The Peerless Kobold - Chapter 55
The large goblin raised his weapon and bore the full brunt of the Slash Attack as Buster made a semi-circular orbit as he approached again, but because the Kobold was superior in size, Buster held him down with full force.
“Gi, gyah…” (Kuh, uuh…)
“Gigiugyah!” (Lord Brave!)
“Giuah.” (Damn you!)
The goblins nearby moved to join forces to help their trapped horde leader, but they were not the only ones who responded to the situation.
“Kuruooouh.” (You’ll have to go through me first!)
“Hold them back!”
Dagger and Wallace reined the attacking goblins in, and as the cat people and goblins continued to cross blades, the battle gradually tilted in favor of the cat people…
“Giiaooh!” (Uooooh!)
“Guh!?”
The greatsword-wielding goblin stepped back with his left foot and kept his upper body away as he slightly lowered his sword which blocked the strike to remove one of his hands from the hilt to deliver a punch to his opponent’s face.
But Buster also saw that he was within striking distance and similarly removed a hand from the hilt of his greatsword to deliver a right jab which connected to the opponent’s fist.
“Gugeh!”
“Gaah!”
Both of them were taken aback once their punches connected. But after they took some distance from each other, they resumed their fight.
“Gueru giu giosuh!!” (I will split you into two with my Blade of Light!!)
【Brilliant Blade】
“Voruaooouh!!” (I’ll smash you to bits!!)
【Arm Strengthening (Large/Instantaneous】
The shining blade wielded by the goblin with the greatsword clashed against Buster’s brusque Slash Attack.
*Clash*
“Gugiih!” (Kuah!)
“Gauh!” (Guah!?)
A moment later, the scattered afterglow cut Buster’s shoulders and arms, but his attack, which won the contest of sheer strength, sent his opponent’s shining blade flying and destroyed the latter’s stance.
“Kuuh, garua!” (Kuh, now’s my chance!)
Without paying attention to his injury, Buster shook the dirt off the tip of his greatsword and unleashed another full powered attack as he ran towards his target!
“Gugaah!” (Dammit!)
Narrowly reacting, the large goblin tried to defend with his greatsword, but he was overwhelmed by the sheer force of the attack that he ended up being slashed diagonally[1] from his right flank up.
“Gu, gugii…”
The large goblin, mortally wounded from belly to shoulder, staggered back, and with the last of his strength, gathered his magic into his greatsword, making it shine radiantly.
“Garuuoaooon!!” (This is the end!!)
*slash*
“Guhah, gia… uh…
With a final blow, Buster ended the Goblin Hero’s life, and the light dwelling in the greatsword burst.
“Guoh.”
The fading afterglow, which was the result of the goblin leader’s last struggle, wounded Buster enough to cause him to cough up blood.
“Gi, gigiugyah!! Gyao…” (L-Lord Brave!! No way…)
“Gigiugya giirugiaruh!!” (Lord Brave has been slain!!)
With the leader of their horde struck down, the grief-stricken goblins started fleeing like a scattering of spiderlings.
“Gii, gyaougieru!” (Tsk, let’s get out of here!!)
The goblins who were trapped in the thorns cut their way out and similarly fled, and the battle came to a conclusion without us having to withdraw.
“Everyone, we won!!”
“UOOOOOOOOOH!!!”
Amidst the victorious battle cry raised by the cat kin warriors, another kobold ascended the Silver Spiral Staircase. And as always, there was no way to perceive it in reality…
Translator’s Notes:
[1] Slashed Diagonally – in the original, the phrase was 逆袈裟に切り裂 (gyaku-kesa ni kirisakareru) which is “to be cut up diagonally”. Gyaku kesa(giri), or upward diagonal cutting, is one type of Tameshigiri which is the Japanese art of target test cutting.
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