episode_0492

“What the fuck… . What the fuck is that, damn it!!”

A large body and height that appears to be about 4 meters.

Judging by his size, which was much larger than that of a hobgoblin or a goblin lord, it was definitely the goblin king.

Among the goblins, it’s probably the strongest monster physically. First of all, there’s probably no one bigger than this goblin.

The appearance itself wasn’t much different from a normal goblin that was enlarged by shift + zooming in, but since goblins were such disgusting monsters to begin with, their size alone was enough to arouse disgust.

‘Why on earth is something like that popping out of this cramped goblin nest…?’

Was there a story like this in the original? No, Iron Horde is a place you visit around Part 4 after graduating from the Academy.

If the Goblin King had really been in this cave in the original, the Iron Horde wouldn’t have remained as I remember.

Maybe it was the butterfly effect of all the things I had done in the past. Either way, one thing was certain: there was no avoiding the fight here.

‘Ugh, Geureughhh… .’

-Gulp.

… I don’t know about that idiot, but I don’t think the Goblin King, who was drooling over me and Mirif, would let us out of the cave safely.

“Lee, Sister Lily! What should I do in this situation?!”

“… … I don’t know.”

How would I know? I’ve never fought the Goblin King before.

Of course, I had fought against stronger enemies several times, but at those times, I had much more reliable allies by my side.

Like Seraphine, Agnes, Gyeomjoshaegi… or Ethan.

I’ve never faced such enemies with two reserve E-class adventurers… no, one idiot and one E-class adventurer.

“First of all, don’t panic and get in line.”

“What, what?! What formation are you using against that, you idiot!!”

“… Sister Lily?”

“I’ll take care of the Goblin King, so you, you idiot, hold your sword and protect the goblin Mirif from dying. Mirif, heal that idiot with recovery magic as much as you can and hold out until I kill it.”

“Hey, hey! Don’t joke around, damn it! How the hell are you going to kill that thing!! And there are dozens of goblins besides that one, how am I going to kill them all… .”

“Do it because you can, you piece of shit!!!”

“… … .”

What the hell are you whining about? If you don’t do it, everything will fall apart anyway.

It was so frustrating to see that kid whining like that when he had to swing that damn swordsmanship until the last moment if he wanted to live, but right now, I had to use that kid somehow.

Even for me, it was virtually impossible to protect Mirif while dealing with the Goblin King in the current situation.

‘I don’t think it’s time to hide magic, spirits, and things like that…’

Since it’s a sealed cave, Sally’s fire magic won’t be usable, but Say’s wind magic will be helpful in dealing with the Goblin King.

“Ugh, fuck!!”

The crippled brat, who realized that he would lose if he didn’t fight anyway, started to pick up his sword again and jumped into the air using shockwave and wind magic.

‘Gerhuuugh?!’

The Goblin King looks up in confusion as he sees me leaping into the air.

This type of close combat isn’t my style, but right now I don’t have a reliable vanguard to buy time.

After jumping with the help of the shockwave and tailwind, I first used Dagger Throw to attack the Goblin King’s right eye.

-Phew!

‘Geheeek!!’

As the number of daggers I carry increases, it’s convenient to use them as consumables without hesitation. I thought it would be pointless for a magician to show off his secondary weapon, so up until now, I’ve only carried as many as I could hide under my skirt.

Our first surprise attack was successful thanks to the Goblin King recognizing our party of only three as prey.

-Whew…!

“Ah, shit… !”

And at the same time, the Goblin King’s large club is swinging at me.

No, to be exact, it wasn’t a club, but rather a thick tree trunk that he was swinging around in its entirety. It was just that it felt similar to the clubs other guys were holding in their hands because of its large size.

-Wavelength window!!

“Ugh… !”

“Sister… !!”

I tried to block it with a vision shield as soon as possible, but it was impossible to offset that much mass with just one layer of the shield.

If it were Ethan, he would have changed his position in the air, stepped on the log, jumped, or sliced it whole with his sharp-edged longsword.

It was inevitable, as the level of close combat and the length of the blade were not enough to do so.

“Goddess, please grant me the miracle of healing!”

“… Phew.”

The only good thing is that there is a mirif next to me so I don’t have to lie on the floor in pain.

Since it was a wound that had been hastily treated with low-level recovery, there was a possibility that the wound would reopen if he moved too much, but now was not the time to go into battle while worrying about such things.

Even if my body were to break tomorrow, at this moment, I had to think only about how to kill those guys and survive.

‘Say, I’ll ask you to do one more tailwind jump.’

‘… No. If you do that this time, you’ll get hurt again.’

‘If you don’t run again now, you won’t get hurt, you’ll die. Please, Sei.’

‘… … .’

Say frowns as he looks at me with an expression that seems to indicate something is not right.

The moment when I jump with the shock wave, thinking that even if she makes that kind of expression, there’s nothing I can do right now.

-Wheww…!!

‘……uh?’

The Goblin King’s club, swung precisely at the moment of my jump, flew towards my body.

‘Geuhk! Egeeek!!’

Wait, if this thing hits right, isn’t it really dangerous…?

The moment my mind turned blank and I was contemplating what to do, a tremendous amount of pressure suddenly pulled my body down.

-Whew!!

“Ewww!!”

-Kwaaang!!

As my floating body fell to the floor, landing on my butt, a club flew at incredible speed over the spot where my body had been just a moment ago.

The Goblin King’s log, which should have crushed me as it was supposed to, hit the cave wall and created a large vibration.

‘I told you it was dangerous.’

‘Ah, thank you, thank you for saving me, Say.’

‘But Lilith didn’t listen to me again.’

‘Three, say?’

‘… Now, I don’t know either.’

-Whew.

‘Hey, wait a minute, say! say!!’

As I was thanking Sayi for saving me from the Goblin King’s club, she suddenly disappeared into dozens of gusts of wind right before my eyes.

It was such a shocking sight that I couldn’t even tell what had happened for a moment, but now I didn’t even have the luxury of being dumbfounded by Sei’s disappearance.

‘Geugh, geeek!!’

Now, while they were struggling to pull out the log stuck in the cave wall, this was the chance to strike the Goblin King.

‘… Surely he didn’t really leave? Let’s think about it later.’

With Sei gone, the assistance of wind magic also disappeared, so it was impossible to attempt an attack in the same way as before. In the first place, it was possible to tell from the reaction just now that a monster the size of the Goblin King wouldn’t be hit by the same attack twice.

Fortunately, I have a lot of skill points left over because I leveled up a lot recently. I used 16 of the skill points I had saved for this situation to unlock the skill I need most right now.

『Mana Night』

『Attack magic power + 10%』

『Arcane Tornado』

An improved version of the shockwave spell, Mana Bomb.

And +10% attack magic power, which helps slightly in increasing firepower.

Both were necessary if necessary, but the first two were just magic to unlock the next skill. What I needed now was a powerful yet fast-casting vision magic, Release’s second ultimate skill, 『Arcane Tornado』.

A spell that distorts the flow of magical power to create a vortex of vision in a straight direction. As expected of a release with low magical power efficiency, it was a technique that consumed 50% of the remaining magical power, but like Mana Blast, it was certain to have an effect.

-Thwack! Thwack!!

“Fuck! Is it still far, aaaah!!”

“Goddess, the miracle of healing…!! Oh, Goddess, the miracle of healing…!!”

The crippled man who held out by blocking the clubs of the goblins rushing towards him with his sword (although he was hit with his body more often than he was blocked with his sword), and Mirif who somehow managed to revive the crippled man by casting healing magic behind him.

And even the Goblin King, who was still defenseless as he pulled out his club from the wall, had enough time to memorize Arcane Tornado, even if he couldn’t cast Mana Blast.

“Magic power!! Become a sharp blade of vision and tear everything apart!! Arcane Tornado!!!”

A vortex of visionary magic extends from the tip of one’s finger as soon as one finishes a short spell.

The magic created at the tip of his finger took the form of a giant vortex that stretched out forward, mercilessly tearing apart the numerous mobs and goblins in front of him.

‘Ker…!!’

‘Queueheeek…!!’

‘Kye… .’

Dozens of goblins are torn apart and killed by the whirlwind of visionary magic.

After slaughtering all the goblins except for the three or four that were right in front of the idiot, he quickly cut off the heads of the remaining goblins with his dagger.

-Crunch!

“Hey, wake up, you idiot!!”

“Sigh, chew… . Ugh, are you done… ?”

“It’s over, fuck. Now I have to kill it, you idiot.”

‘Ughhh!!’

“… … Ha, haha.”

While we were clearing out the trash mobs with area-of-effect magic, the Goblin King somehow managed to retrieve his club and stood before our eyes again, growling.

Still, the situation itself is much better than before. From now on, if I leave the aggro to the idiot for a little while, I will definitely be able to buy time to memorize Mana Blast.

If I can somehow feed him Mana Blast, I can take down that Goblin King in one shot.

“Hey, you idiot. Just stall for a bit against that thing. I’ll finish it off with the next spell… .”

-Tadadak!

“Time is fucking crazy!! I’m gonna run so you just go fuck yourself over there, you bitch!!”

“Hey!! You idiot!!”

A retard who thinks now that the mobs are dead is his chance to kill them all, so he throws away the sword he was holding and quickly runs out of the cave.

“Get out of the way, motherfucker!! I’m just going to go out, so you can go fuck those bitches or something… .”

… It wasn’t even 5 seconds before the guy who ran away leaving us disappeared from our sight.

‘Ughhh!!’

-Bam!!

“Gyeok… … .”

…Fuck, really.

If you’re going to waste time, at least waste some time.