There is no point in hiding in the storage room as they may very well send more kobolds in to retrieve the tinder.  Instead, you are going to set it all ablaze.  Even if the distraction doesn't work well enough for you, it will only be a matter of time before the quell the fire and run out of tinder for their torch basins.  You sneak in start a fire using their own flint and tinder.  Soon this fire spreads to the rest of the tinder in the room (with your help of course) and you quickly find your way out of there and out of sight before the kobolds are aware of what has transpired.

 

It isn't long before they take notice and flock over to their storage room.  The taskmaster kobold keeps jumping around shouting "yip yip" or whatever the hell these things say and the other kobolds are struggling to stop the fire.  You manage to slip around the corner and evade the bulk of them and you think you've found the passageway leading up towards the taskmaster kobold.  In fact, you have.  There's just one small problem.  There are two kobolds guarding the taskmaster and you would be foolish to assume the taskmaster is unarmed so that makes three.  At present, the taskmaster is clearly focused on the fire, to the point of ignoring all else, but the two guardian kobolds are still vigilant.  You're going to need another plan.

 
You consider using your bow again.  You are actually pretty close to the bodyguard kobolds yet still veiled in darkness so you would not likely miss from this range.  Of course, with one dead you would have to immediately focus on the other and subdue the taskmaster all in quick succession lest the entire colony become aware of your attack.  Another, possibly crazier idea is to just run past the guards before they mentally register your presence, grab the taskmaster, jump from the ledge, and just run.  The fall may be considerable for a kobold, but you are sure that as a human you can handle it.

You run Past The Guardians, Grab The Taskmaster, Jump From The Ledge, And Run

You may be in close range, but you doubt if your skills with a bow would enable you to kill in quick succession like that.  Instead, you choose the more daring approach.  After all, the crazier the plan the less likely they are to see it coming.  You gather your nerve, fixate upon your target, and bolt.  The kobold guards jump back like they've just seen a screamer or something and you sail past them and onto the ledge.  The taskmaster, still focused on the fire, is completely surprised when you grab him and jump off the ledge.  By now, every kobold in the colony is aware of what you've done so you just blindly run down the back passage and deeper into the mines. 

 
 

You haven't any idea where you are going and there are numerous kobolds chasing you from behind.  Thankfully, their legs just aren't long enough to keep pace with you, though they certainly push themselves trying.  You focus all your attention on trying to avoid the kobolds that are deeper in these mines while simultaneously trying to find a secluded place to stop and interrogate your new prisoner.  Unfortunately, you're so focused on this task that you don't see the dagger your kobold prisoner pulls out of his sleeve and plunges into your chest.  Seems the flaw with your plan was that you didn't have any time to properly restrain your prisoner and now you are dead.

 
THE END