They all looked at me with combinations of confusion and fear, but thankfully none of them yelled. They all had smooth skin, and they kind of reminded me of those football-headed creatures from tv with the colored hair tufts.
"You're not going to close our eyes?" One of the two children asked me, and I shook my head no.
"Nope, I am new here, but if you all aren't trying to hurt anyone, then I don't think you should be hunted or used as experiments," I said as I gave the fallen goblin a hand up.
"Umm, thanks, but why? I mean, you are really, really, really strong, so why would you help us?" The goblin asked after brushing off his rag clothes.
I was a bit surprised that they had clothes on, and for the first time in a very long time, I felt underdressed. I was completely naked, but I had become so used to it that even Mex had to tell me to put shorts on.
"I don't kill needlessly, and from the sounds of it, you all could use some help. I need a guide, so I can help you get somewhere safe if you can do that. Does that sound like a good deal?" I asked, and the goblins all shook their heads yes.
The creatures were quick to agree, but in the current climate, this was their best choice.
"Okay, let's get some names, and tell me the best way to get to the other side of this ring," I told the goblins.
At first, they looked excited to say their names, but then I continued about getting across the ring. The goblins' faces all took on worried and scared looks, and I sighed, trying not to be disappointed.
"Don't worry, I wasn't really thinking. Of course, you have never been to the other side of the ring, or you wouldn't be having these problems. Okay, you all seem to know about the centaur's, and I need to deal with some of the mean ones to get through, so you all can help me with them," I said, and the goblins sighed, but one of the males passed out.
"Ah, Gee, not this again! Go wake him up! I am Ayech, and the passed-out idiot is Zee. He doesn't deal with stress well, but it has saved his life more than once," Ayech said with a strange deep nasal chuckle as Gee bent over Zee and started to slap him.
I looked away from him and turned my focus on the three women that were in dresses, but they all looked almost identical. Thankfully, they were wearing different colored ones, and I would have some way besides voices to tell them apart.
"My name is Rei, and my child is Milo," one of the female goblins wearing pink said, completely ignoring Ayech assaulting Zee.
Milo looked sad, and I considered trying to cheer him up, but I was like eight times as big as him. I probably looked like a scary-looking lizard man, but I thankfully still had flat teeth and a normal tongue.
"I am Kaedi, and this is my daughter, Genni," the female goblin wearing yellow said sweetly, but then turned to G, who was still slapping Zee, and growled, "Punch his gut, you idiot! Are you trying to get every monster's attention?! The slaps are too loud!"
I was surprised by the switch in Kaedi's tones, but they were goblins, so maybe most of them had volatile personalities.
The last one had a blank look on her face, and she was wearing a blue dress. The Goblin girl didn't speak right away when I focused on her, but when Kaeli elbowed her roughly, she spoke up.
"Meg."
That was all I got, and I was sure that there was a lot more there than just a name. Still, Meg didn't really didn't look like she was about to open up about whatever was bothering her.
I turned back to the men just as Zee gasped out after getting a punch to the gut, and the Gee slapped him again. Zee looked like he was about to throw a fit, but then Gee raised his hand again, but this time made it into a fist.
"Quiet," Gee growled and then dropped him and walked back over to stand beside Ayech.
It was like watching children fight and schwalbe, and I was half tempted to break them up through the little performance, but It was too entertaining. They were also what looked to be fully grown adults, even if they looked like a bunch of little green Stewie's.
"Okay, I heard you talking about the other Centaurs around here, but which one of them is the worst of them all?" I asked, thinking that was probably the best one to take care of first.
If I dealt with the toughest ones first, the weaker ones would bend a knee to me, and that would save me some trouble. As much as I had a bit of extra time, I still had more to do outside of here on the island, and I couldn't be wasting extra time.
"You are a smart one! Finding out the strongest person is a good idea so you can avoid them! Chez is the one you want to stay away from! He has a bad habit of chasing his targets down and filling them full of arrows! Archie kills quick, but then you have to watch him cook your friends up until it's your turn to become lunch!" Ayech explained but stopped there.
"What about the last one that you had mentioned? Karl? You said something about experiments?" I asked curiously.
This one sounded the least dangerous of the three, but Ayech looked a bit hesitant to explain.
"What is the point in lying to him? Don't be stupid! All three of them are dangerous, but Karl captured most of our village and is doing tests on them to make them stronger," Kaedi explained.
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