Chapter 314 – The Weak Meat
How great it would be if superhuman strength came out and the shield held with both hands could be twisted like this. Hobgoblin embraced such a delusion and strained the hand that held his shield.
He tried to snatch the shield with all his might, but for some reason the shield didn’t budge.
The goblins are at a disadvantage as time passes.
I’m dealing with only four humans, but the goblins are dying without doing much damage. If all the goblins beside them died like this, there would be no way to stop these humans.
The unfavorable war situation made Hobgoblin engulfed in nervousness.
“Kyaaaaak!!”
You can win if you take away the shield that stands firm like a wall.
Because that thought made Hobgoblin obsessed over it, his field of vision was extremely narrowed. It completely forgot the fact that a human holding a shield would fire a spear.
From behind the shield, the sharp blade of a short spear slashed through the wind towards the hobgoblin’s face with a ‘wheeik!’
Ironically, the act of shaking his body like crazy while holding on to the shield that did not budge ended up saving his life.
It was too close to the shield, so the aim of the spear missed and ended up tearing out the hobgoblin’s left eye.
“Sheesh, did I miss… !”
“Kiyaak!”
“Kiik?!”
“Kyik!”
As the Hobgoblin screamed in pain from tearing its eyeballs and staggered back, the goblins around it reacted sensitively.
Even if it’s not, the people are dying. Seeing that the strongest being in the situation, the head, was hurt, his morale was broken.
The hobgoblin, noticing the goblin’s reaction, bit his lower lip hard enough to bleed, swallowing his groan, then glared at the human holding the shield with his one remaining right eyeball.
Those called goblins had neither loyalty nor trust. If the leader, Hobgoblin, remains wounded and does nothing, the demoralized goblins will run away. If that happens, the odds of an already slim victory will be further reduced.
Such worst-case scenarios must be avoided.
The Hobgoblin intuitively thought that, then grabbed his sword and began to slash it at his shield.
“Kyaaaaa! Kyaaak!”
It worked better than holding and pulling with both hands. When he hit the shield with his sword, the angle of the shield, which stood firm, changed to absorb the impact.
I’ve never dealt with a human with a large shield like this, but if I draw attention with a shot like this, the men next to him will attack at an opening.
Thinking so, the moment he lifted his arms wide to take another shot, his javelin pierced its sharp teeth once more.
“Hey!”
He had just lost his left eye. The Hobgoblin, startled by the spear that flew swiftly like a poisonous snake, overexaggeratedly leaned over and slammed his ass to dodge the spear.
He avoided getting hurt, but the boss he believed in failed to inflict any damage on the enemy and fell down ugly and bumped his butt.
The goblins who took care of themselves above all else had reached their limits.
As the people on his side died, he realized that there was no chance of winning in battle, and the leader, who was his only hope, was defeated ugly.
There was no reason not to run away.
“Kyaaaaa! Keyyak!”
“Kieek!”
The goblins scrambled to turn and ran away. The hobgoblins screamed and threatened and tried to catch them, but the leader’s orders were meaningless as he collapsed on the ground, losing his dignity.
Rather, she regarded the Hobgoblin, her leader, as an obstacle, trampled on it, and began to run away, crawling on all fours.
“Go, goblin bastards are running away?!”
“The others don’t care. Only hobgoblins must be captured!”
When I tried to break it down, the shield that never wavered moved. The Hobgoblin looked up at the armored man striding forward and trembled in fear.
*****
“Great job. It’s Natalie.”
“It’s nothing.”
After resolving the detached unit that came back, what you see is a mountain of goblin corpses. It seems that Natalia’s steel skeletons have neatly pulverized the disgusting goblin pups.
“What is that?”
“Hobgoblin? I heard that He must be the leader of this goblin horde. Can Natalya hold onto the skeleton?”
“Ah yes. It’s possible. By the way, did you capture him alive?”
“Trician says you must capture him.”
I don’t know why. After facing the Hobgoblin, Trician’s attitude changed.
Immediately after the goblins had fled, Trisian beat the rebellious Hobgoblins with her fists in her gauntlets, calmed them down, and dragged them away.
“Heuk, the face you don’t want to see has become more terrible.”
Her green aquiline nose was bent at an odd angle, perhaps broken, and her left eyelid had a long vertical scar. A few sharp teeth have also been broken, and the empty appearance is like dough made with some kind of kneading.
“But Trisian, why did you capture this hobgoblin?”
“Do you know what armor that guy is wearing?”
“Armor?”
It was only after hearing Trissian’s words that he properly looked at the Hobgoblin’s body. What he was wearing was different from the sloppy leather clothes that goblins normally wear. It’s quite old and rusty, but it’s a steel armor that looks like it’s made by humans no matter how you look at it.
“Did you take it from a person?”
“It is the same as the one used by the missing senior. There’s this knife…”
Trisian showed me the knife he took from the Hobgoblin. It is an ordinary longsword with long handguards. A little unusual thing is that there is a small seal embedded in the center of the handguard.
“This sword is also definitely the one the senior used.”
“Um, then… What? Is this the story that this hobgoblin killed the missing senior Trisian-san was looking for and robbed the person he was wearing?”
“But, to be honest, I don’t believe it. Senpai was only beaten by goblins like these… I can’t believe it…”
You could die from a goblin…
I don’t know how great a man he was that Trisian said he couldn’t believe it.
“You can find out more by asking the Hobgoblin.”
“Yes? Are you asking? To the monsters?”
“It was written that Hobgoblins are highly intelligent and can speak the language. Then he must be able to interrogate.”
“Hmm…”
Come to think of it, the troll and the spider queen also spoke. There’s no guarantee that you won’t be able to communicate just because you’re a monster.
As I was thinking about that, I felt an unfamiliar presence behind me.
“Thank you for saving me…”
“Hey, heh…”
“It’s okay now. You can get out alive.”
“Ah…”
These are the women who were captured by the goblins. The faces of the women who approached him hesitantly, covering their genitals and breasts with both arms, were appalling.
The yellow and stinky semen of the goblins was smeared all over her body, and her body, especially her chest and thighs, were intensively swollen and red, with small scars and blood scabs.
It was probably a scar from being raped by goblins.
If it was in a clean state, it would have had a rather large chest and a tight body.
“Trician, didn’t you say you were going to ask these people something?”
“Well, maybe it would be best to ask them first.”
Trissian, who was about to interrogate the Hobgoblin, turned to the women.
“I am Denevalve Trissian, Captain of the Westway Guards. How did you guys come here?”
The women cowered at Trician’s rather authoritative attitude. The woman in the middle opened her mouth on behalf.
“Well, we came into this forest for collecting herbs.”
“Hmm, did you see anything special besides the goblins?”
“Anything special? No… Nothing like that…”
“Is it… I get it.”
Then it is. There is no such thing as income. No matter how you look at it, the old man must have entered the forest alone and was attacked by goblins and died. The Hobgoblin also had the man’s armor and weapons, so that must be true.
Still, Trisian can’t let go of his lingering feelings.
“Hobgoblin. Answer me Where did you get this sword and armor?”
“Key profit…”
“Answer me!”
“This, human… Language… Difficult.”
Just as Trissian raised his fist and pretended to strike, the Hobgoblin cowered at him. Its majesty is not visible when it attacks us.
“How did you get the sword and armor?”
“Kik…”
Trisian pointed to the sword he took from the hobgoblin, then touched the armor he was wearing and asked slowly.
The hobgoblin trembled at that action and stammered in answering Trician’s question.
“Once upon a time, male, I killed… Stole it.”
“Do not lie! The likes of you guys couldn’t have killed my senpai!”
“Kiyaak… !”
Trisian showed his anger by kicking the Hobgoblin in the shin.
She was usually blunt, so even her small expressions of emotion were greatly felt. Everyone in the cave was silent in her anger, so everyone could clearly notice the small change that had taken place inside the cave.
The ground cracked in the middle of the cave and a flower bud burst out.
