The Peerless Kobold - Chapter 37
By nature, all living creatures live along rivers or other potable water sources. The same is true for both humans and demi-humans, and a small distance away from the river where the strange dog people arrived at, lay the Lucua village where the cat people and their families lived.
Rather than magical beasts, they looked more like humans, with the only difference being their cat ears and tails. They have a high level of knowledge and culture, and since they have interacted with humans over the course of their long history, they could also speak the western common language used throughout the continent.
And so the village of Lucua, that is home to about 160 cat people and is a quiet rural area that trades with the town of Wyald in the south and the village of Viel in the west, was currently partly engulfed in flames.
“Giu, gireusu.” (Burn, raging flame.)
A small figure in a robe and decorated hood held out their wand and fired several fireballs that burned the houses. In the glare from the flames, the distinctively large nose and pointy-eared face of a Goblin could be seen from underneath the robes.
Name: Rock (♂)
Race: Goblin
Rank: Goblin Warlock
Skill: Elementary Magic (Fire, Wind)
Title: Sage of the Goblin Tribe
Weapon: Wand
Armament: Goblin Mage’s Clothes
Auxiliary: Mage’s Robe
This was the subspecies called the Goblin Warlock, who excelled in magic within the Goblin tribe. The Goblin Warlock laughed lightly as he used wind magic to direct winds toward the blazing fire, strengthening the force of the flames.
“Dammit! Take this!!”
A warrior from the cat kin tribe angrily threw the spear in his hand with all his might as he approached the goblin sorcerer who burned their houses, but…
“Gyaoau.” (That was dangerous.)
Before the speeding hand spear could take down its target, a huge Goblin Heavy Fighter clad in brigandine armor blocked it by holding up their shield.
Name: Heavy (♂)
Race: Goblin
Rank: Goblin Heavy Fighter
Skill: Strengthen Arm(Small/Instantaneous), Physical Strength Enhancement (Medium/Instantaneous)
Title: Heavily Armed Soldier of the Goblin Tribe
Weapon: Battle Axe
Armament: Brigandine Armor, Large Shield, Iron Helmet
Immediately while the other Goblins’ attention was occupied by the spear throwing cat kin warrior, another one quickly made his way to the Goblin Sorcerer from the right flank!
“Move, you’re in the way!”
“G-gyaah”
He cut down the goblins standing in his way mercilessly with brute force and used his momentum to close in on the troublesome Goblin Sorcerer.
“Gih, gyaouh.” (Haah, I thought I was gonna be killed.)
However, the Goblin Sorcerer quickly jumped out of the way just as the cat kin warrior was closing in on him and a tall and lanky variant of the Goblin Swordsman holding a shortsword in both hands cut-in between them.
“Uooooooohhh!!!”
The cat kin warrior used centrifugal force to take down the dual blade-wielding Goblin Swordsman with a rotating attack, but the swordsman crossed his swords to block the attack and after deflecting the force of the attack, he pulled out back of the blades and stabbed the enemy in the chest.
“… Nnnghkk”
Targeting the neck of the cat kin warrior who had spat out blood after being stabbed in the chest, it pulled free the other blade and swung it towards its enemy.
Name: Sword (♂)
Race: Goblin
Rank: Goblin Swordsman
Skill: Ambidextrous Arm Strengthening (Medium/Instantaneous)
Title: Double Swordsman of the Goblin Tribe
Weapon: Twin Swords (Main), Throwing Knife (Auxiliary 1), Dagger (Auxiliary 2)
Armament: Leather Armor
Auxiliary: Cloak
With a quick flash of his blade, the Dual Blade Swordsman of the Goblin Tribe had sheathed the two swords equipped on each side of his hip, and flashes from numerous throwing knives could be seen inside his cloak, giving a strange impression to those who confronted him.
“What the heck are you!?”
The cries from the cat kin warriors could be heard throughout the battlefield; although they had been fighting hard, they had a disadvantage in numbers, and fell down wounded one after another.
As the situation on the cat kin’s side gradually worsened, a large, muscular, High Goblin variant wielding a greatsword with one hand slowly walked out from within the goblin’s ranks.
Name: Brave (♂)
Race: Goblin
Rank: Goblin Brave
Skill: Battle Cry (Goblin Strengthening), Shining Sword, ?????
Title: Hero of the Goblin Tribe
Weapon: Zweihänder
Armament: Leather Armor
Immediately after, as if to put an end to those resisting them, the Goblin Brave leading the horde of goblins let out a loud, magic-laden battle cry that echoed throughout the area.
“Gyaugyaoaaah, giigueh!!” (Goblin warriors, let your spirits soar!)
【Activated: Battle Cry】
【Effect: The magic-infused roar increases the Goblin’s morale, enhancing their base abilities.】
“GYAOOOOOOOOOOH!!” (UOOOOOOOOOOOOH!!)
Responding to the roar of encouragement, an immense fighting spirit surged up one-by-one from within the Goblins, and with the growing intensity of the onslaught, the warriors of the cat kin tribe protecting Lucua village were forced to flee miserably in defeat.
