Book Five: Chapter 128

“There was no choice, Caretaker. We could not reason with them, they attacked us on a daily basis. It came down to them or us, and we won.”

“Uncle Foot?” Velvet looked at her uncle with a mixture of awe and horror. “There are whole families here.”

“I know.” Bigfoot winced. “For your parents, your survival was far more important. This was not a choice made lightly.”

“How did you do it?” Mike shook his head in shock. The goblin homes were everywhere. “I thought they were immune to poison.”

Bigfoot grunted. “It wasn’t easy. Ana and Darren spent weeks mapping out this cave system. Once it was done, they figured out the passageways where the air was coming in and then sealed them off. The goblins here had rituals that involved the phases of the moon. When we knew they would all be here worshipping their gods, we set up generators and flooded the tunnels with carbon monoxide. It was done in such a way that goblins sent to investigate the noise died first. Their bod