‘Can you run, Tariq?’ Wido was hoping that I’ve regained my stamina, but I still couldn’t feel my legs, ‘…anyway! You have to!’
With these words, he dropped me from his shoulders and started running away. I hit the ground like a bag full of sand.
‘Come on, let’s run!’ Senka shouted in my ear and ran past through me.
Suddenly, I was left behind by my friends. I reckoned that they were so afraid of dying that had to drop me here so they could save their own lives. They are trying to use me as a bait!
‘I’m not a burden!’ I whispered to myself, ‘ Senka is! Senka is the one who always falling behind and makes troubles, not me! I’m the one that saved him, I’m the one who gave all the stamina to make Dragon Breath and that is how you repay me?! Senka is weak, I get it. But why Widogast is so afraid of goblins? He is the true adventurer that we are seeking to be! Wido had lived through so many difficulties and he is still afraid of something like that! Cowards! Damn it!’
I’ve started hitting my legs with both arms till they start working, after a few second, I was standing and trying to make steps forward. Two small blue lights were flickering in front of me. Senka and Wido took all Azure lights with them, I had nothing but my pocket knife in my right hand. Luckily it had some charge in the blade and was glooming with dim blue light. My clothes were almost dry from falling in the river before we got caught. Without turning my head back, I’ve tried running. Slowly, bit by bit I was moving forward. My body felt ten times heavier than it ever was, but steadily I started regaining my vitality. With each step, I felt like my pace was raising, but it was still not enough to get away from goblins.
‘Damn… I need to think… Think… Think! Goblins… they are afraid of fire… then…’
I put my left hand into the pocket and found that magical shallow tube that allowed me to make Dragon Breath.
‘That’s something… but I can’t use it like I did before, I still have no stamina… but what if…’
I’ve stopped running and started searching the tunnel for little twigs or something that I could light up easily, but there were only rocks and crystal dust. I could barely see anything from my blade’s light anyway, so I stopped searching. The only flammable things around me were my clothes, they were made of cotton and leather.
‘Damn it… Go to hell you two…’ I began cursing Senka and Wido.
After a few seconds, I was standing in the middle of the tunnel only in my underpants. I started laying down my clothes in a line from one tunnel wall to another, so it would become a fire barrier for goblins. Fortunately, in this place tunnel was not so wide. First layer was made of cotton clothes that I tore apart to make my bonfire wider and the second one of leather straps from my vest and my belt, because leather burns slower than cotton.
I fell on my knees and grasped Dragon Breath tube with my both hands.
‘Slowly… Slowly…’ I was thinking, while trying to make a little flame from the tube.
I could hear how hundreds of goblins were approaching me, but then they suddenly stopped.
Whooo…
A little spark ignited the first layer of cotton clothes and I sat down in relief.
‘Now I have a line of defense at least…’
I stood up, picked up my knife from the ground and started walking away from the fire.
‘…and where are you heading, little boy?..’
I felt how cold shivers ran through my back. This high and gurgling voice from behind was calling me, but I was too afraid to turn my head. I felt how thousands of eyes are watching me right now. I knew that those yellow dots from before are drilling the back of my head with desire to kill.
‘You are smaa-arrt,’ the voice continued, ‘but not enough… these flames won’t last long and we will catch up with you anyway… Then we will tear your body apart and eat your flesh right on the spo-ot… or! You can turn yourself in and we will discuss the option of letting you away…’
‘From Widogasts words I knew that they would try to sell me if I turn myself in. But there are no one to pay the ransom for me. It’s a trap, they are trying to lure my in. We humiliated their honor by stealing boars and running through the whole village with them, making ruckus. There is now way they will let me out that easily,’ Was my conclusion.
My knife’s blade was shining with dim blue light in my right hand. I grasped it with full force and without a word started running away from goblins.
‘GRAAA!!! TTSSHHHAAA!’
They started making diabolic noises trying to throw their spears into me, but luckily all of them hit the ceiling of the tunnel and fell before even reaching my back.
I knew that the leather layer is already on fire and I must think of another plan if I won’t be able to find the exit, but I couldn’t think of any. I was left in my underpants and a small pocket knife in my hand.
‘That is not what I hoped for when I dreamed about having the most spellbinding adventure of all times…’
Fortunately, I regained my stamina while listening to that dirty goblin and could run with my full speed now. I couldn’t see Senka’s and Widogast’s lights in front of me, but it did not matter for me anymore. They were traitors that used me as a bait and left me behind.
‘First Hina, now Senka… everyone is running away from me… they are just thinking about themselves. These egocentric bastards! They see a burden in their way and immediately get rid of it. But what if Senka was unconscious and we had to leave him behind… No! No way I could run away from him! I would think of the same plan with lighting up our clothes and we could run away! Or… I just came up with this reckless strategy because I had no other option, because I was alone… Arrgh! It is so difficult! This time I will definitely kick Senka’s ass for trapping me!’
After these thoughts rushed through my mind, I started hearing a horde of goblins running towards me with regained force. Their steps echoed through the tunnel raising my heartbeat, I was sweating like a horse after a full day of working in the field. My eyes eyelids were so heavy… I could barely see the yellow dot that appeared in front me.
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