An arena filled with an even more chaotic Goblin crowd, brought about due to the presence of their king and the four Generals.
Two Goblin stationed on both left and right, and the king sitting in between, in a position befitting of a king and watching the doings going on below.
Beside the king, is his personal Goblin aide, ready to carry out menial tasks for the king when needed.
"my king, do pardon my rudeness, but I have a question that has been bugging me all this while, do I have permission to ask"
"go ahead".
"thank you my king. My question is, why are you letting him participate in the blood ring when he threatened to kill you"
"the blood ring is a stage where the Victor drenches in the blood of the loser, it is also a place for someone to become stronger"
"if he does win against his opponent in the blood ring, will that not make him stronger and putting him closer to being a threat to you"
"aide"
"yes my king"
"aide"
"yes, my king"
"aide"
"ye..., yes my king"
"aide"
"....."
At this moment, the aide new he had messed up, and somehow landed himself in trouble with his own mouth.
He immediately went on his knees and buried his head beneath the floor.
"forgive me for my insolence my king"
"forgiveness?, why do you seek forgiveness when you have done no wrong?"
"I remember giving you the permission to express yourself, so would it not be hypocritical of me to punish you for what I gave you permission on"
The king was right,
He had asked and had been given permission before he started,
The only problem is, the king was displeased with his question and that was a sin he had committed.
Even though he had no idea what part of the question offended the king,
there was only one path for him, and that is to beg earnestly for forgiveness like he had done.
"but my king, I have dared to sin against you"
"...."
"in what way"
"pardon"
"I am asking, in what way is your question considered a sin"
What should he say?..
No, the question is, what is he expecting him to say?.
Even he does not know In what way his question came across as offending.
All he knew he had to do was to kneel and beg, nothing else.
"my.....my...."
"you don't know do you?"
His head still down and his breathing becoming abnormal.
"if you don't know, then why do you think you have sinned against me. Are you perhaps plotting behind my back to overthrow me"
"certainly not my king, I would never dare have such thoughts"
"if that is the case, under what assumptions gave you the impression that you are a sinner"
"because..., because my words were not interpreted in a way that satisfies you my king"
"is that your way of telling me I misquote your wording"
"not so my king, with what voice would I use to speak in such a manner before you".
"is that so"
"certainly so my king"
"....."
"aide"
"yes my king"
"what sort of king do you think I am"
"the best there is and will ever be, my king"
"is that your real answer, or the one you think I want to hear"
"my king, my allegiance to you is unwavering, so please do not doubt me"
"I really think that you are the best and only king meant for the Goblins. Without you, we would still be spending our lives running from the Orcs"
"if that is what you really think, then why do you label me as the kind of king who only fights against the weak"
"I do not quite understand what you mean my king"
"tell me aide, you questioned my reasons for letting him participate in the blood ring despite knowing he might one day turn his blade on me"
"what makes you think, I would rather have him weak than him strong?"
"do you take me for a coward who only dares to bare his fangs on the weak and cowers before the strong"
"definitely not true my king, i have never once thought of you as a coward, I would never dare think of such"
"aide"
"yes my king"
"i want you to carve my words into your memories. I will never run from a fight regardless of who my opponent is"
"be there strong or weak, I will stand before them all and vanquish them with my power"
"do you not think it would be more fun for me if he becomes stronger, rather than just having a lame battle with me ending it in a strike"
"I prefer my opponent putting up more of a fight, only than can I enjoy the satisfaction and thrill of ripping them apart"
"that, is the kind of king I am. Is that clear"
"very clear my king, I will be sure to remember your words today"
"good. Give the signal for them to begin"
"as you command my king".
***
"my fellow goblin spectators, I once again welcome you all to the blood ring arena Duel"
"at the most exalted seat is our king who has graced the spectators with his presence"
"and beside him, are the four Generals who with their presence, he's imbedded fear into the hearts of our enemies".
"on the stage today, we are going to be having a contestant personally selected by our king to go up against our newly elected champion"
"coming in from the left, is the Goblin challenger of today, armed with nothing but worn out armor"
"and from the right, is the current reigning Goblin champion, armed with a Spear".
"both contestants are to ready yourselves, the Duel will begin on my signal".
"aide"
"yes my king"
"who do you predict will come out victorious"
"....."
"speak your mind"
"as you command my king".
"the reigning champion, fought in a ten man battle against opponents that should not be underestimated, before he was able to obtain his current position"
"are you saying there is a chance of him winning"
"not so my king. His contender is not so easy on the eye as well"
"from the reports I went through, it cost the fourth general a lot of his unit before he was able to apprehend him"
"certainly, this is an unpredictable match"
"aide"
"yes my king"
"why do we not indulge ourselves in a bet"
"a bet my king"
"yes, my bet will be placed on the contender, while yours will be on the champion"
"but my king, the Victor of this match is unpredictable, what if I end up winning"
"then so be it. I will not be so shallow as to deprive you of your win"
"I will do as you command my king".
"contestants, begin, ready, and go".