10th Hamlet
Morning had just arrived, and people had resumed their daily tasks when the troubled screams of women who had gone to the stream to fetch water rang out now across the quiet morning.
"Goblin," they shouted in horrified voices, alerting everyone.
The farmers working on their fields dropped their tools and sprinted off the farms. Children were snatched up by their parents as they ran back to their various houses.
Merlina and Kendrick, who were strolling down the streets together after distributing daily rations to the people, were horrified at the new chaotic state of the Hamlet.
"Go to your hut," Kendrick gripped Merlina's hands and warned in a troubled voice.
Merlina listened. She held the basket of canned food tightly and ran back to her hut, running past other worried people along the road.
"What is happening?" Roger, who had just gone to check on their prisoner, ran outside and asked.
