Thirty Five
An Apprehensive Approach
Luckily, Kalum didn’t have to answer Hack’s question. A scream rose up from one of the hotel guests. At the front doors, a screeching, almost maniacal yell echoed through the cavernous lobby. “We back!”
The doors crashed open as a virtual flood of green creatures stormed inside. Goblins! Real, honest to Gods goblins. They carried swords, spears, sticks, and rocks. Kalum even saw one wielding a large drumstick of meat. They screamed and shouted profanities as they swarmed the biomechs. Spitting and laughing, they overwhelmed their mechanical look-alikes. Kalum grinned. Blemm’s distraction had arrived. Even in death, his old friend had come through to save his neck one last time. One of the creatures, a fat, slower-moving goblin with a sword, came to
