The Peerless Kobold - Chapter 44
As he stepped forward with his dominant foot, the large Goblin Heavy Warrior used his Scutum Shield[1] to push aside the Goblin Fighter in front of him who was skewered by the iron spear. The sudden movement ruined Lancer’s balance, since she was still holding onto her spear handle.
“Kua!?” (Kuh!?)
As she staggered back, the huge goblin raised his large battle axe and swung it down with full force, its strength magnified by the weight of the axe head. The strength of the blow however did not match up to the full force of Buster’s one-hit slash.
“Kuuauh!” (Lancer!)
“Kyuann!” (Ukyaah!)
Quickly letting go of her spear, Lancer jumped back diagonally to avoid the swing of the battle axe, but…
*Break*
“Guh, guruu vorukuuh!!” (Wah, my Spear!!)
The force from the blow cleaved her beloved spear in two.
“Garuoh…!!” (Dammit…!!!)
Lancer angrily pulled out the dagger from the sheath in her sword belt and made a fist with her right hand as she took a half step back and got into an assault position. This was one of the most basic stances when fighting with a short blade. The intention was to reduce the area of the body that could be attacked by positioning the blade in front of you and angling the body away to show only the side of the body and thus making it harder for the heart and internal organs to be targeted.
However, her opponent was not one that could be easily killed by a single dagger…
“Gaugaruuh.” (Get out of here.)
“Woaonn, gurua.” (We’ll leave the rest to you, Boss.)
Timing my attack as soon as Lancer jumped away from the range of the battle axe once more, I moved forward from the opposite direction and raised my short war hammer as I closed the distance.
“Guruaoooh!!”
“Ugaaaaaah!!”
In response to the blow that I unleashed with a roar, he too raised his spirits and charged forward with his great shield for a shield bash.
“Gahah!?”
The defensive counter I made with my short war hammer was overwhelmed by the added weight of the giant goblin in his attack. Even as I staggered, I managed to somehow maintain my stance, but he did not miss a beat and raised his battle axe for a follow-up attack.
“Gaaah!!”
Even though I immediately jumped back to evade, my right shoulder was shallowly cut and blood oozed from the wound. In the lull following the attack, the huge Goblin caught sight of Dagger from his periphery as she stepped on the heads of the other Goblins who were stuck with the Binding Fangs and leaped high to attack from behind.
“Vuruaaann!!” (I’m gonna stab you!!)
Using the momentum of her descent, my sister clutched both of her daggers in an underhand grip and stabbed them into the huge goblin’s back.
*clash*
*stab*
“Ggaaaah!?”
Of the two daggers, the ordinary dagger we obtained from the bandits bounced off the small iron plate implanted within the brigandine armor, but the stiletto, which was made from the Black Unicorn’s horn, cut through the links of the small iron plate and pierced deeply into the enemy’s right shoulder.
“Guruaah! Wofuh!!” (Wonderful! That’s my sister!!)
Dagger switched places with me and maintained a safe distance from the huge goblin after her attack. I then gathered wind magic in my left hand and with a roar, charged at the enemy who had lost his balance.
“Uugah!!”
The huge goblin held up his shield to defend, but I hooked the claw of my short war hammer at the edge of the shield. Using that as a pivot point, I moved around the outer side and slammed the heel of my left palm on his face!
“Giuuh!?”
“Wofu, voruou!” (O wind, tear them to pieces!)
Catching hold of his face, I unleashed the non-human, wind-attribute spell known as Wind Cutter at close range.
Whoosh
“Geah…ah… nnghhk…”
