Snorri had sovered another thrid of the distance to the great hall by the time the sound of the shreiking yapping and drumming grew loud enough to make out anything useful “there are six” came arracop’s voice in snorri’s head. Snorri felt reassured he had only just realised the spider had been quiet for awhile. “Were where you?” snorri thought back, the spiders commands would of been invaauble in the moments before. “how do you know theres six?”
“listen deeply, they are all shouting at each other” came the spiders low rumbling voice. Snorri listened. picking out the differant yelps and snarls. slowly the sounds began to sounds like gnomish. “how can i unsterstand them?” Snorri thought to arracog as the cacophany of goblish voices began to make sense in his brain. “becuase i speak goblish” came arracops dark voice. “i am translating” Snorri concentrated trying to isolate the goblish voices and make out the conversation echoing around the final bend of the corridor.
“… just saying i wish we had the donkeeys is all” one yapping voice was saying
“Enough of your jabbering trig” said another deeper voice “we are all knappers. none of us like being without donkeys. but you dont see know one else moaning.” Snorri hurd a goblin squeel in pain, “Sorry trig” muttered the deeper voice.
“Right lads!” yelled trig apparently incharge of the group. “yous all know the bosse orders. march down the Tunnel. Kill anything we find including the leftbehinds” His wors where followed by an increase in the metalic drumming sound Snorri was no release was the goblins blades slamming on there shield as the advanced down the corridor towards him. “so..” Thought towards arracop in a slight panic at the impending goblins “How do i fight six at once?” the sound of arracops fangs clicking filled Snorri’s mind before the spiders rumbling voice ansered him “Break them down, slowly, one by one”
A flood of green light came around the bend in the corridor followed by a hulking dark green mass of goblins. Snorri focused his eyesight of the small war party. the Goblins advanced down the dark tunnel in two ranks. the first made up of goblins with heavy looking metal shields and short glinting swords. from his position all Snorri could see of the rear rank was two crudely formed polearms pointing up over the heads of the shield bearers. Snorri darted fowards launching Arracop forward from the darkness. the swords tip struck the center shield bearing goblin’s large shield with a loud metallic clang. Instantly the goblins racket ceased. “what was that Del?” snapped trigs voice from the back. three goblish face peered into the darkness beyond the light coming from a torch somewhere at the rear of the unit. “something hit me” came dels voice.
Arracop sung through the darkness. Catching Del inbtween the eyes and send the goblins body backwards into Trigger. Snorri quickly pulled the sword free of Del’s Head and back into the darkness. “Dont just stand stand there” Yelled Trig to his Goblins. “Get it” As Trig pushed Del’s still startled corpse to the ground and pulled himself to his feet. the other four goblins let out streaks and yaps as the charged blindly into the darkness. Snorri watched them barrel towards him clutching his sword in both hand he braced him self for impact, waiting to see which would reach him first.
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A shield bearing goblin was first to reach the furious gnome. The goblin Shreiked a struck around it’s shield. sending its blade towards Snorri’s long pointed ears. Snorri dove foward past the goblins shield arm and slahed fourth with arracops blade. the goblin screached in pain and collapsed forward its shield clattering to the ground, its sword still clatched in its now dead hand. Trig yelled in protest from down the hall “Get it together” he yelled to the now three reamaining goblins. Snorri charged fowards. sending a well timed blow towards a goblins with a long pointed axe similiar to a spear in length. Arracops blade once again clanged off the metal of the heavy goblin shield as the remaining shield beaer blocked the blow. simutainiously a Goblin spear struck out towards his head.
Snorri threw himself backwards. the goblins moved quickly. Snorri landed on his feet. the sheild bearer charged him planting his large shield into the corridors smooth stone floor, the other two goblins poked for Snorris body over the shield bearers head. Snorri threw the sword into the air and he rolled. the sword blade bounce from the tunnel’s low ceiling and the chain ensared itself around the axehead of one of the goblin’s weapons. Snorri pulled on the chain with all his might and with a scream of protes from its weilder the spear was wrenched free and sent spinning behind snorri.
The shield bearer swung his sword down to where Snorri was now coming to his feet, But the little Gnome was to quick. Arracops blade swept up catching the goblins sword arm at the wrist and slicing clean through the hand. the creature screamed as its hand fell to the floor with a clash of metal and a dull wet thud. The goblin charged forwards at snorri putting its full weight behind its large shield as it came. Snorri was winded as he was crushed into the tunnel like corridors cold stone wall. “Stick him now” Scream the one armed goblin. The spearmen charged.
Snorri sent Arracop sailing through the air. the blade found its mark in the goblins belly just above where it clutches the spear. the goblin coughed and a spray of neon green erupted from its mouth. Snorri pulled arracop back toward him as the shield bearer went limp, seemingly finally passing out from the loss of his hand. Snorri looked down the tunnel. The goblin who had been weilding the axe like weapon was advancing on him. he had seemingly armed himself with a sheld of one of its fallen comrades and retreived its pole arm from where Snorri had thrown it moments before.
Snorri charged at the Goblin only to be driven back by the long blade. Snorri struck forward towards the goblins hadn trying to cut it free, but the goblin had either already seen snorri use the move or was just less stupid then the fallen sheilf bearer and easily deflect the strike with his shield. The goblin snarled and rammed foward with the shield. Once again Snorri was crushed against the wall “Get him boss” yelled the goblin. The was a snap of a bow string. the sound of an impact. the Goblins eyes widened. “You shot me.. boss” he weezed in surprised. as Snorri was dropped free he drove his sword down into the goblin shoulder. driving it into the beasts chest. The goblin let out a death scream. as it dropped to the floor. Snorri looked down the corridor. Searching for the last remaining goblin.
Trig the goblin pulled the trigger on his cross bow.