Shine Amongst Filth

"Now, what is your name ugly?" the wretch asked, waving the foul smell the goblin was emmiting as he spoke.

"I-" the goblin was about to answer enthusiatically but the grey monster decided otherwise.

"No, no need, your name will be Asshole, that's a good name, that's what I think about when I look at you face" Axiolypito found him a suitable name and the goblin didn't argue.

"Alright Asshole, you are eloquent when it comes to apologising, but can you tell me what made you bumbling fool with little spark in the skull realise my greatness?" the goblin was in shock, Axio was so condescending that it shook the foundation of his whole world, he had never seen such an extreme before.

"Hum, my good lord... I recognised the shine in your eyes and so did Grute" he responded, forcing on his throat to not make his usual goblin noises while referring to the gorilla-like goblin that was still bathing in the dirty water.

The wretch signed for the goblin to lead the way and to elaborate further, he certainly was a shiny figure compared to these sewer-rats but he knew that they were blind to his charisma.

"Ahem, I mean, the color of your eyes my lord, it is the same as our great treasure!" the goblin seemed quite proud of this 'treasure', the wretch hoped that it wasn't some useless trinket, otherwise he would have to cut this guys ears to dare liken him to some worthless thing.

Soon enough, the wretch was led to the camp of the crap gobblers, it was truly crawling with them.

"You people can't get off of each other it seems" he remarked as he looked at their crude habitations in a disdainful way, scratching his chin in thought.

The inhabitants there, seemed a bit aggressive at first but much like the rest quickly turned into obedient dogs.

'Mmh, does it feel good to be appreciated for your true worth' he thought, picking up a rock on the ground.

"Fetch!" he shouted to them, throwing the rocks into the center of the room, which was a round pool of nasty water, which seemed to be where it was supposed to be gotten rid of.

He smiled seeing the lower specimens do exactly as told with glee before turning to his guide which he had to step on the foot of to prevent him from going to fetch too.

"Show me the treasure, I will certainly know how to use it better than you do" he snapped his fingers and the goblin showed him the way, going into the crude mass of various materials making the habitations of the goblins.

The room had an immense ceiling, so they had built up with whatever they managed to find down there and what they had dragged from their excursions up there.

Asshole led him into a room much better than the rest, so still much below what the wretch deserved but he let it slide, for what he layed his eyes upon was a true treasure, he knew it at a glance.

On a pedestal, a beautiful crystal layed, just a slight bit bigger that the wretch's palms, it had three spike-like protuberance at the top but a mostly flat bottom.

He approached it, feeling as if it was calling him, like it was a part of him, no, it rather felt like it was like him.

The goblin wanted to warn him about the deceptively sharp edges of the crystal but the wretch already had it in hand and no cuts were to be seen.

Weighting it, Axiolypito tilted his head before bringing the crystal closer to his face, the monster only had had a few occasions to see his own eyes, only in puddles, water and such but it was definitely the exact same shade of purple as his eyes.

"This... This is simply remarkable, so there really are things that are not below me?" he muttered, the crystal so close to his face that its dark shine was all that was visible to him.

Looking into it... It almost felt like something was staring back at him.

Suddenly, the deep purple wasn't the only color inside of the crystal and a brilliant orange suddenly surged in its center, making the goblin jump back in fright.

"Do not fear Asshole, you have brought me something actually valuable, could you have ever imagined this? You, a literal shit eater doing something of worth in your little, pathetic life?" the wretch laughed boisterously and the goblin didn't know what do to so just joined him a bit timidly.

The crystal started making cracking sounds, seemingly decreasing in size until it was put a single shard that just perfectly fit inside of the wretch's grasp, with two pointy ends on each sides and perfectly carved sides.

The flaming orange was completely gone now as the wretch slipped the crystal into his coat.

Suddenly, the wretch appeared much less disdainful and angry as before, making Asshole feel like something bad was going to happen.

"Listen here you, what are you for this little group of runts?" the wretch made some more sparks as he spoke, walking around the goblin in a circle.

"I, hum, I am the chief, my lord, because I managed to 'tame' Grute" he swallowed his saliva as he heard the clicking of the Wretch Lord's claws stop.

"Perfect then, Asshole, but don't talk of your life to me alright? I am Axiolypito, you may refer to me as 'lord' or 'god', because I reign over all of you now, you are all my little bitches, you live and die for me, when you eat shit you fished out, you'll thank your god for being so generous" the chief's legs were trembling uncontrollably, perhaps for the first time ever, the wretch was actually appearing as the great monster he saw himself as.

The goblin could do nothing but nod and try not to collapse from fear.

"It's good that you understand" the wretch walked in front of the goblin, when the room started to warp in a seemingly impossible way, indicator of who was going to show up.

'What does this guy want?'