Vol.2 Aren't Dark Elves Supposed to be Evil?

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It didn't take them long before they made it to the common area where the group could relax and enjoy some food and drink.

Five adventurers were sitting in the middle of the room. Three humans and two dwarves.

"Hello! Grab any seat you want, and I'll be there in a moment," The barkeep said to Quinus and the group.

The group of adventurers stopped talking when they heard the barkeep addressing someone else. They looked towards Quinus and his group as they entered the tavern.

Quinus and the others found an empty table, sat down, and waited for the barkeep to come and take their orders.

The adventurers started to whisper among themselves, before they turned to Quinus and one of the dwarves asked, "Haven't seen you guys before? Are you a new adventurer's party that's come into town?"

"We're not really an adventure party, but we were hired to deal with the Goblins... I'm Quin Valen... And the rest of my group is George, Dalia, Rya, and Percy," Quinus answered with a half-truth.

"Oh? You come in to help cull the goblins?" Another dwarf asked.

"Yes, but we are in need of another recruit... Sadly, it seems like a bunch of adventurers have gone through the ringer. They don't seem too enthusiastic to go back to hunting the Goblins," Quinus said out loud as he was making up a believable story, just in case one of his uncle's spies were around.

"You're preaching to the choir," One of the human adventurers replied. "We've been stuck doing small jobs around the city ever since they showed up... Anyways, good luck with finding a sixth member. We always seem to fail to keep members in our party," The human warrior said.

Quinus looks at the five adventurers and notices how worn they look.

"Looks like you have gone through a lot yourselves," Quinus mentioned.

"We've been fighting goblins ever since the horde started spawning from the Tomb of the Horde. We lost a few friends along the way... Once we lost Gray... We haven't gone goblin hunting ever since," The human warrior said with a sad tone.

"Sorry to hear that... We too have gone through our fair share of casualties. It seems the more we kill the more they spawned. But at least it seems they are slowing down," Quinus said with a solemn tone.

"Yeah, it seems their numbers have dropped about five days ago. I wonder if Prince Quinus pulled it off and stopped the Labyrinth," The dwarf wondered out loud.

"Yeah, I thought the kingdom was throwing away the future ruler. Who would have thought he could stop the Goblin hordes and find the Dungeon Core... Maybe he is worthy of the throne? That's if he's alive," The human archer said.

"Aye! And you thought it was going to be easy to find the dungeon core! Hah! How many times did we go into the labyrinth hoping to find fame and fortune only to get some of our party slaughtered because the army of goblins came at us like a wave of water... We didn't stand a chance," The Dwarf swordsman muttered.

The archer just sighed and said, "I didn't think they would spawn that fast and that many. I'm surprised we're still alive after all this time."

"It's not fair to blame him, Grim... The goblins used to be weaker before the Dungeon Core awoke. I would have never imagined being driven back every time we tried to go deeper into the labyrinth... No matter how many times we tried, they never lessened in number," The Human Warrior mentioned.

"That's true, Jax. But it doesn't mean I'm not scared to go back there... I'm just happy the goblins are not coming into the city as often anymore. But if you want to go goblin hunting again, then count me out," Grim said.

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