Kobold look a bit like a cross between a hyena and a human. I like dogs too much to want to compare them to kobolds, and kobolds are definitely not attractive. They seem to be classed as bipedal beasts, unlike beastmen, and from what I have read the beastmen races absolutely hates them. With all beastmen enslaved to humans there is no natural check against the population growth of kobolds which occasionally leads to large hunting missions to thin their numbers.


    As we head for the pass a kobold hunting party catch our scent. Using my alert and menu map skills we set a trap for them and annihilate the small party before they can call for help. With no kobolds stalking us we rush to the pass. Ironically beyond the pass life will get a lot harder from past experience.


    A lot of this area has already been mapped out in my menu map from my long stay just west of here. With the detailed map filled out and my current alert skill level I find it easier to warn our party of danger and prepare a counter. Mostly we just deal with suicidal forest rats who have grown numerous this side of the mountain wall.


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    The male elf is the one to respond. "You seem sincere and I can teach you a lot about elves, but the one thing I will not tell you is where to find more of my brethren." That last condition is very understandable, and I assure him that I don''t want to know in case I accidentally let it slip to humans who would take advantage of that knowledge.