Sequence adventurers roaming between two worlds

"Huff... huff..."

The burning breaths felt like they were burning the throat and lungs as well.

Captain Gomez, holding a shield in one hand and a sword in the other, moved slowly toward a large tree behind him in a defensive stance.

In front of him and to his left and right, dozens of goblins, led by two goblin wolf riders, formed a tight encirclement.

Further away, the goblin shaman was chanting some incantation, and the dark green light at the tip of his withered wooden staff was growing brighter and brighter.

"This is troublesome..."

Captain Ge Mie muttered something to himself.

Although he was extremely worried about the situation in Huashi Village, he knew even more clearly that if he couldn't get away, this place would be his final resting place.

"Croak—!"

After a brief standoff, as the two goblin wolf riders let out sharp howls, the surrounding ordinary goblins surged towards Captain Goblin Slayer in the center like a raging tide.

"clang!"

The wooden club struck the small round shield, but was deflected and knocked away. Goblin Captain then swung his longsword in his right hand, and with a "whoosh," beheaded the goblin in front of him who had lost his balance.

But as soon as he made that move, several attacks came from both sides at the same time.

There were wooden sticks being swung with full force, stones being thrown, and mud being splashed...

Goblins have all sorts of strange and varied attack methods.

While they are indeed the lowest-ranking monsters, adult goblins that survive at the bottom of the monster chain often possess cunning traits.

Surrounded, Captain Goblin could only lean against the large tree behind him as much as possible to avoid creating another blind spot or angle of attack, while using the small round shield in his hand to block those deadly attacks.

As for the less threatening ones, he could only rely on his protective gear to withstand them.

"Clang clang clang!"

Every impact, every collision...

The physique of a professional far surpasses that of an ordinary person; even attacks from ordinary goblins cannot cause substantial damage to Captain Goblin Slayer.

But... if once isn't enough, what about ten times, or dozens of times?

A dozen seconds later, Captain Gomez, who was struck on the inside of his knee by a wooden stick swept from the side, lost his balance and his body tilted uncontrollably.

At that moment, the goblin wolf riders, who had been lurking among the goblins and looking for an opportunity, launched a surprise attack.

The giant wolf beneath it suddenly unleashed a speed far exceeding its usual limits, and the spear in its hand tore with a chilling howl.

When Captain Gomae lost his balance and was unable to react, the spear pierced straight into his neck.

Although this area is covered by flexible soft armor, it can still suffer serious damage if it is hit by a heavy blow.

Captain Goku's pupils contracted slightly.

But at this moment, he was unable to respond. He could only grit his teeth and think that after taking the bullet, he would try to injure or even kill the goblin wolf rider at the cost of serious injury.

Just as the tip of the spear was less than ten centimeters away from Captain Gomez's neck.

"call out--!"

A sharp, piercing sound came from behind.

"Ding!"

The spear was struck as if by a heavy blow, veering to one side, grazing the soft armor around Captain Gossip's neck, and then embedding itself deeply into the tree trunk behind him with a thud.

Captain Gomez glanced at the bent and deformed arrow in mid-air out of the corner of his eye. Without hesitation, having recovered from his loss of balance, he slashed out with his iron sword.

"Pfft!"

The goblin wolf rider's right hand, holding the spear, flew high into the air, spraying blood everywhere.

Through the rain curtain tinged with a faint blood mist, Captain Gossip saw that on a branch of a large tree not far away, the hands of an elven girl holding a bow were trembling slightly.

She was breathing rapidly and her face was pale. Her exquisite leather armor was completely filthy with mud, clearly indicating that she had exhausted herself. Even so, she still rushed here as quickly as possible.

Their eyes met, and Cecilia glared fiercely at Captain Goblin, as if to say, "You'll be sorry when we get back!"

Cecilia's support gave Captain Goblin a little more breathing room.

But that's about it.

As the goblin shaman in the distance unleashed his long-accumulated spell, the goblin wolf rider with the severed arm regained most of his fighting strength.

"call out!"

The attacking spear was blocked by Captain Gomez, but exhausted, he was unable to shake it off and could only barely deflect its trajectory.

Captain Goblin and Cecilia stood back to back, both breathing heavily.

After running out of arrows, Cecilia, who was perched in the tree, was forced to come down to the ground by the goblins.

The two goblin wolf riders immediately withdrew after their attack and lingered on the outskirts.

More than twenty goblin corpses lay on the ground.

The battle has progressed to this point, and both of them are nearing their limits.

The goblin wolf riders were clearly prepared to use ordinary goblins to exhaust them before launching a fatal attack.

The rain intensified, and thick raindrops flowed into the gaps in the mask, blurring Captain Gomez's vision.

"It seems... this time... is the end of our goblin-slaying journey."

Cecilia's voice was broken and intermittent: "I'm sorry, I've tried so hard, but I'm still so weak... I can't save you from the goblin siege like you saved me before."

Seeing the goblins surround him again, Captain Goblin Slayer didn't speak. He took a deep breath, as if he had made a decision.

He raised his hand and pressed it against his heart.

Just then, as if he had noticed something, his eyes lit up and his hands stopped moving abruptly.

"Boom!"

The sky was covered with dark clouds, and thunder rumbled.

Lightning illuminated the somewhat dim forest, and at the same time, a pale silver arc of light, even more dazzling and deadly than the lightning, stretched out from the depths of the forest.

Wherever the arc of light touched, the light in the eyes of the goblins quickly dimmed.

The goblin shaman and goblin wolf rider sensed something and let out a terrified howl, but as the arc of light swept over them, their eyes, like those of ordinary goblins, dimmed.

Finally, the azure light stopped two meters in front of Captain Gossip and Cecilia, and condensed into a slender and tall figure.

"Boom!"

Another thunderclap boomed.

In the dense forest, all the goblins fell like weeds.

Upon seeing the newcomer, Cecilia's eyes widened, her face filled with surprise and delight, and she blurted out, "Lady Azure Silver Swordswoman!"

Captain Gokumatsu breathed a sigh of relief, but was even more surprised: "Lady Azure Silver Swordswoman, I didn't expect the reinforcements the guild sent to be you? You arrived so far ahead of schedule?"

The next moment, he seemed to realize something, his expression changed, and he hurriedly said, "Sword Maiden, please go to Flower Stone Village immediately!"

"The real goblin leader went there a few minutes ago!"

"That was a mutated individual I had never seen before, seemingly possessing abilities related to darkness and shadows..."

"That was the aftershock of [Darkness]."

A voice as clear and cold as the lonely moon came from the woman's mouth, and then her figure disappeared from the spot, leaving only fine, pale silver light flakes that slowly drifted away.

"Is this the power that's almost on par with a master professional...?" Cecilia, coming back to her senses, was filled with longing and yearning.

"Let's go! Let's rush back and take a look!" Captain Gomei, despite his injuries, ran towards the direction of Flower Stone Village.