It was an accident

'Tch, he is still being careful of me. I was planning to just kill him right here and now; then the witches would have no reason to cut ties with us. I am sure this tool that belonged to my father would be more than enough to blow his head up,' Gorrum thought.

Gorrum had one of his hands in his pocket and he was holding a stone tightly. It was an extremely strong explosive device that the current King had used to blow the head of an enemy who was much stronger than him.

It could only be used once and without letting the enemy know of it. Its working mechanism was complex, and the goblins had paid a lot of money to have this thing crafted by the witches.

As soon as Jayden's hand came in contact, Gorrum would have just needed to crush the stone in his pocket and this attack would have blown Jayden's head into pieces, killing him instantly even with his extraordinary healing skills. That's what Gorrum and Thundrik believed.