Chapter 8：The blood puddle.

When Nalrin lost consciousness and is soul start to ascend to the reincarnation path of this world, time continue to flow in the real world. As the young master, the goblins and the guard where against each other in the forest, a new group pop up where the fresh corpses lay.

What he just see before losing himself in the shape of brown spark was in fact a group of monster. High of a meter and twenty so that stood on forelimb terminated by paws with brown fur and dog head.

If he was conscious, he would have think of kobolds. The group could not be considerate as large, only eleven. They don't seem to be has evolve as goblins because not a single weapon of scratch of cloth could be see on them.

Yet, those eleven monster clearly demonstrate high intellect as they rapidly browse among the corpses, in no time, three group have been formed of the six dead goblins, the two horses and Nalrin who have yet to be moved. on the ground, the saddles of the ten horse and the weapons have been gathered as well.

Sniffing around them, every one of them took a goblin by is feet and start to drag them along with different weapons insert crudely in them and a saddle put in them. the last five were still roaming around the corpse of the two horses, as if not knowing what to do when one of them finally spot Nalrin. Running at him and sniffing, he rapidly emit a round of exited bark, rousting the other four to gather.

At this moment, Nalrin was only on a weakened state but still alive, even so, two of the five last immediatly pick him up, givin a rather weird feeling as two walking dogs carring a human. The discovery of Nalrin seem to have greatly perturbete the group has the last three hurrily tore appart three hind legs that where still untainted by the goblins on the two horses before the group rappidly set of and dissapear of the scene.

In the folloing hour, the group of eleven kobolds dart directly toward the mountain behind the forest in straight line. They pass a few time accros group of goblins but when they see they brethren among the corpse, they scattered in every direction without striking, fearing to be the next has kobolds where actually second tier G rank monsters, on part with weapon holder goblins.

Even if they where to cross path with them, those goblins will still flee because, it only with their weapon that they where considerate as powerful as second tiers but in fact they are weak again real second tiers monster as such as those kobolds.

After a little more that an hour, the kobolds exit the range of the trees and enter the mountain range. Not to far frome the forest, on the lower part of the mountains, a crack on the wall, not larger than a meter and higher than a meter and half, appear.

This crack was the entrance of a tight corridor between the walls of the mountain leading to a larger open space. This place was the settle of a pack of kobolds, protected on third four by stones forming a rough roof, where the majority of the kobolds live their.

Because they are hunter on the pack, those eleven kobolds live in a cave open on the right of the corridor. Contrary to the crack, the entrance was four time larger and two time high as it slightly expend in the depth of the mountains.

Without a look for the gathering kobolds who have sniff the arrival of meat, they immediately enter the cave, leaving the starving ones at the entrance. On they way, they rejoin other group of kobolds that have equally return from their hunt, bringing their games.

This pack of kobolds was the larger of the forest, as the leader of the pack was this forest king. Among them where an hundred of basic, third tier rank G kobolds, the one living outside, around forty second tiers rank G, the actual hunter, and a elite force of five third tiers rank G. But among those five strong, was a single king.

As the four group of hunter arrive, row of lesser kobolds could be see deposit small animals on a pile of other. Behind this small mont of meat stood the five elite kobolds. For a normal person it would be impossible to tell the difference between the top brass and the canon fodder, but the shadow behind them was something else. This kobold completely dominate the other with is pitch black fur and is height of a meter and fifty. This particular kobold was the king of the forest, the only first tier rank F monster in the surrounding. Him alone was able to take the five elite and win without to much injuries.

Because of him, all the kobolds have to present each days they hunt to him, leaving him pick is meat first. Obviously, he will never touch those small animals that couldn't bring him any benefit but he like the fact that he dominate this pack, and the fact of them bringing him tribute was the best way he have think to flatter his pride. Habitually, the hunter will bring ether goblin of human to eat, only the elite will choose to hunt the rabbits that are second tiers.

When they turn came, the eleven give the three legs first. Because horse cost a little and how fast they are, the king have rarly the chance to eat their meat. When he saw the three leg, an exited light flash in is eyes.

After, the three legs, they take the saddles and weapons on the side and give the six goblins alongside. This time, the taem have really struck gold because, it rare to bring weapon or horse meat and when they bring the two in the same time, they could see the gleefull gaze of their king that give back a leg for them to feast on.

As the nine where barking joyfully, the last two finally bring the last part of the hunt. When the pack saw an human, a great number of them practically jump on him with greed on their eyes and drool already forming small puddle at their feet. Human are the ultimate delicacie on could found in the forest thus are greatly sought after.

Before a single of them could make a move, an oppressive feeling crash on them, blowing the weakest of them and bringing the other on they knees.

As a heavy silence fall, the king slowly approch, his nose twitching no stop the nearer he came of Nalrin. Feeling that life was still present in him, a low grunt escape his mouth. Hearing him, the elite kobolds immediatly take out rusted kinves and start to dig in every corpse of ranked monsters, extracting crystal like plebbes out of them, before stuffing them on Nalrin.

Once they where done, the two kobolds that have transport him immediatly set of to the deepest part of the cave while the king return to his private part of the cave with if food, leaving the kobolds take their pick following they ranks.

One would be astonish by the size of the cave because the further one when, the larger it became before aprutly transforming in a guf of smaller than the entry of the cave. This guf was not that profond, only a few meters but the ground actually was more rugged and vanish in another cave.

habitually kobolds never came here because it was the lear of another beast. When they first came here, a great number of them dissapear in this hole and never came back until they king one day bring large amount of ranked games, throwing them in.

Since that day, no other kobolds vanish and thus, they continue to bring daily prey to it. It seem that the beast like very much those plebbe like thing inside the corpse of the monster thus the king happily give them when he see that he could keep the meats. But more than them, it seem to be really found of living human. As they where in fact scavenger, those kobolds never touch heated

games and bring them to it. When human are found, the kobolds will all bring them to it has long as they still have a silver of life in them, if they are dead, they will keep them until they are good to be eaten.

With the crystals, Nalrin was made to slide directly in the mouth of the cave and the two immediately run back to take their lunch, fearing that they will be nothing left for them.

When is body enter the cave, it immediately fall in the crater that cover the entire room. Because they have already depart, they hadn't hear the sound produce by an object coming in contact to liquid and slowly sinking in.

That right, inside the crater was a large puddle of blood, only vestige of a mighty beast, and when Nalrin body come in contact with it, the last strand of his blood seep to the bottom as if it was heavier.

Slowly sinking, the blood make is way to the center part where a large gemstone was. The second the two made contact, a bring light exude from it, and as if erode by his blood, it gradually disappear, releasing wisp of thick white mist.

Without prior warning, the large puddle of blood immediately start to boil, corroding his body in no time and leaving only a egg size translucent ball.