Chapter 55 - Ambush II
On Avery's side, he ordered his squad of swordsmen to eliminate the goblins holding the elk captive, while he on the other hand went to confront the goblin leader.
They split midway as Avery rushed towards the goblin leader.
Avery did not want the leader near the battlefield as he knew that this big guy would wreak havoc.
Avery knew that goblin leaders were generally reckless in their fighting style, they would not care whether it was allies or foes. It would do anything to kill its target.
Nearing the goblin leader, Avery launched himself and executed a heavy attack with his sword.
Expecting the attack, the goblin leader blocked the sword with its heavy crude shield.
It then brought its sword up and tried to slash at Avery.
Seeing the incoming attack, Avery used the goblin's shield to propel himself away.
The attack missed and made the goblin open.
Not wanting to miss the opening, Avery while in midair, created a solid air footing to launch himself back towards the vulnerable goblin.
Wanting to end it quickly, Avery then sent a quick slash towards the exposed head of the goblin leader.
However, it seems that the goblin had a skill of its own and released an unrelenting roar that produced enough shockwave to push Avery back.
Avery was launched as he rolled on the ground before skiing to a stop with the use of his sword.
"Tsk! A level 20" Avery exclaimed in annoyance as he stared at the goblin who was 13 levels higher than him.
It appears that the fight with the leader will take longer than he had expected.
Back to the main battlefield.
The goblins and elves continued to clash.
The elves seem to be having the advantage in this clash. It could not be helped since Lia was with them while the goblins in front of them were separated from their leader.
Lia rapidly thrust her rapier into the goblin in front of her.
It was stabbed in the guts and shrieked in pain before Lia quickly ended it by sending another thrust towards its head.
Pulling her rapier out, Lia slashed toward the ground and quickly got rid of the blood that was latching on her weapon.
As the goblins and elves clashed, the elven mages and archers were also busy launching their attack.
Afraid of friendly fire, they mainly focused on goblins who were far enough from the elves.
Though Estel still shot arrows towards the goblins engaged with the elves.
She occasionally saved them from the grasp of death by interrupting the attacking goblins with her arrows.
Yue on the other hand used [Mana Bullet] to help curve out the number of goblins.
After a while, the elves can almost grasp victory as the numbers of goblins dwindled down.
Seeing this, Yue took a look at the battlefield and saw Avery still fighting the goblin leader.
Frowning, Yue took a closer look and saw its level.
Seeing the reason for Avery to take longer in fighting the goblin leader, Yue decided to lend a hand since she was not needed on this battlefield anymore.
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Back at Avery.
The goblin leader who was engaged in a clash with Avery was getting desperate as he saw the condition of his forces.
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Irritated, the goblin pushed Avery with his shield pushing Avery to a distance.
The goblin leader threw his shield at Avery and quickly executed a leaping attack.
Not wanting to be hit, Avery dodged the shield by stepping to the side.
Avery then created a quick mana wall in front of him.
Despite knowing that it would easily break, he still cast the spell to at least reduce the force of impact.
Just like he predicted, the mana wall quickly shattered after a few moments.
Prepared, Avery used his sword to block the incoming attack.
Sparks flew as the two swords met and were locked into a stalemate.
The goblin who held his sword with both hands, roared as he gazed down at the elf in front of him with eyes of anger.
Avery was not fazed and simply gazed at the figure coming up behind the goblin.
He smiled as he saw who the figure was.
The goblin who saw that smile thought that he was being mocked.
With anger, the goblin pushed his sword with more force.
Avery tried to resist the sudden increase in force.
His sword was being pushed down as his strength is not enough to compare to a level 20 goblin who specialized in strength.
He was simply able to manage this far by taking advantage of his experience and mitigating most of the damage with his spells.
As the goblin's sword almost beat him, a [Fireball] was launched and directly hit the goblin on the head.
With his thick skin, the goblin did not suffer any injuries but was staggered and put off his balance.
Taking advantage of this, Avery disengaged with the goblin.
He quickly prepared a small fireball and stepped forward as he launched and focused all the force of the spell on the goblin's chest.
With such close impact, the goblin was launched back towards the figure who casted the first [Fireball].
As the goblin was in mid-air, it was met with five [Mana Bullet] that struck all over his body.
Avery seeing the opportunity to end it once and for all, quickly sprinted forward and casted [Wind Dash].
With increased speed, Avery used his momentum to directly pierce the goblin's heart.
The goblin dropped his weapon as he looked at the sword stuck to his heart with disbelief.
Avery pulled his sword out as the goblin collapsed lifelessly on the ground.
As he was finally able to relax, the figure who had helped him launched herself into his embrace.
Avery caught her as he stared at his little sister with affection.
"Hehe.. was I of help, big brother?" Yue asked with eyes begging to be praised.
Seeing her spoiled behavior, Avery giggled and smiled at his precious little sister.
"Of course. You helped me a lot, it would have taken me longer and left me exhausted if you did not intervene." Avery replied as he patted her head while returning her embrace with the other hand.
Yue's smile widened as she enjoyed the pat that her big brother gave her.
As the two were locked into a hug, the rest of the expedition force also finished up with the rest of the goblin force.
As the final goblin was killed, the siblings saw the system screen pop up in front of them.
[Evalutating number of kills…]
[1.....16…..38….64…..82]
[82 Detected]
[Rewarding 82 Summoning Tokens]
[Received 82 Summoning Tokens (F)]