A lot of smoke was coming out of our town. Martha was scared, I could notice it by only looking at her whole body shaking. I had a bad feeling about all of this but I had to calm her down.

"Martha listen to me... Listen to me! " I finally got her attention. "Probably some accident occurred just that. Let's go back, my dad will be probably there waiting for us. " It was all a lie. I was scared too but thanks to this I managed to calm her down.

We arrived at the forest on our way back home but something was really unusual. Breathe was heavy and unlike any other normal night, the moon reflected a crimson light.

By the time we arrived back to the town a lot of houses were already burning. Martha tried to run inside the town but I was fast enough to stop her. "What are you doing? Get back, we don't know what happened here. " Martha quickly answered. "Axel you told me this was just an accident! What are you doing? Come on let's help with the fire. "

I grabbed her arm with all my strength. "No. I'm sure this isn't an accident, just follow me. " We sneaked around the town carefully and hiding. Our objective was to arrive as soon as possible to our houses where our parents are waiting for us; An empty hope.

The town seemed empty. Everything was burning but no one was there. Martha was grabbing my arm really hard as if I were some kind of hero.

Walking through the main street we saw somebody lying on the ground in a pool of his own blood. We were scared but I had to find answers about what happened here so I approached him.

As soon as I was close to him, his agonizing voice penetrated my head. "Ty... Tyr... They headed... Tyr... " I had a lot of questions. What happened? Who? Why? Where is everyone? But I realized this man didn't have the time to answer all of them. I was about to speak but then this man interrupted me.

"There... There are still a few of them... At the latest houses... " The man lost his conscience after saying these words and probably dead but... Martha and I were terrified. The latest houses are where our parents live.

Martha started to run as fast as possible heading to her parent's house, I couldn't even react. I screamed her name but she didn't turn back at me. She was already way far ahead so I had to run as fast as I could to catch her.

She suddenly stopped. For a moment I sighed because I thought she realized how dangerous it was to run like that without being careful. I approached Martha with an upset face. "Martha... Don't run like that away... It's dangerous. " While saying this, I could notice she was panicking. Her eyes were terrified and her whole body was shaking.

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"Axel... Look there... " These words got me surprised but then when I turned my gaze to the front the real horror possessed my body; I really wanted to erase that image from my head.

There they were, at the town's exit. Everyone was crucified and their heads ripped off and separated from their bodies. I couldn't move, my whole body was shocked and shaking but the most shocking part was that Martha was moving forward and approaching the corpses.

"Da... Daddy? " I couldn't stand it anymore, the scene and the smell were really disgusting so I started to vomit. All I could see was Martha staring at the corpse of her father, she was mentally broken. "Martha... Don't look at it... Listen to me, we need to go now. " She didn't answer. I approached her and grabbed her arm. "Martha! Wake up! We need to go now! "

My words didn't have any effect on her, she was a totally different girl from the Martha I used to know. Her face and expressions seemed dead, her eyes turned off and she couldn't move. I didn't know what to do so I decided to carry her on my back and head to Tyr.

I couldn't stop thinking about my family, I didn't know if they were safe or they suffered the same fate as Martha's dad. Before carrying Martha I decided to take a look at the corpses searching for my dad, he wasn't there. Somehow I felt more relaxed but I noticed something. Only old men, men and boys were crucified, there wasn't any female among them. I had hopes that my family was alright.

When I was about to carry Martha something creepy could be heard. Some little noises and giggles. I turned back and saw some small humanoid forms. Their skin was green and their teeth sharp, they were carrying knives, bows and spears. I know what they were because of my father invented adventures. They were goblins.

Dad used to tell me a lot of his adventures and the monsters he fought. Some of them were deformed beasts or similar to animals but there were monsters with a humanoid form like us, for example, the Goblins. Dad told me Goblins were cruel monsters that basically raid small villages. They have fun killing everyone and torturing men but they kidnap every woman to use them as playthings and reproduce. They aren't a big threat in small groups or one by one but they usually attack altogether and they're extremely dangerous.

Remembering my dad words I knew which fate was waiting for me and Martha if these bastards caught us. I carried Martha on my back and started to run as fast as possible. I turned back and these monsters were just standing there and laughing. I didn't understand them back then but as soon as I was approaching the town's exit another small group of goblins was waiting for us.

I didn't know what to do. I was a powerless kid with a dead weight on my back. Goblins started to approach us with an evil smirk. I was scared, more than ever about this situation. They didn't stop moving forward. Because of fear, I started to pee in my pants like a kid. One of the goblins was already in front of me, all I could do was accept my fate and hope for a quick death. I closed my eyes waiting for my execution.

*Sound of a sword ripping off a head...*