Adventures Of A Goblin



In a hall meant for the elven leading figures to gather and make decisions, are as of current the four elders, Dilya, Monryck, Theron, and Orun.

Situated in the order of their rankings, they all had a solemn look on their faces.

"Does anybody have any suggestions"? Dilya questioned with her head facing to the front, giving her the full view of everybody present in the room, including Orun who is sitting opposite her.

"Anything at all, we are all ears". She repeated after she was met with no response on her first attempt.

The room was quiet with eye movement going about, the elders looking at each other for suggestions.

Orun was no exception to the solemn mood present in the room. He had his head straightened, and his mind elsewhere.

He succeeded in casting the barrier and for now, has trapped Mammon and his army of demons in it.

There is however a time limit to the effect of the barrier, and it is all dependent on how much Mammon tries to force it open.

With Orun's calculation, he estimated the barrier to last for three days as the highest and two days as the earliest.

But then again, that is just speculation on his part, not a fact that has been verified.

"Mammon's threat level has gone beyond what we accounted for. The soldiers surely are prepared to die, but what is the use of all of us dying when eventually, the battle is going to be lost".

Dilya was not lying or exaggerating what she said. The elven forces have prepared hard for a day like this.

The whole point of them living inside the barrier is to prevent Mammon from being exposed to the world.

That is their goal and their mission. Thus, they have taken measures to see to it that their goal is accomplished.

Sadly for them, Mammon is too big a threat compared to their expectations.

His forces not counted, Mammon himself has posed greater damage to the world. And with his forces added into it, Mammon poses as an unstoppable existence to the world.

"That is not exactly true". Orun said his consciousness back to the present.

"Do you have any suggestions for us Lord Orun". Dilya asked.

"Not an idea, a question". Orun replied with his hands on the table.

"Why are we not informing the pillars about this matter? Or an even better solution, why not call upon the Gods?". Orun said with a stern expression.

Orun's suggestion came with a lot of thinking and brooding before he decided to express it to those present in the room.

He has thought it through and concluded that he cannot do this alone. As much as he hates to admit it, that is the truth.

Mammon is a demon with years of experience ahead of him. What is to say that all this while, he has not been going easy on Orun?

When he thought he had the upper hand and only needed some time, turns out Mammon was the one in need of time for his army to arrive.

At this point, Orun does not know what to expect of Mammon, hence his reasons for his question about the pillars and the Gods.

"Is it not the duty of the pillars to maintain order? And the Gods, of what benefit will it be for them if the humans they so much treasure all end up perishing at the hands of Mammon?".

Orun is just a monster struggling to contend against Mammon as a means to protect his newly acquired territory.

He is under no obligation, nor is it to be expected of him to make protecting the world from Mammon his primary duty.

The same thing however cannot be said for the so-called pillars who he had only met once.

Despite them having only one encounter, they have made it very clear to Orun what their duties are, and to what length they will go to ensure that nothing interferes with it.

The presence of Mammom is going against that duty, defying the very norms that they stand to protect.

When it came to him, they were quick to act by summoning his consciousness amid battle. Why can't they do the same thing for Mammon?

The moment Mammon was awakened, the pillars should be expected to have been present to put an end to him.

Orun shouldn't have to be the one to spring up the topic about calling for those who are tasked with maintaining the order of the world from those who seek to disorient it.

And as for the Gods, they are the keepers of humanity, the watcher, and the insurer that humanity gets to thrive through thick and thin.

If Mammon were to escape from the elven nation, his territory will not be the only place that will be doomed to Mammon's presence, it is the whole world.

Last time he checked, he remembered humans as a race that is part of the world, living and residing in it.

Sure, with the help of the Gods, they can claim themselves as a superior race to any other and all that bull crap.

But, there will not be a world left for them to live in when Mammon unleashes his army of demons on it.

They also will not have the justification to claim superiority over the other race because? There won't be another race to compete for superiority over when the whole world is at the hands of a demon lord.

Taking all this into consideration and thoughts, Orun realized that the ones who should be taking hasty actions against Mammon are the same set of people who are sitting laid back, watching it all unfold like a movie created for the sole purpose of entertaining them.

In that case, why should he have to bother himself with worrisome thoughts? Pacing about in an unstable manner, trying to stop Mammon when in reality, he has no obligation to.