Goblin Dependency Novel

Two adventurers toil at the bottom rung of their profession, where grand ideals about heroism clash with harsh economic reality. When one asks his companion about their ultimate aspirations in this dangerous line of work, the answer is brutally simple: goblins pay three silver coins per bounty. No matter how the question is reframed or philosophically elevated, the response remains unchanged—three silver coins. This is their world, where survival trumps nobility, and the next goblin nest represents nothing more or less than their next paycheck. Set in a patchwork fantasy world with pseudo-D&D mechanics, this is a story about bottomside adventurers who have no illusions about glory or destiny, only the practical arithmetic of making it through another day.