◈ 356. [Evil Side]
hundreds of years ago.
A magic research institute in the Western Human Kingdom.
The lab’s owner, a couple wizards, found a goblin dying nearby.
The goblin was pregnant and gave birth to offspring in her womb as she died, most of which were stillborn.
However, the last one survived and came out into the world.
The cub crying pitifully in the arms of its dead mother was immature. If left as it is, it would be eaten by wild beasts or die of exhaustion from crying.
What kind of sympathy did you have?
The couple wizards rescued this goblin offspring and placed it in a magic incubation facility inside the laboratory.
Was it a natural mutation, or was it a special effect caused by the abundant mana of the magic culture facility?
When he grew up healthy and came out of the breeding facility, this young goblin had a tall and smart head that was incomparable to other goblins of the same age.
And I followed the couple wizard as if I was treating my own parents.
The couple wizards decided to raise this goblin themselves.
The western human kingdoms were chronically attacked by greenskins.
The couple wizards hoped that by taming the baby goblins, they would be able to devise countermeasures against this attack.
Or, it could be that the couple has been infertile for a long time.
Maybe that’s why his heart was shaken by the sight of these young goblins growing up and following them like their parents.
Either way, the couple wizards decided to raise this baby goblin and gave it a name.
Alexander.
It was the name of a great human king who once ruled the western part of the continent.
***
Alexander was brilliant.
To be precise, it was overly lucid.
They learned much faster than human children of their age. Like a goblin who becomes an adult at the age of five, his brain might grow rapidly.
By the age of three, Alexander was able to speak as much as an adult human, and by the age of four, he was able to help a married sorceress with their work.
And at the age of five, I was able to read all the books in the institute without difficulty.
The couple wizards hired Alexander as an assistant at the research institute from the year he was four years old.
For an elderly couple who had to do everything alone due to a tight budget, Alexandre, who was smart and strong, was reassuring.
The problem arose only a month after Alexander started working as an assistant.
It was the day after a few chicks were brought in from a nearby village for experiments, and the couple wizards woke up.
“I’m sorry… … Hearing these children cry, I couldn’t stand it… … .”
Overnight, Alexander had killed all the chicks. He had brutally ripped, tore, and swallowed.
Alexander muttered blankly, covering his body with feathers and blood.
“however… … Why can’t I kill you?”
“… … .”
Only then did the couple wizards realize.
No matter how brilliantly, no matter how well he uses human language, the child in front of him is a goblin.
A monster with a cruel and ferocious nature, tearing apart those smaller and weaker than itself.
The couple wizards discussed for a long time. Should I kill that goblin? Or should I throw it away?
But, but- I’ve already fallen in love with it.
So, instead of killing or abandoning Alexander, the couple mages decided to reform him.
“Alexander, let’s read this starting today.”
The couple wizards brought in loads of books from a nearby village that children would read.
From children’s books to novels, history books, and poetry books… … .
The couple believed.
No matter how brutal his nature may be, exposure to a rich culture and gentle, warm treatment will help this goblin child to adapt to human society.
Alexandre eagerly read all the books the couple had brought with them.
The young goblin liked all books, but poetry in particular.
I even shed tears because I was moved by the emotions that great poets engraved like constellations.
With the couple’s constant education and dedication, Alexander gradually moved away from his cruel instincts.
It was to the extent that Alexander was now in charge of raising the chicks.
And, it was the year Alexander turned five.
A festival was held in a nearby village, and the couple wanted to show off the festival to Alexander.
“Come on, Alexander! Let’s go see a play together!”
Alexandre wore a long robe and gloves to hide his green skin, and a mask over his face.
Holding hands between the couple of wizards, Alexander entered the human village- the festival was in full swing.
Children in festival masks were strewn about the streets. Alexander was able to enter the traveling troupe’s theater without any suspicion.
And Alexander saw a new world.
It was a play based on history. On stage, actors uttered lines, acted, sang and recited poetry.
Meanwhile, everything Alexander had read in books was embodied on that stage.
Alexandre cried and watched the play for two hours.
For a long time.
It was the most intense memory of his life that he will not forget even after hundreds of years.
***
Happiness didn’t last long.
The fact that goblins were raised at the research center had spread widely.
In the end, the village chief of a nearby village came to the institute and protested.
“To raise goblins right next to a village that always trembles in fear from greenskin raids… … Are you crazy?! What if that goblin calls his own people!”
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“Our Alexander is not such a child… … .”
“Now you even gave the monster a name?! You really are crazy!”
The village chief and villagers demanded that the goblins be immediately killed and thrown away, or that the research institute leave the village as a whole.
The couple wizards did not ponder for long.
It was decided to move the research center to a more rural village.
“You are living proof that goblins can live alongside humans, Alexandre.”
The couple sorcerers consoled Alexander, who was sobbing after realizing that he was being kicked out.
“And you are our son too.”
“Wherever we go, we will live happily ever after.”
The three-member family, the sorceress and Alexandre, packed a moving wagon.
Since it was a small carriage, it could not carry much luggage, so all of Alexander’s favorite books had to be thrown away.
The couple wizards promised to buy a new book of poetry there when they moved to the next village. Alexander nodded happily.
It was a three-day carriage ride to the next village. Driving the wagon slowly, the three families were delighted that it was like a trip.
During the day, they saw new scenery, and at night, they lit a bonfire and sang together while looking up at the sky.
The moving wagon was attacked by a group of greenskins the day before they arrived in the next village.
***
The raid was instantaneous.
A wolf-mounted orc cavalry charged the side of the wagon, and the heavily laden wagon toppled over on its side.
The wolf killed the horse by biting it, and the orc riding on it wielded a sword, causing the sorceress husband to bleed to death.
The wife sorceress, who was thrown out of the overturned wagon, tried to use magic while lying down, but was trampled by a wolf riding an orc cavalryman who appeared later, broke her neck, and died.
The suppression ended in an instant. The two orc cavalrymen chuckled contentedly.
“Krurrrruk! Plunder, plunder!”
“They were wizards! There will be expensive items on board! Take away everything!”
Subsequently, the goblins following the orc cavalry straightened the fallen wagon to plunder it.
When Alexandre, who had lost consciousness in the collapsed carriage, came to his senses, what he saw was the corpses of a couple of mages who died horribly, and two orcs searching for them.
pop.
At that moment, something snapped in Alexander’s head.
It was the moment when the ‘humanity’ that the couple sorcerers had carefully tied up inside of Alexander burned.
“Huh… … Heo-eok… … .”
When he came to his senses, Alexander was standing over the corpses of two orcs.
Two of the wolves were dead, their entrails spilled, one of the orcs had their necks cut off, and the other had his limbs completely crushed.
Standing on top of the orc, Alexandre slowly raised the orc-style knife he had taken from it.
“Goblin… … On the subject of slavery… … .”
Finally, the guy said something.
“dare… … To the Great Orc… … .”
Pooh!
He never received combat training.
However, Alexander instinctively, smoothly and violently swung his sword and cut off the orc’s head.
The orc’s head flew off with green blood splattered and rolled down the floor.
There, a group of goblins looked up at Alexander and trembled.
“… … .”
Alexandre looked at them with blood-soaked eyes, and the goblins immediately fell to the ground and began to tremble.
“Kirik! Kyririk!”
“Save me! Please save my life!”
“I will obey! Please don’t kill me!”
“I will serve you from now on! So please!”
Ignoring those of his people, Alexander went to the corpses of the couple mages.
His parents, who had loved him all his short life, died without even closing their eyes.
Alexander dug the ground himself and buried the bodies of his parents.
And while this entire process was over, the goblins continued to lie on the ground without moving a single step.
they were slaves
You need someone to give you orders.
“… … .”
Looking down at his people who were trying to serve him, Alexander let out a long sigh.
“hey.”
“Key, Kirik! Speak, strong goblin!”
“… … Where are these orcs based?”
“Mmm, it’s a mountain that’s not far away… … Why, Kirik?”
The goblins raised their heads and looked at Alexander. Alexander muttered briefly and grabbed the orc’s sword.
“I’m going to kill everyone.”
The goblins who had been watching him hurriedly followed him as he left. Alexander let it go.
This was Alexander’s first group of people.
And with this group, Alexander set out to avenge his parents.
***
For the next ten years, Alexander lived on the battlefield.
He killed orcs at will, and accepted the goblins who had been enslaved under them into his pack.
He had a natural commander’s talent. It was also helpful for him to read human warfare books.
He calmly defeated and killed the orcs who charged with only his strong body with strategy and tactics.
Above all, he emphasized discipline to his soldiers.
He did not fight according to instinct, but demanded that the army thoroughly follow his orders.
During the Greenskin Civil War, he perfected himself as a commander, and his men became a well-forged army.
Ten years later, Alexander killed all seven orc lords with his own hand, and the orc army was annihilated.
The Greenskin Civil War ended with the Goblin’s victory.
Goblins who had been slaves of orcs since birth were now enslaved by orcs.
When Alexander came to his senses, his vengeance was over and he was the ruler of a vast greenskin kingdom.
“Kiririk! Great Alexander!”
“The goblin of goblins!”
“O king! What will you conquer next?!”
Alexander gave a concise answer to his men’s questions.
“No more fighting.”
“Kirik?!”
“What are you talking about, Kiririk… … ?”
“Now, we goblins don’t attack other races.”
His troops were governed with strict discipline.
Alexander believed. That his whole race would be able to live by the law like this.
Just like their parents believed in them… … that it could be edified.
And so it was. Upon Alexander’s command, the goblins ceased all looting.
Peace has come between the greenskin kingdom and the nearby human kingdom.
And, not long after, a human side delegation came.
Alexandre received the envoys dressed in human clothes and wearing an iron mask. The messenger was perplexed, but told Alexander about his business.
“Since the ruler of the greenskins has changed this time, I have come to convey the words of our great king.”
“Try it, human.”
“Now that the seven orc lords are dead, the only greenskin combatants are goblins. If we set our minds to it, our human armies can wipe you out.”
“… … .”
“However, our merciful King does not wish for unnecessary conflict. In the future, if you don’t raid us like now and maintain our borders, we will be able to make peace.”
The lion’s tone was arrogant, but Alexander was a generous king. Alexander nodded his head.
“I also don’t want to be hostile to humans. Let us interact peacefully.”
“… … You seem very intelligent for a goblin, don’t you?”
“Take it as a compliment. Hello! Please treat them with respect!”
The delegation was frightened by the word goblin treatment, but Alexander provided them with human food and alcohol.
The envoys were impressed by Alexander’s eloquence, outstanding insight, and friendly attitude towards humans.
By the end of the brief dinner, the delegation was completely on Alexander’s side.
“When I return, I will speak well to our king. We will be able to communicate peacefully and culturally with the new king of the greenskins!”
“Please take good care of me.”
The lion and Alexander, who had just become close, shook hands. The delegation was escorted away from the palace by the goblin king.
thought Alexander. Now interact with the human kingdom and spread the culture to the goblins.
I would clothe you, teach you languages, teach you the joys of poetry, song, and drama.
However, the delegation did not return safely to their kingdom.
Before leaving the borders of the Greenskin Kingdom, they were attacked and killed by a small group of goblins.
***
“Why did you kill him?”
The group of goblins that attacked the delegation were all captured and transported to Alexander.
Standing in front of them, Alexander growled.
“We could live in peace with humans. Without war, we could accept their culture and prosper together.”
“… … .”
“But you ruined it. They disregarded my order to forbid raids and plunder, and ended up killing the envoys from the human kingdom!”
“… … .”
“Why did you do that? why? starving? Because you need money? Or, do you have a grudge against those humans?”
“… … .”
“Why don’t you ask me why I killed you! Answer me right away!”
Pooh!
Alexandre pulled out a scimitar, and one of the tied goblins was decapitated and flew into the sky.
One of the goblins, shivering in the spray of blood, answered.
“Key, Kirik… … that just… … .”
“… … ?”
“I just want to kill… … .”
“what?”
“I can’t stand it, I can’t… … . I can’t kill anything for a long time, and I can’t steal anything, so something boils inside me… … .”
Alexander’s eyes widened at those words, and he frantically lowered his sword.
“Damn it! barbaric! fool! Bastards!”
hooked! Pucak! Pooh!
“For just that reason! For just that reason, eh eh!”
When he came to his senses, Alexander was covered in blood.
The compatriots in front of me were all torn to pieces. Alexandre slowly raised his hand and looked down at his blood-soaked hand.
he realized
The corner of his mouth, that he was laughing.
It reminded me of tearing chicks to death as a child.
From then until now nothing has changed. he had to admit
It was fun.
slaughter.
It was fun to tear and kill those weaker than himself, so he couldn’t stand it.
Looking around, a strange desire was burning in the eyes of his subordinates, who were lined up as they had been trained by him.
kill,
take away,
wanting to burn-
Destructive desire.
‘iced coffee.’
Alexander just realized. he has now admitted
this… … It is the nature of goblins.
It’s edification.
That was just crazy bullshit.
“Kirik! Kyririk! King!”
Just then, a guard goblin hurriedly ran outside.
“Human armies are coming! You’ve already crossed the border! Kirik!”
“… … .”
“It seems that you are extremely angry at the murder of the envoy! What should I do, Kirik?!”
What should I do?
“… … Everyone take up your arms.”
if this is heaven If it was inevitable that you were born like this.
What should I do?
“As you trained, get ready for Mercury. Prepare for battle.”
Still, more than born.
Isn’t it something to live for… … .
Kirik! Kirik! Kirik!
thud! thud! thud!
His soldiers slammed the spearheads into the ground in unison. It was an act that came out of instinct, something he had never been taught.
After smelling blood, fire and ashes and looking around at the excited goblins,
“My countrymen whom I love and hate.”
With a feeling of looking into a mirror, with self-hatred and self-pity at the same time,
said Alexander.
“Kill and burn.”
he decided to accept
“… … It is according to our nature.”
The fact that he, too, was just a goblin.
