“Lucky it didn’t take longer to find the goblin general.” Mallory held up the lantern she carried. “This lantern is out of oil and we left the oil flask in the chest on the wagon.”
The overseer hurried towards them, carrying a lantern. “Is that the general’s sword?”
Callum handed it over to him. “One goblin general and forty-seven of his goblins if you include the ones that were in the tunnel.”
“This is marvellous.” The overseer handed the sword to the dwarf, who also took the lantern from Mallory. “See that it’s put inside.” He gestured towards the stone building. The overseer smiled, his hands spreading wide, the lantern splashing light across the ground in an arc. “My many thanks.” He lowered the lantern and fished out six gold coins from his belt pouch. “As promised.” He dropped th
