PROLOGUE

A handful of Gods sit around a board tossing dice. Over and over again, some mutter in annoyance, others snicker at opportunity. Their game is suddenly interrupted when a girl with pale skin, white hair and a black burned dress approaches them.

"Still with the dice game?" She asks looking over the board. None of the other gods turn to face her, most outright ignore her.

"Yes, why... Don't tell me YOU want to play?" A cloaked figure who resembles a bird but a skeleton of one asked in a curt manner. The girl giggles and opens her hand.

"Sure, first time for everything I guess... um, who are we... oh I see..." She said looking at the terms and conditions of the players. Okay... one roll. One roll is all I will need." She confidently says with a smug smile, the other Gods playing chuckle and snicker at this boast, she barely knew how the game worked most thought.

"Fine... let's see this "great roll" of yours..." the skeleton bird says, handing her some dice. She inspects them briefly then lightly throws them along the board.

"You've got to be kidding me!" Another God who was silent this whole time yelled in shock and disgust. She smiled at her prediction. She sat next to the God who just had the outburst.

"Okay, let's see how this plays out!" She remarked looking over the game once more.

CHAPTER ONE: Another Goblin Quest

The Guildhall was vibrant as usual. Guild Girl was looking at the door eagerly awaiting who would walk in soon. It had been about a week since his last Goblin slaying quest. By her best calculation, he and that skinny little Priestess who always follows him around like a dog would come walking through that door today.

"Any good quests today?" A loud blonde man with a large spear on his back said. This was the third time he'd asked her this same question today. She rolled her eyes in annoyance but did not let her smile crack.

"I am afraid the answer is still "no"... Unless you wish to take this Goblin Slaying quest?" Guild Girl said showing Spear Hero the latest Beginner Goblin Slaying Quest.

"No, see I have this fear... I fear that if I took one of those Goblin Slaying Quests, I'd come in here stinking to high heaven! Then 'he' would smell me and think I was a Goblin... Next thing you know, I would be forced to defend myself!" Spear Hero said laughing at his own bad joke.

"I would not mistake you for a Goblin, you are too tall, have blonde hair and wear armor that they never would wear." A metallic voice said from behind Guild Girls Shoulder. Her eyes went wide with recognition as she immediately ignored Spear Hero and sought to begin an audience with the man she'd been waiting for all week. Spear Hero saw the obvious snub and clicked his tongue, walking away but giving a wave, at least, to Priestess.

She was a cute blonde girl with the vestments of a follower of the gods. Her blue eyes shown with pluck and courage even if her frame was small as if a good wind could blow her over.

The man who just spoke up was standing there in raggy meatal and chainmail armor. his weapon was an oddly shaped and length sword, he had a small shield and a red plum hung from his trademark closed faced helmet. Nothing about this man said "success" as he looked like a struggling adventure. Yet this one man rarely knew defeat, and all his gear was there for a reason, not to make him look impressive. A silver tag however spoke to his true talent and worth.

"Sir Goblin Slayer! You are back!" Guild Girl exclaimed with obvious joy. He nodded once on recognition of her warm welcome.

"I am." Is all he offered in reply as he sat a strange broken glass ball or maybe an orb on the desk.

"Oh? What is that? A treasure that you found?" It was really neat, a round sphear with orange and black lines running all through it in wavey random lines.

"We have no idea what it is, but the Goblins were protecting it, whatever it is... they valued it." Priestess said walking up next to Goblin Slayer. Guild Girl gave Priestess a quick little wave and smile then turned her attention back to the crack orb Goblin Slayer had just placed on the counter.

"I would like someone from the guild, or anyone with magical knowledge to examine this for me," Goblin Slayer said to her, pointing at the orb, as if she might know "which weird orb" he was talking about, there was just the one.

"Oh, I see! Is this an official request then? You will have to fill out this form and put up a reward... as you know." She said grabbing the parchment he would need. he took the white parchment and ink quill without a word and went to his usual spot to begin writing.

"Other than finding this thing... how did the job go?" Guild Girl asked Priestess. Priestess smiled and looked at Goblin Slayer doing an act she'd rarely seen him do, thinking what to write. It was cute in a way.

"Well as you know the Goblins had that thing, we found the girls but... " Priestess did not have to finish that sentence, Guild Girl knew all too well how it ended for most girls caught by those vile creatures.

"But we were able to kill them all. Even the uh, young ones." The look of displeasure was evident on her face at whatever she was recollecting.

"I see, well that is good to hear!" Guild Girl said with a smile. Goblin Slayer was walking over with the form and handed it to Guild Girl.

"I do not know how much to offer... asking price will be fine." The voice said in it's usual flat metallic tone. Guild Girl smiled to let him know she was just joking with her next remark.

"Oh? But what if they ask for 1000 gold?" She said. Priestess giggled a bit at the astonishingly high price. This was obviously meant to be a joke. However...

"I can't pay that much... ask if they will take less." Is all he plainly said. Guild Girls eye twitched as her joke, as usual, was taken literally by him.

"Fine... um, I'll say 3 gold... 5 if it requires magic to appraise." Guild Girl said with her usual perky smile. She hoped her combed brown hair wasn't out of place.

"Okay." He simply said and turned to leave, setting the requested bounty on the table of 5 gold. Priestess smiled and gave a bow.

"Thank you Sir Goblin Slayer!" She called out as he left to return to his shack not far off. Guild Girl would make His request known to every Adventurer that came through the door, yet none of them, even Witch, could tell her what the polished stone orb was or what it did, she was very disappointed.

Only two days passed until he came back. He was alone, but that would change.

"Still nothing?" He asked. She shook her head with a frown.

"I see." He said and went to look at the posted jobs. Guild Girl pulled up a parchment that she'd been saving. It was Goblins, obviously, but it would fall on the 'harder' end of Goblin jobs as it was a weird request, not your typical 'ground and pound' quest.

"Sir Goblin Slayer! I uh, I think this quest might be to your liking!" Guild Girl said showing the job she was holding for him. He looked at her for a second.

"Is it Goblins?" He asked. She smiled and nodded handing it to him. He took it with as much interest as he could show and looked it over. He seemed to balk at one point of the request.

"This is incorrect." Is all he said. Guild Girl could guess at what part he was referring to. It was just a report by villagers that didn't know a Goblin from a Green Slime, but there were several eye witness that confirmed what was written.

"I suppose, it doesn't really matter if it's correct or not as they still just want the Goblins eradicated." Guild Girl said with a cute smile.

"What's so weird about the request Sir Goblin Slayer?" Priestess asked. He just shook his head and handed the parchment to Guild Girl.

"I will take it," he said quickly as he turned to go get supplies.

"Um... then we already have a job? I'm barely cleaned up from the last one." Priestess whined. He looked at her as if waiting for the rest of her argument, but as she had nothing else to say he just left. She let out another small sigh, but with a smile and trotted after him. Guild Girl wondered if Priestess had ever seen him bathe in a river or caught some other kind of unexpected glimpse that would make her become tempted?

"Sir Goblin Slayer! Where are we headed now?"

"North, to kill Goblins." She frowned at the general description. She'd asked him to inform her batter, but he would always just say "That is the job." So she just would ask her own questions.

"You said there was a mistake of some kind?" She asked, wondering what bothered him when he first read the quest.

"The Villagers mistook one of the Goblins for something else... we will be fighting a creature that isn't a Goblin, but I do not know what it is." He finally finished. Now she was more than just "a little" curious.

"What did they say they saw?" She blinked as her sounding staff his a cobble in the road and jingles unexpectantly as soon as she spoke. She must have misheard him due to her staff making that noise.

"Um, Sir Goblin Slayer... Could you repeat that part?" She asked in disbelief. He shook his head at the ridiculousness of it. He did not believe for a second the words of some backwoods peasant. He just shook his head.

"It is a mistake." Is all he said. She must have heard him correctly then. She agreed, however, that it was a case of mistaken identity,

"Still, it sounds like trouble if we don't know for sure what we're up against," Priestess said worriedly as they entered their usual provisions stall, this is where they would pick up any knickknacks he would need that could not be obtained at The Farm. Goblin Slayer went through the usual and predictable routine of buying his needs and she would follow suit.

"There you two are!" A familiar voice called out from behind the duo. Priestess knew who it was by the overbearing but friendly tone to the girl's voice, it was High Elf Archer! Priestess spun around, already smiling to see the High Elf standing with a smug smile as if knowing where they shopped was a big accomplishment.

"Hey!" Priestess waved at her friend who was already running up to greet them properly. The two hugged in a friendly manner before High Elf Archer turned to scowl at Goblin Slayer, her ears laying back flat as an angry cat might.

"Already planning on leaving for your next quest? let me guess is it..." She was saying but he answered her honestly.

"Goblins." His flat interruption annoyed High Elf Archer but she bounced her ears in annoyance and let out a "Hmph."

"Typical... so where are we going?"

"North," he said then turned to check his bag, Priestess shook her head, at least she did not have to suffer alone.

"Just you then? I do not see the rest of our party." Priestess said scanning behind High Elf for a Dwarf and Lizardman.

"The Scaley one who loves cheese is dealing with a religious crisis, nothing we need to worry about, but he'll be busy with it for the next two weeks at least. As for The Dwarf, he's probably passed out drunk in an alleyway getting robbed by some street urchins." Her discontent with her species rival was evident.

"So then it will just be the three of us?" Priestess said looking around, of course, this did not bother Goblin Slayer, who would have just as easily gone by himself. High Elf showed her backpack and quiver was full, so she had already been prepared to leave.

"We are ready." Goblin Salyer said as he put his provisions in his bag. Priestess used very little in the way of consumables on their last trip so it was more or less still supplied.

"YOU THERE!" Another voice called out, but this one was unfamiliar. The three turned to see a young boy, maybe twenty years old in nice looking black leather armor. He had a black cloak and hood around his shoulders with matching gloves and boots. The two incredible daggers on his belt made it clear he was a thief or possibly even an assassin. The dagger on the right had a dragon and a demon etched onto it and burned with powerful shadow flames. The dagged on his opposite hip, however, had the carving of an angel and tiger and had holy ice powers emanating from it.

"You're that Goblin Slayer guy, right?" The young man with spikey dark hair and purple eyes said, approaching the group in a friendly manner. No one said a thing.

"I heard you guys took a quest up North. I was wondering if you needed a Shadow Assassin for this one time quest? Goblin Slayer looked him up and down. He had amazing gear and was brimming with confidence from an overwhelming talent pool, he was the living definition of an Over Powered Original Character in some shitty bards story.

OP OC put out his hand to shake it. High Elf Archer looked annoyed at this intrusion of their well-defined group dynamic. OP OC annoyed her already as there was no reason for him. Even priestess who was warm to newcomers did not seem interested in having OP OC around, it would ruin everything.

"Sorry, No." Is all Goblin Slayer said as the three walked away from OP OC. The edgy looking Shadow Assassin couldn't believe his Half Dark Elf ears! Who wouldn't want a powerful assassin who could 1 shot everything and would take all the spotlight away from that silver plated nobody? He was even sure he'd have a sexual encounter with one or both of the girls at some point like he always did on these trips with well-known adventures!

"Fine, who needs them and their stupid goblin slaying quest!" OP OC said walking off as he spun his black cape out dramatically. He would someday go on an adventure worthy of his talents, but it will be boring and filled with self-inserts from the Bards singing it, a terrible tale all would agree in the end.

The three adventures made their way to the road that they would follow out of town and to their eventual destination. It was around noon by the time the town vanished from sight and only grass plains with some trees could be seen.

"So, how far North are we headed?" High Elf Archer asked, looking at Goblin Slayer. He seemed to think about it for a second then pointed to a small mountain kind of far off.

"There," he answered as she tried to gauge the distance and time it would take to walk. Priestess looked at High Elf with hopes she would have a real answer to this question that she asked earlier. High Elf Archer's ears slightly swayed up and down as she mentally calculated the journey.

"I'd say about three days of travel then. Assuming we don't run into anything that will hold us up," she said so that Priestess knew as well. Goblin Slayer said nothing. Most of the travel the first day was quite an uneventful, Priestess made some small talk with High Elf while Goblin Slayer would add an "I see" or maybe an "Is that so?" to the conversation.

"Should we make the stew now or tomorrow?" Priestess asked as the night sky turned black and the stars and moonlit up the valley they camped under. The fire had just been sparked by Goblin Slayer and High Elf Archer was drinking some water.

"Rations tonight then eat the stew tomorrow, then rations on the last day... I don't want the smell of a campfire on us when we get near their lair." Goblin Salyer said in plain fashion. They could do little more than follow his advise as it was always practical if nothing else.

"Who has the first watch?" Priestess asked yawning, it would not be her. They both looked at Goblin Slayer expecting him to volunteer, which he did.

"I will." He said as she threw more sticks onto he fire, they cracked and popped as they released their oxygen and burned with a bright blaze. Both women and nodded as they put their heads down to sleep. But as these women slept, another woman inside the cave they traveled to waited in silence. her eyes looked at the goblins walking by her.

"ORRAG!" One yelled at her as she was slightly in his way, he kicked at her and she scampered into her corner. She looked at the two girls across from her. The human one had been toyed with in the worse fashion imaginable, probably because she was the youngest of the two. The Elf female was sobbing. Her mind had been broken long ago and all she would do it cry, even when getting defiled she would only cry, not scream or beg for mercy at their torture games, so they grew bored with her and doubled down on the younger human.

She wondered what she could say to the two women that might make them feel better, but in reality... killing them would be best for them. She gripped her stone dagger hard, thinking about ending their suffering. But then... she would be blamed for taking away their fun, which means she would probably garner all their attention. And who knows what would happen at that stage.

The girl with the stone dagger had long grimy black hair. Her yellow eyes could see perfectly in the dark, an advantage the human girl did not have. She was short, maybe about four feet tall, but still taller than all the goblins who barked orders at her and threw their scraps of meat at her begrudgingly. Her leather armor was in tatters and she also held a shabbily made spear.

"GGGRROOO!" A Goblin yelled at her to get away, he was going to enjoy the human one again. Her guard duty was no longer needed. She got up and left the impregnating chamber. Another Goblin saw her and grabbed her by her leather armor.

"GGr...RRoaRR!" He yelled pointing at the entrance. She would guard the entrance all night. Well if she were alone at least she could sleep on duty.

"Grruuu..." she muttered to herself as she took her post, scratching her green skin. She was something that this world thought did not exist... and until recently didn't. A Female Goblin.

Girl Goblin looked out at the forest before her broods cave. She had no use to her brood, however. She was a couple of feet taller than any of them but her human features made them sick as she looked like an ugly green skinned elf more than a goblin. She was weak, even by their standards and her aim with thrown weapons was poor, at best. Worse of all she could not become pregnant, so she couldn't even serve THAT function that they assumed she would be able to.

As such, she was deemed only good at guarding and never given anything fun to do. While they did recognize her as 'goblin' they did not play their games with her when attempting to breed, but as it was a fruitless effort they lost interest with her almost immediately and regarded her as annoying and weak.

"Stupid man Goblins..." She uttered to herself. She picked up the humans common tongue easily however, so they used her to make "demands" to the girls during playtime when she was not on guard duty. In truth she like speaking the common tongue... it made her feel smart. But in two days her cave would welcome three adventures and things would change for Girl Goblin.