In all honesty Martin couldn't understand Maya's confusion but what strikes him as most surprising is her sudden change in attitude, that of hostile. She became angry all of a sudden and sees all of this as no more than games which strikes Martin as most odd indeed. Furthermore, she doesn't even know where she is right now and she kept ranting on about places he had never heard of. He kept quiet most of the time she was ranting about and how it would seemed that for some reason her patience were running thin and he shook his head in disbelief at her last words.<br/><br/><strong>"I do not understand where this hostile intent of yours stems off miss Maya, but had I not given you free clothing and a free ride to the nearest town, worst thing could've befallen you in these parts what's with all the bandits activity been increasing in this area lately"</strong>, he replied to her outburst but kept his own cool.<strong>"As for the date, that'll be the fourth day of the ninth moon, and the year is 1207 AR"</strong>.<br/><br/>As they were making their way across the seemingly endless grassland and forested area to their right, suddenly, Martin pulled the donkey over as he caught sight of something approaching their way. His first instance was bandits for sure but as it got closer he could see what appears to be five figures, all no more than half a man's height. As they got closer, Martin's eyes grew large in panic and fear,<strong>"goblins! oh gods, we have nothing to defend ourselves!"</strong>, he suddenly exclaimed.<br/><div class="floatright">(http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d25/Deathbringer6679/knight_by_redpeggy.jpg)</div><br/>The figures ran towards them and despite their small figure, they move at such an inhuman speed and as they got closer the two of them could see clearly how horribly disfigured and ugly the goblins (http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs20/i/2007/230/f/a/goblin_by_emonteon.jpg) are. Each one were armed with a stone club in their hands but it seems as if they were running from something from their frantic and panicking expression. Soon, the origin of their fear came to light as from the distance, three figures, each clad in steel plate armor and armed with a halberd that they are pointing towards the goblins. As fast as the goblins are they could not outrun the mounted soldiers and before the goblins could even reach Martin's cart, they were run down by their three armored pursuers. The goblins frantic and inhuman scream were the last thing the disfigured creatures could do before the riders extinguished their lives.<br/><br/>The Goblins were either trampled underneath the horses massive weight or were skewered by the halberd and the riders left none of them alive, once all five goblins were dead, the riders circled the carcasses which a few seconds later began to melt into a greenish goo and pus which reeks horribly. This had all happened just a few feet from Maya and Martin, the merchant however was used to the sight. One of the rider turned towards Martin and he greeted the soldier with a wide smile of gratitude,<strong>"Oh thank you dear sir, we thought we are done for when those goblins came at us!"</strong>, Martin exclaimed graciously.<br/><br/><strong>"We've had reports of goblins making their lair inside the Stag's Sanctuary, an insult to the King's name"</strong>, the soldier responded as he turned towards the forest to their right, "either way, rest assured the captain of the guards has started dispatching regular patrols around this area now, so this route remains safe merchant", the soldier nodded towards Martin before taking a brief glance towards Maya, and then returns to his fellow comrades and with that the three quickly rode off to the opposite direction towards where Martin and Maya had originally came.<br/><br/>Martin slumps onto the driver's seat of his cart and breathe and sigh of relief before chuckling to himself,<strong>"I thought we're going to be foods to those cretin for sure, horrible and disgusting creatures those goblins are, right Miss Maya?"</strong>, he commented about the recent event before glancing back towards Maya for her answer.<br/><br/><hr/><br/><strong>HP:</strong>20<br/><strong>Mana:</strong>0<br/><strong>Gold:</strong>0