Chapter 36 Refusing To Be His Puppet

At the sound of the bell signifying for them to start,

The Goblin champion moved at a fast pace with his Spear towards the contender.

He monitored the actions of the contender, and became confused by what he saw.

The usual reaction made when a person is being attacked, is to run or stand and fight.

There are also cases where one pretends to let their guard down, only to throw in a surprise attack when the attacker is within range.

This contender however did none of those.

He just stood still, with his face devoid of life.

He looked like a person who has given up trying to put in an effort.

The Goblin champion was dumbfounded by this.

Could this be one of his tricks, where he will let down his guard only to end up getting stabbed unexpectedly because it is working quite well.

The Goblin champion slowed down and instead moved backwards.

He has no idea what exactly is going on,

If this is a trick or if his opponent really has no thoughts of fighting him.

The only thing he can do now is to create some distance and to verify his opponent's situation.

The Goblin champion raised his Spear and aimed it at the challenger.

The Spear flew a long range before finally settling down at the left shoulder of the challenger.

This made the Goblin champion even more confused.

A certain amount of time had passed before the Spear reached the challenger,

During that period, the challenger could easily have evaded the Spear, but instead he stood still until he was hit.

Is this another one of his tricks or does he really have no intention of moving at all?.

The Goblin champion, lost his will to fight seeing that his opponent is not as motivated as he his.

The same goes for the Goblin spectators.

Their cheers had died down and confusion was all that could be seen on their faces.

"aide, what is the meaning of this. Why isn't he moving"

"I have no idea why my king. I will go inform the announcer to do something about him"

"no, leave him be".

The king got up from his seat, and moved closer to the edge.

"what do you think you are doing"

"I refuse to be subjected to being an object of entertainment for you lowlives"

"rebelling till the end, I see?"

"its not a rebel if I never gave my consent to begin with"

"......."

"Goblin, Goblin, Goblin. You are really going to continue behaving this way aren't you"

"I told you, you either let me go or kill me. Any other choice partaining to that, I am not interested in"

"I would rather choke on my own blood than being subservient to you"

"that wish of yours, I will grant it".

The king took his attention away from him, and focused it on the champion.

"here is my command for you Goblin champion. Ravage him, ravage him as much as your heart desires, and bury him in his own blood, as long as it does not kill him"

"let him feel you trampling on him, but do not deliver unto him the final blow. Is that clear"

"i, Goblin champion have listened to and accepted the orders of my king. I will see it carried out"

"good".

***

The Goblin champion, moved swiftly to execute the order given to him.

He made his way up to the contender, and went straight for the Spear stuck in his arm.

The Goblin champion, took a hold of the Spear handle and removed it from the contender's arm.

He spinned the Spear around him and slashed the left hand of the contender.

He turns his body around and tore off another portion of the contender's skin.

All the while, the contender did nothing but stood still as he kept on being slashed at.

The Goblin champion, now unbothered by the contender's reaction, aimed for his knee.

He stabbed the Spear through his front knee, withdrew it and slashed the back of the knee.

[Ding]

[pain tolerance Level five has leveled up to pain tolerance level six].

The Goblin champion, continuously tore off flesh from the contender, and blood started to drip out from his body.

The contender's leg bled out, and he could no longer maintain his footing.

He fell on his knees and eventually on his face.

"Stop..."

The king stood up from his seat and gave an order forcing the Goblin champion to halt his assault.

The Goblin champion stopped and moved away from the contender.

"healer, do your thing"

"as you command my king. Skill, perfect heal".

"you have a choice Goblin, fight or endure an eternal streak of suffering"

"I told you, I would rather die than dance to your puppetry tune".

"why do you defy me so much Goblin?"

"in here, there is only one rule that governs us, and that rule is the superiority of the strong over the weak".

"I am strong, and you are weak. It is only right that you follow me, so why do you insist not to"

The Goblin contender scoffed in a mocking way after the speech delivered by the king ended.

"strong, weak?. I am surprised you ever considered yourself to be among the strong"

"I am among the strong. No, I am, the strong"

"trying to brainwash me into becoming your minion because of a future that might or might not be, is not exactly the traits you would see in the strong",

"so you keep telling yourself that until It becomes your reality".

"I have once come across a being who decided on a single glance, that I was not worth her time"

"that, that is the quality befitting of the strong"

"only someone which such characteristics should be confident enough to refer themselves to as the strong"

"I do agree that before you, I am weak. But that does not make you any less weaker"

"if you believe that you are strong, I dare you to take a step away from your comfort, and go on an adventure searching for the truly strong"

"you will see, and come to know that you are just one of the many fishes in the vast ocean"

"you are not strong, you are simply a cut above your weaker peers",

"that is all you are".