The Peerless Kobold - Chapter 168
“Giresu, giuaaaaah!” (Dieee, oraaaah!)
“Giuruah!!” (Die, you bastard!!)
The prick-eared kobold slammed his dominant arm on the side of the head of the charging goblin who was carrying a steel sword and a small shield and followed up with an uppercut punch.
“G-giu…h…”
He was clutching a T-shaped stake when he made the punch, so the sharp tip extending from between his fingers pierced the goblin’s skull, immediately killing him…
“Garugiausuh!” (How dare you, you mutt!)
“Uwoooh! Gubuh… uu… a”
Another goblin attacked from behind his fallen comrade and used his iron spear to pierce the kobold’s stomach.
“Gau, kuauh!” (Tsk, let’s get outta here!)
Another kobold cut off the iron speartip and accompanied his injured comrade to the fluffy white kobold who immediately rushed over and carefully pulled out the speartip while casting healing magic…
Shouts of rage rang throughout the forest as the goblins and the kobolds crossed blades. There were already a few casualties from both sides, and their corpses lay sprawled on the damp earth of the forest.
“Gi, uaah, uh…ah…”
And at that very moment, Blau, who had his knuckle axes equipped, delivered a straight right punch that smashed a huge Goblin Fighter’s face, instantly killing him.
“Guoruga wofaruooouh!!” (Don’t just charge in recklessly!!)
“Kyuouh, gurua.” (Sorry, Chief.)
While yelling at his fellow kobold who had almost died, Blau used his knuckle blades to deliver a short uppercut against a goblin who was attacking from his left and used his other fist to deliver a body blow.
The blow from his weapon inflicted a critical injury as it created a deep gash on the goblin’s belly, causing his opponent to fall while clutching his abdomen, but… the sheer number of goblins made it impossible for Blau to let his guard down for even a moment.
(Dammit, we can’t get past these guys!!)
Although Blau inwardly cursed at being unable to beat back the enemy, the move to divide the groups into smaller working units had a good effect on the busy battlefield. Additionally, evenly distributing the white, fluffy healer kobolds to all the units also increased the battle capability of the kobolds.
Surprisingly, the battles were only occurring on the vanguard’s side .
To say it simply, if you place a large army to fight in a narrow alleyway, then the vanguard group will be the only ones who would be able to fight. This is a tactic used by small armies when fighting against large army groups to stall for time, and to fall against this tactic was a blunder in itself…
As it turns out, it was possible for the kobolds to get the upper-hand by efficiently utilizing the vanguard.
With the wisdom of Archer, the kobolds maintained a semi-siege formation while leveraging on their mobility and managed to keep the goblin vanguards at bay and decrease their numbers at the same time, but…it wasn’t enough to break through the enemy ranks.
“Giulgah, gueru giuh!!” (Tear them to pieces, Blade of Light!!)
“Gyauuuuuh!?”
“Gauuh, uuu…a…”
The shining greatsword cut down two kobolds, killing them on the spot. It seemed that no matter how effective the strategy was, it would still be difficult for the kobolds to completely push the enemy back if there was such a huge difference in ability.
“Vaaruoa “Gaau”!!” (Restrain the enemy, “Vine Prison”!!)
“Uwoooh!?”
After seeing her brethren fall from the blade of light, Silva recognized the threat of the goblin variant who carried a greatsword and thrust her hands to the earth to launch an earth-type restraint magic that caused the vines nearby to grow abnormally and restrain the enemy.
Meanwhile, on the left wing, just as the black and white kobolds who Hasta entrusted to Shiro were coordinating with Silva, a tall, skinny goblin carrying twin swords attacked by firing lightning magic at them. In response, Shiro deployed the Holy-attribute intermediate magic, “Holy Barrier” to dispel the lightning directed at them, which weakened and scattered it into smaller light particles.
“Ga, gaoaouu~” (Whew, that was close~)
But while Shiro expressed his relief, it did not mean that they were already safe. The tall, skinny goblin, along with the other goblins under his command, closed the distance and attacked.
“GYAOAAAAAH!!”
“Voaruoouh.” (Get your spears ready.)
In response to Shiro’s order, the courageous black-and-white kobolds thrust out their iron spears to defend against the attack, but it did not stop the tall, thin goblin. Instead, he proceeded to knock away the iron spears as he clashed blades with the enemies while immobilizing them at the same time by shocking them with the electric current that he ran through his weapon.
“!? Gyauuuh!!”
In an instant, he aimed the tip of his other sword on the throat of one of the black-and-white kobolds who had gotten paralyzed by his attack!
“Waouaann!!” (Oh no you don’t!!)
“Gyaouh!!” (Tsk!!)
Before the sharp iron tip even nicked his comrade’s throat, Shiro immediately deployed a small shield midair and hurled it, knocking away the tall, skinny goblin’s blade.
This allowed two other black-and-white kobolds to attack the goblin with their spears from the left and right sides, but he immediately jumped back and evaded the attack.
While the other goblins were restrained by Silva’s vines, the other black-and-white kobolds came and took away the electrocuted kobolds, leaving them to the white, fluffy kobolds for healing while continuing to engage the enemy in a stand-off.
Meanwhile, on the right wing, in addition to using healing magic, the white, fluffy kobolds under Hasta’s command deployed defensive barriers to minimize damage and deflect the occasional attacks coming from the goblin mages.
However, a pale column of light suddenly appeared, and the goblin cavalry who was lurking within the forest emerged from their hiding places and began to make their move.
“Gyawiaruh!!” (Attack!!)
“UGAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!”
The hunting cavalry, led by the Goblin Chieftain Vali, rode their bipedal Land Lizards towards the faint column of light coming from the right wing and attacked!
“Kuah, kuoah!? Aavaa!” (Tsk, isn’t he done yet!? Archer!)
Silva, who had her hands full dealing with the unexpectedly strong goblin variants and the Cavalry attack became impatient… But in that instant, smoke and flames rose from the village the goblins were protecting!
