My assumption about the grove turned out to be false. The goblins weren’t coming from there. Only about five minutes of walking in that direction, I discovered something shocking. Like an ant burrow, there was a hole in the ground, and all around it were several dozen goblins.[Goblin (F)][Goblin Child (FF)]And standing right in the middle of the group was a monster that made my hair stand up on end:[Goblin Chief (D)]Just by looking at it, I could tell it was gonna be a huge pain in the ass to fight. Stature wise, it was about the size of the elite I just fought, but a bit more fat rather than muscular. It was holding a large staff with several human—or maybe goblin, it was hard to tell—skulls attached to the top. While there were no other goblin elites around, I was worried enough about that chief. Taking a deep breath, I sank into the grass to hide myself. What to do, what to do… I wondered.The smart thing to do would be to back away and maybe try to see if I could find a few stragglers like that elite I had just killed. But back in my mind, a worry continued to fester. Where were those damn demons? What were they doing?How much time did I really have?