Inside the hollow mountain, in the middle of the citadel, Marcus stepped into the town square and, with a shout, called out to all the Frost Goblins.
"Listen up, you half-breed vermin! The girl who guaranteed our future has escaped. We need to find her. For that, every single one of you, arm yourselves right now."
The entire citadel filled with the shouts and laughter of the goblins within; one by one they began equipping rusted armor and oxidized swords.
However, at that moment, from the entrance buried in rubble of the passage leading outside the mountain, a noise began to echo.
The goblins froze as the sound grew louder. Marcus, watching from the square, tried to sharpen his gaze, but the rumbling suddenly stopped.
Then, without warning, gigantic roots burst out from the cave, hurling the debris that blocked the entrance high into the air.
