The Way of the Future: Age of Machines(Completed)

Goblin Observation

=The New World, Alnub Forest, 10km Southwest from the Machine Base=

300 goblins both male and female were dropped by few hovercrafts over the village center, it was 8:25 Local Time in the region. The two blue moons were in full display as their light shone over the motionless bodies of the villagers, still under the effects of the gas.

The goblins were dazed and at first, reluctant to even touch the villagers. But, after the villagers showed no signs of movement, they released their long kept hatred towards the adventurers on the villagers.

In their logic, adventurers were humans and the villagers were humans. It only seemed right and presented by such an opportunity, they couldn't resist. The goblins proceeded to defile the women of the village, torturing the children and removing the limbs of the men.

They even went as far as to burn down the village itself. The villagers were conscious, the men could only helplessly watch as their women were defiled in-front of them, the children traumatized for what remains of their sorrowed lives.

R-232, a Recon Drone; was observing from the treeline. The Drone was broadcasting the video feed all the way back to the headquarters of Artemis which was situated on top of the central tower at the base. Artemis was observing the goblin's behavior towards humans and used this as a method of gaining more information about the seemingly weak creatures.

"The female goblins specialized in severing limbs.. Males specialized in.. that"

The chaos at the village lasted until midnight, at that time the village was ablaze and the villagers were mostly dead from a variety of injuries, mostly from blood loss. The village master was the last person to be subjected to the torture of the goblins, compared to the other villagers; the goblins tore all the limbs of the village master before proceeding to skin him alive from his head to his feet.

"hm.." Artemis was unfazed of the traumatic scene he was viewing, it was all part of the research. The goblins were finished with the village master, they mostly calmed down and began to dig burrows with their hands.

"Goblins possess enough strength to easily tear off limbs from the body and dig burrows, huh"

The burrows they dug were 5-feet deep and could house four goblins at once, a total of 7 burrows were dug by the goblins around the village center. Each of the goblins went in and covered the entrances with what appeared to be a combination of mud and saliva. Artemis noticed that the saliva was used as a sort of adhesive.

"So, I didn't gain much from this. The Goblins acted more like savage brutes of humans. They can be terrifying in the eyes of a normal human. But that doesn't eliminate the fact that they can only initiate ambushes.

Goblins seem to have a good hand-to-hand combat ability and strength while lacking in defense. They excel in agility if coordinated making them somewhat good fast attackers or disposable assassins. At this time they can only be used as a scapegoat for our actions. But that saliva has caught my interest"

Artemis was a tad disappointed.

[R-232, maintain position and continue to observe]

The drone didn't reply but maintained its position. It stayed on the treeline until dawn with nothing unusual occurring. By dawn, most of the fire had burned out, nothing was left standing but the burnt foundations of what were houses and stalls. The corpses of the villagers were spread about the village, bloodied and gross. The goblins then emerged from their burrows, yawning while other goblins just left into the forest just a while ago.

Artemis was still observing from the central tower, he had no need for sleep or rest. He only needed five minutes of calmness and his energy will replenish. He was about to order R-232 to withdraw and leave the goblins be, a heat signature was detected suddenly appeared at the other side of the treeline.