Chapter 38: How It Ends (2)

Ukur sat on the ground as he tended to his apprentice, Shmeija, who had been healed sufficiently, but not to the best degree. He couldn't afford to give him a full treatment when they were in the middle of a war - even if there was currently a ceasefire.

He gazed at Vijak who wore a look of disdain and triumph, no bits of mercy traceable on his visage.

The situation had devolved into this and he couldn't do anything about it. The goblins that were dead on the ground, killed by arrows, swords, poison or all of the above made him grimace and wonder if what he had done years ago had been worth it in the end.

Was trying to flee from the short-lived and doomed nature of the goblin existence a bad thing? Was fighting for a better life in this forest, in this world, the wrong thing to do?

It became apparent to Ukur that his face reflected his sorrow when Vijak ans......