36 Scorched Earth Pt.3 (1/2)

Nine goblins were lying in wait between the cave and the scouting camp, in an area that the interlopers were most likely to approach them from since the goblins from forward camp would lead them straight through it. Lurk had placed them here to intercept any adventurers once any of the forward bases would see incoming. Just as they saw someone breaching through the brush, a group of goblins number six came sprinting across the clearing, but once they hit the middle point two of the goblins collapsed as each of them had an arrow in the back of their head.

The hiding goblins stayed hidden, they had been told by Lurk to not reveal themselves until the interlopers were in the clearing, so they could bombard them with their spears and send out their main melee group.

The goblins shrieked and kept on sprinting, just as the sound of an ax spinning through the air took out one more goblin. The last goblins ran across the clearing and jumped past some medium sized rocks and back into the forest once more.

”Hurry! three left! We can stop them!” Alex commanded out, he leaped into the clearing his shield raised and a new ax at the ready. Just as he reached the middle point goblins appeared around in the clearings edges and threw their spears at him. Alex opened his eyes wide and quickly shouted out.

”[Shielded Aura!]”

His shield began to emit a slight glow and the glow expanded out to cover a much large area in front of him. Then most of the spears struck the glow being deflected off, the other spears not hitting his shield he dodged as he flung his ax out and split the skull of a goblin.

Then six of the goblins sprinted out with their makeshift weapons hollering and shrieking in anger all converging on the Warrior as he was flipping out his last ax from his back. Moving in close to his location.

”[Steady Shot!]”

Two more arrows flew right past Alex into two of the goblins, they were extremely close but also hit right into the goblins skulls as they collapsed in front of him. Alex slamming his shield out towards the most concentrated group of goblins, the wide glow slamming against them sending three of them flying back, the glow dissipating as the effect wore off. The last goblin jumped into the opening and struck its club down onto his hip, but Alex seemed to barely notice it.

The goblin swung out again, but Alex had already readied his shield towards it, and it was futile to try and penetrate the shield. The goblin barely managed to shriek before a heavy ax blow slammed into its shoulder and split its left side almost in two, Alex shook the ax free from the goblin corpse and faced the goblins that had stayed behind at the edge just as they threw more spears that he blocked easily.

The goblins were simply not equipped well enough to handle these adventurers. Their skill was on another level entirely compared to the easy pickings of peasants, and they lacked the proper swarm numbers to take on such a beast of a human easily. Plus the light of the sun was now lighting up the forest, making it even worse for the goblins.

The spear throwing goblins managed to ready more spears but then one of them collapsed just as he was about to throw as Bellie came out launching an arrow into its chest. She was unable to shoot the other one as they were not close together and had to come out to get a proper shot. She was still turning when the goblin threw its spear at its new target, shrieking out in hate. It might not be able to hit that man but it would be able to hit the woman since she was now out from behind the trees.

”[Rapid Fire!]”

Suddenly Bellie moved a lot faster and quickly managed to turn and launch several arrows, in a blur she fired three arrows that were not as precise as the usual shots, but it managed to hit two of the arrows into the goblin that fell back shrieking in pain.

Alex slammed his ax down onto the goblins he had pushed down with his shield, they were sprawling to get back up but only one managed to get up the other two getting crushed beneath the solid ax blade.

The last goblin made a run for it, panic filled its eyes but it heard the sound of a heavy object being flung at it, barely managing to turn its head before seeing Alex's ax fly into its body sending it flying from the heavy impact.