The Peerless Kobold - Chapter 42
“Gauun, guuaonh!” (Let’s move, woman!)
After cutting down the three goblins that we had lured, Buster called out to Liz.
“Eh? I don’t understand the kobold language.”
Even though she could see that the black-armed dog person was talking to her, Liz could not understand what he was talking about.
“Gau, gauou…” (Tsk, no choice…)
“Kyaah!? H-hey!”
Giving up on trying to communicate with her, Buster held his greatsword in his left hand and carried the cat girl like a sack of potatoes under his right arm, as they quickly fled the house from the back.
Meanwhile, the goblins in the plaza heard their comrade’s anguished cries and went on high alert.
“Gi, gigiuh! Gigiaoh!?” (Wh-what the heck! What happened!?)
The heavy set Goblin Heavy Fighter called out loudly as he looked towards the back of the house where the cat girl had hidden herself earlier, but none of the companions he had sent to capture her responded back.
“Guah, gugiuh!!” (S**t, watch out!!)
“Giuh!!” (AYE!!)
The goblins quickly formed a battle formation with the Goblin Heavy Warrior in the middle — four in the vanguard, two on each flank, and one in the rear guard. The rearguard goblin in particular, was a head taller than the other goblins and had a muscular body.
With his back protected by the strongest of the Goblin Fighters, the Goblin Heavy Warrior stared towards the back of the house where the screams came from.
“Giauo giiigiruh!” (Go and check the situation!)
And so, the vanguard cautiously approached the place from where they last heard the screams of their companions…
Although it was the right decision to fortify their defenses and become vigilant when they felt the presence of the enemies first, the order to spread out their forces to confirm the situation when they heard their companions’ screams was the most foolish thing they did. Even though it was only a short distance away, there was a significant risk that the enemy could exploit the gap in the deployment of their forces, and the guys who went to confirm the situation might be ambushed and put at a disadvantage.
(Well, it doesn’t change what we have to do, but…)
In the event that our opponent scattered his troops, Buster, Liz, Dagger, Lancer, and I will try to destroy each of them by repeating hit-and-run tactics. However, if they take up a defensive formation and stand guard, we would knock them out with magic and slash surprise attacks, and depending on the result, decide whether we press on or retreat from the battle.
It was unfortunate that we were not able to cut down their numbers further since they gathered into a defensive formation right away, but… it was also fortunate that they took on a close formation because they prioritized defense.
As I hid and peeked out to see what was going on, Buster came in full view of the enemies after finishing off the goblins on the other side… and after taking a deep breath, he roared to catch their attention!
“Gaaruoooooooooooonn!!”
“Gia!?” (What the heck!?)
“Garugiah!” (So even the dog people have that!)
As the goblins turned around to look behind them, the black armed, hulking kobold rushed forward while carrying the greatsword on his shoulders. On either side of him were Dagger who held a blade in both hands, and Liz who drew her large knife.
It was a simple diversionary tactic, but since they could not ignore an enemy who was approaching with an intention to kill, the gazes of the goblins, including the huge one, were redirected towards them.
“…”
