"Get down!" Gabe yelled, jumping to the floor.
"What is it?" Kyle asked, as soon as she got onto the ground.
"Shh! I'll tell you when we can make noise." With Gabe's warning, they stood there, motionless, for a handful of minutes. Slowly, a rustling noise could be heard amidst the dark forest bathed by moonlight. The rustling slowly grew louder and louder, until it became blaring. Thousands of figures, hundreds of which wielding torches, could be seen in the distance.
"What the actual fuck." Joe muttered in utter dismay.
"SH!" Gabe once again urged for silence, this time, as silently as possible. The ominous parade lasted almost a whole hour. And even longer passed before Gabe slowly rose to his feet.
"Now what?" Joe asked, rising to his feet.
"Now we run the fuck away from here as fast as we can." Was the only other words Gabe uttered that night, before darting in the furthest direction possible from the monstrous army's path.
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He slashed. Again and again. Each time he swung his sword, at least two goblins were cut in half.
"hah~!"
A heavy breath escaped him as his sword mauled half a dozen goblins.
There she was, just a step ahead of him. But no matter how many he killed, he didn't progress one bit. He could hear the crazed laughter of Garth killing dozens more of these monsters that seemed to generate out of thin air.
Cold sweat dripped from the side of his head as he fought the neverending barrage of monsters.
'I've come too far.' He thought. 'I shouldn't have gotten in here.' Regretting his thoughtless decision of engaging an unpredictable enemy. 'They're all dead.' Pain. Not the pain of his regret. A piercing pain on his dominant hand. A dead goblin's arm turned towards their back as if it were completely dislodged wielded a crappy dagger. That dagger cut his gauntlet as if it were made out of butter and pierced his hand. 'Strange.' He thought. This had happened before. On the first battle. Why was his reliable steel failing him?.
*splat*
Another goblin was bisected by his sword, his blood painting patterns on the pile of corpses on the floor.
*exhale*
Power surged inside him for a split second, filling him with nowfound energy and vigor.
'A Level Up?! After this many years!?' He widened his eyes as the power surged through his body. It had been a dozen years since his last level up.
*slash*
His swordsmanship sharpened. His skill suddenly increased, rather, awakened.
"GHA!"
Yet, in a single moment, fate crushed his hopes and stomped his just acquired relief. Garth let out a pained grunt, making him look behind.
'FUCK!' He thought, turning around yelling his companion's name.
"GARTH!!"
Yet, there was nothing he could do. He slashed through half a dozen goblins, a desperate attempt, as he took a tiny step towards his only friend, paralyzed in pain.
'Just a little more!' He thought, seeing only a handful more monsters in the path of his retreat towards him. It was a little more. Just a little more.
A little more time the gods did not gave him the luxury of having.
"Gug!" "Glug!"
"NOOOOOOO!" He yelled. His sword swung with a violence he never thought possible. It was not a clean swing, he swung it on its side, like a blunt weapon. Yet it blew out the brains of the goblins in its path.
Red colored the silvery color of Garth's armor. Wet sounds could be heard over the bustling noise of the goblins feet. Two such stood by the side of his decades long companion. One who was by him ever since he took lead of the company. One who pushed him to do what had to be done when his father went senile.
Yet, the powerful mercenary came to its knees, his throat sliced through by mere goblins.
'This can't be!'
'This cannot be happening!'
Delusional thoughts of disbelief floated about.
*thump*
Garth's body collapsed on the ground while Gahan slashed his way through the goblins.
'There's still time! I can still heal him with a potion!'
Gahan refused to let go. There was still something he could do. Yet.
'.............................................'
His brain froze.
A goblin stood atop of Garth's body. It posted a spear on Garth's back. Standing there as if bragging about his death.
Rage burned inside Gahan like a raging inferno.
"GWAAAAAAAA!"
His sword swung aimlessly, mauling his way towards his friend's body like a runaway bull, shredding everything on its path.
Inadvertently, in his rage, he forced himself to activate a skill he could only use once a day. And that he'd already used.
"HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
He screamed as his blind rage cut through anything in its bath, cutting the goblin's head without a thought. Even the thoughtless goblins cowered as he stomped the severed head of the goblin in question. Turning it into a pulp. Before staring back straight into the person who caused this whole nightmare for him.
Her.
'IT WAS HER! IT'S ALL HER FAULT!' He raged in his thoughts.
"I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU! I'LL BREAK EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOUR BONES!"
He yelled, staring daggers at the girl hiding behind dozens of lines of goblins. He rejoiced as he saw her curl into a ball. And his rage morphed into madness.
He did not want her dead. He wanted to see despair on her face. He would take everything from her. Her body. Her will. Her future. Her life. Her soul. He would indulge in her despair as he ravaged her body, tearing her apart from the inside.
The thoughts of how she would break her became livid in his eyes.
"I'll fucking kill you!"
He dashed into the mass of goblins, shredding his path through the moribund pile of corpses bisected by his sword. Dozens at a time, the goblins piled up in his path, dead. The challenge was not the killing of said, rather, it was walking over the hundreds of corpses lying on the ground as he made his way towards her.
'THE HOBGOBLINS! THAT'S WHY THEY MANAGED TO HURT ME!'
The sudden realization flashed in his head, as he stared at the last line of defense between him and the girl.
Yet, she suddenly stood, and the four dashed away through the opening mob of goblins.
"YOU BASTARDS!" He yelled, slashing through the multitude of goblins that now stood in between them like a meat shield.
Very Nice ! I Hope She Drains Him Dry and Kills him! Levels up And Evolves to Higher Undead! How many Hits can He Have left? He got what 20 DE-buffs on him? Even if he Drinks a Potion and got a LV UP he got to be impaired from injuries and the Low Level Potions he been using do not fix that!
thanks for the chapter. Yeah her fault she is the one that made you kidnap her and she is the one that decided you would chase her into the dungeon(talk about victim blaming much)
He didn't kidnap her though...
He just accepted the mission of "Transporting the slaves until the delivery location."
Don't get me wrong, he's still a sick f*ck.
@DarkGodEM if you think about it, it is still kidnapping as he knew they weren't legal slaves.
@DarkGodEM I am afraid I agree with @DragonkingKyo its a bad cop. He's a human(demihuman) trafficker and knows they are not criminals or people that owe money . He knows who they are and they are not Legal slaves. He is breaking the law for money. End of story. He needs his eyes pulled out and to be eaten alive .
@DragonkingKyo Technically they were legal slaves since they were enslaved by the new king
@dragondeathlord Is he breaking the law though? Is there law?
Who is the law?
Or rather, who does the law serve?
@DarkGodEM The Rightful Queen that your sworn to... Or if you go by a Constitution of some kind the Idea that Some Rites are Innate. Many Culture had Slavery Technically The US still does as Prison Labor. But the Point is His men are committing a Crime if Discovered would get them and the usurper Executed.(A GROUP OF SOLDERS KNOWN TO GET DRUNK).. Meaning their Client would have to have them killed in case one of the dozens of Mercenaries got drunk and spilled beans. So they are all dead men and Gahan Freaking IDIOT. He and his men are the only Evidence of Treason the new king has against him. Who The Law Serves is not the point. Its Never been. The LAW IS a Popularity Contest of Rules the Majority Like and agree on . And Who is the law? Is the MOB! Ultimately that is all law is all it ever was. Becouse the King Uncle did this in secret it means it had to be DONE IN SECRET! Becouse the MOB the People would turn on him for Breaking their Accepted Rules. The LAW!
Gahan and his Company been dead men since he took this job. He a Idiot a Fall Guy. Let me guess Uncle Announces that the Outlaws that killed the Princess WEAR HUMAN MERCENARIES ! Gahan is so stupid..
The King can not have her sold at a Auction or Market and have the risk her found. So why not kill her right away? And her Family? Becouse he needs them to die in other hands...
Here How I think this would of Gone. King says" I Discovered the HUMAN Bandits did not Kill my Family and Beloved Niece they wear Ransoming her! They demanded Gold We sent it but they raped and killed her Anyway! Death to the HUMAN DEATH TO ALL HUMAN SCUM!"
The people that accept Delivery of the girls Kill them. Then He sends More Mercenaries to kill these Morons.. No Proof all tidy!
The Mob the law is served. Gahan a fool.
A True Dictator is stronger than the Mob And Makes his own Law. The Uncle Cleary not that strong yet.
@dragondeathlord good ... now I have to kill you too bc you know too much about the plot of this novel
@DarkGodEM I can only see threw it because its consistent and well thought out Plot and Well Written. Bad Writing Can never be Predicted Good Writing Can. At least in the Confines of a consistent Plot I can guess their fate. These Meat Heads you might as well put in Red Shirts!