A little girl walked down the street. Alone. She was just on her way back home from playing with her friends. Her home was not far, but in this bustling city, it was still pretty hard to find a way back. She could always manage to find a way back home by remembering the landmarks. She just had to look for Cassie's Bakery, then head left, then look for the grocery store, then her house should be within view. She could make it home if she can find those two buildings, but this time she can't. The bakery had been moved to another location, so the girl could not find the way back. She got lost. She became sad and she cried. After a few minutes of crying, a group of people came to her. The group consists of two men and a woman. The men wore luxurious suits of black. The woman wore what seemed to be business attire. The woman kneeled down in front of the girl, then tried to comfort her

“Those goblins are camped here.” Matthew said as he pressed his finger on the map that was laid out. “There’s a little cliff here with fences around it. Then there’s a cave entrance at the back here. That’s possibly where they’re sleeping and that’s also where we’ll attack them.”   Rose and Yuki were standing opposite of Matthew at the table. Yuki observed the map and also the points that Matthew pointed at. Rose had her arms crossed.   “So what’s the plan?” Rose asked.   “These goblins really aren’t your average ones. They seem to have a system in their group. Which means that they have a leader. Their leader is probably a hobgoblin, I can’t be sure though,” Matthew said.   Matthew took a short breath before continuing. “We’ll attack them at noon, when they are most probably asleep. They would have two guards staying at the entrance and another four on patrol not far from the fence. We’ll move silen

The sun was high in the sky as three Hunters silently made their way through the forest. The forest was not so dense, it provided more sight and also decreased the chances of getting ambushed by monsters. Matthew was in the lead as he was the one that knows the location of the goblin nest. Yuki and Rose followed not too close behind him. “We're getting close now.” Matthew said to them. As he said it, the fences were visible from where they were. With that now in sight, Matthew halted his steps. “Up ahead. On that cliff.” Matthew said while gesturing with his chin. “So now what?” Rose asked. “We’ll proceed as planned. I’ll go ahead while you cover me. After that, we’ll head inside.” “Okay.” “Yuki, just stay here. We’ll holler at y

It felt cold. Perhaps it was night time. There were also sounds of people talking. Where was it coming from? “Uhhn…” Rose slowly opened her eyes, a dim light from a candle only slightly illuminated the surrounding. She looked to her left and then to her right. A wooden building. Under her was a bed. She’s been to this place before. “The village?” Rose shot up into a sitting position. She got off the bed and opened the door to outside. There was apparently a party going on. Rose could stare stupefyingly at the scene. People drinking around, chatting about, laughing, children running and also one particular figure who was just sitting at a table with a couple of other women., Yuki. Rose made her way to Yuki who seemed to be having a good time with the women. As soon as she got to the location, Rose tapped on Yuki’s shoulder. 

The night was still and cold as gushes of wind blew past the city. Clatters from cats knocking over things, barks from dogs that guarded houses and silent footsteps of two people running and jumping from roof to roof. The figures were wearing black outfits. Then they stopped for a bit when they were close to their destination. The front gate was guarded by two soldiers as well a few more groups patrolling the area outside and the inside. Security was tight as what to be expected of a Noble’s home. However, that would not stop the acts of the two figures. One of them held out its hand. Out of thin air, a crossbow appeared in its hand and it was also already loaded with a hooked arrow along with a long rope. It aimed down the sight, aiming for the iron veranda of the mansion. The trigger was pulled and the arrow flew over the fence and stuck itself on the iron bars. The figure tugged on the rope to make sure it was s