Surrounded

For a moment, everything fell silent. Neither of us made a single sound, nor did whoever was around us. Just as I started thinking it was a false alarm, a bunch of goblins appeared from behind the trees. Short, green, with spiky ears, sharp teeth, equipped with daggers and slings.

“Ye wee green bastards! Trying to ambush a dward like that!”, Baelog shouted yet again.

I froze as the goblins encroached around us... me, specifically.

“B-B-Baelog!”, my voice almost cracked. “Help me with these... monsters!”

I saw him taking a step backwards, then another when he realised they were more interested in me.

“Ha! Ye see? Lookin’ down on the simple folk ‘til ye need ‘em! Well, sort yerself out, laddie!”

One more step backwards, then he legged it towards the camp, leaving me all alone with the half a dozen goblins...