goblins, then they shot at the same time, Yunan dropped his crossbow and ran towards the goblins before checking if he had hit or not to prevent them from sounding an alarm or drawing attention to the group and causing more trouble for them. One of the goblins fell down with a bolt in its head, and the other suffered a shoulder injury. By the time the second goblin stood up from the impact Yunan was there with both short swords in hand one aiming at the chest the other the head. The goblin's head exploded and half his torso was cut through by the short sword.

Success, but that feeling did not last long as all three youngsters heaved and puked their hearts out, seeing death for the first time was not something that can be looked down on especially for the one dealing the blow. It took half an hour for the students to calm down a bit and hold in their urge to vomit.

Then came the ugliest lessons. First find the monster core, it was located in the cavity of the heart, and the kids once again vomited after getting both cores, when it came to butchering the boar, the kids had nothing left to vomit as they both watched and took turns working on the dead boar. As the leader of the miniature party Yunan kept both cores and the boar flesh that they dissected.

The morning was taken as will training for the youngsters, they were only taking on strays and fighting them using each of the weapons they trained in with Debauchery. The children adapted fast to the fighting and were able to kill the goblins faster as well as resist their own urges to run or cry or freeze.

There was no lunch for the hungry kids until they returned to the city, they could only roast a palm sized steak for lunch, something that would barely quench the hunger they had. And since the first part of the test was completed nicely, Debauchery led the way to the heart of the nest, all the nearby goblins either ran away or stayed put and did not bother Debauchery whilst they entered the cave where the goblins lived and started looking around it.

They found a few caged females with bulging bellies and some were in the middle of getting impregnated, a very ugly sight to behold, the party killed the offending goblins and made a bloody mark on the cages so no other goblins would approach, at least until the invaders leave the nest. They found in some of the rooms weapons and gold. That would be gotten from those farmers around this nest they raided to get the females.

In the biggest room in the cave there was a stone throne and on it sat a goblin twice the size and height of the other goblins they met so far. "This is the goblin leader, the boss of this nest, you kids go ahead and challenge it, if you can kill it, you can loot the treasure chest at its feet, if we have to rescue you, no looting for you" Leader told them what to do and then stepped back with Debauchery to allow the boss to fight.

The fight ended rather quickly with Yunan drawing the attention of the boss while the other two shot bolts at it from a distance. Yunan took a few hits before he got his dodging rhythm going, his slashes left deep marks on the boss and cut off a few fingers before the bolts took the boss down and Yunan cut off its head to end the fight.

Leol went to the goblins boss and dug out its heart and took out the core from inside it. Reina just flopped on the ground from excessive stress and fear, while Yunan walked to the chest and opened it, inside it he found a pouch of gold, a bone dagger and an old book.

Bai took the role of the appraiser " Beggars magic purse, can carry up to 1000 gold coins and seem like it only has only a few in it, worth about 200 dragons. Bone dagger with medium paralysis enchantment worth about 50 dragons. Oh this is nice, a date with lady luck, around 5 to 8 thousand years old, can't seem to be able to open it, try it Balin".

" Hmmm, 7 thousand years old, from the second floor of Tartarus, seems to be locked by a preset i can not see through, seems like this book was handed down from a group that fled the dungeon, the chest seems from the same period, on the back cover there is some goblin script it says.. for those that mistress favours" Balin handed the book to Yunan "read it" he urged.

Yunan opened the book easily, and read it contents, it was a story about how the luckiest goblin met lady luck herself and went on a date with her, the story was simple and pure, it detailed how the goblin felt and how happy he was to roam the golden forest under the moonlight with the woman he loved most.