The cave has a tall roof, but the larger number of goblins live outside of it. There is barerly any inside of the cave. Only the ogre itself and a few female goblins live in there. Not because the goblins dont like the cave, on the contrary they would love to live in the cave, but because the ogre kills any other goblins who try to enter. Only the hobgoblins were allowed to enter, but even then they werent allowed to stay for long. There has been a couple of goblins trying to sneak in and take a few females for themself, which only made a few corpses show up infront of the mouth of the cave.
Right now, there were a massive amount of goblins moving around the mouth of the cave. Some are chewing on bones and others are fighting each other for the same bones.
Suddenly, from the tree line, a direwolf jumped out. It stood there looking at all of the goblins. One of the goblins saw it and started to shout. One shout turned to two, two to four. All of the goblins that could see the direwolf were shouting to warn the others. The stronger goblins picked up their weapons and charged towards the direwolf. Some threw rocks at it.
The direwolf ran away, just slow enough for the goblins to keep up with it. A few of the goblins hesitated, but still decided to follow after them. The remaining goblins were weaker, they knew that they wouldnt be able to keep up with the stronger goblins. They felt the adrenaline going throught them and the infighting increased. None of the fights ended with deaths, but having your ankles bitten by someone you hit on the head is bound to piss you off.
As they were punching and kicking among themselfs, the Gavir clan emerged from the bushes with speed. They dashed towards the goblins, biting down on anything in their way. Blood was sprayed on the ground. It took a while before they started to scream again. This time they were screaming in fear and pain. Panic spread and they ran in all directions. The direwolfs rushed towards the cave and entered. They stood shoulder to shoulder while a few of them went further inside.
By now, the goblins that chased after Radolf realised what was going on and went back to the cave. The goblins quickly calmed down the others and gathered them in front of the direwolfs. They saw that the direwolfs were blocking the way and knew that something was wrong. The stronger goblins and the direwolfs locked eyes. The goblins made hissing noises and the direwolfs growled. The standstill between the two sides wouldnt last long.
"Duke, where are we going?" Balto ran behind Ibas and Duke. The plan was simple really. Radolf distracted the goblins, the other direwolfs block of the goblins and the three of them were supposed to deal with the ogre. Pretty simple but if they werent quick enough or if the ogre was too strong. Then they would have done all this for nothing
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"The largest room is further inside. Something as large as that ogre will propably need a lot of space." Ibas said to him. The cave went further down and split into different ways. The passageways were lit up by a glowing moss, but it wasnt good for seeing anything that was far away or around corners. Some of the passageways led to small rooms filled with different objects. Some even had living creatures in them, tied up, but they didnt have time to check it out. They ran further into the cave, but stopped at the smell of blood that was stronger than the smell of goblins and filth. Down one of the slightly smaller passageways, the smell of blood wafted out.
Ibas and Duke shared a glance before walking towards the smell. Balto followed behind them but didnt know why they slowed down. He wanted to ask about whats going on, the serious look in their eyes shut him up.
Duke stepped into a puddle of some kind. He smelled before taking a step back.
"By the Allfather." Duke whispered under his breath before turning to Ibas and Balto.
"Get ready. This is were the smell of blood is coming from. It smells like direwolf." Dukes ears went back and Ibas lowered his head in case a goblin tried to attack him. Balto didnt seem to be bothered by the smell, but if what Duke said is true, there must be other reasons for why Balto is so calm. Duke went around the corner, but quickly backed away. His bum hit Ibas in the face, who hit Balto in the face with his bum. Ibas was about to say something, but knew something was wrong when he saw that Dukes tail was between his legs. Balto walked past them.
"Whats wrong...." Baltos whisper slowly disappared when he turned the corner. Ibas was the only one now that didnt know what was in the other room. He walked past Duke and Balto before seeing what it was that had them so quiet.
In front of them, a massive pile of meat was leaking blood down to the ground. Bone fragments and brain matter was strewn around the room. The pile of meat had equally large organs thrown out from its side. But the most horrific thing that Ibas saw was the large hide hung up on the wall. It was covered in blood, but the dark green colour could still be seen despite the dim lighting. What they were looking at was the skinned corpse of the previous leader of the Gavir clan. It was Tyr!
They didnt have much time to do anything else, as the echo of heavy footsteps could be heard. If that was the ogre moving around, it was propably going to move towards the entrance. The direwolfs in the entrance wouldnt be able to defend themself from two sides, so there was only one thing to do.
Fight the ogre while its in the hallways. But as Duke was about to attack it, he saw the massive ogre!