The Goblins New Neighbor

A flash of light appeared deep in the mountain of klieg. The flash of light spread out for 2-3 kilometers and then disappeared. Any creature that the light touched lost consciousness for several hours. That's why no one checked the source of light. If anyone actually went there they would see a sleeping human.

The human is Peter who was transferred into the world of Barr. He was taken from the capsule while playing the game. It's a good thing that he is not dressed like most players. Most players prefer to lie down in the capsule wearing sleeping attire. But Peter who sold almost everything is forced to wear jeans, tshirt, jacket, socks and rubber shoes when he enters the capsule. That's because he only has two pairs of clothing left and he likes to be able to go straight to the grocery store after leaving the capsule when he runs out of food.

Based on this practice there are some stuff on Peter's pockets that were transported with him. When he woke up he immediately climbed the nearest tree and hid. After seeing that there are no goblins nearby he relaxed a little. Being calm helped him check out the place where he was summoned.

From up in the tree he can see a 5 meter wide clearing with traces of smoke still coming out in the middle. All around the clearing one can see lots of trees. Based on the slope of the land Peter was summoned in a mountain. Just from observing the leaves of the tree he just climbed he is convinced that this is another world. Some of the leaves are green while some are light brown in color. The light brown colored leaves emits the smell of bread.

It also taste like bread. That takes care of the need for food. He still needs to find a source of water and a better shelter. From his vantage point he cant see anything but trees and the clearing. That means the he must explore a bit to look for water and a shelter like a cave. Its just that the thought of encountering goblins scares him a lot.

Instead of going down from the tree Peter grabbed as much vines as he could. Then picked a place where some branches overlap and created a place to sleep. He did it by tying the vines over and over the branches to make a makeshift bed. He is afraid of bullies. How can he not be afraid of monsters? That's why he don't plan to explore much until he finds any signs of goblins. Although he has a plan on how to deal with the goblins based on the two years spent playing the game living with monsters.

After several hours it became dark. The bed in the tree top has been converted into a cocoon. If one looks inside one can see Peter in a sitting position with light brown leaves in front of him and several items. The items that he somehow brought with him to the world of Barr consists of several coins, some cash, a lighter, a necklace with a hidden knife, ballpen, flashlight, portable sterilizer bracelet and a watch. The tiny knife and lighter would be useful in this forest.

Peter was about to fall asleep when he heard a noise. He held his breathe and carefully peaked at the creature walking nearby. A three feet tall green humanoid creature is on the prowl. Its carrying what looks like a horned rabbit.

"Goblins are real." Peter muttered under his breath. Now that he has confirmed the existence of goblins its time to look for a way to survive in this world.

The next few days was spent looking for a suitable place to build his home. Any sign of goblins would send him climbing a tree and hiding for hours. Eventually, Peter found another clearing a kilometer from where he was summoned.

A few more weeks were spent in building his safe haven. Rocks were piled up on some area to become obstacles to goblins. Peter also created a circular fence around his house. Its more like a room but its home. One can also see lots of branches piled around. Probably enough for several months.

Whenever he has time Peter places traps all around his territory. During the time he was creating his house many horned rabbits were caught in the traps. These poor horned rabbits were smoked and preserved. Now that he has food and a place to stay its time to introduce himself to his neighbors.

Peter looked at the pile of branches, herbs, smoked meat and stones nearby and decided that its time. He chopped the head of several live horned rabbits and collected the blood and intestines. This time he didn't bury them or wash them in the river. Carefully he placed the blood and internal organs into several bags made from the skins of horned rabbits. He filled a few dozen of these bags and waited until dark.

Goblins hunt night and day but they are more effective hunters at night. That's why they are more active at night. The idea is to lure them with the mixed blood and internal organs of horned rabbits. Peter threw a couple of the bags into the tree nearest from his fence. He threw two to three bags every 15 minutes and waited.

Twelve bags later goblins began to appear. A dozen of them. The goblins approached slowly as if afraid of the bonfire. They checked the trees tainted by horned rabbits blood and picked up the internal organs of horned rabbits scattered besides the tree. When they can no longer find any internal organ they began to walk towards Peter.

The bonfire is strong and it scares the goblins and its enough to deter them at first. Seeing that the fire isnt hurting them as they observe peter made the fear of the goblins disappear a little. They began to walk towards the human in front of them.

Peter picked up a piece of smoked meat and the closest herb leaves. He crushed the herbs with his right hand and let its juice fall onto the smoked meat. Then he threw it towards the goblin farthest from him. The goblin picked it up and ate it.

All the other goblins looked on jealously to the goblin eating a piece of meat. This strengthened their desire to attack. But whenever one of them shows signs of running, Peter picks up a burning branch from the bonfire next to him and tosses it to that goblin.

The burning branch renews their fear and although they retreated a few steps backward they don't show any sign of fully retreating.

Peter picked up another piece of meat and another type of herb. He then proceeded to crush the herb with his right hand and lets its juice fall onto the meat. The meat would then be thrown to the back to the goblin farthest from him.

The feeding of the goblins with different herbs was Peter's plan to check which herb is not compatible with a goblin. Whenever one or more goblins tries to move closer to the fence or attempts to run then they are greeted with burning branches. This game of toss continued until one goblin fell down after eating a piece of meat.

When the goblin fell the others looked in its direction and then howled. After a couple more of their howls the goblins made a run towards the human.

The only choice now is to make it rain meat temporarily. As the greedy bunch stopped to munch on their free food Peter was busy looking through his supplies.

The herb that made the goblin fall down is a triangle shaped herb. Its one of the many blue colored herbs he found as he is making his rounds in the forest. Like the other herbs he has prepared several bags of these herbs which he has dried and grinded. He placed it into the bag he made from horned rabbits skin and added many pieces of smoked meat into it.

The bags with the herb was thrown to the goblins. The great news is that the powder was able to knock out the goblins. For those that managed to evade the bags meat were thrown near them. While they were busy eating they would receive another bag of these herbs that were grinded into powder.

It's a total wipe out. At the end of the battle if one could call it a battle, Peter is still standing while the goblins are all knocked unconscious. There are many burning branches scattered around which he threw to scare the goblins. First things first. He needs to tie up the goblins and then put out the fires.

When morning came the goblins found themselves tied to the trees. As soon as they woke up they were experimented upon. It's a simple experiment wherein herbs and plants were thrown at them. Peter observed their reaction to each herb or plant. After an hour or so two herbs stood out. Each herb is traingle shaped. One is colored blue while the other is purple in color.

The purple colored and triangle shaped herb paralyzes the goblins and the blue colored and triangle shaped herb makes them fall asleep. After he finished his experiment he dozed the goblins with the blue colored herb and untied them.

When the goblins woke up several hours later they made a mad dash back into their lair. The way they run made peter believe that they wont be coming back for a while. So he took one of the daggers he confiscated from the goblins and began to transplant many blue and purple colored and triangle shaped herbs near his fence.

Many days later the goblins returned. Its basically a repeat of the recent battle. Peter would make them fall asleep or paralyze them and then take their weapons. When the goblins woke up from sleep or became free from their paralyzed state their first action is to run away. Whats different from the first battle is that after taking their weapons, Peter would give them one or two pieces of meat that is sprinkled with spices.

Three months later the goblins stopped attacking. They would place their weapons into the ground and wait for the human to toss them several smoked meat that is dabbed with spices. This is the start of trade between a human and a goblin.

Goblins have nothing to offer except for the weapons in their hand. That's what I obtained in the first few trade with them. When the goblins have no more weapons to trade, they began offering their hunt in exchange for a fully cooked meat. The things they brought for trade started from weapons to the prey they hunted and eventually anything that they can get their hands on.

Then one day, maybe six or seven months after arriving in this world, the goblins placed a silver tooth as an exchange. An old goblin who was wearing dirty robe and a necklace made of silver teeths approached me.

The goblin, who I assumed is their chief, placed a dark red thread into the ground. The thread is two feet long and at one end there is a three inch metal connected to it. After leaving the thread, the goblin backed away several steps and motioned to Peter to pick it up.

Peter looked puzzled for a moment. Then he threw several pieces of meat and then picked up the thread. Afterwards the goblin sat down in front of peter who did the same.

The goblin chief removed his necklace and removed a silver tooth from his bag. Then he deliberately showed how to add a tooth to his necklace. The strange thing is that the amount of teeth in the necklace would be thirteen after adding one tooth. But the number stayed the same. Twelve silver teeth without change to its color or size.

The goblin continued adding silver tooth to the necklace after discovering that peter is observing his actions. The goblin chief continued to add more teeth but the number of teeth in the necklace never changed. The goblin chief made a show of emptying the contents of a bag into the ground and a hundred or more silver teeth poured out. After adding a couple more silver teeth into the necklace, the goblin gestured to Peter. He pointed to the thread at peters feet and then at the pile of silver teeth on the ground.

"You want me to create my own necklace?" Peter asked the goblin without expecting for it to understand him. While picking up the thread and moving to the pile he was thinking of what name to call the goblin. It looks like a poor wizard so he was thinking of calling it merlin.

"#$@%@$" the goblin chief spoke when peter was preoccupied and had not started creating his necklace.

"You're a little impatient goblin chief." Peter muttered under his breath. "But ill call you blub from now on."

Blub observed as Peter placed silver tooth one at a time into the thread. Just like the necklace of blub the number of silver teeth did not exceed twelve. After peter has added all of the piled silver teeth into the necklace, blub opened up three more bags. Three more piles of silver teeth appeared.

A couple of minutes later peter finished adding all of the silver teeth into his necklace. Although a bit apprehensive he placed it into his neck. The minute he placed the necklace into his neck, blub smiled.

"Welcome neighbor!" blub suddenly spoke english.

"Log out! Log out! Log out!" peter yelled as he madly ran away. The shock and fear he felt after hearing the goblin speak is so strong that he almost went crazy.