9 Chapter 10: Goblin settlemen (2/2)
I felt like running away with Ariel but it was too late to turn back now.
”So you're the goblin's lord huh.. How about you look the other way? That way i'll spare your settlement at least.” i bluffed
”Hu..man.. Hu..Man! HUMANS KILL!” he said
After he said that, he lifted up the club on his hand and Swung it towards me.
During that moment a grin formed on my face, without moving a single step i muttered. ”Ventus”
In an instant, the hand of the Goblin lord which held the club was cleanly cut in half. He screamed in pain as he grabbed on to his severed arm. Blood gushed out of the wound as he tried to cover it.
Shortly after, the wound closed up and blood stopped spilling out.
”Heh.. That's a monster for you. Entertain me, will you?”
Realising that i was mocking it, the goblin lord in a fit of anger, tried to grab me with his remaining left hand, but.. missed or more precisely, i dodged.
Right before he managed to grab on to me i jumped on top of his hand. Ran up it and pierced his left eye with my dagger.
The reason why i was able to do all of this with my weak physique, is because i was using magic strengthening.
Magic strengthening is when a person covers their whole body in their mana in an attempt to boost their physical attributes. Naturally, i decided to try it during the break and it fell amazing. My reaction time senses, reaction speed increased, and i felt lighter, faster and stronger.
I didn't get to teach it to Ariel because she was focused on mastering her wind blade. Which i named, ventus.
After losing it's left eye, the goblin lord screamed in pain and tried to grab me while was about to stab his other eye, but i retreated before he could.
”Come on goblin lord, you're stronger than this aren't you? At this rate you'll end up dying..” I said in a mocking tone
After hearing what i said the Goblin Lord realised that he wouldn't be able to win, so he let out a Loud roar which was a signal for back-up.
”Finally.” I said
It's what i was waiting for. Now i'll be able to deal with all of the goblins along with the lord at once.
Shortly after the signal, goblins started coming out of the settlement with weapons.
”Ho... That's quite a lot of goblins.”
Around 30 goblins came out of the settlement. Seeing as i was outnumbered. The Goblin Lord gave me a grin.
”Hu..Man. DIE!”
”Well.. This is a problem... for you.”
With a confused expression, the goblin lord, let out a loud roar which seemed to be a signal for the other goblins to attack. But before the roar was completed, his head had been cut off.
”Ventus.” I muttered quietly.
Seeing their leader die. the goblins froze in their tracks.
”What's wrong? Weren't you all going to attack me?”
They trembled in fear as i approached them.
”Now, now, don't think of running, I'm not too into massacres but I have no choice. And I'm feeling strange pissed off right now.”
There was no need to collect all of those ears. The four from the ones Ariel killed plus the original 6 along with the Goblin lords head, should be enough. I don't really want to show Ariel a gory scene which would appear if i slashed them all with Ventus.
After finally making a decision. I stretched out my hands in the air and casted ”Glacies”. This time I Poured A lot more magic power into it than usual and it grew bigger and bigger.
Shortly after, i had created a giant Version of the Ice Spike. It was most likely big enough to freeze all of the goblins in range.
”Hm, it probably isn't but let's find out”
With my left hand, i picked up the goblins head while the goblins stood there frozen in fear and with a flick of the wrist, The giant ice spike propelled itself at speeds unexpected of its size at the horde of goblins.
On impact, they froze up. Every single goblin was frozen, with the expression of fear on their faces. The surrounding trees in the area had also been frozen but it wasn't that many.
Having let out such a huge version of glacies, i felt my energy start to seep away. I also didn't have any more magic power to keep magic strengthening active.
With my remaining strength, i staggered towards Ariel, struggling to keep balance. Then after I arrived, I showed her a thumbs up.
Ariel who saw this smiled as she also showed a thumbs up
Now that the fight was over. Me and Ariel took the time to cut the ears of the 4 Goblins who had managed to capture the girl and put it inside the bag alongside the Goblin Lords Head.
We were slightly covered in blood so we cleaned ourselves using water made from my magic. I also dried us up the method i had used in the shower.
On our way back, with the red haired girl still unconscious on my back, i thought it'd be a good time to ask. ”Ariel, is everything okay?”
”Mn? Ah, yes.. Everything's fine, why?” She asked with a confused expression
”Ah.. It's just that you were a bit quiet, and i thought you were still bothered by what happened.” I replied
”They're monsters, so it doesn't bother me too much. They've taken lives of countless others. It's just that i feel like taking a life is still a bad thing to do.” She said
”In my opinion, what we did was part of nature. Monsters attack humans, so humans fight back. That's the way of life. It was also self defence so it definitely wasn't a bad thing. And besides, you did it to save a life, so i think you should be happy and proud about that...”
”I saved a life..?” She asked as she pointed at herself
”Yeah, you saved a life” I replied
As tears began to form in her eyes and slowly dripped on to the ground, she hung her head and clenched her chest
”So I'm not completely useless...” She muttered
Without saying anything I just watched. Recently I've been talking more, I wonder why... Ever since coming to this world, the introvert in me has disappeared. But was that all? I feel like I'm not me...
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[… let me out...]