The Peerless Kobold - Chapter 52
As dawn broke and the sky began to change colors, the goblins who stayed the night in Lucua village began to stir.
Yesterday, under the orders of their leader Brave, they were able to rest properly after drinking themselves silly and making merry, so most of the troops appeared to be in good shape.
However, their progress was slowed down because of the loot and the captured cat women whom they were bringing with them.
“Giu, gigiigiaooh.” (Come on, hurry up and walk!)
“Uah…”
The cat women’s hands were tied in front of them, and even though the goblins forced them to walk by pulling on the ropes, their footsteps seemed very heavy.
They knew that they would be doomed once the goblins took them to their lair. However, they could not even resist because they were being threatened by the goblins’ sharp daggers.
“sob *sniffle* sob sob”
“Uuuuu *sniffle* *sniffle* waaah”
The sound of the cat women’s sobs could be heard loud and clear, breaking the peaceful morning that rolled in at Lucua village.
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Meanwhile, a silver dog man standing on top of one of the trees which offered a view of the village from the north side watched the goblins as they made their way home.
“Guruo garuaooh.” (Please call everyone here.)
“Waon!” (Okay!)
With a cheerful reply, my sister speedily jumped from tree to tree, returning to the group who lay hidden in a place not far from here. I carefully made my way to the east entrance of the village and waited for the others to follow as I tracked the goblins’ destination by following their tracks.
“Garuo, kuon.” (I’ve called them, big brother.)
It did not take long for the cat kin warriors and their families to arrive, and their faces twisted in horror and rage as they took in the state of the destroyed village and their fallen kin lying on the ground.
“Dammit, I’ll make them pay for this!”
“…This is too much!”
There were signs that several of the corpses had been eaten by the goblins, making the scene more gruesome than we left them yesterday.
“Ueh…”
“Uurrrghhh…”
Liz and the other female cat kin warriors retched dryly as they tried to keep their nausea at bay.
“Everyone, let’s prioritize our living friends first…”
Wallace brought everyone’s attention back as he patted his daughter’s back. The cat kin warriors’ expressions were all full of indignation and anger, and it felt like their bodies were seething with fighting spirit as well.
After offering a few minutes of silent prayer for the departed, we started following the goblins’ tracks. As we had guessed, bringing their prisoners along had slowed their marching pace so we were able to catch sight of the last goblin.
When I observed their entourage as they left Lucua village, the composition of their group was as follows: marching at the front were the group of lean and skinny goblins, while the middle group consisted of the captured cat women, the goblin sorcerer and his unit, and lastly, the group at the back consisted of the group of the greatsword-wielder who seemed to be the leader of the horde.
As I figured out the best way to take out the goblins, I sent a hand sign to my companions.
“I’ll go ahead first.”
“Roger, Chief.”
Once they passed at a certain point, it was confirmed that the goblins’ destination was just as I had predicted, so I took the long way to get ahead of them and hid in between the trees. The cat kin warriors who had likewise followed me also laid low in the bushes and under the shade of the trees, their tails wagging impatiently…… it looked like their hunting instincts had been awakened.
Fortunately, their course did not seem to change, and soon, the group led by the tall, skinny goblins passed in front of us. A few minutes later, the group led by the goblin sorcerer, which included the captured women who were our targets, approached. I had wanted to release my ranged earth magic, but I couldn’t do it since the cat women would be caught up in it.
Instead, I clutched two arrows along with my bow, and nocked an arrow with my right hand.
(I would love to shoot that sorcerer first, but if I miss, I might hit the hostages instead…No choice.)
After finishing the preparations for my attack, I released a magically-charged howl that signaled the start of our counterattack.
“Guruaoooooooonn!!”
【Activated: Battlecry】
“Gi!?” (What!?)
“Giauh!!” (Where did that come from!?)
“Gyaouh!” (Be on guard!)
Aiming for the surprised goblins, the cat kin warriors jumped out from their hiding places in the trees and the bushes and commenced the attack!!
“Let’s go, everyone!!”
“UOOOOOOOOH!!”
“Guruaaaaaaaaah!!” (We’ll beat you all!!)
“Garuuoa voann!!” (I will pierce you with my spear!!)
Aiming for a chance to shoot in the middle of the confusion, I fired my first shot at one of the goblins guarding the prisoners.
*whoosh*
“Gyah!”
Using the arrows I held with my bow, I quickly fired a series of shots. As a countermeasure for reducing the magic consumption and time taken for magic activation during rapid-fire attacks, I maintained a constant air current using air magic and used the arrows in conjunction with it.
*tang, whizz, tang , whizz*
…the arrows flew as the light sound of air currents being cut through rang out.
“Giuh… aaah!”
“Gigii…i”
Three arrows pierced the chests of the three goblins who had stopped moving one after another.
“Gauh!” (Alright!)
After I finished my task, I set my bow against a tree, held my short war hammer in my right hand, and hovered my left hand over the ground.
“Uruguugah!” (Clay Sword!)
As I cast the earth type demi-human magic spell, “Clay Sword”, a sword made out of rocks and mud shot out of the ground and settled into my left hand. Holding a weapon in both hands, I prepared for battle. I was a little late, but I charged at the goblins with a yell.
